BILL NUMBER:  SB 211
  VETOED	DATE: 09/06/2011




To the Members of the California State Senate:

I am returning Senate Bill 211without my signature.

This bill codifies a tire gauge accuracy requirement that is already
in regulation and removes tire age as a consideration by the
automotive service providers when determining whether a tire is
unsafe for use.  This bill is both unnecessary and omits a
significant factor relating to public highway safety.

The California Air Resource Board's Regulation to Reduce Greenhouse
Gas Emissions from Vehicles Operation with Under Inflated Tires
requires automotive service providers to check and inflate a vehicle'
s tires to the manufacturer's recommended pressure at the time a
vehicle is serviced.  This simple action can save 75 million gallons
of gasoline and reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 700,000 metric
tons annually.

Placing provisions of ARB's regulation into statute unnecessarily
limits ARB's ability to revise the regulation in the future to ensure
that it achieves the greatest air quality improvements and
greenhouse gas emission reductions possible without legislative
action.  Furthermore, by eliminating "age" as a factor bearing on a
tire's safety, the bill seeks to circumvent the rulemaking process
and overlooks significant evidence that age could degrade the
performance capabilities of a tire.  In this way, the bill disregards
the stakeholder participation and transparency that were exercised
during the rulemaking process.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.