BILL NUMBER: AB 118	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nunez

                        JANUARY 9, 2007

   An act relating to fuels.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 118, as introduced, Nunez. Alternative fuels: funding.
    Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air
contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and
nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air
Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility
for the control of vehicular air pollution. Under existing law, the
state board, in conjunction with other state agencies, is required to
develop and adopt a state plan to increase the use of alternative
fuels, as defined.
   This bill would declare legislative intent to provide ongoing
funding for alternative fuel research, development, and deployment in
order to advance the state's leadership in clean technologies, meet
the state's clean air and greenhouse gas emission reduction
standards, develop public-private partnerships, and ensure a reliable
fuel supply.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to provide ongoing
funding for alternative fuel research, development, and deployment in
order to advance the state's leadership in clean technologies, meet
the state's clean air and greenhouse gas emission reduction
standards, develop public-private partnerships, and ensure a reliable
fuel supply.