Section 2472 - Air Pollution Control and Modification Devices(a) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise any device, apparatus, or mechanism intended for use with, or as a part of, any required off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device or system which alters or modifies the original design or performance of any such pollution control device or system.(b) No person shall operate or maintain in a condition of readiness for operation any off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment which is required to be equipped with a pollution control device under Part 5 (commencing with Section 43000) of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code or with any other certified off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device required by any other state law or any rule or regulation adopted pursuant to such law, or required to be equipped with an off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device pursuant to the Clean Air Act ( 42 U.S.C. 1857 et seq.) and the standards and regulations promulgated thereunder, unless it is equipped with the required off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device which is correctly installed and in operating condition. No person shall disconnect, modify, or alter any such required device.(c) This section shall not apply to an alteration, modification, or modifying device, apparatus, or mechanism found by resolution of the State Air Resources Board to do either of the following: (1) Not to reduce the effectiveness of any required off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment pollution control device.(2) To result in emissions from any such modified or altered off-road vehicle, engine, or equipment which are at levels which comply with existing state or federal standards for that model-year of the vehicle, engine or equipment being modified or converted.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 13, § 2472
1. New section filed 8-29-2000; operative 9-28-2000 (Register 2000, No. 35). Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601, 43013 and 43018, Health and Safety Code; and Sections 27156, 38390, 38391 and 38395, Vehicle Code. Reference: Sections 39002, 39003, 43000, 43000.5, 43013, 43017 and 43018, Health and Safety Code.
1. New section filed 8-29-2000; operative 9-28-2000 (Register 2000, No. 35).