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                                                                  AB 1099
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          Date of Hearing:   May 18, 2011

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                Felipe Fuentes, Chair

               AB 1099 (Bonnie Lowenthal) - As Amended:  April 6, 2011 

          Policy Committee:                              
          TransportationVote:14-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program: 
          No     Reimbursable:              No

           SUMMARY  


          This bill requires the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to 
          refuse registration for a commercial motor vehicle that is a 
          1996 or older model year and requires a class A or B commercial 
          driver's license.  The bill exempts from its provisions a 
          commercial motor vehicle registered in California prior to 
          January 1, 2012, if the vehicle is continuously registered on 
          and after January 1, 2012, or is certified nonoperational after 
          January 1, 2012.


           FISCAL EFFECT  


          Negligible costs to DMV, if any.


           COMMENTS  

           1)Rationale  .  The author intends his bill to prevent the 
            importation of older, highly polluting commercial trucks into 
            California.  According to the author, the Air Resources 
            Board's (ARB) recent amendment to its truck and bus rule 
            provided needed flexibility to fleet operators seeking to 
            comply with the rule.  However, the author adds, the amendment 
            also created an opportunity for an increase in pre-1996 
            vehicles registered in California, which could result in 
            higher emissions and undercut California businesses in 
            compliance with the original rule.









                                                                  AB 1099
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           2)Background.   The ARB Truck and Bus Regulation requires fleets 
            that operate in California to reduce diesel truck and bus 
            emissions by retrofitting or replacing existing engines.  As 
            recently amended, the rule requires fleets to install the best 
            available particulate matter filter on 1996 model-year and 
            newer engines and to replace these vehicles eight years later. 
            Trucks with 1995 model-year and older engines would be 
            replaced starting 2015.  By 2023, all trucks and buses must 
            have 2010 model-year or newer engines, with few exceptions. 

           3)Support.   This bill is supported by the California Trucking 
            Association (sponsor).

           4)There is no formal opposition registered to this bill.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Jay Dickenson / APPR. / (916) 319-2081