Section 44127 - Allocations for expansion of replacement components or mobility option components(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All from any of the following:(1) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created pursuant to Section 44126.(2) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created pursuant to Section 44091.(3) The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant to Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys consistent with law for Clean Cars 4 All from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.(c) Of the funds made available in Items 3900-101-0001 and 3900-101-3228 of the Budget Act of 2023 (Sections 110 and 111 of Chapter 38 of the Statutes of 2023) to the state board and that the state board allocated to Clean Cars 4 All, the state board shall maintain funding for each district participating in Clean Cars 4 All, such that if a district has insufficient funds to meet processed demand, the state board shall reallocate moneys to that district to ensure operation is minimally impacted for district Clean Cars 4 All programs.(d)(1) In allocating funding under Clean Cars 4 All to districts participating in the program, and to the statewide program, the state board shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following metrics:(A) Number of vouchers deployed.(B) Proportion of applications that have been started and resulted in completed replacement transactions or mobility vouchers.(D) Proportional investment to underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.(E) Population in eligible Clean Cars 4 All Zip Codes.(2) Beginning January 1, 2023, and every year thereafter, the state board shall publish, as part of its funding plan, a report identifying how each criterion was used to allocate funding to districts and to the statewide program.(e)(1) Up to 10 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board for Clean Cars 4 All may be used for outreach programs in accordance with both of the following requirements:(A) Before a district allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach, the district shall submit a description to the state board of the outreach efforts that will be funded with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board and a justification of how the additional funding for outreach will support deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.(B) A district that allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach shall submit a report to the state board on the outcome of this expenditure, including a description of outreach efforts that were funded or augmented with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board for Clean Cars 4 All and how that funding supported deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.(2) Documents and information submitted by a district to the state board pursuant to this subdivision shall be for informational purposes only.(f)(1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5 of the Government Code, the state board shall report annually to the budget committees of both houses of the Legislature the amount of funding allocated by the state board to the statewide Clean Cars 4 All program and to each district Clean Cars 4 All program and detailed performance metrics consistent with the requirements of subdivision (d) for the statewide and district Clean Cars 4 All programs, including the number and dollar amount of grants awarded by each district program and by the statewide program and regionally specific information for grant awards made by the administrator under the statewide program.(2) Notwithstanding Section 9795 of the Government Code, a report prepared pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted as an electronic copy to the committees described in paragraph (1) and posted on the state board's internet website.Ca. Health and Saf. Code § 44127
Amended by Stats 2024 ch 72 (SB 156),s 31, eff. 7/2/2024.Amended by Stats 2022 ch 375 (SB 1382),s 4, eff. 1/1/2023.Added by Stats 2017 ch 636 (AB 630),s 5, eff. 1/1/2018.