ARTICLE 2. Forestry and Trees
Article 2 added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.
§§ 25620–25643 · 24 sections
- § 25620 This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.
- § 25621 The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.
- § 25622 In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of the members of…
- § 25623 Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.
- § 25624 Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the members…
- § 25625 The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify themselves by lot…
- § 25626 Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their members as…
- § 25627 The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe his duties.
- § 25628 The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.
- § 25629 The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.
- § 25630 Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county forester,…
- § 25631 When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful performance of…
- § 25632 The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district…
- § 25633 In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board of supervisors…
- § 25634 This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the…
- § 25635 In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of forestry or its…
- § 25636 All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board of forestry fund,…
- § 25637 Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay the…
- § 25638 By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it…
- § 25639 Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State Board of…
- § 25640 The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their care. The cost…
- § 25641 Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about the…
- § 25642 The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of providing fire…
- § 25643 The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection services…