BILL NUMBER: AB 1608	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   An act to add Section 44274.8 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1608, as introduced, Wieckowski. Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.
   Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program,
administered by the State Air Resources Board, to fund, upon
appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects
related to fuel and vehicle technologies.
   This bill would establish the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to be
administered by the California Center for Sustainable Energy and with
funds made available by the state board pursuant to the Air Quality
Improvement Program. The bill would require rebates be made available
for the purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty commercial
vehicles from a California manufacturer, as defined, in an amount 40%
greater than the rebates made available for the purchase of eligible
medium- or heavy-duty commercial vehicles not from a California
manufacturer.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 44274.8 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   44274.8.  (a) The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project is hereby
established within the Air Quality Improvement Program. The project
shall be administered by the California Center for Sustainable
Energy, with funds made available by the state board pursuant to this
article. Rebates shall be made available from those funds for the
purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty commercial vehicles from a
California manufacturer in an amount 40 percent greater than the
rebates made available for the purchase of eligible medium- or
heavy-duty commercial vehicles not from a California manufacturer.
   (b) (1) As used in this section, "California manufacturer" means
any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, or
other business entity that manufactures eligible vehicles in the
state and that meets either of the following criteria:
   (A) The owners or policymaking officers are domiciled in the state
and the permanent principal office, or place of business from which
the manufacturer's trade is directed or managed, is located in the
state.
   (B) A business or corporation, including those owned by, or under
common control of, a corporation, that meets all of the following
criteria continuously during the five years prior to selling an
eligible vehicle to a rebate recipient:
   (i) Owns and operates an in-state manufacturing facility that
builds or manufactures eligible vehicles.
   (ii) Is licensed by the state to conduct business within the
state.
   (iii) Employs state residents for work within the state.
   (2) For the purposes of qualifying as a California manufacturer, a
distribution or sales management office or facility does not qualify
as a manufacturing facility.