BILL NUMBER: SB 1076	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 29, 2012
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 27, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 23, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JUNE 19, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2012
	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Emmerson

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 39945)
of Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to
air pollution.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1076, Emmerson. California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006: tire inflation regulation.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and
regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission
reductions. A violation of a regulation adopted by the state board
pursuant to the act is subject to specified civil and criminal
penalties. Pursuant to the act, the state board adopted a regulation
requiring automobile service providers, by September 1, 2010, among
other things, to check and inflate vehicle tires to the recommended
pressure rating when performing automobile maintenance or repair
services.
   This bill, until January 1, 2018, would require a tire pressure
gauge used to meet the requirements of this regulation to be accurate
within a range of plus or minus 2 pounds per square inch of pressure
(2 psi). The bill, until January 1, 2018, would authorize automotive
service providers to meet the requirements of the regulation without
checking and inflating a vehicle's tire if that tire is determined
to be an unsafe tire, as defined.


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

  SECTION 1.  Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 39945) is added to
Part 2 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
      CHAPTER 9.  TIRE PRESSURE


   39945.  (a) For purposes of this chapter, "unsafe tire" means any
tire considered unsafe in accordance with standard industry practices
due to tire tread wear, tread irregularity, or damage. Examples
include any tire with an exposed ply or cord, a sidewall crack, a
bulge, a knot, or a ply separation.
   (b) For purposes of a regulation adopted pursuant to Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) that requires an automotive service
provider to check and inflate a vehicle's tires while performing
automotive maintenance or repair service, a tire pressure gauge used
by the provider to inflate a tire pursuant to that regulation shall
be accurate within a range of plus or minus two pounds per square
inch of pressure (2 psi).
   (c) An automotive service provider shall not be required to check
and inflate a vehicle's tire pursuant to subdivision (b) if that tire
is determined to be an unsafe tire.
   (d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or extends
that date.