Bill Text: CA AB126 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-07-09 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation. [AB126 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB126-Amended.html
Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-07-09 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Held without recommendation. [AB126 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB126-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION
| Assembly Bill | No. 126 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Cooper |
December 03, 2018 |
An act to amend Section 44274.6 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 126, as amended, Cooper.
Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that is administered by the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to its existing statutory authority, the state board has established the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to promote the production and use of zero-emission vehicles by providing rebates for the purchase of new zero-emission vehicles. Existing law requires the state board, for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, to provide outreach to low-income households and low-income communities to increase consumer awareness of the rebate project and, until January 1, 2022, to prioritize rebate payments to low-income applicants.
This
bill would require the state board, for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and until January 1, 2022, to offer rebates only to applicants who purchase an eligible vehicle and have a specified maximum gross annual income, to increase rebate payments by $500 for low-income applicants, and to only offer rebates for plug-in hybrids that have an electric range of at least 20 40 miles.
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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 44274.6 of the Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 366 of the Statutes of 2018, is amended to read:44274.6.
(a) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1) “Low income” means a resident of the state whose household income is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.
(2) “Low-income communities” has the same meaning as defined in Section 39713.
(b) Under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project established as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board shall do both of the following:
(1) Provide outreach to low-income households and low-income communities
to increase consumer awareness of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
(2) Prioritize rebate payments to low-income applicants.
(c) Beginning January 1, 2020, under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project established as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board shall do the following:
(1) Only offer rebates to applicants who purchase an eligible vehicle and have a gross annual income, as reported on the Internal Revenue Service Form 1040, the Internal Revenue Service Form 1040A, or the Internal Revenue Service Form 1040EZ, that does not exceed the following:
(A) One hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000)
twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for single filers.
(B) Two hundred four thousand dollars ($204,000) One hundred seventy-five thousand dollars ($175,000) for head-of-household filers.
(C) Three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for joint filers.
(2) Increase the rebate payment by five hundred dollars ($500) for
a low-income applicant for all eligible vehicle types.
(3) Only offer rebates for plug-in hybrids that have an electric range of at least 20 40 miles.
(d)The income restrictions set forth in paragraph (1) of subdivision (c) shall not apply to fuel cell vehicles.
(e)
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2022, and as of that date is repealed.
