BILL NUMBER: SB 1056	CHAPTERED  07/28/99

	CHAPTER   209
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE   JULY 28, 1999
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR   JULY 27, 1999
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY   JULY 15, 1999
	PASSED THE SENATE   JUNE 2, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   MAY 12, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 28, 1999
	AMENDED IN SENATE   APRIL 13, 1999

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Johannessen

                        FEBRUARY 26, 1999

   An act to add Section 44096 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1056, Johannessen.  Vehicles:  emission reduction devices.

   Existing law establishes the High Polluter Repair or Removal
Account in the Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund and provides that
all money in the account is available, upon appropriation, to the
Department of Consumer Affairs and the State Air Resources Board to
establish and implement a program for the repair or replacement of
high polluting vehicles.
   This bill would require the state board to review and assess the
potential cost-effectiveness of specified emissions reduction devices
that are intended for installation in light-duty motor vehicles and
to consider the results of that assessment in determining whether an
emission reduction device is a cost-effective means of emission
reduction, as compared to vehicle retirement programs.


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


  SECTION 1.  Section 44096 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   44096.  (a) The state board shall review and assess the potential
cost-effectiveness, in terms of dollars per ton of emissions reduced,
of emissions reduction devices that are intended for installation in
light-duty motor vehicles and meet the qualifications specified in
subdivision (b).  The results of the assessment shall be made
available to the department and the districts, and shall be
considered by the state board in determining whether an emissions
reduction device is a cost-effective means of emissions reduction, as
compared with the accelerated light-duty vehicle retirement program
conducted pursuant to Article 10 (commencing with Section 44100) and
any other vehicle retirement program authorized by the department or
the districts.
   (b) The state board shall perform the review and assessment
specified in subdivision (a) only for an emission reduction device
that meets at least one of the following qualifications:
   (1) The device has received a certification under the California
Environmental Technology Certification Program.
   (2) The device has received accreditation under the state board's
"Criteria and Test Procedures for Accrediting Emission Control
Devices" (ARB "B" Designation) pursuant to Section 43630.