Bill Text: CA AB904 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Reused Vehicle

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Failed) 2016-11-30 - From Senate committee without further action. [AB904 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB904-Amended.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 904	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2015

   An act to add Section 44274.9 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 904, as amended, Perea. Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean
Reused 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.
   This bill would require the state board to establish the Clean
Reused Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality
Improvement Program, to provide rebates for the purchase of 
eligible used vehicles.   an eligible used vehicle or a
battery for an electric vehicle, as specified. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44274.9 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read: 
   44274.9.  (a) The state board shall establish, as a part of the
Air Quality Improvement Program, the Clean Reused Vehicle Rebate
Project to provide rebates for the purchase of eligible used
vehicles.
   (b) 
    44274.9.    (a)  For purposes of this section,
the following terms mean the following:
   (1) "Eligible used  vehicles"   vehicle"
 only includes the same categories of vehicles that are eligible
for a rebate under the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
   (2) "Used  vehicles" have   vehicle" has
 the same meaning as set forth in Section 665 of the Vehicle
Code. 
   (b) No later than July 1, 2017, the state board shall establish,
as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, the Clean Reused
Vehicle Rebate Project to provide an applicant with either of the
following:  
   (1) A rebate of up to two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500)
for the purchase of an eligible used vehicle from a licensed dealer.
 
   (2) A rebate for the purchase of a battery for an electric
vehicle.  
   (c) A rebate issued pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be limited
to one per vehicle.  
   (d) The state board shall coordinate the Clean Reused Vehicle
Rebate Project with the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, established as
part of the Air Quality Improvement Program established pursuant to
this article, and the enhanced fleet modernization program,
established pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 44125) of
Chapter 5, to enhance outreach to low-income and moderate-income
communities.