Cal. PRC § 4103.5
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 4103.5, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
“Campfire” means a fire which is used for cooking, personal warmth, lighting, ceremonial, or aesthetic purposes, including fires contained within outdoor fireplaces and enclosed stoves with flues or chimneys, stoves using jellied, liquid, solid, or gaseous fuels, portable barbecue pits and braziers, or space heating devices which are used outside any structure, mobilehome, or living accommodation mounted on a motor vehicle. “Campfire” does not include portable lanterns designed to emit light resulting from a combustion process.
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