text:
(a) Judicial review may be had of a decision of a hearing board by filing a petition for a writ of mandate in accordance with Section 1094.5 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Except as otherwise provided in this section, any such petition shall be filed within 30 days after the decision has been mailed pursuant to Section 40860. The right to petition shall not be affected by the failure to seek a rehearing before the hearing board.

(b) The complete record of the proceedings, or such parts thereof as are designated by the petitioner, shall be prepared by the hearing board and shall be delivered to the petitioner within 30 days after a request therefor by him, upon payment of the fee specified in Section 69950 of the Government Code for the transcript, the cost of preparation of other portions of the record, and for certification thereof.

(c) The complete record includes the pleadings, all notices and orders issued by the hearing board, any proposed decision by the hearing board, the final decision, a transcript of all proceedings, the exhibits admitted or rejected, the written evidence, and any other papers in the case.

(d) Where the petitioner, within 10 days after the last day on which a rehearing can be ordered, requests the hearing board to prepare all or any part of the record, the time within which a petition may be filed shall be extended until five days after its delivery to him. The hearing board may file with the court the original of any document in the record in lieu of a copy thereof.

article: 4. Decisions


kind: section

code: HSC

text: In any proceeding pursuant to Section 40864, the court shall receive in evidence any order, rule, or regulation of the district board, any transcript of the proceedings before the hearing board, and such further evidence as the court, in its discretion, deems proper.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

division: 26. AIR RESOURCES

part: 3. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS

chapter: 8. Hearing Boards

article: 4. Decisions

path: 26. AIR RESOURCES > 3. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS > 8. Hearing Boards > 4. Decisions


text:
There is continued in existence and shall be, in each air basin which is comprised of all or part of two or more districts, a basinwide air pollution control council.

The council shall consist of an elected official of, and designated by, the district board of each district which is included, in whole or in part, within the air basin.

Any officer or employee of a district within the air basin may act in an advisory capacity for and on behalf of the basinwide air pollution control council.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 172.)

path: 26. AIR RESOURCES > 3. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS > 9. Basinwide Air Pollution Control Councils


text: It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting this chapter that districts shall endeavor to achieve and maintain state ambient air quality standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide by the earliest practicable date. In developing attainment plans and regulations to achieve this objective, districts shall consider the full spectrum of emission sources and focus particular attention on reducing the emissions from transportation and areawide emission sources. Districts shall also consider the cost-effectiveness of their air quality programs, rules, regulations, and enforcement practices in addition to other relevant factors, and shall strive to achieve the most efficient methods of air pollution control. However, priority shall be placed upon expeditious progress toward the goal of healthful air. It is also the intent of the Legislature that redundant work shall be avoided.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 729, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2001.)

path: 26. AIR RESOURCES > 3. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL DISTRICTS > 10. District Plans to Attain State Ambient Air Quality Standards


text:
(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), each district which has been designated a nonattainment area for state ambient air quality standards for ozone, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, or nitrogen dioxide shall prepare and submit a plan for attaining and maintaining the standards to the state board not later than December 31, 1990.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), any district which is a receptor or contributor of transported air pollutants, as determined by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 39610, shall prepare and submit its plan to the state board not later than June 30, 1991.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1568, Sec. 11.)

chapter: 10. District Plans to Attain State Ambient Air Quality Standards


text: The plans for districts responsible for or affected by air pollutant transport shall provide for attainment and maintenance of the state and federal standards in both the upwind and downwind district. Each upwind district’s plan shall contain, at a minimum, all mitigation requirements established by the state board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 39610. Each downwind district’s plan shall contain sufficient measures to reduce emissions originating in the district below the level at which violations of state ambient air quality standards would occur in the absence of the transport contribution.


text:
(a) Each district plan shall be designed to achieve and maintain the state standards by the earliest practicable date, as determined by the district and subject to the approval of the state board, and in consideration of all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the following:

(1) Present and projected maximum ambient pollutant concentration.

(2) Distribution and frequency of violations.

(3) Transport contributions.

(4) Projected emission increases based on industrial, vehicular, or population growth.

(5) Emission inventory characteristics.

(6) Anticipated effectiveness of available and potential control measures.

(7) Emission reductions occurring in, or expected to occur in, the district.

(8) In districts where military bases have closed or are scheduled for closure, the reuse plans for the closing base.

(b) Each district plan shall be based upon a determination by the district board that the plan is a cost-effective strategy to achieve attainment of the state standards by the earliest practicable date.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1162, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)


text:
(a) Each district plan shall be designed to achieve a reduction in districtwide emissions of 5 percent or more per year for each nonattainment pollutant or its precursors, averaged every consecutive three-year period, unless an alternative measure of progress is approved pursuant to Section 39607.

(b) A district may use an alternative emission reduction strategy which achieves less than an average of 5 percent per year reduction in districtwide emissions if the district demonstrates to the state board, and the state board concurs in, either of the following:

(1) That the alternative emission reduction strategy is equal to or more effective than districtwide emission reductions in improving air quality.

(2) That despite the inclusion of every feasible measure in the plan, and an expeditious adoption schedule, the district is unable to achieve at least a 5-percent annual reduction in districtwide emissions.

(c) For purposes of this section and Section 41503.1, for each district that is designated nonattainment for a state ambient air quality standard but is designated attainment for the federal air quality standard for the same pollutant, reductions in emissions shall be calculated with respect to the actual level of emissions that exist in each district during 1990, as determined by the state board. All reductions in emissions occurring after December 31, 1990, including, but not limited to, reductions in emissions resulting from measures adopted prior to December 31, 1990, shall be included in this calculation. For each district that is designated nonattainment for both state and federal ambient air quality standards for a single pollutant, reductions in emissions shall be calculated with respect to the actual level of emissions that exist in each district during the baseline year used in the state implementation plan required by the federal Clean Air Act. All reductions in emissions occurring after December 31 of the baseline year, including, but not necessarily limited to, reductions in emissions resulting from measures adopted prior to December 31 of the baseline year, shall be included in this calculation.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 729, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text: Each district plan shall contain contingency measures to be implemented upon a finding by the state board, pursuant to Section 41503.3, that the district is failing to achieve interim goals or maintain adequate progress toward attainment. Any regulations necessary to implement the contingency measures shall be adopted by the district within 180 days following the state board’s determination of inadequate progress.


text:
(a) The state board shall make technical assistance available to a district, at the district’s request, to support attainment planning and air pollutant transport planning and associated analyses. If the state board lacks sufficient resources to make technical assistance available to each district that requests assistance, the state board shall give priority to those districts that have limited financial or technical capabilities.

(b) The state board shall develop guidelines for use by the districts to prepare emission inventories, develop monitoring networks, and develop methods for the validation of air quality models.

(c) The state board shall develop and periodically update guidelines for use by the districts to establish equivalent emission reductions for mobile source emission control strategies and transportation control measures.

(d) (1) The state board may recommend a suggested control measure for adoption by a district to meet the requirements of the district’s plan adopted pursuant to this chapter for any architectural paint or coating, if the state board determines all of the following:

(A) The control measure will achieve a feasible reduction in volatile organic compounds emitted by the architectural paint or coating. For purposes of this paragraph, “feasible reduction in volatile organic compounds emitted” means an emission limitation that is achievable, taking into account environmental, energy, and economic impacts.

(B) Adequate data exist to establish that the control measure is necessary to attain state and federal ambient air quality standards.

(C) The control measure is commercially and technologically feasible and necessary.

