Existing law, until January 1, 2010, authorizes the South Coast Air Quality Management District to impose a $1 fee on the renewal of registration of any motor vehicle in the district, and requires the district to utilize the revenues generated by the imposition of that fee to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles through the implementation of a clean-burning fuel program in that district. Existing law requires these fees to be deposited in a clean fuels and transportation control measures account, and requires that no more than 2½% of the funds in the account be used for administrative costs.
This bill would extend the authority of the district to impose the fee indefinitely, and would require that no more than 5% of the funds in the account be used for administrative purposes.