Notwithstanding any determining of compatible uses by the Department pursuant to this Chapter, unless the Department, after notice and hearing, makes a finding to the contrary, the erection, construction, alteration, or maintenance of electric, water, or communication utility facilities are hereby determined to be compatible uses within any agricultural preserve. No land occupied by electric, water or communication utility facilities shall be excluded from an agricultural preserve by reason of such use.

SOURCE: GC § 12510.

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