AB 1729, as introduced, Logue. Local government: agricultural land.
Existing law establishes the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, for purposes of preserving agricultural land within the state. Existing law authorizes a city or a county, for this purpose, to contract with a landowner to limit the use of agricultural land located in an agricultural preserve designated by the city or county.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to the authorization provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 51240 of the Government Code is
2amended to read:
begin deleteAny end deletebegin insertA end insertcity or county may by contract limit the use of
4agricultural landbegin delete for the purpose of preserving suchend deletebegin insert to preserve
5theend insert land pursuantbegin delete and subjectend delete to the conditions set forth in the
6contract and in this chapter. A contract may provide for restrictions,
P2 1terms, and conditions, including payments and fees, more
2restrictive than or in addition to those
required by this chapter.
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