ARTICLE 1. Experimental Program for Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management

Article 1 added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 1118.

§§ 4461–4471 · 10 sections

• § 4461 This article shall be known and may be cited as the Wildland Fire Protection and Resources Management Act of 1978.
• § 4462 The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) There has been an increase in the number of uncontrolled fires on the wildlands of this state,…
• § 4464 Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Hazardous fuel reduction” means the…
• § 4464.5 The Legislature finds that, due to the absence of significant forest resources, lands in the Sutter Buttes in the County of Sutter are not likely to become…
• § 4465 The department shall conduct an experimental program of wildland resources management through prescribed burning and other methods in two areas of wildlands.
• § 4466 (a) The department shall prepare two model plans for the initial development and implementation of a program for wildland resources management through…
• § 4467 (a) Each plan shall include, but shall not be limited to, elements regarding wildland fuel management and reduction, air and water quality, water conservation…
• § 4468 During the prescribed burning season, the department shall maintain at least two prescribed burn crews, one each in northern and southern California, for the…
• § 4470 The department shall furnish a prescribed burn crew, and assume all costs thereof, to any person or group of persons who own or control land in a wildland area…
• § 4471 No person applying for a brush-burning permit pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 4491) of this chapter, applying for a slash-burning permit…