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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13931.

13931. The district board may provide for the call and redemption of bonds before their maturity at times and prices and upon any other terms as it specifies. A bond shall not be subject to call or redemption before maturity unless it contains a recital to that effect or unless a statement to that effect is printed on it.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13932.

13932. The principal and interest of the bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States at the office of the district treasurer or any other place, at the option of the bondholder.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13933.

13933. (a)  The bonds shall be dated, numbered consecutively, and be signed by the president of the district board and the district treasurer. The district treasurer shall sign any coupons. Any signatures or countersignatures may be mechanically reproduced by any means, except that one of the signatures shall be signed by hand.
(b)  If the president of the district board or the district treasurer whose signature appears on a bond or coupon ceases to hold that office before the delivery of the bonds or the coupons to the purchaser, the signature is nevertheless valid and sufficient for any purpose as if the president or treasurer had remained in office until the delivery of the bonds or coupons.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13934.

13934. (a)  Before selling the bonds or coupons, the district board shall give notice inviting sealed bids. At a minimum, the district board shall publish notice at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district at least 10 days before the deadline for receiving the bids.
(b)  The district board shall award the sale of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder.
(c)  If the district board does not receive any bids or if it determines that the bids received are not satisfactory as to price or responsibility of the bidders, it may reject all bids, if any, and either readvertise or sell the bonds at private sale.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13935.

13935. (a)  All premiums and accrued interest received from the sale of the bonds shall be deposited with the district treasurer in a special bond service fund to be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, and the remainder of the proceeds of the bonds shall be placed to the credit of the proper improvement fund and applied exclusively to the purpose and object recited in the proposition approved by the voters.
(b)  When the purpose and object have been accomplished, any moneys remaining in the improvement fund shall be transferred to the special bond service fund. When the purpose and object have been accomplished and all principal and interest on the bonds have been paid, any balance of money then remaining shall be transferred to the general fund of the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13936.

13936. Any general obligation bonds issued by a district have the same force, value, and use as bonds issued by a city and the bonds and the interest on the bonds are exempt from all taxation within the State of California.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13937.

13937. A district shall not incur a bonded indebtedness in excess of 10 percent of the assessed value of all taxable property within the district.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 9 - General Obligation Bonds › Section 13938.

13938. (a)  After incurring a general obligation indebtedness, and annually thereafter until the indebtedness is paid or until there is a sum in the district treasury in a special bond service fund set apart for that purpose sufficient to meet all payments of principal and interest on that indebtedness as it becomes due, the district board shall adopt a resolution directing the county tax collector to levy a tax on behalf of the district.
(b)  The tax shall be in addition to all other taxes levied by and for the district and shall be collected in the same manner and at the same time as county taxes. A county may recover its costs as provided by Section 29142 of the Government Code.
(c)  The rate of the tax shall be fixed to result in proceeds which are sufficient to pay any principal and interest which will become due before the next proceeds of a tax to be levied will be available.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 176, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13950.

13950. (a)  Whenever a district board determines that it is in the public interest to provide different services, to provide different levels of service, or to raise additional revenues within specific areas of the district, it may form one or more service zones pursuant to this chapter.
(b)  The district board shall initiate proceedings for the formation of a new zone by adopting a resolution which shall do all of the following:
(1)  State that the proposal is made pursuant to this chapter.
(2)  Set forth a description of the boundaries of the territory to be included in the zone.
(3)  State the different services, different levels of service, or additional revenues which the zone will provide.
(4)  Set forth the methods by which those services or levels of service will be financed.
(5)  State the reasons for forming the zone.
(6)  Propose a name or number for the zone.
(7)  Fix the date, time, and place for the public hearing on the formation of the zone.
(c)  The district board shall publish notice of the hearing, including the information required by subdivision (b), pursuant to Section 6061 of the Government Code in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the district. The district board shall mail the notice to all owners of property within the proposed zone. The district board shall post the notice in at least three public places within the territory of the proposed zone.
(d)  At the hearing, the district board shall hear and consider any protests to the formation of the zone. At the conclusion of the hearing, the district board may adopt a resolution ordering the formation of the zone.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13951.

