California Administrative Code

(a) The definitions in Section 1900 (b), Chapter 3, Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, shall apply with the following additions: (1) “1996-1999 Heavy-Duty Test Procedures” means the document titled “California Exhaust Emission Standards and Test Procedures for New 19…

For purposes of this section, any cross-referenced section in title 13 or title 17 of the California Code of Regulations shall refer to the section identified as the alternative version “(Alternative)” for the corresponding section, to the extent an alternative version of that se…

Test procedures referred to in this chapter may be obtained from the California Air Resources Board at 4001 Iowa Avenue, Riverside, CA 92507.

(a) Model year 2001 and later model year spark-ignition personal watercraft and outboard marine engines: (1) Exhaust emissions from new spark-ignition marine engines manufactured for sale, sold, or offered for sale in California, or that are introduced, delivered or imported into…

(a) Purpose. The Air Resources Board recognizes that certain emissions-critical or emissions-related parts must be properly identified and maintained to ensure that engines meet the applicable emission standards. The purpose of this section is to require engine manufacturers to a…

(a) Applicability. This section applies to model year 2001 and later spark-ignition personal watercraft and outboard marine engines and model year 2003 and later spark-ignition sterndrive/inboard marine engines, which have been certified to the applicable emission standards pursu…

(a) The emissions from engines or equipment units registered under this article shall not, in the aggregate, interfere with the attainment or maintenance of any California or federal ambient air quality standard. The emissions from one or more registered engines or equipment unit…

(a) The recordkeeping requirements for registered engines and equipment units are as follows: (1) The requirements in subdivision (a)(2) are not applicable to the following: (A) Engines and equipment units owned by a rental business; (B) Engines and equipment units used in a thir…

(a) Except as otherwise set out herein, the Executive Officer shall assess and collect reasonable fees for registration, renewal, and associated administrative tasks, to recover the estimated costs to the Executive Officer for evaluating registration applications, and issuing reg…

(a) Any person or manufacturer who cannot comply with the requirements set forth in section 2467.2, due to extraordinary reasons beyond the person's reasonable control, may apply in writing to the Executive Officer for a variance. The variance application must set forth: (1) the …

(a) If the Executive Officer finds any manufacturer, distributor, or retailer manufacturing for sale, advertising for sale, selling, or offering for sale in the State of California a portable fuel container system or its components that do not comply with the requirements set for…

(a) A manufacturer shall establish, maintain, and retain the following adequately organized and indexed records for each product family: (1) ARB Executive Order, (2) Projected sales volume for the year, and (3) Records appropriate to establish the quantities of portable fuel cont…

Except as provided in Section 2468.4, this article applies to any person who sells, supplies, offers for sale, advertises or manufactures for sale and use in California any of the following individually or all of the following as a complete system or any combination of the compon…

(a) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise any device, apparatus, or mechanism intended for use with, or as a part of, any required off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device or system which alters or modifies the original design or perfo…

(a) Any replacement part subject to the provisions of this article shall be presumed to be in compliance with this article unless the executive officer makes a finding to the contrary pursuant to Section 2475(a). (b) The manufacturer of any replacement part subject to the provisi…

(a) As used in this section, the terms “advertise” and “advertisement” include, but are not limited to, any notice, announcement, information, publication, catalog, listing for sale, or other statement concerning a product or service communicated to the public for the purpose of …

(a) Facility Registration. On or before December 31, 2023, applicable facility owners or applicable facility owner/operators shall register their facility by reporting the following information to CARB: (1) Company Information (A) Company/business name, address, and contact infor…

Sections 2477 through 2477.24 shall be known as the Transport Refrigeration Unit Regulation, or TRU Regulation.

Diesel particulate matter (PM) was identified in 1998 as a toxic air contaminant. This TRU Regulation implements provisions of the Diesel Risk Reduction Plan, adopted by the California Air Resources Board in October 2000, as mandated by the Health and Safety Code Sections 39650-3…

(a) Except as allowed under section 2477.14(b), no person, including, but not limited to, manufacturers, distributors, dealers, auctioneers, and motor carriers shall intentionally or negligently import, deliver, purchase, receive, or otherwise acquire a new or used TRU or TRU gen…

The Executive Officer may request that additional information be submitted as part of the review of any extension application, exemption, or other action that delays or defers a compliance date or action.

If any subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this TRU Regulation is, for any reason, held invalid, unconstitutional, or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portion shall be deemed as a separate, distinct, and independe…

(a) For purposes of this TRU Regulation, the following definitions apply: “Alternative Diesel Fuel” means any fuel used in diesel engines that is not commonly or commercially known, sold or represented as No. 1-D or No. 2-D, pursuant to the specification for Diesel Fuel Oils D975…

(a) A driver shall not operate a TRU-equipped truck or tractor-trailer equipped with a TRU or TRU gen set on a California highway unless the TRU or TRU gen set complies with sections 2477.5(a), (b), (c), and (d). (b) A driver shall, upon request by CARB enforcement personnel, pro…

(a) Beginning January 1, 2013, motor carriers that dispatch TRU-equipped trucks, trailers, or shipping containers equipped with a TRU or TRU gen set that travel on a highway within California shall: (1) Only dispatch TRUs or TRU gen sets that comply with section 2477.5. (2) Provi…

