Bill Text: CA SB570 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Chaptered

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Bill Title: San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-06 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2011. [SB570 Detail]

Download: California-2011-SB570-Chaptered.html

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BILL NUMBER: SB 570	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  494
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  OCTOBER 6, 2011
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  OCTOBER 5, 2011
	PASSED THE SENATE  JUNE 1, 2011
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 25, 2011
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 21, 2011

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Rubio

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act to amend Section 44099 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 570, Rubio. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control
District: high polluter vehicles: schoolbuses.
   (1) Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the San Joaquin
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (district) to develop
and administer, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, a
voluntary program to remove high polluter vehicles within the
district by exchanging high polluter vehicles in the district for
donated vehicles, as provided.
   This bill would repeal these provisions, and instead require the
district to administer, until January 1, 2014, a voluntary program to
replace or retrofit high emitting schoolbuses in the San Joaquin
Valley. By imposing duties on a local air district, the bill would
impose a state-mandated local program.
   (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
   This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44099 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   44099.  (a) As used in this section, "district" means the San
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.
   (b) The district, in consultation with the state board, shall
administer a voluntary program to replace or retrofit high emitting
schoolbuses in the San Joaquin Valley.
   (c) In selecting projects, the district shall follow the state
board's 2008 Lower-Emission School Bus Program Guidelines, and shall
give priority to model year 1987 and older schoolbuses.
   (d) Any interest generated from the funds allocated to the
district from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund, established by
Section 14556.5 of the Government Code, for the purposes of paragraph
(100) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code
may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the district
for the purpose of administering the program established in this
section.
   (e) By January 1, 2013, and by January 1, 2014, the district shall
submit a report to the Legislature on the implementation and status
of the program, including, but not limited to, the number of
schoolbuses replaced or retrofitted and the estimated emission
reductions achieved through the program.
   (f) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or extends
that date.
  SEC. 2.  If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.