California Code of Regulations
Title 14 - Natural Resources
Division 1.5 - Department of Forestry and Fire Protection
Chapter 13 - State Responsibility Area Fees
Section 1665.2 - Definitions

"Department" means the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

"Designated Fee Administrator" means a person, company, or other entity retained by the Department to assist with implementation of the Fee and who is qualified by experience in preparing and administering one of the following for a fire district: benefit assessments, benefit fees, or special taxes.

"Dwelling Unit", for purposes of implementation of PRC §§ 4210- 4228, is a unit providing independent living facilities for one or more persons, including provisions for living, sleeping, eating, cooking, and sanitation. Mobile and manufactured homes and condominiums are considered as dwelling units.

"Fee" means the fire prevention benefit fee imposed pursuant to PRC §§ 4210- 4228.

"Fire Prevention Fund" means the State Responsibility Area Fire Prevention Fund created by PRC § 4214 for deposit of all annual Fees collected and from which expenditures are authorized pursuant to the annual Budget Act, including grants that may be awarded pursuant to 14 CCR §§ 1666.0-1666.16, inclusive.

"Habitable Structure", pursuant to PRC § 4211(a), for purposes of implementation of PRC §§ 4210- 4228, means a building that contains one or more dwelling units or that can be occupied for residential use. Buildings occupied for residential use include single family homes, multi-dwelling structures, mobile and manufactured homes, and condominiums. Habitable Structures do not include commercial, industrial, or incidental buildings such as detached garages, barns, outdoor sanitation facilities, and sheds.

"Manufactured home" has the same meaning as Health and Safety Code § 18007(a).

"Mobile home" has the same meaning as Health and Safety Code § 18008(a).

"Owner of a Habitable Structure", pursuant to PRC § 4211(d), means the person that is the owner of record of a Habitable Structure in the county tax assessor rolls or as recorded in the records of the Department of Housing and Community Development on July 1 of the state fiscal year for which the Fee is due.

"Person", pursuant to PRC § 4211(c), means an individual, trust, joint stock company, business concern, or corporation, including, but not limited to, a government corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or association. "Person" also includes any city, county, city and county, district, commission, the state or any department, agency, or political subdivision thereof, any interstate body, and the United States and its agencies and instrumentalities to the extent permitted by law.

"Property Owner", means the Owner of a Habitable Structure.

"State Responsibility Area" means those areas defined in PRC § 4102 and delineated pursuant to PRC §§ 4125- 4128. These lands are shown on digital maps maintained by the Department at its Sacramento Headquarters and may be viewed there or in low resolution at the Department's website: http://www.bof.fire.ca.gov/sraviewer/.

1. New section filed 1-23-2012 as an emergency; operative 1-23-2012 (Register 2012, No. 4). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-23-2012 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
2. New section refiled 7-9-2012 as an emergency; operative 7-24-2012 (Register 2012, No. 28). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 10-22-2012 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
3. New section refiled 10-18-2012 as an emergency; operative 10-23-2012 (Register 2012, No. 42). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 1-22-2013 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.
4. Certificate of Compliance as to 10-18-2012 order, including amendment of definitions of "Property Owner" and "Habitable Structure," repealer of definition of "Benefit Fee," change of placement and amendment of definition of "Fire Prevention Fund" and new definitions of "Department," "Designated Fee Administrator" and "Fee," transmitted to OAL 1-22-2013 and filed 3-6-2013; amendments and new definitions effective 7-1-2013 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(a)(3) (Register 2013, No. 10).
5. Change without regulatory effect amending section and NOTE filed 1-29-2015 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2015, No. 5).
6. Amendment of definition of "Fire Prevention Fund" and amendment of NOTE filed 8-15-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 34).

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4111, 4211, 4212 and 4214, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4102, 4125, 4210, 4211 and 4214, Public Resources Code; and Sections 18007(a) and 18008(a), Health and Safety Code.