Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

“County district board” means the governing body of a county district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Fugitive emissions” mean those emissions that cannot reasonably pass through a stack, chimney, vent, or other functionally equivalent opening. Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 39601, the state board may not revise this definition for the purposes of this section. (Adde…

“Crankcase emissions” means substances emitted directly to the atmosphere from any opening leading to the crankcase of a motor vehicle engine. Crankcase gases which are conducted to the engine intake or exhaust systems are not included in the definition of crankcase emissions, bu…

“Department” means the Department of Consumer Affairs. (Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 892, Sec. 1.2.)

“Direct import vehicle” means any light-duty motor vehicle manufactured outside of the United States which was not intended by the manufacturer for sale in the United States and which was not certified by the state board pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 43100) of Ch…

“District” means an air pollution control district or an air quality management district created or continued in existence pursuant to provisions of Part 3 (commencing with Section 40000). (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 324.)

“District board” means the governing body of a district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Elderly low-income person” means an individual over 62 years of age who resides in a household wherein the combined adjusted gross income, as defined in Section 17072 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, of all members of the household, including such individual over 62 years of ag…

“Emission standards” means specified limitations on the discharge of air contaminants into the atmosphere. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) “Bidirectional control” means the capability of a diagnostic tool to send messages on the data (bus) that temporarily overrides the module’s control over a sensor or actuator and gives control to the diagnostic tool operator. Bidirectional controls do not create permanent cha…

(a) “Emissions retrofit device” means an exhaust device certified pursuant to Section 43630 or approved for use pursuant to Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code which renders a modified vehicle a low-emission motor vehicle, as defined by Section 43800. (b) This section shall become …

“Exhaust device” means a motor vehicle pollution control device to reduce exhaust emissions. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Exhaust emissions” means substances emitted to the atmosphere from any opening downstream from the exhaust port of a motor vehicle engine. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Flue” means any duct or passage for air, gases, or the like, such as a stack or chimney. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Fuel evaporative loss emissions” means vaporized fuel emitted into the atmosphere from the fuel system of a motor vehicle. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Fuel system” means the combination of fuel tank, fuel lines and carburetor, or fuel injector, and includes all vents and fuel evaporative emission control systems or devices. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Gross polluter” means a vehicle with excess hydrocarbon, carbon monoxide, or oxides of nitrogen emissions as established by the department in consultation with the state board. (Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 27, Sec. 1. Effective March 30, 1994.)

“Heavy-duty” means having a manufacturer’s maximum gross vehicle weight rating of 6,001 or more pounds. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)

“Implement of husbandry” has the same meaning as defined in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 36000), Division 16 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Light-duty” means having a manufacturer’s maximum gross vehicle weight rating of under 6,001 pounds. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1063.)

“Local or regional authority” means the governing body of any city, county, or district. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Low-emission motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle which has been certified by the state board to meet all applicable emission standards and which meets at least one of the following additional requirements: (a) Is capable of operating on methanol, as determined by the state boar…

“Marine vessel” means any tugboat, tanker, freighter, passenger ship, barge, or other boat, ship, or watercraft, except those used primarily for recreation. (Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 1130.)

“Medium-duty” means a heavy-duty vehicle having a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating under a limit established by the state board. (Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 370, Sec. 201. (SB 1371) Effective January 1, 2021.)

“Model year” means the manufacturer’s annual production period which includes January 1 of a calendar year or, if the manufacturer has no annual production period, the calendar year. In the case of any vehicle manufactured in two or more stages, the time of manufacture shall be t…

“Mojave Desert district” means the Mojave Desert Air Quality Management District created pursuant to Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 41200) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 642, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Mojave Desert district board” means the governing board of the Mojave Desert district. (Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 642, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1993.)

“Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Motor vehicle pollution control device” means equipment designed for installation on a motor vehicle for the purpose of reducing the air contaminants emitted from the vehicle, or a system or engine modification on a motor vehicle which causes a reduction of air contaminants emit…

“Motorcycle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 400 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“New motor vehicle” means a motor vehicle, the equitable or legal title to which has never been transferred to an ultimate purchaser. (Amended by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1206.)

“New motor vehicle engine” means a new engine in a motor vehicle. (Added by Stats. 1976, Ch. 1206.)

“Nonvehicular sources” means all sources of air contaminants, including the loading of fuels into vehicles, except vehicular sources. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Obscurant” means fog oil released into the atmosphere during military exercises which produces a smoke screen designed to eliminate the detection of persons or objects by visual or electronic means of observation within a localized area. (Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 299, Sec. 1. E…

“Open outdoor fire” means any combustion of combustible material of any type outdoors in the open, not in any enclosure, where the products of combustion are not directed through a flue. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Orchard or citrus grove heater” means any article, machine, equipment, or other contrivance, burning any type of fuel or material capable of emitting air contaminants, used, or capable of being used, for the purpose of giving protection from frost damage. (Added by Stats. 1975, …

“Passenger vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 465 of the Vehicle Code. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Person” includes all of the following: (a) A “person” as defined in Section 19. (b) Any state or local governmental agency or public district, or any officer or employee thereof. However, no state or local governmental agency or public district, or any officer or employee thereo…

“PM2.5” means particulate matter 2.5 microns and smaller in size. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 477, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

“Qualifying facility” means a qualifying small power production facility as defined in Section 228.5 of the Public Utilities Code. (Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.)

“Racing vehicle” means a competition vehicle not used on public highways. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Regional district” means a district created pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 40300) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Regional district board” means the governing body of a regional district. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

“Resource recovery project” means a project which converts municipal wastes, agricultural wastes, forest wastes, landfill gas, or digester gas in a manner so as to produce energy as a byproduct in the air basin in which they are produced. (Amended by Stats. 1985, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.…

“Sacramento district” means the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District created pursuant to Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 40950) of Part 3. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 1.)

“Sacramento district board” means the governing body of the Sacramento district. (Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1541, Sec. 2.)