(2) Nothing in this subdivision shall limit or affect the ability of a district to adopt or enforce rules related to architectural paint or coatings. Every rule adopted by a district regarding architectural paint or coatings shall be adopted by the governing board of the district in accordance with existing law, and shall include at least one public workshop.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 456, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2002.)


text: Two or more districts within the same air basin shall cooperate to the extent reasonable and appropriate in developing plan elements of mutual concern. These elements may include, but are not limited to, emission inventories, air quality models, and growth projections.


text:
(a) Each district with moderate air pollution shall, to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the plan developed pursuant to Section 40913, include the following measures in its attainment plan:

(1) A stationary source control program designed to achieve no net increase in emissions of nonattainment pollutants or their precursors from new or modified stationary sources which emit or have the potential to emit 25 tons per year or more of nonattainment pollutants or their precursors. The program shall require the use of best available control technology for any new or modified stationary source which has the potential to emit 25 pounds per day or more of any nonattainment pollutant or its precursors.

(2) The use of reasonably available control technology for all existing stationary sources, except that stationary sources permitted to emit five tons or more per day or 250 tons or more per year shall be equipped with the best available retrofit control technology.

(3) Reasonably available transportation control measures sufficient to substantially reduce the rate of increase in passenger vehicle trips and miles traveled per trip if the district contains an urbanized area with a population of 50,000 or more.

(4) Provisions to develop areawide source and indirect source control programs.

(5) Provisions to develop and maintain an emissions inventory system to enable analysis and progress reporting and a commitment to develop other analytical techniques to carry out its responsibilities pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 40924.

(6) Provisions for public education programs to promote actions to reduce emissions from transportation and areawide sources.

(b) Any district with moderate air pollution that is not below the pollutant concentrations for a moderate classification pursuant to Sections 40921 and 40921.5 by December 31, 1997, shall comply with Section 40919 if the state board demonstrates that the additional requirements of Section 40919 will substantially expedite the district’s attainment of the state ambient air quality standards. Any actions taken by the state board pursuant to this subdivision are subject to Section 41503.4.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Sections 40918, 40919, and 40920, a district that does not have extreme air pollution may elect to not include a no-net-increase permitting program in its attainment plan if all of the following actions are taken:

(1) The governing board of the district finds, at a public hearing, that the no-net-increase permitting program is not necessary to achieve and maintain the state ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date.

(2) Prior to making the finding specified in paragraph (1), the governing board does both of the following:

(A) Reviews an estimate of the growth in emissions, if any, that is likely to occur as a result of the elimination of a no-net-increase permitting program.

(B) Complies with Section 40914 either by having adopted, or having scheduled for adoption, all feasible measures to achieve and maintain state ambient air quality standards, or by the use of an alternative emission reduction strategy.

(3) The governing board of the district submits its finding to the state board, and, within 60 days from the date of the submittal of the finding, the state board makes a determination based on quantifiable and substantial evidence that a no-net-increase permitting program is not necessary to comply with the mitigation requirements established pursuant to Section 39610 and that the no-net-increase permitting program is not necessary to achieve and maintain the state ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date. If the state board does not make any determination within that 60-day period, and the district does not agree to an extension of that time period, the district may make the election authorized by this subdivision.

(b) Nothing in this section shall relieve a district from the obligation to require the use of the best available control technology pursuant to Section 40918, 40919, or 40920.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1092, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
Following the implementation of Section 40918.5, both of the following shall occur:

(1) The district governing board’s finding pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 40918.5 shall, by operation of law, become part of the district’s attainment plan.

(2) The state board shall, during any subsequent review of the district’s attainment plan pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 41500, determine based on quantifiable and substantial evidence whether or not a no-net-increase permitting program is necessary to comply with mitigation requirements established pursuant to Section 39610 or to achieve and maintain state ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date. If the state board determines that a no-net-increase permitting program is necessary to comply with those requirements, the district shall then adopt and implement a no-net-increase permitting program pursuant to Section 40918, 40919, or 40920.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1092, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) Emission reduction offset credits created pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 41865 shall be approved for use by a stationary source in another district if all of the following conditions are met:

(1) The district containing the source providing the offset credits does not have a no-net-increase permitting program in its attainment plan.

(2) The district where the offset credits are to be used is designated as having moderate air pollution.

(3) The district where the offset credits are to be used is located within the same air basin as, or within an air basin that is contiguous to, the air basin in which the district containing the source providing the offsets is located.

(4) The site where the offset credits will be used is located within 200 linear air miles from the source providing the offset credits.

(b) If all of the conditions specified in subdivision (a) are met, the district receiving the offset credit shall do both of the following:

(1) Determine the type and quantity of the emission reductions to be credited.

(2) Adopt a rule or regulation to discount the emission reductions credited to the stationary source. The discount shall not be less than the emission reduction for offsets from comparable sources located within the district boundaries.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1092, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) Each district with serious air pollution shall, to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the plan adopted pursuant to Section 40913, include the following measures in its attainment plan:

(1) All measures required for moderate nonattainment areas, as specified in Section 40918.

(2) A stationary source control program designed to achieve no net increase in emissions of nonattainment pollutants or their precursors from all new or modified stationary sources which emit, or have the potential to emit, 15 tons or more per year. The program shall require the use of best available control technology for any new or modified stationary source which has the potential to emit 10 pounds per day or more of any nonattainment pollutant or its precursors.

(3) The use of the best available retrofit control technology, as defined in Section 40406, for all existing permitted stationary sources.

(4) Measures to achieve the use of a significant number of low-emission motor vehicles by operators of motor vehicle fleets.

(b) Any district with serious air pollution that has not met the criteria for a moderate classification by December 31, 1997, shall comply with Section 40920 if the state board demonstrates that the additional requirements of Section 40920 will substantially expedite the district’s attainment of the state ambient air quality standards. Any actions taken by the state board pursuant to this subdivision are subject to Section 41503.4.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 8. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
Each district with severe air pollution shall, to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of Section 40913, include the following measures in its attainment plan:

(a) All measures required for moderate and serious nonattainment areas, as specified in Sections 40918 and 40919.

(b) A stationary source control program designed to achieve no net increase in emissions of nonattainment pollutants or their precursors from all new or modified stationary sources which emit, or have the potential to emit, 10 tons or more per year.

(c) Measures sufficient to reduce overall population exposure to ambient pollutant levels in excess of the standard by at least 25 percent by December 31, 1994, 40 percent by December 31, 1997, and 50 percent by December 31, 2000, based on average per capita exposure and the severity of the exposure, so as to minimize health impacts, using the average level of exposure experienced during 1986 through 1988 as the baseline.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
Each district with extreme air pollution shall, to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of the plan developed pursuant to Section 40913, include the following measures in its attainment plan:

(a) All measures required for moderate, serious, and severe areas.

(b) A stationary source control program designed to achieve no net increase in emissions from new or modified stationary sources of nonattainment pollutants or their precursors.

(c) Any other feasible controls that can be implemented, or for which implementation can begin, within 10 years of the adoption date of the most recent air quality plan.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) Prior to adopting rules or regulations to meet the requirement for best available retrofit control technology pursuant to Sections 40918, 40919, 40920, and 40920.5, or for a feasible measure pursuant to Section 40914, districts shall, in addition to other requirements of this division, do all of the following:

(1) Identify one or more potential control options which achieves the emission reduction objectives for the regulation.

(2) Review the information developed to assess the cost-effectiveness of the potential control option. For purposes of this paragraph, “cost-effectiveness” means the cost, in dollars, of the potential control option divided by emission reduction potential, in tons, of the potential control option.

