Bill Text: CA SB1156 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Heavy-duty trucks: grants: compliance.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2010-08-11 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. [SB1156 Detail]

Download: California-2009-SB1156-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 1156	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 4, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 16, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Cedillo

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2010

   An act to add and repeal Section  44274.9  
44127  of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution,
making an appropriation therefor, and declaring the urgency thereof,
to take effect immediately.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1156, as amended, Cedillo. Heavy-duty trucks: grants:
compliance. 
   (1) Existing law creates the Air Quality Improvement Fund, which
is administered by the State Air Resources Board. The moneys in the
fund are available to the state board, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, to implement the Air Quality Improvement Program.

    (1)     Existing law creates an enhanced
fleet modernization program for the retirement of certain high
polluting vehicles to be administered by the Bureau of Automotive
Repair pursuant to guidelines adopted by the State Air Resources
Board. Existing law creates the Enhanced Fleet Modernization
Subaccount in the High Polluter Removal and Repair Account to
establish and   implement this enhanced program, upon
appropriation by the Legislature. 
   This bill would appropriate $20,000,000 from the  Air
Quality Improvement Fund   Enhanced Fleet Modernization
Subaccount  to the state board for the purpose of providing
grants to owners of on-road heavy-duty diesel-fueled motor vehicles
that service the state's ports and railyards in order to purchase
equipment for compliance with specified drayage truck regulations
adopted by the state board. The bill would prescribe requirements for
the administration of those moneys by the state board. The
provisions of the bill would be repealed on January 1, 2013.
   (2) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute.
   Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
   
  SECTION 1.    Section 44274.9 is added to the
Health and Safety Code, to read:
   44274.9.  (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter
 
  SECTION 1.    Section 44127 is added to the Health and
Safety Code, to read: 
    44127.   (a)     Notwithstanding
any other provision of this article  , the sum of twenty million
dollars ($20,000,000) is appropriated from the  Air Quality
Improvement Fund   Enhanced Fleet Modernization
Subaccount, created by Section 44126,  to the state board for
the purpose of providing grants to owners of on-road heavy-duty
diesel-fueled motor vehicles that service the state's ports and
railyards to purchase equipment for compliance with Section 2027 of
Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.
   (b) The moneys appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
administered consistent with subdivision (c) and with guidelines that
are adopted by the state board pursuant to Chapter 3.2 (commencing
with Section 39625) of Part 2, except that the moneys may be used for
emission reductions that are currently required by regulations
adopted by the state board.
   (c) The state board shall provide grants pursuant to subdivision
(a) consistent with all of the following requirements:
   (1) Funding shall be awarded only to owners of three or fewer
on-road heavy-duty diesel-fueled motor vehicles.
   (2) Funding shall be used for equipment to meet 2007 model year
engine emissions standards pursuant to Section 2027 of Title 13 of
the California Code of Regulations, or emissions standards for a
newer model year engine.
   (3) Funding shall not be awarded for purposes of purchasing
equipment for any vehicle that has already met the requirements to
comply with Phase 1 of the state's drayage truck regulation pursuant
to Section 2027 of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations.

   (4) Funding shall be distributed among the state's trade
corridors, as defined in Section 39625.1, with allocations of 55
percent to the Los Angeles/Inland Empire region, 25 percent to the
Central Valley region, 14 percent to the Bay Area region, and 6
percent to the San Diego/border region. 
   (d) Any moneys not expended before January 1, 2013, shall revert
to the  Air Quality Improvement Fund   Enhanced
Fleet Modernization Subaccount  .
   (e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate
effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:
   In order to provide help to financially struggling on-road
heavy-duty diesel-fueled motor vehicle owners as soon as possible, it
is necessary that this act take effect immediately.