California Government Code

§ 51110

GOV § 51110Div. 1 · Title 5 · Part 1 · Ch. 6.7 · Art. 2

Statute text

(a)On or before September 1, 1976, the assessor shall assemble a list of all parcels, regardless of size, which as of the lien date in 1976, were assessed for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land, including all such parcels or portions thereof under agricultural preserve contracts.

(b)On or before September 1, 1976, the assessor shall notify by mail, which is certified and with return receipt requested, owners of parcels listed under subdivision (a) that their land has been included in such a list. This notice shall be substantially in the following form: To: (name of taxpayer) Pursuant to the Z’berg-Warren-Keene-Collier Forest Taxation Reform Act of 1976, ____ County must provide for the zoning of land used for growing and harvesting timber as timberland preserve zone (TPZ). A TPZ is a 10-year restriction on the use of land, and will replace the use of agricultural preserves (Williamson Act contracts) on timberland. Land use under a TPZ will be restricted to growing and harvesting timber, and to compatible uses approved by the county (or city). In return, taxation of timberland under a TPZ will be based only on such restrictions in use. To initiate this zoning procedure, the assessor has assembled a list (list “A”) of all those parcels assessed for property tax purposes for growing and harvesting timber as the highest and best use of the land as of March 1, 1976. The following parcels of your land have been included in this list “A”: (legal description or assessor’s parcel no.) If you have one or more parcels listed above which you believe have a highest and best use other than growing and harvesting timber, you must submit to the assessor a written affidavit describing the intended use you have for this parcel(s), and do so before October 1, 1976. The assessor will then designate such parcel(s) as “contested” on the final list of these parcels which is submitted to the county board of supervisors (or city council) on October 15, 1976. A public hearing will be held prior to March 1, 1977, for the consideration of zoning your parcel(s) as TPZ. You will be given at least 20 days’ notice of such hearing. Under the Timber Yield Tax Law, all noncontested parcels included in the final list “A” will be zoned as TPZ unless the owner can demonstrate to the satisfaction of a majority of the full board (or council) that at least one of the following conditions exists:

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 176.