BILL NUMBER: SB 359 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2013
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 6, 2013
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 1, 2013
INTRODUCED BY Senator Corbett
( Principal coauthors:
Assembly Members Eggman and Mullin )
FEBRUARY 20, 2013
An act relating to electric vehicles,
vehicular air pollution , and making an
appropriation therefor.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 359, as amended, Corbett. Electric vehicles.
Vehicles: retirement and replacement.
Existing
(1) 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, Controller 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
these moneys in the Air Quality Improvement Fund to
be expended only for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the
Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project,
thereby making an appropriation.
(2) Existing law establishes the Capital Access Loan Program for
small businesses, administered by the California Pollution Control
Financing Authority, by providing loans through participating
financial institutions to qualifying small businesses, including
financial assistance to businesses affected by the In-Use Bus and
Truck Rule through the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program.
This bill would require the Controller to transfer, as a loan,
$10,000,000, from the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund to the Air
Pollution Control Fund. The bill would appropriate to the state board
these moneys in the Air Pollution Control Fund to be expended only
for the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program, thereby making
an appropriation.
(3) Existing law creates the Enhanced Fleet Modernization
Subaccount in the High Polluter Removal and Repair Account and makes
available, upon appropriation, all money in the account to establish
and implement the enhanced fleet modernization program, administered
by the Bureau of Automotive Repair in the Department of Consumer
Affairs.
This bill would appropriate $8,000,000 to the Bureau of Automotive
Repair from the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount in the High
Polluter Repair or Removal Account to be expended only for the
purposes of the enhanced fleet modernization program, thereby making
an appropriation.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: yes. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. (a) The sum of thirty twenty
million dollars ($30,000,000)
($20,000,000) is hereby appropriated from
to the State Air Resources Board from the moneys transferred
from the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Account to
the Air Quality Improvement Fund to the State Air Resources
Board pursuant to subdivision (d) to be expended only
for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and Hybrid and
Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project
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) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby
appropriated to the State Air Resources Board from the moneys
transferred from the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Account to the Air
Quality Improvement Fund pursuant to subdivision (d) to be expended
only for the 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.
(c) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby
appropriated to the State Air Resources Board from the moneys
transferred to the Air Pollution Control Fund pursuant to subdivision
(e) to be expended only for the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan
Program, administered through the Capital Access Loan Program
established pursuant to Article 8 (commencing with Section 44559) of
Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) Upon the order of the Director of Finance, the
(d) The sum of thirty million
dollars ($30,000,000) shall be transferred by the
Controller, 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 , from a
non-General Fund source, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment
Account at the time of the transfer.
(e) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall be
transferred by the Controller as a loan from the Vehicle Inspection
and Repair Fund to the Air Pollution Control Fund. No later than June
30, 2021, the loan shall be repaid from the Air Pollution Control
Fund with interest at the rate earned by the Pooled Money Investment
Account at the time of the transfer.
SEC. 2. The sum of eight million dollars
($8,000,000) is hereby appropriated to the Bureau of Automotive
Repair in the Department of Consumer Affairs from the Enhanced Fleet
Modernization Subaccount in the High Polluter Repair or Removal
Account to be expended only for the purposes of Article 11
(commencing with Section 44125) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 26
of the Health and Safety Code.