Bill Text: CA AB2042 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2014-06-26 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on T. & H. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. [AB2042 Detail]
Download: California-2013-AB2042-Amended.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 2042 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 9, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 23, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 21, 2014
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 27, 2014
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Levine
FEBRUARY 20, 2014
An act to amend Section 2989.8 of, and to add Section
2986.55 to, the Civil Code, relating to motor vehicle leases.
An act to add Section 44274.9 to the Health and Safety
Code, relating to clean vehicles.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2042, as amended, Levine. Vehicle Leasing Act:
zero-emission vehicles: option to purchase. 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, reduction of
criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to
the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board has established
the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to promote the production and use of
zero-emission vehicles.
This bill would authorize the state board to establish and
maintain a wait list of eligible project applicants, on a
first-come-first-served basis, that have not received the rebate
because of insufficient funding. The bill would require the state
board to disburse rebates to applicants on the wait list if the
Legislature appropriates additional moneys for the purposes of the
project.
Existing law, the Vehicle Leasing Act, specifies requirements for
contracts for leases of motor vehicles, including the requirement
that the contract contain prescribed information regarding the motor
vehicle and the terms of the lease. Existing law makes a knowing and
willful violation of the act's provisions a misdemeanor.
This bill would authorize a lease contract for the lease of a
zero-emission vehicle that was counted by the manufacturer toward
meeting the requirements of the State Air Resources Board to contain
the option for the lessee to purchase the vehicle at the end of the
lease term. The bill would provide that, except as specified, a
knowing and willful violation of the act is a misdemeanor.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no
yes . State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 44274.9 is added to the
Health and Safety Code , to read:
44274.9. For each fiscal year, if the moneys appropriated by the
Legislature for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project,
established pursuant to this article, are insufficient to provide
rebates to all eligible applicants within that fiscal year, the state
board may establish and maintain a wait list of eligible project
applicants, on a first-come-first-served basis, that have not
received the rebate because of insufficient funding. The state board
shall disburse rebates to the applicants on the wait list if the
Legislature appropriates additional moneys for the project for that
fiscal year or for the fiscal year following that fiscal year.
SECTION 1. Section 2986.55 is added to the
Civil Code, to read:
2986.55. A lease contract for the lease of a zero-emission
vehicle that was counted by the manufacturer toward meeting the
requirements of the zero-emission vehicle standards of the State Air
Resources Board may contain the option for the lessee to purchase the
vehicle at the end of the lease term.
SEC. 2. Section 2989.8 of the Civil Code is
amended to read:
2989.8. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a person
who knowingly and willfully violates any provision of this chapter
shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
