BILL NUMBER: SB 1405	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pavley

                        FEBRUARY 19, 2016

   An act to amend Section 43866 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1405, as introduced, Pavley. Alternative fuels.
   Existing law requires, no later than June 30, 2007, the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in
partnership with the State Air Resources Board, and in consultation
with specified state agencies, to develop and adopt a state plan to
increase the use of alternative fuels, as defined.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those
provisions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 43866 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   43866.  Not later than June 30, 2007, the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission, in partnership with the
state board, and in consultation with the State Water Resources
Control Board, the Department of Food and Agriculture, and other
relevant state agencies, shall develop and adopt a state plan to
increase the use of alternative transportation fuels.
   (a) The plan shall include an evaluation of alternative fuels on a
full fuel-cycle assessment of emissions of criteria air pollutants,
air toxics, greenhouse gases, water pollutants, and other substances
that are known to damage human  health,  
health;  impacts on petroleum  consumption, 
 consumption;  and other matters the state board deems
necessary.
   (b) The plan shall set goals for the years 2012, 2017, and 2022
for increased alternative fuel use in the state that accomplishes all
of the following:
   (1) Optimizes the environmental and public health benefits of
alternative fuels, including, but not limited to, reductions in
criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and water pollutants
consistent with existing or future state board regulations in the
most cost-effective manner possible.
   (2) Ensures that there is no net material increase in air
pollution, water pollution, or any other substances that are known to
damage human health.
   (3) Minimizes the economic costs to the state, if any.
   (4) Maximizes the economic benefits of producing alternative fuels
in the state.
   (5) Considers issues related to consumer acceptance and costs and
identifies methods to overcome any barriers to alternative fuel use.
   (c) The plan shall recommend policies to ensure alternative fuel
goals are attained, including, but not limited  to: 
 to, all of the following: 
   (1) Standards on transportation fuels and vehicles.
   (2) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy
mechanisms to ensure that vehicles capable of operating on
alternative fuels use those fuels to the maximum extent feasible.
   (3) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy
mechanisms to ensure that alternative fuel fueling stations are
available to drivers of alternative fuel vehicles.
   (4) Incentives, requirements, programs, or other mechanisms to
encourage the research, development, demonstration,
commercialization, manufacturing, or production of vehicles that use
alternative fuels.