CHAPTER 1. General Provisions

Chapter 1 added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.

§§ 43000–43024.2 · 49 sections

§ 43000 The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles is the primary cause of air pollution in many parts of…
§ 43000.5 The Legislature further finds and declares as follows: (a) Despite the significant reductions in vehicle emissions which have been achieved in recent years,…
§ 43001 The provisions of this part shall not apply to: (a) Racing vehicles. (b) Motorcycles, except as otherwise provided in Section 43107. This section shall become…
§ 43002 No motor vehicle of historic interest shall be required to have any motor vehicle pollution control device, except for such devices that were required by this…
§ 43002.2 The state board shall waive the provisions of this division on a case-by-case basis for the purpose of allowing the importation of vehicles designed only for…
§ 43004 Except as otherwise provided in Section 43001, 43002, or 43005, the standards applicable under this part for exhaust emissions for gasoline-powered motor…
§ 43005 Section 43004 of this code, and Sections 4000.1 and 27156 of the Vehicle Code, shall not apply to a motor vehicle altered or modified to use a fuel other than…
§ 43006 The state board may certify the fuel system of any motor vehicle powered by a fuel other than gasoline or diesel which meets the standards specified by Section…
§ 43007 Whenever any motor vehicle is required to be equipped with any motor vehicle pollution control device by rules and regulations adopted by any district pursuant…
§ 43008 Except as provided by Sections 43100 and 43101 and Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 43600), all motor vehicles required pursuant to the National Emission…
§ 43008.5 In addition to the standards and test procedures adopted by the state board pursuant to Sections 43203.5 and 44201, the state board may adopt, by regulation,…
§ 43008.6 (a) Notwithstanding Section 43012, for the purpose of enforcing or administering Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code, the executive officer of the state board or…
§ 43009 Except as otherwise provided in Section 43002, every motor vehicle subject to this part shall meet the standards adopted by the state board pursuant to…
§ 43009.5 (a) If, based on a review of information derived from a statistically valid and representative sample of vehicles, the state board determines that a…
§ 43010 With respect to the program designed and adopted by the Department of Consumer Affairs pursuant to Chapter 20.4 (commencing with Section 9889.50) of Division 3…
§ 43011 (a) The state board shall establish criteria for the evaluation of the effectiveness of motor vehicle pollution control devices. After the establishment of…
§ 43011.5 (a) Every three years, the state board shall review its existing enforcement of diesel emission control regulations and anticipated enforcement needs for…
§ 43012 (a) For the purpose of enforcing or administering any federal, state, or local law, order, regulation, or rule relating to vehicular sources of emissions, the…
§ 43013 (a) The state board shall adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the…
§ 43013.1 (a) The State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with, and the state board, shall develop a timetable for the removal of…
§ 43013.2 (a) (1) The Legislature finds and declares that variances from the state board’s gasoline specifications may be needed if gasoline producers cannot meet the…
§ 43013.3 Notwithstanding Section 43013.1, the Secretary for Environmental Protection may prohibit the use of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) in motor vehicle fuel…
§ 43013.5 For purposes of implementing and enforcing Section 43020, the State Air Resources Board shall purchase and install a wavelength dispersive XRF spectrometer…
§ 43013.7 (a) Notwithstanding Section 43830.8, blends of gasoline containing 10.5 percent to 15 percent ethanol by volume may be sold in the state for use as a…
§ 43014 The state board may issue permits for the testing of experimental motor vehicle pollution control devices installed in used motor vehicles, or for the testing…
§ 43015 (a) The Air Pollution Control Fund is continued in existence in the State Treasury. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the money in the fund shall be…
§ 43016 (a) (1) A person who violates any provision of this part, or any order, rule, or regulation of the state board adopted pursuant to this part, and for which…
§ 43017 The state board may enjoin any violation of any provision of this part, or of any order, rule, or regulation of the state board, in a civil action brought in…
§ 43018 (a) The state board shall endeavor to achieve the maximum degree of emission reduction possible from vehicular and other mobile sources in order to accomplish…
§ 43018.11 (a) (1) By July 1, 2022, the state board shall, consistent with federal law, adopt cost-effective and technologically feasible regulations to prohibit engine…
§ 43018.2 (a) The state board shall amend Sections 2449.1 and 2449.2 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations to do both of the following: (1) Modify the…
§ 43018.5 (a) No later than January 1, 2005, the state board shall develop and adopt regulations that achieve the maximum feasible and cost-effective reduction of…
§ 43018.7 If adopting or amending regulations to reduce motor vehicle cabin temperature in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the state board shall consider all…
§ 43018.8 (a) For purposes of this section, “vehicle fleet” means 10 or more vehicles under common ownership or operation. (b) The state board, in consultation with…
§ 43018.9 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) “Commission” means the State Energy Resources Conservation and…
§ 43019 The state board may adopt, by regulation, a schedule of annual fees for the certification, audit, compliance, and deficiencies of motor vehicles and engines…
§ 43019.1 (a) (1) The state board may adopt a schedule of fees to cover all or a portion of the state board’s reasonable costs associated with the certification, audit,…
§ 43019.2 The Certification and Compliance Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be expended…
§ 43019.3 The state board shall undertake a public process to review the existing procedures for exempting parts pursuant to Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code with the…
§ 43020 (a) Any person who knowingly violates any regulation adopted pursuant to this part by the state board pertaining to motor vehicle fuels is guilty of a…
§ 43021 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the retirement, replacement, retrofit, or repower of a self-propelled commercial motor vehicle, as defined in…
§ 43021.5 In order to minimize the impact of the energy transition on the supply chains in the critical agricultural sector and ensure that disadvantaged communities…
§ 43022 (a) Prior to expending any funds for any research, development, or demonstration program or project relating to vehicles or vehicle fuels, the state board…
§ 43022.5 The state board shall select projects for zero-emission vehicle leases or purchases and zero-emission vehicle infrastructure for the purpose of implementing…
§ 43023 (a) As an alternative to seeking civil penalties under Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 43000) to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 43800), inclusive, and…
§ 43023.5 (a) Districts with a population of one million residents or greater, in consultation with the state board, shall ensure that not less than 50 percent of the…
§ 43024 (a) No later than March 1, 2011, the state board shall publish a penalty policy for civil or administrative penalties prescribed under Chapter 1 (commencing…
§ 43024.1 (a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Glider kit” means either of the following: (A) A new vehicle that is incomplete because…
§ 43024.2 (a) (1) No later than January 1, 2021, and at least every five years thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the Department of Transportation, the…