ARTICLE 10. Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Program

Article 10 added by Stats. 1995, Ch. 929, Sec. 7.

§§ 44100–44122 · 14 sections

• § 44100 The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a) Emission reduction programs based on market principles have the potential to provide equivalent or…
• § 44101 Not later than December 31, 1998, the state board shall adopt, by regulation, a statewide program to commence in 1999 that does all of the following: (a)…
• § 44102 (a) The state board, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the department shall harmonize the requirements and implementation of this program with the motor…
• § 44103 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the program shall also do both of the following: (a) Authorize the Department of Motor Vehicles, at the request of…
• § 44104 (a) Funds shall be available to the state board from the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account created pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44091. Those…
• § 44104.5 (a) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44101 shall include a plan to guide the execution of the first two years of the program, to…
• § 44105 The regulations shall specify that the program shall be operated as a privately operated program under the oversight of a state agency to be designated by the…
• § 44106 The program shall include provisions for monitoring and preventing all forms of tampering or other forms of cheating, and shall effectively address “avoidance…
• § 44107 The program shall discourage tampering and other forms of cheating, and effectively address “avoidance vehicles,” such as nonregistered vehicles and vehicles…
• § 44109 The program shall include appropriate means to solicit vehicle owners, including mass mailings, media advertising, news coverage, and direct mail to owners of…
• § 44115 The program shall ensure that vehicle purchase transactions are convenient to vehicle owners, including advance screening to reasonably assure that vehicles…
• § 44120 Vehicle disposal under the program shall be consistent with appropriate state board guidance and provisions of the Vehicle Code dealing with vehicle disposal…
• § 44121 The state board shall develop standards for the certification and use of emission reduction credits to ensure that the credits are real, surplus, and…
• § 44122 Emission reductions achieved from retired vehicles shall be quantified as follows: (a) Vehicle emissions shall be based on either direct testing, statistical…