Bill Text: CA AB630 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Vehicles: retirement and replacement.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-10 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 636, Statutes of 2017. [AB630 Detail]
Download: California-2017-AB630-Chaptered.html
| Assembly Bill No. 630 |
| CHAPTER 636 |
An act to amend Sections 44125 and 44258.4 of, and to add Sections 44124, 44124.5, 44125.5, and 44127 to, the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.
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Approved by
Governor
October 10, 2017.
Filed with
Secretary of State
October 10, 2017.
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LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 630, Cooper.
Vehicles: retirement and replacement.
(1) Existing law creates the enhanced fleet modernization program to provide compensation for the retirement and replacement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of 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 as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
Existing law creates the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, which serves as a repository for fees collected by the Department of Consumer Affairs pursuant to the Automotive Repair Act and the motor vehicle inspection program, also known as smog check. Existing law creates the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account in the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, and all moneys in the account are available upon appropriation to the department and the state board to establish and implement a program for the repair or removal of high polluters as part of the smog check program. Existing law creates the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount in the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account and makes available upon appropriation all moneys in the
account to establish and implement the enhanced fleet modernization program.
This bill would establish the Clean Cars 4 All Program to be administered by the State Air Resources 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. The bill also would require the state board, no later than January 1, 2019, to update the guidelines for the Clean Cars 4 All Program and the enhanced fleet modernization program, as specified. The bill would require the state board, beginning no later than July 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, to collect and post on its Internet Web site specified information on both programs.
This bill would authorize the state board to allocate moneys, upon appropriation, for
the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of both programs from the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, the High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, and the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund. The bill also would authorize the state board to allocate moneys, upon appropriation, from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the Clean Cars 4 All Program.
This bill would make conforming changes.
(2) This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 44125 of the Health and Safety Code proposed by AB 188 to be operative only if this bill and AB 188 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Digest Key
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The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 44124 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately preceding Section 44124.5, to read:44124.
For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Car sharing” has the same meaning as in Section 44258.
(b) “Clean Cars 4 All” means the Clean Cars 4 All Program established pursuant to Section 44124.5.
(c) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified pursuant to Section 39711.
(d) “High polluter” has the same meaning as in Section 44090.
(e) “Low-income state resident” or “low-income motor vehicle owner”
has the same meaning as the definition of “low-income motor vehicle owner” in Section 44062.1.
(f) “Mobility option” means a voucher for public transit or car sharing.
(g) “Program” means the enhanced fleet modernization program established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44125.
SEC. 2.
Section 44124.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, immediately preceding Section 44125, 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) The replacement or a mobility option is consistent with paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 44125.
(3) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to Clean Cars 4 All, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.
SEC. 3.
Section 44125 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44125.
(a) No later than July 1, 2009, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall adopt a program to commence on January 1, 2010, that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. The program shall be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.(b) Beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall set specific, measurable goals for the retirement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.
(c) (1) The state board, in consultation with the bureau, 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 both the program and Clean Cars 4 All no later than January 1, 2019.
(2) The program shall continue to be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.
(d) The guidelines shall ensure all of the following:
(1) Vehicles retired pursuant to the program are permanently removed from operation and retired at a dismantler under contract with the bureau.
(2) Districts retain their authority to administer vehicle retirement
programs otherwise authorized by law.
(3) The program is available for high-polluter passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that have been continuously registered in California for two years prior to acceptance into the program or otherwise proven to have been driven primarily in California for the last two years and have not been registered in another state or country in the last two years. The guidelines may require a vehicle to take, complete, or pass a smog check inspection.
(4) The program is focused where the greatest air quality impact can be identified.
(5) The program is focused on achieving improvements to air quality and benefits to low-income state residents through the retirement of
high-polluter passenger motor vehicles owned by low-income state residents.
(6) (A) Compensation for retired vehicles is at least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a low-income motor vehicle owner and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other motor vehicle owners.
(B) Replacement or a mobility option may be an option for all motor vehicle owners and may be in addition to compensation for vehicles retired pursuant to subparagraph (A). For low-income motor vehicle owners, compensation toward a replacement vehicle
or mobility option shall be no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Compensation toward a replacement vehicle for all other motor vehicle owners shall not exceed compensation for low-income motor vehicle owners.
(C) Compensation for either retired or replacement vehicles or a mobility option for low-income motor vehicle owners may be increased as necessary to maximize the air quality benefits of the program while also ensuring participation by low-income motor vehicle owners. Increases in compensation amounts may be based on factors, including, but not limited to, the age of the retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions benefits of the retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions impact of any replacement vehicle, participation by low-income motor vehicle owners, and the location of the vehicle in an area of
the state with the poorest air quality.
