Bill Text: CA AB2492 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Medium duty vehicles: pilot program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-05-25 - In committee: Held under submission. [AB2492 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB2492-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 15, 2018

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2492

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Introduced by Assembly Member Salas

February 14, 2018

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An act to amend Section 44280 add Article 7 (commencing with Section 43900) to Chapter 4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2492, as amended, Salas. Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program. Medium duty vehicles: pilot program.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the Bureau of Automotive Repair, to adopt a program that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light duty and medium duty trucks that are high polluters. Existing establishes the Clean Cars 4 All Program, administered by the state board, to focus on achieving reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, improvements in air quality, and benefits to low-income state residents through the replacement of high-polluter motor vehicles with cleaner and more efficient motor vehicles or a mobility option, as specified.

This bill would require the state board to adopt a pilot program to provide grants for emissions repairs and testing for class 3 medium-duty trucks, as specified, to be administered by air pollution control and air quality management districts designated as federal extreme nonattainment, as specified.

Existing law establishes the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, which is administered by the State Air Resources Board. The program authorizes the state board to provide grants to offset the incremental cost of eligible projects that reduce emissions from covered vehicular sources. The program also authorizes funding for a fueling infrastructure demonstration program and for technology development efforts that are expected to result in commercially available technologies in the near-term that would improve the ability of the program to achieve its goals.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to these provisions.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NOYES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Article 7 (commencing with Section 43900) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

Article  7. Medium Duty Trucks

43900.

 (a) The state board shall adopt a pilot program to provide grants for emissions repairs and testing for class 3 medium duty trucks that have a gross vehicle weight rating of between 10,000 and 14,000 pounds. The state board shall adopt guidelines that include all of the following:

(1) Modeled after existing, successful emission testing programs.

(2) Administered by districts designated as federal extreme nonattainment.

(3) (A) Award grants to fleet owners whose annual receipts are less than ____ dollars ($____).

(B) An applicant shall provide tax returns to verify income eligibility.

(4) Operate, to the extent feasible, with the enhanced fleet modernization program (Article 11 (commencing with Section 44125) of Chapter 5) and the motor vehicle inspection program (Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000)).

(b) The state board, where applicable, shall ensure coordination, integration, and partnerships with other programs authorized by this division that target disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711, and receive moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.

SECTION 1.Section 44280 of the Health and Safety Code, as amended by Section 17 of Chapter 401 of the Statutes of 2013, is amended to read:

44280.

(a)There is hereby created the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program. The program shall be administered by the state board in accordance with this chapter. The administration of the program may be delegated to the districts.

(b)The program shall provide grants to offset the incremental cost of projects that reduce covered emissions from covered sources in the state. Eligibility for grant awards shall be determined by the state board, in consultation with the districts, in accordance with this chapter.

(c)The program also shall provide funding for a fueling infrastructure demonstration program and for technology development efforts that are expected to result in commercially available technologies in the near-term that would improve the ability of the program to achieve its goals. The infrastructure demonstration and technology development portions of the program shall be managed by the commission, in consultation with the state board.

(d)This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date.