JurisdictionCaliforniaCode PRCPublic Resources Code - PRC
Div. 4.DIVISION 4. FORESTS, FORESTRY AND RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
Part 2.PART 2. PROTECTION OF FOREST, RANGE AND FORAGE LANDS
Ch. 6.CHAPTER 6. Prohibited Activities
Art. 2.ARTICLE 2. Prohibited Activities
This text of California § 4427. (4427. (Amended by Stats. 1968, Ch. 900.)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering California primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate any motor, engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate, which is located on or near any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land, without doing both of the following:
(a)First clearing away all flammable material, including snags, from the area around such operation for a distance of 10 feet.
(b)Maintain one serviceable round point shovel with an overall length of not less than forty-six (46) inches and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation.
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During any time of the year when burning permits are required in an area pursuant to this article, no person shall use or operate any motor, engine, boiler, stationary equipment, welding equipment, cutting torches, tarpots, or grinding devices from which a spark, fire, or flame may originate, which is located on or near any forest-covered land, brush-covered land, or grass-covered land, without doing both of the following:
(a)
First clearing away all flammable material, including snags, from the area around such operation for a distance of 10 feet.
(b)
Maintain one serviceable round point shovel with an overall length of not less than forty-six (46) inches and one backpack pump water-type fire extinguisher fully equipped and ready for use at the immediate area during the operation.
This section does not apply to portable powersaws and other portable tools powered by a gasoline-fueled internal combustion engine.