Bill Text: CA SB934 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Zero-emission freight infrastructure: interagency coordination: report.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-22 - In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. [SB934 Detail]
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 934
| Introduced by Senator Gonzalez |
January 16, 2024 |
An act to add Section 14517.5 to the Government Code, relating to transportation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 934, as amended, Gonzalez.
Zero-emission freight infrastructure: interagency coordination: report.
Existing law requires the California Transportation Commission to develop the Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment, in coordination with other state agencies, with the goal of identifying freight corridors, or segments of freight corridors, and infrastructure needed to support the deployment of zero-emission medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, as specified.
Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission), working with specified state agencies, to prepare a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required for the state to meet its goals of putting at least 5,000,000 zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030, and of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by
2030.
This bill would require the California Transportation Commission and the Energy Commission to jointly convene the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, composed of representatives from various state agencies, to lead the statewide coordination of zero-emission freight infrastructure planning and implementation, including carrying out specified actions. The bill would require the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, in consultation with the California Transportation Commission and the Energy Commission, to submit an annual a report to the Legislature beginning on or before
March 1, 2026, and every 5 years thereafter, that includes, among other things, a description of the actions taken by the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team in the previous calendar year. Team.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 14517.5 is added to the Government Code, to read:14517.5.
(a) The commission and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission shall jointly convene an interagency Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team to lead the statewide coordination of zero-emission freight infrastructure planning and implementation, including carrying out the actions described in subdivision (c).(b) The Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team shall include representatives from state agencies, including, but not limited to, the department, the Transportation Agency, the State Air Resources Board, the Public Utilities Commission, and the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development.
(c) The Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team shall be responsible for all of the following actions:
(1) Working with zero-emission freight infrastructure stakeholders to strategically select specific project locations using a corridor-based approach that prioritizes the top freight corridors identified in the Clean Freight Corridor Efficiency Assessment pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 14517.
(2) Coordinating actions between state agencies, utility companies, and other zero-emission freight infrastructure stakeholders.
(3) Developing a process for nongovernmental stakeholders to be included in zero-emission station location
planning and implementation, including, but not limited to, impacted communities, community-based organizations, equity advocates, public health advocates, air quality advocates, tribal nations, and
environmental justice advocates.
(4) Identifying lead entities from regional transportation planning agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, ports, utilities, state agencies, and other zero-emission freight infrastructure stakeholders that are necessary to build zero-emission stations quickly.
(5) Identifying available funding sources and public-private partnership models and posting that information on the commission’s internet website.
(6) Developing standardized zero-emission station development models, including zoning and building permits that can be replicated for each station across a priority freight corridor, based on local municipality guidelines, and posting that information on the
commission’s internet website.
(7) Working with community colleges and ports that provide training programs to support training of freight industry workers, as necessary.
(8) Promoting the timely and equitable implementation of zero-emission freight infrastructure throughout the state.
(d) (1) Notwithstanding Section 10231.5, on or before March 1, 2026, and annually every five years thereafter, the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team, in consultation with the commission and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development
Commission, shall submit a report to the Legislature that does all of the following:
(A) (i) Describes the actions taken by the Zero-Emission Freight Central Delivery Team in the previous calendar year. Team.
(ii) For the report due on or before March 1, 2026, the description required pursuant to clause (i) shall cover actions taken during the 2025 calendar year. For each subsequent report, the description shall cover actions taken during the five
calendar years preceding the report.
(B) Identifies best practices regarding zero-emission freight
infrastructure planning and implementation.
(C) Makes any policy recommendations needed to facilitate the deployment of zero-emission freight infrastructure.
(D) Includes an assessment of the state’s progress towards meeting the number of zero-emission stations needed to support zero-emission freight goals.
(2) A report to be submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795.
