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2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44200.

44200. For purposes of this chapter, “used direct import vehicle” means any 1975 or later model-year direct import vehicle not required to be certified as a new direct import vehicle pursuant to this part.
For purposes of this section, the age of a motor vehicle shall be determined by the following, in descending order of preference:
(a)  From the first calendar day of the model year as indicated in the vehicle identification number.
(b)  From the last calendar day of the month the vehicle was delivered by the manufacturer as shown on the foreign title document.
(c)  From January 1 of the same calendar year as the model year shown on the foreign title document.
(d)  From the last calendar day of the month the foreign title document was issued.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 859, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44201.

44201. The state board shall adopt, by regulation, a certification program for used direct import vehicles. The state board shall issue a certificate of conformance to each used direct import vehicle which meets the requirements of this program.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 859, Sec. 7.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44202.

44202. A used direct import vehicle which was not registered in this state prior to the adoption of regulations adopted pursuant to Section 44201, may not be registered in this state unless it has received a certificate of conformance from the state board, except as provided in Section 44210.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 859, Sec. 8.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44203.

44203. The certification program established pursuant to Section 44201 shall require all of the following components:
(a)  A test of the vehicle’s emissions performed at a laboratory licensed by the state board.
(b)  A determination that the emissions of the vehicle meet applicable emission standards adopted by the state board.
(c)  Any vehicle labelling and description of any emissions-related modifications to the vehicle that the state board finds appropriate to assure that the emission-related system of the vehicle can be inspected, serviced, and repaired successfully throughout the state.
(d)  Any other requirements the board may determine appropriate to assure the used direct import vehicle will continue to comply with emission standards in use, except that no requirement may be established to warrant the emissions control system or to recall vehicles which exhibit a defective emission control system subsequent to receiving a valid certificate of conformance.
(Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 859, Sec. 9.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44204.

44204. The state board may perform a confirmatory test of the vehicle’s emissions prior to issuance of a certificate of conformity.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1138, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44205.

44205. The state board shall adopt regulations prescribing the requirements for any laboratory seeking approval as a state-licensed laboratory for purposes of this chapter. The requirements shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:
(a)  An agreement to random inspections of the facility and any vehicles on the premises by the state board or its designee.
(b)  Recordkeeping for testing and quality control.
(c)  An agreement to perform correlation testing at the request of the state board.
(d)  An agreement to hold vehicles at the laboratory for up to 10 calendar days for the purpose of inspection and confirmatory testing upon request of the state board.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1138, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44207.

44207. A laboratory’s license may be suspended or revoked by the state board, after a hearing, for failure to meet the requirements of licensing established in Section 44205 or for other cause specified by the state board in regulation. The state board shall adopt regulations governing the suspension, revocation, and reinstatement of the licenses.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1138, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44208.

44208. The state board may, by regulation, impose fees for the licensing of laboratories and for the issuance of certificates of conformity to recover the state board’s costs, including enforcement costs, of administration of any program the state board may establish pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1138, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44209.

44209. Any person who falsifies any test record or report which has been submitted to any other person, the department, or the state board pursuant to this chapter is subject to punishment by a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, imprisonment pursuant to subdivision (h) of Section 1170 of the Penal Code, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 15, Sec. 197. (AB 109) Effective April 4, 2011. Operative October 1, 2011, by Sec. 636 of Ch. 15, as amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 39, Sec. 68.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 6 - Used Direct Import Vehicles › Section 44210.

44210. The requirements of Section 44202 do not apply to any motor vehicle having a certificate of conformity issued by the federal Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Section 7401, et seq. ) and originally registered in another state by a person who was a resident of that state for at least one year prior to the original registration, who subsequently establishes residence in this state and who, upon registration of the vehicle in California, provides evidence satisfactory to the Department of Motor Vehicles of that previous residence and registration.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1138, Sec. 2.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44220.

44220. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a)  This chapter is intended to ensure that any county air pollution control district, or unified or regional air pollution control district, may, upon adoption of a resolution by the district governing board, exercise fee authority similar to that provided the south coast district pursuant to Section 9250.11 of the Vehicle Code and the Sacramento district pursuant to Section 41081, in order to ensure that districts, and, in the south coast district, other implementing agencies, have the necessary funds to carry out their responsibilities for implementing the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988).
(b)  The revenues from the fees collected pursuant to this chapter shall be used solely to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of the California Clean Air Act of 1988.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 124, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44223.

