California Code
Health and Safety Code - HSC
DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION

PART 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS

CHAPTER 1 - Liability in Relation to Fires

Section 13000. - 13000. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who allows...

Section 13001. - 13001. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who, through...

Section 13002. - 13002. (a) Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who...

Section 13003. - 13003. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who uses...

Section 13004. - 13004. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who harvests...

Section 13005. - 13005. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who: (a)...

Section 13006.5. - 13006.5. Every owner, operator, lessee, or other person in charge...

Section 13007. - 13007. Any person who personally or through another wilfully, negligently,...

Section 13008. - 13008. Any person who allows any fire burning upon his...

Section 13009. - 13009. (a) Any person (1) who negligently, or in violation...

Section 13009.1. - 13009.1. (a) Any person (1) who negligently, or in violation...

Section 13009.2. - 13009.2. (a) In a civil action by a public agency...

Section 13009.5. - 13009.5. Where the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection utilizes...

Section 13009.6. - 13009.6. (a) (1) Those expenses of an emergency response necessary...

Section 13009.6. - 13009.6. (a) (1) Those expenses of an emergency response necessary...

Section 13010. - 13010. Sections 13007, 13008, and 13009 of this code do...

Section 13011. - 13011. Both doors of any double doors designated as the...

CHAPTER 2 - Fire Equipment

ARTICLE 1 - Standard Equipment

Section 13025. - 13025. (a) All equipment for fire protection purposes having couplings...

Section 13025.5. - 13025.5. Any fire department maintained by the City and County...

Section 13026. - 13026. The State Fire Marshal is authorized to make such...

Section 13027. - 13027. The State Fire Marshal shall notify industrial establishments and...

Section 13028. - 13028. Any person who sells or offers for sale any...

Section 13029. - 13029. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

ARTICLE 2 - Use of Fire Equipment

Section 13050. - 13050. The apparatus, equipment and firefighting force of any public...

Section 13050.1. - 13050.1. “Public entity” includes the state, a county, city, district,...

Section 13051. - 13051. The reasonable value of the use of, and repairs...

Section 13052. - 13052. (a) The public entity rendering the service may present...

Section 13052.5. - 13052.5. The governing board of any county fire protection district...

Section 13053. - 13053. Whenever a fire occurs in any county or within...

Section 13054. - 13054. Where the personnel, equipment, and facilities of any county...

Section 13055. - 13055. Any public agency authorized to engage in fire protection...

Section 13060. - 13060. Any public entity may place blue reflective pavement markers...

Section 13061. - 13061. (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions...

Section 13062. - 13062. (a) Commencing January 1, 2022, a person shall not...

CHAPTER 3 - FIRESCOPE Program

Section 13070. - 13070. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13071. - 13071. The Office of Emergency Services shall establish and administer...

Section 13072. - 13072. The goal of the FIRESCOPE Program is the improvement...

Section 13073. - 13073. The Office of Emergency Services shall carry out this...

CHAPTER 4 - Firefighters Memorial

Section 13081. - 13081. (a) The construction of a memorial to California firefighters...

Section 13082. - 13082. (a) The California Fire Foundation may, in consultation with...

Section 13083. - 13083. Firefighters’ memorial ceremonies, including the dedication of the memorial...

PART 2 - FIRE PROTECTION

CHAPTER 1 - State Fire Marshal

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 13100. - 13100. (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal is...

Section 13100.1. - 13100.1. The functions of the office shall be to foster,...

Section 13101. - 13101. The State Fire Marshal shall be appointed by the...

Section 13103. - 13103. The State Fire Marshal may appoint those assistant or...

Section 13104. - 13104. The State Fire Marshal shall aid in the enforcement...

Section 13104.5. - 13104.5. Except on property which has been deeded to the...

Section 13104.6. - 13104.6. The State Fire Marshal may determine the existence of...

Section 13105. - 13105. The State Fire Marshal shall encourage the adoption of...

Section 13105.2. - 13105.2. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish and operate...

Section 13105.5. - 13105.5. The State Fire Marshal shall establish or cause to...

Section 13105.6. - 13105.6. On or before July 1, 2023, the State Fire...

