California · Health and Safety Code - HSC

HSC §13004: Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who harvests grain or causes it to be harvested by means of a combined harvester, header, or stationary threshing machine, or who bales hay by means of a hay pr

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a misdemeanor by harvesting grain or hay using specified machinery without keeping a filled, ready-to-use water extinguisher of at least four gallons on each machine.

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Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who harvests grain or causes it to be harvested by means of a combined harvester, header, or stationary threshing machine, or who bales hay by means of a hay press, or harvests by means of a mechanical harvester other agricultural crops which are flammable at the time of harvest, unless he keeps at all times in a convenient place upon each machine or press, one backpack or pump-type water extinguisher of not less than four-gallon capacity fully equipped, filled with water and ready for immediate use.

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