California

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• § 50883 — Upon the occurrence of any of the following events, the payment of a pension or benefit to the recipient shall cease.
• § 509 — From the county seat of Del Norte County to Sacramento it is three hundred and sixty-four (364) miles.
• § 50910 — At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body of the local agency shall direct that from the funds of the local agency an amount equal to 2 percent of the salaries paid to the policemen du
• § 50911 — At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the police relief and pension fund of the following amounts: (a) Not less than 5 nor more than 10 percent of all
• § 50912 — At the time of each annual tax levy, the legislative body shall direct the payment into the firemen’s relief and pension fund of the following amounts: (a) All rewards paid to members of the fire depa
• § 50913 — On June 30th of each year, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the auditor of the local agency shall make a report to the legislative body stating: (a) The amount of money disbursed on account of th
• § 50914 — If the amount in the fund exceeds the amount required for disbursal, the excess shall be transferred to the general fund of the local agency and no longer under the control of the board.
• § 50920 — As used in this article, the term “peace officer” means a sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff, marshal, or deputy marshal of a county or city and county, or a marshal or police officer of a city or
• § 50921 — Whenever any peace officer of a city, county, or city and county of this state is injured, dies, or is disabled from performing his or her duties as a peace officer by reason of engaging in the appreh
• § 50922 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a peace officer who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other t
• § 50925 — As used in this article the term “firefighter” shall be deemed to include only a member of a fire department of cities, counties, cities and counties, districts or other public or municipal corporatio
• § 50926 — Whenever any fireman of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or municipal corporation or political subdivision is injured, dies or is disabled from performing his duties as a fir
• § 50927 — Nothing in this article shall be deemed to: (a) Require the extension of any benefits to a fireman who at the time of his injury, death, or disability is acting for compensation from one other than th
• § 50950 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System is not a retirement system but an incentive program for volunteer firefighters.
• § 50951 — (a) This chapter establishes the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System and may be cited as the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award Act.
• § 50952 — For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth below shall mean the following: (a) “Actuarial interest rate” means the interest rate fixed by the bo
• § 50953 — (a) The award system shall be administered by the board and the board shall comply with the following requirements: (1) The board shall maintain a plan as described in Section 457(e)(11) of Title 26 o
• § 50954 — (a) The board shall adopt rules and regulations to administer the award system, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (1) Eligibility requirements for a member to receive an award, incl
• § 50955 — (a) The board shall, from time to time, determine and fix the annual interest rate and actuarial interest rate.
• § 50956 — (a) On the basis of investigation and valuation, the board shall adopt the mortality, service, and other tables as it deems necessary, and shall make changes in the contributions required from contrac
• § 50957 — The custodian of the fund shall be subject to the exclusive control of the board to administer and invest the assets of the fund.
• § 50958 — Only members may accumulate service credit in the award system.
• § 50959 — (a) The award system shall be funded by contributions paid by contracting departments and income from the fund.
• § 50960 — (a) Only those volunteers who have been certified by their contracting department as having satisfactorily completed a service year shall be credited with current service for that year.
• § 50961 — (a) The governing body of each contracting department shall establish a qualifications review commission that shall include the fire chief, one member of the governing body appointed by the governing
• § 50962 — When the member’s application for an award is received by the board, an award shall be granted to accrue and become effective pursuant to the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements establishe
• § 50963 — The board shall determine the terms, conditions, and eligibility requirements for all of the following: (a) The amount of an award payable under the award system.
• § 50964 — (a) Except as described in subdivision (b), a department may participate in and make all of its volunteers members of the award system by a contract entered into between the governing body of the depa
• § 50965 — When the governing body of a department desires to consider participation in the award system, the governing body shall ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to the award syste
• § 50966 — An employee organization, recognized under the provisions of appropriate authority, may request the governing body of the department to ask the board for a quotation of the approximate contribution to
• § 50967 — On request of the board, the department shall furnish the data concerning its volunteers as the board requires to make the necessary valuations and investigations into the experience among the volunte
• § 50968 — The approximate contribution quoted by the board and the actual contribution to be made if a contract results shall be determined by actuarial valuations of the future service liability under the awar
• § 50969 — The approximate and actual contributions payable by a contracting department shall be similar to premiums under insurance policies.
