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2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3961.

3961. Any person, firm, or corporation who engages in the operation of a placer mine on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary directly or indirectly to the Sacramento River or the San Joaquin River shall record a verified statement in the office of the county recorder of the county in which his or her mine is situated, within 30 days after the commencement of operations.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3962.

3962. The verified statement shall be verified by the operator or by someone in his or her behalf and shall contain all of the following information:
(a) A description of the ground proposed to be mined by placer mining methods, described by United States government subdivisions if possible.
(b) The names and addresses of the owners of the ground.
(c) The names and addresses of the operators of the mine.
(d) The proposed means or method of placer mining operation.
(e) The means which the operator proposes to use to prevent the pollution of any stream by the effluent from the operations.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3963.

3963. Within 10 days after an owner or operator changes his or her address, or transfers the ownership or changes the operator of any mining property, a notice setting forth the names and addresses of the new owners or operators shall be filed in the office of the county recorder.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3964.

3964. No placer mining operator shall mine by the placer process on any stream or on the watershed of any stream tributary directly or indirectly to the Sacramento River or the San Joaquin River without taking both of the following precautions to prevent pollution of the stream by the effluent from his or her operations:
(a) Constructing a settling pond or ponds of sufficient size to permit the clarification of water used in the mining processes before the water is discharged into the stream.
(b) Mixing with the effluent from mining operations aluminum sulphate and lime, or an equivalent clarifying substance which will cause the solid material in the effluent to coagulate and thus avoid rendering the water in the stream unfit for domestic water supply purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3965.

3965. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 3964, any placer miner who is operating by dredging process, and who desires to transport his or her dredger across a stream, may conduct the dredger across the stream without constructing a settling pond, if he or she is of the opinion that the expense of constructing settling ponds in the stream would be unduly heavy.
Before transporting the dredger, the operator shall use the following procedure:
(a) He or she shall give a notice of the intent to cross a stream to the clerk or the secretary of each city or district owning or operating a domestic water supply whose clarity is likely to be affected by the crossing operation.
(b) The notice shall be given at least seven days in advance of the date that he or she expects to cross the stream with the dredger.
(c) Upon the expiration of the notice, the operator may, during the following 48 hours, conduct the dredger across the stream even though some turbidity may be caused by the crossing operation.
(d) After crossing the stream, the operator shall comply with subdivision (b) of Section 3964.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3967.

3967. The operation of any placer mine on ground not covered by a permit issued to the operator from the California Debris Commission, without compliance with this chapter, is declared to be a public nuisance which may be enjoined upon suit brought by the district attorney of the county in which the operation has been conducted, or by any city or district whose domestic water supply is rendered unfit or dangerous for human consumption by the acts, or failure to act, of the operator.
The superior court of the county in which the operation is conducted has jurisdiction to hear and determine the action and to award relief as may be proper.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 3 - Placer Mining Water Pollution › Section 3968.

3968. Nothing in this chapter deprives the state, any city, county, district, person, firm, or corporation of any right to maintain any action or proceeding, in any jurisdiction, which it was entitled to maintain prior to April 8, 1953, or to receive or obtain in the action any remedy accorded to it under existing law.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3980.

3980. Sluice boxes, flumes, hose, pipes, railway tracks, cars, blacksmith shops, mills, and all other machinery or tools used in working or developing a mine, are deemed affixed to the mine.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3981.

3981. The business of hydraulic mining may be carried on within the state wherever and whenever it can be carried on without material injury to navigable streams or the lands adjacent thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3982.

3982. “Hydraulic mining,” as used in Section 3981, is mining by means of the application of water, under pressure, through a nozzle, against a natural bank.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3983.

3983. Any corporation organized in this state for the purpose of mining or carrying on mining operations in or outside this state, may establish and maintain agencies in other states, for the transfer and issuing of its shares. A transfer or issue of the shares of the corporation at any of its transfer agencies, in accordance with its bylaws, is valid and binding as fully and effectually for all purposes as if made upon the books of the corporation at its principal office within this state. The transfer agencies shall be governed by the bylaws and the directors of the corporation.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3984.

