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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43656.

43656. The state board may exempt from any schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43654 or 43655:
(a)  Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles for which certified devices are not available.
(b)  Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles whose emissions are found by appropriate tests to meet applicable emission standards without an additional motor vehicle pollution control device.
(c)  Implements of husbandry.
(d)  Vehicles which qualify for special identification plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43656.5.

43656.5. The charge that can be made for the inspection and certification of exemption granted by the state board pursuant to Section 43656 shall not exceed three-tenths (0.3) of one hour multiplied by the hourly labor rate charged by the particular garage or service station.
The charge shall be posted as a fixed fee.
(Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43657.

43657. The state board may also exempt, from the schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43655, any motor vehicle registered to an owner whose residence is in a county, or portion thereof, which the state board finds, after a public hearing, that the installation of a certified device pursuant to Section 43652 to control exhaust emissions is not necessary or desirable to preserve and protect the public health and the existing ambient air quality thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43658.

43658. (a)  If the evidence submitted at a public hearing indicates that, in order to preserve the ambient air quality of a district, it is necessary that every 1955 through 1965 model year motor vehicle within the district be equipped with device or devices certified by the state board to control emission of pollutants from the crankcase or exhaust, the district board may adopt rules and regulations to require the installation of such devices.
(b)  The rules and regulations shall provide for a schedule of installation by which the motor vehicles are to be equipped with certified device, taking into consideration the number of motor vehicles to be equipped, the availability of such devices, and the availability of licensed installers to install such devices.
(c)  The district board shall coordinate its activities pursuant to this section with the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to insure adoption of procedures which will facilitate enforcement of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43659.

43659. (a)  The state board shall annually review the requirement that an exhaust device be installed on every 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicle upon initial registration, upon transfer of ownership and registration, or upon registration of a motor vehicle previously registered outside this state, to determine the contribution of that requirement to the maintenance of required ambient air quality standards in those air basins where the requirement is applicable.
(b)  In making its determination, the state board shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the fact that the requirement is being imposed on a constantly decreasing number of motor vehicles.
(c)  Upon a determination by the state board by regulation that the requirement is no longer a significant factor to the maintenance of required ambient air quality standards in any applicable air basin, except as provided in subdivision (d), 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicles in that air basin shall no longer be required to be so equipped.
(d)  All 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicles equipped with an exhaust device pursuant to the requirement prior to the adoption of the regulation by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) shall continue to be so equipped.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 664, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 2 - Certified Device Installation › Section 43660.

43660. The state board shall review the requirement that every 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emissions of oxides of nitrogen upon initial registration and upon transfer of ownership and registration, to determine the contribution of that requirement to the maintenance of ambient air quality standards in the state and the cost effectiveness of that requirement. The state board shall report to the Legislature its findings and recommendations with regard to the requirement not later than January 1, 1984.
(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 892, Sec. 1.7.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Heavy-Duty Motor Vehicles › Section 43700.

43700. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a)  Significant reductions in diesel emissions from existing vehicles can be achieved by the adoption of stricter diesel fuel specifications on sulfur, aromatics, and other fuel properties.
(b)  The state board, in consultation with the State Department of Health Services, is evaluating the potential carcinogenic effects of specific constituents of diesel exhaust. Diesel exhaust is known to include, as constituents, many substances known or suspected to be toxic air contaminants.
(c)  The Environmental Protection Agency has agreed to study the health effects of various fuels, including diesel, to determine the relative impacts on public health and the environment.
(d)  Notwithstanding the ongoing study and review, reduction of emissions from diesel powered vehicles, to the maximum extent feasible, is in the best interests of air quality and public health.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1453, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Heavy-Duty Motor Vehicles › Section 43700.1.

43700.1. (a) The state board shall convene a panel of interested parties to develop a test protocol for the evaluation of California Air Resources Board (CARB) diesel fuel, and to recommend to the executive officer of the state board a subsequent test program that measures the emissions benefits of CARB diesel fuel.
(b) No later than December 31, 2007, the state board shall complete the test program described in subdivision (a), and shall submit the results of the test program to the Senate Committee on Environmental Quality, the Senate Committe on Transportation and Housing, and the Assembly Committee on Transportation.
(Added by Stats. 2006, Ch. 11, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 3 - Heavy-Duty Motor Vehicles › Section 43704.

