CHAPTER 13. Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

Chapter 13 added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 642, Sec. 4.

§§ 41200–41267 · 34 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions § 41200 · 1 section

   • § 41200 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Mojave Desert region has serious air pollution problems caused by the transport of air pollution from…
2. ARTICLE 2. Creation of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District §§ 41210–41211 · 2 sections

   • § 41210 (a) There is hereby created the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District. (b) The boundaries of the Mojave Desert district shall include all of the County…
   • § 41211 The Mojave Desert district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air…
3. ARTICLE 3. Governing Body §§ 41220–41223 · 4 sections

   • § 41220 (a) The Mojave Desert district shall be governed by a district board composed of the following members: (1) The members of the San Bernardino County Board of…
   • § 41221 The Mojave Desert district board shall elect a chairperson every year from its membership.
   • § 41222 Voting by the Mojave Desert district board on the adoption of all items on its agenda shall be by rollcall. Unless any board member objects, a substitute…
   • § 41223 Notice of the time and place of a public hearing of the Mojave Desert district board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation relating to an air…
4. ARTICLE 4. General Powers and Duties §§ 41230–41233 · 4 sections

   • § 41230 (a) The Mojave Desert district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and that…
   • § 41231 (a) After a public hearing, the Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles…
   • § 41232 The Mojave Desert district shall conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to…
   • § 41233 The Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources pursuant to Section 40716.
5. ARTICLE 5. Financial Provisions §§ 41240–41256 · 16 sections

   • § 41240 The Mojave Desert district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover its costs of implementing this…
   • § 41241 Pursuant to Section 41231, the district may undertake programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the…
   • § 41243 The Mojave Desert district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is…
   • § 41244 Upon adoption of a resolution by the Mojave Desert district board to implement the procedure to issue warrants pursuant to Sections 41245 to 41256, inclusive,…
   • § 41245 The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the Mojave Desert district…
   • § 41246 The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a controller, who may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the Mojave Desert district and who…
   • § 41247 The Mojave Desert district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the…
   • § 41248 The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Mojave Desert…
   • § 41249 The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims…
   • § 41250 The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Mojave Desert district board and approved by the treasurer.
   • § 41251 Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon…
   • § 41252 The Mojave Desert district shall provide the officials of the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data…
   • § 41253 All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the Mojave Desert district.
   • § 41254 Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed by the county auditor, if the…
   • § 41255 The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount fixed by the Mojave Desert district board conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her…
   • § 41256 If the auditor of the Mojave Desert district is a county auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a monthly listing of the warrants…
6. ARTICLE 6. Officers and Employees §§ 41260–41267 · 7 sections

   • § 41260 (a) The Mojave Desert district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its powers and duties. (b) The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint an…
   • § 41261 The air pollution control officer (APCO) and designated deputies of the Mojave Desert District shall serve at the pleasure of the Mojave Desert district board,…
   • § 41262 The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.
   • § 41264 All officers and employees of the Mojave Desert district, other than members of the Mojave Desert district board, are entitled to the benefits of the County…
   • § 41265 For the purpose of, but not limited to, retirement benefits, salary rates, seniority, and all fringe benefits, all time of employment with the San Bernardino…
   • § 41266 If the civil service commission, or body performing the functions thereof, in the Mojave Desert district finds that any person has been employed by the San…
   • § 41267 The Mojave Desert district may contract for any professional assistance that may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and duties.