Title HSC, California Health & Safety Code

(a) A local agency may, from time to time, issue its negotiable bonds or notes for the purpose of financing residential rehabilitation, including the rehabilitation, construction, or acquisition of (1) single residences for single participating parties, (2) a series of residences…

In determining the amount of bonds to be issued, the local agency may include all costs of the issuance of such revenue bonds, bond reserve funds, and bond interest estimated to accrue for a period not exceeding 12 months from the date of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 931…

The bonds may be issued as serial bonds or as term bonds, or the local agency, in its discretion, may issue bonds of both types. The bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the local agency and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding 50 years…

Any resolution or resolutions authorizing any bonds or any issue of bonds may contain provisions respecting any of the following terms and conditions, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders of the bonds: (a) The pledge of all or any part of the revenues, as define…

Neither the members of the governing board of the local agency nor any person executing the bonds or notes shall be liable personally on the bonds or notes or be subject to any personal liability or accountability by reason of the issuance thereof. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1201…

The local agency shall have the power out of any funds available therefor to purchase its bonds or notes. The local agency may hold, pledge, cancel, or resell such bonds, subject to and in accordance with agreements with the bondholders. (Added by Stats. 1973, Ch. 1201.)

In the discretion of the local agency, any bonds issued under the provisions of this part may be secured by a trust agreement by and between the local agency and a corporate trustee or trustees, which may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or…

Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this part or any of the coupons appertaining thereto, and the trustee or trustees appointed pursuant to any resolution authorizing the issuance of such bonds, except to the extent the rights thereof may be restricted by the resol…

Bonds issued under the provisions of this part shall not be deemed to constitute a debt or liability of the local agency or a pledge of the faith and credit of the local agency, but shall be payable solely from the funds specified in this part. All such bonds shall contain on the…

(a) The local agency may provide for the issuance of the bonds of the local agency for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the local agency then outstanding including the payment of any redemption premiums thereof and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequ…

When not immediately required to provide financing under this chapter, revenues and the proceeds of bonds may be invested in any securities or obligations authorized by the resolution providing for issuance of the bonds or by the trust agreement securing the bonds. Such investmen…

Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, bonds issued pursuant to this part shall be legal investments for all trust funds, the funds of insurance companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies and banks, both savings and commercial, and shall be legal investm…

The exercise of the powers granted by this part shall be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state and for their health and welfare. Any bonds or notes issued under the provisions of this chapter, their transfer and the income therefrom, shall at all times be fr…

(a) All departments under the Health and Welfare Agency may write and execute direct service contracts prior to July 1 of any fiscal year for the mutual benefit of both parties in order to avoid program and fiscal delay which could occur if the contracts were executed after July …

If the renewal of a direct service contract is not approved in a timely manner through no fault of the contractor, the administrative department may request a simple 90-day extension of the existing approved contract pending final approval of the contract renewal and provide noti…

An administrative appeal process means a process established by a state agency or department which allows a nonprofit human service agency to seek review and resolution of some complaint about a specific action or inaction of a state agency. The hearings held pursuant to this div…

An appeal may be taken under the following circumstances. (a) Denial of a local contracting agency’s application for funding. (b) Denial of a local contracting agency’s application for expansion or startup funding. (c) Termination of a direct service contract. (d) Suspension of a…

For the purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Allowance” means an authorization to emit, during a specified year, up to one ton of carbon dioxide equivalent. (b) “Alternative compliance mechanism” means an action undertaken by a greenhou…

(a) “District” has the same meaning as in Section 39025. (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed. (Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 135, Sec. 3. (AB 398) Effective July 25, 2017. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, by its own provi…

For purposes of this division, “social costs” means an estimate of the economic damages, including, but not limited to, changes in net agricultural productivity; impacts to public health; climate adaptation impacts, such as property damages from increased flood risk; and changes …

The state board shall do such acts as may be necessary for the proper execution of the powers and duties granted to, and imposed upon, the state board by this division and by any other provision of law. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)

(a) The state board shall adopt standards, rules, and regulations in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, necessary for the proper execution of the powers and duties granted to, an…

(a) The state board shall make available to the public all information described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 11346.2 of the Government Code, related to, but not limited to, air emissions, public health impacts, and economic impacts, before the comment period fo…

The state board is designated the air pollution control agency for all purposes set forth in federal law. The state board is designated as the state agency responsible for the preparation of the state implementation plan required by the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C., Sec. 7401, et seq…

