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DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION 13000-14960›PART 2.7. FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT LAW OF 1987 13800-13970›CHAPTER 4. Existing Board of Directors and Officers 13840-13857

§ 13844

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

If a county board of supervisors or a city council has appointed itself as the district board, the board of supervisors or city council may delegate any or all of its powers to a fire commission composed of five or seven commissioners. In the case of a district governed by a board of supervisors, the commissioners may be councilmembers of cities which are located in the district. The board of supervisors or city council shall determine whether the commissioners shall serve at its pleasure or for staggered terms of four years subject to removal for cause.

(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Effective June 15, 1989.)

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