Eminent Domain or Other Acquisition
Known as the California Land Conservation Act of 1965 or as the Williamson Act
The act spans §§ 51200 to 51297.4 (97 sections).
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 101 Cal. App. 4th 191 - FRIENDS OF EAST WILLITS VALLEY v. County of Mendocino (2002)
Most recently applied in 101 Cal. App. 4th 191 - FRIENDS OF EAST WILLITS VALLEY v. County of Mendocino (August 2002)
Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 1018, Sec. 12
No public agency or person shall locate a public improvement within an agricultural preserve unless the following findings are made:
(a) The location is not based primarily on a consideration of the lower cost of acquiring land in an agricultural preserve.
(b) If the land is agricultural land covered under a contract pursuant to this chapter for any public improvement, that there is no other land within or outside the preserve on which it is reasonably feasible to locate the public improvement.
Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.