BILL NUMBER: SB 570 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 21, 2011
INTRODUCED BY Senator Rubio
FEBRUARY 17, 2011
An act to amend Section 44099 of the Health and Safety Code,
relating to air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 570, as amended, Rubio. San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District: high polluter vehicles.
vehicles: Sc hoolbuses.
(1) Existing law, until January 1, 2013, requires the San Joaquin
Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District (district) to develop
and administer, in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, a
voluntary program to remove high polluter vehicles within the
district by exchanging high polluter vehicles in the district for
donated vehicles, as provided. Existing law requires the
district to submit a report, on or before January 1, 2012, relating
to the implementation and status of the program, including, but not
limited to, the number of vehicles donated.
This bill would extend the operation of these provisions until
January 1, 2014, and would make the report due on or before January
1, 2013. By extending the duties of a local air district, the bill
would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would repeal these provisions, and instead require the
district to administer, until January 1, 2014, a voluntary program to
replace high emitting schoolbuses in the San Joaquin Valley. By
imposing duties on a local air district, the bill would impose a
state-mandated local program.
(2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse
local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates
determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state,
reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these
statutory provisions.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: yes.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 44099 of the Health and Safety Code is amended
to read:
44099. (a) As used in this section, "district" means the San
Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District.
(b) The district shall develop and administer, in consultation
with the state board, a voluntary program to improve air quality by
exchanging high polluter vehicles within the district for donated
vehicles. The program shall do all of the following:
(1) Permit any person or business entity within the state to
donate to the district any low-emission motor vehicle that has passed
its last required smog test. If the vehicle is registered at a
residence located outside of the district, the donor shall deliver
the vehicle to the district.
(2) Permit the owner of a motor vehicle who lives within the
jurisdiction of the district to apply to the district for a
replacement vehicle if both of the following conditions are met:
(A) The motor vehicle did not pass its most recent smog check
inspection.
(B) The motor vehicle has been registered in any county
encompassed by the district for a period of at least two years
immediately preceding the application.
(c) The district shall give priority for vehicle replacement to
persons whose family income does not exceed 225 percent of the
federal poverty level.
(d) The district may authorize, by contract, any entity to
administer any portion of the program.
(e) The district shall certify that the exchange of any two
vehicles results in quantified lower net emissions.
(f) The vehicle replacement program shall be a supplement to, and
not a replacement for, other high polluter repair or removal
programs, pursuant to this article.
(g) The program shall be limited to 200 vehicle exchanges, as
described in subdivision (a), annually.
(h) The district shall store the replacement vehicles in a central
facility.
(i) The district shall ensure that high polluter vehicles replaced
under this program are removed from operation and scrapped or
crushed by a dismantler participating in the "Partners in the
Solution" program of the State of California Auto Dismantlers
Association (SCADA) and operating under contract with the district.
(j) The district shall include protections in the program against
abuse of the program by recipients of the donated cars.
(b) The district, in consultation with the state board, shall
administer a voluntary program to replace high emitting schoolbuses
in the San Joaquin Valley.
(c) In selecting projects, the district shall follow the state
board's Lower-Emission School Bus Program guidelines, and shall give
priority to model year 1987 and older schoolbuses.
(k)
(d) Any interest generated from the funds allocated to
the district from the Traffic Congestion Relief Fund, established by
Section 14556.5 of the Government Code, for the purposes of paragraph
(100) of subdivision (a) of Section 14556.40 of the Government Code
may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, by the district
for the purpose of administering the program established in this
section.
(l)
(e) On or before January 1, 2013, the district shall
submit a report to the Legislature on the implementation and status
of the program, including, but not limited to, the number of
vehicles donated, the number of vehicles that participated in the
program, the number of donated vehicles on hand, the costs of
operating the program, the estimated emission reductions achieved
through the program, the cost to achieve a one ton reduction in
emissions, the expected costs of the program if the program were
statewide, and the costs of the program compared to other efforts to
reduce vehicular emissions. schoolbuses replaced and
the estimated emission reductions achieved through the program.
(m)
(f) This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2014, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2014, deletes or
extends that date.
SEC. 2. If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this
act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local
agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant
to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of
the Government Code.