(3) Calculate the incremental cost-effectiveness for the potential control options identified in paragraph (1). To determine the incremental cost-effectiveness under this paragraph, the district shall calculate the difference in the dollar costs divided by the difference in the emission reduction potentials between each progressively more stringent potential control option as compared to the next less expensive control option.

(4) Consider, and review in a public meeting, all of the following:

(A) The effectiveness of the proposed control option in meeting the requirements of this chapter and the requirements adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 39610.

(B) The cost-effectiveness of each potential control option as assessed pursuant to paragraph (2).

(C) The incremental cost-effectiveness between the potential control options as calculated pursuant to paragraph (3).

(5) Make findings at the public hearing at which the regulation is adopted stating the reasons for the district’s adoption of the proposed control option or options.

(b) A district may establish its own best available retrofit control technology requirement based upon consideration of the factors specified in subdivision (a) and Section 40406 if the requirement complies with subdivision (d) of Section 40001 and is consistent with this chapter, other state law, and federal law, including, but not limited to, the applicable state implementation plan.

(c) (1) On or before January 1, 2019, each district that is a nonattainment area for one or more air pollutants shall adopt an expedited schedule for the implementation of best available retrofit control technology (BARCT), by the earliest feasible date, but in any event not later than December 31, 2023.

(2) The schedule shall apply to each industrial source that, as of January 1, 2017, was subject to a market-based compliance mechanism adopted by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 38562.

(3) The schedule shall give highest priority to those permitted units that have not modified emissions-related permit conditions for the greatest period of time. The schedule shall not apply to an emissions unit that has implemented BARCT due to a permit revision or a new permit issuance since 2007.

(d) Prior to adopting the schedule pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), a district shall hold a public meeting and take into account:

(1) The local public health and clean air benefits to the surrounding community.

(2) The cost-effectiveness of each control option.

(3) The air quality and attainment benefits of each control option.

(e) A district shall allow the retirement of marketable emission reduction credits under a program which complies with all of the requirements of Section 39616, or emission reduction credits which meet all of the requirements of state and federal law, including, but not limited to, the requirements that those emission reduction credits be permanent, enforceable, quantifiable, and surplus, in lieu of any requirement for best available retrofit control technology, if the credit also complies with all district rules and regulations affecting those credits.

(f) After a district has established the cost-effectiveness, in a dollar amount, for any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to this section or Section 40406, 40703, 40914, 40918, 40919, 40920, 40920.6, or 40922, the district, consistent with subdivision (d) of Section 40001, shall allow alternative means of producing equivalent emission reductions at an equal or lesser dollar amount per ton reduced, including the use of emission reduction credits, for any stationary source that has a demonstrated compliance cost exceeding that established dollar amount.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 136, Sec. 2. (AB 617) Effective January 1, 2018.)


text:
(a) The state board shall establish and maintain a statewide clearinghouse that identifies the best available control technology and best available retrofit control technology for criteria air pollutants, and related technologies for the control of toxic air contaminants.

(b) When updating best available control technology determinations, a district shall use the information in the statewide clearinghouse established and maintained by the state board.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 136, Sec. 3. (AB 617) Effective January 1, 2018.)


text: For the purposes of Sections 40918, 40919, 40920, and 40920.5, the designation of a district’s air pollution as “moderate,” “serious,” “severe,” or “extreme” for an area which is a receptor of transported air pollutants shall be based on violations of state ambient air quality standards which would occur without regard to the transport contribution.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 945, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993.)


text: (a) For purposes of classifying ozone nonattainment areas pursuant to Sections 40918, 40919, 40920, and 40920.5, the terms moderate, serious, severe, and extreme shall be defined as follows: (1) Moderate greater than 0.09 to not more than 0.12 parts per million, inclusive.(2) Serious 0.13 to 0.15 parts per mil- lion, inclusive.(3) Severe 0.16 to 0.20 parts per mil- lion, inclusive.(4) Extreme greater than 0.20 parts per million.(b) For the purposes of classifying carbon monoxide nonattainment areas under Sections 40918 and 40919, the terms moderate and serious shall be defined as follows: (1) Moderate greater than 9.0 to 12.7 parts per million, inclusive.(2) Serious greater than 12.7 parts per million.(c) The state board shall determine the ambient concentration of each nonattainment area consistent with the designation criteria established pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 39607. Classifications for ozone shall be based upon the calendar years 1989 to 1991, inclusive. Classifications for carbon monoxide shall be based upon the 1989–90 and 1990–91 winter seasons.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 1028, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 1994.)


text:
(a) Each plan prepared pursuant to this chapter shall include an assessment of the cost effectiveness of available and proposed control measures and shall contain a list which ranks the control measures from the least cost-effective to the most cost-effective.

(b) In developing an adoption and implementation schedule for a specific control measure, the district shall consider the relative cost effectiveness of the measure, as determined under subdivision (a), as well as other factors including, but not limited to, technological feasibility, total emission reduction potential, the rate of reduction, public acceptability, and enforceability.


text:
(a) Upon the state board’s approval of a district’s attainment plan, and each January 1 thereafter, the district shall publish a list of regulatory measures scheduled or tentatively scheduled for consideration during the following year. The district shall not propose a regulatory measure for consideration during any year that is not contained in the district’s most recently published list of proposed regulatory measures unless earlier consideration is necessary to satisfy federal requirements, to abate a substantial endangerment to public health or welfare, or to comply with Section 39666 or 40915.

(b) Subdivision (a) does not apply to any modification of existing rules that the district finds and determines is necessary to do either of the following:

(1) Preserve the original intent of the rules, as stated upon their adoption.

(2) Increase opportunities for alternative compliance methodology pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 40001.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 442, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) On or before December 31 of each year following the state board’s approval of a district’s attainment plan, the district shall prepare and submit a report to the state board summarizing its progress in meeting the schedules for developing, adopting, and implementing the air pollution control measures contained in the district’s plan. Those annual reports shall contain, at a minimum, the proposed and actual dates for the adoption and implementation of each measure.

(b) On or before December 31, 1994, and once every three years thereafter, the district shall assess its progress toward attainment of the state ambient air quality standards. Each triennial assessment shall be incorporated into the district’s triennial plan revision prepared pursuant to Section 40925. Each triennial assessment shall contain, at a minimum, both of the following:

(1) The extent of air quality improvement achieved during the preceding three years, based upon ambient pollutant measurements, best available modeling techniques, and air quality indicators identified by the state board for that purpose under subdivision (f) of Section 39607.

(2) The expected and revised emission reductions for each measure scheduled for adoption in the preceding three-year period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 10.5. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
(a) On or before December 31, 1994, and at least once every three years thereafter, every district shall review and revise its attainment plan to correct for deficiencies in meeting the interim measures of progress incorporated into the plan pursuant to Section 40914, and to incorporate new data or projections into the plan, including, but not limited to, the quantity of emission reductions expected from the control measures adopted in the preceding three-year period and the dates that those emission reductions will be achieved, and the rates of population-related, industry-related, and vehicle-related emissions growth actually experienced in the district and projected for the future. This data shall be compared to the rate of emission reductions and growth projected in the previous triennial plan revision. Upon adoption of each triennial plan revision at a public hearing, the district board shall submit the revision to the state board.

(b) A district may modify the emission reduction strategy or alternative measure of progress for subsequent years based on this assessment if the district demonstrates to the state board, and the state board finds, that the modified strategy is at least as effective in improving air quality as the strategy which is being replaced.