44223. (a) In addition to any other fees specified in this code, the Vehicle Code, and the Revenue and Taxation Code, a district, except the Sacramento district, may levy a fee of up to two dollars ($2) on motor vehicles registered within the district. A district may impose the fee only if the district board adopts a resolution providing for both the fee and a corresponding program for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to, and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of, the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988), or for the attainment or maintenance of state or federal ambient air quality standards or the reduction of toxic air contaminant emissions from motor vehicles.
(b) In districts with nonelected officials on their boards, a resolution adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be approved by both a majority of the board and a majority of the board members who are elected officials.
(c) A fee imposed pursuant to this section shall become effective on either April 1 or October 1, as provided in the resolution adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 610, Sec. 2. (SB 513) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44225.

44225. (a) A district may increase the fee established under Section 44223 to up to six dollars ($6). A district may increase the fee only if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) A resolution providing for both the fee increase and a corresponding program for expenditure of the increased fees for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to, and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of, the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988), or for the attainment or maintenance of state or federal ambient air quality standards or the reduction of toxic air contaminant emissions from motor vehicles, is adopted and approved by the governing board of the district.
(2) In districts with nonelected officials on their governing boards, the resolution shall be adopted and approved by both a majority of the governing board and a majority of the board members who are elected officials.
(b) An increase in fees established pursuant to this section shall become effective on either April 1 or October 1, as provided in the resolution adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2034, deletes or extends that date.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 355, Sec. 5) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 131, Sec. 120. (AB 1754) Effective January 1, 2024. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 4 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 355.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44225.

44225. (a) A district may increase the fee established under Section 44223 to up to four dollars ($4). A district may increase the fee only if both of the following conditions are met:
(1) A resolution providing for both the fee increase and a corresponding program for expenditure of the increased fees for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to, and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for the implementation of, the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988) is adopted and approved by the governing board of the district.
(2) In districts with nonelected officials on their governing boards, the resolution shall be adopted and approved by both a majority of the governing board and a majority of the board members who are elected officials.
(b) An increase in fees established pursuant to this section shall become effective on either April 1 or October 1, as provided in the resolution adopted by the board pursuant to subdivision (a).
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 401, Sec. 7) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 355, Sec. 4. (AB 2836) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44227.

44227. Upon request of a district, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall collect the fees established pursuant to Sections 44223 and 44225 upon renewal of the registration of any motor vehicle subject to this part and registered in the district, except those vehicles which are expressly exempted under the Vehicle Code from the payment of registration fees.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1705, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44229.

44229. (a) After deducting all administrative costs it incurs through collection of fees pursuant to Section 44227, the Department of Motor Vehicles shall distribute the revenues to districts, which shall use the fees to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles and to carry out related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies necessary for implementation of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988). Fees collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to this chapter shall be distributed to districts based upon the amount of fees collected from motor vehicles registered within each district.
(b) The Department of Motor Vehicles may annually expend not more than the following percentages of the fees collected pursuant to Section 44227 on administrative costs:
(1) During the first year after the operative date of this chapter, not more than 5 percent of the fees collected may be used for administrative costs.
(2) During the second year after the operative date of this chapter, not more than 3 percent of the fees collected may be used for administrative costs.
(3) During any year subsequent to the second year after the operative date of this chapter, not more than 1 percent of the fees collected may be used for administrative costs.
(c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 401, Sec. 9) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 355, Sec. 6. (AB 2836) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44231.

44231. After consulting with the Department of Motor Vehicles on the feasibility thereof, a district board may exempt from all or part of the fee any category of low-emission motor vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1705, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44233.

44233. Not more than 6.25 percent of the fees distributed to any district pursuant to Section 44229, or distributed by a district to any other public agency pursuant to this chapter, shall be used by the district or other public agency for administrative costs.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 610, Sec. 5. (SB 513) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44235.

44235. A district shall not use fees established under Sections 44223 and 44225 for the purpose of establishing or maintaining the district as a direct provider of carpool, vanpool, or other ridesharing or transit services. However, a district may use these funds to enter into, and implement, agreements with agencies which directly provide carpool, vanpool, or other ridesharing or transit services to provide these services.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1705, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44236.