43704. Any person who violates Section 2485 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations is subject to a minimum civil penalty of three hundred dollars ($300).
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 592, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 4 - Smog Index Decals › Section 43706.

43706. (a) The state board shall petition the Federal Trade Commission, pursuant to Part 455 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, for a limited exemption from the Federal Trade Commission’s Buyer’s Guide, to allow this state to incorporate into the Buyer’s Guide utilized by motor vehicle dealers in this state, a smog index chart pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44254.
(b) Ninety days following approval by the Federal Trade Commission of a petition pursuant to subdivision (a), it shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle dealer licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles to display or offer for sale any used vehicle unless there is affixed to the vehicle the Federal Trade Commission’s Buyer’s Guide as required by Part 455 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations which includes a smog index chart pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44254. Ninety days following the final disapproval by the Federal Trade Commission of a petition pursuant to subdivision (a), it shall be unlawful for any motor vehicle dealer licensed by the Department of Motor Vehicles to display or offer for sale any used vehicle unless there is attached, by a perforated attachment, to the Federal Trade Commission’s Buyer’s Guide as required by Part 455 of Title 16 of the Code of Federal Regulations, a smog index chart pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44254.
(c) Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall not apply to any vehicle sold by either (1) a dismantler after being reported for dismantling pursuant to Section 11520 of the Vehicle Code or (2) a salvage pool after obtaining a salvage certificate pursuant to Section 11515 of the Vehicle Code. Subdivisions (a) and (b) shall also not apply to any vehicle sold to a dealer or sold for the purpose of being legally wrecked or dismantled.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 32 of Ch. 1192. Inoperative five years after operative date. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, pursuant to Section 43707.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 3 - Used Motor Vehicles › ARTICLE 4 - Smog Index Decals › Section 43707.

43707. This article shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this article, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 15. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 32 of Ch. 1192. Repealed on date prescribed by its own provisions. Note: Termination clause affects Article 4, commencing with Section 43706.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43800.

43800. As used in this article, “low-emission motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which has been certified by the state board to meet all applicable emission standards and which meets at least one of the following additional requirements:
(a)  Is capable of operating on methanol, as determined by the state board, and will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle which meets the requirements of subdivision (c).
(b)  Is capable of operating on any available fuel other than gasoline or diesel and, in the determination of the state board, will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle operating on methanol.
(c)  Operates exclusively on gasoline and is certified to meet a hydrocarbon exhaust emission standard which is at least twice as stringent as otherwise applicable to gasoline vehicles of the same year and class.
(d)  Is capable, in the case of a heavy-duty diesel vehicle, of meeting standards for either oxides of nitrogen or particulate matter that are twice as stringent as otherwise applicable.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 796, Sec. 3. Superseded on operative date of amendment by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43800.

43800. As used in this article, “low-emission motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which has been certified by the state board to meet all applicable emission standards and which meets at least one of the following additional requirements:
(a) Is capable of operating on methanol, as determined by the state board, and will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle which meets the requirements of subdivision (c).
(b) Is capable of operating on any available fuel other than gasoline or diesel and, in the determination of the state board, will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle operating on methanol.
(c) Operates exclusively on gasoline and is certified to meet a hydrocarbon exhaust emission standard which is at least twice as stringent as otherwise applicable to gasoline vehicles of the same year and class.
(d) Is capable, in the case of a heavy-duty diesel vehicle, of meeting standards for either oxides of nitrogen or particulate matter that are twice as stringent as otherwise applicable.
(e) Has been modified from its configuration, as originally certified by the state board, by the use of an emissions retrofit device approved for use on the vehicle, and which reduces the combined emissions of ozone precursor chemicals from the vehicle by at least 30 percent.
(f) This section shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this subdivision, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 16. Effective January 1, 1995. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 32 of Ch. 1192. Inoperative five years from operative date. Repealed on January 1 after inoperative date, by its own provisions. See later operative version added by Sec. 16.5 of Ch. 1192.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43800.