(c) Each district which cannot demonstrate attainment by December 31, 1999, shall prepare and submit a comprehensive update of its plan to the state board not later than December 31, 1997, unless the state board determines, by not later than February 1, 1997, that a comprehensive plan update is unnecessary. The revised plan shall include an interim air quality improvement goal or an equivalent emission reduction strategy, subject to review and approval by the state board, to be achieved in the subsequent five-year period.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 729, Sec. 11. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) The state board shall publish on a quarterly basis, or on a more frequent basis if determined necessary by the state board, a list of each district’s rules or rule amendments that are submitted during that quarter to the United States Environmental Protection Agency as revisions to the state implementation plan. The list shall include the following dates and information, if available:

(1) The date the district adopted the revision.

(2) The date the revision was submitted to the state board.

(3) The date the state board submitted the revision to the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(4) The date the United States Environmental Protection Agency published notice of a proposed action on the revision in the Federal Register and the nature of that proposed final action.

(5) The date the United States Environmental Protection Agency took final action of the revision and the nature of that final action.

(b) The state board may remove a revision from the list published pursuant to subdivision (a) 30 days after the United States Environmental Protection Agency takes final action on the revision.

(c) For the purposes of this section, “publish” means to post the information on the state board’s Internet website, or to make the information available to any party in writing upon request.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 451, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)


text:
(a) A district which is nonattainment for the state ozone standard shall be designated “nonattainment-transitional” by operation of law if, during a single calendar year, the state standard is not exceeded more than three times at any monitoring location within the district.

(b) Any district which is designated nonattainment-transitional under subdivision (a) shall review its plan for attaining the state ozone standard and shall determine whether the stationary source control measures scheduled for adoption or implementation within the next three years by the district are needed to accomplish expeditious attainment or to maintain the state standard following the projected attainment date. In making that determination, the district shall consider air quality trends, the effect of the state’s adopted and proposed motor vehicle and area source control programs, turnover of the vehicle fleet, the impact of measures previously adopted by the district, the state board, and the Environmental Protection Agency which are in the process of being implemented, and other significant factors influencing emissions trends.

(c) If a nonattainment-transitional district determines that one or more of the stationary source control measures scheduled for adoption or implementation within the next three years are no longer necessary to accomplish expeditious attainment or to maintain the state standard, the district shall shift those measures to the contingency category.

(d) If a nonattainment-transitional district determines that delaying one or more stationary source control measures will not retard the achievement of the state ozone standard, it may delay that measure.

(e) Subdivisions (c) and (d) shall not apply to any stationary source control measures required by Section 39610. In addition, subdivisions (c) and (d) shall be suspended at any time that the district ceases to qualify for a nonattainment-transitional designation under subdivision (a).

(f) Actions of any district pursuant to this section are effective immediately. The state board may disapprove any action of the district pursuant to this section within 90 days of the action. The state board shall not disapprove district actions pursuant to this section unless it finds that the actions will delay expeditious attainment of the state ozone standard. Actions taken by the state board pursuant to this subdivision are subject to Section 41503.4.

(g) Actions of any district pursuant to subdivisions (c) or (d) shall be reviewed by the district in connection with its next review and revision of its attainment plan pursuant to Section 40925.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 777, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text: Nothing in this chapter restricts the authority of the state board or a district to adopt regulations to control suspended particulate matter, visibility reducing particles, lead, hydrogen sulfide, or sulfates, or their precursors.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1568, Sec. 11.)


text:
(a) Each district that has adopted a plan pursuant to this chapter shall, on or before January 31 of each year, prepare and submit to the state board a report identifying the number of days during the preceding calendar year that air quality in the district violated each state ambient air quality standard for which the district’s status is nonattainment.

(b) For any pollutant for which the report indicates that the applicable state ambient air quality standard was not violated during more than three days during the calendar year at any one or more monitoring locations within the district, the district shall not adopt any new or more stringent control measure until after preparation, and approval by the district board, of an analysis that does all of the following:

(1) Assesses the costs and benefits of all additional district, state, and federal regulatory actions that would be necessary to achieve attainment of the applicable state ambient air quality standard, taking into account only the additional costs and benefits attributable to achieving the state standard for the remaining three or fewer days each year.

(2) Includes consideration of all of the socioeconomic impacts specified in Section 40728.5.

(3) Identifies, if the district is an upwind district, the benefits of the additional regulatory actions in the district on the air quality in any downwind district, and identifies the costs attributable to those regulatory actions.

(c) The state board shall review the district analyses prepared pursuant to subdivision (b) to ensure expeditious progress towards attainment in both the district that prepared the analysis and any downwind district and to ensure that any resulting action of the district that prepared the analysis does not adversely affect any downwind district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 603, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.)


text:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) The Sacramento metropolitan region is a geographical and meteorological entity not reflected by political boundaries.

(b) The region has serious air pollution problems caused by the operation of more than 1,000,000 vehicles in the region, numerous stationary sources of air pollution, and atmospheric and meteorological conditions which are conducive to the formation of a variety of air pollutants.

(c) Despite the implementation of improved emission controls on motor vehicles and stationary sources, rapid population growth and increases in vehicle miles traveled in the region are likely to result in worsening air pollution in future years.

(d) The state and federal governments have adopted ambient air quality standards in order to protect public health, and it is in the public interest that those standards be attained as expeditiously as possible.

(e) In order to achieve and maintain air quality standards and protect public health, a metropolitan air quality improvement strategy is required to be implemented in order to provide the maximum achievable reduction in emissions from existing sources and to provide for the maximum feasible reduction or mitigation of emissions resulting from population growth, increased vehicle mileage, and other new sources of emissions.

(f) In order to successfully achieve improvements in air quality throughout the region, there is a need for greater coordination between land use and transportation planning decisions and the achievement of air quality goals.

(g) In order to successfully develop and implement a comprehensive program for the attainment and maintenance of state and federal ambient air quality standards in the region, the air quality management district in the region must be delegated additional authority and responsibility from the state, particularly with respect to reducing motor vehicle emissions and expanding the use of cleaner burning fuels.

(h) In order to successfully implement a coordinated air quality plan for the region, the responsibilities of local and regional authorities with respect to the implementation of air pollution control strategies, clean fuels programs, and motor vehicle use reduction measures should be fully integrated into an agency with countywide or regional authority, as determined by representatives of the affected county and city governments.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 3.)

article: 1. General Provisions

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text: As used in this chapter, “best available control technology” has the meaning provided in Section 40405.

chapter: 11. Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District

article: 1. General Provisions


text: As used in this chapter, “best available retrofit control technology” has the meaning given in Section 40406.

article: 1. General Provisions


text: As used in this chapter, “strategy” means the Sacramento district air quality improvement strategy.

article: 1. General Provisions


text:
There is hereby created the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District.

The boundaries of the Sacramento district shall include all of the County of Sacramento and, pursuant to Section 40963, if the board of supervisors of the County of Placer requests to become part of the Sacramento district, shall also include all or a portion of that county, as specified in the resolution of the board of supervisors requesting inclusion in the Sacramento district.

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text: The Sacramento district is the local agency within the boundaries of the Sacramento district with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies, clean fuels programs, and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Sacramento district in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions may have an adverse impact on air quality within the Sacramento district.

article: 2. Creation of the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District


text: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, as of July 1, 1996, Article 2 (commencing with Section 40120) of Chapter 2 shall not be applicable to the Sacramento district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 729, Sec. 12. Effective January 1, 2001.)


text:
(a) The Sacramento district board may, by resolution, include all or a portion of the County of Placer within the Sacramento district, upon receipt of a resolution from the board of supervisors of the county requesting inclusion and specifying the portion of the county to be included in the Sacramento district. All territory included within the Sacramento district shall be contiguous.

