SB 265, as introduced, Gaines. Fire prevention fee.
Existing law requires the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, on or before September 1, 2011, to adopt emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee in an amount not to exceed $150 to be charged on each habitable structure on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area, as defined, and authorizes the board to annually adjust the fire prevention fee using prescribed methods.
This bill would make a nonsubstantive change to that law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 4212 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:
(a) (1) By September 1, 2011, the board shall adopt
4emergency regulations to establish a fire prevention fee for the
5purposes of this chapter in an amount not to exceed one hundred
6fifty dollars ($150) to be charged onbegin delete eachend deletebegin insert everyend insert habitable structure
7on a parcel that is within a state responsibility area.
8(2) The Legislature finds and declares that a fire prevention fee
9of not more than one hundred fifty dollars ($150) is a reasonable
10amount for the necessary fire prevention activities of the state that
P2 1benefit the owner of a habitable structure within a
state
2responsibility area.
3(b) On July 1, 2013, and annually thereafter, the board may
4adjust the fire prevention fees imposed pursuant to this chapter to
5reflect the percentage of change in the average annual value of the
6Implicit Price Deflator for State and Local Government Purchases
7of Goods and Services for the United States, as calculated by the
8United States Department of Commerce for the 12-month period
9in the third quarter of the prior calendar year, as reported by the
10Department of Finance.
11(c) Emergency regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
12shall be adopted in accordance with the rulemaking provisions of
13the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
14Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
15Code). The adoption of emergency regulations shall be deemed
16an emergency and necessary for the immediate preservation of the
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public peace, health, and safety, or general welfare.
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