(7) Cost-effectiveness and impacts on disadvantaged and low-income populations are considered. Program eligibility may be limited on the basis of income to ensure the program adequately serves persons of low or moderate income.
(8) Provisions coordinate the vehicle retirement and replacement and mobility option components of the program with the vehicle retirement component of the bureau’s Consumer Assistance Program, established pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, and Clean Cars 4 All to ensure vehicle owners participate in the appropriate program to maximize participation and emissions reductions.
(9) 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.
(10) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to the program, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.
(11) Specific steps ensure the vehicle replacement and mobility option component of the program is available in areas designated as federal extreme nonattainment.
(12) A requirement that vehicles eligible for retirement have sufficient remaining life. Demonstration of sufficient remaining life may include proof of current registration, completing a recent smog check inspection, or completing another test similar
to a smog check inspection.
SEC. 3.5.
Section 44125 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44125.
(a) (1) No later than July 1, 2009, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall adopt a program to commence on January 1, 2010, that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. The program shall be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.(2) No later than July 1, 2019, the state board shall update the guidelines for the program established pursuant to this subdivision to make applicable to light-duty pickup trucks the same standard for miles per gallon that is applicable to minivans. This subdivision shall apply to only purchasers who are retiring a light-duty pickup truck.
(b) Beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall set specific, measurable goals for the retirement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.
(c) (1) The state board, in consultation with the bureau, 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 both the program and Clean Cars 4 All no later than January 1, 2019.
(2) The program shall continue to be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.
(d) The guidelines shall ensure all of the following:
(1) Vehicles retired pursuant to the program are permanently removed from operation and retired at a dismantler under contract with the bureau.
(2) Districts retain their authority to administer vehicle retirement programs otherwise authorized
by law.
(3) The program is available for
high-polluter passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that have been continuously registered in California for two years prior to acceptance into the program or otherwise proven to have been driven primarily in California for the last two years and have not been registered in another state or country in the last two years. The guidelines may require a vehicle to take, complete, or pass a smog check inspection.
(4) The program is focused where the greatest air quality impact can be identified.
(5) The program is focused on achieving improvements to air quality and benefits to low-income state residents through the retirement of high-polluter passenger motor vehicles owned by low-income state residents.
(6) (A) Compensation for retired vehicles is at least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a low-income motor vehicle
owner and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other motor vehicle owners.
(B) Replacement or a mobility option may be an option for all motor vehicle owners and may be in addition to compensation for vehicles retired pursuant to subparagraph (A). For low-income motor vehicle owners,
compensation toward a replacement vehicle or mobility option shall be no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Compensation toward a replacement vehicle for all other motor vehicle owners shall not exceed compensation for low-income motor vehicle owners.
(C) Compensation for either retired or replacement vehicles or a mobility option for low-income motor vehicle owners may be increased as necessary to maximize the air quality benefits of the program while also ensuring participation by low-income motor vehicle owners. Increases in compensation amounts may be based on factors, including, but not limited to, the age of the retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions benefits of the
retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions impact of any replacement vehicle, participation by low-income motor vehicle owners, and the location of the vehicle in an area of the state with the poorest air quality.
(7) Cost-effectiveness and impacts on disadvantaged and low-income populations are considered. Program eligibility may be limited on the basis of income to ensure the program adequately serves persons of low or moderate income.
(8) Provisions coordinate the vehicle retirement and replacement and mobility option components of the program with the vehicle retirement component of the bureau’s Consumer Assistance Program, established pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, and Clean Cars 4 All to ensure vehicle owners participate in the appropriate program to maximize participation and emissions reductions.
(9) 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.
(10) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to the program, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.
(11) Specific steps
ensure the vehicle replacement and mobility option component of the program is available in areas designated as federal extreme nonattainment.
(12) A requirement that vehicles eligible for retirement have sufficient remaining life. Demonstration of sufficient remaining life may include proof of current registration, completing a recent smog check inspection, or
completing
another test similar to a smog check inspection.
SEC. 4.
Section 44125.5 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:44125.5.
Beginning no later than July 1, 2019, and every year thereafter, the state board, for both the program and Clean Cars 4 All, shall collect and post on its Internet Web site all of the following:(a) The performance of both programs relative to the goals set pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44124.5 and subdivision (b) of Section 44125.
