California Public Resources Code ARTICLE 1 - Organization and General Powers

• Section 700.
  As used in this chapter:(a) “Board” means the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection.(b) “Department” means the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.(c) “Director” means the Director...
• Section 701.
  (a) There is in the Resources Agency the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, which is under the control of an executive officer known as the...
• Section 701.5.
  Notwithstanding Section 701, Section 12805 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 1987, the Department of Forestry...
• Section 701.6.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after January 1, 2007, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection may be referred to, where appropriate...
• Section 702.
  (a) Pursuant to Section 13100 of the Health and Safety Code, there is within the department the Office of the State Fire Marshal.(b) There shall be a...
• Section 705.
  The department may expend the money in any appropriation or in any special fund in the State Treasury made available by law for the administration...
• Section 706.
  The department shall have possession and control of all records, books, papers, offices, equipment, supplies, moneys, funds, appropriations, land, and other property, real or personal,...
• Section 707.
  Whenever the department has received and deposited any money in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund in an excessive amount or...
• Section 707.1.
  (a) Any moneys recovered by the department in a civil action to recover state costs related to fire suppression, rescue, or emergency medical services pursuant to...
• Section 708.
  For the purpose of disseminating information relating to its activities, powers, duties, or functions, the department, with the approval of the Department of General Services,...
• Section 709.
  The provisions of Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 11150) of Part 1 of Division 6 of Title 2 of the Government Code apply to the...
• Section 710.
  The director shall have no power to amend or repeal any order, regulation, ruling, or directive of the board.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1300.)
• Section 711.
  The director, with approval of the Director of Finance, may accept on behalf of the department federal grants for the purposes for which the department...
• Section 712.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this code or of law, and except as provided in the State Building Standards Law, Part 2.5 (commencing with Section...
• Section 713.
  The department is responsible for the fire protection, fire prevention, maintenance, and enhancement of the state’s forest, range, and brushland resources, contract fire protection, associated...
• Section 714.
  The department is responsible for all of the following:(a) Providing fire protection, fire prevention, pest control, and forest and range protection and enhancement implements and apparatus...
• Section 715.
  The Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in cooperation with the Office of Emergency Services, shall develop a program to certify active duty military pilots...
• Section 716.
  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Department of Finance may delegate to the department the right to exercise the same authority granted to the...
• Section 717.
  (a) The Secretary of the Natural Resources Agency shall establish a working group on expanding wood product markets that can utilize woody biomass, especially biomass that...

Last modified: October 22, 2018