California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted

AB 707 — Agricultural land: Williamson Act contracts: cancellation.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2015.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 70% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law establishes the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, and authorizes a city or county to enter into 10-year contracts with owners of land devoted to agricultural use, whereby the owners agree to continue using the property for that purpose, and the city or county agrees to value the land accordingly for purposes of property taxation, as specified. Existing law provides for the procedure to cancel a contract entered into under these provisions, and provides that the landowner and the Department of Conservation may agree on the cancellation value of the land. This bill would require the department to provide a preliminary valuation of the land to the county assessor and the city council or board of supervisors at least 60 days prior to the effective date of the agreed upon cancellation valuation if the contract includes an additional cancellation fee, as specified.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 631, Statutes of 2015.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2739.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2729.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2301.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Referred to Com. on GOV. & F.

  14. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  15. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1562.)

  16. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  17. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 13).

  18. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  20. Re-referred to Com. on AGRI.

  21. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on AGRI. Read second time and amended.

  22. Referred to Coms. on AGRI. and L. GOV.

  23. From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.

  24. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Wood · Primary

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Wood

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 707 WOOD Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 80 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 71000
Democratic 4000
Republican 5000
Total 80000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Harper — Yea
Kim — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Perea — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Campos — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Daly — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Salas — Yea
Linder — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Williams — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Burke — Yea
Levine — Yea
Medina — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Gray — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB707 Wood By Hertzberg

Passed 40 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 37000
Democratic 3000
Total 40000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Yea
Block — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Morrell — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Fuller — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Hall — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Allen — Yea
Cannella — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Runner — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Anderson — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Yea
Pan — Yea
Roth — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Huff — Yea
Vidak — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

AB 707 WOOD Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 74 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 65005
Democratic 4000
Republican 5001
Total 74006
% of votes cast 93%0%0%8%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Not Voting
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Brough — Yea
Brown — Yea
Kim — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Melendez — Yea
Olsen — Not Voting
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Ting — Yea
Williams — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Campos — Yea
Harper — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Salas — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Low — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Gray — Yea
Medina — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Perea — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Holden — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Levine — Yea
Burke — Yea
Linder — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Chang — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Daly — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Waldron — Not Voting
Weber — Not Voting
Wilk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea
Patterson, Joe Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 17 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13000
Democratic 2000
Republican 2000
Total 17000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bloom — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Chang — Yea
Holden — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 707 do?
Existing law establishes the California Land Conservation Act of 1965, otherwise known as the Williamson Act, and authorizes a city or county to enter into 10-year contracts with owners of land devoted to agricultural use, whereby the owners agree to continue using the property for that purpose, and the city or county agrees to value the land accordingly for purposes of property taxation, as specified. Existing law provides for the procedure to cancel a contract entered into under these provisions, and provides that the landowner and the Department of Conservation may agree on the cancellation value of the land. This bill would require the department to provide a preliminary valuation of the land to the county assessor and the city council or board of supervisors at least 60 days prior to the effective date of the agreed upon cancellation valuation if the contract includes an additional cancellation fee, as specified.
Who sponsors AB 707?
AB 707 is sponsored by Wood.
What is the current status of AB 707?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 25, 2015. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 707?
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