(b) An accounting that includes, but need not be limited to, moneys allocated to the program and Clean Cars 4 All and the expenditures of the program and Clean Cars 4 All by region.
(c) A performance analysis broken down by
district of the replacement and mobility options component of the program and
Clean Cars 4 All to identify areas to be emphasized when setting future goals or updating the guidelines for the program and Clean Cars 4 All. The analysis shall include all of the following:
(1) Whether a district implementing the replacement and mobility options component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All has a backlog or a waiting list for applicants and recommendations from the district or state board on how to eliminate the backlog or waiting list.
(2) An evaluation of the funding for targeted outreach in low-income or disadvantaged communities, including whether the funding should be enhanced or modified to reach the goals set pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 44124.5 and subdivision (b) of Section 44125.
(3) How incentive levels can be modified to maximize participation and emissions reductions.
SEC. 5.
Section 44127 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:44127.
(a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All from any of the following:(1) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created pursuant to Section 44126.
(2) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created pursuant to Section 44091.
(3) The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant to Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys consistent with law for Clean Cars 4 All from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
SEC. 6.
Section 44258.4 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:44258.4.
(a) Any moneys utilized pursuant to this chapter from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, shall be consistent with the appropriations processes and criteria established by the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing with Section 39710) of Part 2).(b) The Charge Ahead California Initiative is hereby established and shall be administered by the state board. The goals of this initiative are to place in service at least 1,000,000 zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles by January 1, 2023, to establish a self-sustaining California market for zero-emission
and near-zero-emission vehicles in which zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles are a viable mainstream option for individual vehicle purchasers, businesses, and public fleets, to increase access for disadvantaged, low-income, and moderate-income communities and consumers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles, and to increase the placement of those vehicles in those communities and with those consumers to enhance the air quality, lower greenhouse gases, and promote overall benefits for those communities and consumers.
(c) The state board, in consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, districts, and the public, shall do all of the following:
(1) (A) Include, commencing with the funding plan
for the
2016–17 fiscal year of the Air Quality Improvement Program (Article 3 (commencing with Section 44274) of Chapter 8.9), a funding plan that includes the immediate fiscal year and a forecast of estimated funding needs for the subsequent two fiscal years commensurate with meeting the goals of this chapter. Funding needs may be described as a range that identifies the projected high and low funding levels needed for the two-year forecast period to contribute to technology advancement, market readiness, and consumer acceptance of zero- and near-zero-emission vehicle technologies. The funding plan shall include a market and technology assessment for each funded zero- and near-zero-emission vehicle technology to inform the appropriate funding level, incentive type, and incentive amount. The forecast shall include an assessment of when a self-sustaining market is expected and how existing
incentives may be modified to recognize expected changes in future market conditions.
(B) Projects included in the forecast may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:
(i) The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, established pursuant to Section 44274.
(ii) Light-duty zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicle deployment projects eligible under the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, established pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 44272) of Chapter 8.9.
(iii) Programs adopted pursuant to paragraph (4).
(2) Update the plan required pursuant to paragraph (1)
at least every three years through January 1, 2023.
(3) No later than June 30, 2015, adopt revisions to the criteria and other requirements for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, established pursuant to Section 44274, to ensure the following:
(A) Rebate levels can be phased down in increments based on cumulative sales levels as determined by the state board.
(B) Eligibility is limited based on income.
(C) Consideration of the conversion to prequalification and point-of-sale rebates or other methods to increase participation rates.
(4) (A) Establish programs that further increase
access to and direct benefits for disadvantaged, low-income, and moderate-income communities and consumers from electric transportation, including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(i) Financing mechanisms, including, but not limited to, a loan or loan-loss reserve credit enhancement program to increase consumer access to zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicle financing and leasing options that can help lower expenditures on transportation and prequalification or point-of-sale rebates or other methods to increase participation rates among low- and moderate-income consumers.
(ii) Car sharing programs that serve disadvantaged communities and utilize zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicles.
(iii) Deployment of charging infrastructure in multiunit dwellings in disadvantaged communities to remove barriers to zero-emission and near-zero-emission vehicle adoption by those who do not live in detached homes. This clause does not preclude the Public Utilities Commission from acting within the scope of its jurisdiction.
(iv) Additional incentives for zero-emission, near-zero-emission, or high-efficiency replacement vehicles or a mobility option available to participants in the enhanced fleet modernization program, established pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 44124) of Chapter 5.
(B) Programs implemented pursuant to this paragraph shall provide adequate outreach to disadvantaged, low-income, and moderate-income communities and consumers, including
partnering with community-based organizations.
