BILL NUMBER: AB 1922	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lara

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2012

   An act to amend Section 43701 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to vehicular air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1922, as introduced, Lara. Heavy-duty vehicles: smoke
emissions.
   Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt
regulations requiring owners or operators of heavy-duty diesel motor
vehicles to perform regular inspections of their vehicles for
excessive emissions of smoke.
   This bill would require the state board to amend a specified
regulation relating to the inspection of heavy-duty diesel motor
vehicles for excessive emissions of smoke.
   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 43701 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
   43701.  (a)  (1)    Not later than July 15,
1992, the state board, in consultation with the bureau and the review
committee established pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 44021,
shall, after a public hearing, adopt regulations that require that
owners or operators of heavy-duty diesel motor vehicles perform
regular inspections of their vehicles for excessive emissions of
smoke. The inspection procedure, the frequency of inspections, the
emission standards for smoke, and the actions the vehicle owner or
operator is required to take to remedy excessive smoke emissions
shall be specified by the state board. Those standards shall be
developed in consultation with interested parties. The smoke
standards adopted under this subdivision shall not be more stringent
than those adopted under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 44000).

   (2) The state board shall amend Sections 2190 to 2194, inclusive,
of Title 13 of the California Code of Regulations to provide for all
of the following:  
   (A) Commercial motor vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating
(GVWR) of 14,000 pounds or higher with 2007 and newer model-year
engines shall be exempt beginning January 1, 2013.  
   (B) Commercial motor vehicles with a GVWR of 14,000 pounds or
higher shall be exempt beginning January 1, 2023. 
   (b) Not later than December 15, 1993, the state board shall, in
consultation with the State Energy Resources Conservation and
Development Commission, and after a public hearing, adopt regulations
that require that heavy-duty diesel motor vehicles subject to
subdivision (a) utilize emission control equipment and alternative
fuels. The state board shall consider, but not be limited to, the use
of cleaner burning diesel fuel, or other methods  which
  that  will reduce gaseous and smoke emissions to
the greatest extent feasible, taking into consideration the cost of
compliance. The regulations shall provide that any significant
modification of the engine necessary to meet these requirements shall
be made during a regularly scheduled major maintenance or overhaul
of the vehicle's engine. If the state board requires the use of
alternative fuels, it shall do so only to the extent those fuels are
available.
   (c) The state board shall adopt emissions standards and procedures
for the qualification of any equipment used to meet the requirements
of subdivision (b), and only qualified equipment shall be used.
   (d) To the extent permissible under federal law, commencing
January 1, 2006, the owner or operator of any commercial motor truck,
as defined in Section 410 of the Vehicle Code, with a  gross
vehicle weight rating (GVWR)   GVWR  greater than
10,000 pounds that enters the state for the purposes of operating in
the state shall maintain, and provide upon demand to enforcement
authorities, evidence demonstrating that its engine met the federal
emission standards applicable to commercial heavy-duty engines for
that engine's model-year at the time it was manufactured, pursuant to
the protocol and regulations developed and implemented pursuant to
subdivision (e).
   (e) The state board, not later than January 1, 2006, in
consultation with the California Highway Patrol, shall develop,
adopt, and implement regulations establishing an inspection protocol
for determining whether the engine of a truck subject to the
requirements of subdivision (d) met the federal emission standard
applicable to heavy-duty engines for that engine's model-year at the
time it was manufactured.