Section 43008.6 Of Chapter 1. General Provisions From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 26. >> Part 5. >> Chapter 1.
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. (a) Notwithstanding Section 43012, for the purpose of
enforcing or administering Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code, the
executive officer of the state board or an authorized representative
of the executive officer, upon presentation of credentials or, if
necessary under the circumstances, after obtaining a warrant pursuant
to Title 13 (commencing with Section 1822.50) of Part 3 of the Code
of Civil Procedure, has the right of entry to any premises owned,
operated, used, leased, or rented by an owner or operator of any
vehicle operated for commercial purposes in order to inspect any such
motor vehicle, secure emission samples therefrom, or inspect and
copy any maintenance, use, or other records pertaining to that
vehicle.
(b) The state board may collect a civil penalty not to exceed one
thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for each violation of Section
27156 of the Vehicle Code. Any penalties shall be paid to the
Treasurer for deposit in the Air Pollution Control Fund.
(c) The civil penalty specified in subdivision (b) may be
collected for one or more violations involving the tampering with or
disabling of a gasoline-powered vehicle's air injection, exhaust gas
recirculation, crankcase ventilation, fuel injection, carburetion,
ignition timing, or evaporative control system, fuel filler neck
restrictor, oxygen sensor or related electronic controls, or
catalytic converter, or for the use of leaded fuel in a vehicle
certified for the use of unleaded fuel only.
(d) The civil penalty specified in subdivision (b) may not be
collected for a violation that is related to any tampering or
disabling of a gasoline-powered vehicle specified in subdivision (c)
by a rental customer of that vehicle, including, but not limited to,
a missing gasoline filler cap and a disconnected or missing heated
air intake tube or vacuum hose. However, if more than 20 percent of
an owner's or operator's gasoline-powered vehicles are found to be
nonconforming during each of three consecutive inspections conducted
30 or more days apart during any one-year period, the civil penalty
specified in subdivision (b) applies and shall be collected for each
time a vehicle is found in a nonconforming condition.