ARTICLE 3. Agricultural Burning

Article 3 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.

§§ 41850–41866 · 23 sections

§ 41850 It is the intent of the Legislature, by the enactment of this article, that agricultural burning be reasonably regulated and not be prohibited. The state board…
§ 41851 Section 41800 shall not apply to burning regulated pursuant to this article.
§ 41852 No person knowingly shall set or permit agricultural burning unless he has a valid permit from the agency designated by the state board to issue such permits…
§ 41852.5 The state board may, after holding a public hearing, authorize an exemption from the permit requirement of Section 41852 for a district, or a portion of a…
§ 41853 The state board shall designate public fire protection agencies or other equivalent agencies to issue permits under subdivision (a) of Section 41852, and shall…
§ 41853.5 (a) No permit shall be issued pursuant to Section 41853 to a person for the burning of solid waste which is produced from the ginning of cotton, unless the…
§ 41854 (a) No permit issued pursuant to Section 41853 shall be valid for any day during which agricultural burning is prohibited by the state board pursuant to…
§ 41855 The state board shall determine and designate from meteorological data the days when agricultural burning shall be prohibited within each air basin.
§ 41855.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no permit may be issued to a person to burn any of the following categories of agricultural waste within the…
§ 41855.6 The district may postpone the commencement dates set forth in subdivision (a) of Section 41855.5 for any category of agricultural waste or crop described if…
§ 41855.8 (a) Upon appropriation of moneys pursuant to Provision 1 of Item 3900-101-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2021, the state board may administer a…
§ 41856 The state board shall promulgate guidelines for the regulation and control of agricultural burning for each of the air basins established by the state board.
§ 41857 The guidelines promulgated by the state board shall be based on meteorological data, the nature and volume of materials to be burned, and the probable effect…
§ 41858 In adopting such guidelines, the state board shall consider their economic and technical feasibility, including their probable effect on agricultural…
§ 41859 The state board shall continuously review the guidelines promulgated under this article, and may modify, repeal, or alter such guidelines if scientific and…
§ 41860 The state board shall adopt and publish a list of orchard and citrus grove heaters which it finds produce no more than one gram per minute of unconsumed solid…
§ 41861 No burning shall be conducted for the improvement of land for wildlife or game habitat until the person desiring to conduct such burning obtains from the…
§ 41862 A district may issue a permit to authorize agricultural burning on days designated by the state board pursuant to Section 41855 as nonburning days when denial…
§ 41863 Each basinwide coordinating council and district shall, as part of the implementation plans and programs prepared pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with…
§ 41864 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…
§ 41865 (a) This section shall be known, and may be cited, as the Connelly-Areias-Chandler Rice Straw Burning Reduction Act of 1991. (b) As used in this section: (1)…
§ 41865.5 Notwithstanding Section 7550.5 of the Government Code, on or before January 1, 2001, the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the Department of Food…
§ 41866 The Sacramento Valley Basinwide Air Pollution Control Council may impose, and may require that districts within the Sacramento Valley Air Basin collect, a fee…