3984. Any shareholder of a corporation formed under the laws of this state for the purpose of mining, may visit, accompanied by his or her expert, and examine the mines owned by the corporation, and every part thereof, at any time he or she may see fit.
When the shareholder applies to the president of the corporation, the president shall immediately cause the secretary thereof to issue and deliver to the shareholder an order, under the seal of the corporation, directed to the superintendent, commanding him or her to show and exhibit parts of the mines that the shareholder named in the order may desire to visit and examine. The superintendent, on receiving the order, shall furnish the shareholder every facility for making a full and complete inspection of the mines, and of the workings therein, and shall either accompany the shareholder in person or furnish some person familiar with the mines to accompany the shareholder in the visit to and through the mines and every part thereof.
If the superintendent fails to obey the order, the shareholder may recover, in any court of competent jurisdiction, against the corporation, the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) and traveling expenses to and from the mine, as liquidated damages, together with costs of suit. In case of a refusal, the directors of the corporation shall immediately remove the officer so refusing, and thereafter he or she shall not be employed directly or indirectly by the corporation and shall not be paid any salary.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 3.5 - MINES AND MINING › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous Provisions › Section 3985.

3985. All grubstake contracts and prospecting agreements entered into after September 19, 1939, and which may in any way affect the title of mining locations, or other locations under the mining laws of this state, shall be void and of no effect unless the instrument has first been recorded in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the instrument is made. The instrument shall be duly acknowledged before a notary public or other person competent to take acknowledgments. Grubstake contracts and prospecting agreements, duly acknowledged and recorded as provided for in this section, shall be prima facie evidence in all courts in this state in all cases where the title to mining locations and other locations under the mining laws of this state are in dispute.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 259, Sec. 11.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4001.

4001. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4002.

4002. “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 972, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4002.4.

4002.4. “Cultural burn” or “cultural burning” means the intentional application of fire to land by California Native American tribes, tribal organizations, or cultural fire practitioners to achieve cultural goals or objectives, including for subsistence, ceremonial activities, biodiversity, or other benefits.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 375, Sec. 7. (AB 642) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4002.6.

4002.6. “Cultural fire practitioner” means a person associated with a California Native American tribe or tribal organization with experience in burning to meet cultural goals or objectives, including for subsistence, ceremonial activities, biodiversity, or other benefits.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 375, Sec. 8. (AB 642) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4003.

4003. “Department” means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 150.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4004.

4004. “Director” means the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 160, Sec. 151.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4004.5.

4004.5. “Prescribed grazing” means the lawful application of grazing by a specific kind of livestock at a determined season, duration, and intensity to accomplish defined vegetation or conservation goals, including reducing the risk of wildfire by reducing fuel loads, controlling undesirable or invasive plants, and promoting biodiversity and habitat for special status species. Prescribed grazing may involve any or multiple kinds of livestock.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 519, Sec. 1. (AB 297) Effective January 1, 2024.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 1 - Definitions › Section 4005.

4005. (a) “Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force” means the task force established by the Governor to oversee the implementation of Executive Order No. B-52-18.
(b) Any reference in any law or regulation to the Forest Management Task Force is deemed to, instead, refer to the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 387, Sec. 1. (SB 456) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Penalties › Section 4021.

4021. Except as otherwise provided, the willful or negligent commission of any of the acts prohibited or the omission of any of the acts required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4251) to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 4411), inclusive, of Part 2 of this division is a misdemeanor.
(Amended by Stats. 1972, Ch. 618.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 1 - Penalties › Section 4022.

4022. (a) The titles of ranger, park ranger, and forest ranger, and derivations thereof, may only be used by persons who are peace officers under Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of Part 2 of the Penal Code, employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, or employees of the Department of Parks and Recreation classified as State Park Ranger (Permanent Intermittent). Any person, other than a peace officer or employee of the Department of Parks and Recreation, as described in this section, or employee of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses any authorized badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, title, or card of a ranger, park ranger, forest ranger, or a derivation thereof, to identify the person as a ranger, park ranger, or forest ranger, or who willfully wears, exhibits, or uses any badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, title, or card of a ranger, park ranger, or forest ranger, which so resembles the authorized version that it would deceive an ordinary, reasonable person into believing that it is authorized for the use of a ranger, park ranger, or forest ranger, is guilty of a infraction.
(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to positions and titles of agencies of the United States government or to any local agency which is officially using any title specified in subdivision (a) as of January 1, 1990.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 351, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Purchase of Land › Section 4031.

