Health & Saf. Code, § 43212 · Article 2. Manufacturers and Dealers
Health & Saf. Code, § 43212
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) A manufacturer or distributor who does not comply with the emission standards or the test procedures adopted by the state board shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars ($37,500) for each vehicle that does not comply with the standards or procedures and that is first sold in this state. The payment of those penalties to the state board and making the vehicles compliant with applicable emission control laws and test procedures may be required by the executive officer of the state board as conditions for the further sale in this state of those motor vehicles.
(2) The state board shall adjust the maximum penalty specified in paragraph (1) for inflation based on the California Consumer Price Index. The adjustment shall be exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(b) Any penalty recovered pursuant to this section shall be deposited into the Air Pollution Control Fund.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 561, Sec. 123. (AB 1516) Effective January 1, 2018.
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