§ 44299.2. — 44299.2. (Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 459, Sec. 3.)

Funds shall be allocated to districts, and shall be subject to administrative terms and conditions as follows:
(a)
Available funds shall be distributed to districts taking into consideration the population of the area, the severity of the air quality problems experienced by the population, and the historical allocation of the program funds, except that the south coast district shall be allocated a percentage of the total funds available to districts that is proportional to the percentage of the total state population residing within the jurisdictional boundaries of that district. For the purposes of this subdivision, population shall be determined by the state board based on the most recent data provided
by the Department of Finance. The allocation to the south coast district shall be subtracted from the total funds available to districts. Each district, except the south coast district, shall be awarded a minimum allocation of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000), and the remainder, which shall be known as the “allocation amount,” shall be allocated to all districts as follows:
(1)
The state board shall distribute 35 percent of the allocation amount to the districts in proportion to the percentage of the total residual state population that resides within each district’s boundaries. For purposes of this paragraph, “total residual state population” means the total state population, less the total population that resides within the south coast district.
(2)
The state board shall
distribute 35 percent of the allocation amount to the districts in proportion to the severity of the air quality problems to which each district’s population is exposed. The severity of the exposure shall be calculated as follows:
(A)
Each district shall be awarded severity points based on the district’s attainment designation and classification, as most recently promulgated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency for the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone averaged over eight hours, as follows:
(i)
A district that is designated attainment for the federal eight-hour ozone standard shall be awarded one point.
(ii)
A district that is designated nonattainment for the federal eight-hour ozone standard shall
be awarded severity points based on classification. Two points shall be awarded for transitional, basic, or marginal classifications, three points for moderate classification, four points for serious classification, five points for severe classification, six points for severe-17 classification, and seven points for extreme classification.
(B)
Each district shall be awarded severity points based on the annual diesel particulate emissions in the air basin, as determined by the state board. One point shall be awarded to the district, in increments, for each 1,000 tons of diesel particulate emissions. In making this determination, 0 to 999 tons shall be awarded no points, 1,000 to 1,999 tons shall be awarded one point, 2,000 to 2,999 tons shall be awarded two points, and so forth. If a district encompasses more than one air basin, the air basin
with the greatest diesel particulate emissions shall be used to determine the points awarded to the district. The San Diego County Air Pollution Control District and the Imperial County Air Pollution Control District shall be awarded one additional point each to account for annual diesel particulate emissions transported from Mexico.
(C)
The points awarded under subparagraphs (A) and (B), shall be added together for each district, and the total shall be multiplied by the population residing within the district boundaries, to yield the local air quality exposure index.
(D)
The local air quality exposure index for each district shall be summed together to yield a total state exposure index. Funds shall be allocated under this paragraph to each district in proportion to its local
air quality exposure index divided by the total state exposure index.
(3)
The state board shall distribute 30 percent of the allocation amount to the districts in proportion to the allocation of funds from the program moneys in the fund, as follows:
(A)
Because each district is awarded a minimum allocation pursuant to subdivision (a), there shall be no additional minimum allocation from the program historical allocation funds. The total amount allocated in this way shall be subtracted from total funding previously awarded to the district under the program, and the remainder, which shall be known as directed funds, shall be allocated pursuant to subparagraph (B).
(B)
Each district with a population that is greater than or
equal to 1 percent of the state’s population shall receive an additional allocation based on the population of the district and the district’s relative share of emission reduction commitments in the state implementation plan to attain the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone averaged over one hour. This additional allocation shall be calculated as a percentage share of the directed funds for each district, derived using a ratio of each district’s share amount to the base amount, which shall be calculated as follows:
(i)
The base amount shall be the total program funds allocated by the state board to the districts in the 2002–03 fiscal year, less the total of the funds allocated through the minimum allocation to each district in the 2002–03 fiscal year.
(ii)
The share
amount shall be the allocation that each district received in the 2002–03 fiscal year, not including the minimum allocation. There shall be one share amount for each district.
(iii)
The percentage share shall be calculated for each district by dividing the district’s share amount by the base amount, and multiplying the result by the total directed funds available under this subparagraph.
(b)
Funds shall be distributed as expeditiously as reasonably practicable, and a report of the distribution shall be made available to the public.
(c)
All funds allocated pursuant to this section shall be liquidated as provided for in the guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44287.

Legislative History

Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 459, Sec. 3. (SB 1158) Effective January 1, 2025.