BILL NUMBER: AB 1608	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 10, 2012
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 8, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Wieckowski

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2012

   An act to add Section 39617.8 to the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air quality.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1608, as amended, Wieckowski. Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and
Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.
   Existing law designates the State Air Resources Board as the state
agency charged with coordinating efforts to attain and maintain
ambient air quality standards. Existing law generally designates the
state board as the state agency with the primary responsibility for
the control of vehicular air pollution.
   This bill would require the state board in implementing the Clean
Vehicle Rebate Project, with funds made available by the state board,
to provide rebates for the purchase of eligible light-duty vehicles
from a California manufacturer, as defined, in an amount  40%
  20%  greater than the rebates made available for
the purchase of eligible light-duty vehicles not from a California
manufacturer. The bill also would require the state board in
implementing the Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project, with
funds made available by the state board, to provide rebates for the
purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles
from a California manufacturer, as defined, in an amount  40%
  20%  greater than the rebates made available for
the purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty zero-emission
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 39617.8 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   39617.8.  (a) (1) In implementing the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project
(CVRP), with funds made available by the state board, rebates shall
be made available from those funds for the purchase of eligible
light-duty vehicles from a California manufacturer in an amount
 40   20  percent greater than the rebates
made available for the purchase of eligible light-duty vehicles not
from a California manufacturer.
   (2) In implementing the Hybrid Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive
Project (HVIP), with funds made available by the state board, rebates
shall be made available from those funds for the purchase of
eligible medium- or heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles from a
California manufacturer in an amount  40   20
 percent greater than the rebates made available for the
purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty zero-emission 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.