Los Angeles County Municipal Code Ch. 4.30 Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction

The county of Los Angeles finds that:

Section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) to impose an additional motor vehicle registration fee of $2.00 commencing on April 1, 1991, increasing to $4.00 commencing on April 1, 1992, to finance the implementation of transportation measures, as specified.

Forty cents of every dollar collected under Section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code shall be distributed to cities and counties located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District, including the county of Los Angeles, that comply with Section 44243 of the Code, based on the jurisdiction's prorated share of population as defined by the State Department of Finance to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles, as specified, contingent upon adoption of the ordinance codified in this chapter and support for the fee.

The county supports the adoption of motor vehicle registration fees to be used to finance mobile source air pollution reduction programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan prepared pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the Health and Safety Code and meets the requirements of Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code and is eligible for fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.

(Ord. 91-0146 § 1 (part), 1991.)

The following words and terms shall be defined as follows:

"County" means the county of Los Angeles.

"Fee administrator" means the chief administrative officer of the county or his designee.

"Mobile source air pollution reduction programs" means any program or project implemented by the county to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the California Health and Safety Code.

(Ord. 91-0146 § 1 (part), 1991.)

A.

The additional vehicle registration fees disbursed by the SCAQMD and remitted to the county, pursuant to this chapter, shall be accepted by the fee administrator.

B.

The fee administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust fund account in a financial institution authorized to receive deposits of county funds.

C.

Upon receipt of vehicle registration fees, the fee administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to subsection B above.

D.

All revenues received pursuant to Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code and deposited in the trust fund account shall be exclusively expended to reduce air pollution from mobile sources pursuant to the California Clear Act of 1988 or the plan prepared pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the Health and Safety Code. Such revenues shall be expended within one year of the program or project completion date.

E.

The county consents to an audit of each program or project funded by vehicle registration fee revenues pursuant to Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD as provided in Sections 44244 and 44244.1(a) of the Health and Safety Code.

(Ord. 91-0146 § 1 (part), 1991.)

The provisions of this chapter shall be construed as necessary to effectively carry out its purposes, which are hereby found and declared to be in furtherance of the public health, safety, welfare and convenience.

(Ord. 91-0146 § 1 (part), 1991.)

Should any sentence, section, clause, part or provision of the ordinance codified in this chapter be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, the same shall not affect the validity of the ordinance as a whole, or any part thereof,

other than the part declared to be invalid.

(Ord. 91-0146 § 1 (part), 1991.)