Title PRC, California Pub. Res. Code

Whenever an action is commenced under the provisions of Section 3430, a copy of the complaint and of the summons shall be served upon the treasurer or his deputy and upon the supervisor or his deputy and upon the Attorney General or his deputy. At the time the treasurer demurs or…

(a) The Attorney General shall defend the action. (b) The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to pleadings, proofs, trials, and appeals are applicable to these proceedings. (Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 497, Sec. 215. (AB 991) Effective January 1, 2020.)

Failure to begin the action within the time specified in section 3430 is a bar to recovery of the charges. In any such action the court may render judgment for the plaintiff for any part or portion of the charge, penalties, or costs found to be void and paid by plaintiff upon the…

(a) If the department determines between June 15, 2024, and March 1, 2025, that the estimate made pursuant to Section 3410 of the amount of money that will be required to carry out the provisions of this chapter is insufficient for the current fiscal year, the department may asse…

Any condition endangering public safety by creating a fire hazard and which exists upon any property which is included within any state reponsibility area is a public nuisance. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

If the director determines that a public nuisance, as defined in Section 4171, exists, the director shall notify the owner of the property to abate the public nuisance. If the owner is unknown, a copy of the notice shall be posted upon the property. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 1…

The board shall establish standards, based upon its determination of conditions which create an unreasonable hazard to life or property from fire, for what constitutes a hazardous condition in those instances not covered by state law. Such standards shall be established for each …

The notice shall be in writing and shall do all of the following: (a) Describe the public nuisance. (b) Specify the time within which the property owner is required to abate the public nuisance. (c) State that, unless the public nuisance is abated within the time specified in the…

If a property owner requests a hearing, the director shall fix a time and a place for the hearing and notify the property owner. At the time and place of the hearing, the property owner may appear and be heard upon the question of whether or not a public nuisance actually exists …

If the director determines, at the conclusion of the hearing, that a public nuisance actually exists upon property owned by the property owner, the director shall order the property owner to abate the public nuisance within a specified time. (Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 133, Sec.…

If the public nuisance is not abated within the time specified in the notice to the property owner pursuant to Section 4172 or, if a hearing is not requested by the property owner, within the time specified in the order made by the director pursuant to Section 4176, the departmen…

Any costs which are incurred by the department in abating any public nuisance pursuant to this article are a lien upon the property upon which the public nuisance existed when notice of the lien is filed and recorded as provided in Section 4179. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.…

Notice of the lien, particularly identifying the property on which the nuisance was abated and the amount of such lien, and naming the owner of record of such property, shall be recorded by the department in the office of the county recorder of the county in which the property is…

The Attorney General may at any time release all or any portion of the property subject to a lien imposed pursuant to Sections 4178 and 4179 from the lien or subordinate the lien to other liens and encumbrances if the Attorney General determines that the amount owed is sufficient…

An action to foreclose the lien shall be commenced by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the State of California within six months after the lien is filed and recorded. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

When the property is sold, enough of the proceeds to satisfy the lien and the costs of the foreclosure shall be paid to the state. The surplus, if any, shall be paid to the owner of the property, if known, or if the property owner is not known, shall be paid into the court in whi…

The Legislature takes notice of the existence of the Conservation Committee of California Oil Producers and of the fact that said committee for a number of years last past, in the interest of the conservation of oil and gas, has made recommendations of maximum efficient rates of …

“Maximum Efficient Rate,” commonly referred to as “MER,” is defined as the highest daily rate of production which can be sustained economically from a particular pool, from existing wells and facilities, for a reasonable period without loss of economically recoverable ultimate pr…

The State of California hereby accepts the provisions of the Clarke-McNary Act (Ch. 348, 43 Stat. 653), as amended, passed by the Congress of the United States, and entitled “An act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, for the ext…

All moneys that are received by the state pursuant to the federal Clarke-McNary Act and that are regularly allotted by the federal government according to an annual formula shall be paid into the General Fund. Any supplemental money received from the federal government pursuant t…

A county which enacts an ordinance, as provided in Section 4129, is entitled to any allocation of moneys received by the state pursuant to the Clarke-McNary Act. Such reimbursement may be provided for by any statute of this state. (Added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1144.)

