Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting any of the following: (a) Burning for the disposal of the combustible or flammable solid waste of a single- or two-family dwelling on its premises. (b) Open outdoor fires used only for cooking food for human beings or for …

Nothing in this article shall be construed to prohibit burning for right-of-way clearing by a public entity or utility or for levee, reservoir, and ditch maintenance. No such material may be burned pursuant to this section unless (a) agricultural burning is not prohibited on the …

The state board shall permit a city or county to use open outdoor fires, for a limited time only, in its operation of a solid waste dump, upon the finding that, because of sparse population in the geographical area and economic and technical difficulties, the solid waste dump sho…

Notwithstanding Sections 41508 and 41800, open outdoor fires may be used to dispose of Russian thistle (Salsola kali) when authorized by a chief of a fire department or fire protection agency of a city, county, or fire protection district, the Director of Forestry and Fire Protec…

For islands located 15 or more miles from the mainland coast: (a) The provisions of Section 41701 shall not apply to smoke from fires set thereon. (b) No district shall adopt any rule or regulation stricter than those provided by law with respect to open outdoor fires. (Added by …

The provisions of this article shall not supersede any rule or regulation of any district, which rule or regulation was in effect for five or more years prior to September 19, 1970. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) The air pollution control officer of any district, upon authorization of the district board, may authorize, by permit, open outdoor fires for the purpose of disposing of agricultural wastes, or wood waste from trees, vines, bushes, or other wood debris free of nonwood materia…

Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, in the San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District, Group 2 solid waste, as defined in Section 2521 of Title 23 of the California Administrative Code, for a period not to exceed six months from the effective date of t…

Notwithstanding any local ordinance adopted pursuant to Section 37100 of the Government Code or by charter provision to prohibit the burning of waste materials, the burning of the gaseous byproducts of the recycling of water by a waste water treatment facility as part of an energ…

Every 1955 and later model motor vehicle shall be equipped with the certified device as required by the Department of Motor Vehicles Manual of Registration Procedures as of January 1, 1975, or as amended to reflect the adoption of rules and regulations by a district board pursuan…

Every 1963 or later model year motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its crankcase emissions. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)

Except as provided in Section 43657, every 1955 through 1965 model year motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, upon either transfer of ownership and registration, or upon initial registration of such vehicle not previously registered in this state, shall be equippe…

Every 1966 or later model year motor vehicle, subject to registration and first sold and registered in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its crankcase emissions and exhaust emissions. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emission of oxides of nitrogen upon initial registration, upon transfer o…

(a) The state board shall adopt, by regulation, schedules of installation of certified devices to control exhaust emissions for purposes of Section 43652, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the bureau. (b…

The state board may exempt from any schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43654 or 43655: (a) Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles for which certified devices are not available. (b) Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassi…

The charge that can be made for the inspection and certification of exemption granted by the state board pursuant to Section 43656 shall not exceed three-tenths (0.3) of one hour multiplied by the hourly labor rate charged by the particular garage or service station. The charge s…

The state board may also exempt, from the schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43655, any motor vehicle registered to an owner whose residence is in a county, or portion thereof, which the state board finds, after a public hearing, that the installation of a certi…

(a) If the evidence submitted at a public hearing indicates that, in order to preserve the ambient air quality of a district, it is necessary that every 1955 through 1965 model year motor vehicle within the district be equipped with device or devices certified by the state board …

(a) The state board shall annually review the requirement that an exhaust device be installed on every 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicle upon initial registration, upon transfer of ownership and registration, or upon registration of a motor vehicle previously …

The state board shall review the requirement that every 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emissions of oxides of nitrogen upon initial registration and upon transfer of ownership and registration, to determine th…

A board of supervisors desiring to form a county sanitation district shall adopt a resolution of its intention to do so. The resolution shall contain all of the following: (a) A statement of the intention to form a district. (b) The boundaries of the proposed district or some oth…

The district as formed may include unincorporated or incorporated territory, or both. The incorporated territory included in the district may include the whole or part of one or more cities. However, less than the whole of a city shall not be included in the district except by th…

The land proposed to be formed into a district need not consist of contiguous parcels. (Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 2130.)

