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DIVISION 4 - FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
PART 2 - PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
CHAPTER 1 - Prevention and Control of Forest Fires
ARTICLE 9 - Fire Hazard Severity Zones
Section 4203.
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CA Pub Res Code § 4203 (2022)
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4203. (a) The State Fire Marshal shall, by regulation, designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone.
(b) No designation of a zone and assignment of a rating shall be adopted by the State Fire Marshal until the proposed regulation has been transmitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the zone is located at least 45 days before the adoption of the proposed regulation and a public hearing has been held in that county during that 45-day period.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 225, Sec. 14. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2022.)
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