Motor vehicle pollution control devices: aftermarket parts: approval process.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not specify what happens if an application is denied, making this detail speculative.

Motor Vehicle Pollution Control Devices: Aftermarket Parts Approval Process

This law sets new rules for the State Air Resources Board to follow when approving applications for executive orders that exempt certain aftermarket parts from pollution control requirements.

What This Bill Does

• Sets a time limit of 30 days for the board to determine if an application is complete.
• Requires the board to decide whether to approve or deny an application within 60 days after receiving all needed information.
• Specifies that the board must act on amended applications within 30 days.
• States that if the board does not make a decision in time, it must refund half of any fees paid by the applicant.
• Requires the board to submit reports about approval timelines for executive orders exempting aftermarket parts.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Air Resources Board
• People who want to add aftermarket parts to their vehicles

Terms To Know

Aftermarket Parts

Parts that are added or modified after a vehicle is made and sold.

Executive Order

A directive issued by the State Air Resources Board to exempt certain parts from pollution control rules.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if an application is denied.
• It's unclear how much this will change current practices or costs for applicants.
• There are no details on the content of future reports to the Legislature.

Official Summary Text

SB 1069, as amended, Grayson.
Motor vehicle pollution control devices: aftermarket parts: approval process.
Existing law prohibits the disconnection, modification, or alteration of required motor vehicle pollution control
devices, except with respect to
devices. Existing law exempts from the prohibition
an alteration, modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism that is covered by a resolution of the State Air Resources Board that makes specified findings.
Under existing regulations, the executive officer of the state board is authorized to exempt add-on and modified parts for on-road vehicles or engines from the above prohibition based on an evaluation conducted in accordance with certain procedures.
Existing law requires the state board to undertake a public process to review the existing procedures for exempting parts for on-highway vehicles under those resolutions with the goal of streamlining the process for issuing executive orders. Existing law authorizes the state board to adopt a schedule of fees to cover all or a portion of the state board’s reasonable costs for the certification, audit, and compliance of aftermarket parts sold in the state, as specified.
This bill would require the state board, within 30 days of the receipt of an application
for the issuance of an executive order
to exempt certain aftermarket parts and any associated fees, to determine whether the application is complete and, within 60 days of determining that an application is complete and receiving any additional requested emissions testing data, to approve or deny the application, as
specified. The bill would require the state board to approve or deny an amended application within 30 days of the receipt of the amended application. If the state board does not approve or deny an application within those timelines, the bill would require the state board to refund the applicant 50% of any fee collected for the application. The bill would also require the state board to submit a report to the Legislature on review and issuance timelines for executive orders issued to exempt those aftermarket parts on or before March 1, 2028, and biennially thereafter until March 1, 2034.

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