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AB 1944 Assembly Bill - CHAPTERED Page 1 of 2 BILL NUMBER: AB 1944 CHAPTERED BILL TEXT CHAPTER 889 FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE SEPTEMBER 29, 2000 APPROVED BY GOVERNOR SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2000 PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 29, 2000 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 8, 2000 _ AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 3, 2000 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 11, 2000 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Wayne FEBRUARY 15, 2000 An act to amend Section 51238.3 of, and to add Section 51284.1 — to, the Government Code, relating to land use. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1944, Wayne. Williamson Act. (1) Existing law, the Williamson Act, provides that a landowner and a city or county may enter into a mutually beneficial contract to restrict the use of agricultural land by creating an agricultural preserve. The act defines a compatible use as any use determined by the county or city administering the preserve or by the act to be compatible with the agricultural, recreational, or open-space use of land within the preserve and subject to the contract. The act provides that certain conditions and restrictions for compatible uses do not apply to uses that are expressly specified within the contract prior to June 7, 1994, and that constituted a compatible use _ under the act when the contract was signed or amended. This bill would provide that a compatible use is expressly specified within the contract only if it is specifically enumerated within the 4 corners of the Williamson Act contract without reference to other documents. (2) Existing law permits the county board of supervisors or city council to grant tentative approval for cancellation of a contract if it finds that the cancellation is either consistent with the purposes of the act or in the public interest. This bill would require the board or council to mail a notice to the Director of Conservation of its acceptance of the landowner application for tentative cancellation. The bill would require the director to submit his or her comments on the proposed cancellation to the board or council. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 51238.3 of the Government Code is amended to read: 51238.3. (a) The requirements of Sections 51238.1 and 51238.2 shall not apply to compatible uses for which an application was submitted to the city or county prior to June 7, 1994, provided that the use constituted. a "compatible use" as that term was defined by this chapter either at the time the application was submitted, or at laol_1Q4lVah 1Qdd hili ?11(1( 09?c) rha