La Habra Heights Municipal Code Ch. 3.8 Air Quality Improvement Fund

The purpose of this Chapter is to establish procedures governing the Air Quality Improvement Fund.

For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:

A. Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Program shall mean any program or project
implemented by the City to reduce air pollution emitted from motor vehicles pursuant to
the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the Air Quality Management Plan for the South
Coast Air Quality Management District prepared and adopted in accordance with the
provisions of Health and Safety Code Sections 40460 through 40470.

B. Fee Administrator shall mean the City Manager of the City of La Habra Heights.

The Fee Administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust fund account with a financial institution authorized to accept deposits of City funds. This account shall be known as the Air Quality Improvement Trust Fund. All interest earned by the account shall be credited to this account. All funds received by City pursuant to Health and Safety Code Sections 44243 and 44244, along with any other funds designated by the City Council, shall be deposited in this account and shall be used for the sole purpose of financing mobile source air pollution reduction programs. The Fee Administrator shall be responsible for depositing funds in the Air Quality Improvement Trust Fund.

The City hereby consents to audits, at least once every two (2) years, of all programs and projects funded by vehicle registration fees provided by Health and Safety Code Section 44243, provided that such audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the South Coast Air Quality Management District. Audit costs shall be funded as provided in Health and Safety Code Section 44244.1.