California Government Code ARTICLE 2 - Forestry and Trees

• Section 25620.
  This article may be cited as the Shade Tree Law of 1909.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 25621.
  The board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of no less than three persons who shall serve without compensation.(Amended by...
• Section 25622.
  In any county in which a planning commission has been created, the board of supervisors may appoint a county board of forestry, to consist of...
• Section 25623.
  Whenever the board of supervisors desires to avail itself of this article, it shall by resolution or ordinance so declare.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 25624.
  Within two months after the adoption of the resolution or ordinance, the board of supervisors shall appoint a county board of forestry or designate the...
• Section 25625.
  The term of office of the members of the county board of forestry is four years, except that the persons first appointed shall so classify...
• Section 25626.
  Within 10 days after notice of their appointment, the members of the county board of forestry shall organize by the election of one of their...
• Section 25627.
  The county board of forestry may employ a suitable and competent person as county forester to serve during the pleasure of the board and prescribe...
• Section 25628.
  The county board of forestry may also employ, or authorize the county forester to employ, a deputy county forester.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 25629.
  The board of supervisors may fix the compensation of the county forester.(Added by Stats. 1947, Ch. 424.)
• Section 25630.
  Whenever the members of the county planning commission have been designated as the county board of forestry, it shall not employ or appoint a county...
• Section 25631.
  When appointed the forester shall execute a bond to the county board of forestry in the sum of one thousand dollars ($1,000) for the faithful...
• Section 25632.
  The board of forestry has exclusive charge and jurisdiction, with the exception of areas included within the limits of any city or fire protection district...
• Section 25633.
  In the exercise of its powers and the performance of its duties, the board of forestry shall not interfere with the jurisdiction of the board...
• Section 25634.
  This article does not confer upon any county board of forestry, or other local authority however constituted or appointed, any jurisdiction over or within the...
• Section 25635.
  In any county where a county board of forestry has been created and appointed, it is unlawful for any person except the county board of...
• Section 25636.
  All money received as penalties for the violation of this article shall be paid into the county treasury to the credit of the county board...
• Section 25637.
  Whenever this article is availed of, the board of supervisors shall appropriate money for the use of the county board of forestry sufficient to pay...
• Section 25638.
  By a resolution or ordinance adopted by a four-fifths vote, the board of supervisors may repeal any resolution or ordinance previously enacted whereby it elected...
• Section 25639.
  Any county may appropriate and expend money from the general fund of the county, either within or without the county, for cooperation with the State...
• Section 25640.
  The board of supervisors may plant shade and ornamental trees on or about the public grounds and buildings of the county and provide for their...
• Section 25641.
  Under such regulations as it may adopt, the board of supervisors may encourage the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees on and about...
• Section 25642.
  The board of supervisors may appropriate in any one year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for the purpose of...
• Section 25643.
  The board of supervisors of a county shall determine each year such sum of money as the board of supervisors deems necessary for fire protection...

Last modified: October 22, 2018