(b) The inclusion of any county, or portion thereof, in the Sacramento district shall become effective on the July 1 immediately following the adoption of the resolution of inclusion by the Sacramento district board.

(c) A copy of the resolution of inclusion shall be transmitted by the Sacramento district board to the board of supervisors and to the state board.


text:
(a) The Sacramento district shall, at a minimum, be governed by a district board composed of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.

(b) If the County of Placer submits a resolution of inclusion, pursuant to Section 40963, one or more elected officials from that county shall be included on the Sacramento district board, pursuant to agreement between that county and the Sacramento district board.

(c) (1) The membership of the Sacramento district board shall include one or more members who are mayors or city council members, or both, and one or more members who are county supervisors.

(2) The number of those members and their composition shall be determined jointly by the counties and cities within the district, and shall be approved by a majority of the counties, and by a majority of the cities that contain a majority of the population in the incorporated area of the district.

(d) The governing board shall reflect, to the extent feasible and practicable, the geographic diversity of the district and the variation of population between the cities in the district.

(e) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the members of the governing board who are mayors or city council members shall be selected by the city council of the city that they represent. The members of the governing board who are county supervisors shall be selected by the county if the district only contains one county or a majority of counties within the district if the district contains more than one county.

(2) The city selection committee shall be convened to select a member of the governing board from nominees who are mayors or city council members only if there is to be a change in a board member designated to represent more than one city, and only if more than one of those cities submits nominees for that board member position.

(3) When selecting a member of the governing board, a city council and the city selection committee may also appoint a mayor or another city council member as an alternate to serve and vote in place of the member who is absent or is disqualified from participating.

(f) (1) If the district fails to comply with subdivision (c), one-third of the members of the governing board shall be mayors or city council members, and two-thirds shall be county supervisors. The number of those members shall be determined as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c), and the members shall be selected pursuant to subdivision (e).

(2) For purposes of paragraph (1), if any number which is not a whole number results from the application of the term “one-third” or “two-thirds,” the number of county supervisors shall be increased to the nearest integer, and the number of mayors or city council members decreased to the nearest integer.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 343, Sec. 17. Effective January 1, 2008.)

article: 3. Governing Body

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text: The Sacramento district board shall elect a chairperson every two years from its membership.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 664, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2008.)

article: 3. Governing Body


text:
(a) Each member of the Sacramento district board shall receive actual and necessary expenses incurred while performing board duties. In addition, members may receive compensation for their service, as determined by the Sacramento district board at an open regular meeting. The compensation shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200) per day of attending board and committee meetings, or for conducting official business as authorized by the board. However, the compensation shall not exceed twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) in any one year.

(b) The Sacramento district board may, by resolution adopted at an open regular meeting, increase the amount of compensation provided by this section not more than once every 12 months. An increase in compensation shall be in an amount equal to the percent change in the California Consumer Price Index for the most recent calendar year, rounded to the nearest one-tenth of 1 percent, except that if that change is greater than 10 percent, the increase in compensation shall be no more than 10 percent.

(c) The Sacramento district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 406, Sec. 5. (AB 2522) Effective January 1, 2025.)

article: 3. Governing Body


text:
(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws and rules and regulations that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices. Upon adoption and approval of the air quality improvement strategy, the rules and regulations shall be amended, if necessary, to conform to the strategy.

(b) The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall require the use of best available control technology for new and modified sources and the use of best available retrofit control technology for existing sources.

(c) The rules and regulations of the Sacramento County Air Pollution Control District shall remain in effect and shall be enforced by the Sacramento district, until superseded or amended by the Sacramento district board.

(d) In adopting any regulation, the Sacramento district board shall comply with Section 40703.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1457, Sec. 4.)

article: 4. General Powers and Duties

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text:
(a) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to require owners or operators of public or commercial motor vehicle fleets, or both, including those operated by the state, to periodically submit information to the Sacramento district on the number and type of vehicles operated within the Sacramento district, including, but not limited to, the amount and type of fuel used, for use by the Sacramento district in ascertaining the contribution of these vehicles to air pollution emissions within the Sacramento district.

(b) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to purchase low-emission motor vehicles and to require, to the maximum extent feasible or appropriate, that those vehicles be operated on a cleaner burning alternative fuel. Rules and regulations adopted under this section shall be applicable to vehicles operated by the state only when funds necessary to pay the costs to the state to comply with those rules and regulations have been appropriated for that purpose.

(c) For purposes of this section, “motor vehicle fleet” means 15 or more vehicles under common ownership or operation.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: In consultation with the Department of Transportation and other appropriate state and local public agencies, after a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to encourage ridesharing, van pooling, peak shifting, or flexible work hours, in order to improve air quality within the Sacramento district.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Sacramento district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Sacramento district may conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation emission control measures.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: This chapter does not constitute an infringement on the existing authority of local governments to plan or control land use, and nothing in this chapter provides or transfers new authority over such land use to the Sacramento district.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: This chapter does not limit or restrict any authority of the City of Sacramento to adopt and implement any transportation system improvement program or air quality improvement program. The Sacramento district and the City of Sacramento may enter into a contract to implement any such program.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Sacramento district may, pursuant to agreement with one or more local agencies within the district, establish the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Coordinating Council to provide for coordinated air quality planning within the Sacramento district.

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text: Not later than January 1, 1990, the Sacramento district shall adopt an air quality improvement strategy to reduce public exposure to air pollution and toxic air contaminants and to achieve and maintain state and federal ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy

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text: The strategy shall provide for the enforcement of regulations adopted pursuant to Section 41011 or 41013 and shall provide for the implementation and enforcement of the transportation control measures included in the state implementation plan, as required by state and federal law.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text:
(a) The strategy shall include a clean fuels program to provide, to the extent feasible and necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter, a schedule for the introduction of cleaner burning alternative fuels and low-emission motor vehicles or control measures providing equivalent emission reductions within the district, a program to encourage the establishment of the necessary infrastructure to support the introduction of cleaner burning fuels, and demonstration programs and incentives to encourage the purchase of clean fueled vehicles and the use of cleaner burning fuels.

(b) In developing the clean fuels program, the district shall consider projects utilizing methanol fuel; fuel cells; liquid petroleum gas; natural gas, including compressed natural gas; combination fuels; synthetic fuels; electricity, including electric vehicles; ethanol; and other cleaner burning fuels.

(c) Nothing in this section authorizes the Sacramento district to require the sale or supply of any specific motor vehicle fuel.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1990, Ch. 216, Sec. 80.)

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text: The strategy shall provide for the implementation of all feasible measures to improve transportation system management and reduce or mitigate increases in motor vehicle use within the Sacramento Valley region.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text: In preparing, evaluating, and amending the strategy, the district may contract with the Sacramento Area Council of Governments or with any private organization or consultant for the preparation of analyses of the availability and effectiveness of transportation controls and motor vehicle use reduction measures.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text: The strategy shall include a public education program designed to achieve effective implementation of all feasible transportation system management measures.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text: The strategy shall be consistent with any nonattainment area plan required by state or federal law, or any requirement imposed on a local agency with respect to the preparation or administration of a plan.

article: 6. Air Quality Improvement Strategy


text:
(a) The Sacramento district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution, subject to regulation by the Sacramento district, to recover its costs of implementing this chapter.

