Bill Text: CA AB2564 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB2564 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB2564-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2564	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 20, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 12, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 29, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Cooper

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to add Section 44274.3 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2564, 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.
   The Charge Ahead California Initiative requires the state board to
adopt, no later than June 30, 2015, revisions to the criteria and
other requirements for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to, among
other things, limit eligibility based on income.
   This bill would require the state board to adopt regulations for
the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project that would establish
the maximum gross annual income at specified levels for a person to
be eligible for a rebate; increase rebate payments by $500 for
 applicants with household incomes less than or equal to 300%
of the federal poverty level;   low-income applicants,
as defined;  include outreach to  disadvantaged
communities, as specified, to increase consumer awareness; 
 low-income household   s;  and prioritize rebate
payments for low-income applicants.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44274.3 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read: 
   44274.3.  The 
    44274.3.    (a) For purposes of this section, "low
income" means a resident whose household income is less than or equal
to 300 percent of the federal poverty level. 
    (b)     The  state board, in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, districts, and the public, shall adopt
regulations for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project,
established as part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, that do
all of the following: 
   (a) 
    (1)  Limit eligibility based on income by providing
that, for all eligible vehicle types except fuel cell electric
vehicles, the gross annual income, as reported on Line 22 of the
Internal Revenue Service Form 1040, Line 15 of the Internal Revenue
Service Form 1040A, or Line 4 of the Internal Revenue Service Form
1040EZ, for a person to be eligible for a rebate payment shall not
exceed the following: 
   (1) 
    (A)  One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000)
for single filers. 
   (2) 
    (B)  One hundred seventy thousand dollars ($170,000) for
head-of-household filers. 
   (3) 
    (C)  Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for
joint filers. 
   (b) For an applicant with a household income less than or equal to
300 percent of the federal poverty level, 
    (2)     For a low-income applicant, 
increase the rebate payment by five hundred dollars ($500) for all
eligible vehicle types. 
   (c) 
    (3)  Include outreach to  disadvantaged
communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711, to increase
consumer awareness.   low-income household   s.
 
   (d) 
    (4)  Prioritize rebate payments for low-income
applicants.