44236. A district may allocate funds raised by fees established under Sections 44223 and 44225 to meet the requirements of Section 65089 of the Government Code, if those requirements are in compliance with, and necessary for the implementation of, the California Clean Air Act of 1988.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1705, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44237.

44237. A district may use fees established under Sections 44223 and 44225 to enter into an agreement with a council of governments, regional agency, or local agency to carry out Section 40717.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1705, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44241.5.

44241.5. The bay district board shall hold an annual public hearing to review the expenditure of revenues received by the bay district pursuant to Section 44241 to determine their effectiveness in improving air quality.
(Added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 950, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44242.

44242. (a)  Any agency which receives funds pursuant to Section 44241 shall, at least once every two years, undertake an audit of each program or project funded. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the bay district in accordance with Division 2 (commencing with Section 1100) of the Public Contract Code. The district shall deduct any audit costs which will be incurred pursuant to this section prior to distributing fee revenues to cities, counties, or other agencies pursuant to Section 44241.
(b)  Upon completion of an audit conducted pursuant to subdivision (a), the bay district shall do both of the following:
(1)  Make the audit available to the public and to the affected agency upon request.
(2)  Review the audit to determine if the fee revenues received by the agency were spent for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the plan prepared pursuant to Sections 40233 and 40717.
(c)  If, after reviewing the audit, the bay district determines that the revenues from the fees may have been expended in a manner which is contrary to this chapter or which will not result in the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to that plan, the district shall do all of the following:
(1)  Notify the agency of its determination.
(2)  Within 45 days of the notification pursuant to paragraph (1), hold a public hearing at which the agency may present information relating to expenditure of the revenues from the fees.
(3)  After the public hearing, if the district determines that the agency has expended the revenues from the fees in a manner which is contrary to this chapter or which will not result in the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the plan prepared pursuant to Sections 40233 and 40717, the district shall withhold these revenues from the agency in an amount equal to the amount which was inappropriately expended. Any revenues withheld pursuant to this paragraph shall be redistributed to the other cities within the county, or to the county, to the extent the district determines that they have complied with the requirements of this chapter.
(d)  Any agency which receives funds pursuant to Section 44241 shall encumber and expend the funds within two years of receiving the funds, unless an application for funds pursuant to this chapter states that the project will take a longer period of time to implement and is approved by the district or the agency designated pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 44241. In any other case, the district or agency may extend the time beyond two years, if the recipient of the funds applies for that extension and the district or agency, as the case may be, finds that significant progress has been made on the project for which the funds were granted.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 950, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 7 - District Fees to Implement the California Clean Air Act › Section 44244.1.

44244.1. (a)  Any agency which receives fee revenues pursuant to Section 44243 or 44244 shall, at least once every two years, be subject to an audit of each program or project funded. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the south coast district in accordance with Division 2 (commencing with Section 1100) of the Public Contract Code. The district shall deduct any audit costs which will be incurred pursuant to this section prior to distributing fee revenues to cities, counties, or other agencies pursuant to Sections 44243 and 44244.
(b)  Upon completion of an audit conducted pursuant to subdivision (a), the south coast district shall do both of the following:
(1)  Make the audit available to the public and to the affected agency upon request.
(2)  Review the audit to determine if the revenues from the fees received by the agency were spent for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988) or the plan prepared pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3.
(c)  If, after reviewing the audit, the south coast district determines that the revenues from the fees may have been expended in a manner which is contrary to this chapter or which will not result in the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan prepared pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3, the district shall do all of the following:
(1)  Notify the agency of its determination.
(2)  Within 45 days of the notification pursuant to paragraph (1), hold a public hearing at which the agency may present information related to expenditure of the revenues from the fees.
(3)  After the public hearing, if the district determines that the agency has expended the revenues from the fees in a manner which is contrary to this chapter or which will not result in the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan prepared pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3, the district shall withhold these revenues from the agency in an amount equal to the amount which was inappropriately expended. Any revenues withheld pursuant to this paragraph shall be redistributed to the other agencies or, upon approval of the district board, to entities specified in the work programs developed by the mobile source advisory committee, to the extent the district determines that they have complied with this chapter.
(d)  Any agency which receives fee revenues pursuant to Section 44243 or 44244 shall expend the funds within one year of the program or project completion date.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 427, Sec. 108. Effective January 1, 1993.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44250.

