California Public Resources Code

§ 21190

PRC § 21190 Effective Jun 24, 2015Div. 13.5

Statute text

There is in this state the California Environmental Protection Program, which shall be concerned with the preservation and protection of California’s environment. In this connection, the Legislature hereby finds and declares that, since the inception of the program pursuant to the Marks-Badham Environmental Protection and Research Act, the Department of Motor Vehicles has, in the course of issuing environmental license plates, consistently informed potential purchasers of those plates, by means of a detailed brochure, of the manner in which the program functions, the particular purposes for which revenues from the issuance of those plates can lawfully be expended, and examples of particular projects and programs that have been financed by those revenues. Therefore, because of this representation by the Department of Motor Vehicles, purchasers expect and rely that the moneys paid by them will be expended only for those particular purposes, which results in an obligation on the part of the state to expend the revenues only for those particular purposes. Accordingly, all funds expended pursuant to this division shall be used only to support identifiable projects and programs of state agencies, cities, cities and counties, counties, districts, the University of California, private nonprofit environmental and land acquisition organizations, and private research organizations that have a clearly defined benefit to the people of the State of California and that have one or more of the following purposes:

(a)The control and abatement of air pollution, including all phases of research into the sources, dynamics, and effects of environmental pollutants.

(b)The acquisition, preservation, restoration, or any combination thereof, of natural areas or ecological reserves.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 24, Sec. 33. (SB 83) Effective June 24, 2015.