Section 13105.7. - 13105.7. (a) The State Fire Marshal may establish a schedule...

Section 13106. - 13106. During the existence of a fire, the State Fire...

Section 13107. - 13107. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall investigate every explosion...

Section 13107.5. - 13107.5. The State Fire Marshal may investigate every break, and...

Section 13108. - 13108. (a) Except as limited by Chapter 6 (commencing with...

Section 13108.1. - 13108.1. The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the Bureau...

Section 13108.5. - 13108.5. (a) The State Fire Marshal, in consultation with the...

Section 13108.5.1. - 13108.5.1. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall, prior to the...

Section 13108.6. - 13108.6. The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations specifying the...

Section 13108.9. - 13108.9. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to require...

Section 13109. - 13109. The State Fire Marshal, his or her deputies, or...

Section 13110. - 13110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, the...

Section 13110.5. - 13110.5. The State Fire Marshal shall gather statistical information on...

Section 13110.7. - 13110.7. The State Fire Marshal shall establish and maintain a...

Section 13111. - 13111. The State Fire Marshal may adopt a model ordinance...

Section 13111.1. - 13111.1. (a) The office of the State Fire Marshal may...

Section 13111.3. - 13111.3. The State Department of Health shall establish and administer...

Section 13112. - 13112. Every person who violates any provision of this chapter,...

Section 13112.1. - 13112.1. Notwithstanding Section 1463 of the Penal Code, all fines...

Section 13112.2. - 13112.2. All revenue collected pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section...

Section 13113. - 13113. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, a...

Section 13113.5. - 13113.5. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations requiring the...

Section 13113.6. - 13113.6. (a) Any person, or public or private firm, organization,...

Section 13113.7. - 13113.7. (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section,...

Section 13113.8. - 13113.8. (a) On and after January 1, 1986, every single-family...

Section 13113.9. - 13113.9. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Burglar...

Section 13114. - 13114. (a) The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of...

Section 13114.1. - 13114.1. To the extent that resources are available, the State...

Section 13114.2. - 13114.2. (a) On or before January 1, 2000, the State...

Section 13114.3. - 13114.3. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and...

Section 13114.5. - 13114.5. The governing body of any city or county may...

Section 13114.7. - 13114.7. (a) For the purposes of this section the following...

Section 13115. - 13115. (a) It is unlawful for any person, firm or...

Section 13116. - 13116. Except as provided in Section 18930, the State Fire...

Section 13117. - 13117. (a) Any new detector or new automatic high pressure...

Section 13118. - 13118. All solvents offered for sale at retail shall be...

Section 13119. - 13119. It is unlawful for any person, firm or corporation...

Section 13120. - 13120. The State Fire Marshal shall establish minimum standard requirements,...

Section 13121. - 13121. The State Fire Marshal shall, before approving any flame-retardant...

Section 13122. - 13122. The State Fire Marshal shall promulgate and make available...

Section 13123. - 13123. The State Fire Marshal shall remove from his or...

Section 13124. - 13124. The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant...

Section 13125. - 13125. The name of any chemical, chemical concern or flame-retardant...

Section 13126. - 13126. With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board,...

Section 13127. - 13127. (a) Any chemical manufacturing concern, or any flame-retardant application...

Section 13128. - 13128. (a) The annual and renewal registration fee period for...

Section 13129. - 13129. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall remove from the...

Section 13130. - 13130. All money collected pursuant to this chapter shall be...

Section 13131. - 13131. “Nonambulatory persons” means persons unable to leave a building...

Section 13131.5. - 13131.5. (a) All of the following building standards shall apply...

Section 13132. - 13132. Every person, firm, or corporation maintaining or operating any...

Section 13132.7. - 13132.7. (a) Within a very high fire hazard severity zone...

Section 13133. - 13133. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall develop and adopt...

Section 13135. - 13135. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for alcoholism...

ARTICLE 1.5 - Financial Provisions

Section 13137. - 13137. (a) The State Fire Marshal Licensing and Certification Fund...

Section 13138. - 13138. (a) For state agencies, local agencies, or private entities...

