AB 2564, as amended, Cooper. Air Quality Improvement Program: Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
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, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to its existing statutory authority, the state board has established the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to promote the production and use of zero-emission vehicles by providing rebates for the purchase of new zero-emission vehicles.
The Charge Ahead California Initiative requires the state board to adopt, no later than June 30, 2015, revisions to the criteria and other requirements for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to, among other things, limit eligibility based on income.
This bill would require the state board to adopt regulations for the purposes of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project that would establish the maximum gross annual income at specified levels for a person to be eligible for a rebate; increase rebate payments by $500 forbegin delete applicants with household incomes less than or equal
to 300% of the federal poverty level;end deletebegin insert low-income applicants, as defined;end insert include outreach tobegin delete disadvantaged communities, as specified, to increase consumer awareness;end deletebegin insert low-income householdend insertbegin inserts;end insert and prioritize rebate payments for low-income applicants.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 44274.3 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code, to read:
The
(a) For purposes of this section, “low income” means
5a resident whose household income is less than or equal to 300
6percent of the federal poverty level.
7begin insert(b)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertTheend insert state board, in consultation with the State Energy
8Resources Conservation and Development Commission, districts,
9and the public, shall adopt regulations for the purposes of the Clean
10Vehicle Rebate Project, established as part of the Air Quality
11Improvement Program, that
do all of the following:
12(a)
end delete
13begin insert(1)end insert Limit eligibility based on income by providing that, for all
14eligible vehicle types except fuel cell electric vehicles, the gross
15annual income, as reported on Line 22 of the Internal Revenue
16Service Form 1040, Line 15 of the Internal Revenue Service Form
171040A, or Line 4 of the Internal Revenue Service Form 1040EZ,
18for a person to be eligible for a rebate payment shall not exceed
19the following:
20(1)
end delete
21begin insert(A)end insert One hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) for
22single filers.
23(2)
end delete
24begin insert(B)end insert One hundred seventy thousand dollars ($170,000) for
25head-of-household filers.
26(3)
end delete
27begin insert(C)end insert Two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) for joint
28filers.
P3 1(b) For an applicant with a household income less than or equal
2to 300 percent of the federal poverty level,
3begin insert (2)end insertbegin insert end insertbegin insertFor a low-income applicant,end insert increase the rebate payment
4by five hundred dollars ($500) for all eligible vehicle types.
5(c)
end delete
6begin insert(3)end insert Include outreach tobegin delete disadvantaged communities, as identified
7pursuant to Section 39711, to increase consumer awareness.end delete
8
begin insert low-income householdend insertbegin inserts.end insert
9(d)
end delete10begin insert(4)end insert Prioritize rebate payments for low-income applicants.
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