4031. (a) The department may, with the approval of the Department of General Services, enter into agreements, easements, licenses, or permits to acquire real property rights for the purposes of establishing fire protection, fire prevention, fire suppression, demonstration state forests, pest control, forest and range protection, and enhancement activities and related uses in accordance with subdivisions (b) and (c).
(b) All agreements, easements, licenses, or permits entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be for no more than fair market value.
(c) The Department of General Services shall sign all applicable certificates of acceptance entered into pursuant to subdivision (a) in accordance with Section 27281 of the Government Code.
(d) This section does not allow the department to purchase land for lookout sites or other administrative purposes.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 306, Sec. 1. (AB 2544) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Purchase of Land › Section 4032.

4032. (a) The department may lease, for any use, all or any portion of any parcel of real property acquired for forestry and fire protection purposes if the director finds that the use would be compatible with the department’s use.
(b) Rent shall be based on the fair market value of the property when used for the purpose for which it is leased.
(c) The lease term shall not exceed 5 years. All leases entered into pursuant to this section shall be subject to the approval of the Department of General Services.
(d) No lease shall be entered into that extends beyond the 5-year period unless the Legislature has reviewed and approved the proposed lease as part of the annual budget process, or the Public Works Board has determined that the proposed lease could not have been presented to the Legislature for review and approval in the course of its consideration of the Budget Bill and that it would be adverse to the interests of the public to defer that review and approval to a time when the Legislature next considers a Budget Bill. Upon making that determination, the board may review and approve the proposed lease after giving at least 20 days’ written notice to the Chairperson of the Joint Legislative Budget Committee and to the chairperson of the fiscal and appropriate policy committees of its intended action. All actions taken by the board pursuant to this subdivision shall be reported to the Legislature in the next Governor’s Budget.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 306, Sec. 2. (AB 2544) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Purchase of Land › Section 4033.

4033. (a) The department may provide permits for temporary means of ingress to, egress from, and movement across all property under the jurisdiction of the department in order to provide ready access for the purposes of harvesting timber, conducting studies, and passing and placing equipment upon the department’s lands.
(b) The department may grant a permit for a right-of-way across the department’s lands over that route and subject to those conditions and construction and maintenance specifications as the department may determine that will cause minimum alteration to the physical features of the department’s lands and minimum interference with the use of the forests by the public.
(c) The permittee shall, at the permittee’s own expense, construct and maintain the means of ingress and egress, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the permit, noncompliance with which in any part shall be due cause for revocation of that permit.
(d) The department may require a permittee or permittees to allow the use of those temporary means of ingress and egress by any other applicant whose lands are similarly situated.
(e) The department may, at its discretion, charge a reasonable fee for access to its lands.
(f) (1) A permit granted for passage pursuant to this section is temporary and does not imply consent to a permanent easement, and the permit shall include language stating this.
(2) The permits are and shall be revocable at any time.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec. 49. (SB 272) Effective July 23, 2021.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 2 - Purchase of Land › Section 4034.

4034. The department, with the consent of the Department of General Services, may lease any real or personal property that the department deems necessary for temporary use of fire station facilities, modular facilities, storage, warehouse, or office purposes when existing departmental facilities are inadequate. This section does not apply when the Department of General Services leases land for the use of the department under Section 14669 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 306, Sec. 4. (AB 2544) Effective January 1, 2013.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund › Section 4050.

4050. As used in this article, “fund” shall mean the CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 20. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund › Section 4051.

4051. (a) The CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. Upon approval of the Department of Finance, there shall be transferred to the fund any money appropriated by the Legislature for encumbrance or expenditure on a project the department is authorized to perform with respect to acquisition of real property or the design, construction, alteration, repair, and improvement of facilities over which the department has jurisdiction, including equipment and furnishings within the approved project scope. Moneys transferred to the fund are encumbered as of the date of the transfer.
(b) If the federal government has agreed to provide funding for all or a portion of a project, as described in subdivision (a), the Department of Finance may authorize the department to expend money in the fund to pay the costs that will be reimbursed by the federal government under both of the following conditions:
(1) Receipt of written evidence that an appropriation has been made by the Congress of the United States and the appropriate federal agency has committed to pay the amount specified.
(2) A sufficient balance exists in the fund to support the request.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 20. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund › Section 4052.