(a) The state board shall adopt rules and regulations pursuant to Section 43013 that, in conjunction with other measures adopted by the state board, the districts, and the United States Environmental Protection Agency, will achieve ambient air quality standards required by the fe…

The state board shall condition eligibility to participate in grant, loan, voucher, or other incentive programs to purchase new drayage and short-haul trucks on compliance with Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680), as applicable. (Added by Stats. 2021, Ch. 748, Sec. 3. (AB…

(a) The state board may do both of the following: (1) Contract for technical advisory services and other services as may be necessary for the performance of its powers and duties. (2) Appoint advisory groups and committees as it requires. Members of committees or advisory groups …

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the state board may provide advance payments to grantees of a grant program or project if the state board determines all of the following: (1) The advance payments are necessary to meet the purposes of the grant program or project. (2) The use o…

(a) The state board shall post on its Web site, at a minimum by January 1 of each odd-numbered year, information on air quality conditions and trends statewide and on the status and effectiveness of state and local air quality programs. (b) The data shall include, but not be limi…

To carry out the purposes of this division, the state board may: (a) Provide any assistance to any district. (b) Require any district to provide requested information utilized in the normal operation of the district or required by a state or federal statute or regulation. (c) Hol…

(a) The state board shall do both of the following: (1) Based upon similar meteorological and geographic conditions and consideration for political boundary lines whenever practicable, divide the state into air basins to fulfill the purposes of this division. (2) Adopt standards …

(a) On or before January 1, 1997, the state board shall adopt regulations to designate, and determine the boundaries of, an air basin known as the Mojave Desert Air Basin. The air basin shall have a territory that is based upon similar meteorological and geographical conditions a…

The state board shall: (a) Establish a program to secure data on air quality in each air basin established by the state board. (b) (1) Inventory sources of air pollution within the air basins of the state and determine the kinds and quantity of air pollutants, including, but not …

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “Nonattainment pollutant” means a criteria pollutant for which a district is classified as a nonattainment area pursuant to this division or the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.). (2) “Statio…

(a) The state board shall, not later than January 1, 1998, and triennially thereafter, approve, following a public hearing, an update to the emission inventory required by subdivision (b) of Section 39607. (b) Each inventory update shall include all of the following: (1) The stat…

On and after January 1, 2007, as part of its responsibilities under Section 39607, and in order to streamline, consolidate, and unify the inventory of air emissions under one agency in state government, the state board shall prepare, adopt, and update the inventory formerly requi…

(a) The state board shall develop, and adopt in a public hearing, a methodology for use by districts to calculate the value of credits issued for emission reductions from stationary, mobile, indirect, and areawide sources, including those issued under market-based incentive progr…

(a) The state board, in consultation with the districts, shall identify, pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 39607, and classify each air basin which is in attainment and each air basin which is in nonattainment for any state ambient air quality standard. This identification a…

On or before December 31, 1989, and at least every three years thereafter, the state board shall complete a study on the feasibility of employing air quality models and other analytical techniques to distinguish between emission control measures on the basis of their relative amb…

(a) Not later than December 31, 1989, the state board shall identify each air basin, or subregion thereof, in which transported air pollutants from upwind areas outside the air basin, or subregion thereof, cause or contribute to a violation of the state ambient air quality standa…

(a) The state board may impose a fee on any entity regulated by the state board under the Transport Refrigeration Unit Regulation (Sections 2477 to 2477.24, inclusive, of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations). (b) Revenues collected from the imposition of a fee pursuant…

(a) In addition to funds that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the state board to carry out the additional responsibilities and to undertake necessary technical studies required by this chapter, the state board may impose additional permit fees on nonvehicular sources wi…

The state board shall impose a fee for any consumer product, as defined in Section 41712, sold in the state and any architectural coating sold in the state if a manufacturer’s total sales of consumer products or architectural coatings will result in the emission in the state of 2…

(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) “2.0L partial consent decree” means the October 25, 2016, Amended Partial Consent Decree among the State Air Resources Board, Volkswagen AG et al., and the United States Department of Justice in the United Sta…

(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (1) Several regions in California suffer from some of the worst air quality in the United States. (2) While traditional command and control air quality regulatory programs are effective in cleaning up the air, ot…

(a) The state board shall not adopt any regulation that excludes the importation of compliant diesel fuel by entities that do not have refineries in California. (b) For the purposes of this section, “compliant diesel fuel” means a diesel fuel that complies with the designated equ…