Bill Text: CA AB117 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: electric bicycles.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Vetoed) 2022-09-28 - Vetoed by Governor. [AB117 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB117-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 11, 2022 |
Amended
IN
Senate
July 16, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
May 24, 2021 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 24, 2021 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Boerner Horvath (Coauthor: Assembly Member Friedman) |
December 18, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44274 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44274.
(a) The Air Quality Improvement Program is hereby created. The program shall be administered by the state board, in consultation with the districts. The state board shall develop guidelines to implement the program. Prior to the adoption of the guidelines, the state board shall hold at least one public hearing. In addition, the state board shall hold at least three public workshops with at least one workshop in northern California, one in the central valley, and one in southern California. The purpose of the program shall be to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects relating to fuel and vehicle technologies. The primary purpose of the program shall be to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants, improve air quality, and provide funding for research to determine and improve the air quality impacts of alternative transportation fuels and vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies.SEC. 2.
Section 44274.8 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:44274.8.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(c)(1)The incentives provided under the project shall be based on a sliding scale, with the maximum incentive amount provided to an income-eligible individual with an income that is less than 80 percent of the average median income in the region in which that individual resides and the minimum incentive amount provided to an income-eligible individual with an income less than or equal to the maximum eligible income cap under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
(2)The state board shall establish the maximum and minimum amount of the incentive provided under the project to maximize the effectiveness of the project and the deployment of electric bicycle technology within appropriation deadlines. The state board shall consider setting the maximum amount of the incentive at six hundred dollars ($600) and the minimum amount of the incentive at one hundred dollars ($100).