43800. As used in this article, “low-emission motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which has been certified by the state board to meet all applicable emission standards and which meets at least one of the following additional requirements:
(a) Is capable of operating on methanol, as determined by the state board, and will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle which meets the requirements of subdivision (c).
(b) Is capable of operating on any available fuel other than gasoline or diesel and, in the determination of the state board, will have an adverse impact on ambient ozone air quality not greater than a vehicle operating on methanol.
(c) Operates exclusively on gasoline and is certified to meet a hydrocarbon exhaust emission standard which is at least twice as stringent as otherwise applicable to gasoline vehicles of the same year and class.
(d) Is capable, in the case of a heavy-duty diesel vehicle, of meeting standards for either oxides of nitrogen or particulate matter that are twice as stringent as otherwise applicable.
(e) This section shall become operative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this section.
(Repealed (in Sec. 16) and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 16.5. Effective January 1, 1995. Section operative on date prescribed by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43801.

43801. The Legislature finds and declares that emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles is a major contributor to air pollution within the State of California and, therefore, declares its policy to encourage the development and testing of various types of low-emission motor vehicles, which would contribute substantially to achieving a pure and healthy atmosphere for the people of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43802.

43802. Low-emission motor vehicles shall be submitted to the state board for testing to determine if such vehicle meets the standard set forth in Section 43800.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957. Repealed by Stats. 1989, Ch. 990, Sec. 2, on date prescribed by Sec. 8. See later operative version added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 990, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43802.

43802. (a) At the time of certification pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43100) of Chapter 2 of this part, the state board shall identify those motor vehicles which qualify as low-emission vehicles as defined in Section 39037.05. As part of the identification process, the state board shall require qualifying vehicles to be clearly labeled as low-emission vehicles. Labeling shall include a statement of the incremental cost, determined pursuant to Section 43804.3, exempted from sales and use tax pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 6356.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. For motor vehicles identified as low-emission motor vehicles by the board, the standards specified in Section 39037.05 shall be the applicable emission standards for Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 43100) of this part. No later than October 1, 1990, and at least annually thereafter, the state board shall submit a listing of certified low-emission motor vehicles to the Department of General Services. Certification determinations for all vehicle and fuel types shall be based solely on vehicle emissions and shall not be based on emissions from the production, compressing, refining, or transportation of fuel.
(b) Each time a resolution is granted pursuant to Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code, the state board shall identify those motor vehicle control devices and applications which convert conventional vehicles into low-emission vehicles as identified in Section 39037.05. As part of the identification process, the state board shall require identified devices to be clearly labeled as such for purposes of those applications specified by the state board. Labeling shall include a statement that the device is exempt from sales and use tax pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6356.5 of Revenue and Taxation Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, “device” means physical equipment to be installed on a vehicle.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 990, Sec. 3. Effective September 29, 1989. Operative on date prescribed by Sec. 8 of Ch. 990.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43803.

43803. For each vehicle identified by the state board as a low-emission motor vehicle, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the state board and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall determine if the low-emission motor vehicle meets all of the following requirements:
(a)  The vehicle can be manufactured or obtained in sufficient numbers for the purpose of proper evaluation.
(b)  The vehicle meets the performance needs for state vehicles.
(c)  The cost of the vehicle does not exceed by more than 100 percent the average cost of comparable state vehicles purchased in the preceding fiscal year.
(d)  If the vehicle is purchased by the state, there would be a sufficient number of servicing and maintenance outlets.
(e)  The average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle are comparable to the average operating and maintenance costs for all other state passenger vehicles. In no event, however, shall the average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle exceed the average costs of operating and maintaining all other state vehicles by more than 50 percent.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 796, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43804.

