AB 1965, as amended, Cooper. Vehicle retirement and replacement.
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.
This bill, beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, and every year thereafter, would require the state board, in consultation with the bureau, to setbegin delete specificend deletebegin insert specific, measurableend insert goals for the retirement and replacement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters and to ensure those goals are met by updating the program’s guidelines no later than July 1, 2017, as specified.begin insert
The bill would require the state board, no later than July 1, 2018, and every other year thereafter, to collect and post on the program’s Internet Web site specified information on the program.end insert The bill would authorize the state board to allocate moneys, upon appropriation, from specified funds to expand the vehicle replacement component of the program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
The Legislature finds and declares all of the
2following:
3(a) The State Air Resources Board estimates that the state is
4home to five times more cars over 20 years old than the national
5average.
6(b) At present, at least 2,000,000 cars in the state, about nine
7percent of the state’s 23,000,000 light- and medium-duty vehicles,
8are over 20 years old.
9(c) In 2011, the nine percent of the fleet that was model year
101992 or older produced a full 40 percent of the smog-forming
11emissions from passenger vehicles.
12(d) Furthermore, according to state and local agency estimates,
13a mere 10 percent to 15 percent of the state’s motor vehicles, the
14subset known as gross polluters, are responsible for more than half
15of the light-duty vehicle smog in the state.
16(e) An upgrade in fuel efficiency from 15 miles per gallon to
1730 miles per gallon would save a typical household over $1,200
18per year in gasoline expenditures.
19(f) The enhanced fleet modernization program (Article 11
20(commencing with Section 44125) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of
21Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code) provides a significant
22opportunity to improve air quality, reduce fuel costs for the state’s
23low-income residents, and contribute to the state’s greenhouse gas
24emissions
reduction goals.
25(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the enhanced fleet
26modernization program (Article 11 (commencing with Section
2744125) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and
28Safety Code) be expanded to assist in meeting the state’s
29environmental goals and maximize benefits for disadvantaged
30communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health
31and Safety Code.
Section 44127 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
33to read:
(a) For purposes of this section, the following terms
35have the following meanings:
36(1) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified
37pursuant to Section 39711.
P3 1(2) “Program” means the program established pursuant to
2Section 44125.
3(b) Beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, and every fiscal year
4thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall
5setbegin delete specificend deletebegin insert specific,
measurableend insert goals for the retirement and
6replacement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty
7trucks that are high polluters.
8(c) The state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall meet
9the goals set pursuant to subdivision (b) by updating the guidelines
10of the program no later than July 1, 2017. The updated guidelines
11shall ensure all of the following:
12(1) Specific steps are taken to ensure the vehicle replacement
13component of the program is available in areas at risk of being
14designated as federal extreme nonattainment.
15(2) Specific steps are taken to ensure the vehicle replacement
16component of the program is available in all districts containing
17disadvantaged communities.
18(3) Funding for targeted outreach in low-income and
19disadvantaged communities for the program is increased from the
20amounts allocated in the 2015-16 fiscal year.
21(4) There is improved coordination, integration, and partnerships
22with other programs that target disadvantaged communities and
23receive moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created
24pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
25(d) No later than July 1, 2018, and every other year thereafter,
26the state board shall collect and post on the program’s Internet
27Web site all of the following:
28(1) Program performance relative to the goals adopted pursuant
29to subdivision (b).
30(2) An accounting that includes, but need not be limited to,
31funding allocated to the program, funding sources, and program
32expenditures by region.
33(3) A comment on the overall success of the program, or lack
34thereof, including, but not limited to, recommendations to improve
35the overall performance of the program if the state board
36determines the program needs improvement.
37(d)
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38begin insert(e)end insert Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may
39allocate moneys for the expansion of the vehicle replacement
40component of the program from any of the following:
P4 1(1) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created
2pursuant to Section 44126.
3(2) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created
4pursuant to Section 44091.
5(3) The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant
6to Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.
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