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1 corporation, or agency owning or controlling the land on 



2 which such nuisance may exist refuses or neglects to take 



3 proper steps to abate such nuisance, he shall be guilty of a 



4 misdemeanor and shall be fined not more than one thousand 



5 dollars in addition to the costs of prosecution for each offense. 



6 Any fine imposed shall become a lien on the land on which the 



7 nuisance may have existed. If the owner of land fails to take 



8 proper steps to abate the nuisance of a menacing forest fire 



9 the state forester may summarily abate such nuisance. The 



10 expense of the summary abatement of a nuisance by the state 



11 as herein provided for shall be paid from the moneys that may 



12 be appropriated for the support of the board of forestry. 



13 Any and all expenses incurred for the summary abatement of 



14 the nuisance shall be and become a lien on the land upon which 



15 such nuisance shall have existed. 



16 SEC. 12. No such lien as is provided for in this law shall be 



17 filed or accrue upon the land of any person, firm, association, 



18 corporation or agency, who in good faith endeavors to prevent 



19 and abate any nuisance mentioned in this act or who maintains 



20 a system of forest fire protection approved by the. state forester. 



21 Action to foreclose liens upon lands as provided in this law 



22 shall be begun within one year. Such liens shall be filed by the 



23 state forester or under his direction within ninety days after 



24 the expiration of a period required by the state forester for 



25 the abatement of the nuisance by the owner, lessee, or respon- 



26 sible agent of the land on which it shall have existed, or within 



27 ninety days after action shall have been taken by the state 



28 forester to abate the nuisance. Proceedings to the satisfaction 



29 of such liens shall be instituted and maintained at the request 



30 of the state forester and in the name of the people of the State 



31 of California by the district attorney of the county in which 



32 said lien exists and the costs shall be recovered in the usual 



33 manner. 



34 SEC. 13. Owners, lessees, or persons in control of lands 



35 upon which fires may be started or are burning are not relieved 



36 by any of the provisions of this act from the duty of extin- 



37 guishing or controlling such fires ; and no such owner or lessee 