43804. (a)  If a low-emission motor vehicle meets the requirements of this chapter and the performance, cost, service, and maintenance requirements adopted by the Department of General Services for such motor vehicles, and if funds are appropriated for the purpose of purchasing motor vehicles, the state shall purchase, beginning with the next fiscal year, as many of such low-emission motor vehicles as the Department of General Services determines are reasonable and available to meet state needs.
(b)  If a sufficient number of low-emission motor vehicles are available, the percentage of all such motor vehicles to be purchased in that year shall not be less than 25 percent of all motor vehicles purchased by the state in the preceding fiscal year. In purchasing vehicles pursuant to this section, the state shall seek to acquire a mix of least polluting and least cost qualifying low-emission motor vehicles.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 796, Sec. 5.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43805.

43805. The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following motor vehicles:
(a)  Patrol cars of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.
(b)  Any motor vehicle classified as a special-purpose vehicle by the Department of General Services.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles › Section 43806.

43806. On or before January 1, 1993, the state board shall adopt emission standards and procedures applicable to new engines used in publicly owned and privately owned public transit buses, and shall make the standards and procedures effective on or before January 1, 1996. The standards shall consider the engine and fuel as a system and shall reflect the use of the best emission control technologies expected to be available at the time the standards and procedures become effective. In adopting standards, the state board shall consider the projected costs and availability of cleaner burning alternative fuels and low-emission vehicles compared with other air pollution control measures.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 496, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1.5 - Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program › Section 43810.

43810. This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the California Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1.5 - Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program › Section 43811.

43811. It is the intent of the Legislature that the state encourage the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles by local and state agencies through a group-purchasing program that uses the purchasing leverage of state and local agencies to lower the purchase price of those vehicles.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1.5 - Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program › Section 43812.

43812. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) “Department” means the Department of General Services.
(b) “Director” means the Director of General Services.
(c) “Energy-efficient vehicle” means either of the following:
(1) A vehicle that meets California’s super ultra-low emission vehicle (SULEV) standard for exhaust emissions and the federal inherently low-emission vehicle (ILEV) evaporative emission standard, as defined in Part 88 (commencing with Section 88.101-94) of Title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) A hybrid vehicle or an alternative fuel vehicle that meets California’s advanced technology partial zero-emission vehicle (AT PZEV) standard for criteria pollutant emissions.
(d) “Local agency” means any governmental subdivision, district, public and quasi-public corporation, joint powers agency, public agency or public service corporation, authority, agency, board, commission, town, city, county, city and county, fire district, special district, school district, public utility, community college, or municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not or whether chartered or not, or any other public entity.
(e) “State agency” means any department, division, board, bureau, commission, or other authority of the State of California, the University of California, or the California State University.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 403. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 1.5 - Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program › Section 43813.

43813. (a) There is established in the Department of General Services an energy-efficient vehicle group purchase program. The department shall negotiate the lowest possible purchase price, with one or more vendors, for energy-efficient vehicles on behalf of state and local agencies that are interested in obtaining those vehicles.
(b) In administering the program, the Director of General Services shall do all of the following:
(1) No later than April 1, 2006, establish an advisory committee, in cooperation with local and state agencies as defined in Section 43812.
(A) The committee shall meet at least once no later than 30 days after all members are appointed.
(B) The committee shall consult with the department regarding the design of the program and other matters relating to the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles, no later than July 30, 2006.
(2) Notify all affected agencies about the purchasing program through the department’s Internet Web site and publications, the Internet Web sites of appropriate associations, governing boards of local agency associations, and other cost-effective means.
(3) After consultation with the committee pursuant to subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the director shall negotiate contracts, through competitive means and other appropriate strategies, for the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles at the lowest possible price from one or more reliable vendors.
(4) Include a provision in the vendor contract allowing any state or local agency to purchase energy-efficient vehicles directly from the vendor at the contract price.
(c) The department may recover its actual administrative costs from program participants.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed as superseding or precluding any similar program that is administered by a district, any other public agency, or any other person.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 580, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 2 - Fuel System Evaporative Loss Control Devices › Section 43820.

