CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill No. 521

Introduced by Senator Leyva

February 16, 2017

An act to amend Section 39945 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to greenhouse gases.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 521, as introduced, Leyva. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: tire inflation.
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. Pursuant to the act, the state board adopted a regulation requiring automobile service providers, by September 1, 2010, among other things, to check and inflate vehicle tires to the recommended pressure rating when performing automobile maintenance or repair services.
Existing law requires, until January 1, 2018, a tire pressure gauge used to meet the requirements of the tire pressure regulation to be accurate within a range of plus or minus 2 pounds per square inch of pressure. Existing law authorizes, until January 1, 2018, automotive service providers to meet the requirements of the tire pressure regulation without checking and inflating a vehicle’s tire if that tire is determined to be an unsafe tire, as defined.
This bill would extend these provisions until January 1, 2021.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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


SECTION 1.

 Section 39945 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:

39945.
 (a) For purposes of this chapter, “unsafe tire” means any tire considered unsafe in accordance with standard industry practices due to tire tread wear, tread irregularity, or damage. Examples include any tire with an exposed ply or cord, a sidewall crack, a bulge, a knot, or a ply separation.
(b) For purposes of a regulation adopted pursuant to Division the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) 38500)) that requires an automotive service provider to check and inflate a vehicle’s tires while performing automotive maintenance or repair service, a tire pressure gauge used by the provider to inflate a tire pursuant to that regulation shall be accurate within a range of plus or minus two pounds per square inch of pressure (2 psi).
(c) An automotive service provider shall not be required to check and inflate a vehicle’s tire pursuant to subdivision (b) if that tire is determined to be an unsafe tire.
(d) This chapter shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2018, 2021, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, 2021, deletes or extends that date.