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Health and Safety Code - HSC

DIVISION 12. FIRES AND FIRE PROTECTION [13000 - 14959]

  ( Division 12 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

PART 4. FIRE COMPANIES IN UNINCORPORATED TOWNS [14825 - 14860]

  ( Part 4 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )
  

CHAPTER 1. Organization [14825 - 14833]
  ( Chapter 1 enacted by Stats. 1939, Ch. 60. )

  
14825.  

(a) Fire companies in unincorporated towns may be organized by filing a certificate signed by the foreman or presiding officer and by the secretary, with the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator in the same county, or other county agency as designated by ordinance of the county board of supervisors.

(b) Fire companies in incorporated cities may be organized, subject to any local ordinance established pursuant to Section 14832, by filing a certificate signed by the foreman or presiding officer and by the secretary, with the city council or other agency as designated by ordinance of the city council and with the Fire and Rescue Operational Area Coordinator in the same county as the city.

(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 65, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2009.)