• § 50970 — (a) Approval of the contract by the governing body of the department shall be by resolution or by any other means permitted by law.
• § 50971 — Errors in a contract may be corrected through amendments approved by the adoption of suitable resolutions by the contracting parties.
• § 50972 — The contract may be terminated by the governing body of a contracting department by resolution or by any other means permitted by law.
• § 50973 — The board may provide that an award under this chapter shall not be payable, or begin to accrue, until the board establishes, by appropriate resolution, that the fund contains sufficient net assets to
• § 50974 — Upon termination of the award system, assets in the fund shall be disbursed in the following order: (a) An amount sufficient to pay awards previously granted shall be retained by the board.
• § 50975 — The Public Employees’ Retirement System, as a public entity, and the present, future, and former board members of the Public Employees’ Retirement System, jointly and individually, and state officers
• § 50976 — (a) The Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall not be liable for any action or failure to act by the board of the California State Fire Employees Welfare Benefit Corp
• § 50977 — If the transfer of the Volunteer Firefighters Length of Service Award System from the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System to the board of the California State Fire Emplo
• § 50978 — For purposes of this chapter, if the Board of Administration of the Public Employees’ Retirement System transfers the data and files that are necessary to effect the transfer of and relate to members
• § 50979 — This chapter shall become operative on March 1, 2008.
• § 50990 — (a) This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the “Short-Term Rental Facilitator Act of 2025.
• § 50991 — All of the following definitions shall apply for purposes of this chapter: (a) “Hotel” means a commercially operated hotel, motel, bed and breakfast inn, or similar transient lodging establishment, wh
• § 50992 — For purposes of this chapter, a person is related to another person if both persons are related to each other pursuant to Section 267(b) of Title 26 of the United States Code, as that section was amen
• § 50993 — (a) Upon request by the local agency, each short-term rental facilitator shall report, in the form and manner prescribed by the local agency, the physical address, including nine-digit ZIP Code, of ea
• § 50994 — A short-term rental facilitator shall include in the listing of a short-term rental any applicable local license number associated with the short-term rental and any transient occupancy tax certificat
• § 50995 — (a) A local agency may conduct an audit or otherwise examine the records of the short-term rental facilitator documenting the receipt of the transient occupancy tax due and payable to the local agency
• § 50996 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to preempt a local agency from adopting an ordinance that regulates short-term rentals, short-term rental facilitators, or the payment and collection of tran
• § 510 — From the county seat of El Dorado County to Sacramento it is sixty (60) miles.
• § 5100 — This chapter shall be liberally construed to the end that the purpose hereof may be made effective.
• § 51000 — When the location of a boundary line of a local agency, as defined in Section 53510 of the Government Code, is indefinite or uncertain, or the boundary line has been obliterated from any cause, it may
• § 51001 — The legislative body of the local agency having an indefinite, uncertain, or obliterated boundary line may cause a proceeding to be brought in the name of the local agency to have the boundary line de
• § 51002 — The superior court of the county in which the initiating local agency is located has jurisdiction over the proceeding.
• § 51003 — In counties having three or more superior judges, the presiding judge may assign three or more judges to sit at the hearing in the proceeding, whether initiated by the county or a city in the county.
• § 51004 — The petition for the determination of the boundary line shall be accompanied by documents, maps, or other exhibits as may be essential to a determination of the case.
• § 51005 — The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition and exhibits on the local agencies directly interested and immediately adjacent to the boundary line, by delivering the copy personally to the presidi
• § 51006 — A local agency, or any person, corporation, or taxpayer thereof, interested in the determination and establishment of the boundary line, may demur or answer the petition as defendants or intervene in
• § 51007 — The court shall determine the location of the boundary line by courses and distances or by giving such other definite description as is necessary or desirable.
• § 51008 — The court shall make a finding and render its judgment determining, defining, and establishing the location of the boundary line.
• § 51009 — From the date of filing, the boundary line is established and fixed for all purposes and constitutes the true and official boundary line of the local agency.
