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 SENATE  JUNE 23, 2015
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 29, 2015

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Perea
    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Eduardo Garcia  ) 

                        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  or other incentives
 for the  purchase   acquisition  of
an eligible used vehicle  or   , as defined; the
replacement or refurbishment of  a battery  and related
components  for an  electric   eligible
used  vehicle  ,   or an extended warranty
for the battery or related components; or an extended service
warranty to cover unexpected vehicle repairs not covered by the
manufacturer's   warranty related to unique problems in
eligible used vehicles,  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) For purposes of this section, the following terms
mean the following:
   (1) "Eligible used vehicle" only includes the same categories of
vehicles that are eligible for a rebate under the Clean Vehicle
Rebate Project.
   (2) "Used 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
  any  of the following:
   (1) A rebate  or other incentive with a value  of up to
two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) for the  purchase
  acquisition  of an eligible used vehicle from a
licensed dealer.
   (2) A rebate  or other incentive  for the
purchase   replacement or refurbishment  of a
battery  and related components  for an  electric
vehicle.   eligible used vehicle, for an extended
warranty for the battery and related components, or for both 
 .  
   (3) A rebate or other incentive for an extended service warranty
to cover unexpected vehicle repairs not covered by the manufacturer's
warranty related to unique problems in eligible used vehicles. 

   (c) A rebate  or other incentive  issued pursuant to
 subdivision (b)   this section  shall be
limited to one per vehicle. 
   (d) Rebates or other incentives issued pursuant to this section
shall be limited to low- and moderate-income consumers residing in
disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711.
 
   (d) 
    (e)  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. 
 and the Charge Ahead California Initiative, established pursuant
to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 44285), including, but not
limited to, all of the following:  
   (1) Coordinating eligibility pursuant to this section with
eligibility for the enhanced fleet modernization program.  
   (2) Ensuring appropriate outreach and targeting to low- and
moderate-income households in an effort to encourage participation.
 
   (3) Expanding 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.  
   (f) (1) The state board shall establish safeguards for the project
established pursuant to this section to prevent both of the
following:  
   (A) Fraudulent activity by the sellers and acquirers of eligible
used vehicles.  
   (B) Practices that could prevent the intended recipients of
rebates or other incentives from benefiting from this section. 

   (2) For purposes of this subdivision, "fraudulent activity" may
include raising the price of eligible used vehicles in a manner that
partially or completely captures a rebate or other incentive issued
pursuant to this section.