(a) The state board shall establish criteria for the evaluation of the effectiveness of motor vehicle pollution control devices. After the establishment of such criteria, the state board shall evaluate motor vehicle pollution control devices which have been submitted to it for testing.
(b) The criteria established by the state board pursuant to subdivision (a) shall include, but need not be limited to:
(1) Provisions for the testing of vehicles on which a device is installed, when an engineering evaluation of the device indicates such testing is warranted.
(2) A requirement that independent test data be supplied to the state board for each device it is requested to test.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.)