California Government Code ARTICLE 7 - Farmland Security Zones

• Section 51296.
  The Legislature finds and declares that it is desirable to expand options available to landowners for the preservation of agricultural land. It is therefore the...
• Section 51296.1.
  A landowner or group of landowners may petition the board to rescind a contract or contracts entered into pursuant to this chapter in order to...
• Section 51296.2.
  Both of the following shall apply to land within a designated farmland security zone:(a) The land shall be eligible for property tax valuation pursuant to Section...
• Section 51296.3.
  Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not...
• Section 51296.4.
  Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not...
• Section 51296.5.
  Notwithstanding Article 5 (commencing with Section 53090) of Chapter 1 of Division 2 of Title 5, a school district shall not render inapplicable a county...
• Section 51296.6.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a school district shall not acquire any land that is within a designated farmland security zone.(Added by Stats. 2000,...
• Section 51296.7.
  The board shall not approve any use of land within a designated farmland security zone based on the compatible use provisions contained in subdivision (c)...
• Section 51296.8.
  Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall only apply to land that is designated on the Important Farmland Series maps, prepared pursuant to Section 65570 as...
• Section 51296.9.
  Nonrenewal of a farmland security zone contract shall be pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 51240), except as otherwise provided in this article.(Added by...
• Section 51297.
  A petition for cancellation of a farmland security zone contract created under this article may be filed only by the landowner with the city or...
• Section 51297.1.
  All of the provisions of Article 6 (commencing with Section 51290) shall apply to farmland security zones created pursuant to this article except as specifically...
• Section 51297.2.
  No state agency, as defined in Section 65934, or local agency, as defined in Section 65930, shall require any land to be placed under a...
• Section 51297.3.
  Sections 51296.3 and 51296.4 shall not apply during the three-year period preceding the termination of a farmland security zone contract.(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506,...
• Section 51297.4.
  Nothing in Sections 51296 to 51297.4, inclusive, shall be construed to limit the authority of a board to rescind a portion or portions of a...

Last modified: October 22, 2018