Bill Text: CA AB2766 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 2766 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Vehicles: retirement and replacement.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-03-02 - Referred to Com. on TRANS. [AB2766 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB2766-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 2766

Introduced by Assembly Member Gray

February 20, 2020

An act to amend Section 44124.5 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 2766, as introduced, Gray. Vehicles: retirement and replacement.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board, in consultation with the Bureau of Automotive Repair, to adopt a program that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. Existing establishes the Clean Cars 4 All Program, 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, as specified. Existing law requires the state board to provide specified amounts of compensation for the retirement or replacement of eligible vehicles under those programs.

This bill would require the state board to increase the compensation incentives provided pursuant to the Clean Cars 4 All Program by 50% if the recipient is a super commuter, as defined, and uses the incentive to replace an eligible vehicle with a zero-emission vehicle.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

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.

(b) Beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the state board shall set specific, measurable goals for the replacement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.

(c) The state board shall take steps to meet the goals set forth pursuant to subdivision (b). The steps shall include, but need not be limited to, updating the guidelines for Clean Cars 4 All no later than January 1, 2019.

(d) The regulation implementing this section shall ensure all of the following:

(1) Where applicable, there is improved coordination, integration, and partnerships with other programs that target disadvantaged communities and receive moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.

(2) (A) The replacement or a mobility option is consistent with paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 44125.

(B) (i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the state board shall increase the compensation incentives provided pursuant to Clean Cars 4 All by 50 percent over the incentives otherwise provided pursuant to Clean Cars 4 All if the recipient of the incentive is a super commuter and uses the incentive to replace an eligible vehicle with a zero-emission vehicle.
(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, “super commuter” means a person who demonstrates to the state board that the person drives an eligible vehicle at least 50 miles one way to the person’s worksite at least four times per week, or that the person drove an eligible vehicle at least 25,000 miles per year for at least the last two years. The state board shall develop a method for a person to demonstrate that they satisfy one or both of the requirements to be considered a super commuter. The state board may include as part of this method the voluntary submission of vehicle maintenance documents that denote the mileage shown on a vehicle’s odometer over time.

(3) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to Clean Cars 4 All, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.