This chapter is intended to support the SCAQMD's imposition of the motor vehicle registration fee and to establish a fund to assist the city in complying with the requirements set forth in section 44223 of the California Health and Safety Code in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles.
(Ord. No. 91-17, § 2, 7-1-91; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)
As used in this chapter the following words and terms shall have the meaning ascribed thereto:
City
shall mean the City of Costa Mesa.
Fee administrator
shall mean the finance director of the city or the designee of the director.
Mobile source air pollution reduction programs
shall mean 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 and section 65089 of the California Government Code.
(Ord. No. 91-17, § 2, 7-1-91; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)
(a) 
Receipt of fee: The additional motor vehicle registration fees disbursed by the SCAQMD 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 vehicle registration fees, the fee administrator shall deposit such funds into the separate account established pursuant to subsection (b) above. All interest earned by the trust fund account shall be credited only to that account.
(d) 
Expenditure of air quality trust fund revenues: All revenues from the SCAQMD and deposited in the trust fund account shall be exclusively expended on mobile source emission reduction programs as defined in subsection (b) of section 10-356. Such revenues and any interest earned on the revenues shall be expended within one year of the completion of the programs.
(e) 
Audits: All programs and projects funded by motor vehicle registration fee revenues received from the SCAQMD pursuant to section 44223 of the Health and Safety Code are subject to an audit to be conducted by an independent auditor selected by the SCAQMD as provided in Sections 44244 and 44244.1(a) of the Health and Safety Code.
(Ord. No. 91-17, § 2, 7-1-91; Ord. No. 2024-09, 7/16/2024)