13951. A district board may change the boundaries of a service zone or dissolve a zone by following the procedures in Section 13950.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13952.

13952. A local agency formation commission shall have no power or duty to review and approve or disapprove a proposal to create a service zone, a proposal to change the boundaries of a zone, or a proposal to dissolve a zone.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13953.

13953. As determined by the district board, a service zone may provide any service at any level within its boundaries which the district may provide.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13954.

13954. As determined by the district board and pursuant to the requirements of this part, a service zone may exercise any fiscal powers within its boundaries that the district may exercise.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13955.

13955. Any taxes, special taxes, assessments, or fees which are intended solely for the support of services within a zone shall be levied, assessed, and collected only within the boundaries of the zone.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 10 - Service Zones › Section 13956.

13956. To assist it in the operation of a service zone, the district board may appoint one or more advisory groups composed of persons who reside in or own property in the zone.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13960.

13960. (a)  The Meyers-Milias-Brown Act, Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 3500) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code applies to all fire protection districts.
(b)  Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 1960) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code applies to all fire protection districts.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13961.

13961. (a)  A district board may adopt an ordinance establishing an employee relations system.
(b)  “Employee relations system” as used in this chapter means a civil service system or a merit system.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13962.

13962. (a) Upon receipt of a petition proposing an employee relations system for employees of the district, signed by at least 10 percent of the registered voters of the district, the district board shall either adopt an ordinance providing for the employee relations system, or adopt an ordinance subject to the approval of the voters of the district.
(b) District employees may circulate the petitions described in subdivision (a) at any time when they are not on duty.
(c) If the question is submitted to the voters at a general district election, the notice required by Section 12112 of the Elections Code shall contain a statement of the question to appear on the ballot. If the question is submitted to the voters at a special election, the notice of election and ballot shall contain a statement of the question.
(d) The question placed before the voters shall call for a “Yes” or “No” vote and shall be in substantially the following form:
“Shall the ordinance of the Board of Directors of the ______ (name of the district), adopting an employee relations system for the employees of the district, be approved?”
(e) If a majority of the voters voting on the question approve of the question, the ordinance shall go into effect.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 588, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13963.

13963. When more than one district is governed by the same board of directors, the district board may do all of the following:
(a)  Adopt the same set of employee relations rules, regulations, and procedures for any or all districts.
(b)  Authorize one examination for any or all districts for each classification of employment, establish one eligibility list, permit qualified candidates to transfer from one district to another, and allow requested changes in assignment.
(c)  Adopt one seniority list to be used in the layoff of all employees of any or all districts. Persons laid off due to lack of work shall be eligible for reemployment and shall be reemployed in preference to the employment of new applicants. The district board may set a time limit on the use of this seniority list.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13964.

13964. If a county board of supervisors has appointed itself as the district board, it may change to district status any employee of a county fire warden department and the status of any district employee may be changed to that of a county employee, subject to charter provisions relating to employee relations, and the rules, regulations, and procedures of the employee relations system of the employer county.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13965.

13965. If the civil service commission or body performing employee relations functions for a district finds that a person has been employed by a city or another district which has, or any portion of which has, been annexed to, included within, or contracts with, the district for all fire protection, rescue, or emergency medical services, in a position classification the duties of which and qualifications for which are substantially the same as those of any position classification in the district, at the request of the district board, the civil service commission or other body may certify, without examination, that person as eligible to hold that district position classification or any lower position classification for which the person is qualified and which would not result in a lower level of salary than was received by the person immediately before the annexation, inclusion, or contract. If a person is employed by the district after certification without examination by the civil service commission or other body because of his or her employment in a position classification of similar duties by a city or district, all time employed in that city or district shall be considered as time employed by the district, to determine seniority rights and salary rates.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13966.

