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State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fees

Public Resources Code

Chapter 1.5 State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fees

Article 1. General Provisions

Section 4213.05


4213.05. Suspension of fee. (a) Commencing with the 2017–18 fiscal year, the fire prevention fee imposed pursuant to Section 4212 shall be suspended, effective July 1, 2017. Any moneys held in reserve in the State Responsibility Area Fire Responsibility Fund shall be appropriated by the Legislature in a manner consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 4214.

(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that moneys derived from the auction or sale of allowances pursuant to a market-based compliance mechanism established pursuant to Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code shall be used to replace the moneys that would have otherwise been collected under Section 4212 to continue fire prevention activities.

(1) The owner of the habitable structure certifies that the structure is not habitable as a result of a natural disaster.

(c) This section shall become inoperative on January 1, 2031.

History—Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 135 (AB 398), in effect July 25, 2017, but operative July 1, 2017.