Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) An administrator must submit a Clean Cars
4 All program implementation proposal to the Board prior to receiving initial
grant disbursements.
(b) The
program must include the following elements:
(1) Targeted outreach in low-income and
disadvantaged communities. The program must target outreach and restrict
program eligibility to motorists with household incomes of 400% of the federal
poverty level or less. This does not prohibit outreach being conducted in
conjunction with one or more other programs that are targeted at other
populations.
(2) Methods for
ensuring that scrapped vehicles have sufficient remaining useful life. The
program must include a mechanism to ensure vehicles have sufficient
functionality to be currently driven. This could include, but is not limited
to, the completion of a smog check test.
(3) Methods to target high-emitting vehicles.
The program must include a mechanism for targeting high-emitting vehicles to be
scrapped. This could include, but is not limited to, emissions testing, remote
sensing, determination of a model year limitation, or other
mechanisms.
(4) Methods for
providing significant assistance to program participants to complete Clean Cars
4 All transactions. This assistance could take the form of incentives from
other programs, financial education, access to low-cost loans, or other ways to
address the challenges to vehicle ownership faced by low-income
participants.
(5) Consumer
protections during the purchase and financing of the vehicle to ensure that the
benefits of the incentives accrue to the final participant. These could
include, but are not limited to the following:
(A) Require or encourage program participants
to borrow from reputable lending institutions and/or join credit unions to
establish credit prior to purchase.
(B) Prohibit vehicle loans by a selling
dealership.
(C) Leverage financial
counseling offered by most credit unions by directing participants to those
resources.
(D) Require or encourage
program participants to receive lending pre-approval before visiting a
dealership.
(E) Collaborate with
consumer advocacy groups that provide financial counseling.
(F) Direct program participants to
California's low-cost auto insurance program.
(G) Require an estimate for total cost of car
ownership with the truth-in-lending statement.
(H) Establish pre-approved pricing for used
or new vehicles.
(I) Require
vehicle inspection and disclosure by an independent auto mechanic.
(J) Require vehicle history be provided and
attached to paperwork.
(K) Require
vehicle warranty for a specified timeframe.
(L) Prohibit applications completed in full,
or in part, by any organization that charges the applicant for this
service.
(6) Regular
review of contractors and partners to ensure that the requirements of the plan
and of these regulations are being met.
(7) Provisions to require contractor and
partners to provide information to be used in the quarterly reporting to CARB
as required by Section
2632.
(8) Scrapped vehicles shall be dismantled at
a dismantler operating under contract with the Bureau. An administrator shall
develop and enter into a separate contract or agreement with the
dismantler.
(c) An
administrator administering the Clean Cars 4 All program may contract with
vehicle dealers, financial institutions, public transit agencies, and other
entities as necessary for redemption of program incentives.
(1) Program incentives may not be redeemed
for the purchase of a dismantled vehicle or a vehicle with a salvaged title (as
described in Vehicle Code section
544).
(2) Clean Cars 4 All incentives may only be
redeemed for mobility options or a replacement vehicle that is 8 years old or
newer and that is one of the following:
(A) A
conventional hybrid that meets or exceeds a minimum combined fuel economy
rating as established each year as part of the Funding Plan, adopted pursuant
to California Code of Regulations, title 13, division 3, chapter 8.2, section
2353 and Health and Safety Code
section
44274;
(B) A plug-in hybrid; or
(C) A zero-emission
vehicle.
(3) An
administrator may exclude eligible replacement technology types listed in (A),
(B), if the administrator met the replacement vehicle goals set by the Board
for the previous fiscal year, set forth pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
44124.5 and subdivision (b) of Section
44125
of the Health and Safety Code, and the changes are set forth in the
administrator's implementation proposal.
(d) A vehicle owner or joint vehicle owner
may not receive more than one Clean Cars 4 All incentive.
(e) A vehicle must meet the requirements of
section 2635(c) within
the state of California. If a district is issuing the incentive, the vehicle
must meet the requirements of section
2635(c) at an
address within the district where the incentive is issued.
(f) In order to participate in the Clean Cars
4 All program, an individual must have a household income less than or equal to
400% of FPL. An administrator or CARB may reduce the eligible income cap, if
the change is set forth in the administrator's implementation proposal or set
forth in the annual Funding Plan, adopted pursuant to California Code of
Regulations, title 13, division 3, chapter 8.2, section
2353 and Health and Safety Code
section
44274;
and incorporated into administrator grant agreements, as determined by the
Board.
(g) A retired vehicle must
pass a functionality test.
(h) An
applicant determined to be eligible under the Clean Cars 4 All program may
receive incentives depending on income eligibility to meet the goals set
pursuant to section
2622, subdivision (c), provided
the incentive amounts are both set in the annual Funding Plan, adopted pursuant
to California Code of Regulations, title 13, division 3, chapter 8.2, section
2353 and Health and Safety Code
section
44274;
and incorporated into administrator grant agreements or contracts, as
determined by the Board.
1. New
section filed 6-7-2019; operative 6-7-2019 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4(b)(3)
(Register 2019, No. 23).
2. Amendment of subsections (a), (b)(2),
(b)(8) and (c), new subsection (c)(3) and amendment of subsections (e), (f) and
(h) filed 6-16-2022; operative 6-16-2022. Pursuant to Government Code section
16428.92
and Budget Act of 2021 section 15.14(d), this action is exempt from the
Administrative Procedure Act. Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only
pursuant to Government Code section
11343.8
(Register 2022, No. 24).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
39600,
39601,
44124.5,
44125
and
44274,
Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
39600,
39601,
44124.5,
44125
and
44274,
Health and Safety Code.
