Title SHC, California Sts. & High. Code

All claims for money or damages against the district are governed by Part 3 (commencing with Section 900) and Part 4 (commencing with Section 940) of Division 3.6 of Title 1 of the Government Code except as provided therein, or by other statutes or regulations expressly applicabl…

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the meanings given in this section: (a) “Vanpool operator” means any person who files an application and who is approved for a loan or grant under this chapter. (b) “Vanpool vehicle” means, notwithstanding any other provision…

The Ridesharing Vanpool Revolving Loan and Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The fund shall be administered by the department for purposes of making loans and grants to vanpool operators. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fun…

Any person may submit an application to the department for a loan from the fund to purchase a vanpool vehicle for operation by the person as a vanpool operator. Title to the vehicle shall be retained by the department until the loan is repaid in full. The loan shall be repaid ove…

The department shall charge a rate of interest for loans made under this chapter reasonably calculated to ultimately keep the fund at a constant level and in addition recover the administrative costs incurred by the department under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 799, S…

The vanpool grant program shall be administered by the department. From funds appropriated to the department for the purpose, the department shall make grants to persons approved as vanpool operators for the purchase or lease of vanpool vehicles. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 799, S…

(a) Any person may submit an application to the department for a grant of not more than 70 percent of the cost to purchase or lease a new vanpool vehicle or vehicles. (b) A vanpool operator who receives a purchase grant shall operate the vanpool vehicle as a vanpool for the usefu…

A vanpool operator who receives a lease grant shall operate the vanpool vehicle as a vanpool for the duration of the lease. The vanpool operator’s failure to do so shall result in a forfeiture of all rights under the lease, the return of the vanpool vehicle to the lessor, and for…

All money received by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the Ridesharing Vanpool Revolving Loan and Grant Fund. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 799, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 1989.)

(a) The department shall adopt guidelines for the making of loans and for the purchase and lease of vanpool vehicles. The guidelines shall, in the case of loans, include, but not be limited to, a procedure to evaluate the vanpool operator’s ability to repay the loan in a timely f…

A vanpool operator is not eligible for any California income tax deduction or credit applicable to vanpooling with respect to the amount of any grant under this chapter. (Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 799, Sec. 2. Effective September 26, 1989.)

(a) The Department of Transportation may make loans to other state agencies for the purpose of purchasing vanpool vehicles, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 2570, for state employee vanpooling. The purchased vehicles, to the extent practicable, shall be either “low-emissi…