Section 13139. - 13139. (a) On or before January 1, 2008, the State...

ARTICLE 2 - The State Board of Fire Services

Section 13140. - 13140. There is hereby created in the Office of the...

Section 13140.5. - 13140.5. (a) The board shall be composed of the following...

Section 13140.6. - 13140.6. A quorum of the board shall consist of not...

Section 13140.7. - 13140.7. The State Fire Marshal shall act as chairperson of...

Section 13141. - 13141. The board shall meet at the call of the...

Section 13142. - 13142. The board, shall from time to time make full...

Section 13142.6. - 13142.6. (a) The board, under the direction of the vice...

Section 13142.8. - 13142.8. When the board sits as a board of appeals:...

Section 13143. - 13143. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State...

Section 13143.1. - 13143.1. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State...

Section 13143.2. - 13143.2. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State...

Section 13143.3. - 13143.3. The State Fire Marshal or any local public entity...

Section 13143.4. - 13143.4. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to authorize...

Section 13143.5. - 13143.5. (a) Notwithstanding Part 2 (commencing with Section 13100) of...

Section 13143.6. - 13143.6. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State...

Section 13143.7. - 13143.7. (a) Except as provided in Section 18930, the State...

Section 13143.8. - 13143.8. In case of conflict between the State Fire Marshal...

Section 13143.9. - 13143.9. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall, in carrying out...

Section 13144. - 13144. The State Fire Marshal shall prepare in book or...

Section 13144.1. - 13144.1. (a) Except as provided in Sections 18930 and 18933,...

Section 13144.2. - 13144.2. Any person, firm, corporation, association, or similar organization desiring...

Section 13144.3. - 13144.3. The annual and renewal listing established by Section 13144.2...

Section 13144.4. - 13144.4. The State Fire Marshal may adopt regulations to implement,...

Section 13144.5. - 13144.5. The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and conduct voluntary...

Section 13145. - 13145. The State Fire Marshal, the chief of any city,...

Section 13146. - 13146. (a) The responsibility for enforcement of building standards adopted...

Section 13146.1. - 13146.1. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13146, the State Fire Marshal, or...

Section 13146.2. - 13146.2. (a) Every city, county, or city and county fire...

Section 13146.3. - 13146.3. (a) A city, county, or city and county fire...

Section 13146.4. - 13146.4. (a) Every city or county fire department, city and...

Section 13146.5. - 13146.5. The provisions of Sections 13145, 13146 and 13146.3 shall,...

Section 13146.6. - 13146.6. If the governing body of a city, county, or...

Section 13147. - 13147. The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section...

ARTICLE 3 - Administration

Section 13150. - 13150. For purposes of this article, “flammable liquids” shall mean...

Section 13151. - 13151. The State Fire Marshal shall prepare and adopt regulations...

Section 13152. - 13152. The authority for the enforcement of the provisions of...

Section 13153. - 13153. No person, firm, or corporation shall use, permit, or...

ARTICLE 4 - California Fire Service Training and Education Program

Section 13155. - 13155. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13156. - 13156. The Legislature finds and declares that the purposes of...

Section 13157. - 13157. The California Fire Service Training and Education Program is...

Section 13158. - 13158. The State Fire Marshal shall employ under civil service...

Section 13159. - 13159. The State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice...

Section 13159.1. - 13159.1. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish additional training...

Section 13159.15. - 13159.15. (a) The Division of Apprenticeship Standards, in collaboration with...

Section 13159.2. - 13159.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the State Fire...

Section 13159.4. - 13159.4. The State Fire Marshal shall annually review, revise as...

Section 13159.5. - 13159.5. (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall...

Section 13159.6. - 13159.6. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish additional training...

ARTICLE 5 - California Fire and Arson Training Act

Section 13159.7. - 13159.7. This article shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13159.8. - 13159.8. The State Fire Marshal, with policy guidance and advice...

Section 13159.9. - 13159.9. The State Fire Marshal shall: (a) Jointly, with the...

Section 13159.10. - 13159.10. There is established in the State Treasury the California...

CHAPTER 1.5 - Portable Fire Extinguishers

ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions

Section 13160. - 13160. With the advice of the State Fire Advisory Board,...

