(a) There is hereby created within the Treasury of the City of Los Angeles a trust fund known as the “Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Trust Fund,” hereinafter referred to in this chapter as the “Fund.”
(b) The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan calls upon cities and counties to reduce emissions from motor vehicles consistent with the requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988 by developing and implementing mobile source air pollution reduction programs.
(c) “Mobile source air pollution reduction programs” shall mean any program or project implemented by the City to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles pursuant to 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 Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(d) This chapter is intended to express support for the adoption by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, hereinafter referred to in this chapter as “SCAQMD,” of the vehicle registration fee authorized pursuant to Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code, and to bring the City into compliance with the requirements set forth in said Chapter 7 in order to receive fee revenues for the purpose of implementing mobile source air pollution reduction programs.
(e) All monies received by the City under the terms of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code from the SCAQMD shall be deposited in the Fund.
(f) All interest or other earnings attributable to money in the Fund shall be credited to the Fund.
(g) No transfer or expenditure shall be made from the Fund except for the purposes authorized by, and subject to all of the provisions of, Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code.
(h) The Fund shall be administered by the General Manager of the Department of Transportation. The General Manager is authorized to: (1) transfer funds between authorized projects; (2) transfer funds to other departments for use in authorized projects; and (3) expend funds directly from the Fund for authorized projects implemented by the Department of Transportation or other City departments. An authorized project shall mean a project approved by the Mayor and the City Council.
(i) All monies received by the City under the terms of Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the California Health and Safety Code from the SCAQMD shall be expended within one (1) year of the program or project completion date.
(j) All City officers and employees who have any control over the programs and projects funded by monies in the Fund shall provide to the SCAQMD or its representative or designee access to and the right to examine such books, papers, documents or records as it may require for the purpose of reviewing compliance with the terms and conditions under which the monies in the Fund were received by the City.
(k) The monies paid into the Fund shall remain in the Fund until transferred or expended for the purposes set forth in Subsection (g) of this section. Unencumbered funds remaining in the Fund shall not revert to the Reserve Fund at the end of a fiscal year.
(l) The General Manager of the Department of Transportation is authorized to establish appropriate procedures to carry out the provisions of this Section.
(m) The General Manager of the Department of Transportation shall report to the City Council regarding the Fund on an annual basis, within 90 days after the close of the City's fiscal year. Such report shall identify all receipts into, and all transfers and expenditures out of, the Fund, as well as the purposes for which the transfers and expenditures were made.
SECTION HISTORY
Added by Ord. No. 167,129, Eff. 8-31-91.
Amended by: Subsecs. (h), (l) and (m), Ord. No. 181,196, Eff. 7-27-10.