Article 4. General Powers And Duties of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 11. >> Article 4.
(a) The Sacramento district board shall adopt rules and
regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws and
rules and regulations that reflect the best available technological
and administrative practices. Upon adoption and approval of the air
quality improvement strategy, the rules and regulations shall be
amended, if necessary, to conform to the strategy.
(b) The rules and regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
shall require the use of best available control technology for new
and modified sources and the use of best available retrofit control
technology for existing sources.
(c) The rules and regulations of the Sacramento County Air
Pollution Control District shall remain in effect and shall be
enforced by the Sacramento district, until superseded or amended by
the Sacramento district board.
(d) In adopting any regulation, the Sacramento district board
shall comply with Section 40703.
(a) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may
adopt regulations to require owners or operators of public or
commercial motor vehicle fleets, or both, including those operated by
the state, to periodically submit information to the Sacramento
district on the number and type of vehicles operated within the
Sacramento district, including, but not limited to, the amount and
type of fuel used, for use by the Sacramento district in ascertaining
the contribution of these vehicles to air pollution emissions within
the Sacramento district.
(b) After a public hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt
regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet
vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an
existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to
purchase low-emission motor vehicles and to require, to the maximum
extent feasible or appropriate, that those vehicles be operated on a
cleaner burning alternative fuel. Rules and regulations adopted under
this section shall be applicable to vehicles operated by the state
only when funds necessary to pay the costs to the state to comply
with those rules and regulations have been appropriated for that
purpose.
(c) For purposes of this section, "motor vehicle fleet" means 15
or more vehicles under common ownership or operation.
In consultation with the Department of Transportation and
other appropriate state and local public agencies, after a public
hearing, the Sacramento district may adopt regulations to encourage
ridesharing, van pooling, peak shifting, or flexible work hours, in
order to improve air quality within the Sacramento district.
The Sacramento district may adopt regulations to limit or
mitigate the impact on air quality of indirect or areawide sources.
The Sacramento district may conduct public education,
marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation
programs or projects with respect to transportation emission control
measures.
This chapter does not constitute an infringement on the
existing authority of local governments to plan or control land use,
and nothing in this chapter provides or transfers new authority over
such land use to the Sacramento district.
This chapter does not limit or restrict any authority of the
City of Sacramento to adopt and implement any transportation system
improvement program or air quality improvement program. The
Sacramento district and the City of Sacramento may enter into a
contract to implement any such program.