Subdivisions: parcel merger: renewable energy facilities.

The Subdivision Map Act establishes a statewide regulatory framework controlling the subdivision of land, provides the sole and exclusive authority for local agency initiated merger of contiguous parcels, and authorizes a legislative body, on its own motion or by petition of all owners of record of the real property within the subdivision, to initiate proceedings for reversion to acreage. This bill would provide that specified provisions of the act do not prohibit a landowner, local agency, or renewable energy corporation authorized to conduct business in the state from seeking financial assistance from eligible state funding sources to defray the costs of merging parcels on private or public lands, or the costs of establishing or administering a joint powers authority established or authorized to merge parcels on private or public lands for the purpose of siting renewable energy facilities.