Bill Text: CA ACR112 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: State Air Resources Board.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 35-12-1)

Status: (Passed) 2016-08-16 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 117, Statutes of 2016. [ACR112 Detail]

Download: California-2015-ACR112-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: ACR 112	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	RESOLUTION CHAPTER  117
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  AUGUST 16, 2016
	ADOPTED IN SENATE  AUGUST 11, 2016
	ADOPTED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 6, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 5, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Hadley
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Achadjian, Arambula, Atkins, Baker,
Bigelow, Bloom, Bonta, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chiu,
Cooley, Frazier, Gatto, Gipson, Gonzalez, Gordon, Gray, Harper, Roger
Hernández, Holden, Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Kim, Lackey, Levine,
Linder, Lopez, Maienschein, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin, Nazarian,
Obernolte, Quirk, Rendon, Rodriguez, Salas, Mark Stone, Ting, Weber,
Wilk, and Wood)

                        JANUARY 7, 2016

   Relative to the State Air Resources Board.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   ACR 112, Hadley. State Air Resources Board.
   This measure would thank the State Air Resources Board for its
exemplary work and tenacity in uncovering the emissions control
defeat devices on certain diesel-fueled Volkswagen motor vehicles and
would express the Legislature's support for specified future
emissions test-related actions by the board.



   WHEREAS, The Legislature established the State Air Resources Board
in 1967 to attain and maintain healthy air quality; and
   WHEREAS, In 2012, the State Air Resources Board initiated a
testing campaign focused on light-duty diesel vehicles and agreed to
provide in-kind support to the International Council on Clean
Transportation and to West Virginia University for their light-duty
diesel vehicle studies, which led to the discovery that two
Volkswagen diesel-fueled motor vehicles emitted significantly higher
levels of oxides of nitrogen in onroad tests than in standard
emissions tests; and
   WHEREAS, Emissions of oxides of nitrogen have been linked to ozone
formation, smog, and acid rain; and
   WHEREAS, The concerns raised by the study prompted the State Air
Resources Board to open an investigation and discussions with
Volkswagen Group of America (Volkswagen) in 2014; and
   WHEREAS, In December 2014, Volkswagen issued a voluntary recall in
the United States of some of its diesel-fueled motor vehicles from
model years 2009 to 2014 after conducting its own tests and
identifying a recalibration fix that Volkswagen claimed would address
excess emissions; and
   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board, in cooperation with the
United States Environmental Protection Agency, conducted confirmatory
testing in 2015; and
   WHEREAS, The State Air Resources Board notified Volkswagen in July
2015 that the test vehicles, despite having completed the
recalibration fix under the voluntary recall, still showed emissions
that exceeded state and federal limits; and
   WHEREAS, In September 2015, the United States Environmental
Protection Agency and the State Air Resources Board demanded an
explanation from Volkswagen and were prepared to withhold
certification that Volkswagen's 2016 diesel-fueled motor vehicles
complied with applicable emissions standards; and
   WHEREAS, Volkswagen then admitted defeat devices were installed on
the emissions control equipment on certain Volkswagen diesel-fueled
motor vehicles; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate
thereof concurring, That the Legislature acknowledges and praises the
State Air Resources Board for its unwavering diligence and
dedication to preserving the air quality in the state and its
exposure of Volkswagen's circumvention of emissions standards on
certain diesel-fueled motor vehicles; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature thanks the State Air Resources
Board for its exemplary work and tenacity in uncovering Volkswagen's
emissions control defeat devices; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature supports the State Air Resources
Board increasing the use of real-world emissions verification
testing; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Legislature supports the State Air Resources
Board enhancing its penalty authority for cheating emissions tests to
deter future efforts to circumvent emissions standards; and be it
further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit sufficient
copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate
distribution.