Section 13005 Of Chapter 1. Liability In Relation To Fires From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 1.
13005
. Every person is guilty of a misdemeanor who:
(a) Sells, offers for sale, leases, or rents to any person any
tractor, engine, machine, or truck equipped with an internal
combustion engine that uses hydrocarbon fuels, if either:
(1) It is specifically designed for use in harvesting or moving
grain or hay or for use on land covered with any other flammable
agricultural crop, unless the exhaust system of the engine is
equipped with a spark arrester in effective working order or the
engine is constructed, equipped, and maintained for the prevention of
fire pursuant to Section 4443 of the Public Resources Code.
(2) It is not specifically designed for any of the uses described
in paragraph (1) but could be used for any of those uses, unless the
person provides written notice to the purchaser or bailee at the time
of sale or at the time of entering into the lease or rental contract
stating that the use or operation of the engine on any flammable
agricultural cropland is a violation of subdivision (b), unless the
exhaust system is equipped with a spark arrester in effective working
order or the engine is constructed, equipped, and maintained for the
prevention of fire pursuant to Section 4443 of the Public Resources
Code.
(b) Operates or causes to be operated any tractor, engine,
machine, or truck equipped with an internal combustion engine that
uses hydrocarbon fuels in harvesting or moving grain or hay, or on
land covered with any other flammable agricultural crop, unless the
engine is equipped with a spark arrester maintained in effective
working order or the engine is constructed, equipped, and maintained
for the prevention of fire pursuant to Section 4443 of the Public
Resources Code.
Spark arrester, as used in this section, is as defined in Section
4442 of the Public Resources Code.
Spark arresters attached to the exhaust system of engines on
equipment or vehicles, as described in this section, shall not be
placed or mounted in such a manner as to allow flames or heat from
the exhaust system to ignite any flammable material.
Motortrucks, truck tractors, buses, and passenger vehicles, except
motorcycles, are not subject to the provisions of paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) if the exhaust system is equipped with a muffler as
defined in the Vehicle Code.