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CA Health & Safety Code § 40480 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40480.

40480.  (a)  The south coast district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its program throughout the south coast district. (b)  The south coast district board shall appoint an executive officer to direct the staff, subject to the direction and policy of the south coast district board. (c)  The staff shall also be available to serve those portions of a county not included within the south coast district where the county is only partly included within the south coast district. (d)  The south coast district may enter into a contract with any city or county included, in whole or in part, within the south coast district to perform air pollution control functions for the south coast district, and the city or county may perform such functions for the south coast district pursuant to the contract. (Amended by Stats. 1980, Ch. 1085.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40481 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40481.

40481.  The executive officer shall be appointed solely on the basis of his administrative and executive abilities and qualifications. The executive officer and designated deputies shall serve at the pleasure of the south coast district board, and shall receive such compensation as is determined by the south coast district board.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40482 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40482.

40482.  The south coast district board may delegate duties to the executive officer as it deems appropriate. The executive officer shall perform and discharge, under the direction and control of the south coast district board, the powers, duties, purposes, functions, and jurisdiction vested in the south coast district board and delegated pursuant to this section.Any power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction which the south coast district board may lawfully delegate is conclusively presumed to have been delegated to the executive officer unless it is shown that the south coast district board, by affirmative vote recorded in its minutes, specifically has reserved the particular power, duty, purpose, function, or jurisdiction for its own action.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1301, Sec. 16.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40483 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40483.

40483.  The south coast district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40485 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40485.

40485.  All officers and employees of the south coast district, other than members of the south coast district board, are entitled to the benefits of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450), Part 3, Division 4, Title 3 of the Government Code).(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40486 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40486.

40486.  When any person is employed by the south coast district, whose immediate prior employer was the Southern California Air Pollution Control District, for the purpose of, but not limited to, retirement benefits, salary rates, seniority, and all fringe benefits, all his time of employment with that district, and his time of employment, if any, with the county, a county district, or both, whose authority, functions, and responsibilities have been assumed by that district if such employment was immediately prior to employment with the Southern California Air Pollution Control District, shall be considered as time of employment with the south coast district.Upon transfer to the south coast district, employees shall retain all their accumulated sick leave, vacation, and retirement benefits.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40489 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 6 - Officers and Employees|Section 40489.

40489.  The south coast district may contract for such professional assistance as may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of duties imposed on the south coast district.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40500 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40500.

40500.  (a)  In accordance with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in Section 40402, the south coast district board shall establish rules and regulations for the granting of variances by the hearing board from Section 41701 or from any standards for the discharge of air contaminants that the south coast district may adopt. The south coast district board shall not limit the opportunity for any person to petition for a variance or for the hearing board to hear and grant variances beyond the limitations expressly stated in Section 42350. (b)  The rules and regulations shall include a schedule of fees, which shall be based upon the number of sources to which the variances apply and the extent that the amount of emissions from the sources exceeds the required standards, for the filing of applications for variances. All applicants shall pay the fees required by the rules and regulations, including, notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, an applicant that is a publicly owned public utility. A variance may be granted by the hearing board after a public hearing and upon filing, with appropriate fees, of a variance petition with the hearing board. (Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 618, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40500.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40500.1.

40500.1.  (a)  Except as required to comply with the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), fees assessed on stationary sources in the south coast district pursuant to Sections 40500 and 40510 shall not exceed, for any fiscal year, the actual costs of district programs pursuant to this article for the immediately preceding fiscal year with an adjustment not greater than the change in the California Consumer Price Index, for the preceding calendar year, from January 1 of the prior year to January 1 of the current year, as determined by the Department of Industrial Relations. (b)  Unless specifically authorized by statute, the total amount of all of the fees collected by the south coast district from stationary sources of emissions in the 1995–96 fiscal year, and in each subsequent fiscal year, shall not exceed the level of expenditure in the 1993–94 fiscal year, except that the total fee amount may be adjusted annually by not more than the percentage increase in the California Consumer Price Index, as specified in subdivision (a). (c)  Any new state or federal mandate that is applicable to the south coast district on and after January 1, 1994, shall not be subject to this section. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 890, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40500.5 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40500.5.

