2005 California Education Code Sections 17911-17911.7 CHAPTER 2. FISCAL PROVISIONS AND AUTHORIZED USE OF FUNDS

17911.  There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Katz
Schoolbus Fund.
17911.2.  The commission shall determine the local educational
agencies that are to receive replacement schoolbuses for
participation in the program.
17911.3.  In determining which candidate schoolbuses will be
selected for replacement, the commission shall first, in coordination
with the department and the superintendent, determine which local
educational agencies meet the demonstration project criteria.
17911.4.  All candidate schoolbuses selected by the commission for
replacement shall be inspected by the department to determine all of
the following criteria:
   (a) The dates of manufacture of the schoolbuses.  The schoolbuses
shall have been manufactured prior to April 1, 1977, and shall have
been certified during the prior school year pursuant to Section 2807
of the Vehicle Code.
   (b) The total accumulated mileage of each candidate schoolbus, as
supported by the owner's records and records of the department.  Any
records maintained by the superintendent may also be considered in
determining the true accumulated mileage of a candidate schoolbus.
Only mileage accumulated on the candidate schoolbus during usage by
the applicant district may be considered by the commission as mileage
under this subdivision.
   (c) The average number of miles per day each candidate schoolbus
traveled during the prior school year and to date during the current
school year, as evidenced by the owner's records.  Any records
maintained by the department or by the superintendent may also be
considered in determining the true average daily miles  of a
candidate schoolbus.
   (d) The dates of each of the last three annual certifications and
the odometer reading for each of those dates.
17911.5.  (a) Schoolbuses shall be purchased by the Department of
General Services pursuant to specifications developed by the
commission.  Title to any schoolbus purchased by the Department of
General Services pursuant to this section shall be in the name of the
local educational agency for which the schoolbus was purchased.
   (b) Any schoolbus purchased with these funds shall meet all
applicable federal motor vehicle safety standards, operate with
greater energy efficiency, and produce fewer adverse air emissions
than the schoolbus being replaced.
   (c) Except as provided in this subdivision, no replacement
schoolbus shall exceed the capacity of the schoolbus being replaced,
as estimated by the department.  A local educational agency may use
funds from any available source, other than grants received pursuant
to this part, to pay that part of the cost of a schoolbus that
exceeds the cost of a replacement schoolbus of the same capacity and
with the same features as the schoolbus being replaced, as estimated
by the Department of General Services.
   (d) A replacement schoolbus may be of the same design,
configuration, and nonpower-train specifications as the retired
schoolbus.
17911.6.  Local educational agencies may submit a statement
describing special circumstances which are applicable to a qualified
candidate schoolbus, such as the unavailability of repair or
replacement parts, or any necessary chassis modifications requiring
the approval of the manufacturer of the chassis, as required by
regulations of the department, with its application for a replacement
schoolbus.  The commission may consider those special circumstances
in determining the local educational agencies that are to receive
replacement schoolbuses.
17911.7.  Schoolbuses replaced under this part shall not be used as
schoolbuses, youth buses, school pupil activity buses, general public
paratransit vehicles, or farm labor vehicles in this state.