ARTICLE 12. Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program [970. - 978.]

Article 12 added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 541, Sec. 1.

§§ 970–978 · 9 sections

• § 970 (a) The Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program is hereby established. (b) The purpose of the program is to provide funding to one or more universities for…
• § 971 (a) The Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Program shall be administered by the department. (b) The department shall award grants on a competitive basis. The…
• § 972 In evaluating grant proposals pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to projects that demonstrate one or more of the following: (a) A…
• § 973 (a) The department shall create a framework and multiyear plan with available data for the development, demonstration, and deployment of a public wildfire…
• § 974 The Wildfire Safety and Risk Mitigation Account is hereby created within the Insurance Fund. Funds in the account shall fund the development, demonstration,…
• § 975 Upon implementation of the first round of grants issued pursuant to this article, the department shall identify, publish, and make available on its internet…
• § 976 The department shall provide recommendations to the Senate Committee on Insurance, Assembly Committee on Insurance, Assembly Committee on Emergency Management,…
• § 977 This article shall not be construed to limit or conflict with the commissioner’s authority regarding rate regulation, or any other provisions of this code.
• § 978 This article shall be operative upon appropriation by the Legislature for these purposes.