BILL NUMBER: AB 418	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 5, 2013
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 12, 2013
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 15, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly  Member   Mullin
  Members   Mullin   and Eggman 

                        FEBRUARY 15, 2013

    An act to add Section 6532.5 to the Government Code,
relating to local government finance.   An act relating
to electric vehicles, and making an appropriation therefor. 


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 418, as amended, Mullin.  Joint Exercise of Powers Act.
  Electric vehicles.  
   Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program that
is administered by the State Air Resources Board for the purposes of
funding projects related to, among other things, reduction of
criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Existing law
requires, until January 1, 2016, that a portion of the registration
fees for motor vehicles and vessels be deposited into the Air Quality
Improvement Fund and, upon appropriation, be expended for the
implementation of the program. Pursuant to the Air Quality
Improvement Program, the state board has established the Clean
Vehicle Rebate Project to promote the production and use of
zero-emission vehicles and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus
Voucher Incentive Project to provide vouchers to help California
fleets to purchase hybrid and zero-emission trucks and buses. 

   Existing law establishes the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund,
which serves as a repository for fees collected by the Department of
Consumer Affairs pursuant to the Automotive Repair Act.  
   This bill would require the Controller, upon the order of the
Director of Finance, to transfer, as a loan, $30,000,000 from the
Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund to the Air Quality Improvement
Fund. The bill would appropriate to the state board $30,000,000 from
the Air Quality Improvement Fund for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project
and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive
Project, thereby making an appropriation.  
   The Joint Exercise of Powers Act generally authorizes 2 or more
public agencies, by agreement, to jointly exercise any power common
to them under specified conditions.  
   This bill would authorize the City/County Association of
Governments of San Mateo County, subject to certain requirements of
the California Constitution and approval by a majority of its
membership, to impose a parcel tax, assessment, or property-related
fee or charge on real property for the purpose of managing stormwater
pollution.  
   This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to
the necessity of a special statute. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation:  no   yes
 . Fiscal committee:  no   yes  .
State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    (a) The sum of thirty million dollars
($30,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the Air Quality Improvement
Fund to the State Air Resources Board for the Clean Vehicle Rebate
Project and Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive
Project established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section
44274) of Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and
Safety Code.  
   (b) Upon the order of the Director of Finance, the sum of thirty
million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be transferred by the Controller,
as a loan from the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund to the Air
Quality Improvement Fund. No later than June 30, 2016, the loan shall
be repaid with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money
Investment Account at the time of the transfer.  
  SECTION 1.    Section 6532.5 is added to the
Government Code, to read:
   6532.5.  For the purpose of managing stormwater pollution as
specified in an approved National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System permit issued pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control
Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and upon the approval by a majority
of its membership, the City/County Association of Governments of San
Mateo County, with respect to real property, may do any of the
following:
   (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A and to Article XIII C
of the California Constitution, impose a parcel tax upon that real
property in accordance with Article 3.5 (commencing with Section
50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5.
   (b) Subject to Article XIII D of the California Constitution.
impose an assessment upon that real property.
   (c) Subject to Section 6 of Article XIII D of the California
Constitution, impose a property-related fee or charge. 

  SEC. 2.   The Legislature finds and declares that
a special law is necessary and that a general law cannot be made
applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the
California Constitution because of the unique responsibilities of the
City/County Association of Governments of San Mateo County with
regard to managing stormwater pollution in accordance federal law.