California Health and Safety Code CHAPTER 6 - General Powers and Duties

• Section 40700.
  A district is a body corporate and politic and a public agency of the state.(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)
• Section 40701.
  A district shall have power:(a)  To have perpetual succession. (b)  To sue and be sued in the name of the district in all actions and...
• Section 40701.5.
  (a)  Funding for a district may be provided by, but is not limited to, any one or any combination of the following sources: (1)  Grants....
• Section 40702.
  A district shall adopt rules and regulations and do such acts as may be necessary or proper to execute the powers and duties granted to,...
• Section 40703.
  In adopting any regulation, the district shall consider, pursuant to Section 40922, and make available to the public, its findings related to the cost effectiveness...
• Section 40704.
  A district board shall file with the state board, within 30 days any rule or regulation the district board adopts, amends, or repeals.(Added by Stats....
• Section 40704.5.
  (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on and after July 1, 1994, the membership of the governing board of an air quality management district,...
• Section 40705.
  The district board shall provide for the number of personnel to be employed by the district air pollution control officer and for their duties and...
• Section 40706.
  The district board shall determine the compensation of, and shall pay from district funds, the air pollution control officer, all other officers and employees, and...
• Section 40707.
  All claims for money or damages against a district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940)...
• Section 40708.
  The Cortese-Knox-Hertzberg Local Government Reorganization Act of 2000, Division 3 (commencing with Section 56000) of Title 5 of the Government Code, shall not be applicable...
• Section 40709.
  (a)  Every district board shall establish by regulation a system by which all reductions in the emission of air contaminants that are to be used...
• Section 40709.5.
  Any district which has established a system pursuant to Section 40709 by which reductions in emissions may be banked or otherwise credited to offset future...
• Section 40709.6.
  (a)  Increases in emissions of air pollutants at a stationary source located in a district may be offset by emission reductions credited to a stationary...
• Section 40709.7.
  (a)  For the purposes of this section, “military base” means a military base that is designated for closure or downward realignment pursuant to the Defense...
• Section 40710.
  Upon receipt of approval and pursuant to Section 40709, a certificate evidencing all approved reductions in the emissions of air contaminants shall be issued to...
• Section 40711.
  (a)  A banking system established pursuant to Section 40709 shall provide for registration of all interests in approved emission reductions. The registry shall be maintained...
• Section 40712.
  If there is more than one owner of the source of the approved reductions in emission of air contaminants, initial title to such approved reductions...
• Section 40713.
  Any system established pursuant to Section 40709 shall contain procedures for the approval of reductions in emissions of air contaminants comparable to district permit procedures...
• Section 40714.5.
  (a)  The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1)  Because of policy considerations, certain sources of air pollution are exempt from district...
• Section 40715.
  (a)  Every district shall establish and implement supplemental toxic air contaminant monitoring networks to supplement the existing monitoring capacity of the board and the districts...
• Section 40716.
  (a)  In carrying out its responsibilities pursuant to this division with respect to the attainment of state ambient air quality standards, a district may adopt...
• Section 40717.
  (a)  A district shall adopt, implement, and enforce transportation control measures for the attainment of state or federal ambient air quality standards to the extent...
• Section 40717.5.
  (a)  Any district that proposes to adopt or amend a rule or regulation pursuant to Section 40716 or 40717, which imposes any requirement on an...
• Section 40717.6.
  (a) No district or other local or regional agency shall impose any requirement on any private entity, including any requirement in any congestion management program adopted...
• Section 40717.8.
  (a)  For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meaning: (1)  “Event center” means a community center, activity center, auditorium, convention center,...
• Section 40717.9.
  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 40454, 40457, 40717, 40717.1, or 40717.5, or any other provision of law, a district, congestion management agency, as defined in subdivision (b)...
• Section 40718.
  (a)  Not later than January 1, 1990, the state board shall publish maps identifying those cities, counties, or portions thereof which have measured one or...
• Section 40719.
  (a)  Except as provided in subdivision (d), every district board which has adopted an emergency episode plan for ozone or oxidant may conduct hearings on...
• Section 40720.
  (a) Each marine terminal in the state shall operate in a manner that does not cause trucks to idle or queue for more than 30 minutes...
• Section 40723.
  (a)  It is the intent of the Legislature that, when an air district establishes best available control technology or lowest achievable emission rate requirements based...
• Section 40724.
  (a)  Each district that is designated as a serious federal nonattainment area for an applicable ambient air quality standard for particulate matter as of January...
• Section 40724.5.
  (a)  By the earliest feasible date, but no later than January 1, 2007, each district that is designated a moderate federal nonattainment area for an...
• Section 40724.6.
  (a) On or before July 1, 2005, the state board shall review all available scientific information, including, but not limited to, emissions factors for confined animal...
• Section 40724.7.
  (a)  A district that is designated as being in attainment for the federal ambient air standard for ozone shall adopt a rule or regulation as...

Last modified: October 22, 2018