{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"65563","citation":"Gov. Code, § 65563","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 7. PLANNING AND LAND USE [65000. - 66499.58.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-7"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. PLANNING AND ZONING [65000. - 66345.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-7/division-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 3. Local Planning [65100. - 65763.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-7/division-1/chapter-3"},{"name":"ARTICLE 10.5. Open-Space Lands [65560. - 65570.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-7/division-1/chapter-3/article-10.5"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 1973, Ch. 120.","effective":null,"html":"<p>On or before December 31, 1973, every city and county shall prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency a local open-space plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within its jurisdiction. Every city and county shall by August 31, 1972, prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency, an interim open-space plan, which shall be in effect until December 31, 1973, containing, but not limited to, the following:</p><p>(a) The officially adopted goals and policies which will guide the preparation and implementation of the open-space plan; and</p><p>(b) A program for orderly completion and adoption of the open-space plan by December 31, 1973, including a description of the methods by which open-space resources will be inventoried and conservation measures determined.</p>","text":"On or before December 31, 1973, every city and county shall prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency a local open-space plan for the comprehensive and long-range preservation and conservation of open-space land within its jurisdiction. Every city and county shall by August 31, 1972, prepare, adopt and submit to the Secretary of the Resources Agency, an interim open-space plan, which shall be in effect until December 31, 1973, containing, but not limited to, the following: (a) The officially adopted goals and policies which will guide the preparation and implementation of the open-space plan; and (b) A program for orderly completion and adoption of the open-space plan by December 31, 1973, including a description of the methods by which open-space resources will be inventoried and conservation measures determined.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/open-space-lands-65563","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}