Section 13161. - 13161. It is the legislative intention in enacting this chapter...

Section 13162. - 13162. No person shall market, distribute, or sell any portable...

ARTICLE 2 - Licensing

Section 13163. - 13163. No person shall engage in the business of, nor...

Section 13164. - 13164. Application for a license to engage in the business...

Section 13165. - 13165. Following receipt of the properly completed application and prescribed...

Section 13166. - 13166. Original licenses shall be valid from the date of...

Section 13167. - 13167. Application for renewal shall be made on or before...

Section 13168. - 13168. The State Fire Marshal may refuse to renew any...

Section 13169. - 13169. Every licensee shall notify the State Fire Marshal at...

Section 13170. - 13170. Any advertisement of the servicing, charging, or testing of...

Section 13171. - 13171. No licensee shall conduct his licensed business or solicit...

Section 13172. - 13172. The State Fire Marshal shall without cost, annually notify...

Section 13173. - 13173. The holder of any license shall submit such license...

Section 13174. - 13174. Every licensed person shall annually, within seven days of...

ARTICLE 3 - Certificates of Registration

Section 13175. - 13175. No natural person shall service, charge, or test any...

Section 13175.1. - 13175.1. The provisions of this article shall not apply to...

Section 13176. - 13176. Application for a certificate of registration to service, charge,...

Section 13177. - 13177. The State Fire Marshal shall require all applicants for...

Section 13178. - 13178. Following receipt of the properly completed application and prescribed...

Section 13179. - 13179. Original certificates of registration shall be valid from the...

Section 13180. - 13180. Application for renewal shall be made on or before...

Section 13181. - 13181. The State Fire Marshal may refuse to renew any...

Section 13182. - 13182. Every certificate of registration holder shall notify the State...

Section 13183. - 13183. Every natural person who services, charges, or tests any...

Section 13184. - 13184. The holder of a certificate of registration shall submit...

ARTICLE 4 - Denial, Revocation, and Suspension

Section 13185. - 13185. The issuance of a license or certificate of registration...

Section 13186. - 13186. Within 30 days after receipt of notice of denial...

Section 13187. - 13187. When a statement of issues has been so filed,...

Section 13188. - 13188. A license or certificate of registration may be suspended...

Section 13188.1. - 13188.1. The State Fire Marshal may, upon a preliminary finding...

Section 13188.2. - 13188.2. Any applicant who has been denied a license or...

Section 13188.3. - 13188.3. Except where otherwise provided in this part, all hearings...

Section 13188.4. - 13188.4. (a) If the State Fire Marshal or his or...

ARTICLE 5 - Fees

Section 13189. - 13189. (a) The original and annual renewal fee for any...

Section 13190. - 13190. No special fee other than that charged for an...

ARTICLE 6 - Enforcement

Section 13190.1. - 13190.1. Except as provided in this article, the State Fire...

Section 13190.2. - 13190.2. Any governmental agency, including the state, and any city,...

Section 13190.3. - 13190.3. Any portable fire extinguisher that is required to be...

Section 13190.4. - 13190.4. Every person who violates any provision of this chapter...

CHAPTER 1.8 - Automatic Fire Extinguisher Systems

Section 13195. - 13195. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and administer the...

Section 13195.5. - 13195.5. Every automatic fire extinguishing system, including, but not limited...

Section 13196. - 13196. The regulations and building standards adopted pursuant to Section...

Section 13196.5. - 13196.5. (a) Except as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and...

Section 13197. - 13197. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations to establish...

Section 13197.5. - 13197.5. A license may be denied or revoked by the...

Section 13197.6. - 13197.6. (a) If the State Fire Marshal or his or...

Section 13198. - 13198. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt a schedule of...

Section 13198.5. - 13198.5. It is the legislative intention in enacting this chapter...

Section 13199. - 13199. Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter...

CHAPTER 2 - Clothes Cleaning Establishments

Section 13201. - 13201. The minimum building standards for all drycleaning plants and...

Section 13202. - 13202. Facilities which are in existence on the effective date...