13966. (a)  In the case of a district where the Board of Supervisors of the County of Santa Clara has appointed itself as the district board of a district, the district board may call an election to be held in the district for the purpose of submitting to the voters of the district the question of whether the district board may provide for a system of binding arbitration for the resolution of impasses in employer-employee relations.
(b)  Where the district has created service zones, the election specified in subdivision (a) shall be held only in those zones in which the district provides direct fire protection and not in those zones in which fire protection is provided by contract with other agencies.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13967.

13967. A district board may require any employee of the district to be bonded. The district shall pay the cost of the bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13968.

13968. A district board may provide for any programs for the benefits of its employees or members of the district board, pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 53200) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13969.

13969. A district board shall train all employees of the district who are expected to provide services pursuant to Section 13862, except those whose duties are primarily clerical or administrative, to administer first aid and cardiopulmonary resuscitation, as required pursuant to Section 1797.182. A district board may provide any other training programs for its employees.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 2.7 - FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 › CHAPTER 11 - Employee Relations › Section 13970.

13970. A fire protection district shall be considered a “fire district” to grant leaves of absence in lieu of temporary disability payments pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 4850) of Chapter 2 of Part 2 of Division 4 of the Labor Code.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1013, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14825.

14825. (a) Fire companies in unincorporated towns may be organized by filing a certificate signed by the foreman or presiding officer and by the secretary, with the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator in the same county, or other county agency as designated by ordinance of the county board of supervisors.
(b) Fire companies in incorporated cities may be organized, subject to any local ordinance established pursuant to Section 14832, by filing a certificate signed by the foreman or presiding officer and by the secretary, with the city council or other agency as designated by ordinance of the city council and with the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator in the same county as the city.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14826.

14826. The certificate shall set forth the following matters:
(a)  The date of organization.
(b)  The name of the company.
(c)  The names of the officers.
(d)  The roll of active volunteer firefighters and those volunteer firefighters on leave.
(e)  Where an ordinance has been adopted pursuant to Section 14831, a copy of the determination of the board of supervisors pursuant to Section 14831.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14827.

14827. The certificate shall be filed by February 1 of each year. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, require an updated or second filing each year.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14828.

14828. There shall not be in any one unincorporated town more than one company for each one thousand inhabitants, but one company may be allowed in any town where the population is less than one thousand.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14829.

14829. An engine company may consist of not more than 65 certificate members; a hook-and-ladder company of not more than 65 certificate members; a hose company of not more than 25 certificate members; and a rescue squad company of not more than 25 certificate members.
(Amended by Stats. 1979, Ch. 517.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14830.

14830. Every fire company shall choose or elect a foreman, or president, who is the presiding officer, and a secretary and treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14831.

14831. The board of supervisors of a county that has a population of 400,000 or more on or after January 1, 1985, may, by ordinance, regulate the formation and continued existence of fire companies. The board of supervisors may authorize the formation of any new fire company within the county where it determines that a reasonable level of fire services does not already exist and where the provision of supplemental or competing fire services by any other entity would not result in the mismanagement of emergencies or in confusion to those seeking aid.
The board of supervisors may order that any fire companies formed pursuant to this part may continue to exist upon making the determination that the circumstances stated above exist. The board of supervisors may, by ordinance, establish additional regulations and criteria for the establishment and ongoing operation of fire companies organized pursuant to this part.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 67, Sec. 1. (SB 902) Effective January 1, 2011.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14832.

14832. The city council of an incorporated city may, by ordinance, regulate the formation and continued existence of fire companies providing services within its city.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 1 - Organization › Section 14833.

14833. Fire company vehicles granted exempt California vehicle registration or displaying exempt California license plates shall be properly insured, marked, and identified as a fire company vehicle. The fire company shall not allow those vehicles to be loaned, rented, or used for personal pleasure or by for-profit businesses for private economic gain of a business or contractor. This limitation is not intended to prohibit or hinder the fire company’s legitimate use of fire company vehicles for emergency services, including contract arrangements or agreements to provide temporary emergency services or standby services to organizations or governmental agencies requesting those services.
(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14835.

