Article 1. Creation Of The Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 3. >> Chapter 14. >> Article 1.

(a) Notwithstanding Section 40410 or any other provision of this part, that portion of the Antelope Valley that is located in northern Los Angeles County shall not be within the south coast district. That territory shall constitute the territory of the Antelope Valley Air Quality Management District, which is hereby created.
  (b) The territory of the Antelope Valley district has the following boundaries: the San Bernardino County line to the east, the Kern County line to the north, the San Gabriel Mountains to the south, and the Sierra Nevada Mountains to the west. The south and west boundaries shall coincide with the boundaries of the Southeast Desert Air Basin, as determined by the state board, by regulation.

The Antelope Valley district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Antelope Valley district in influencing the decisions of other public and private agencies whose actions may have an adverse impact on air quality within the Antelope Valley district.

The Antelope Valley district shall commence operations on January 1, 2002, and on that date shall assume the authority and duties of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District which shall cease to exist on that date.