California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 40512

(a) The south coast district board may impose a fee surcharge based on a formula associated with quantity of emissions and the effect of these emissions on ambient air quality within the south coast district to generate sufficient revenues to pay for any of its costs associated with the development and implementation of Section 40448.5.

(b) The total amount of funds collected from these surcharge fees shall not exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) in each of the first two fiscal years of the development or implementation of Section 40448.5. All surcharge fees received by the south coast district pursuant to this section shall be deposited in a clean fuels and transportation control measures account that shall be established and maintained by the south coast district.

(c) In subsequent fiscal years, the total amount of funds collected from these surcharge fees shall not exceed 25 percent of the amount of fees received the previous fiscal year from registered motor vehicle owners pursuant to Section 9250.11 of the Vehicle Code. The surcharge fees received by the south coast district pursuant to this section shall be used to pay for the initial costs incurred by the Department of Motor Vehicles to implement the motor vehicle fee program established by Section 9250.11 of the Vehicle Code.

(d) All fees received by the south coast district pursuant to Section 9250.11 of the Vehicle Code shall be deposited in the clean fuels and transportation control measures account and shall be used solely for transportation and vehicular-related program activities within the program established by this section. Not more than 5 percent of the funds in the account shall be used for the south coast district's administrative costs.