Bill Text: CA AB2885 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
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Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2018. [AB2885 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2885-Amended.html
Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-13 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 366, Statutes of 2018. [AB2885 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB2885-Amended.html
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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill | No. 2885 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Rodriguez |
February 16, 2018 |
An act to add Section 44274.31 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2885, as amended, Rodriguez.
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. Existing law, until January 1, 2019, requires the state board, for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, to, among other things, offer rebates only to applicants who purchase an eligible vehicle and have a specified maximum gross annual income, increase rebate payments by $500 for low-income applicants, provide outreach to low-income
households to increase consumer awareness of the rebate project, and prioritize rebate payments for low-income applicants.
This bill, beginning January 1, 2019, would instead require the state board, for purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, to provide outreach to low-income households and disadvantaged low-income communities to increase consumer awareness of the rebate project and to prioritize rebate payments to both low-income applicants and applicants that have eligible vehicles registered in disadvantaged communities, with the highest priority to be granted to
applicants who are low-income and with the second highest priority to be granted to applicants who have eligible vehicles registered in disadvantaged communities. low-income communities.
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44274.31 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:44274.31.
(a) (1) For purposes of this section, “low income” means a resident of the state whose household income is less than or equal to 300 percent of the federal poverty level.(b)
(2) For purposes of this section, “disadvantaged community” or “disadvantaged communities” means an area identified by the California Environmental Protection Agency as a disadvantaged community pursuant to Section 39711.
“low-income communities” has the same meaning as defined in Section 39713.
(c)
(b) Beginning January 1, 2019, under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project established as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, the state board shall do the following:
(1) Provide outreach to low-income households and disadvantaged
low-income communities to increase consumer awareness of the rebate project.
(2) Prioritize rebate payments to low-income applicants and applicants with eligible vehicles registered in disadvantaged communities. The state board shall give the highest priority to applicants who are low-income and the second highest priority to applicants who have an eligible vehicle registered in a disadvantaged community.
low-income communities.