44250. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:
(a) Existing programs to ensure that new motor vehicles sold in California emit less pollution may not be adequate to allow attainment of ambient air quality standards. Continued use of older high-emission motor vehicles, inadequate vehicle maintenance practices, and increases in vehicle miles traveled may overwhelm the gains from more stringent standards for new motor vehicles, and defeat state and local efforts to improve air quality.
(b) Substantial additional reductions in vehicle emissions can be achieved by retrofitting existing motor vehicles, enhancing vehicle maintenance practices, and installing additional pollution control equipment on new motor vehicles operated in nonattainment areas. Existing state programs are an impediment to the use of retrofits and additional equipment to reduce vehicle emissions and should be streamlined.
(c) Information on vehicle emissions should be provided to the driving public to encourage the manufacture and purchase of clean burning vehicles, to encourage retrofits of motor vehicles to reduce emissions, to encourage the application of enhanced motor vehicle maintenance practices on a routine basis, and to encourage reductions in vehicle miles traveled.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. 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 44257.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44251.

44251. (a) The state board shall specify smog index numbers for new light-duty passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks with a gross vehicle weight up to 6,000 pounds to be sold in California. That smog index shall be based on certification data quantifying tailpipe and evaporative emissions of ozone precursor chemicals for classes of vehicles.
(b) For diesel fuel vehicles, the smog index shall be based on certification data quantifying tailpipe emissions of ozone precursor chemicals and particulate matter. Particulate emissions from diesel fuel vehicles certified to model year standards that did not include a particulate limit may be assumed to be equal to particulate emissions for model year 1985 diesel fuel vehicles.
(c) The state board shall specify the relative weight of emissions of ozone precursor chemicals and particulates in the smog index values for diesel vehicles. This weighting shall be based on the relative importance of each category of emissions to air quality problems in California.
(d) Smog index number 1.0 shall be assigned to a hypothetical light-duty passenger vehicle, a hypothetical light-duty truck with a gross vehicle weight of 3,750 pounds or less, and a hypothetical light-duty truck with a gross vehicle weight of greater than 3,750 pounds up to 6,000 pounds, emitting the maximum amount of pollution allowed for that class of vehicle certified for sale in this state as of the January 1 immediately preceding the operative date of this section. The state board shall determine the existing class or classes of vehicles to which the smog index shall be applied.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192) by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1154, Sec. 28. Effective September 30, 1996. 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 44257.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44252.

44252. The state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall establish smog index numbers for classes or categories of vehicles that may be modified by the use of an emissions retrofit device.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. 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 44257.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44253.

44253. If the Environmental Protection Agency adopts a system that provides for the assignment of one or more index numbers to vehicles in a manner, and for purposes, similar to the smog index provided for in this chapter, the state board shall adopt the index numbers assigned to vehicles by the Environmental Protection Agency as the smog index, but shall also specify a smog index consistent with the federal index system for any vehicle subject to this chapter for which the Environmental Protection Agency has not specified an index number.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. 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 44257.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44254.

44254. (a) The state board shall publish the smog index numbers in a form that is convenient for use by the Department of Motor Vehicles, the bureau, vehicle owners, manufacturers, dealers, and consumers shopping for a new or used motor vehicle of a particular type.
(b) The state board, in consultation with the Environmental Protection Agency, shall adopt regulations specifying a form of decal to be affixed by manufacturers to new motor vehicles pursuant to Section 43200.5 to inform purchasers of the smog index for the vehicle, a smog index chart listing vehicle model years and the corresponding smog index for that model year to be affixed by motor vehicles dealers to used motor vehicles pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 43705, and information to inform purchasers of the significance of the smog index and smog index chart.
(c) The state board, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles, shall specify a form of notice to be provided by the Department of Motor Vehicles to each owner of a motor vehicle registered in this state, informing the owner of the smog index for the vehicle and the significance of the smog index.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. 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 44257.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8 - Smog Index Numbers › Section 44257.

44257. This chapter shall become inoperative five years from the date determined pursuant to Section 32 of the act adding this chapter, and on the January 1 following that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1192, Sec. 31. 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 Chapter 8, commencing with Section 44250.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.5 - Clean Car Incentive Program Requirements › Section 44258.

