Section 13803 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12. >> Part 2.7. >> Chapter 1.
13803
. (a) This part provides the authority for the organization
and powers of fire protection districts. This part succeeds the Fire
Protection District Law of 1961 and all of its statutory
predecessors. Any fire protection district organized or reorganized
pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 or any of its
statutory predecessors which was in existence on January 1, 1988,
shall remain in existence as if it had been organized pursuant to
this part, except that when the district board is a county board of
supervisors the number and method of selection of its board of
directors shall continue to be governed by the provisions of Chapter
4 (commencing with Section 13831) of the Fire Protection District Law
of 1961 in effect on December 31, 1987, as if that chapter had not
been repealed. Any special fire protection zone formed pursuant to
Chapter 12 (commencing with Section 13991) of the Fire Protection
District Law of 1961 or any of its statutory predecessors which was
in existence on January 1, 1988, shall remain in existence as a
service zone as if it has been formed pursuant to Chapter 10
(commencing with Section 13950).
(b) This part does not apply to any reorganization which was filed
pursuant to the Fire Protection District Law of 1961 and which is
pending on January 1, 1988. Those pending reorganizations may be
continued and completed under, and in accordance with, the Fire
Protection District Law of 1961. The repeals, amendments, and
additions made by the act enacting this part shall not apply to any
of those pending reorganizations, and the laws existing prior to
January 1, 1988, shall continue in full force and effect as applied
to those pending reorganizations.