{"data":{"id":"us-ca/gov-51296.3","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"GOV § 51296.3","heading":"","body":"Notwithstanding any provision of the Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000)), a local agency formation commission shall not approve a change of organization or reorganization that would result in the annexation of land within a designated farmland security zone to a city. However, this subdivision shall not apply under any of the following circumstances:\n(a) If the farmland security zone is located within a designated, delineated area that has been approved by the voters as a limit for existing and future urban facilities, utilities, and services.\n(b) If annexation of a parcel or a portion of a parcel is necessary for the location of a public improvement, as defined in Section 51290.5, except as provided in Section 51296.5 or 51296.6.\n(c) If the landowner consents to the annexation.","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 7. Farmland Security Zones [51296. - 51297.4.]"],"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":"c52bd9aa933d72698ca5c1257e9863a7a72fdacad01a945bee1383cc82cddd60","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/gov-51296.2","next":"us-ca/gov-51296.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}