GENERAL PROVISIONS›CHAPTER 1. Definitions 4001-4005›ARTICLE 9. Fire Hazard Severity Zones 4201-4204

§ 4203

California Public Resources Code · 2026-09 edition · updated 2026-09-27 · California

(a) The State Fire Marshal shall, by regulation, designate fire hazard severity zones and assign to each zone a rating reflecting the degree of severity of fire hazard that is expected to prevail in the zone.

(b) No designation of a zone and assignment of a rating shall be adopted by the State Fire Marshal until the proposed regulation has been transmitted to the board of supervisors of the county in which the zone is located at least 45 days before the adoption of the proposed regulation and a public hearing has been held in that county during that 45-day period.

(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 225, Sec. 14. (AB 9) Effective January 1, 2022.)

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