{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-51243.6","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 51243.6","heading":"","body":"The Legislature finds and declares the following:\n(a) The enforceability of contracts entered into pursuant to this article is necessary to permit the preferential taxation provided to the owners of land under contract, pursuant to Section 8 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.\n(b) The option granted to a city pursuant to Section 51243.5 to elect not to succeed to a contract may be held only by the city.\n(c) No contracting landowner has a reasonable expectation that a contract can be terminated immediately pursuant to this article without penalty.","path":["Government Code - GOV","TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 52203.]","PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 51299.4.]","CHAPTER 7. Agricultural Land [51200. - 51297.4.]","ARTICLE 3. Contracts [51240. - 51257.5.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"b9ccd47c10e1518a8bfe870241e7dbd0a784ab0b08f452efbd0c5d3e16584ec0","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-51243.5","next":"us-ca/gov-51244"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}