43820. The state board shall adopt, by regulation, criteria for the certification of fuel system evaporative loss control devices for installation on motor vehicles not equipped with such a device when first sold. Such criteria shall include, but not be limited to, requirements that the device:
(a)  Shall not allow fuel system evaporative loss greater than six grams of hydrocarbons per test.
(b)  Shall equal or exceed the performance criteria established by the state board for such new devices required on new motor vehicles or, in the alternative, shall have an expected useful life of at least 50,000 miles of operation.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 2 - Fuel System Evaporative Loss Control Devices › Section 43821.

43821. In adopting criteria for the certification of fuel system evaporative loss control devices, the state board shall take into consideration the cost of the device and its installation, its durability, the ease and facility of determining whether the device, when installed on a motor vehicle, is properly functioning, and any other factors which, in the opinion of the state board, render such a device suitable or unsuitable for the control of motor vehicle air pollution or for the health, safety, and welfare of the public.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 2 - Fuel System Evaporative Loss Control Devices › Section 43823.

43823. The installation of a certified fuel system evaporative loss control device on used motor vehicles shall not be mandated except by statute.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 2 - Fuel System Evaporative Loss Control Devices › Section 43824.

43824. The state board may adopt, by regulation, standards and test procedures for the certification of fuel system evaporative loss control devices on new motor vehicles in the absence of any such federal regulations.
In such case, no new motor vehicle may be sold and registered in this state unless it conforms to such regulations adopted by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Fuel and Fuel Tanks › Section 43831.

43831. The state board shall establish, by regulation, maximum standards for the degree of unsaturation at a bromine number 30 as established by the American Society for Testing and Materials test D  1159-66, or by an appropriate test determined by the state board, for gasoline sold in the South Coast Air Basin designated by the state board.
The state board, in adopting such regulations, shall give full consideration to climatic conditions and may provide that the maximum standards imposed thereby shall be applicable only during those periods of time which the state board determines necessary in order to carry out the purposes of this division.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Fuel and Fuel Tanks › Section 43832.

43832. The state board may request, from any person who advertises, or causes to be advertised, in any manner or claim that a fuel or fuel additive reduces motor vehicle exhaust emissions, a report detailing the data which supports the advertiser’s claims of emission reduction by that fuel or fuel additive.
The state board may conduct, and may request the Department of Consumer Affairs to assist the state board in, such further investigation as may appear warranted under the circumstances.
If the state board, or the state board and the Department of Consumer Affairs if the latter has assisted in the investigation, determines that the fuel or fuel additive is not substantially as effective as it is claimed to be in the advertisement for it, the state board shall report the findings to the Attorney General for whatever action under the Business and Professions Code or other law the Attorney General finds appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Fuel and Fuel Tanks › Section 43833.

43833. (a)  The state board shall establish criteria for the evaluation of the effectiveness of, and may conduct tests respecting the composition or the chemical or physical properties of, any motor vehicle fuel additive sold, or proposed to be sold, in this state. The tests shall be designed to determine whether the additive will reduce or eliminate from vehicular sources any substance found to affect human health or impair the obtainment of the state board’s ambient air quality standards, or whether, in specified fuels, a particular fuel additive would result in a significant and beneficial reduction in vehicular emissions commensurate with the purposes of this division and would not have a deleterious effect upon the operation of any vehicle or any motor vehicle pollution control device which is in general use.
(b)  The state board may also engage independent laboratories to conduct such tests under test procedures specified by the state board.
(c)  Any manufacturer may apply to the state board to have its additive tested pursuant to subdivision (a). The state board may charge an application fee, not to exceed the cost of such tests, for such applications.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Fuel and Fuel Tanks › Section 43834.

43834. (a)  The state board shall establish standards or criteria for the certification of auxiliary gasoline fuel tank evaporative loss control devices or systems on vehicles which are required, pursuant to this part or the National Emission Standards Act (42 U.S.C., Secs. 1857f-1 to 1857f-7, inclusive), to be equipped with a fuel system evaporative loss control device to prevent as much evaporation of gasoline into the air from auxiliary fuel tanks as is technologically feasible.
(b)  For the purpose of this section, and Section 27156.1 of the Vehicle Code, an “auxiliary gasoline fuel tank” is a fuel tank which is designed and intended by its manufacturer for installation on, or which is installed on, a vehicle operating on gasoline and which is connected to the original fuel system, as defined in Section 39032 of this code, but is not a gasoline fuel tank which is added to a certified device on a used vehicle if such certification included the capability of handling evaporation from such a tank.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 3 - Fuel and Fuel Tanks › Section 43835.

