BILL NUMBER: AB 1965INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Yamada FEBRUARY 17, 2010 An act to add Section 16142.4 to the Government Code, relating to agricultural land, and making an appropriation therefor. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1965, as introduced, Yamada. Agricultural land: subventions. Existing law continuously appropriates to the Controller from the General Fund a sum sufficient to provide replacement revenues to local government for a reduction of property tax on open-space lands, as specified. This bill would, for the 2008-09 fiscal year, appropriate specified amounts from the General Fund to each county in the state for open-space lands pursuant to the Williamson Act, as specified. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 16142.4 is added to the Government Code, to read: 16142.4. For the 2008-09 fiscal year, pursuant to Section 16140, the subvention payment to counties shall be as follows: (a) The following counties shall receive 75 percent of the actual subvention payment calculated for that county, in the following amounts: Colusa................... $ 568,900 Glenn.................... $ 706,730 Kings.................... $1,804,625 Lassen................... $ 293,265 Mariposa................. $ 138,673 Modoc.................... $ 105,071 Plumas................... $ 69,936 San Benito............... $ 517,874 Sierra................... $ 35,848 Siskiyou................. $ 519,634 Trinity.................. $ 14,715 (b) The following counties shall receive 65 percent of the actual subvention payment calculated for that county, in the following amounts: Amador................... $ 64,477 Calaveras................ $ 117,590 Fresno................... $3,282,985 Imperial................. $ 359,344 Lake..................... $ 40,149 Madera................... $ 808,157 Sutter................... $ 135,881 Tehama................... $ 573,454 Tulare................... $2,060,381 Yolo..................... $ 771,843 (c) The following counties shall receive 55 percent of the actual subvention payment calculated for that county, in the following amounts: Butte..................... $ 320,578 Humbolt................... $ 105,772 Kern...................... $2,377,574 Mendocino................. $ 249,966 Merced.................... $ 699,236 Mono...................... $ 32,941 Monterey.................. $ 477,887 San Joaquin............... $ 961,307 San Luis Obispo........... $ 544,167 Shasta.................... $ 119,651 Solano.................... $ 354,412 Stanislaus................ $ 796,459 Tuolumne.................. $ 58,182 (d) The following counties shall receive at least 20 percent of the actual subvention payment calculated for that county, in the following amounts: Alameda.................... $ 23,002 Contra Costa............... $ 12,549 El Dorado.................. $ 7,512 Los Angeles................ $ 7,209 Marin...................... $ 19,829 Napa....................... $ 16,239 Nevada..................... $ 3,124 Orange..................... $ 63 Placer..................... $ 11,458 Riverside.................. $ 40,037 Sacramento................. $ 92,787 San Bernardino............. $ 2,373 San Diego.................. $ 14,760 San Mateo.................. $ 10,424 Santa Barbara.............. $116,941 Santa Clara................ $ 62,207 Santa Cruz................. $ 4,927 Sonoma..................... $ 78,956 Ventura.................... $ 58,447