(a) As used in this article: (1) “Used oil” has the same meaning as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 25250.1 of the Health and Safety Code. (2) “Recycle” means to prepare used oil for reuse as a petroleum product by refining, reclaiming, reprocessing, or other means, in orde…

The Legislature finds that almost 100 million gallons of used automotive and industrial oil are generated each year in the state; that used oil is a valuable petroleum resource which can be recycled; and that, in spite of this potential for recycling, significant quantities of us…

It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this article that used oil shall be collected and recycled to the maximum extent possible, by means which are economically feasible and environmentally sound, in order to conserve irreplaceable petroleum resources, preserve and enha…

The board shall conduct a public education program to inform the public of the needs for and benefits of collecting and recycling used oil in order to conserve resources and preserve the environment. As part of this program, the board shall: (a) Adopt rules, in accordance with su…

(a) The board shall prescribe guidelines for providing safe and conveniently located facilities for the deposit of used oil by persons possessing not more than five gallons at one time at no cost to those persons. (b) The improper disposal of used oil pursuant to Section 25250.5 …

The board, and every state officer and employee, shall encourage the purchase of recycled oil products represented as substantially equivalent to products made from new oil in accordance with Section 3471. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1158.)

(a) All rules and regulations of the board shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. (b) The board shall coordinate activities and functions with all other stat…

If any provision of this article or the application of it to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this article which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the p…

The purpose of this article is to provide for the classification of lands within state responsibility areas in accordance with the severity of fire hazard present for the purpose of identifying measures to be taken to retard the rate of spreading and to reduce the potential inten…

The State Fire Marshal shall classify lands within state responsibility areas into fire hazard severity zones. Each zone shall embrace relatively homogeneous lands and shall be based on fuel loading, slope, fire weather, and other relevant factors present, including areas where w…

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, by regulation, designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone. (b) No designation of a zone and assignment of a rating shall be adopte…

The State Fire Marshal shall periodically review zones designated and rated pursuant to this article and, as necessary, shall revise zones or their ratings or repeal the designation of zones. Any revision of a zone or its rating or any repeal of a zone shall conform to the requir…

(a) (1) There is hereby created within the Office of Planning and Research the Commission on Catastrophic Wildfire Cost and Recovery, to examine issues related to catastrophic wildfires associated with utility infrastructure. The commission shall consist of five members. Three me…

For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply: (a) “Department” means the Department of Conservation. (b) “Eligible coordinating organization” means a local government, tribal government, resource conservation district, joint powers authority, or nongovernmental o…

(a) There is hereby established in the department the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program to support regional leadership to build local and regional capacity and develop, prioritize, and implement strategies and projects that create fire adapted communities and landscapes b…

There is within the Office of the State Fire Marshal a Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation who shall be responsible for fire preparedness and mitigation missions of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, as provided in Section 4209.1. (Added…

The Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation shall be responsible for all of the following programs and activities: (a) The Fire Prevention Grants Program (Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 4124)). (b) Defensible space requirements pursuant to Sections…

The Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation and any subordinate employee shall be primarily assigned to the responsibilities established by this article and shall be the lowest priority employees of the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection for purp…

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, on or before January 1, 2023, provide the Legislature with a report identifying known personnel and resource shortfalls in implementing programs and activities overseen by the Deputy Director of Community Wildfire Preparedness and Mitigation purs…

(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish the State Fire Marshal’s Wildfire Mitigation Advisory Committee to provide a public forum to solicit and consider public input on programs and activities pursuant to this article and to advise the Deputy Director of Communi…

(a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal shall establish the Community Wildfire Mitigation Assistance Program to coordinate regional and local efforts with state policies, strategies, and programs for community wildfire mitigation in order to improve wildfire preparedness and pre…

The board shall establish, on or before January 1, 1994, an office of local government assistance. The office shall, to the maximum extent feasible, utilizing existing resources, assist local agencies in the preparation, modification, and implementation of integrated waste manage…

In adopting or amending regulations pursuant to this part, the board shall take into account all of the following: (a) The shared responsibility that exists between the board and local agencies for activities such as the development of markets for materials diverted from disposal…

(a) The board shall develop a model countywide or regional siting element and a model countywide or regional agency integrated waste management plan that will establish prototypes of the content and format that counties or regional agencies may use in meeting the requirements of …

(a) On or before January 1, 1994, the board shall develop and implement a program to assist local agencies in the identification of markets for materials that are diverted from disposal facilities through source reduction, recycling, and composting. (b) The program shall provide …