Bill Text: CA AB2583 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Alternatively fueled vehicles: state fleet: public

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2012-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 676, Statutes of 2012. [AB2583 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB2583-Enrolled.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 2583	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 21, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  JULY 6, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 9, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 25722.8 of, and to add Section 25722.9 to,
the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 22518 of the Vehicle
Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2583, Blumenfield. Alternatively fueled vehicles: state fleet:
public parking.
   Existing law requires the Secretary of State and Consumer
Services, in consultation with the Department of General Services and
other appropriate agencies, on or before July 1, 2009, to develop
and implement, and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan
to reduce or displace the state fleet's consumption of petroleum
products.
   This bill would require the department to encourage the operation
of state alternatively fueled vehicles, as defined, on the
alternative fuel for which the vehicle is designed and the
development of commercial infrastructure for alternative fuel pumps
and charging stations at or near state vehicle fueling or parking
sites, and to work with other public agencies to incentivize and
promote state employee operation of alternatively fueled vehicles
through preferential or reduced-cost parking, access to charging, or
other means. The bill would require the department and the Department
of Transportation to develop and implement advanced technology
vehicle parking incentive programs in specified public parking
facilities of 50 spaces or more and specified park-and-ride lots to
incentivize the purchase and use of alternatively fueled vehicles, as
defined, in the state, as specified.
   Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in vending or any
other commercial activity on fringe or transportation corridor
parking facilities constructed, maintained, or operated by the
Department of Transportation.
   This bill would provide that the above prohibition does not apply
to alternatively fueled infrastructure programs in park-and-ride lots
owned and operated by the Department of Transportation.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 25722.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
   25722.8.  (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of State
and Consumer Services, in consultation with the Department of General
Services and other appropriate state agencies that maintain or
purchase vehicles for the state fleet, including the campuses of the
California State University, shall develop and implement, and submit
to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan to improve the overall
state fleet's use of alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants, and
fuel-efficient vehicles by reducing or displacing the consumption of
petroleum products by the state fleet when compared to the 2003
consumption level based on the following schedule:
   (1) By January 1, 2012, a 10-percent reduction or displacement.
   (2) By January 1, 2020, a 20-percent reduction or displacement.
   (b)  Beginning April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the
Department of General Services shall provide to the Department of
Finance and the appropriate legislative committees of the Legislature
a progress report on meeting the goals specified in subdivision (a).
The Department of General Services shall also make the progress
report available on its Internet Web site.
   (c) (1) The Department of General Services shall encourage, to the
extent feasible, the operation of state alternatively fueled
vehicles on the alternative fuel for which the vehicle is designed
and the development of commercial infrastructure for alternative fuel
pumps and charging stations at or near state vehicle fueling or
parking sites.
   (2) The Department of General Services shall work with other
public agencies to incentivize and promote, to the extent feasible,
state employee operation of alternatively fueled vehicles through
preferential or reduced-cost parking, access to charging, or other
means.
   (3) For purposes of this subdivision, "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.
  SEC. 2.  Section 25722.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, 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 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 preferential spaces,
reduced fees, and fueling infrastructure for alternatively fueled
vehicles that use these parking facilities or park-and-ride lots.
  SEC. 3.  Section 22518 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
   22518.  (a) Fringe and transportation corridor parking facilities
constructed, maintained, or operated by the Department of
Transportation pursuant to Section 146.5 of the Streets and Highways
Code shall be used only by persons using a bicycle or public transit,
or engaged in ridesharing, including, but not limited to, carpools
or vanpools. A person shall not park a vehicle 30 feet or more in
length, engage in loitering or camping, or engage in vending or any
other commercial activity on any fringe or transportation corridor
parking facility.
   (b) This section does not apply to alternatively fueled
infrastructure programs in park-and-ride lots owned and operated by
the Department of Transportation.