1. (a) Each manufacturer offering new vehicles for sale in California shall make available to the state board at reasonable times and upon reasonable written notice its facilities for the purpose of observing assembly-line testing conducted pursuant to Article 1.

2. (b) Upon request, facilities at the assembly-line shall be made available for the state board to conduct its own assembly-line tests with the manufacturer's or the state board's own equipment. In lieu of the state board's surveillance testing at assembly-lines, a manufacturer and the executive officer of the state board may agree

   1. (1) to the state board's surveillance testing in California at a point or points mutually satisfactory to both, or
   2. (2) to surveillance being conducted by an independent laboratory pursuant to instructions of the executive officer. The executive officer shall endeavor to conduct assembly-line surveillance testing under this subdivision with respect to manufacturers whose assembly-lines are outside the continental United States.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 39600, 39601 and 43202, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 39002, 39003, 39500, 43100, 4302 and 43210, Health and Safety Code.

History

1. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 10-17-73 as procedural and organizational; effective upon filing (Register 73, No. 42).

2. Amendment filed 12-5-73 as an emergency; effective upon filing. Certificate of Compliance included (Register 73, No. 49).

3. New subsection (c) filed 3-6-74; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 74, No. 10).

4. Repealer of subsection (c) filed 5-23-75; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 75, No. 21).

5. Amendment filed 11-30-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 49).