Bill Text: CA AB1696 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Energy: alternatively fueled vehicles: incentives.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-08-18 - Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Monning. [AB1696 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB1696-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1696	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 13, 2014

   An act to amend Section 25722.9 of the Public Resources Code,
relating to energy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1696, as introduced, Wieckowski. Energy: alternatively fueled
vehicles: incentives.
   Existing law requires the Department of General Services and
Department of Transportation to develop and implement advanced
technology vehicle parking incentive programs in specified parking
facilities to provide incentives for the purchase and use of
alternatively fueled vehicles in the state and lists exemplars of
those incentives.
   This bill would expressly list parking spaces with charging
stations for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles as an exemplar of
the incentives.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 25722.9 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25722.9.  (a) For purposes of this section, "alternatively fueled
vehicles" means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that reduce
petroleum usage and related emissions by using advanced technologies
and fuels, including, but not limited to, hybrid, plug-in hybrid,
battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell vehicles and including
those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of the Vehicle Code.
   (b) The Department of General Services and the Department of
Transportation shall develop and implement advanced technology
vehicle parking incentive programs, to the extent feasible, in public
parking facilities of 50 spaces or more operated by the Department
of General Services and park-and-ride lots owned and operated by the
Department of Transportation to  incentivize  
provide incentives for  the purchase and use of alternatively
fueled vehicles in the state. These programs shall provide
meaningful, tangible benefits for drivers of alternatively fueled
vehicles. These incentives may include  parking spaces with
charging stations for plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles, 
preferential spaces, reduced fees, and fueling infrastructure for
alternatively fueled vehicles that use these parking facilities or
park-and-ride lots.