40500.5.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 40500, the south coast district board may prohibit the granting of variances by the hearing board from the provisions of a market-based incentive program adopted pursuant to Section 39616 that establish procedures for assessing emissions during periods when monitoring or reporting systems are not operating as required.(b) The south coast district board may prohibit the granting of variances by the hearing board from the minimum federal requirements for new source performance standards, or for national emissions standards for hazardous air pollutants, under Sections 7411 and 7412 of Title 42 of the United States Code, unless the district rule at issue is more stringent than the federal requirement. The south coast district board shall not prohibit the granting of a variance if the petitioner for the variance has obtained a waiver from the Environmental Protection Agency of the federal requirement at issue and the variance would be consistent with the waiver.(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 183, Sec. 218. Effective January 1, 2005.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40501 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40501.

40501.  (a)  The south coast district board shall appoint a hearing board, or may authorize the board of supervisors of each county included, in whole or in part, within the south coast district to appoint a hearing board in accordance with Article 1 (commencing with Section 40800) of Chapter 8. The hearing board shall have the powers and duties vested in the hearing board of a county district, except as modified in this article. In addition, the hearing board has the same powers and duties with respect to plans for the control of emissions of air contaminants required by a district rule or regulation as it has for permits for authority to construct or operate any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance required by the south coast district board. (b)  The granting of variances shall be processed by the hearing board in the county in which the variance is applicable unless the applicant and the hearing board agree otherwise, and shall be granted in conformance with the rules and regulations of the south coast district, and, except as modified by this article, with Article 2 (commencing with Section 42350) of Chapter 4 of Part 4, with respect to the granting of variances or the appeal of decisions. (Amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 822, Sec. 1. Effective October 14, 1991.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40501.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40501.1.

40501.1.  (a)  On or before July 1, 1992, the south coast district board shall retire the current hearing board and appoint in its place a new hearing board with the following membership and qualifications: (1)  One member admitted to the practice of law in this state, with two or more years of practice, preferably with litigation experience. (2)  One member who is an engineer with a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in chemical, mechanical, environmental, metallurgical, or petroleum engineering, with two or more years of practical experience, and preferably who is a professional engineer registered pursuant to the Professional Engineers Act (Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code). (3)  One member who is a licensed physician, with two or more years of practical experience, preferably in the fields of epidemiology, physiology, toxicology, or related fields. (4)  Two public members. (b)  In recruiting the hearing board members, the district board shall engage in positive outreach throughout the south coast district. In making these appointments, the district board shall receive recommendations of an advisory committee whose responsibility shall be to review and make recommendations to the appropriate district board committee, which in turn shall finalize recommendations on which the district board shall act in making appointments to the hearing board. The advisory committee shall be composed of one representative appointed by each of the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino, and the City of Los Angeles. Members of the advisory committee shall be appointed for one-year terms. Recommendations of the advisory committee shall not be binding on the district board. (c)  When the south coast district board first appoints the new hearing board, the attorney and engineer members shall serve terms of two years each and the medical and public members shall serve terms of three years each. Thereafter, each member’s term shall be three years. (d)  In the temporary absence of a member and that person’s alternate, the hearing board chair, or the chair’s designee, may appoint a qualified alternate or any former hearing board member to serve for a period of up to three months plus that period of additional time required to conclude proceedings on which the temporary member deliberated. (e)  The district budget shall have a line item to provide necessary staff and other support dedicated to the hearing board. The services provided by that staff shall include assistance to the public and small business as set forth in subdivision (b) of Section 40448. (Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 822, Sec. 3. Effective October 14, 1991.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40501.3 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40501.3.

40501.3.  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the south coast district board may authorize, by resolution, the holding of single-member hearings by the chairman of the hearing board and any other member or alternate designated by the hearing board, under the conditions specified in this section. (b)  Single-member hearings shall be authorized, when stipulated to by the executive officer and the petitioner, only for the purpose of hearing petitions for emergency variances pursuant to Section 42359.5, interim variances pursuant to Section 42351, short variances and modifications of a schedule of increments of progress of a duration not to exceed 60 days pursuant to Section 40825, interim authorizations pursuant to Section 42351.5, and modifications of variances pursuant to Section 42356 which do not modify the final compliance date. (c)  The procedure for conducting single-member hearings shall be the same as for hearings before the full board and all legal requirements, including notice requirements, findings, and conditions, shall apply, except that the single member may take action on any matter properly before the member. (d)  A single-member hearing decision may be contested by (1) any person who, in person or through a representative, appeared at the single-member hearing, or (2) any person who informed the air pollution control officer of the nature of his concern prior to the hearing, or (3) any person who for good cause was unable to do either (1) or (2). If a decision is contested under this subdivision, the matter shall be reheard by the full board within 10 days of the decision. The clerk of the hearing board shall notify the petitioner, the executive officer, and all members of the public who appeared at the hearing of any contest of a decision. The notice shall be in writing and sent by first-class mail, postage prepaid, to the address supplied by the person who appeared, unless the right to the notice is affirmatively waived on the record. (Added by renumbering Section 40501.1 by Stats. 1991, Ch. 822, Sec. 2. Effective October 14, 1991.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40502 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40502.

