Bill Text: CA AB302 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: South Coast Air Quality Management District: fleets.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Failed) 2018-02-01 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB302 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB302-Amended.html

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Amended  IN  Assembly  March 21, 2017

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 302

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Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson

February 06, 2017

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An act to amend Section 39718 of add Section 40006 to the Health and Safety Code, and to add and repeal Section 9108 of the Vehicle Code, relating to greenhouse gases. vehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 302, as amended, Gipson. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund: 3-year investment plan. Vehicular air pollution: incentives.

(1) Existing law establishes the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program, which is administered by the State Air Resources Board. The program authorizes the state board to provide grants to offset the incremental cost of eligible projects that reduce emissions from covered vehicular sources. The program requires the state board and participating air pollution control and air quality management districts to institute an outreach program to inform fleet owners, among others, of the availability of grants under the program and of the requirements and objectives of the grant program.

This bill would require air districts to notify in writing the operators of public and commercial motor vehicle fleets of incentive programs available for motor vehicle fleets and to post on the districts’ Internet Web sites information on incentive programs available for motor vehicle fleets. By adding to the duties of air districts, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

(2) Existing law exempts certain vehicles owned by the United States, any state or its political subdivision, or any municipality in this state from fees specified in the Vehicle Code, except for fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards.

This bill, until January 1, 2031, would additionally exempt from those specified fees a medium-duty or heavy-duty vehicle that the state board has certified as meeting or exceeding a specified emission standard.

(3) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state board from a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature. Existing law requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a 3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law requires appropriations from the fund to be made in the annual Budget Act.

This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 40006 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:

40006.

 Districts shall do both of the following:

(a) Notify in writing the operators of public and commercial motor vehicle fleets of incentive programs available for motor vehicle fleets.

(b) Post in a clear and concise manner on their Internet Web sites information on incentive programs available for motor vehicle fleets.

SEC. 2.

 Section 9108 is added to the Vehicle Code, to read:

9108.

 (a) Fees specified in this code, except fees for duplicate plates, certificates, or cards, are not required to be paid for a medium-duty or heavy-duty vehicle that the State Air Resources Board has certified as meeting or exceeding the optional 0.02 grams per brake horsepower hour emission standard.

(b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2031, and as of that date is repealed.

SEC. 3.

 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.

SECTION 1.Section 39718 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

39718.

(a)Moneys in the fund shall be appropriated through the annual Budget Act consistent with the investment plan developed and submitted pursuant to Section 39716.

(b)Upon appropriation, moneys in the fund shall be available to the state board and to administering agencies for administrative purposes in carrying out this chapter.

(c)Any repayment of loans, including interest payments and all interest earnings on or accruing to any moneys, resulting from the implementation of this chapter shall be deposited in the fund for the purposes of this chapter.