{"code":"GOV","codeName":"Government Code","section":"51176","citation":"Gov. Code, § 51176","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 5. LOCAL AGENCIES [50001. - 57607.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 52203.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1"},{"name":"PART 1. POWERS AND DUTIES COMMON TO CITIES AND COUNTIES [50001. - 51299.4.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1/part-1"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6.8. Moderate, High, and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones [51175. - 51189.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/title-5/division-1/part-1/chapter-6.8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 1188, Sec. 1.   Effective January 1, 1993.","effective":"1993-01-01","html":"<p>The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that public officials are able to identify measures that will retard the rate of spread, and reduce the potential intensity, of uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy resources, life, or property, and to require that those measures be taken.</p>","text":"The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that public officials are able to identify measures that will retard the rate of spread, and reduce the potential intensity, of uncontrolled fires that threaten to destroy resources, life, or property, and to require that those measures be taken.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/government-code/moderate-high-and-very-high-fire-hazard-severity-zones-51176","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}