Amended in Senate May 6, 2015

Amended in Senate April 7, 2015

Amended in Senate April 6, 2015

Senate BillNo. 206


Introduced by Senator Gaines

February 11, 2015


An act to add Section 43003 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to vehicular air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 206, as amended, Gaines. Vehicle information systems.

Existing law imposes various limitations on emissions of air contaminants for the control of air pollution from vehicular and nonvehicular sources. Existing law generally designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for the control of vehicular air pollution. Existing law requires the state board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants, including standards for off-road and nonvehicle engine categories.

This bill would prohibit the state board from obtaining locational databegin delete or vehicle speed dataend delete from a vehicle information system, asbegin delete defined. The bill would provide that these provisions do not apply to the motor vehicle inspection and maintenance program, commonly known as smog check.end deletebegin insert defined, except to assist the vehicle owner or operator to use as a defense in an enforcement action brought by the state board.end insert

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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SECTION 1.  

Section 43003 is added to the Health and Safety
2Code
, to read:

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43003.  

(a) The state board shall not obtain locational databegin delete or
4vehicle speed dataend delete
from a vehicle informationbegin delete system.end deletebegin insert system
5except to assist the vehicle owner or operator to use as a defense
6in an enforcement action brought by the state board.end insert

7(b) “Vehicle information system” means a computer or other
8device embedded or integrated into the vehicle, other than an event
9recorder, that records, generates, stores, or collects data that can
10by itself or with other information be used to distinguish or
11individually identify the registeredbegin delete owned,end deletebegin insert ownerend insert of the vehicle,
12the driver of the vehicle, or the operation, use, or condition of the
13vehicle.

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14(c) This section does not apply to Chapter 5 (commencing with
15Section 44000).

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