(b) The Sacramento district may contract with a county or counties, in which the Sacramento district is functioning, to provide facilities and administrative, legal, health coverage, risk management, clerical, and other support services, including, but not limited to, those facilities and services that the county or counties provided to the Sacramento district prior to July 1, 1994.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 260, Sec. 7. Effective July 21, 1994.)

article: 7. Financial Provisions

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text:
(a) Subject to Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or with the approval of the board of supervisors of each county included, in whole or in part, within the Sacramento district, the Sacramento district board may adopt a surcharge on the motor vehicle registration fees applicable to all motor vehicles registered in those counties within the Sacramento district whose boards of supervisors have adopted a resolution approving the surcharge. The surcharge shall be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles and, after deducting the department’s administrative costs, the remaining funds shall be transferred to the Sacramento district. Before the adoption of any surcharge pursuant to this subdivision, the district board shall make a finding that any funds allocated to the district as a result of the adoption of a county transportation sales and use tax are insufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The surcharge shall not exceed six dollars ($6).

(c) After consulting with the Department of Motor Vehicles on the feasibility thereof, the Sacramento district board may provide, in the surcharge adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), to exempt from all or part of the surcharge any category of low-emission motor vehicle.

(d) Funds received by the Sacramento district pursuant to this section shall be used by that district as follows:

(1) The revenues resulting from the first four dollars ($4) of each surcharge shall be used to implement reductions in emissions from vehicular sources, including, but not limited to, a clean fuels program and motor vehicle use reduction measures.

(2) The revenues resulting from the next two dollars ($2) of each surcharge shall be used to implement the following programs that achieve emission reductions from vehicular sources and off-road engines, to the extent that the district determines the program remediates air pollution harms created by motor vehicles on which the surcharge is imposed:

(A) Projects eligible for grants under the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 44275) of Part 5).

(B) The new purchase, retrofit, repower, or add-on of equipment for previously unregulated agricultural sources of air pollution, as defined in Section 39011.5, within the Sacramento district, for a minimum of three years from the date of adoption of an applicable rule or standard, or until the compliance date of that rule or standard, whichever is later, if the state board has determined that the rule or standard complies with Sections 40913, 40914, and 41503.1, after which period of time, a new purchase, retrofit, repower, or add-on of equipment shall not be funded pursuant to this chapter. The district shall follow any guidelines developed under subdivision (a) of Section 44287 for awarding grants under this program.

(C) The purchase of new schoolbuses or the repower or retrofit of emissions control equipment for existing schoolbuses pursuant to the Lower-Emission School Bus Program adopted by the state board.

(D) An accelerated vehicle retirement or repair program that is adopted by the state board pursuant to authority granted hereafter by the Legislature by statute.

(E) The replacement of onboard natural gas fuel tanks on schoolbuses that are 14 years or older or the enhancement of deteriorating natural gas fueling dispensers of fueling infrastructure, pursuant to the Lower-Emission School Bus Program adopted by the state board.

(F) The funding of alternative fuel and electric infrastructure projects solicited and selected through a competitive bid process.

(e) Not more than 6.25 percent of the funds collected pursuant to this section shall be used by the district for administrative expenses.

(f) A project funded by the program shall not be used for credit under any state or federal emissions averaging, banking, or trading program. An emission reduction generated by the program shall not be used as marketable emission reduction credits or to offset any emission reduction obligation of any person or entity. Projects involving new engines that would otherwise generate marketable credits under state or federal averaging, banking, and trading programs shall include transfer of credits to the engine end user and retirement of those credits toward reducing air emissions in order to qualify for funding under the program. A purchase of a low-emission vehicle or of equipment pursuant to a corporate or a controlling board’s policy, but not otherwise required by law, shall generate surplus emissions reductions and may be funded by the program.

(g) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2034, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2034, deletes or extends that date.

history: (History: Amended (as amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 610, Sec. 1) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 355, Sec. 3. (AB 2836) Effective January 1, 2023. Repealed as of January 1, 2034, by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2022, Ch. 355.)

article: 7. Financial Provisions


text:
(a) Subject to Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code, or with the approval of the board of supervisors of each county included, in whole or in part, within the Sacramento district, the Sacramento district board may adopt a surcharge on the motor vehicle registration fees applicable to all motor vehicles registered in those counties within the Sacramento district whose boards of supervisors have adopted a resolution approving the surcharge. The surcharge shall be collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles and, after deducting the department’s administrative costs, the remaining funds shall be transferred to the Sacramento district. Before the adoption of any surcharge pursuant to this subdivision, the district board shall make a finding that any funds allocated to the district as a result of the adoption of a county transportation sales and use tax are insufficient to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(b) The surcharge shall not exceed four dollars ($4).

(c) After consulting with the Department of Motor Vehicles on the feasibility thereof, the Sacramento district board may provide, in the surcharge adopted pursuant to subdivision (a), to exempt from all or part of the surcharge any category of low-emission motor vehicle.

(d) Funds received by the Sacramento district pursuant to this section shall be used to implement the strategy with respect to the reduction in emissions from vehicular sources, including, but not limited to, a clean fuels program and motor vehicle use reduction measures. Not more than 5 percent of the funds collected pursuant to this section shall be used by the district for administrative expenses.

(e) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2034.

history: (History: Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 401, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2022, Ch. 355, Sec. 2. (AB 2836) Effective January 1, 2023. Operative January 1, 2034, by its own provisions.)

article: 7. Financial Provisions


text: Pursuant to Section 41081, the district may undertake programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial assistance or other incentives to encourage the sale and distribution of cleaner burning fuels, and financial assistance or other incentives for the purchase and operation of ridesharing vehicles.

article: 7. Financial Provisions


text:
(a) (1) The Sacramento district shall prepare a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency plan as an informational source for local agencies and the public during a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency.

(2) The Sacramento district shall develop the wildfire smoke air pollution emergency plan in coordination with its county health officer and in consultation with all of the following:

(A) Local offices of emergency management or emergency services.

(B) School districts.

(C) Regional planning agencies.

(D) The state board.

(b) The plan prepared pursuant to this section shall include, but need not be limited to, all of the following:

(1) Recommendations and guidelines that will be health protective during wildfire smoke air pollution emergencies that include all of the following:

(A) Specific recommendations based on different tiers of air quality during a wildfire smoke event.

(B) Strategies, protocols, and guidelines for the monitoring at schools of air quality using low-cost sensors and other air quality monitoring information.

(C) A short-term air quality metric that is advisory and provides details of the health effects of the wildfire smoke that occur on a time scale of less than 24 hours, subject to the approval of the state board.

(2) An identification of the local agency statutorily responsible to take action at different thresholds.

(3) Recommendations and best practices for private businesses and public agencies to reduce or modify certain activities that contribute to the worsening of air pollution during a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency.

(4) Specific strategies to address vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to, all of the following:

(A) Schoolage children.

(B) The elderly.

(C) People experiencing homelessness.

(D) People who work outdoors.

(E) People with health issues that are exacerbated by a wildfire smoke air pollution emergency.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 392, Sec. 1. (AB 661) Effective January 1, 2020.)

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text:
(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt the plan prepared pursuant to Section 41090 to be eligible for any available funding to implement the plan.

(b) The Sacramento district may work with local agencies to implement recommendations in the plan prepared pursuant to Section 41090.

article: 8. Wildfire Smoke Air Pollution Emergency Plan


text: The Sacramento district may conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to wildfire smoke impact control measures.


text:
The Legislature finds and declares as follows:

(a) The Mojave Desert region has serious air pollution problems caused by the transport of air pollution from upwind districts and by the operation of growing numbers of motor vehicles and numerous stationary sources, and atmospheric and meteorological conditions which are conducive to the formation of a variety of air pollutants.