• § 5101 — As used in this chapter, “bonds” means State, county, municipal, or other public corporation or district bonds.
• § 51010 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, that the State Fire Marshal shall exercise exclusive safety regulatory and enforcement authority over intrastate carbon dioxide and hazar
• § 51010.5 — As used in this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Pipeline” includes every intrastate pipeline used for the transportation of hazardous liquid substances, carbon dioxide, or highly volati
• § 51010.6 — Notwithstanding Section 51010.
• § 51011 — (a) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt hazardous liquid pipeline safety regulations in compliance with the federal law relating to hazardous liquid pipeline safety, including, but not limited to, comp
• § 51011.5 — (a) (1) (A) On or before July 1, 2026, the State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations governing the safe transportation of carbon dioxide in pipelines that are, at a minimum, as protective as the draf
• § 51011.6 — (a) An operator shall not be permitted to construct a pipeline to transport carbon dioxide in a location where one or more sensitive receptors are located within the emergency planning zone unless an
• § 51012 — The State Fire Marshal shall establish a Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee for purposes of informing local agencies and every pipeline operator of changes in applicable laws and regulations affecting
• § 51012.4 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, including, but not limited to, Section 51012.
• § 51013 — (a) Any new pipeline constructed after January 1, 1984, and which normally operates under conditions of constant flow and pressure, shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Subparts C and
• § 51013.1 — (a) By January 1, 2018, any new or replacement pipeline near environmentally and ecologically sensitive areas in the coastal zone shall use best available technology, including, but not limited to, th
• § 51013.5 — (a) Every newly constructed pipeline, existing pipeline, or part of a pipeline system that has been relocated or replaced, and every pipeline that transports a hazardous liquid substance or highly vol
• § 51014 — (a) The pressure tests required by subdivisions (b), (c), and (d) of Section 51013.
• § 51014.1 — (a) Any existing oil pipeline that is six inches or larger that has been idle, inactive, or out of service for five years or more, shall not be restarted without passing a spike hydrostatic testing pr
• § 51014.3 — (a) Each pipeline operator shall notify the State Fire Marshal and the local fire department having fire suppression responsibilities at least three working days prior to conducting a hydrostatic test
• § 51014.5 — (a) When hydrostatic testing is required by Section 51013.
• § 51014.6 — (a) Effective January 1, 1987, no person, other than the pipeline operator, shall do any of the following with respect to any pipeline easement: (1) Build, erect, or create a structure or improvement
• § 51015 — (a) A pipeline operator shall provide to the fire department having fire suppression responsibilities a map or suitable diagram showing the location of the pipeline, a description of all products tran
• § 51015.05 — (a) The State Fire Marshal shall establish and maintain a centralized database containing information and data regarding the following intrastate pipelines: (1) Pipelines used for the transportation o
• § 51015.06 — (a) (1) An operator of a pipeline transporting carbon dioxide shall submit to the State Fire Marshal and the public agency that is the lead agency for the project that includes the pipeline for purpos
• § 51015.1 — (a) Commencing January 1, 2017, the State Fire Marshal, or an officer or employee authorized by the State Fire Marshal, shall annually inspect all intrastate pipelines and operators of intrastate pipe
• § 51015.2 — (a) The Legislature recognizes that hazardous liquid pipelines are often located alongside and in the immediate proximity of rail lines.
• § 51015.3 — The State Fire Marshal may, in the interest of public safety, adopt emergency regulations which govern intrastate pipeline emergencies involving railroad car derailments.
• § 51015.4 — (a) Each operator shall, as specified in regulations provided for in subdivision (c), maintain each valve and check valve that is necessary for the safe operation of its pipeline systems in good worki
• § 51015.5 — (a) In the event of an intrastate pipeline rupture, leak, or other incident which could affect safe pipeline operation, any person who performs or intends to perform nonemergency site cleanup, repair,
• § 51015.6 — (a) On or before January 31, 2017, and on or before January 31 annually thereafter, the State Fire Marshal shall submit a report to the Legislature containing information, including, but not limited t
• § 51016 — The State Fire Marshal shall study the spacing of valves which would limit spillage into standard metropolitan statistical areas and environmentally sensitive areas from surrounding higher ground.
