Bill Text: NJ S144 | 2010-2011 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Requires State to purchase energy efficient and hybrid vehicles; provides for phase-in of the requirement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-12 - Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee [S144 Detail]
Download: New_Jersey-2010-S144-Introduced.html
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
214th LEGISLATURE
PRE-FILED FOR INTRODUCTION IN THE 2010 SESSION
Sponsored by:
Senator ANTHONY R. BUCCO
District 25 (Morris)
Co-Sponsored by:
Senator Baroni
SYNOPSIS
Requires State to purchase energy efficient and hybrid vehicles; provides for phase-in of the requirement.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
Introduced Pending Technical Review by Legislative Counsel
An Act concerning the purchase of energy efficient and hybrid vehicles and supplementing Title 52 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. As used in this act:
"Alternative fuel" means any non-petroleum based fuel such as methanol, denatured ethanol, and other alcohols; any mixture containing 85% or more by volume of methanol, denatured ethanol and other alcohols, or fuels other than alcohol derived from animal, biological or vegetable materials, with gasoline and other fuels, including, but not limited to, certain blends of biodiesel; fuel other than alcohol derived from animal, biological or vegetable materials not mixed with gasoline or other fuels; natural gas, propane, liquefied petroleum gas, hydrogen, coal-derived liquid fuels, electricity, and any other fuel designated by the Secretary of Energy as an alternative fuel. The term "alternative fuel" shall not include the reformulated gasoline required to be sold pursuant to the federal "Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990," 42 U.S.C. s.7403 et seq., or any fuel that is more than 15% petroleum-based by volume.
"Alternative fuel vehicle" means a motor vehicle capable of operating primarily on alternative fuel, except for hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell-powered vehicles. The term "alternative fuel vehicle" includes any vehicle, except for hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell-powered vehicles, that has the capability of operating on either alternative fuel or gasoline; any vehicle that does not have a tank for gasoline and can operate only on alternative fuel; and any type of vehicle designated an alternative fuel vehicle by federal law or the Secretary of Energy.
"Alternative technology vehicle" means any vehicle that is certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra-low emissions vehicle requirements for the applicable model year or cleaner standards, and is a hybrid electric vehicle, a fuel cell-powered vehicle, a dual fuel vehicle, or any motor vehicle that operates primarily on alternative fuel but has been determined to not be an alternative fuel vehicle by the Secretary of Energy.
"Dual fuel vehicle" means a vehicle engineered and designed to be operated on two different fuels, but not on a mixture of the fuels.
"Flexible fuel vehicle" means a vehicle engineered and designed to be operated on any mixture of two or more different fuels.
"Fuel cell" means: (1) a device or contrivance that, through the chemical process of combining ions of hydrogen and oxygen, produces electricity and water; (2) an electro-chemical reaction that generates electricity by combining atoms of hydrogen and oxygen in the presence of a catalyst; (3) a device that directly or indirectly produces electricity directly from hydrogen or hydrocarbon fuel through a non-combustive electro-chemical process; or (4) an electro-chemical device that uses fuel and oxidant to continuously generate electricity.
"Fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicle" means a motor vehicle as defined in R.S.39:1-1, and which is: (1) required to be registered with the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission; (2) propelled by a rear-mounted one-liter, three-cylinder internal combustion engine using unleaded gasoline; and (3) certified as an ultra low emission vehicle pursuant to the California Air Resources Board ultra low emission vehicle standards for the applicable model year.
"Fuel efficient vehicle" means a vehicle attaining a combined fuel economy value of not less than 36 miles per gallon based on fuel efficiency estimates provided by automobile manufacturers and printed on the fuel economy label affixed to a window of a new motor vehicle, pursuant to 40 CFR s.600.306-08 et seq.
"Hybrid electric vehicle" means a motor vehicle propelled by both an internal combustion engine and an electric motor or energy storage device which regenerates energy captured from braking.
2. a. In the next fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this act, no less than 25 percent of all new vehicles purchased by the State shall be fuel efficient vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, alternative technology vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles, fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicles, or vehicles certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra low emissions, super ultra low emissions, or zero emissions vehicle requirements for the applicable model year, except if no such vehicle exists in the vehicle class being purchased.
b. In the fiscal year beginning three years after the date of enactment of this act, no less than 50 percent of all new vehicles purchased by the State shall be fuel efficient vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, alternative technology vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles, fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicles, or vehicles certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra low emissions, super ultra low emissions, or zero emissions vehicle requirements for the applicable model year, except if no such vehicle exists in the vehicle class being purchased.
c. In the fiscal year beginning five years after the date of enactment of this act, no less than 75 percent of all new vehicles purchased by the State shall be fuel efficient vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, alternative technology vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles, fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicles, or vehicles certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra low emissions, super ultra low emissions, or zero emissions vehicle requirements for the applicable model year, except if no such vehicle exists in the vehicle class being purchased.
d. In the fiscal year beginning seven years after the date of enactment of this act, each new vehicle purchased by the State shall be a fuel efficient vehicle, alternative fuel vehicle, alternative technology vehicle, flexible fuel vehicle, fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicle, or vehicle certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra low emissions, super ultra low emissions, or zero emissions vehicle requirements for the applicable model year, except if no such vehicle exists in the vehicle class being purchased.
3. This act shall take effect immediately.
STATEMENT
This bill would require the State phase-in a requirement to purchase only fuel efficient vehicles, alternative fuel vehicles, alternative technology vehicles, fuel cell-powered vehicles, hybrid electric vehicles, flexible fuel vehicles, fuel efficient ultra low emission vehicles, or vehicles certified to meet the California Air Resources Board ultra low emissions, super ultra low emissions, or zero emissions vehicle requirements, except if no such vehicle exists in the vehicle class being purchased.
In the next fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment, 25% of new vehicles purchased would be such vehicles. In the third and fifth fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this bill, respectively, 50% and 75% of all new vehicles would fit these criteria, and in the seventh fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment, all new vehicles purchased by the State would be such vehicles.
