Bill Text: CA AB2401 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Clean Cars 4 All Program.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Enrolled) 2024-08-29 - Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.). [AB2401 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2401-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 05, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 09, 2024 |
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 04, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Ting (Coauthors: Assembly Members Davies, |
February 12, 2024 |
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.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 44124.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44124.5.
(a) The Clean Cars 4 All Program is hereby established and is to be administered by the state board to focus on achieving reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, improvements in air quality, and benefits to low-income state residents through the replacement of high-polluter motor vehicles with cleaner and more efficient motor vehicles or a mobility option.SEC. 3.
Section 44125.5 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44125.5.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, the state board, for both the program and Clean Cars 4 All, shall collect and post on its internet website all of the following:(a)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All from any of the following:
(1)The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created pursuant to Section 44126.
(2)The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created pursuant to Section 44091.
(3)The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant to Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b)Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys
consistent with law for Clean Cars 4 All from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
(c)From the moneys made available to the state board pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (b), the state board shall strive to maintain continuous funding to each district participating in the Clean Cars for All Program.
(d)(1)In allocating funding under Clean Cars 4 All to districts participating in the program and to the portion of the program managed by the state board, the state board shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following metrics:
(A)The number and total value of vouchers deployed.
(B)Proportion of applications that have been started and resulted in completed replacement transactions or mobility vouchers.
(C)Demand for vouchers.
(D)Proportional investment to underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(E)The following metrics for retired vehicles:
(i)High average annual vehicle miles traveled. Average annual vehicle miles traveled may be determined by methods, including, but not limited to, comparing the odometer reading on the vehicle registration to the current odometer reading. Options for determining the current odometer reading include, but are not limited to, a preinspection report from an authorized dismantler, a recent smog check reading or repair shop invoice, or a sworn statement or photograph of the odometer, or both, submitted with the application.
(ii)Low fuel economy of the vehicles.
(iii)Older model year of the vehicles.
(2)Beginning January 1, 2023, and every year thereafter, the state board shall publish, as part of its funding plan, a report identifying how each criterion was used to allocate funding to districts.
(e)(1)Up to 10 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board to districts for Clean Cars 4 All may be used for outreach programs in accordance with both of the following requirements:
(A)Before a district allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach, the district shall submit a description to the state board of the outreach efforts that will be funded with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board and a justification of how the additional funding for outreach will support deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(B)A district that allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach shall submit a report to the state board on the outcome of this expenditure, including a description of outreach efforts that were funded or augmented with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board for Clean Cars 4 All and how that funding supported deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(2)Documents and information submitted by a district to the state board pursuant to this subdivision shall be for informational purposes only.
(f)(1)Except as provided in paragraph (2), in
areas of the state where the state board manages the distribution of incentives, the state board may use up to 5 percent of the moneys available for distribution in those areas in a fiscal year for the purpose of outreach in those areas.
(2)The state board may use more than 5 percent, but no more than 10 percent, of the moneys available for distribution described in paragraph (1) for the purposes described in paragraph (1) if the state board finds that the allocation would further the purposes set forth in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (e).
SEC. 4.
Section 44127 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44127.
(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All from any of the following:(E)Population in eligible Clean Cars 4 All Zip Codes.