• § 51017 — The State Fire Marshal shall develop a comprehensive database of pipeline information that can be used for emergency response and program operational purposes.
• § 51017.1 — (a) Utilizing GIS-based location information furnished by the State Department of Health Services and the State Water Resources Control Board, at least once every two years the State Fire Marshal shal
• § 51017.2 — (a) With advice from the Pipeline Safety Advisory Committee, the State Water Resources Control Board, the California regional water quality control boards, and local water purveyors, the State Fire Ma
• § 51018 — (a) Every rupture, explosion, or fire involving a pipeline, including a pipeline system otherwise exempted by subdivision (a) of Section 51010.
• § 51018.6 — (a) The State Fire Marshal shall adopt regulations for conducting enforcement proceedings pursuant to this section.
• § 51018.7 — (a) Any person who willfully and knowingly violates any provision of this chapter or a regulation issued pursuant thereto shall, upon conviction, be subject, for each offense, to a fine of not more th
• § 51018.8 — The State Fire Marshal may issue orders directing compliance with this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant thereto.
• § 51018.9 — For a pipeline transporting carbon dioxide, all of the following shall apply: (a) The State Fire Marshal may order a pipeline shutdown for violations of state or federal law, or if continued pipeline
• § 51019 — The State Fire Marshal may assess and collect from every pipeline operator an annual fee for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
• § 51019.05 — If the agreement specified in Section 51010.
• § 51019.1 — (a) There is hereby created the California Hazardous Liquid Pipeline Safety Fund, consisting of the Local Training Account and the Pipeline Operations Account.
• § 5102 — As used in this chapter, “guarantor” means the person or persons guaranteeing the payment of bonds, the repurchase thereof, or the payment or repurchase of any interest therein.
• § 5103 — As used in this chapter, “issuing body” means the State, any subdivision thereof, municipality, public corporation, or district.
• § 51030 — The legislative body of a city for incorporated areas or county for unincorporated areas may enact an ordinance which provides for the licensing for regulation of the business of massage when carried
• § 51031 — The ordinance may condition the issuance of a license to engage in the business of massage upon proof that a massage business meets the reasonable standards set by the ordinance, which may include, bu
• § 51032 — (a) The ordinance may also provide that a license to engage in the business of massage may be denied upon a showing by the licensing authority of either of the following: (1) Proof that the massage pe
• § 51033 — (a) This chapter does not apply to cosmetologists, barbers, or to persons licensed to practice any healing art pursuant to Division 2 (commencing with Section 500) of the Business and Professions Code
• § 51034 — (a) The Legislature in enacting this chapter recognizes the existing power of a city or county to regulate a lawful massage business pursuant to Section 37101, or pursuant to Section 16000 or 16100 of
• § 51035 — (a) A city, county, or city and county shall not prohibit a cottage food operation, as defined in Section 113758 of the Health and Safety Code, in any residential dwellings, but shall do one of the fo
• § 51036 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Sidewalk vendor” means a person who sells food or merchandise from a pushcart, stand, display, pedal-driven cart, wagon, showcase, r
• § 51037 — (a) A local authority shall not regulate sidewalk vendors except in accordance with Sections 51038 and 51039.
• § 51038 — (a) A local authority may adopt a program to regulate sidewalk vendors in compliance with this section.
• § 51039 — (a) (1) A violation of a local authority’s sidewalk vending program that complies with Section 51038 is punishable only by the following: (A) An administrative fine not exceeding one hundred dollars (
• § 5104 — As used in this chapter, “order” means declaration, proclamation, or order of any officer or court having jurisdiction to make the declaration, proclamation, or order.
• § 51040 — This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the Urban Agriculture Incentive Zones Act.
• § 51040.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest to promote sustainable urban farm enterprise sectors in urban centers.
