Section 40601.

The district board may adopt rules and regulations by the earliest feasible date that do all of the following:

(a)  Require the use of best available control technology for new and modified sources, and the use of best available retrofit control technology for existing sources.

(b)  Promote the use of cleaner burning alternative fuels.

(c)  Encourage and facilitate ridesharing for commuter trips into, out of, and within the district.

(d)  Require all businesses described below within the district that employ at least 100 people to establish a rideshare program:

(1)  That are located within an incorporated city with a population of at least 10,000, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance.

(2)  That are located within an incorporated city with a population of less than 10,000, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, or that are located within the unincorporated area of a county, of which more than 50 percent of their employees work at least 2,040 hours per year.

(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 483, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)