The time to be fixed for the hearing of objections shall be not less than thirty days after the adoption of the resolution. The hearing shall be held at the regular meeting place of the board of supervisors or else at some place in the proposed district. (Amended by Stats. 1939, …

Prior to the time of hearing, the resolution shall be published at length twice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in the proposed district and brief notices of the passage of the resolution and the time and place of the hearing may be published in one or more daily…

At the time provided in the resolution of intention or at any time to which the hearing is continued, the board of supervisors shall hear any objections to the formation of the district or to its extent. At the hearing the board of supervisors may exclude any territory that in it…

If the board of supervisors finds that protests have been made, prior to its final determination for formation of the district, by the owners of real property within the proposed district the assessed value of which, as shown by the last equalized assessment roll, constitutes mor…

If written objection to the formation of the district, signed by 5 percent of the voters registered in the district if the district contains less than 2001 registered voters, or by 2 percent of the registered voters, but not less than 100 registered voters, if the district contai…

At the election only voters registered in the proposed district may vote. Election precincts shall be established by the board of supervisors, and precinct boards, composed of one inspector, one judge, and one clerk, shall be appointed. At least one week prior to the election, no…

Within five days after the district formation election has been called, the legislative body which has called the election shall transmit, by registered mail, a written notification of the election call to the executive officer of the local agency formation commission of the coun…

The board of supervisors or any member or members of the board authorized by the board, or any individual voter or bona fide association of citizens entitled to vote on the district formation proposition, or any combination of such voters and associations of citizens, may file a …

If more than one argument for or more than one argument against the proposed district formation is filed with the election officials within the time prescribed, such election officials shall select one of the arguments for printing and distribution to the voters. In selecting the…

The elections officials in charge of conducting the election shall cause a ballot pamphlet concerning the district formation proposition to be voted on to be printed and mailed to each voter entitled to vote on the district formation question. The ballot pamphlet shall contain th…

At the conclusion of the hearing, or if an election is held and the canvass of the election returns shows that a majority of all the votes cast in the entire proposed district and that a majority of the votes cast on the question in each city or part thereof in the proposed distr…

The order of formation shall contain the name of the district, and a description of the boundaries or otherwise indicate its territory. The order is conclusive evidence of the regularity of all prior proceedings, except the adoption and publication in full of the resolution of in…

Whenever the board of directors of a public agency deems it necessary to form an on-site wastewater disposal zone in all or a portion of the public agency’s jurisdiction, the board shall by resolution declare that it intends to form such a zone. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)

A proposed zone shall contain at least 12 voters, as defined in Section 359 of the Elections Code. However, where there are fewer than 12 registered voters within a proposed zone, the public agency may form a zone if the county health officer determines that an existing or potent…

The resolution of intention shall also state: (a) A description of the boundaries of the territory proposed to be included within the zone. The description may be accompanied by a map showing such boundaries. (b) The public benefit to be derived from the establishment of such a z…

The resolution of intention shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of the county in which all or the greater portion of the land in the proposed zone is situated. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)

(a) A proposal to form a zone within a public agency may also be initiated by filing a petition with the board. Such a petition shall contain all the matters specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) of Section 6956. Such a petition shall be signed as provided in either of…

(a) Notice of the hearing shall be given by publishing a copy of the resolution of intention or the petition, pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code, prior to the time fixed for the hearing in a newspaper circulated in the public agency. (b) Notice of the hearing shall a…

The hearing by the board on the question of the formation of the proposed zone shall be commenced no less than 45 days nor more than 60 days from adoption of a resolution of intention or the receipt of a petition containing a sufficient number of signatures and shall be completed…

After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, a local health officer shall review the proposed formation and report his or her findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number, type, volume, and …

After receiving notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6958, the affected regional water quality control board shall review the proposed formation and report its findings in writing to the board of directors of the public agency. The report shall specify the maximum number…

The number, type, volume, and location of on-site wastewater disposal systems to be operated within the zone shall not exceed the number specified pursuant to either Section 6960 or Section 6960.1. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1125.)