• § 51040.3 — For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Urban” means an area within the boundaries of an urbanized area, as that term is used by the United States Census Bu
• § 51042 — (a) (1) (A) A county or city and county may, after a public hearing, establish by ordinance an Urban Agriculture Incentive Zone within its boundaries for the purpose of entering into enforceable contr
• § 5105 — Whenever by operation of law or by order the bonded indebtedness of any issuing body is reduced in amount, the interest thereon reduced, the time for the payment thereof or of any tax or assessment le
• § 51050 — Any city or county which has adopted a general plan may accept grants of open-space easements on privately owned lands lying within the city or county in the manner provided in this chapter, provided
• § 51051 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Grant of an open-space easement” means a grant by an instrument whereby the owner relinquishes to the public, either in p
• § 51053 — The execution and acceptance of an instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall constitute a dedication to the public of the open-space character of the lands for the term specified.
• § 51054 — An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 may contain, and the city or county in appropriate cases may require that it contain, a covenant against the extraction of natural resources
• § 51055 — An instrument described in subdivision (a) of Section 51051 shall not be effective until it has been accepted by resolution of the governing body of the city or county and its acceptance endorsed ther
• § 51056 — No grant of an open-space easement shall be accepted by a city or county, unless the governing body, by resolution, finds: (a) That the preservation of the land as open space is consistent with the ge
• § 51057 — The governing body of the city or county shall not accept any grant of an open-space easement until the matter has first been referred to the city or county planning department or planning commission
• § 51058 — From and after the time when an open-space easement has been accepted by the city or county and its acceptance endorsed thereon, no building permit may be issued for any structure which would violate
• § 51059 — Upon the acceptance of any instrument creating an open-space easement the clerk of the governing body shall record the same in the office of the county recorder and file a copy thereof with the county
• § 5106 — Whenever by operation of law or by order any issuing body defaults in the payment of its bonded indebtedness, the obligations of guarantors shall be extended for the period of the default but not to e
• § 51060 — From time to time, the governing body of any city or county may accept an instrument whereby the term of any open-space easement is extended in the same manner as is provided for the acceptance of an
• § 51061 — The governing body of any city or county at any time may, by resolution, abandon an open-space easement, if it finds that no public purpose described in subdivision (b) of Section 51056 will be served
• § 51062 — Upon the recording in the office of the county recorder of a certified copy of any resolution abandoning the open-space easement and reciting compliance with the provisions of Section 51061, the land
• § 51063 — If any land or a portion thereof as to which any city or county has accepted an open-space easement is thereafter sought to be condemned for public use and the city or county received the easement as
• § 51064 — Lands subject to the grant of an open-space easement executed and accepted in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed to be enforceably restricted within the meaning of Section 8 of Article XIII
• § 51065 — Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent or restrict the right or power of any city or county to acquire by gift, purchase or otherwise scenic easements or other rights in property for the p
• § 5107 — The relief of guarantors is limited to the extent of defaults in principal, interest, or both principal and interest of the bonds guaranteed.
• § 51070 — It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter to provide a means whereby any county or city may acquire or approve an open-space easement in perpetuity or for a term of years for the pu
• § 51071 — The Legislature finds that the rapid growth and spread of urban development is encroaching upon, or eliminating open-space lands which are necessary not only for the maintenance of the economy of the
• § 51072 — The Legislature hereby declares that open-space lands, if preserved and maintained, would constitute important physical, social, economic or aesthetic assets to existing or pending urban development.
• § 51073 — The Legislature further declares that the acquisition of open-space easements is in the public interest and constitutes a public purpose for which public funds may be expended or advanced.
• § 51075 — As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) “Open-space land” means any parcel or area of land or water which is essentially unimproved and devoted to an open-space use as
• § 5108 — If the guarantors function in the capacity of trustee or if the custody of the bonds is in the possession of a trustee, and administered by the trustee, he shall be required to distribute interest and
• § 51080 — Any county or city which has an adopted open-space plan may accept or approve a grant of an open-space easement on privately owned lands lying within the county or city in the manner provided in this
• § 51081 — The execution and acceptance of a deed or other instrument described in subdivision (d) of Section 51075 shall constitute a dedication to the public of the open-space character of the lands for the te
• § 51082 — A county or city may require a deed or other instrument described in subdivision (d) of Section 51075 to contain any such restrictions, conditions or covenants as are necessary or desirable to maintai
• § 51083 — No deed or other instrument described in subdivision (d) of Section 51075 shall be effective until it has been accepted or approved by resolution of the governing body of the county or city and its ac
• § 51083.5 — Notwithstanding any provisions of this chapter, the grant of any easement to a nonprofit organization shall be effective upon its acceptance by such organization.