14835. Every fire company may establish and adopt bylaws and regulations, and impose penalties, not exceeding five dollars or expulsion for each offense.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14836.

14836. Every fire company regularly organized may adopt a seal, having upon it the arms of the State, and the name of the company to which it belongs.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14837.

14837. The seal shall be under the control of and for the use of the secretary, and be by him affixed to exempt certificates, certificates of active membership, and such other documents as the by-laws provide.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14838.

14838. The secretary of every company having a seal shall take the constitutional oath of office and give a bond as the bylaws provide for the faithful performance of his or her duties.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14839.

14839. The secretary shall keep a record of all certificates of exemption or active membership, their date, and to whom issued; and when the company has no seal, the clerk shall keep similar entries of certificates issued to obtain county clerk’s certificates.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14841.

14841. The chief or ranking officer of every fire company shall inquire into the cause of, and keep a record of, every fire occurring in the town.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14842.

14842. The chief or ranking officer shall aid in the enforcement of all fire ordinances, examine buildings in process of erection, report violations of ordinances relating to prevention or extinguishment of fires, and when directed by the proper authorities institute prosecutions therefor.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14843.

14843. The chief or ranking officer shall perform other duties as may be by proper authority imposed upon him or her.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14844.

14844. Every chief, if any, shall attend all fires with his or her badge of office conspicuously displayed.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 2 - Powers and Duties › Section 14845.

14845. The chief or ranking officer shall prevent injury to, take charge of, and preserve all property rescued from fires, and return the property to its owner on the payment of the expenses incurred in saving and keeping it.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions › Section 14855.

14855. The active volunteer firefighters of volunteer fire companies or departments regularly organized and recognized by the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator or the county board of supervisors are exempt from military duty, except in case of war, invasion, or insurrection.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 13. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions › Section 14856.

14856. The burden of providing proof of eligibility for the privileges and exemptions of Section 14855 shall be the responsibility of the volunteer firefighter with the reasonable cooperation of his or her department.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4 - FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS › CHAPTER 3 - Exemptions › Section 14860.

14860. Every officer of a fire company or department who willfully issues or causes to be issued any certificate of exemption to a person not entitled to it, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 19. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4.5 - Use of Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources › Section 14865.

14865. It is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the highest level of safety for firefighters and the communities they protect by regulating the use of privately contracted private fire prevention resources. Nothing in this part shall be construed or otherwise interpreted to authorize public agencies to contract for firefighting services or other first response services. The Legislature finds and declares that firefighting and fire protection services are a municipal function and a public good to be provided by public agencies and their employees.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 636, Sec. 1. (AB 2380) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4.5 - Use of Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources › Section 14866.

14866. For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(b) “Office” means the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 636, Sec. 1. (AB 2380) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4.5 - Use of Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources › Section 14867.

14867. (a) The office, in collaboration with the department and the board of directors of the FIRESCOPE Program, established pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13070) of Part 1, shall develop standards and regulations for any privately contracted private fire prevention resources operating during an active fire incident in California.
(b) (1) In developing standards and regulations, the office shall consider private resource utilization guidelines developed by the FIRESCOPE Program, pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 13070) of Part 1.
(2) Regulations developed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but not be limited to, the following requirements:
(A) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall heed all evacuation warnings and leave the evacuation area when prompted, until the area is reopened or until they have received incident command authorization to reenter or stay in the area.
(B) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall check in with incident command before entering an area.
(C) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall be equipped with a Global Positioning System (GPS) tracking device so its liaison at incident command, as described in subparagraph (D), and incident command, can locate the privately contracted private fire prevention resource in the event of an evacuation. The Global Positioning System used by the privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall be compatible with the state’s incident management and situational awareness tracking system.
(D) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall have a liaison at incident command that is available to incident command at all times and can contact the privately contracted private fire prevention resource at any time.
(E) (i) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall monitor incident command radio frequencies assigned to a particular incident, as permitted under Part 90 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(ii) The regulations shall include a prohibition on a privately contracted private fire prevention resource from communicating on incident command radio frequencies, without prior approval from incident command.
(F) A privately contracted private fire prevention resource shall, whenever possible, focus on prefire treatment activities and pretreatment of values-at-risk and other nonemergency activities outside of a restricted area to ensure safety, clear command and control, and minimize potential liability issues.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 636, Sec. 1. (AB 2380) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 4.5 - Use of Privately Contracted Private Fire Prevention Resources › Section 14868.