Section 13203. - 13203. The division of authority for the enforcement of this...

CHAPTER 3 - High Rise Structures

Section 13210. - 13210. As used in this chapter: (a) “Existing high-rise structure”...

Section 13211. - 13211. The State Fire Marshal, with the advice of the...

Section 13212. - 13212. Subject to the provisions of Sections 25 and 18943...

Section 13213. - 13213. (a) Building standards and other regulations of the State...

Section 13214. - 13214. The provisions of this chapter, building standards applicable to...

Section 13215. - 13215. It is unlawful for any person to construct or...

Section 13216. - 13216. The governing body of any city or county may...

Section 13217. - 13217. (a) A city, county, or city and county fire...

CHAPTER 4 - Emergency Procedure Information

Section 13220. - 13220. The owner or operator of any of the following...

Section 13221. - 13221. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for the...

Section 13223. - 13223. Any person who violates the provisions of this chapter...

CHAPTER 5 - Building Certification

Section 13230. - 13230. As used in this chapter, “high rise structure” has...

Section 13233. - 13233. The owner or operator of any privately owned high...

Section 13234. - 13234. The State Fire Marshal may establish regulations for certification...

CHAPTER 5.5 - Fire Safety Inspections of Care Facilities

Section 13235. - 13235. (a) Upon receipt of a request from a prospective...

CHAPTER 6 - Propane Storage and Handling

ARTICLE 1 - General and Definitions

Section 13240. - 13240. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited,...

Section 13240.1. - 13240.1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms...

Section 13241. - 13241. Prior to January 1, 1996, the State Fire Marshal...

Section 13242. - 13242. The State Fire Marshal, in cooperation with the Department...

Section 13243. - 13243. The Department of Industrial Relations shall on or before...

Section 13243.3. - 13243.3. Any requirements adopted as provisions of the federal Clean...

Section 13243.6. - 13243.6. Any costs incurred by state agencies or departments pursuant...

ARTICLE 2 - Liability Insurance Coverage

Section 13244. - 13244. (a) All of the following persons or entities shall...

Section 13244.1. - 13244.1. Notwithstanding any provision of law, any person or entity...

Section 13244.2. - 13244.2. If any provision of this article or the application...

ARTICLE 3 - Fees

Section 13244.5. - 13244.5. The State Fire Marshal, in conjunction with local fire...

CHAPTER 7 - Civil Actions to Abate Fire Hazards

Section 13250. - 13250. Whenever, in the judgment of the State Fire Marshal,...

Section 13251. - 13251. Every civil action brought under the provisions of this...

Section 13252. - 13252. Any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter shall...

Section 13253. - 13253. In any civil action brought pursuant to this chapter...

CHAPTER 8 - Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Prevention Act of 2010

Section 13260. - 13260. This chapter shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13261. - 13261. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 13262. - 13262. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall...

Section 13263. - 13263. (a) (1) The State Fire Marshal shall develop a...

PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 13800. - 13800. This part shall be known and may be cited...

Section 13801. - 13801. The Legislature finds and declares that the local provision...

Section 13802. - 13802. As used in this part: (a) “City” means any...

Section 13803. - 13803. (a) This part provides the authority for the organization...

Section 13804. - 13804. This part is necessary for the public health, safety,...

Section 13805. - 13805. If any provision of this part or the application...

Section 13806. - 13806. Any action to determine the validity of the organization...

CHAPTER 2 - Area

Section 13810. - 13810. Any territory, whether incorporated or unincorporated, whether contiguous or...

Section 13811. - 13811. Territory which has been classified as a state responsibility...

Section 13812. - 13812. The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000 (Division...

CHAPTER 3 - Formation

ARTICLE 1 - Initiation

Section 13815. - 13815. A new district may be formed pursuant to this...

Section 13816. - 13816. A proposal to form a new district may be...

Section 13817. - 13817. (a) Before circulating any petition, the chief petitioners shall...

Section 13818. - 13818. The petition shall be signed by not less than...

Section 13819. - 13819. A petition may consist of a single instrument or...

Section 13820. - 13820. (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing...

Section 13821. - 13821. (a) A proposal to form a new district may...