43835. (a)  The state board shall, by March 1, 1976, adopt specifications for the fill pipes and openings of motor vehicle fuel tanks to ensure that the size, design, and location of the fill pipe and opening permit adequate access to and interfacing with gasoline-dispensing nozzles for the purpose of vapor control.
(b)  No new 1977 or later model year gasoline-powered motor vehicle may be sold, offered for sale, or registered in this state unless such vehicle is in compliance with the specifications adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a).
The state board may exempt from such specifications those classifications of motor vehicles for which the state board determines the specifications are technologically infeasible.
The state board also may waive the provisions of this subdivision for any 1977 model year gasoline-powered motor vehicle, provided that the state board makes a finding, based upon evidence presented by the manufacturer of such vehicle, that inadequate lead time exists for any required vehicle redesign. The state board may make such waiver applicable only to specified body styles of such a vehicle.
(Added by renumbering Section 39068.7 by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 4 - Alcohol Fueled Motor Vehicles › Section 43840.

43840. (a)  The Legislature finds and declares that emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles is a major contributor to air pollution within the State of California and, therefore, declares its policy to encourage the testing of various types of vehicle fuels, which would contribute substantially to the protection and preservation of the public health and well-being.
(b)  The Legislature further finds and declares that programs to expand the use of alcohols as substitutes for gasoline and other petroleum-based fuels can offer significant environmental benefits while reducing the nation’s dependence on imported crude oil.
(c)  The Legislature further finds and declares that pure alcohol fuels burn cleanly and that motor vehicles fueled with alcohol can be modified at reasonable cost to burn alcohol fuels without decreasing efficiency and without creating air quality problems.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 115, Sec. 20. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 4 - Alcohol Fueled Motor Vehicles › Section 43843.

43843. (a) The state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall establish and conduct, until January 1, 1988, an experimental program in which fleet vehicles may utilize gasoline into which methanol has been blended.
(b) In order to participate in the methanol-gasoline experimental vehicle fleet program, all of the following information shall be submitted to the state board for each vehicle proposed for participation in the program:
(1) The make, model, vehicle identification number, and license number of each vehicle.
(2) A description of the fuel to be used in the vehicle.
(3) Evidence that the vehicle’s emissions using the methanol-gasoline blend will be no higher than the vehicle’s emissions using gasoline which complies with the volatility standard established pursuant to Section 43830. Evidence may be based on emission tests or a combination of emission tests and engineering evaluation.
(4) A description of any modifications to the vehicle necessary to comply with paragraph (3).
(5) A valid certificate of compliance issued pursuant to Section 4000.1 or 4000.3 of the Vehicle Code.
(c) Within 60 days of receipt of a request to participate in the program, the state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall approve or deny the request. Approval shall be granted if adequate evidence is provided that use of the fuel will not cause or contribute to an increase in vehicle emissions when using the methanol-gasoline blend.
(d) The state board may periodically test vehicles enrolled in the program for compliance. Failure to meet state emission standards shall not result in imposition of any fine or penalty if there are no violations of Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code, and the vehicle is restored to conform to applicable emission standards at the end of the experimental program.
(e) All of the following records shall be maintained on each vehicle and shall be made available to the state board upon request:
(1) Fuel economy.
(2) Maintenance and repair.
(3) Driveability.
(f) The state board may exempt the vehicles in any fleet participating in the program from the requirements of subdivision (b) until July 1, 1985. The exemption shall be granted if the applicant demonstrates that the evidence required pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) is not available, that there is likelihood that it will become available within the exemption period, and that the facility at which the fleet vehicle is normally refueled does not have provisions for the distribution of more than one type of fuel.
(Amended by Stats. 2004, Ch. 701, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Inoperative April 1, 2005, pursuant to Stats. 2004, Ch. 704, Secs. 5 and 7.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 4 - Alcohol Fueled Motor Vehicles › Section 43844.

