California Government Code ARTICLE 3 - Contracts

• Section 51240.
  Any city or county may by contract limit the use of agricultural land for the purpose of preserving such land pursuant and subject to the...
• Section 51241.
  If such a contract is made with any landowner, the city or county shall offer such a contract under similar terms to every other owner...
• Section 51242.
  No city or county may contract with respect to any land pursuant to this chapter unless the land:(a) Is devoted to agricultural use.(b) Is located within an...
• Section 51243.
  Every contract shall do both of the following:(a) Provide for the exclusion of uses other than agricultural, and other than those compatible with agricultural uses, for...
• Section 51243.5.
  (a) This section shall apply only to land that was within one mile of a city boundary when a contract was executed pursuant to this article...
• Section 51243.6.
  The Legislature finds and declares the following:(a) The enforceability of contracts entered into pursuant to this article is necessary to permit the preferential taxation provided to...
• Section 51244.
  (a) Each contract shall be for an initial term of no less than 10 years. Each contract shall provide that on the anniversary date of the...
• Section 51244.3.
  (a) This section shall apply to properties under a 9-year or 18-year contract, as the case may be, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51244. Notwithstanding...
• Section 51244.5.
  Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 51244, if the initial term of the contract is for more than 10 years, the contract may provide that on...
• Section 51245.
  If either the landowner or the city or county desires in any year not to renew the contract, that party shall serve written notice of...
• Section 51246.
  (a) If the county or city or the landowner serves notice of intent in any year not to renew the contract, the existing contract shall remain...
• Section 51247.
  The landowner shall furnish the city or county with such information as the city or county shall require in order to enable it to determine...
• Section 51248.
  No later than 20 days after a city or county enters into a contract with a landowner pursuant to this chapter, the clerk of the...
• Section 51248.5.
  Whenever any city or county is required to record any contract by this chapter, it may file a fictitious contract. Thereafter, any of the provisions...
• Section 51249.
  Within 30 days after a form of contract is first used, the clerk of the board or council shall file with the Director of Conservation...
• Section 51250.
  (a) The purpose of this section is to identify certain structures that constitute material breaches of contract under this chapter and to provide an alternate remedy...
• Section 51251.
  The county, city, or landowner may bring any action in court necessary to enforce any contract, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce...
• Section 51252.
  Open-space land under a contract entered into pursuant to this chapter shall be enforceably restricted within the meaning and for the purposes of Section 8...
• Section 51253.
  Any contract or agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter prior to the 61st day following final adjournment of the 1969 Regular Session of the...
• Section 51254.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may upon their mutual agreement rescind a contract in order simultaneously to enter into a new...
• Section 51255.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may upon their mutual agreement rescind a contract in order simultaneously to enter into an open-space...
• Section 51255.1.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may upon their mutual agreement rescind a contract for a parcel or parcels of land that,...
• Section 51256.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a city or county, upon petition by a landowner, may enter into an agreement with the landowner to...
• Section 51256.1.
  No agreement entered into pursuant to Section 51256 shall take effect until it is approved by the Director of Conservation. The director may approve the...
• Section 51256.1.a.
  No agreement entered into pursuant to Section 51256 shall take effect until it is approved by the Secretary of Resources. The secretary may approve the...
• Section 51256.2.
  (a) One or more cities or counties may adopt a plan for implementing the provisions of Section 51256 with respect to multiple transactions within one or...
• Section 51256.3.
  For the purposes of facilitating long-term agricultural land conservation in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, an agricultural conservation easement located within the primary or secondary zone...
• Section 51257.
  (a) To facilitate a lot line adjustment, pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 66412, and notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the parties may mutually...
• Section 51257.5.
  (a) If the state fails to make payments to a city or county pursuant to Section 16142 or 16142.1, or if the state provides a reduced...

Last modified: October 22, 2018