44258. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Car sharing” means a model of vehicle rental where users can rent vehicles for short periods of time and users are members that have been preapproved to drive.
(b) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711.
(c) “Near-zero-emission vehicle” means a vehicle that utilizes zero-emission technologies, enables technologies that provide a pathway to zero-emissions operations, or incorporates other technologies that significantly reduce criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gas emissions, as defined by the state board in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission consistent with meeting the state’s mid- and long-term air quality standards and climate goals.
(d) “Zero-emission vehicle” means a vehicle that produces no emissions of criteria pollutants, toxic air contaminants, and greenhouse gases when stationary or operating, as determined by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 530, Sec. 3. (SB 1275) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.5 - Clean Car Incentive Program Requirements › Section 44258.5.

44258.5. (a) For the purposes of this section, the following terms mean the following:
(1) “Local publicly owned electric utility” has the same meaning as defined in Section 224.3 of the Public Utilities Code.
(2) “Retail seller” has the same meaning as set forth in subdivision (j) of Section 399.12 of the Public Utilities Code.
(3) “Transportation electrification” has the same meaning as set forth in Section 237.5 of the Public Utilities Code.
(b) The state board shall identify and adopt appropriate policies, rules, or regulations to remove regulatory disincentives preventing retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities from facilitating the achievement of greenhouse gas emission reductions in other sectors through increased investments in transportation electrification. Policies to be considered shall include, but are not limited to, an allocation of greenhouse gas emissions allowances to retail sellers and local publicly owned electric utilities, or other regulatory mechanisms, to account for increased greenhouse gas emissions in the electric sector from transportation electrification.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 677, Sec. 1. (SB 1393) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.6 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Grants › Section 44260.

44260. The state board, in conjunction with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop and administer a program to provide grants to individuals, local governments, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses, to encourage the purchase or lease of a new zero-emission vehicle. The state board may reserve, allocate, and reallocate funds to any of those potential grant recipients. The state board shall periodically review grant applications and the award of grants to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that all grant funds are used. The state board may reduce or eliminate grants awarded pursuant to this chapter if the state board determines that the recipient received a grant for the purchase or lease of a zero-emission vehicle in the Budget Act of 2001.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 763, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.6 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Grants › Section 44261.

44261. (a)  The maximum available grant for any qualified recipient, as determined by the state board, shall be an amount equal to 90 percent of the incremental cost above one thousand dollars ($1,000) of a new zero-emission light-duty car or truck eligible for the program.
(b)  For the purposes of this chapter:
(1)  “Incremental cost” means the amount determined by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission as the reasonable difference between the cost of the zero-emission vehicle and the cost of a comparable gasoline or diesel fueled vehicle.
(2)  “New zero-emission vehicle” shall include previously leased vehicles that have been substantially upgraded, as determined by the state board, with new technologies, including, but not necessarily limited to, advanced batteries or power electronics.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1072, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.6 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Grants › Section 44262.

44262. Grants made pursuant to this chapter shall be distributed in the following manner, in amounts as determined by the state board:
(a)  Up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) of the available grant funds may be provided for the first 12-month period of the lease or purchase of the vehicle.
(b)  Up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) of the remaining available grant funds may be provided for the second 12-month period of the lease or purchase of the vehicle.
(c)  Up to three thousand dollars ($3,000) of the remaining available grant funds may be provided for the third 12-month period of the lease or purchase of the vehicle.
(d)  No grant funds shall be provided following the third 12-month period of the lease or purchase of the vehicle.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1072, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.6 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Grants › Section 44263.

44263. In order to be eligible to receive a grant under this chapter, a zero-emission vehicle shall meet all of the following criteria:
(a)  Be purchased on or leased on or after October 1, 2000, and on or before December 31, 2002. For purposes of this subdivision, a vehicle shall be deemed to be leased on the date upon which the lease of the vehicle commences.
(b)  Be registered with the Department of Motor Vehicles for use in this state.
(c)  Meet all applicable federal and state safety standards, or, if the vehicle is to be utilized solely for a demonstration program, have received the applicable waivers from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
(d)  Be capable of operation on a freeway, as determined by the state board in conjunction with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(e)  Any other criteria established by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1072, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 2000.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.6 - Zero-Emission Vehicle Grants › Section 44265.