43844. Fuels used in vehicles participating in the methanol-gasoline experimental vehicle fleet program shall not be required to comply with the standards established pursuant to Section 43830 or the requirements of subdivision (b) of Section 13440 of the Business and Professions Code, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a)  The fuel is dispensed only from a pump operated by a fleet operator whose request to participate has been granted pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 43843.
(b)  The fuel is used only in vehicles participating in the methanol-gasoline experimental vehicle fleet program.
(c)  The gasoline used in the blend meets the standards established pursuant to Section 43830.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 1278, Sec. 3.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 6.5 - Alternative Fuels › Section 43865.

43865. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The production, marketing, and use of petroleum fuels in California causes significant degradation of public health and environmental quality due to releases of air and water pollutants.
(b) Clean alternative fuels have the potential to considerably reduce these impacts and are important strategies for the state to attain its air and water quality goals.
(c) Research, development, and commercialization of alternative fuels in California have the potential to strengthen California’s economy by providing job growth and helping to reduce the state’s vulnerability to petroleum price volatility.
(d) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission and the State Air Resources Board have previously recommended in their report to the Legislature, “Reducing California’s Petroleum Dependency” in August 2003, that the state adopt a goal of 20 percent nonpetroleum fuel use in the year 2020 and 30 percent in the year 2030.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 371, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 6.5 - Alternative Fuels › Section 43866.

43866. Not later than June 30, 2007, the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in partnership with the state board, and in consultation with the State Water Resources Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other relevant state agencies, shall develop and adopt a state plan to increase the use of alternative transportation fuels.
(a) The plan shall include an evaluation of alternative fuels on a full fuel-cycle assessment of emissions of criteria air pollutants, air toxics, greenhouse gases, water pollutants, and other substances that are known to damage human health, impacts on petroleum consumption, and other matters the state board deems necessary.
(b) The plan shall set goals for the years 2012, 2017, and 2022 for increased alternative fuel use in the state that accomplishes all of the following:
(1) Optimizes the environmental and public health benefits of alternative fuels, including, but not limited to, reductions in criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and water pollutants consistent with existing or future state board regulations in the most cost-effective manner possible.
(2) Ensures that there is no net material increase in air pollution, water pollution, or any other substances that are known to damage human health.
(3) Minimizes the economic costs to the state, if any.
(4) Maximizes the economic benefits of producing alternative fuels in the state.
(5) Considers issues related to consumer acceptance and costs and identifies methods to overcome any barriers to alternative fuel use.
(c) The plan shall recommend policies to ensure alternative fuel goals are attained, including, but not limited to:
(1) Standards on transportation fuels and vehicles.
(2) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy mechanisms to ensure that vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels use those fuels to the maximum extent feasible.
(3) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy mechanisms to ensure that alternative fuel fueling stations are available to drivers of alternative fuel vehicles.
(4) Incentives, requirements, programs, or other mechanisms to encourage the research, development, demonstration, commercialization, manufacturing, or production of vehicles that use alternative fuels.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 371, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 4 - Miscellaneous › ARTICLE 6.5 - Alternative Fuels › Section 43867.

43867. For the purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Alternative fuel” means a nonpetroleum fuel, including electricity, ethanol, biodiesel, hydrogen, methanol, or natural gas that, when used in vehicles, has been demonstrated, to the satisfaction of the state board, to have the ability to meet applicable vehicular emission standards. For the purpose of this section, alternative fuel may also include petroleum fuel blended with nonpetroleum constituents, such as E85 or B20.
(b) “Full fuel-cycle assessment” means evaluating and comparing the full environmental and health impacts of each step in the life cycle of a fuel, including, but not limited to, all of the following:
(1) Feedstock extraction, transport, and storage.
(2) Fuel production, distribution, transport, and storage.
(3) Vehicle operation, including refueling, combustion or conversion, and evaporation.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 404. Effective January 1, 2007.)