Section 13822. - 13822. Once the chief petitioners have filed a sufficient petition...

ARTICLE 2 - Election

Section 13823. - 13823. (a) If the local agency formation commission approves the...

Section 13823.5. - 13823.5. After the local agency formation commission approves the formation...

Section 13824. - 13824. Within five days after the district formation election has...

Section 13825. - 13825. (a) The chief petitioners or the agency filing the...

Section 13826. - 13826. The elections officials in charge of conducting the election...

Section 13827. - 13827. The notice of election shall contain all of the...

Section 13828. - 13828. (a) The formation election and the election of members...

Section 13829. - 13829. If the majority of the votes cast at the...

Section 13830. - 13830. If the district lies in one county, immediately after...

Section 13831. - 13831. (a) No informality in any proceeding, including informality in...

ARTICLE 3 - Selection of the Initial Board of Directors

Section 13834. - 13834. The initial board of directors of a district formed...

Section 13835. - 13835. In the case of a district which contains only...

Section 13836. - 13836. In the case of a district which contains only...

Section 13837. - 13837. In the case of a district which contains unincorporated...

Section 13838. - 13838. In the case of a district which includes only...

Section 13839. - 13839. In the case of a district which includes only...

CHAPTER 4 - Existing Board of Directors and Officers

Section 13840. - 13840. Every district shall be governed by a legislative body...

Section 13841. - 13841. Except in the case where a county board of...

Section 13842. - 13842. Except in the case where a county board of...

Section 13843. - 13843. (a) The term of office of each member of...

Section 13844. - 13844. If a county board of supervisors or a city...

Section 13845. - 13845. (a) Except in the case where a county board...

Section 13846. - 13846. (a) In the case of an elected district board,...

Section 13847. - 13847. In the case of a district board elected by...

Section 13848. - 13848. (a) If a majority of the voters voting upon...

Section 13849. - 13849. (a) Before circulating any petition pursuant to Section 13845,...

Section 13850. - 13850. (a) Sections 100 and 104 of the Elections Code...

Section 13851. - 13851. (a) Within 30 days after the date of filing...

Section 13852. - 13852. (a) Any vacancy in the office of a member...

Section 13853. - 13853. (a) Within 60 days after their initial election or...

Section 13854. - 13854. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the county...

Section 13855. - 13855. A district board shall meet at least once every...

Section 13856. - 13856. (a) A majority of the district board shall constitute...

Section 13857. - 13857. (a) Subject to subdivision (b), each member of the...

CHAPTER 5 - General Powers and Duties

Section 13860. - 13860. A district has perpetual succession. (Repealed and added by...

Section 13861. - 13861. A district shall have and may exercise all rights...

Section 13862. - 13862. A district shall have the power to provide the...

Section 13863. - 13863. (a) A district may enter into mutual aid agreements...

Section 13864. - 13864. A district may lease or rent any property from...

Section 13865. - 13865. A district may join any local, state, or national...

Section 13866. - 13866. A district may authorize its directors and employees to...

Section 13867. - 13867. The acquisition of any equipment for fire protection purposes...

Section 13868. - 13868. (a) A district board shall keep a record of...

Section 13869. - 13869. A district may adopt a fire prevention code by...

Section 13869.7. - 13869.7. (a) Any fire protection district organized pursuant to Part...

Section 13870. - 13870. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district...

Section 13871. - 13871. (a) Any citation issued by a district for violation...

Section 13872. - 13872. A district may, by ordinance, authorize its fire chief,...

Section 13872.5. - 13872.5. The fire chief of a city, city and county,...

Section 13873. - 13873. Employees of a district shall have the powers of...

Section 13874. - 13874. If a district board has adopted regulations for the...

Section 13875. - 13875. A district may prepare and disseminate information and operate...

Section 13876. - 13876. A district board may adopt a resolution to change...

Section 13877. - 13877. A district board may authorize the use of any...

Section 13878. - 13878. A district may contract with any person or public...

Section 13879. - 13879. A district board may abate hazardous weeds and rubbish...

CHAPTER 6 - Elections

Section 13885. - 13885. Except as otherwise provided in this part, districts are...

