Section 44099.

(a) As used in this section, "district" means the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.

(b) The district, in consultation with the state board, shall administer a voluntary program to replace or retrofit high emitting schoolbuses in the San Joaquin Valley.

(c) In selecting projects, the district shall follow the state board's 2008 Lower-Emission School Bus Program Guidelines, and shall give priority to model year 1987 and older schoolbuses.

(d) Any interest generated from the funds allocated to the district from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund, established by Section 14556.5 of the Government Code, for the purposes of paragraph (100) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the district for the purpose of administering the program established in this section.

(e) By January 1, 2013, and by January 1, 2014, the district shall submit a report to the Legislature on the implementation and status of the program, including, but not limited to, the number of schoolbuses replaced or retrofitted and the estimated emission reductions achieved through the program.

(f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends that date.

(Amended by Stats. 2011, Ch. 494, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2012. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, by its own provisions.)