(a) Every employer who applies for a new and/or renewed employer number must provide documentation of primary and alternate driving test routes on the DL 814 ETP, DL 807 ETP, and route map(s). Upon the department's approval, each route will be given a department route approval nu…

(a) The employer shall establish and maintain a quality assurance program that: (1) Ensures compliance with all provisions and terms of the Employer Testing Program regulations contained in Sections 25.06 through 25.23 of this Article. (2) Ensures adequate internal controls are e…

(a) The Authorized Representative must be an employee of the employer. (b) The Authorized Representative shall be responsible for ensuring that the DL 170 ETP is accurate and complete before signing. (c) The Authorized Representative must verify that the Examiner conducting the c…

An employer must satisfy the requirements of Title 49, CFR, Section 383.75 to provide evidence of financial responsibility as a precondition of commercial driver's license testing for their own employees by giving the department an instrument evidencing the existence of a bond, a…

An applicant for an occupational license or a licensee wishing to change an existing license shall submit the required forms to the department at least three (3) business days prior to the desired effective date of such application or change.

An application for a business license issued by the department shall contain, but is not limited to, the following: (a) Name of the business. (b) Location of the business including street, address, city, and zip code of the principal place of business and any branch locations. Ex…

(a) Within six (6) months of the date of adoption of these regulations, each district allowing the operation of VAVR enterprises shall implement and enforce these regulations or shall amend existing rules to comply with these regulations. (b) Each participating district shall, wi…

(a) To be eligible for generation of emission reduction credits through a VAVR enterprise, a vehicle shall meet the following criteria: (1) It shall be voluntarily sold to the enterprise operator for a price mutually agreed between the vehicle seller and the enterprise operator; …

(a) All owners and operators of VAVR enterprises shall comply with all applicable district rules and these regulations. (b) The enterprise operator shall either: (1) Be an auto dismantler, licensed according to the requirements of the California Vehicle Code and other business co…

Qualifying statements used in connection with vehicle advertisements, including the qualifying statements required by this article, shall be large enough and displayed for a sufficient period of time to enable the average reader or viewer to comprehend such statements.

The purpose of this regulation is to improve California's air quality through the voluntary early retirement and replacement of vehicles as directed by Health and Safety Code sections 44124.5-44127. Vehicle owners who meet certain eligibility requirements are offered the followin…

(a) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program Scrap-only program is administered by the Bureau through contracts with dismantlers and other appropriate entities, as necessary. (b) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Program Scrap and Replace program is implemented by districts that c…

Each part of this article shall be deemed severable, and in the event that any provision of this article is held to be invalid, the remainder of this article shall continue in full force and effect.

(a) All applicants for a vehicle dealer license subject to Vehicle Code Section 11704.5 shall be required to pass a written dealer examination provided and administered by the department with a minimum score of 70%. (1) When a firm, corporation, association, limited liability com…

(a) A dealer shall maintain all original paper business records at its principal place of business or branch location for at least 90 days after the purchase, sale, rental, or lease of a vehicle. (1) After the initial 90-day record retention period required pursuant to subdivisio…

(a) A “low speed vehicle” is defined as having a maximum speed of not more than 25 miles per hour which complies with Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards. (b) A vehicle dealer, selling a low speed vehicle, shall provide a disclosure to be signed by the buyer at the time of pur…

(a) For the model year engines or equipment subject to this Article, no person shall: (1) manufacture for sale or lease for use or operation in California, or (2) sell or lease or offer for sale or lease for use or operation in California, or (3) deliver or import into California…

(a) The definitions in section 2401(a), and section 2403(b), Chapter 9, Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations, apply to this Article with the following additions: (1) “Actively-Purged Carbon Canister” means a carbon canister which draws in ambient air to purge adsorbed c…

(a) Applicability. (1) The requirements of this section 2754.3 are applicable to manufacturers of all zero-emission generators subject to the regulatory requirements of this Article that are produced in the model years 2022 through 2026. Participation in this program is voluntary…

On or after the model year set out herein, no person shall sell, supply, offer for sale or manufacture for sale fuel caps for fuel tanks for small off-road engines subject to this Article that do not meet the following performance standards unless exempted in an Executive Order i…

(a)(1) If the Executive Officer determines that a substantial number of any evaporative emission control systems, or components used on such evaporative emission control systems in an evaporative family certified pursuant to section 2753, although properly maintained and used, do…

The Executive Officer, or an authorized representative of the Executive Officer, may periodically inspect any facility of Holders, manufacturers of equipment, manufacturers of engines, or manufacturers of evaporative emission control components, technology, or systems subject to …

In addition to suspension or revocation of an Executive Order of Certification as provided in this Article, the Executive Officer may seek civil or criminal penalties as provided for by law and/or such equitable relief deemed appropriate by the Executive Officer for any violation…

Each part of this Article is severable, and in the event that any part of this Article is held to be invalid, the remainder of this Article remains in full force and effect.

§ 5481. Processing Times. [Repealed] This database is current through 5/1/26 Register 2026, No. 18. Source: https://govt.westlaw.com/calregs/Document/I2E3AB1C35A1E11EC8227000D3A7C4BC3?viewType=FullText&originationContext=documenttoc&transitionType=CategoryPageItem&contextData=(sc…