California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly BillNo. 600


Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta

February 20, 2013


An act to amend Section 43701 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 600, as introduced, Bonta. Heavy-duty vehicles: smoke emissions.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt regulations requiring owners or operators of heavy-duty diesel motor vehicles to perform regular inspections of their vehicles for excessive emissions of smoke.

This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to this provision.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 43701 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:

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43701.  

(a) (1) Not later than July 15, 1992, the state board,
4in consultation with the bureau and the review committee
5established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44021, shallbegin delete,
6after a public hearing,end delete
adoptbegin insert, after a public hearing,end insert regulations
7that require that owners or operators of heavy-duty diesel motor
8vehicles perform regular inspections of their vehicles for excessive
9emissions of smoke. The inspection procedure, the frequency of
P2    1inspections, the emission standards for smoke, and the actions the
2vehicle owner or operator is required to take to remedy excessive
3smoke emissions shall be specified by the state board. Those
4standards shall be developed in consultation with interested parties.
5The smoke standards adopted under this subdivision shall not be
6more stringent than those adopted under Chapter 5 (commencing
7with Section 44000).

8(2) (A) On or before December 31 of each year, a fleet shall
9comply with the regulations and standards for that calendar year.

10(B) For purposes of this paragraph, “fleet” means any group of
11two or more heavy-duty diesel-fueled vehicles that are owned or
12operated by the same person.

13(b) Not later than December 15, 1993, the state board shall, in
14consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
15Development Commission, and after a public hearing, adopt
16regulations that require that heavy-duty diesel motor vehicles
17subject to subdivision (a) utilize emission control equipment and
18alternative fuels. The state board shall consider, but not be limited
19to, the use of cleaner burning diesel fuel, or other methods that
20will reduce gaseous and smoke emissions to the greatest extent
21feasible, taking into consideration the cost of compliance. The
22regulations shall provide that any significant modification of the
23engine necessary to meet these requirements shall be made during
24a regularly scheduled major maintenance or overhaul of the
25vehicle’s engine. If the state board requires the use of alternative
26fuels, it shall do so only to the extent those fuels are available.

27(c) The state board shall adopt emissions standards and
28procedures for the qualification of any equipment used to meet the
29requirements of subdivision (b), and only qualified equipment
30shall be used.

31(d) To the extent permissible under federal law, commencing
32January 1, 2006, the owner or operator of any commercial motor
33truck, as defined in Section 410 of the Vehicle Code, with a gross
34vehicle weight rating (GVWR) greater than 10,000 pounds that
35enters the state for the purposes of operating in the state shall
36maintain, and provide upon demand to enforcement authorities,
37evidence demonstrating that its engine met the federal emission
38standards applicable to commercial heavy-duty engines for that
39engine’s model-year at the time it was manufactured, pursuant to
P3    1the protocol and regulations developed and implemented pursuant
2to subdivision (e).

3(e) The state board, not later than January 1, 2006, in
4consultation with the Department of the California Highway Patrol,
5shall develop, adopt, and implement regulations establishing an
6inspection protocol for determining whether the engine of a truck
7subject to the requirements of subdivision (d) met the federal
8emission standard applicable to heavy-duty engines for that
9engine’s model-year at the time it was manufactured.



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