(a) Each transit agency subject to the reporting requirements of section 2023.8 must maintain copies of the information reported under section 2023.8, as well as the records described in subsections (b) through (e) in this section, and retain such records as required below in subsection (g).(b) Each transit agency must maintain records of all purchased, leased, rented, or operated conventional internal combustion engine buses, zero-emission, and fully converted buses to zero-emission buses, for the purpose of demonstrating compliance with the requirements of sections 2023.1 through 2023.4 and section 2023.6. Transit agencies must keep records of the following:(1) Every Notice to Proceed sent to bus manufacturers or sales representatives for the purpose of purchasing buses;(2) Bus purchase contracts that Notice to Proceeds are based upon;(3) Any lease agreements with bus manufacturers or sales representatives;(4) Documentation to show ownership transfer for purchase of used buses;(5) Documentation to show when a conventional internal combustion engine bus is fully converted to a zero-emission bus;(6) Copy of vehicle's registration;(7) Proof of bus delivery date.(c) A transit agency that has opted-in to a Zero-Emission Mobility Option must keep records of zero-emission passenger miles generated by scooters, bicycles and other eligible zero-emission vehicles.(d) Each transit agency subject to requirements of section 2023.6 must maintain bus purchase contracts of conventional internal combustion engine buses, including the ones with Low-NOx engines, to demonstrate compliance.(e) Each large transit agency must maintain records of all fuel contracts that are executed on and after January 1, 2020, to demonstrate compliance with the requirements specified in section 2023.7.(f) Audit of Records. A transit agency must make the records required under section 2023.9(b)-(e) available to CARB within 10 calendar days of its request for an audit to verify the accuracy of the reported information.(g) Record Retention. A transit agency shall maintain the records required under section 2023.9(b)-(e) for each bus, zero-emission passenger miles, and fuel contracts that are subject to the reporting requirements of section 2023.8 and record keeping requirements of section 2023.9(b) through (e) for three (3) years after the bus is retired, ownership is transferred, or the fuel contract is expired.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 2023.9
1. New section filed 8-13-2019; operative 10-1-2019 (Register 2019, No. 33). Note: Authority cited: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 39002, 39003, 39500, 39600, 39601, 39667, 40000, 43000.5, 43013, 43018, 43100, 43101, 43102, 43104, 43105, 43106, 43701(b), 43801 and 43806, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 38501, 38510, 38560, 39002, 39003, 39017, 39027, 39500, 39600, 39601, 39650, 39655, 39667, 40000, 43000.5, 43013, 43018, 43101, 43104, 43105, 43701(b), 43801 and 43806, Health and Safety Code; Sections 233, 350, 545 and 28114, Vehicle Code; section 5303, title 49, United States Code; and Code of Federal Regulations, title 49, section 665.13.
1. New section filed 8-13-2019; operative 10/1/2019 (Register 2019, No. 33).