44265. (a)  The grant program described in this chapter may be administered by a local air management district or air pollution control district on a voluntary basis.
(b)  Any district that voluntarily administers this grant program is authorized to provide grants from its own funding sources in an amount of five hundred dollars ($500) to one thousand dollars ($1,000) or more per year for each qualified zero-emission vehicle registered within the boundaries of its territorial jurisdiction.
(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 664, Sec. 148. Effective January 1, 2003.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.7 - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act › Section 44268.

44268. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Battery” means an electrochemical energy storage system powered directly by electrical current.
(b) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(c) “Electric vehicle” means a vehicle that uses a plug-in battery to provide all or part of the motive power of the vehicle, including battery electric, plug-in hybrid electric, or plug-in fuel cell vehicle.
(d) “Electric vehicle charging station” means one or more publicly available parking spaces served by electric vehicle service equipment.
(e) “Electric vehicle service equipment” means an electric component assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to charge batteries within electric vehicles by permitting the transfer of electric energy to a battery or other storage device in an electric vehicle.
(f) “Interoperability billing standards” means the ability for a member of one electric charging station billing network to use another billing network.
(g) “Network roaming” means the act of a member of one electric vehicle charging station billing network using a charging station that is outside of the member’s billing network with the member’s billing network account information.
(h) “Publicly available parking space” means a parking space that has been designated by a property owner or lessee to be available to, and accessible by, the public and may include on-street parking spaces and parking spaces in surface lots or parking garages. “Publicly available parking space” shall not include a parking space that is part of, or associated with, a private residence, a parking space that is reserved for the exclusive use of an individual driver or vehicle or for a group of drivers or vehicles, such as employees, tenants, visitors, residents of a common interest development, or residents of an adjacent building, or a parking space provided by a producer of electric vehicles as a service. Nothing in this article limits the ability of an owner or lessee of a publicly available parking space whose primary business is other than electric vehicle charging from restricting use of the parking space, such as limiting use to customers and visitors of the business.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 52, Sec. 3. (SB 123) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.7 - Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Open Access Act › Section 44268.4.

44268.4. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), this chapter shall be implemented and enforced by the commission.
(b) Until the commission adopts regulations implementing this chapter, the state board has the authority to enforce this chapter. Regulations adopted by the commission to implement this chapter shall supersede any regulations adopted by the state board implementing this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2023, Ch. 52, Sec. 5. (SB 123) Effective July 10, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.9 - California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 44270.

44270. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 750, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2008.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.9 - California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 44270.3.

44270.3. (a) For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Benefit-cost score,” for the Clean Transportation Program created pursuant to Section 44272, means a project’s expected or potential greenhouse gas emissions reduction per dollar awarded by the commission to the project from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund.
(2) “California Native American tribe” means a Native American tribe located in California that is on the contact list maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission for the purposes of Chapter 905 of the Statutes of 2004.
(3) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
(4) “Full fuel-cycle assessment” or “life-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:
(A) Feedstock production, extraction, cultivation, transport, and storage, and the transportation and use of water and changes in land use and land cover therein.
(B) Fuel production, manufacture, distribution, marketing, transport, and storage, and the transportation and use of water therein.
(C) Vehicle operation, including refueling, combustion, conversion, permeation, and evaporation.
(5) “Tribal organization” means a corporation, association, or group controlled, sanctioned, or chartered by a California Native American tribe that is subject to its laws, the laws of the State of California, or the laws of the United States.
(6) “Vehicle technology” means any vehicle, boat, off-road equipment, or locomotive, or component thereof, including its engine, propulsion system, transmission, or construction materials.
(b) For purposes of the Air Quality Improvement Program created pursuant to Section 44274, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Benefit-cost score” means the reasonably expected or potential criteria pollutant emission reductions achieved per dollar awarded by the board for the project.
(2) “Project” means a category of investments identified for potential funding by the board, including, but not limited to, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, vouchers, rebates, and other appropriate funding measures for specific vehicles, equipment, technologies, or initiatives authorized by Section 44274.
(Amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 319, Sec. 4. (AB 126) Effective October 7, 2023.)
2023 California Code › Health and Safety Code - HSC › DIVISION 26 - AIR RESOURCES › PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL › CHAPTER 8.9 - California Alternative and Renewable Fuel, Vehicle Technology, Clean Air, and Carbon Reduction Act of 2007 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 44271.5.

44271.5. The provisions of this chapter are severable. If any provision of this chapter or its application is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application.
(Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 258, Sec. 12. (SB 155) Effective September 23, 2021.)