4052. The department shall keep a record of all expenditures against the moneys transferred to the fund for each project and any advances made pending federal reimbursement pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 4051. Any unexpended balance for any project, either within three months after completion of the project or within three years from the transfer, whichever is earlier, shall be transferred to the credit of the fund from which the appropriation was made. The Department of Finance may approve an extension of the time allowed before a return transfer is required or require an earlier transfer to the credit of the fund from which the appropriation was made.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 20. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 1 - DEFINITIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS › CHAPTER 2 - General Provisions › ARTICLE 3 - CAL-FIRE Infrastructure Projects Revolving Fund › Section 4053.

4053. Annually, on or before October 15, the department shall submit to the Department of Finance a report that reconciles, by project and character of appropriation, all of the following:
(a) Amounts transferred to the fund.
(b) Amounts expended from the fund.
(c) Advances made pending federal reimbursement as described in subdivision (b) of Section 4051.
(d) In cases of project savings or completion, or both, unexpended amounts transferred to the credit of the fund from which the appropriation was made, as provided in Section 4052.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 20. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4101.

4101. “Person” includes any agency of the state, county, city, district, or other local public agency, and any individual, firm, association, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1010, Sec. 207. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4102.

4102. “State responsibility areas” means areas of the state in which the financial responsibility of preventing and suppressing fires has been determined by the board pursuant to Section 4125, to be primarily the responsibility of the state.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4103.

4103. “Forest fire” means a fire burning uncontrolled on lands covered wholly or in part by timber, brush, grass, grain, or other flammable vegetation.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4103.4.

4103.4. “Open fire” means any fire, controlled or uncontrolled, including a campfire, burning outside of any structure, mobilehome, or living accommodation mounted on a motor vehicle. “Open fire” does not include portable lanterns designed to emit light resulting from a combustion process.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4103.5.

4103.5. “Campfire” means a fire which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial, or aesthetic purposes, including fires contained within outdoor fireplaces and enclosed stoves with flues or chimneys, stoves using jellied, liquid, solid, or gaseous fuels, portable barbecue pits and braziers, or space heating devices which are used outside any structure, mobilehome, or living accommodation mounted on a motor vehicle. “Campfire” does not include portable lanterns designed to emit light resulting from a combustion process.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 270, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 1 - Definitions › Section 4104.

4104. The term “uncontrolled fire,” as used in this division, means any fire which threatens to destroy life, property, or resources and either: (1) is unattended by any person; (2) is attended by persons unable to prevent its unrestricted spread; or (3) is burning with such velocity or intensity that it could not be readily controlled with those ordinary tools available to private persons at the fire scene.
(Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 525, Sec. 2. Operative July 1, 1981, by Sec. 13 of Ch. 525.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 4111.

4111. The board shall make and enforce such regulations as are necessary and proper for the organization, maintenance, government, and direction of the fire protective system for the prevention and suppression of forest fires which is provided for in this article.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 4112.

4112. The department shall divide the state into a suitable and convenient number of administrative districts and shall appoint a supervising forest officer for each district.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 4113.

4113. The supervising forest officers shall, under the direction of the director, have charge of the firefighting system and men in such districts, and are charged with the duty of preventing and extinguishing forest fires and with the performance of such other duties as may be required by the director.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 4114.

4114. (a) The department, in accordance with a plan approved by the board, shall do all of the following:
(1) Provide fire prevention and firefighting implements and apparatus.
(2) Organize fire crews and patrols.
(3) Establish observation stations and other necessary structures.
(4) Employ people to effect the plan.
(5) Construct and maintain telephone lines and provide other means of communication as necessary to prevent and extinguish forest fires.
(b) The department may provide, when available and to the extent that it does not require additional funds, rescue, first aid, and other emergency services to the public in state responsibility areas. Any emergency medical services shall be in accordance with Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety Code and any rules and regulations adopted pursuant to that division.
(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 194, Sec. 1. Effective July 23, 1987.)
2023 California Code › Public Resources Code - PRC › DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS › CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires › ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions › Section 4114.3.

