Where the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection utilizes inmate labor for fighting fires, the charge for their use, for the purpose of Section 13009, shall be set by the Director of Forestry and Fire Protection. In determining the charges, he or she may consider, in addition to costs incurred by the department, the per capita cost to the state of maintaining the inmates.
Cal. Health & Safety Code § 13009.5
Liability in Relation to Fires
Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 92
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