44125-44126
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
SECTION 44125-44126
44125. (a) No later than July 1, 2009, the state board, in consultation with the Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR), shall adopt a program to commence on January 1, 2010, that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. The program shall be administered by the BAR pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board. (b) The guidelines shall ensure all of the following: (1) Vehicles retired pursuant to the program are permanently removed from operation and retired at a dismantler under contract with the BAR. (2) Districts retain their authority to administer vehicle retirement programs otherwise authorized under law. (3) The program is available for high polluting passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that have been continuously registered in California for two years prior to acceptance into the program or otherwise proven to have been driven primarily in California for the last two years and have not been registered in another state or country in the last two years. (4) The program is focused where the greatest air quality impact can be identified. (5) Compensation for retired vehicles shall be one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a low-income motor vehicle owner, as defined in Section 44062.1, and one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other motor vehicle owners. The department may pay a motor vehicle owner more than these amounts based on factors including, but not limited to, the age of the vehicle, the emission benefits of the vehicle's retirement, the emission impact of any replacement vehicle, and the location of the vehicle in an area of the state with the poorest air quality. (6) Cost-effectiveness and impacts on disadvantaged and low-income populations are considered. 44126. The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount is hereby created in the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account. All moneys deposited in the subaccount shall be available to the department and the BAR, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish and implement the program created pursuant to this article.