14868. (a) The office, in collaboration with the department and the board of directors of the FIRESCOPE Program, shall develop regulations to govern the use of equipment used by privately contracted private fire prevention resources during an active fire incident. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) All equipment shall be clearly labeled nonemergency.
(2)  Privately contracted private fire prevention resource vehicles shall not use emergency lights or sirens.
(3)  Privately contracted private fire prevention resource vehicles shall not have any labeling that indicates emergency personnel or fire department.
(b) The office may consult with both private sector entities that provide privately contracted private fire prevention resources and public sector fire agencies before developing the regulations as required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 636, Sec. 1. (AB 2380) Effective January 1, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 14875.

14875. “Weeds,” as used in this part, means vegetation growing upon streets, sidewalks, or private property in any county, including any fire protection district and may include any of the following:
(a) Vegetation that bears seeds of a downy or wingy nature.
(b) Vegetation that is not pruned or is otherwise neglected so as to attain such large growth as to become, when dry, a fire menace to adjacent improved property.
(c) Vegetation that is otherwise noxious or dangerous.
(d) Poison oak and poison ivy when the conditions of growth are such as to constitute a menace to the public health.
(e) Dry grass, stubble, brush, litter, or other flammable material which endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard in an urbanized portion of an unincorporated area which has been zoned for single and multiple residence purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 260, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 1 - General Provisions › Section 14876.

14876. Weeds may be declared a public nuisance and may be abated as provided in this part.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 2 - Resolution › Section 14880.

14880. Whenever weeds are growing upon any street, sidewalk, or on private property in any county, the board of supervisors, by resolution, may declare the weeds a public nuisance.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 2 - Resolution › Section 14881.

14881. The resolution shall refer, by the name under which it is commonly known, to the street, highway, or road upon which the nuisance exists, upon which the sidewalks are located, or upon which the private property affected fronts or abuts or nearest to which the private property is located.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 2 - Resolution › Section 14882.

14882. If the private property fronts or abuts upon more than one street, highway, or road, it is necessary to refer to only one of the streets, highways, or roads.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 2 - Resolution › Section 14883.

14883. The resolution shall describe the property upon which, or in front of which the nuisance exists by describing the property by reference to the tract, block, lot, code area and parcel number as used in the records of the county assessor or in accordance with the map used in describing property for taxation purposes. No other description is necessary.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1534.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 2 - Resolution › Section 14884.

14884. Any number of streets, highways, roads, or parcels of private property may be included in one resolution.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › 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 give notice to destroy weeds. This may be any one of the following:
(a)  The county agricultural commissioner.
(b)  The county forester.
(c)  The county board of forestry.
(d)  Any other officer, board, or commission.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Notice › Section 14891.

14891. The notices shall be headed “Notice to destroy weeds,” in words not less than one inch in height.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 2 - Contents of Notice › Section 14892.

