California Public Resources Code

§ 5011.7

PRC § 5011.7 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 5 · Ch. 1 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares that the use of conservation easements can assist the department in protecting the natural resources of the state park system and prevent incompatible uses on property at a low cost, while maintaining land in private ownership and productive use.

(b)For the purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning:

(1)“Conservation easement” means a limitation in a recorded instrument that contains an easement, restriction, covenant, condition, or offer to dedicate, that has been executed by or on behalf of the owner of the land subject to that limitation and is binding upon successive owners of the land, and the purpose of which is to retain land predominantly in its natural, scenic, historical, agricultural, forested, or open-space condition. “Conservation easement” includes a conservation easement as defined in Section 815.1 of the Civil Code, an open-space easement as defined in Section 51075 of the Government Code, and an agricultural conservation easement as defined in Section 10211.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 135, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.