California Code
DIVISION 1 - ADMINISTRATION
CHAPTER 2.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection

ARTICLE 1 - Organization and General Powers

Section 700. - 700. As used in this chapter: (a) “Board” means the...

Section 701. - 701. (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department...

Section 701.5. - 701.5. Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code,...

Section 701.6. - 701.6. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and...

Section 702. - 702. (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and...

Section 703. - 703. The director shall appoint a cultural burning liaison who...

Section 705. - 705. The department may expend the money in any appropriation...

Section 705.5. - 705.5. (a) The director may authorize advance payments to a...

Section 706. - 706. The department shall have possession and control of all...

Section 707. - 707. Whenever the department has received and deposited any money...

Section 707.1. - 707.1. (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a...

Section 708. - 708. For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its...

Section 709. - 709. The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150)...

Section 710. - 710. The director shall have no power to amend or...

Section 711. - 711. The director, with approval of the Director of Finance,...

Section 712. - 712. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of...

Section 713. - 713. The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire...

Section 714. - 714. The department is responsible for all of the following:...

Section 715. - 715. The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation...

Section 716. - 716. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department...

Section 717. - 717. (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall...

ARTICLE 2 - State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection

Section 730. - 730. (a) There is in the department a State Board...

Section 731. - 731. All members of the board shall be appointed and...

Section 731.1. - 731.1. The Legislature declares that some individuals appointed as members...

Section 732. - 732. Each member of the board shall hold office for...

Section 735. - 735. Each member of the board shall receive compensation for...

Section 736. - 736. The board shall maintain its headquarters in Sacramento and...

Section 737. - 737. (a) A member of the board shall not participate...

Section 738. - 738. The Governor shall designate the chair of the board...

Section 739. - 739. The board may appoint an executive officer who shall...

Section 740. - 740. The board shall represent the state’s interest in the...

Section 741. - 741. (a) The board shall appoint a Range Management Advisory...

Section 743. - 743. State agencies shall submit to the board plans for,...

Section 745. - 745. The board shall implement a public information program on...

ARTICLE 3 - Professional Foresters

Section 750. - 750. This article may be known and cited as the...

Section 751. - 751. The purpose of this article is to declare the...

Section 752. - 752. (a) “Professional forester,” as used in this article, means...

Section 753. - 753. “Forestry,” as used in this article, refers to the...

Section 754. - 754. “Forested landscapes” means those tree dominated landscapes and their...

Section 755. - 755. “Person” as used in this article means any natural...

Section 756. - 756. Nothing in this article prohibits any person from engaging...

Section 757. - 757. This article does not apply to a landowner who...

Section 758. - 758. This article shall not be construed to authorize a...

Section 759. - 759. The board may by regulation adopt such rules and...

Section 760. - 760. The board shall consider matters pertaining to the registration...

Section 760.5. - 760.5. The board may hire the clerical and secretarial employees,...

Section 761. - 761. The board shall keep a complete record of all...

Section 762. - 762. The board may by regulation provide for the issuance...

Section 763. - 763. (a) The board shall establish an examining committee of...

Section 764. - 764. A person appointed to serve upon the examining committee...

Section 765. - 765. The examining committee shall adhere to the rules and...

Section 766. - 766. On and after July 1, 1973, it shall be...

Section 767. - 767. An applicant for a license pursuant to this article...

Section 768. - 768. The board shall require an applicant to demonstrate such...

Section 769. - 769. An applicant shall meet all of the following qualifications:...

Section 770. - 770. (a) Examinations shall be given by the board as...

Section 771. - 771. An applicant failing in an examination may be examined...

Section 772. - 772. Instead of being registered as a professional forester, an...

Section 773. - 773. Licenses and specialty certificates issued pursuant to this article...

Section 774. - 774. (a) Issuance of a license may be denied if...

Section 775. - 775. The board may upon its own motion, and shall...

Section 776. - 776. Any accusation against a registrant or a certificant shall...

Section 777. - 777. (a) If the board finds against the registrant, the...

Section 778. - 778. A registrant or certificant is subject to disciplinary action...

Section 778.5. - 778.5. The board shall develop criteria to determine whether a...

Section 779. - 779. Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

Section 780. - 780. The fees received pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 781. - 781. All fees received pursuant to this article shall be...

Section 782. - 782. The board shall establish by regulation the amount of...

Section 783. - 783. In case a person defaults in payment of the...