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ORDINANCE NO. MC-784
2 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO ADDING CHAPTER
17.08 TO THE SAN BERNARDINO MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO MOBILE
3 SOURCE AIR POLLUTION REDUCTION.
4 THE MAYOR AND COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO
DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS:
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SECTION 1.
Chapter 17.08 is hereby added to the San
7 Bernardino Municipal Code to read as follows:
8 Chapter 17.08
9 Mobile Source Air Pollution Ordinance.
17.08.010 - Tit1e. This Chapter may be referred to as the
11 Mobile Source Air Pollution Ordinance.
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17.08.020 - Findings.
The City of San Bernardino hereby
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(1) The City is committed to improving the
public health, safety and welfare, including air
quality.
(2) Mobile sources are a major contributor to
air pollution in the South Coast Air Basin.
(3) Air quality goals for the region
established by state law cannot be met without
reducing air pollution from mobile sources.
(4) The South Coast Air Quality Management Plan
(AQMP) calls upon cities and counties to reduce
emissions from motor vehicles consistent with the
requirements of the California Clean Air Act of 1988
by developing and implementing mobile source air
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(5) To the extent that such programs place
demands upon the City's funds, those programs should
be financed by shifting the responsibility for
financing from the general fund to the motor vehicles
creating the demand, to the greatest extent possible.
(6) Health and Safety Code, Section 44223,
added by action of the California Legislature on
September 30, 1990, (Chapter 90-1705), authorizes the
South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD)
to impose an additional motor vehicle registration
fee of Two Dollars ($2.00), commencing on April 1,
1991, increasing to Four Dollars ($4.00), commencing
on April 1, 1992, to finance the implementation of
transportation measures embodied in the AQMP and
provisions of the California Clean Air Act.
(7) Forty Cents ($.40) of every dollar
collected under Section 44223 of the Health and
Safety Code shall be distributed to cities and
counties located in the South Coast Air Quality
Management District that comply with Section 44243
based on the jurisdictions prorated share of
population as defined by the State Department of
Finance.
(8) The City is located within the South Coast
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27 registration fees upon adoption of this Chapter.
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(9) The City, after careful consideration,
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hereby finds and declares that the imposition of the
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motor vehicle registration fee by the SCAQMD to
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finance mobile source air pollution reduction
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programs is in the best interests of the general
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welfare of the City and its residents.
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the City deems it advisable to adopt this Chapter.
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17.08.030 - Intent. This Chapter is intended to support
9 the SCAQMD' s imposition of the vehicle registration fee and to
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11 Section 44243 of the Health and Safety Code in order to receive
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17.08.040 - Definitions.
As used in this Chapter, the
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(1) "City" shall mean the City of San
Bernardino.
(2) "Mobile source air pollution reduction
programs" shall mean any program or project
implemented by the City to reduce air pollution from
motor vehicles pursuant to the California Clean Air
Act of 1988 or the plan proposed pursuant to Article
5 (commencing with Section 40460) of Chapter 5.5 of
Part 3 of the Health and Safety Code.
(3) "Fee Administrator" shall mean the Finance
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17.08.050 - Administration of Vehicle Registration Fee.
(1) Receipt of Fee:
Vehicle registration fees
due pursuant to this Chapter disbursed by the SCAQMD
and remitted to the City shall be accepted by the Fee
Administrator.
(2) Transfer of Funds: Upon receipt of vehicle
registration fees, the Fee Administrator shall be
responsible for placement of such funds into a
separate account as hereinafter specified.
(3) Establishment of Air Quality Improvement
Trust Fund: The Fee Administrator shall establish a
separate interest-bearing trust fund account in a
financial institution authorized to receive deposits
of City funds.
Interest earned by the account shall
be credited to that account and shall be used to
finance mobile source air pollution programs.
(4) Audits:
The City consents to audits, at
least once every two years, of all programs and
projects funded by vehicle registration fee revenues
provided under Section 44223 of the Health and Safety
Code.
17.08.060 - Liberal Construction.
The provisions of this
Chapter shall be liberally construed to effectively carry out its
purposes, which are hereby found and declared to be in
furtherance of the public health, safety, welfare and
convenience.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the Mayor and Common Council of the City of
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San Bernardino at a regular
6th
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Council Members:
ESTRADA
REILLY
FLORES
MAUDSLEY
MINOR
POPE-LUDLAM
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meeting thereof, held on the
, 1991, by the following vote, to wit:
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The foregoing Ordinance is hereby approved t~$-
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Approved as to
form and legal content:
JAMES F. PENMAN,
City Attorney
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