Existing law regulates advertising that indicates the price of motor vehicle fuel, including electricity sold as a motor vehicle fuel. Existing law requires a county sealer to enforce the advertising requirements. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions a crime.
Existing law defines “correct,” for purposes of testing and verifying the accuracy of a weighing or measuring device, as a weight or measure or a weighing, measuring, or counting instrument that meets certain tolerance and specification requirements.
This bill would authorize a county sealer to test and certify the accuracy of
verify as correct any electric vehicle charger operated by a public agency, as defined, that is located in the county in which the sealer has jurisdiction, including, but not limited to, an electric vehicle charger owned or operated by a city, county, or a city and county, jurisdiction, except as specified. The bill would authorize a county sealer to close an inaccurate vehicle charger, place an incorrect vehicle charger out of order, as specified.
The bill would authorize a county board of supervisors to charge an annual registration fee for the cost of inspecting and testing an electric vehicle charger, as specified. The bill would prohibit a public agency, or an employee or agent thereof, from using an electric vehicle charger placed out of order by a sealer, as specified.
By expanding the scope of a crime and, crime, and to the extent it would require additional duties of a county sealer, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for
making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.