17910-17910.2
EDUCATION CODE
SECTION 17910-17910.2
17910. This part shall be known and may be cited as the Katz Safe Schoolbus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program. 17910.1. As used in this part, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Commission" means the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission. (b) "Superintendent" means the Superintendent of Public Instruction. (c) "Fund" means the Katz Schoolbus Fund created pursuant to Section 17911. (d) "Department" means the Department of the California Highway Patrol. (e) "Program" means the Katz Safe Schoolbus Clean Fuel Efficiency Demonstration Program. (f) "Schoolbus" means a schoolbus, as defined in Section 545 of the Vehicle Code, which is Type 1 and publicly owned. (g) "Local educational agency" means any of the following: (1) A school district. (2) A county office of education. (3) A regional occupational program or center. (4) A joint powers agency which operates publicly owned schoolbuses. 17910.2. The Legislature finds and declares that there are many schoolbuses operating in this state which are not fuel efficient and do not meet current federal standards of safety, and that ensuring the safety of schoolbus transportation is a matter of the highest importance. It is, therefore, the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this part, to create a program for the purchase of new schoolbuses which meet federal safety standards and operate with greater efficiency and produce fewer adverse air emissions than the vehicles being replaced. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the replacement schoolbuses provided under this program be distributed to as diverse a selection of districts as is consistent with safety and energy considerations.