Article 2. Certified Device Installation of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 2.

Every 1955 and later model motor vehicle shall be equipped with the certified device as required by the Department of Motor Vehicles Manual of Registration Procedures as of January 1, 1975, or as amended to reflect the adoption of rules and regulations by a district board pursuant to Section 43658.

Every 1963 or later model year motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its crankcase emissions.

Except as provided in Section 43657, every 1955 through 1965 model year motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, upon either transfer of ownership and registration, or upon initial registration of such vehicle not previously registered in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emissions in accordance with a schedule of installation adopted by the state board.

Every 1966 or later model year motor vehicle, subject to registration and first sold and registered in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its crankcase emissions and exhaust emissions.

(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b), every 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle, subject to registration in this state, shall be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emission of oxides of nitrogen upon initial registration, upon transfer of ownership and registration, and upon registration of a motor vehicle previously registered outside this state.
  (b) Subdivision (a) shall not apply to a 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle (1) which is registered to, or subject to registration by, an elderly low-income person, (2) which was purchased from a person other than a dealer or a person holding a retail seller's permit, and (3) which is used principally by or for the benefit of the elderly low-income person. However, only one vehicle described above shall be registered to, or subject to registration by, the elderly low-income person at any one time.
  (c) For purposes of subdivision (b), the Department of Motor Vehicles may require satisfactory proof (1) of the age of the transferee of the motor vehicle, (2) of the combined adjusted gross income of the household in which the transferee resides, and (3) that the transferor of the motor vehicle is a person other than a dealer or a person holding a retail seller's permit.

(a) The state board shall adopt, by regulation, schedules of installation of certified devices to control exhaust emissions for purposes of Section 43652, after consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the bureau.
  (b) In establishing the schedules, the state board shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the burden of enforcement on the Department of the California Highway Patrol, the Department of Motor Vehicles, and the bureau, the need for rapid installation of motor vehicle pollution control devices in order to preserve and protect the public health, and the existing ambient air quality in the air basins.

The state board may exempt from any schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43654 or 43655:
  (a) Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles for which certified devices are not available.
  (b) Motor vehicles or classifications or subclassifications of motor vehicles whose emissions are found by appropriate tests to meet applicable emission standards without an additional motor vehicle pollution control device.
  (c) Implements of husbandry.
  (d) Vehicles which qualify for special identification plates pursuant to Section 5004 of the Vehicle Code.

The charge that can be made for the inspection and certification of exemption granted by the state board pursuant to Section 43656 shall not exceed three-tenths (0.3) of one hour multiplied by the hourly labor rate charged by the particular garage or service station. The charge shall be posted as a fixed fee.

The state board may also exempt, from the schedule of installation adopted pursuant to Section 43655, any motor vehicle registered to an owner whose residence is in a county, or portion thereof, which the state board finds, after a public hearing, that the installation of a certified device pursuant to Section 43652 to control exhaust emissions is not necessary or desirable to preserve and protect the public health and the existing ambient air quality thereof.

(a) If the evidence submitted at a public hearing indicates that, in order to preserve the ambient air quality of a district, it is necessary that every 1955 through 1965 model year motor vehicle within the district be equipped with device or devices certified by the state board to control emission of pollutants from the crankcase or exhaust, the district board may adopt rules and regulations to require the installation of such devices.
  (b) The rules and regulations shall provide for a schedule of installation by which the motor vehicles are to be equipped with certified device, taking into consideration the number of motor vehicles to be equipped, the availability of such devices, and the availability of licensed installers to install such devices.
  (c) The district board shall coordinate its activities pursuant to this section with the Department of the California Highway Patrol and the Department of Motor Vehicles in order to insure adoption of procedures which will facilitate enforcement of the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to this section.

(a) The state board shall annually review the requirement that an exhaust device be installed on every 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicle upon initial registration, upon transfer of ownership and registration, or upon registration of a motor vehicle previously registered outside this state, to determine the contribution of that requirement to the maintenance of required ambient air quality standards in those air basins where the requirement is applicable.
  (b) In making its determination, the state board shall consider all relevant factors, including, but not limited to, the fact that the requirement is being imposed on a constantly decreasing number of motor vehicles.
  (c) Upon a determination by the state board by regulation that the requirement is no longer a significant factor to the maintenance of required ambient air quality standards in any applicable air basin, except as provided in subdivision (d), 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicles in that air basin shall no longer be required to be so equipped.
  (d) All 1955 through 1965 model year light-duty motor vehicles equipped with an exhaust device pursuant to the requirement prior to the adoption of the regulation by the state board pursuant to subdivision (c) shall continue to be so equipped.

The state board shall review the requirement that every 1966 through 1970 light-duty motor vehicle be equipped with a certified device to control its exhaust emissions of oxides of nitrogen upon initial registration and upon transfer of ownership and registration, to determine the contribution of that requirement to the maintenance of ambient air quality standards in the state and the cost effectiveness of that requirement. The state board shall report to the Legislature its findings and recommendations with regard to the requirement not later than January 1, 1984.