Section 13886. - 13886. A district board may require that its election of...

Section 13887. - 13887. The expense of an election on the question of...

CHAPTER 7 - Finance

Section 13890. - 13890. On or before June 30 of each year, a...

Section 13891. - 13891. On or after July 1 of each year, the...

Section 13892. - 13892. If the district board determines that the amount of...

Section 13893. - 13893. (a) On or before June 30 of each year,...

Section 13894. - 13894. At the time and place specified for the meeting,...

Section 13895. - 13895. On or before October 1 of each year, after...

Section 13896. - 13896. The auditor of each county in which a district...

Section 13897. - 13897. A district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant...

Section 13898. - 13898. A district may accept any revenue, money, grants, goods,...

Section 13899. - 13899. All taxes and assessments levied under this chapter shall...

Section 13900. - 13900. At any regular meeting or properly noticed special meeting,...

Section 13901. - 13901. If it finds that an emergency affects the ability...

Section 13902. - 13902. (a) A district board may establish a reserve for...

Section 13903. - 13903. (a) All claims for money or damages against a...

Section 13904. - 13904. If a warrant is presented to the district treasurer...

Section 13905. - 13905. Notwithstanding Section 13903, a district board may adopt a...

Section 13906. - 13906. (a) A district may acquire any necessary property by...

CHAPTER 8 - Alternative Revenues

Section 13910. - 13910. Whenever the district board determines that the amount of...

Section 13911. - 13911. A district may levy a special tax pursuant to...

Section 13912. - 13912. A district may levy a special tax pursuant to...

Section 13913. - 13913. A district may levy a special tax pursuant to...

Section 13914. - 13914. A district may levy an assessment for fire suppression...

Section 13915. - 13915. A district may levy assessments to finance capital improvements...

Section 13916. - 13916. (a) A district board may charge a fee to...

Section 13917. - 13917. A district board may charge residents or taxpayers of...

Section 13918. - 13918. Notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, a district...

Section 13919. - 13919. A district board may waive payment of a fee...

CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds

Section 13925. - 13925. Whenever a district board determines that it is necessary...

Section 13926. - 13926. The resolution shall state: (a) The purpose for which...

Section 13927. - 13927. The election shall be conducted pursuant to the Uniform...

Section 13928. - 13928. If two-thirds of voters voting upon the proposition favor...

Section 13929. - 13929. The district board may provide for the issuance of...

Section 13930. - 13930. The district board shall adopt a resolution prescribing the...

Section 13931. - 13931. The district board may provide for the call and...

Section 13932. - 13932. The principal and interest of the bonds shall be...

Section 13933. - 13933. (a) The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, and...

Section 13934. - 13934. (a) Before selling the bonds or coupons, the district...

Section 13935. - 13935. (a) All premiums and accrued interest received from the...

Section 13936. - 13936. Any general obligation bonds issued by a district have...

Section 13937. - 13937. A district shall not incur a bonded indebtedness in...

Section 13938. - 13938. (a) After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually...

CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones

Section 13950. - 13950. (a) Whenever a district board determines that it is...

Section 13951. - 13951. A district board may change the boundaries of a...

Section 13952. - 13952. A local agency formation commission shall have no power...

Section 13953. - 13953. As determined by the district board, a service zone...

Section 13954. - 13954. As determined by the district board and pursuant to...

Section 13955. - 13955. Any taxes, special taxes, assessments, or fees which are...

Section 13956. - 13956. To assist it in the operation of a service...

CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations

Section 13960. - 13960. (a) The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section...

Section 13961. - 13961. (a) A district board may adopt an ordinance establishing...

Section 13962. - 13962. (a) Upon receipt of a petition proposing an employee...

Section 13963. - 13963. When more than one district is governed by the...

Section 13964. - 13964. If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself...

Section 13965. - 13965. If the civil service commission or body performing employee...

Section 13966. - 13966. (a) In the case of a district where the...

Section 13967. - 13967. A district board may require any employee of the...

Section 13968. - 13968. A district board may provide for any programs for...

Section 13969. - 13969. A district board shall train all employees of the...

