Civil penalties: glider vehicles.

Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to publish a penalty policy for specified civil or administrative penalties relating to vehicular air pollution, as specified. Existing federal regulations regulate the manufacture of glider vehicles, defined as new motor vehicles produced from a glider kit, as defined, or otherwise produced as a new motor vehicle with a used or remanufactured engine. This bill would make a person who operates a glider vehicle, as defined, in violation of specified emission standards or other requirements for glider vehicles to be subject to a minimum civil penalty of $25,000 per violation. The bill would prohibit the above-described requirement for the publication of a penalty policy from being construed as providing discretion to the state board to reduce that minimum civil penalty. The bill would require all moneys collected by the state board to be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund and be available upon appropriation.