(a) Funds to implement the program shall be provided from the amount allocated from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund for the purposes of paragraph (118) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code.
(b) To ensure that emission reductions are obtained as needed from pollution sources, funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be segregated as follows:
(1) Not more than 1 percent of the funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be allocated to program support and outreach costs incurred by SACOG or the Sacramento Region Districts directly associated with implementing the program pursuant to this chapter.
(2) Not more than 2 percent of the funds provided as described in subdivision (a) shall be allocated to direct program outreach activities.
(3) The balance shall be used to offset costs of eligible projects.
(c) SACOG, in consultation with the Sacramento Region Districts, shall specify procedures by which evaluation and review of eligible projects shall be accomplished.
(d) The Sacramento Region Districts shall include an evaluation of the emission benefits provided by those eligible projects that are implemented in the Sacramento federal ozone nonattainment area in the milestone reports submitted in 2002 and 2005 to the United States Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to subsection (g) of Section 7511a of Title 42 of the United States Code.
(e) Funds provided to SACOG as described in subdivision (a) shall not be expended on any NO x control retrofit technology unless that technology has been determined to be eligible for use in the program pursuant to Section 44299.54.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 532, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2001.)