(b) To effectively control air pollution within the region pursuant to the requirements of state and federal law, it is necessary to establish an institutional structure which reflects the demographic and political makeup of the region.

(c) To successfully achieve required improvements in air quality and the protection of existing levels of air quality within the region, there is a need for greater coordination between air quality management decisions and the land use and transportation decisions of local governments in the region.

(d) To successfully develop and implement a comprehensive program for the attainment and maintenance of state and federal ambient air quality standards, local governments in the region must be delegated additional authority and responsibility from the state, particularly with respect to reducing motor vehicle emissions and expanding the use of cleaner burning alternative fuels.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 113, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1996.)

article: 1. General Provisions

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text:
(a) There is hereby created the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District.

(b) The boundaries of the Mojave Desert district shall include all of the County of San Bernardino and the County of Riverside that is not included within the boundaries of the south coast district, and any other area included pursuant to subdivision (c).

(c) The Mojave Desert district board may, by resolution, include in the Mojave Desert district any other area upon receipt of a resolution from the district that currently includes the area requesting inclusion and specifying the area to be included. All territory included within the Mojave Desert district shall be contiguous.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 100. Effective January 1, 1997.)

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text: The Mojave Desert district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Mojave Desert district in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions may have an adverse impact on air quality within the Mojave Desert district.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 642, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 1993.)

chapter: 13. Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District

article: 2. Creation of the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District


text:
(a) The Mojave Desert district shall be governed by a district board composed of the following members:

(1) The members of the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors who represent the first and third supervisorial districts of the county, or who, after reapportionment affecting the county supervisorial districts, represent any supervisorial district of the county that lies in whole or in part within the Mojave Desert district.

(2) One member of the city council of each incorporated city within the Mojave Desert district, who shall be appointed by the city council.

(3) One public member who shall be appointed by a majority of the Mojave Desert district governing board for a term of two years and who shall be a resident of an incorporated city or a supervisorial district that lies in whole or in part within the Mojave Desert district.

(4) Upon the incorporation of any new city within the boundaries of the Mojave Desert district, the city council of that city shall appoint one member of the city council to the Mojave Desert district board.

(5) If a district submits a resolution of inclusion pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 41210, one or more members of the county board of supervisors or of a city council from the area to be included shall be appointed to the Mojave Desert district board, pursuant to agreement between the county board of supervisors or the city council, or both, and the Mojave Desert district board.

(6) At the time of the appointment of a member of the city council of a newly incorporated city to the Mojave Desert district board, as specified in paragraph (4), or upon making an agreement to appoint a member from an area included in the Mojave Desert district pursuant to paragraph (5), the Mojave Desert district board may revise the remaining membership of the Mojave Desert district board, as previously constituted, by adding or removing one or more members of the board of supervisors of a county having territory in the district, adding or removing one or more members of the city councils of previously incorporated cities within the district, or both.

(b) The city council or a board of supervisors appointing a member may appoint an alternate who shall be an elected official and who shall be a resident of an incorporated city or a supervisorial district that lies in whole or in part within the Mojave Desert district.

(c) As used in this section, “city” means any city, town, or municipal corporation incorporated under the laws of this state.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 872, Sec. 101. Effective January 1, 1997.)

article: 3. Governing Body

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text: The Mojave Desert district board shall elect a chairperson every year from its membership.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 664, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2008.)

article: 3. Governing Body


text: Voting by the Mojave Desert district board on the adoption of all items on its agenda shall be by rollcall. Unless any board member objects, a substitute rollcall may be used on any agenda item. For purposes of this requirement, any consent calendar is a single item.

article: 3. Governing Body


text: Notice of the time and place of a public hearing of the Mojave Desert district board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation relating to an air quality objective shall be given not less than 30 days prior to the hearing and shall be published in each county in the Mojave Desert district in accordance with Section 6066 of the Government Code. The period of notice shall commence on the first day of publication.

article: 3. Governing Body


text:
(a) The Mojave Desert district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices.

(b) The rules and regulations shall require the level of control necessary to achieve the emission reduction requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988), pursuant to Sections 40913, 40914, and 40915.

(c) The rules, regulations, and resolutions of the San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District shall remain in effect and shall be enforced by the Mojave Desert district, until superseded or amended by the Mojave Desert district board.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties

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text:
(a) After a public hearing, the Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to purchase low-emission motor vehicles, and to require, to the maximum extent feasible or appropriate, that those vehicles be operated on a cleaner burning alternative fuel.

(b) For purposes of this section, “motor vehicle fleet” means 10 or more vehicles under common ownership or operation.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Mojave Desert district shall conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation control measures.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Mojave Desert district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources pursuant to Section 40716.

article: 4. General Powers and Duties


text: The Mojave Desert district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover its costs of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.

article: 5. Financial Provisions

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text: Pursuant to Section 41231, the district may undertake programs which may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial or other assistance to encourage the sale and distribution of cleaner burning fuels, and financial assistance or other incentives for the purchase and operation of ridesharing vehicles.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. That indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of the estimated revenue for either the current year or the ensuing year.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: Upon adoption of a resolution by the Mojave Desert district board to implement the procedure to issue warrants pursuant to Sections 41245 to 41256, inclusive, the procedure shall be implemented on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of the resolution. If, at any time, the Mojave Desert district board determines that the accounting controls of the Mojave Desert district have become inadequate, it may revoke its authorization effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the Mojave Desert district and who shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the Mojave Desert district board. The treasurer shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a controller, who may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the Mojave Desert district and who shall exercise general supervision over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the Mojave Desert district.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the Mojave Desert district in the treasury for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Mojave Desert district.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Mojave Desert district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with a statement of the amount earned and an itemization of the amounts withheld.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the Mojave Desert district which have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the Mojave Desert district board. The controller shall issue warrants on the treasurer for all those claims against the Mojave Desert district.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Mojave Desert district board and approved by the treasurer.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the Mojave Desert district pursuant to this article.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The Mojave Desert district shall provide the officials of the San Bernardino County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and maintain records required by law.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the Mojave Desert district.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed by the county auditor, if the Mojave Desert district treasurer is a county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if money is available and a person authorized to sign the warrant has signed it. The county treasurer may charge the Mojave Desert district for the cost of fiscal services he or she renders.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount fixed by the Mojave Desert district board conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a warrant issued pursuant to this article. This section shall not be applied so as to impair the obligation of any contract in the bond of the officers in effect on July 1, 1993.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text: If the auditor of the Mojave Desert district is a county auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting the warrant number, the date and amount of the warrant, the name of the payee, the name of the fund on which the warrant is drawn, and a statement showing for the current fiscal year to date, for each required expenditure classification, the amount budgeted, actual expenditures, encumbrances, and unencumbered balances. The form of the listing and statement shall be as prescribed by the Mojave Desert district board and approved by the county auditor.

article: 5. Financial Provisions


text:
(a) The Mojave Desert district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its powers and duties.

(b) The Mojave Desert district board shall appoint an air pollution control officer (APCO) to direct the staff, subject to the direction and policy of the Mojave Desert district board.

article: 6. Officers and Employees

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text: The air pollution control officer (APCO) and designated deputies of the Mojave Desert District shall serve at the pleasure of the Mojave Desert district board, and shall receive the compensation that is determined by the Mojave Desert district board.

history: (History: Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 890, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2001.)

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text: The Mojave Desert district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text: All officers and employees of the Mojave Desert district, other than members of the Mojave Desert district board, are entitled to the benefits of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3 of the Government Code).

