Section 16142 Of Chapter 3. Open-space Subventions From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
16142
. (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall
direct the Controller to pay annually out of the funds appropriated
by Section 16140, to each eligible county, city, or city and county,
the following amounts for each acre of land within its regulatory
jurisdiction that is assessed pursuant to Section 423, 423.3, 423.4,
or 423.5, or Section 426 if it was previously assessed under Section
423.4, of the Revenue and Taxation Code:
(1) Five dollars ($5) for prime agricultural land, as defined in
Section 51201.
(2) One dollar ($1) for all land, other than prime agricultural
land, which is devoted to open-space uses of statewide significance,
as defined in Section 16143.
(b) The amount per acre in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) may be
increased by the Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency to a
figure which would offset any savings due to a more restrictive
determination by the secretary as to what land is devoted to
open-space use of statewide significance.
(c) The amount per acre in subdivision (a) shall only be paid for
10 years from the date that the land was first assessed pursuant to
Section 426 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, if it was previously
assessed under Section 423.4 of that code.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for the 2008-09
fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall
reduce, by 10 percent, any payment made pursuant to this section.
(e) Effective January 1, 2011, if the payment pursuant to this
section for the previous fiscal year is less than one-half of the
participating county's actual foregone general fund property tax
revenue, the county may make a determination to implement subdivision
(b) of Section 51244 and Section 51244.3. The implementation of
these sections shall be suspended for any subsequent fiscal year in
which the payment for the previous fiscal year exceeds one-half of
the foregone general fund property tax revenue.
For purposes of this subdivision, a county's actual foregone
property tax revenue shall be based on the county's respective share
of the general property tax dollars as reflected in the most recent
annual report issued by the State Board of Equalization or 20
percent, whichever is higher.