4114.3. (a) (1) The department shall actively engage University of California Cooperative Extension, relevant California State Universities, fire safe councils, California Native American tribes, tribal organizations, cultural fire practitioners, resource conservation districts, and any other entity with demonstrated expertise to enhance its public education efforts regarding any of the following:
(A) Restoring fire processes and functions.
(B) Cultural burning.
(C) Fire prevention.
(D) Public safety.
(2) These public education efforts shall include, but are not limited to, educational activities regarding community wildfire protection plans, community fire safe councils, community and private chipping days, defensible space, prescribed fires, cultural burning, hardened residences, compliance with building standards, evacuation routes, activities that promote fire resiliency or achieve carbon-sequestration benefits in the wildland-urban interface and other forest lands, and activities that promote public safety. When engaging with Native American tribes, tribal organizations, and cultural fire practitioners, the department shall respect tribal sovereignty, customs, and culture.
(b) The department shall also support, to the extent feasible, the programs of California Native American tribes, tribal organizations, and cultural fire practitioners that develop the knowledge and skills needed to establish and maintain the diverse workforce that is required to achieve activities described in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 375, Sec. 9. (AB 642) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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4115. In providing communications, telecommunications, and necessary powerlines in connection with the prevention and extinguishment of forest fires, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services, may enter into contracts with the owners of real property for the use of their lands or facilities in locations where no other state tenant exists or to install portable or single use remote telecommunications facilities. Provision may be made for indemnification and holding harmless of the owners of those facilities which are so used by reason of that use. Insurance may be purchased by the Department of General Services, upon request of the department, to protect the state against loss or expense arising out of a contract entered into pursuant to this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 306, Sec. 5. (AB 2544) Effective January 1, 2013.)
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4116. Any claim for damages arising against the state under Section 4114 or 4115 shall be presented to the Department of General Services in accordance with Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code and, if not covered by insurance, shall be payable only out of funds appropriated by the Legislature for that purpose. If the state has elected to acquire liability insurance, the Department of General Services may automatically deny this claim.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 31, Sec. 268. (SB 836) Effective June 27, 2016.)
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4117. Any county, city, or district may adopt ordinances, rules, or regulations to provide fire prevention restrictions or regulations that are necessary to meet local conditions of weather, vegetation, or other fire hazards. Such ordinances, rules, or regulations may be more restrictive than state statutes in order to meet local fire hazard conditions.
(Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)
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4118. The burning of growing, dead, or downed vegetation is for a public purpose if the department has determined that the burning of such vegetation is necessary for the prevention or suppression of forest fires.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4119. The department, or its duly authorized agent, shall enforce the state forest and fire laws. The department may inspect all properties, except the interior of dwellings, subject to the state forest and fire laws, for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with such laws.
(Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
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4120. Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section 18901) of Division 13 of the Health and Safety Code, on and after January 1, 1980, the director, the department, or the State Forester shall not adopt nor publish a building standard as defined in Section 18909 of the Health and Safety Code unless the provisions of Sections 18930, 18933, 18938, 18940, 18943, 18944, and 18945 of the Health and Safety Code are expressly excepted in the statute under which the authority to adopt rules, regulations, or orders is delegated. Any building standard adopted in violation of this section shall have no force or effect. Any building standard adopted before January 1, 1980, pursuant to this code and not expressly excepted by statute from such provisions of the State Building Standards Law shall remain in effect only until January 1, 1985, or until adopted, amended, or superseded by provisions published in the State Building Standards Code, whichever occurs sooner.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1152.)
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4123. When selecting a fuel reduction project, the department shall collaborate with the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to ensure the design of the fuel reduction project protects water resources and wildlife habitat while addressing fire behavior and public safety.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 31, Sec. 21. (SB 85) Effective June 27, 2019.)
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4123.5. (a) The department shall create the Wildfire Resilience Program. The purpose of the program is to assist nonindustrial timberland owners with wildfire resilience efforts by providing technical assistance on multiple topics, including, but not necessarily limited to, helping navigate the permitting process, fuels reduction, fuelbreaks, forest health, and reforestation, for purposes of reducing wildlife risks while maintaining or enhancing habitat, watershed values, and carbon sequestration. This technical assistance shall be provided by department staff and in collaboration with other entities, including, but not necessarily limited to, resource conservation districts and the University of California Cooperative Extension.
