{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"51297.2","citation":"Gov. Code, § 51297.2","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 52203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 51299.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 7. Agricultural Land [51200. - 51297.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1/part-1/chapter-7"},{"name":"ARTICLE 7. Farmland Security Zones [51296. - 51297.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1/part-1/chapter-7/article-7"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 506, Sec. 23.   Effective January 1, 2001.","effective":"2001-01-01","html":"<p>No state agency, as defined in Section <a href=\"/gov/65934\">65934</a>, or local agency, as defined in Section <a href=\"/gov/65930\">65930</a>, shall require any land to be placed under a farmland security zone contract as a condition of the issuance of any entitlement to use or the approval of a legislative or adjudicative act involving, but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property, or a change of organization or reorganization, as defined in Section <a href=\"/gov/56021\">56021</a> or <a href=\"/gov/56073\">56073</a>. No contract shall be executed as a condition of an entitlement to use issued by an agency of the United States government.</p>","text":"No state agency, as defined in Section 65934, or local agency, as defined in Section 65930, shall require any land to be placed under a farmland security zone contract as a condition of the issuance of any entitlement to use or the approval of a legislative or adjudicative act involving, but not limited to, the planning, use, or development of real property, or a change of organization or reorganization, as defined in Section 56021 or 56073. No contract shall be executed as a condition of an entitlement to use issued by an agency of the United States government.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/farmland-security-zones-51297-2","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}