BILL NUMBER: AB 1965 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 16, 2016
INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Cooper
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Alejo, Cooley, Dodd, and McCarty)
FEBRUARY 12, 2016
An act to add Section 44127 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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 set specific specific, measurable
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. 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. 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:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
(a) The State Air Resources Board estimates that the state is home
to five times more cars over 20 years old than the national average.
(b) At present, at least 2,000,000 cars in the state, about nine
percent of the state's 23,000,000 light- and medium-duty vehicles,
are over 20 years old.
(c) In 2011, the nine percent of the fleet that was model year
1992 or older produced a full 40 percent of the smog-forming
emissions from passenger vehicles.
(d) Furthermore, according to state and local agency estimates, a
mere 10 percent to 15 percent of the state's motor vehicles, the
subset known as gross polluters, are responsible for more than half
of the light-duty vehicle smog in the state.
(e) An upgrade in fuel efficiency from 15 miles per gallon to 30
miles per gallon would save a typical household over $1,200 per year
in gasoline expenditures.
(f) The enhanced fleet modernization program (Article 11
(commencing with Section 44125) of Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 26
of the Health and Safety Code) provides a significant opportunity to
improve air quality, reduce fuel costs for the state's low-income
residents, and contribute to the state's greenhouse gas emissions
reduction goals.
(g) It is the intent of the Legislature that the enhanced fleet
modernization program (Article 11 (commencing with Section 44125) of
Chapter 5 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code) be
expanded to assist in meeting the state's environmental goals and
maximize benefits for disadvantaged communities, as identified
pursuant to Section 39711 of the Health and Safety Code.
SEC. 2. Section 44127 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to
read:
44127. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(1) "Disadvantaged community" means a community identified
pursuant to Section 39711.
(2) "Program" means the program established pursuant to Section
44125.
(b) Beginning in the 2016-17 fiscal year, and every fiscal year
thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall
set specific specific, measurable
goals for the retirement and replacement of passenger vehicles
and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.
(c) The state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall meet
the goals set pursuant to subdivision (b) by updating the guidelines
of the program no later than July 1, 2017. The updated guidelines
shall ensure all of the following:
(1) Specific steps are taken to ensure the vehicle replacement
component of the program is available in areas at risk of being
designated as federal extreme nonattainment.
(2) Specific steps are taken to ensure the vehicle replacement
component of the program is available in all districts containing
disadvantaged communities.
(3) Funding for targeted outreach in low-income and disadvantaged
communities for the program is increased from the amounts allocated
in the 2015-16 fiscal year.
(4) There is improved coordination, integration, and partnerships
with other programs that target disadvantaged communities and receive
moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to
Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
(d) No later than July 1, 2018, and every other year thereafter,
the state board shall collect and post on the program's Internet Web
site all of the following:
(1) Program performance relative to the goals adopted pursuant to
subdivision (b).
(2) An accounting that includes, but need not be limited to,
funding allocated to the program, funding sources, and program
expenditures by region.
(3) A comment on the overall success of the program, or lack
thereof, including, but not limited to, recommendations to improve
the overall performance of the program if the state board determines
the program needs improvement.
(d)
(e) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state
board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the vehicle
replacement component of the program from any of the following:
(1) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created pursuant
to Section 44126.
(2) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created pursuant
to Section 44091.
(3) The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant to
Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.