• § 51084 — A grant of an open-space easement shall not be accepted or approved by a county or city, unless the governing body, by resolution, finds: (a) That the preservation of the land as open space is consist
• § 51085 — The governing body of the county or city may not accept or approve any grant of an open-space easement until the matter has first been referred to the county or city planning department or planning co
• § 51086 — (a) From and after the time when an open-space easement has been accepted or approved by the county or city and its acceptance or approval endorsed thereon, no building permit may be issued for any st
• § 51087 — Upon the acceptance or approval of any instrument creating an open-space easement the clerk of the governing body shall record the same in the office of the county recorder and file a copy thereof wit
• § 51090 — An open-space easement for a term of years may be terminated only in accordance with the provisions of this article.
• § 51091 — If either the landowner or the county, city, or nonprofit organization desires in any year not to renew the open-space easement, that party shall serve written notice of nonrenewal of the easement upo
• § 51092 — If the county, city, or nonprofit organization or the landowner serves notice of intent in any year not to renew the open-space easement, the existing open-space easement shall remain in effect for th
• § 51093 — (a) The landowner may petition the governing body of the county or city for abandonment of any open-space easement or in the case of an open-space easement granted to a nonprofit organization pursuant
• § 51094 — Upon the recording in the office of the county recorder of a certified copy of a resolution abandoning or approving the abandonment of an open-space easement and reciting compliance with the provision
• § 51095 — If any land or a portion thereof as to which any city or county has accepted or approved an open-space easement pursuant to this chapter is thereafter sought to be condemned for public use and the eas
• § 51096 — Lands subject to the grant of an open-space easement executed and accepted in accordance with this chapter shall be deemed to be enforceably restricted within the meaning of Section 8 of Article XIII
• § 51097 — Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to prevent or restrict the right or power of any county or city to acquire by purchase, gift, grant, bequest, devise, lease or otherwise any right or interest i
• § 511 — From the county seat of Fresno County to Sacramento it is one hundred and sixty-nine (169) miles.
• § 51100 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Timberland Productivity Act of 1982.
• § 51101 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The forest resources and timberlands of this state, together with the forest products industry, contribute substantially to the heal
• § 51102 — (a) The Legislature further declares that to fully realize the productive potential of the forest resources and timberlands of the state, and to provide a favorable climate for long-term investment in
• § 51103 — It is the intent of the Legislature to implement the policies of this chapter by including all qualifying timberland in timberland production zones.
• § 51104 — As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) “Board” means the board of supervisors of a county or city and county, whether general law or chartered, which establishes or p
• § 51110 — (a) On or before September 1, 1976, the assessor shall assemble a list of all parcels, regardless of size, which as of the lien date in 1976, were assessed for growing and harvesting timber as the hig
• § 51110.1 — (a) On or before September 1, 1977, the assessor shall assemble a list of all parcels, which, as of the lien date in 1976, appeared in the judgment of the assessor to constitute timberland, but which
• § 51110.2 — The county or city planning commission shall hold a public hearing on parcels referred to it for review by the board or council pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 51110 and subdivision (c) of Sect
• § 51110.3 — In the event that a landowner does not receive notice pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 51110.
• § 51111 — On or before October 1, 1976, the board or council shall adopt a list and a detailed description of additional compatible uses for parcels zoned as timberland production.
• § 51112 — (a) On or before March 1, 1977, the board or council by ordinance, after the advice of the planning commission pursuant to Section 51110.
• § 51113 — (a) (1) An owner may petition the board or council to zone his or her land as timberland production.
• § 51113.5 — (a) After March 1, 1977, an owner with timberlands in a timberland production zone pursuant to Section 51112 or 51113 may petition the board or council to add to his or her timberland production lands
• § 51114 — Parcels zoned as timberland production shall be zoned as such for an initial term of 10 years.
• § 51115 — Parcels zoned as timberland production shall be zoned so as to restrict their use to growing and harvesting timber and to compatible uses.
