(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.
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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.
History
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).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