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text: For the purpose of, but not limited to, retirement benefits, salary rates, seniority, and all fringe benefits, all time of employment with the San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District immediately prior to employment with the Mojave Desert district, and any time of employment immediately prior thereto with the county, a county district, or both, whose authority, functions, and responsibilities have been assumed by the San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District, shall be considered time of employment with the Mojave Desert district. Upon transfer to the Mojave Desert district, employees shall retain all their accumulated sick leave, vacation, and retirement benefits.

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text: If the civil service commission, or body performing the functions thereof, in the Mojave Desert district finds that any person has been employed by the San Bernardino County Air Pollution Control District, in a position with duties and qualifications which are substantially the same as, or are greater than those of any position in the Mojave Desert district, the civil service commission or other body, at the request of the APCO, may certify, without examination, that person as eligible to hold that Mojave Desert district position.

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text: The Mojave Desert district may contract for any professional assistance that may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and duties.

article: 6. Officers and Employees


text:
(a) Notwithstanding Section 40410 or any other provision of this part, that portion of the Antelope Valley that is located in northern Los Angeles County shall not be within the south coast district. That territory shall constitute the territory of the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District, which is hereby created.

(b) The territory of the Antelope Valley district has the following boundaries: the San Bernardino County line to the east, the Kern County line to the north, the San Gabriel Mountains to the south, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west. The south and west boundaries shall coincide with the boundaries of the Southeast Desert Air Basin, as determined by the state board, by regulation.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 163, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2002.)

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text: The Antelope Valley district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Antelope Valley district in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions may have an adverse impact on air quality within the Antelope Valley district.

chapter: 14. Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District

article: 1. Creation of the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District


text: The Antelope Valley district shall commence operations on January 1, 2002, and on that date shall assume the authority and duties of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District which shall cease to exist on that date.


text:
The Antelope Valley district shall be governed by a district board consisting of seven members, as follows:

(a) Two members of the City Council of the City of Lancaster appointed by the city council.

(b) Two members of the City Council of the City of Palmdale appointed by the city council.

(c) Two persons appointed by the member of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles who represents a majority of the population of the Antelope Valley district, one of whom may be that supervisor.

(d) A public member who shall be appointed by the members appointed pursuant to subdivisions (a) to (c), inclusive.

article: 2. Governing Body

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text: Voting by the Antelope Valley district board on the adoption of all items on its agenda shall be by rollcall. Unless any board member objects, a substitute rollcall may be used on any agenda item. For purposes of this requirement, any consent calendar is a single item.

article: 2. Governing Body


text: Notice of the time and place of a public hearing of the Antelope Valley district board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation relating to an air quality objective shall be given not less than 30 days prior to the hearing and shall be published in each county in the Antelope Valley district in accordance with Section 6066 of the Government Code. The period of notice shall commence on the first day of publication.

article: 2. Governing Body


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(a) (1) Each member of the Antelope Valley district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties.

(2) The Antelope Valley district board shall not provide reimbursement for expenses pursuant to this subdivision to a member of the board if the member receives any reimbursement for the expenses covered by paragraph (1) by another entity.

(b) (1) In addition to the reimbursement for expenses provided pursuant to subdivision (a), upon adoption of a resolution by the Antelope Valley district board at an open regular meeting, each member of the Antelope Valley district board shall receive compensation of up to two hundred dollars ($200) per day attending meetings of the Antelope Valley district board or any committee of the Antelope Valley district board, or, upon authorization of the Antelope Valley district board, while engaged in the official business of the district, but that compensation shall not exceed seven thousand two hundred dollars ($7,200) per board member in any one year.

(2) The compensation of each member of the Antelope Valley district board may be increased beyond the amounts provided in paragraph (1) by the Antelope Valley district board at an open regular meeting, but the amount of the increase shall not exceed the greater of either of the following:

(A) An amount equal to 5 percent for each calendar year from the operative date of the last adjustment of the compensation.

(B) Beginning January 1, 2026, an amount not to exceed 10 percent for each calendar year that is equal to the annual change in inflation as determined by the California Consumer Price Index for the area where the Antelope Valley district board is located.

(3) The Antelope Valley district board shall not provide for automatic future increases in compensation for its members.

(4) The Antelope Valley district board shall not provide compensation pursuant to this subdivision to a member of the board if the member receives any compensation specifically provided for activities described in paragraph (1) from another entity.

(c) (1) If the Antelope Valley district board elects to provide compensation to its board pursuant to this section, it shall submit a report to the relevant committees of the Legislature within three years of the commencement of that compensation.

(2) The report shall include, but is not limited to, the following information:

(A) An assessment of whether providing the compensation changed the composition of the board membership and their backgrounds.

(B) An assessment of whether providing compensation improved the engagement and ability of board members to carry out their responsibilities on matters pertaining to the Antelope Valley district.

(3) A report to be submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.

history: (History: Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 366, Sec. 2. (AB 471) Effective January 1, 2026.)

article: 2. Governing Body


text:
(a) The Antelope Valley district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices.

(b) The rules and regulations shall require the level of control necessary to achieve the emission reduction requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 (Chapter 1568 of the Statutes of 1988), pursuant to Sections 40913, 40914, and 40915.

(c) The rules, regulations, and resolutions of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District shall remain in effect on December 31, 2001, and shall remain in effect and be enforced on and after January 1, 2002, by the Antelope Valley district, until superseded or amended by the Antelope Valley district board.

article: 3. General Powers and Duties

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text:
(a) After a public hearing, the Antelope Valley district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to purchase low-emission motor vehicles, and to require, to the maximum extent feasible or appropriate, that those vehicles be operated on a cleaner burning alternative fuel.

(b) For purposes of this section, “motor vehicle fleet” means 10 or more vehicles under common ownership or operation.

article: 3. General Powers and Duties


text: The Antelope Valley district shall conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation control measures.

article: 3. General Powers and Duties


text: The Antelope Valley district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of an indirect or areawide source pursuant to Section 40716.

article: 3. General Powers and Duties


text: The Antelope Valley district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover the cost of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.

article: 4. Financial Provisions

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text: The Antelope Valley district may undertake programs that may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial or other assistance to encourage the sale and distribution of cleaner burning fuels, and financial assistance or other incentives for the purchase and operation of ridesharing vehicles.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: On January 1, 2002, the Antelope Valley district shall succeed to all funds, property, and obligations of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. That indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of estimated revenue for either the current year or the ensuing year.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: Upon adoption of a resolution by the Antelope Valley district board to implement a procedure to issue warrants pursuant to Sections 41335 to 41346, inclusive, the procedure shall be implemented on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of the resolution. If, at any time, the Antelope Valley district board determines that the accounting controls of the Antelope Valley district have become inadequate, it may revoke its authorization effective at the beginning of the next fiscal year.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district board shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the Antelope Valley district and who shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the Antelope Valley district board. The treasurer shall keep an account of all receipts and disbursements.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district shall appoint a controller, who may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the Antelope Valley district and who shall exercise general supervision over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the Antelope Valley district.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the Antelope Valley district in the treasury for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Antelope Valley district.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Antelope Valley district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with a statement of the amount earned and an itemization of the amounts withheld.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district board may authorize the controller, in writing, to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the Antelope Valley district that have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the Antelope Valley district board. The controller shall issue warrants on the treasurer for all those claims against the Antelope Valley district.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Antelope Valley district board and approved by the treasurer.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the Antelope Valley district pursuant to this article.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: The Antelope Valley district shall provide the officials of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and maintain records required by law.

article: 4. Financial Provisions


text: All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the Antelope Valley district.

article: 4. Financial Provisions