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          Bill No:  AB 1922
          Author:   Lara (D)
          Amended:  8/6/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE TRANSPORTATION & HOUSING COMM.  :  9-0, 06/19/12
          AYES:  DeSaulnier, Gaines, Harman, Kehoe, Lowenthal, 
            Pavley, Rubio, Simitian, Wyland

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  Senate Rule 28.8

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 5/29/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Heavy-duty vehicles:  smoke emissions

           SOURCE  :     California Trucking Association


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires heavy-duty diesel truck 
          fleets, as defined, to comply with Air Resources Board 
          regulations and standards on or before December 31 for each 
          calendar year.

           ANALYSIS  :    The Air Resources Board regulations require 
          owners or operators of heavy-duty diesel motor vehicles to 
          perform regular self-inspections (smoke opacity tests) of 
          their vehicles to control excessive smoke emissions from 
          heavy-duty diesel trucks and buses.  Specifically, the 
          regulations require owners of most California-based fleets 
          to test each heavy-duty diesel-powered vehicle annually 
          with a smoke opacity meter and to meet applicable standards 
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          based on the age of the vehicle's engine.  Further, owners 
          must promptly repair any vehicle the test determines to be 
          in noncompliance and bring it into compliance.  For each 
          vehicle, owners must repeat this test and conduct any 
          potential repairs within 12 months of the prior test.  
          Finally, owners must maintain records involving each 
          vehicle of the initial opacity test, repair information, 
          post-repair opacity results, and meter calibration for at 
          least two years.  

          Existing law confers authority to the Air Resources Board 
          to audit the inspection records of all heavy-duty 
          diesel-powered vehicles at the owner/operator designated 
          fleet location and to test vehicles for compliance with the 
          smoke opacity regulations.  

          This bill:

          1.Requires heavy-duty diesel truck fleets to comply with 
            Air Resources Board regulations and standards on or 
            before December 31 for each calendar year.

          2.Defines fleet as any group of two of more heavy-duty 
            diesel-fueled vehicles that are owned and operated by the 
            same person.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes   
          Local:  No

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/6/12)

          California Trucking Association (source) 
          California Construction Trucking Association
          California Tow Truck Association


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  77-0, 5/29/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos, 
            Carter, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson, 
            Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Beth 
            Gaines, Galgiani, Garrick, Gatto, Gordon, Gorell, Grove, 
            Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, 







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            Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jeffries, Jones, Knight, 
            Lara, Logue, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, 
            Miller, Mitchell, Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, 
            Norby, Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel Pérez, Portantino, 
            Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Valadao, 
            Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams, Yamada, John A. Pérez
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Cedillo, Fletcher, Hall


          JJA:n  8/8/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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