California Health and Safety Code 44299.53 – (a) Funds to implement the program shall be provided from the …
(a) Funds to implement the program shall be provided from the amount allocated from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for the purposes of paragraph (118) of subdivision (a) of § 14556.40 of the Government Code.
(b) To ensure that emission reductions are obtained as needed from pollution sources, funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be segregated as follows:
Terms Used In California Health and Safety Code 44299.53
- Program: means the Sacramento Emergency Clean Air and Transportation Program created by this chapter. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Retrofit: means making modifications to the engine and fuel system such that the retrofitted engine does not have the same specifications as the original engine. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- SACOG: means the Sacramento Area Council of Governments. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area: means the area defined by the United States Environmental Protection Agency in the Federal Register notice dated November 6, 1991 (56 Fed. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
- Sacramento Region Districts: means the El Dorado Air Pollution Control District, Feather River Air Quality District, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District, and Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District. See California Health and Safety Code 44299.50
(1) Not more than 1 percent of the funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be allocated to program support and outreach costs incurred by SACOG or the Sacramento Region Districts directly associated with implementing the program pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Not more than 2 percent of the funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be allocated to direct program outreach activities.
(3) The balance shall be used to offset costs of eligible projects.
(c) SACOG, in consultation with the Sacramento Region Districts, shall specify procedures by which evaluation and review of eligible projects shall be accomplished.
(d) The Sacramento Region Districts shall include an evaluation of the emission benefits provided by those eligible projects that are implemented in the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area in the milestone reports submitted in 2002 and 2005 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 7511a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(e) Funds provided to SACOG as described in subdivision (a) shall not be expended on any NO x control retrofit technology unless that technology has been determined to be eligible for use in the program pursuant to Section 44299.54.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 532, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)