BILL NUMBER: AB 2583 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 21, 2012
AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 6, 2012
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 9, 2012
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Blumenfield
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
An act to amend Section 25722.8 of, and to add Section 25722.9 to,
the Public Resources Code, and to amend Section 22518 of the Vehicle
Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2583, as amended, Blumenfield. Alternatively fueled vehicles:
state fleet: public parking.
Existing law requires the Secretary of State and Consumer
Services, in consultation with the Department of General Services and
other appropriate agencies, on or before July 1, 2009, to develop
and implement, and submit to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan
to reduce or displace the state fleet's consumption of petroleum
products.
This bill would require the department to purchase, or
approve contracts for the purchase of, new vehicles for the state
fleet that are alternatively fueled vehicles, as defined,
to encourage the operation of state alternatively fueled vehicles
, as defined, on the alternative fuel for which the
vehicle is designed and the development of commercial infrastructure
for alternative fuel pumps and charging stations at or near state
vehicle fueling or parking sites, and to work with other public
agencies to incentivize and promote state employee operation of
alternatively fueled vehicles through preferential or reduced-cost
parking, access to charging, or other means. The bill would
authorize the department to provide grants or enter into interagency
agreements to implement these goals. The bill would require
the department and the Department of Transportation to develop and
implement advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs in
specified public parking facilities of 50 spaces or more and
specified park-and-ride lots to incentivize the purchase and use of
alternatively fueled vehicles, as defined, in the state, as
specified.
Existing law prohibits a person from engaging in vending or any
other commercial activity on fringe or transportation corridor
parking facilities constructed, maintained, or operated by the
Department of Transportation.
This bill would exempt from provide that
the above prohibition a person implementing the
advanced technology vehicle parking incentive programs
does not apply to alternatively fueled infrastructure programs in
park-and-ride lots owned and operated by the Department of
Transportation .
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 25722.8 of the Public Resources Code is amended
to read:
25722.8. (a) On or before July 1, 2009, the Secretary of State
and Consumer Services, in consultation with the Department of General
Services and other appropriate state agencies that maintain or
purchase vehicles for the state fleet, including the campuses of the
California State University, shall develop and implement, and submit
to the Legislature and the Governor, a plan to improve the overall
state fleet's use of alternative fuels, synthetic lubricants, and
fuel-efficient vehicles by reducing or displacing the consumption of
petroleum products by the state fleet when compared to the 2003
consumption level based on the following schedule:
(1) By January 1, 2012, a 10-percent reduction or displacement.
(2) By January 1, 2020, a 20-percent reduction or displacement.
(b) Beginning April 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, the
Department of General Services shall provide to the Department of
Finance and the appropriate legislative committees of the Legislature
a progress report on meeting the goals specified in subdivision (a).
The Department of General Services shall also make the progress
report available on its Internet Web site.
(c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), the Department of
General Services shall purchase, or approve contracts for the
purchase of, new vehicles for the state fleet that are alternatively
fueled vehicles based on the following schedule:
(A) Beginning January 1, 2013, 50 percent of the new vehicles
purchased.
(B) Beginning January 1, 2015, 100 percent of the new vehicles
purchased.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply to the purchase of types of
vehicles for which an alternatively fueled vehicle is not available.
(3)
(c) (1) The Department
of General Services shall encourage, to the extent feasible, the
operation of state alternatively fueled vehicles on the alternative
fuel for which the vehicle is designed and the development of
commercial infrastructure for alternative fuel pumps and charging
stations at or near state vehicle fueling or parking sites.
(4)
(2) The Department of General Services shall
work with other public agencies to incentivize and promote, to the
extent feasible, state employee operation of alternatively fueled
vehicles through preferential or reduced-cost parking, access to
charging, or other means.
(5) The Department of General Services may provide grants or enter
into interagency agreements to implement this subdivision.
(6)
(3) For purposes of this subdivision,
"alternatively fueled vehicles" means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty
vehicles that reduce petroleum usage and related emissions by using
advanced technologies and fuels, including, but not limited to,
hybrid, plug-in hybrid, battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell
vehicles and including those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of
the Vehicle Code.
SEC. 2. Section 25722.9 is added to the Public Resources Code, to
read:
25722.9. (a) For purposes of this section, "alternatively fueled
vehicles" means light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicles that reduce
petroleum usage and related emissions by using advanced technologies
and fuels, including, but not limited to, hybrid, plug-in hybrid,
battery electric, natural gas, or fuel cell vehicles and including
those vehicles described in Section 5205.5 of the Vehicle Code.
(b) The Department of General Services and the Department of
Transportation shall develop and implement advanced technology
vehicle parking incentive programs , to the extent feasible,
in public parking facilities of 50 spaces or more operated by
the Department of General Services and , to the extent
feasible, park-and-ride lots owned and operated by the
Department of Transportation to incentivize the purchase and use of
alternatively fueled vehicles in the state. These programs shall
provide meaningful, tangible benefits for drivers of alternatively
fueled vehicles. These incentives may include preferential spaces,
reduced fees, and fueling infrastructure for alternatively fueled
vehicles that use these parking facilities or park-and-ride lots.
SEC. 3. Section 22518 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
22518. (a) Fringe and transportation
corridor parking facilities constructed, maintained, or operated by
the Department of Transportation pursuant to Section 146.5 of the
Streets and Highways Code shall be used only by persons using a
bicycle or public transit, or engaged in ridesharing, including, but
not limited to, carpools or vanpools. A person shall not park a
vehicle 30 feet or more in length, engage in loitering or camping, or
engage in vending or any other commercial activity except
to implement Section 25722.9 of the Public Resource Code,
on any fringe or transportation corridor parking facility.
(b) This section does not apply to alternatively fueled
infrastructure programs in park-and-ride lots owned and operated by
the Department of Transportation.