14892. The notice shall be substantially in the following form:
NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS.
Notice is hereby given that on the ____ day of ____, 19__, the board of supervisors of ____ county passed a resolution declaring that noxious or dangerous weeds were growing upon or in front of the property on, or nearest to ____ street (or road), in said county, and more particularly described in said resolution and that the same constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by the removal of said noxious or dangerous weeds, otherwise they will be removed and the nuisance will be abated by the county authorities, in which case the cost of such removal shall be assessed upon the lots and lands from which or in front of which such weeds are removed, and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid. Reference is hereby made to said resolution for further particulars.
All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of such weeds are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the board of supervisors of said county, to be held (give date), when their objections will be heard and given due consideration.
Dated this ____ day of ____, 19__.
,
(Title of officer, board or commission causing notices to be posted.)
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 3 - Posting and Publishing Notice › Section 14893.

14893. The notices shall be conspicuously posted in front of the property on which or in front of which the nuisance exists, or if the property has no frontage upon any street, highway or road then upon the portion of the property nearest to a street, highway or road, or most likely to give actual notice to the owner.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 3 - Posting and Publishing Notice › Section 14894.

14894. The notices shall be posted not more than one hundred feet in distance apart, but at least one notice shall be posted on each lot or parcel.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 3 - Posting and Publishing Notice › Section 14895.

14895. Notice of the hearing prescribed in Section 14892 shall be published once in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published in the county, not less than 10 days prior to the date of the hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 3 - Posting and Publishing Notice › Section 14896.

14896. As an alternative to posting and publication, notice in the form required in Section 14892 may be mailed to the property owners as their names and addresses appear from the last equalized assessment role, or as they are known to the clerk.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 579.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 4 - Hearing on Notice › Section 14898.

14898. At the time stated in the notices, the board of supervisors shall hear and consider all objections or protests, if any, to the proposed removal of weeds, and may continue the hearing from time to time.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 4 - Hearing on Notice › Section 14899.

14899. Upon the conclusion of the hearing the board shall allow or overrule any or all objections, whereupon the board shall acquire jurisdiction to proceed and perform the work of removal, and the decision of the board on the matter is final, except as provided in Sections 14920 and 14921 of this code.
(Amended by Stats. 1941, Ch. 69.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice › Section 14900.

14900. After final action is taken by the board on the disposition of any protests or objections or in case no protests or objections are received, the board shall order the officer, board or commission causing the notices to be posted to abate the nuisance, or to cause it to be abated by having the weeds removed.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice › Section 14900.5.

14900.5. If the nuisance is seasonal and recurrent, the board of supervisors shall so declare. Thereafter, such seasonal and recurring weeds shall be abated every year without the necessity of any further hearing.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice › Section 14900.6.

14900.6. In the case of weeds which have previously been declared to constitute a seasonal and recurring nuisance, it is sufficient to mail a post card notice to the owners of the property as they and their addresses appear upon the current assessment roll.
The notice shall refer to and describe the property and shall state that noxious or dangerous weeds of a seasonal and recurrent nature are growing on or in front of the property, and that the same constitute a public nuisance which must be abated by the removal of said noxious or dangerous weeds, and that otherwise they will be removed and the nuisance will be abated by the county authorities, in which case the cost of such removal shall be assessed upon the lot and lands from which or in front of which such weeds are removed and that such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid.
(Added by Stats. 1939, Ch. 1018.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice › Section 14901.

14901. The officer, board or commission, and his or its assistants, deputies, employees, or contracting agents, or other representatives may enter upon private property for the purpose of removing the weeds.
(Enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 12 - FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION › PART 5 - ABATEMENT OF HAZARDOUS WEEDS AND RUBBISH › CHAPTER 3 - Notice to Destroy Weeds › ARTICLE 5 - Proceedings After Hearing on Notice › Section 14902.

14902. Before the arrival of the officer, board, or commission, or their representatives, any property owner may remove weeds at his or her own expense. Nevertheless, in any case in which an order to abate is issued, the board by resolution or motion may further order that a special assessment and lien be imposed pursuant to Section 14912. In that case the assessment and lien shall be limited to the costs incurred by the responsible agency in enforcing abatement upon the parcels, including investigation, boundary determination, measurement, clerical, and other related costs.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 352, Sec. 3.)