Section 13970. - 13970. A fire protection district shall be considered a “fire...

PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS

CHAPTER 1 - Organization

Section 14825. - 14825. (a) Fire companies in unincorporated towns may be organized...

Section 14826. - 14826. The certificate shall set forth the following matters: (a)...

Section 14827. - 14827. The certificate shall be filed by February 1 of...

Section 14828. - 14828. There shall not be in any one unincorporated town...

Section 14829. - 14829. An engine company may consist of not more than...

Section 14830. - 14830. Every fire company shall choose or elect a foreman,...

Section 14831. - 14831. The board of supervisors of a county that has...

Section 14832. - 14832. The city council of an incorporated city may, by...

Section 14833. - 14833. Fire company vehicles granted exempt California vehicle registration or...

CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties

Section 14835. - 14835. Every fire company may establish and adopt bylaws and...

Section 14836. - 14836. Every fire company regularly organized may adopt a seal,...

Section 14837. - 14837. The seal shall be under the control of and...

Section 14838. - 14838. The secretary of every company having a seal shall...

Section 14839. - 14839. The secretary shall keep a record of all certificates...

Section 14840. - 14840. Every certificate is prima facie evidence of the facts...

Section 14841. - 14841. The chief or ranking officer of every fire company...

Section 14842. - 14842. The chief or ranking officer shall aid in the...

Section 14843. - 14843. The chief or ranking officer shall perform other duties...

Section 14844. - 14844. Every chief, if any, shall attend all fires with...

Section 14845. - 14845. The chief or ranking officer shall prevent injury to,...

CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions

Section 14855. - 14855. The active volunteer firefighters of volunteer fire companies or...

Section 14856. - 14856. The burden of providing proof of eligibility for the...

Section 14860. - 14860. Every officer of a fire company or department who...

PART 4.5 - Use of Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources

Section 14865. - 14865. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide...

Section 14866. - 14866. For purposes of this part, the following terms have...

Section 14867. - 14867. (a) The office, in collaboration with the department and...

Section 14868. - 14868. (a) The office, in collaboration with the department and...

PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH

CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions

Section 14875. - 14875. “Weeds,” as used in this part, means vegetation growing...

Section 14876. - 14876. Weeds may be declared a public nuisance and may...

CHAPTER 2 - Resolution

Section 14880. - 14880. Whenever weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or...

Section 14881. - 14881. The resolution shall refer, by the name under which...

Section 14882. - 14882. If the private property fronts or abuts upon more...

Section 14883. - 14883. The resolution shall describe the property upon which, or...

Section 14884. - 14884. Any number of streets, highways, roads, or parcels of...

CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds

ARTICLE 1 - Persons Authorized to Give Notice

Section 14890. - 14890. The board of supervisors shall designate the person to...

ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Notice

Section 14891. - 14891. The notices shall be headed “Notice to destroy weeds,”...

Section 14892. - 14892. The notice shall be substantially in the following form:...

ARTICLE 3 - Posting and Publishing Notice

Section 14893. - 14893. The notices shall be conspicuously posted in front of...

Section 14894. - 14894. The notices shall be posted not more than one...

Section 14895. - 14895. Notice of the hearing prescribed in Section 14892 shall...

Section 14896. - 14896. As an alternative to posting and publication, notice in...

ARTICLE 4 - Hearing on Notice

Section 14898. - 14898. At the time stated in the notices, the board...

Section 14899. - 14899. Upon the conclusion of the hearing the board shall...

ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice

Section 14900. - 14900. After final action is taken by the board on...

Section 14900.5. - 14900.5. If the nuisance is seasonal and recurrent, the board...

Section 14900.6. - 14900.6. In the case of weeds which have previously been...

Section 14901. - 14901. The officer, board or commission, and his or its...

Section 14902. - 14902. Before the arrival of the officer, board, or commission,...

CHAPTER 4 - Expense of Abatement

ARTICLE 1 - Determination and Notice

Section 14905. - 14905. The officer, board or commission abating the nuisance shall...

Section 14906. - 14906. Before the report is submitted to the board of...

ARTICLE 2 - Hearing on Report

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