AB 1691, as introduced, Gipson. Vehicular air pollution: vehicle retirement.
Existing law creates an enhanced fleet modernization program for the retirement of high polluting vehicles to be administered by the Bureau of Automotive Repair pursuant to guidelines adopted by the State Air Resources Board. Existing law requires the program’s guidelines to be updated no later than June 30, 2015. Existing law requires the updated guidelines to ensure vehicle replacement be an option for all motor vehicle owners and may be in addition to compensation for vehicles retired, as specified.
This bill would require the state board, in consultation with the bureau, to adopt, as a part of the program, an element of the program to commence on July 1, 2017, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, with a goal of annually replacing 10,000 vehicles from disadvantaged communities over a 5-year period.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 44125.5 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
(a) As a part of the program adopted pursuant to
4Section 44125, the state board, in consultation with the bureau,
5shall adopt an element of the program to commence on July 1,
62017, subject to appropriation by the Legislature, that allows for
7the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and
8medium-duty trucks that are high polluters, focusing the program’s
9efforts in disadvantaged communities identified pursuant to Section
1039711.
11(b) The goal of the element adopted pursuant to subdivision (a)
12is to annually replace 10,000 vehicles from those disadvantaged
13communities with the lowest income levels.
14(c) No later than June 30, 2017, the state board shall update the
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guidelines adopted pursuant to Section 44125 to implement this
16section. In updating the guidelines for the purposes of this section,
17the state board shall study and consider all of the following:
18(1) Mandatory partnerships and a mandated minimum amount
19of overall funding allocated to outreach with community-based
20organizations to ensure program accessibility for the lowest income
21disadvantaged communities in the state, with an outreach and
22partnership report to be submitted to the state board every six
23months after July 1, 2017.
24(2) A “Primary Usage and Dependency” document attesting to
25all of the following:
26(A) The person receiving financial assistance from the program
27is dependent on the vehicle being retired.
28(B) The person cannot replace the vehicle
without financial
29assistance from the program.
30(C) The loss of the vehicle would cause irreparable economic
31harm to the person.
32(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2022, and,
33as of January 1, 2023, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
34that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2023, deletes or
35extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
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