California Code
PART 5 - VEHICULAR AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
CHAPTER 5 - Motor Vehicle Inspection Program

ARTICLE 1 - General

Section 44000. - 44000. By the enactment of the 1994 amendments to this...

Section 44000.1. - 44000.1. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...

Section 44000.5. - 44000.5. (a) The Legislature further finds and declares that the...

Section 44001. - 44001. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that California...

Section 44001.1. - 44001.1. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that additional reductions...

Section 44001.3. - 44001.3. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 44001.5. - 44001.5. (a) A duty of enforcing and administering this chapter...

Section 44002. - 44002. The department shall have the sole and exclusive authority...

Section 44003. - 44003. (a) (1) An enhanced motor vehicle inspection and maintenance...

Section 44003.5. - 44003.5. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an enhanced...

Section 44004. - 44004. (a) The motor vehicle inspection program provided by this...

Section 44005. - 44005. (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall cooperate with...

ARTICLE 2 - Program Requirements

Section 44010. - 44010. The motor vehicle inspection program shall provide for privately...

Section 44010.5. - 44010.5. (a) The department shall implement a program with the...

Section 44011. - 44011. (a) All motor vehicles powered by internal combustion engines...

Section 44011.1. - 44011.1. For purposes of Section 44011, the term “registered within...

Section 44011.3. - 44011.3. Every motor vehicle that is subject to testing pursuant...

Section 44011.5. - 44011.5. Documentation that a motor vehicle is exempt from the...

Section 44011.6. - 44011.6. (a) The use of a heavy-duty motor vehicle that...

Section 44012. - 44012. The test at the smog check stations shall be...

Section 44012.1. - 44012.1. (a) The department shall incorporate a visible smoke test...

Section 44013. - 44013. (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state...

Section 44013. - 44013. (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state...

Section 44013. - 44013. (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state...

Section 44013.5. - 44013.5. (a) If the department, in consultation with the state...

Section 44014. - 44014. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the...

Section 44014.2. - 44014.2. (a) The department shall develop a program for the...

Section 44014.4. - 44014.4. (a) A licensed smog check station that has been...

Section 44014.5. - 44014.5. (a) The enhanced program shall provide for the testing...

Section 44014.6. - 44014.6. (a) The inspection-based performance standards created for the certification...

Section 44014.7. - 44014.7. (a) The department shall require 2 percent of the...

Section 44015. - 44015. (a) A licensed smog check station shall not issue...

Section 44015.5. - 44015.5. (a) A certificate of compliance shall not be issued...

Section 44016. - 44016. The department shall, with the cooperation of the state...

Section 44017. - 44017. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this section or...

Section 44017.1. - 44017.1. (a) For purposes of this section, “low-income motor vehicle...

Section 44017.3. - 44017.3. (a) The department shall provide a licensed smog check...

Section 44017.4. - 44017.4. (a) Upon registration with the Department of Motor Vehicles,...

Section 44017.5. - 44017.5. At the earliest possible date, as determined by the...

Section 44018. - 44018. (a) The motor vehicle inspection program may include advisory...

Section 44019. - 44019. (a) Every public agency, including, but not limited to,...

Section 44020. - 44020. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the department...

Section 44024. - 44024. (a) The department, in cooperation with the state board,...

Section 44024.5. - 44024.5. (a) The department shall compile and maintain statistical and...

Section 44025. - 44025. The department shall act as a clearinghouse to provide...

ARTICLE 3 - Quality Assurance

Section 44030. - 44030. (a) The department shall develop standards for the licensing...

Section 44030.5. - 44030.5. The department shall develop standards for certification of institutions...

Section 44031.5. - 44031.5. (a) No smog check technician may perform tests or...

Section 44032. - 44032. No person shall perform, for compensation, tests or repairs...

Section 44033. - 44033. (a) (1) Any facility meeting the requirements established by...

Section 44034. - 44034. Annual license fees for smog check stations and biennial...

Section 44034.1. - 44034.1. The department may impose an examination fee, sufficient to...

Section 44035. - 44035. (a) A smog check station’s license or a qualified...

Section 44036. - 44036. (a) The consumer protection-oriented quality assurance portion of the...

Section 44036.1. - 44036.1. The department may require that equipment manufacturers, submitting equipment...

Section 44036.2. - 44036.2. (a) To ensure uniform and consistent inspection, tests, and...

Section 44036.3. - 44036.3. (a) The department shall direct licensed smog check stations...

Section 44036.5. - 44036.5. (a) The department shall set standards for test analyzer...

Section 44036.8. - 44036.8. The data collected by the equipment used by a...

Section 44037. - 44037. (a) The department shall compile and maintain records, using...

Section 44037.1. - 44037.1. (a) On or before January 1, 1995, the department...

Section 44037.2. - 44037.2. (a) The department may enter into a contract for...

Section 44038. - 44038. Until implementation of the centralized computer data base required...

Section 44039. - 44039. A written summary of the required information applicable to...

Section 44040. - 44040. The department may require certificates of compliance, certificates of...

Section 44041. - 44041. In order to expedite emissions testing and to eliminate...

Section 44045.5. - 44045.5. (a) This section describes the qualifications to be met...

Section 44045.6. - 44045.6. (a) The department shall, by regulation, establish requirements for...

ARTICLE 4 - Penalties

Section 44050. - 44050. (a) In addition to or in lieu of any...

