California Health and Safety Code ARTICLE 10 - Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Program

• Section 44100.
  The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows:(a) Emission reduction programs based on market principles have the potential to provide equivalent or superior environmental benefits when...
• Section 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...
• Section 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 vehicle...
• Section 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...
• Section 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....
• Section 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...
• Section 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...
• Section 44106.
  The program shall include provisions for monitoring and preventing all forms of tampering or other forms of cheating, and shall effectively address “avoidance vehicles” such...
• Section 44107.
  The program shall discourage tampering and other forms of cheating, and effectively address “avoidance vehicles,” such as nonregistered vehicles and vehicles lacking a sufficient inspection...
• Section 44109.
  The program shall include appropriate means to solicit vehicle owners, including mass mailings, media advertising, news coverage, and direct mail to owners of candidate vehicles,...
• Section 44115.
  The program shall ensure that vehicle purchase transactions are convenient to vehicle owners, including advance screening to reasonably assure that vehicles qualify for the program.(Added...
• Section 44120.
  Vehicle disposal under the program shall be consistent with appropriate state board guidance and provisions of the Vehicle Code dealing with vehicle disposal and parts...
• Section 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 quantifiable...
• Section 44122.
  Emission reductions achieved from retired vehicles shall be quantified as follows:(a)  Vehicle emissions shall be based on either direct testing, statistical sampling, or emission modeling...
• Section 44124.
  For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Car sharing” has the same meaning as in Section 44258.(b) “Clean Cars 4 All” means...
• Section 44124.5.
  (a) The Clean Cars 4 All Program is hereby established and is to be administered by the state board to focus on achieving reductions in the...

Last modified: October 22, 2018