Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

(a) Notwithstanding Section 40410 or any other provision of this part, that portion of the Antelope Valley that is located in northern Los Angeles County shall not be within the south coast district. That territory shall constitute the territory of the Antelope Valley Air Quality…

The Antelope Valley district is the local agency with the primary responsibility for the development, implementation, monitoring, and enforcement of air pollution control strategies and motor vehicle use reduction measures, and shall represent the citizens of the Antelope Valley …

The Antelope Valley district shall commence operations on January 1, 2002, and on that date shall assume the authority and duties of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District which shall cease to exist on that date.

The Antelope Valley district shall be governed by a district board consisting of seven members, as follows: (a) Two members of the City Council of the City of Lancaster appointed by the city council. (b) Two members of the City Council of the City of Palmdale appointed by the cit…

Voting by the Antelope Valley district board on the adoption of all items on its agenda shall be by rollcall. Unless any board member objects, a substitute rollcall may be used on any agenda item. For purposes of this requirement, any consent calendar is a single item.

Notice of the time and place of a public hearing of the Antelope Valley district board to adopt, amend, or repeal any rule or regulation relating to an air quality objective shall be given not less than 30 days prior to the hearing and shall be published in each county in the Ant…

(a) (1) Each member of the Antelope Valley district board shall be entitled to reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of board duties. (2) The Antelope Valley district board shall not provide reimbursement for expenses pursuant to this subdivi…

(a) The Antelope Valley district board shall adopt rules and regulations that are not in conflict with state and federal laws, rules, and regulations and that reflect the best available technological and administrative practices. (b) The rules and regulations shall require the le…

(a) After a public hearing, the Antelope Valley district may adopt regulations to require operators of public and commercial fleet vehicles, when adding vehicles to, or replacing vehicles in, an existing fleet or when purchasing vehicles to form a new fleet, to purchase low-emiss…

The Antelope Valley district shall conduct public education, marketing, demonstration, monitoring, research, and evaluation programs or projects with respect to transportation control measures.

The Antelope Valley district may adopt regulations to limit or mitigate the impact on air quality of an indirect or areawide source pursuant to Section 40716.

The Antelope Valley district may adopt a schedule of fees, levied on permitted and other sources of air pollution to recover the cost of implementing this chapter, pursuant to Section 42311 and Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 44220) of Part 5.

The Antelope Valley district may undertake programs that may include, but are not limited to, financial assistance to fleet operators for the purchase, conversion, or operation of low-emission motor vehicles, financial or other assistance to encourage the sale and distribution of…

On January 1, 2002, the Antelope Valley district shall succeed to all funds, property, and obligations of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District.

The Antelope Valley district board may borrow money and incur indebtedness in anticipation of the revenue for the current year in which the indebtedness is incurred or for the ensuing year. That indebtedness shall not exceed the total amount of estimated revenue for either the cu…

Upon adoption of a resolution by the Antelope Valley district board to implement a procedure to issue warrants pursuant to Sections 41335 to 41346, inclusive, the procedure shall be implemented on the first day of the second month following the date of adoption of the resolution.…

The Antelope Valley district board shall appoint a treasurer, who may be a county treasurer, who shall be the custodian of funds of the Antelope Valley district and who shall make payments only upon warrants duly and regularly signed by the person authorized by the Antelope Valle…

The Antelope Valley district shall appoint a controller, who may be a county auditor, who shall be the accounting officer for the Antelope Valley district and who shall exercise general supervision over the accounting forms and methods of keeping the accounts of the Antelope Vall…

The Antelope Valley district board may, by resolution, cause to be drawn all warrants on the treasurer against all funds, except funds for debt service, of the Antelope Valley district in the treasury for the payment of salaries and expenses of the Antelope Valley district.

The Antelope Valley district board may authorize, in writing, the controller to draw separate payroll warrants in the names of the individual Antelope Valley district employees for the respective amounts due each employee so that each employee may be furnished with a statement of…

The Antelope Valley district board may authorize the controller, in writing, to issue warrants in favor of the persons entitled to payment of all claims chargeable against the Antelope Valley district that have been legally examined, allowed, and ordered paid by the Antelope Vall…

The form of the warrants shall be prescribed by the Antelope Valley district board and approved by the treasurer.

Except as specified in this article, no county officer shall be responsible for producing reports, statements, and other data relating to or based upon payments of salaries or claims of the Antelope Valley district pursuant to this article.

The Antelope Valley district shall provide the officials of the Los Angeles County Employees Retirement Association, in the form prescribed by them, the data necessary to make retirement reports and maintain records required by law.

All warrants, vouchers, and supporting documents shall be kept by the Antelope Valley district.

Notwithstanding Section 27005 of the Government Code, or any other section requiring warrants or orders for warrants to be signed by the county auditor, if the Antelope Valley district treasurer is a county treasurer, the county treasurer shall pay the warrant if money is availab…

The controller shall execute an official bond in an amount fixed by the Antelope Valley district board conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties. A county auditor shall not be liable under the terms of his or her bond or otherwise for a warrant issued pursuan…

If the auditor of the Antelope Valley district is a county auditor, he or she shall be provided, upon his or her request, a monthly listing of the warrants issued under this section reporting the warrant number, the date, and amount of the warrant, the name of the payee, the name…

(a) The Antelope Valley district board shall employ the necessary staff to carry out its powers and duties. (b) The Antelope Valley district board shall appoint an air pollution control officer (APCO) to direct the staff, subject to the direction and policy of the Antelope Valley…

On January 1, 2002, the APCO, deputies designated by the APCO, and other exempt employees of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District shall be employed by the Antelope Valley district and shall serve in the same capacity for the Antelope Valley district. The APCO and de…

The Antelope Valley district shall appoint a legal counsel who is admitted to the practice of law in this state.

In the appointment of persons to the Antelope Valley district staff, the Antelope Valley district board shall employ the personnel of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District. On January 1, 2002, all employees of the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District shall …

All officers and employees of the Antelope Valley district, other than members of the Antelope Valley district board, are entitled to the benefits of the County Employees Retirement Law of 1937 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 31450) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 3 of the G…

For the purpose of, but not limited to, retirement benefits, salary rates, seniority, and all fringe benefits, all time of employment with the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District immediately prior to employment with the Antelope Valley district, and any time of employm…

If the civil service commission, or body performing the functions thereof, in the Antelope Valley district finds that any person has been employed by the Antelope Valley Air Pollution Control District in a position with duties and qualifications that are substantially the same as…

The Antelope Valley district may contract for any professional assistance that may be necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and duties.