California Government Code 51246 – (a) If the county or city or the landowner serves notice of …
(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 in effect for the balance of the period remaining since the original execution or the last renewal of the contract, as the case may be.
(b) No city or county shall enter into a new contract or shall renew an existing contract on or after February 28, 1977, with respect to timberland zoned as timberland production. The city or county shall serve notice of its intent not to renew the contract as provided in this section.
Terms Used In California Government Code 51246
- Agricultural preserve: means an area devoted to either agricultural use, as defined in subdivision (b), recreational use as defined in subdivision (n), or open-space use as defined in subdivision (o), or any combination of those uses and which is established in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. See California Government Code 51201
- city: means the county or city having jurisdiction over the land. See California Government Code 51201
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- County: includes city and county. See California Government Code 19
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
(c) In order to meet the minimum acreage requirement of an agricultural preserve pursuant to Section 51230, land formerly within the agricultural preserve which is zoned as timberland production pursuant to Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 51100) may be taken into account.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, commencing with the lien date for the 1977-78 fiscal year all timberland within an existing contract which has been nonrenewed as mandated by this section shall be valued according to § 423.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, succeeding to and including the lien date for the 1981-82 fiscal year. Commencing with the lien date for the 1982-83 fiscal year and on each lien date thereafter, such timberland shall be valued according to § 434.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 644, Sec. 5. (SB 574) Effective January 1, 2022.)