The conservancy may receive gifts, donations, subventions, grants, rents, royalties, and other financial aids and funds from private and public sources.
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Section § 66908
This law section allows the conservancy to accept various types of financial support from both private and public sources. This includes gifts, donations, grants, and similar contributions.
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Section § 66908.1
This law allows the conservancy to charge fees for its services, but these fees cannot be higher than the actual cost of providing those services.
The conservancy may fix and collect fees for any services rendered by it. The amount of any fee may not exceed the reasonable costs of providing the services rendered by the conservancy.
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Section § 66908.2
Money earned from leasing, renting, selling, or trading land, or any income from land options, must go into a specific fund. This money can be spent on the objectives outlined in the title, but only after the Legislature approves it.
Proceeds from any lease, rental, sale, exchange, transfer of land, interest therein, or option thereon, or income shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for expenditure for the purposes of this title when appropriated by the Legislature.
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Section § 66908.3
This law allows the conservancy to lease lands it has acquired to private individuals or groups. Each year, after the Legislature approves the budget, 25% of the lease income is given to the county where the land is located. Out of this, 50% must be used for soil erosion control projects.
The conservancy is authorized to lease lands acquired in accordance with Section 66907.8. When the leases are made to private individuals or groups, the conservancy shall annually, upon appropriation of these amounts by the Legislature, transfer 25 percent of the gross income of the leases to the county in which the lands are located. Fifty percent of the funds received by a county under this section shall be used for soil erosion control projects.
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