(b) The department may use any mechanisms or tools to determine priority areas, including high or very high fire threat zones as described by the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Fire Hazard Severity Zone map, in a Public Utilities Commission-designated Tier 2 or Tier 3 High Fire Threat District, or in the state responsibility areas where wildfire resilience activities are necessary and serve an important purpose. Where appropriate, the department and its collaborators may conduct outreach efforts to nonindustrial timberland owners in priority areas to provide information and technical assistance.
(c) To provide the technical assistance referenced in subdivision (a), the department may use its forestry assistant specialists or any other personnel classification with the knowledge to inform nonindustrial timberland owners of the options to make their timberland more resilient to wildfire and to take advantage of the other provisions of subdivision (a), with specific outreach on these topics to those nonindustrial timberland owners.
(d) The department shall assist nonindustrial timberland owners by making all of the following information available:
(1) A list of permits needed from state entities to conduct various types of fuel removal projects.
(2) Concise information detailing research and current best practices for wildfire resilience.
(3) A list of the grant opportunities statewide which allow for wildfire resilience activities.
(4) The details of grants made by the department relating to wildfire resilience activities.
(e) The department shall provide technical assistance to nonindustrial timberland owners on how to maintain the benefits of fuel reduction projects.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 626, Sec. 5. (SB 901) Effective January 1, 2019.)
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4123.7. (a) On or before July 1, 2021, the Natural Resources Agency, in consultation with the State Fire Marshal and the Forest Management Task Force, shall review the regional capacity of each county that contains a very high fire hazard severity zone, as identified by the director pursuant to Section 51178 of the Government Code or Article 9 (commencing with Section 4201), to improve forest health, fire resilience, and safety. The review shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(1) Identification of local or regional entities engaged in fire prevention work, such as resource conservation districts, fire safe councils, state conservancies, and other local agencies.
(2) A review of fire prevention organizational or capacity deficits within each county subject to the review.
(3) Recommendations to improve regional capacity and collaboration within the counties subject to review, including, but not limited to, the development of new organizations or regional districts.
(b) The Natural Resources Agency shall make the review required pursuant to subdivision (a) publicly available on its internet website.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 391, Sec. 5. (AB 38) Effective January 1, 2020.)
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4123.8. (a) On or before January 1, 2026, the department, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, shall report to the relevant fiscal and policy committees of the Legislature on funds spent pursuant to Section 45 of Senate Bill 901 (Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018). The report shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following information:
(1) The outcomes of the projects implemented, including, but not limited to, a description of the benefits for public safety, fire prevention, habitat, climate resiliency, and protection of important natural resources, including water quality and water supply.
(2) A description of the projected greenhouse gas emission and carbon sequestration impacts for the year of implementation of a project and for administering programs based on the State Air Resources Board’s forest health quantification methodology.
(3) Recommendations for modifying the forest health grant program, established pursuant to Section 4799.05, and the local assistance grant program, established pursuant to Section 4124.5, to improve outcomes, benefits, durability of benefits, and statewide benefits.
(4) An assessment of the potential benefits, including unmet need, for continuing the commitment made pursuant to Section 45 of Senate Bill 901 (Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018).
(b) The department shall appear yearly before the appropriate legislative committees, including the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Water, and appropriate budget subcommittees to provide information on the outcomes of projects completed under Section 45 of Senate Bill 901 (Chapter 626 of the Statutes of 2018).
(c) Pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, this section is repealed on January 1, 2030.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 382, Sec. 7. (SB 63) Effective January 1, 2022. Repealed as of January 1, 2030, by its own provisions.)
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4124. For the purposes of this article, “fire prevention activities” means those lawful activities that reduce the risk of wildfire in California, including, but not limited to, mechanical vegetation management, prescribed grazing, prescribed burns, creation of defensible space, and retrofitting of structures to increase fire resistance.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 519, Sec. 2. (AB 297) Effective January 1, 2024.)
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4124.6. (a) On or before January 31, 2022, the director shall hold a public workshop to do all of the following:
(1) Review activities funded by the local assistance grant program established in Section 4124.5 and program outcomes, and discuss and recommend possible improvements to the program.
(2) Identify new sources and methods of financing fire prevention activities.
(3) Review new activities or methods of fire prevention that could protect life and property including, but not limited to, the prevention of high wind grass fires.
(b) (1) The department shall report a summary of the findings of the public workshop to the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature on or before July 1, 2022. The department shall include in the report any recommendations it has developed for improving the local assistance grant program established in Section 4124.5, for consideration by the Legislature.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on July 1, 2026, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 632, Sec. 3. (AB 1956) Effective January 1, 2019.)