Section 13100 Of Article 1. General From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
13100
. (a) The Office of the State Fire Marshal is hereby created
in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The Office of the
State Fire Marshal shall be administered by the State Fire Marshal,
who shall be a Chief Deputy Director of Forestry and Fire Protection
in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 702 of
the Public Resources Code and appointed pursuant to Section 13101 of
this code.
(b) The Office of the State Fire Marshal and the State Fire
Marshal in the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection succeed to,
and are vested with, all of the powers, duties, responsibilities,
and jurisdiction of the former Office of the State Fire Marshal and
the former State Fire Marshal, as the case may be, in the State and
Consumer Services Agency.
(c) Wherever any reference is made in any law to the former Office
of the State Fire Marshal or to the former State Fire Marshal in the
State and Consumer Services Agency pertaining to a power, duty,
responsibility, or jurisdiction transferred to, and vested in, the
Office of the State Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal in the
Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the reference shall be
deemed to be a reference to, and to mean, the Office of the State
Fire Marshal or the State Fire Marshal in the Department of Forestry
and Fire Protection, as the case may be.