Section 16145 Of Chapter 3. Open-space Subventions From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 3.
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. Funds received by local governments pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter may be used for county, city, or city and
county purposes, as the case may be, or may, but need not
necessarily, be used for purposes of general interest and benefit to
the state. The use of the funds shall include administration,
supervision, and enforcement of any open-space program under which a
local government receives the funds. The funds may also include an
allocation of all or part of them to any special district or school
district existing within boundaries of a local government in which
land is assessed pursuant to Section 423, 423.3, or 423.5 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code, and which has thereby suffered a reduction
in its assessed valuation, when the local governing body determines:
(a) That the loss of assessed value is substantial and will have
an adverse effect upon programs of public importance carried on by
the district.
(b) The benefits flowing from the restrictions on the use of land
within the district do not accrue solely or primarily to landowners
or residents within the district.
(c) That the taxes collected by the district are not devoted to
expenditures primarily of benefit to land or landowners within the
district.
Any special district or school district may make application for
an allocation of the funds from the local government in the form and
with such supporting evidence as the governing board of the local
government may require. The governing board may also adopt such
uniform standards as it believes necessary to determine the amount
and method of payment of such assistance, and may provide for such
payments to be reduced annually, according to a schedule, so as to
cease financial assistance over a specified period of years. However,
nothing herein shall be construed as requiring the governing board
of the local government to make any allocation to any special
district or school district, and the governing board of the local
government shall be the sole judge of the entitlement of any special
district or school district to any allocation and to the amount of
the allocation if granted.