40502.  The revenues from the schedule of fees adopted by the south coast district board for the filing of applications for variances shall be collected by the hearing board at the time that the application is filed. Each county hearing board appointed pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 40501 shall be reimbursed from these fees for its cost in administering the rules and regulations for the issuance of variances established by the south coast district board. The revenues from these fees shall be transmitted by the hearing board to the south coast district board at such time as the south coast district board may prescribe.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40503 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40503.

40503.  (a)  The south coast district hearing board, in determining whether the petitioner has presented evidence sufficient to make the findings specified in subdivision (a) of Section 42352, shall consider, in addition to any other relevant factors, both of the following: (1)  In determining whether conditions exist that are beyond the reasonable control of the petitioner, the hearing board shall consider whether the petitioner took actions to comply or seek a variance, that were timely and reasonable under the circumstances. In so doing, the hearing board shall consider actions taken by the petitioner since the adoption of the rule from which the variance is sought. (2)  In determining whether requiring compliance would result in either an arbitrary or unreasonable taking of property or the practical closing and elimination of a lawful business, the hearing board shall consider whether an unreasonable burden would be imposed upon the petitioner if immediate compliance is required. (b)  (1)  As used in this subdivision, “small business” means a business that is independently owned and operated and meets all of the following criteria: (A)  The number of employees is 10 or less. (B)  The total gross annual receipts are five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or less. (C)  Emits not more than four tons per year of any nonattainment air contaminant or its precursor. (2)  If the petitioner is a small business, the hearing board shall consider the factors specified in subdivision (a) in the following manner: (A)  In determining whether the petitioner took timely actions to comply or seek a variance, the hearing board shall make specific inquiries into the reasons for any claimed ignorance of the requirement from which a variance is sought. (B)  In determining whether the petitioner took reasonable actions to comply, the hearing board shall make specific inquiries into the petitioner’s financial and other capabilities to comply. (C)  In determining whether the burden of requiring immediate compliance would be unreasonable, the hearing board shall make specific inquiries into, and shall balance, the impact to the petitioner’s business and the benefit to the environment that would result if the petitioner is required to immediately comply. (c)  Where the petitioner is a governmental agency, public district, or any other governmental or public entity, in determining whether an unreasonable burden would be imposed, the hearing board shall consider any effects of requiring immediate compliance on the availability of essential public services. (Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 890, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2001.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40504 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40504.

40504.  The south coast district shall work with those persons granted variances to reduce emissions of air contaminants from their operations.(Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1301, Sec. 18.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40505 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40505.

40505.  Any form developed by the south coast district for use in filing an application for variance shall contain a notice to small businesses of the availability of assistance in filling out the form, developing compliance schedules, and obtaining low-cost financing for air pollution control equipment to meet its regulations.(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40506 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40506.

40506.  (a)  In accordance with the purposes of this chapter as set forth in Section 40402, the south coast district board shall adopt rules and regulations for the issuance by the south coast district board of permits authorizing the construction, alteration, replacement, operation, or use of any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance for which a permit may be required by the south coast district board. (b)  The rules and regulations shall include a schedule of fees for the filing of applications for permits and for the modification, revocation, extension, or annual renewal of permits. All applicants, including, notwithstanding Section 6103 of the Government Code, an applicant that is a publicly owned public utility, shall pay the fees required by the rules and regulations. (Amended by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1301, Sec. 19.)
CA Health & Safety Code § 40506.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Health and Safety Code - HSC|DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES|PART 3 - AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS|CHAPTER 5.5 - South Coast Air Quality Management District|ARTICLE 7 - Variances and Permits|Section 40506.1.

40506.1.  (a)  The south coast district shall establish a consolidated permit which serves as (1) an authority to build, erect, alter, or replace an article, machine, equipment, or contrivance which may cause the issuance of air contaminants, and (2) an authority to operate or use that article, machine, equipment, or contrivance. (b)  The district shall establish postconstruction enforcement procedures adequate to ensure that sources are built, erected, altered, replaced, operated, or used in the manner required by the consolidated permits. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 371, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1993.)