Monrovia Municipal Code Ch. 3.50 Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction

This chapter is intended to support the South Coast Air Quality Management District's (SCAQMD's) imposition of the vehicle registration fee and to bring the city into compliance with the requirements set forth in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44243 in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.

(`83 Code, § 3.22.010) (Ord. 91-07 § 2 (part), 1991)

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall be defined as follows:

FEE ADMINISTRATOR. The Director of Finance of the city or his or her designee.

FUND. The air Quality Improvement Fund, established in this chapter.

MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION PROGRAMS. Any program or project implemented by the city to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles which it determines will be consistent with the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code Part 3, Chapter 5.5, Article 5 (commencing with § 40460).

SCAQMD. The South Coast Air Quality Management District.

(`83 Code, § 3.22.020) (Ord. 91-07 § 2 (part), 1991)

(A) Receipt of fee. The additional vehicle registration fees disbursed by the SCAQMD and remitted to the city, pursuant to this chapter, shall be accepted by the Fee Administrator.

(B) Establishment of Air Quality Improvement Fund. The Fee Administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing special revenue fund account (the fund) in a financial institution authorized to receive deposits of city funds.

(C) Transfer of funds. Upon receipt of the vehicle registration fees, the Fee Administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to division (B) of this section. All interest earned by the fund shall be credited only to that account.

(D) Expenditure of Air Quality Trust Fund revenues. All revenues received from the SCAQMD and deposited in the fund shall be exclusively expended on mobile source emission reduction programs as defined in § 3.50.020. Such revenues shall be expended within one year of the completion of the programs.

(E) Audits. The city consents to an audit of all programs and projects funded by vehicle registration fee revenues received from the SCAQMD pursuant to Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44223. The audit shall be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD as provided in Cal. Health and Safety Code § 44244.1.

(`83 Code, § 3.22.030) (Ord. 91-07 § 2 (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 public health, safety, welfare and convenience.

(`83 Code, § 3.22.040) (Ord. 91-07 § 2 (part), 1991)

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

(`83 Code, § 3.22.050) (Ord. 91-07 § 2 (part), 1991)