This chapter is intended to support the South Coast Air Quality Management District's imposition of the vehicle registration fee surcharge and to bring the city into compliance with the requirements set forth in Section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.
(Ord. 955 § 2, 1991)
As applied in this chapter, the following words and terms shall be defined as follows:
"City"
means the city of San Dimas.
"Mobile source air pollution reduction programs"
means any program or project implemented by the city to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles which it determines will be consistent with the California Clean Air Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 40460 of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of the California Health and Safety Code.
"Fee administrator"
means the finance director of the city or their designee.
(Ord. 955 § 2, 1991)
A. 
Receipt of Fee. The registration fees disbursed by the South Coast Air Quality Management District and remitted to the city, pursuant to this chapter, shall be accepted by the fee administrator.
B. 
Establishment of Air Quality Improvement Trust Fund. The fee administrator shall establish a separate interest-bearing trust fund account in a financial institution authorized to receive deposits of city funds.
C. 
Transfer of Funds. Upon receipt of these registration fees, the fee administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to subsection (B) of this section. All interest earned by the trust fund account shall be credited only to that account.
D. 
Expenditure of Air Quality Trust Fund Revenues. All fees received from the South Coast Air Quality Management District and deposited in the trust fund account shall be exclusively expended on mobile source emission reduction programs as defined in Section 3.40.020(B). Such fees, and interest earned on the revenues, shall be expended within one year of the completion of the programs.
E. 
Audits. The city consents to an audit of all programs and projects funded by fees received from the South Coast Air Quality Management District pursuant to Section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. 955 § 2, 1991)