BILL ANALYSIS Ó ------------------------------------------------------------ |SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 1922| |Office of Senate Floor Analyses | | |1020 N Street, Suite 524 | | |(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | | |327-4478 | | ------------------------------------------------------------ CONSENT 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 CONTINUED AB 1922 Page 2 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, AB 1922 Page 3 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 **** END ****