California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection › Chapter 13 - State Responsibility Area Fees › Section 1665.2 - Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
"Department" means the California Department of Forestry and
				  Fire Protection.
"Designated Fee Administrator" means a person, company, or
				  other entity retained by the Department to assist with implementation of the
				  Fee and who is qualified by experience in preparing and administering one of
				  the following for a fire district: benefit assessments, benefit fees, or
				  special taxes.
"Dwelling Unit", for purposes of implementation of PRC
				  §§
									4210-
				  4228,
				  is a unit providing independent living facilities for one or more persons,
				  including provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation.
				  Mobile and manufactured homes and condominiums are considered as dwelling
				  units.
"Fee" means the fire prevention benefit fee imposed pursuant
				  to PRC §§
									4210-
				  4228.
"Fire Prevention Fund" means the State Responsibility Area
				  Fire Prevention Fund created by PRC §
									4214
				  for deposit of all annual Fees collected and from which expenditures are
				  authorized pursuant to the annual Budget Act, including grants that may be
				  awarded pursuant to
				  14 CCR
				  §§
										1666.0-1666.16,
				  inclusive.
"Habitable Structure", pursuant to PRC §
									4211(a),
				  for purposes of implementation of PRC §§
									4210-
				  4228,
				  means a building that contains one or more dwelling units or that can be
				  occupied for residential use. Buildings occupied for residential use include
				  single family homes, multi-dwelling structures, mobile and manufactured homes,
				  and condominiums. Habitable Structures do not include commercial, industrial,
				  or incidental buildings such as detached garages, barns, outdoor sanitation
				  facilities, and sheds.
"Manufactured home" has the same meaning as Health and Safety
				  Code §
									18007(a).
"Mobile home" has the same meaning as Health and Safety Code
				  §
									18008(a).
"Owner of a Habitable Structure", pursuant to PRC §
									4211(d),
				  means the person that is the owner of record of a Habitable Structure in the
				  county tax assessor rolls or as recorded in the records of the Department of
				  Housing and Community Development on July 1 of the state fiscal year for which
				  the Fee is due.
"Person", pursuant to PRC §
									4211(c),
				  means an individual, trust, joint stock company, business concern, or
				  corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation,
				  partnership, limited liability company, or association. "Person" also includes
				  any city, county, city and county, district, commission, the state or any
				  department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, any interstate body, and
				  the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities to the extent
				  permitted by law.
"Property Owner", means the Owner of a Habitable
				  Structure.
"State Responsibility Area" means those areas defined in PRC
				  §
									4102
				  and delineated pursuant to PRC §§
									4125-
				  4128.
				  These lands are shown on digital maps maintained by the Department at its
				  Sacramento Headquarters and may be viewed there or in low resolution at the
				  Department's website: http://www.bof.fire.ca.gov/sraviewer/.
1. New section
				  filed 1-23-2012 as an emergency; operative 1-23-2012 (Register 2012, No. 4). A
				  Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-23-2012 or emergency
				  language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
2. New section refiled 7-9-2012 as an emergency; operative
				  7-24-2012 (Register 2012, No. 28). A Certificate of Compliance must be
				  transmitted to OAL by 10-22-2012 or emergency language will be repealed by
				  operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled
				  10-18-2012 as an emergency; operative 10-23-2012 (Register 2012, No. 42). A
				  Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-22-2013 or emergency
				  language will be repealed by operation of law on the following
				  day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-18-2012 order, including
				  amendment of definitions of "Property Owner" and "Habitable Structure,"
				  repealer of definition of "Benefit Fee," change of placement and amendment of
				  definition of "Fire Prevention Fund" and new definitions of "Department,"
				  "Designated Fee Administrator" and "Fee," transmitted to OAL 1-22-2013 and
				  filed 3-6-2013; amendments and new definitions effective 7-1-2013 pursuant to
				  Government Code section
				  11343.4(a)(3)
				  (Register 2013, No. 10).
5. Change without regulatory effect
				  amending section and NOTE filed 1-29-2015 pursuant to section
				  100, title 1, California Code of
				  Regulations (Register 2015, No. 5).
6. Amendment of definition of
				  "Fire Prevention Fund" and amendment of NOTE filed 8-15-2016; operative
				  10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 34).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
					 4111,
					 4211,
					 4212
					 and
					 4214,
					 Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
					 4102,
					 4125,
					 4210,
					 4211
					 and
					 4214,
					 Public Resources Code; and Sections
					 18007(a)
					 and
					 18008(a),
					 Health and Safety Code.