• § 51115.1 — (a) The zoning of a parcel pursuant to this chapter shall give rise to a presumption that timber operations, as defined in Section 4527 of the Public Resources Code, may reasonably be expected to and
• § 51115.2 — (a) Changes or additions to any nonconforming use shall be limited to ordinary maintenance and repair, except that no change or addition which enlarges or tends to make more permanent any nonconformin
• § 51115.5 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, timber operations conducted within a timber production zone pursuant to the provisions of the Z’berg-Nejedly Forest Practice Act of 1973 (Chapter 8 (com
• § 51116 — The county or city may bring any action in court necessary to prohibit a use not permitted with respect to land zoned as timberland production, including, but not limited to, an action to enforce the
• § 51117 — When land is zoned as timberland production or subsequently rezoned from a timberland production zone and after exhaustion of appeals, a notice of timberland production zone status, together with a ma
• § 51118 — Land zoned as timberland production under this chapter shall be enforceably restricted within the meaning of Section 3(j) of Article XIII of the Constitution and the restriction shall be enforced and
• § 51119 — Any action of the board or council undertaken to zone a parcel as timberland production pursuant to Section 51112 or 51113 is exempt from the requirements of Section 21151 of the Public Resources Code
• § 51119.5 — Parcels zoned as timberland production under this chapter may not be divided into parcels containing less than 160 acres unless the original owner prepares a joint timber management plan prepared or a
• § 51120 — (a) If the owner desires in any year to rezone a parcel from its current timberland production zone, the owner shall give written notice, naming the new zone desired, and shall follow procedures estab
• § 51121 — (a) If the board or council after public hearing and by a majority vote of the full body desires in any year not to extend the term of zoning, the county or city shall give written notice of its inten
• § 51130 — The purpose of this article is to provide relief from zoning as timberland production pursuant to this chapter only when the continued use of land in the timberland production zone is neither necessar
• § 51131 — A timberland production zone may not be immediately rezoned except pursuant to a request by a landowner, and as provided in this article.
• § 51133 — (a) If application for conversion is required pursuant to Section 4621 of the Public Resources Code, the board or council may tentatively approve the immediate rezoning after notice and hearing and on
• § 51134 — (a) If an application for conversion is not required pursuant to Section 4621 of the Public Resources Code, the board or council may approve the immediate rezoning request only if by a four-fifths vot
• § 51140 — Upon rezoning, the board or council shall certify the rezoning indicating the new zone and its effective date.
• § 51141 — A copy of the certification of rezoning together with the map and assessor’s parcel numbers for the rezoned land shall be recorded by the city or county in the recorder’s office in the same manner as
• § 51142 — (a) Upon immediate rezoning of a parcel in a timberland production zone, a tax recoupment fee shall be imposed on the owner of the land.
• § 51146 — A fee imposed under this article shall be indicated on the assessment roll and when so indicated shall become a lien against the parcel of land in the same manner as county general taxes.
• § 51150 — It is the policy of the state to avoid, whenever practicable, the location of any state or local public improvements and any improvements of public utilities, and the acquisition of land therefor, in
• § 51151 — (a) As used in this section, Section 51152, and Section 51155, “public agency” means the state, or any department or agency thereof, and any county, city, school district, or other local public distri
• § 51152 — (a) No public agency or person shall locate a public improvement within a timberland production zone (TPZ) based primarily on a consideration of the lower cost of acquiring a land in a TPZ.
• § 51153 — Section 51152 shall not apply to: (a) The location or construction of improvements where the board or council administering the TPZ approves or agrees to the location thereof.
• § 51154 — Section 51152 shall be enforceable only by mandamus proceedings by the local governing body administering the timberland production zone or the Secretary of Resources.
• § 51155 — When any action in eminent domain for the condemnation of the fee title of an entire parcel of land zoned as timberland production is filed or when that land is acquired in lieu of eminent domain for
• § 51175 — The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Wildfires are extremely costly, not only to property owners and residents, but also to local agencies.
• § 51176 — The purpose of this chapter is to classify lands in the state in accordance with whether a very high fire hazard is present so that public officials are able to identify measures that will retard the