Section 44051. - 44051. (a) If a person cited pursuant to Section 44050...

Section 44052. - 44052. (a) If a citation lists more than one violation,...

Section 44055. - 44055. (a) Any failure by an applicant for a license...

Section 44056. - 44056. (a) In addition to an administrative fine pursuant to...

Section 44057. - 44057. A continuing violation of any provision of this chapter,...

Section 44058. - 44058. Any person who violates this chapter, or any order,...

Section 44059. - 44059. The willful making of any false statement or entry...

ARTICLE 5 - Financial Provisions

Section 44060. - 44060. (a) The department shall prescribe the form of the...

Section 44060.5. - 44060.5. (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the smog abatement fee...

Section 44061. - 44061. The fees and penalties collected by the department pursuant...

Section 44062. - 44062. The Vehicle Inspection Fund and the Automotive Repair Fund...

Section 44062.1. - 44062.1. (a) The department shall offer a repair assistance program...

Section 44062.2. - 44062.2. (a) The state board shall adopt, by regulation, procedures...

Section 44062.2. - 44062.2. (a) The state board shall adopt, by regulation, procedures...

Section 44062.2. - 44062.2. (a) The state board shall adopt, by regulation, procedures...

Section 44062.3. - 44062.3. (a) The owner of a motor vehicle that has...

Section 44063. - 44063. (a) There may be transferred into the Vehicle Inspection...

ARTICLE 6 - Public Information

Section 44070. - 44070. (a) The department shall develop within the bureau, with...

Section 44070.5. - 44070.5. (a) The department shall develop and continuously conduct a...

Section 44071. - 44071. For purposes of implementing the smog check public awareness...

ARTICLE 7 - Denial, Suspension, and Revocation

Section 44072. - 44072. Any license issued under this chapter and the regulations...

Section 44072.1. - 44072.1. The director may deny a license if the applicant,...

Section 44072.2. - 44072.2. The director may suspend, revoke, or take other disciplinary...

Section 44072.3. - 44072.3. A plea or verdict of guilty or a conviction...

Section 44072.4. - 44072.4. The director may take disciplinary action against any licensee...

Section 44072.5. - 44072.5. Upon the effective date of any order of suspension...

Section 44072.6. - 44072.6. The expiration or suspension of a license by operation...

Section 44072.7. - 44072.7. All accusations against licensees shall be filed within three...

Section 44072.8. - 44072.8. When a license has been revoked or suspended following...

Section 44072.9. - 44072.9. After suspension of the license upon any of the...

Section 44072.10. - 44072.10. (a) Notwithstanding Sections 44072 and 44072.4, the director, or...

Section 44072.11. - 44072.11. (a) The department may refuse to issue or renew...

ARTICLE 8 - Gross Polluters

Section 44080. - 44080. The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) California’s...

Section 44081. - 44081. (a) (1) The department, in cooperation with the state...

Section 44081.6. - 44081.6. (a) The California Environmental Protection Agency, the state board,...

Section 44084. - 44084. In addition to other programs authorized in this article,...

Section 44085. - 44085. Districts may establish procedures to generate marketable emission reduction...

Section 44086. - 44086. Each district shall, in establishing, reviewing, or updating the...

ARTICLE 9 - Repair or Removal of High Polluters

Section 44090. - 44090. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 44091. - 44091. (a) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account is...

Section 44091.1. - 44091.1. (a) Revenue from the fee specified in subparagraph (A)...

Section 44091.2. - 44091.2. It is the intent of the Legislature that if...

Section 44092. - 44092. The high-polluter repair or removal program shall be designed...

Section 44093. - 44093. The repair of high polluters under the program shall...

Section 44094. - 44094. (a) Participation in the high polluter repair or removal...

Section 44095. - 44095. (a) The department shall administer the program in accordance...

Section 44096. - 44096. (a) The state board shall review and assess the...

ARTICLE 10 - Accelerated Light-Duty Vehicle Retirement Program

Section 44100. - 44100. The Legislature hereby finds and declares as follows: (a)...

Section 44101. - 44101. Not later than December 31, 1998, the state board...

Section 44102. - 44102. (a) The state board, the Department of Motor Vehicles,...

Section 44103. - 44103. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the program shall...

Section 44104. - 44104. (a) Funds shall be available to the state board...

Section 44104.5. - 44104.5. (a) The regulations adopted pursuant to subdivision (a) of...

Section 44105. - 44105. The regulations shall specify that the program shall be...

Section 44106. - 44106. The program shall include provisions for monitoring and preventing...

Section 44107. - 44107. The program shall discourage tampering and other forms of...

Section 44109. - 44109. The program shall include appropriate means to solicit vehicle...

Section 44115. - 44115. The program shall ensure that vehicle purchase transactions are...

Section 44120. - 44120. Vehicle disposal under the program shall be consistent with...

Section 44121. - 44121. The state board shall develop standards for the certification...

Section 44122. - 44122. Emission reductions achieved from retired vehicles shall be quantified...

ARTICLE 11 - Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program

Section 44124. - 44124. For purposes of this article, the following terms have...

Section 44124.5. - 44124.5. (a) The Clean Cars 4 All Program is hereby...

Section 44125. - 44125. (a) (1) No later than July 1, 2009, the...

Section 44125.5. - 44125.5. Beginning no later than July 1, 2019, and every...

Section 44126. - 44126. The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount is hereby created in...

Section 44127. - 44127. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board...