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. (a) On or before May 1 of every other year, the Department
of Conservation shall report to the Legislature regarding the
implementation of this chapter by cities and counties.
(b) The report shall contain, but not be limited to, the number of
acres of land under contract in each category and the number of
acres of land which were removed from contract through cancellation,
eminent domain, annexation, or nonrenewal.
(c) The report shall also contain the following specific
information relating to not less than one-third of all cities and
counties participating in the Williamson Act program:
(1) The number of contract cancellation requests for which notices
of hearings were mailed to the Director of Conservation pursuant to
Section 51284 which were approved by boards or councils during the
prior two years or for which approval is still pending by boards or
councils.
(2) The amount of cancellation fees payable to the county
treasurer as deferred taxes and which are required to be transmitted
to the Controller pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 51283 which
have not been collected or which remain unpaid.
(3) The total number of acres covered by certificates of
cancellation of contracts during the previous two years.
(4) The number of nonrenewal and withdrawal of renewal notices
received pursuant to Section 51245 and the number of expiration
notices received pursuant to Section 51246 during the previous two
years.
(5) The number of acres covered by nonrenewal notices that were
not withdrawn and expiration notices during the previous two years.
(d) The department may recommend changes to this chapter which
would further promote its purposes.
(e) The Legislature may, upon request of the department,
appropriate funds from the deferred taxes deposited in the General
Fund pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 51283 in an amount
sufficient to prepare the report required by this section.