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          CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
          AB 2680 (Agriculture Committee)
          As Amended  June 19, 2012
          Majority vote
           
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          |ASSEMBLY:  |77-0 |(May 21, 2012)  |SENATE: |33-0 |(June 25,      |
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           Original Committee Reference:    AGRI.  

           SUMMARY  :  Deletes the sunset date of January 1, 2013, for 
          Williamson Act (Act) lot line adjustments.  A lot line 
          adjustment is allowed if it is agreed upon by a city or county 
          and a landowner, to rescind an Act contract and simultaneously 
          enter into a new contract to facilitate lot line adjustments.

           The Senate Amendments  delete the repeal date on an authorization 
          for Act lot line adjustments. 

           EXISTING LAW  authorizes owners of land subject to the Act to 
          seek approval for lot line adjustments without having to utilize 
          the Act's nonrenewal or cancellation provisions and pay 
          cancellation fees.  This authorization will sunset on January 1, 
          2013.


           AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY  , this bill extended the authorization, 
          from January 1, 2013, to January 1, 2017, when agreed upon by a 
          city or county and a landowner, to rescind an Act contract and 
          simultaneously enter into a new contract to facilitate lot line 
          adjustments.  This bill was substantially similar to the version 
          approved by the Senate. 


          FISCAL EFFECT  :  None.  This bill is keyed non-fiscal by the 
          Legislative Counsel.

           COMMENTS  :  The Act conserves agricultural and open space land 
          under a three-part system that involves voluntary contracts that 
          enforceably restrict land uses, reduce property tax assessments 
          and, state subventions to make up for the lost revenues.  Land 
          subject to an Act contract cannot be subdivided into parcels 
          that are too small to sustain their agricultural use.  








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          The provisions of this bill were originally enacted in 1990 with 
          the intention of validating and opening rules for lot line 
          adjustments involving the Act's contract and non-contract lands, 
          when some of the land was being removed from the Act, and when 
          there is no other existing statutory authority.  In 1999, these 
          provisions were changed to include all Act lands going through 
          lot line adjustments.  The Act lot line adjustment's sunset has 
          been extended four times since 2004. These provisions will 
          expire on January 1, 2013.  

           
          Analysis Prepared by  :    Victor Francovich / AGRI. / (916) 
          319-2084 


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