BILL NUMBER: SB 1076	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 19, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Emmerson

                        FEBRUARY 14, 2012

   An act to add and repeal Section 38568 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to air pollution.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 1076, as amended, Emmerson. California Global Warming Solutions
Act of 2006: tire inflation regulation.
   The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the
State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with
monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The state board is required to adopt a statewide greenhouse gas
emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse gas emissions
level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020, and to adopt rules and
regulations in an open public process to achieve the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas emission
reductions. A violation of a regulation adopted by the state board
pursuant to the act is subject to specified civil and criminal
penalties. Pursuant to the act, the state board adopted a regulation
requiring automobile service providers, by September 1, 2010, among
other things, to check and inflate vehicle tires to the recommended
pressure rating when performing automobile maintenance or repair
services.
   This bill, until January 1, 2018, would require a tire pressure
gauge used to meet the requirements of this regulation to be accurate
within a range of plus or minus 2 pounds per square inch of pressure
(2 psi). The bill, until January 1, 2018, would authorize automotive
service providers to meet the requirements of the regulation without
checking and inflating a vehicle's  tire  
tires  if  that tire is   those tires are
 determined to be  an  unsafe  tire
 , as defined  , or that tire has tire age, as
specified  . The bill  , until January 1, 2018, 
would require the state board to adopt regulations on tire age 
and safety  if the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration  publishes findings   adopts
regulations  establishing a correlation between tire age and
safety.
   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 38568 is added to the Health and Safety Code,
to read:
   38568.  (a) Tire pressure gauges used to meet the requirements of
Section 95550 of Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations shall
be accurate within a range of plus or minus two pounds per square
inch of pressure (2 psi).
   (b) For purposes of Section 95550 of Title 17 of the California
Code of Regulations, automotive service providers are not required to
check and inflate a vehicle's tire   tires
 if  any of the following applies: 
    (1)     That tire is
determined to be an unsafe tire   the tires are
determined to be unsafe  . As used in this subdivision, "unsafe
tire" means any tire considered unsafe in accordance with standard
industry practices due to tire tread wear, tread irregularity, or
damage. Examples include any tire with an exposed ply or cord, a
sidewall crack, a bulge, a knot, or a ply separation. 
   (2) (A) That tire has tire age. As used in this subdivision "tire
age" means any findings published by the National Highway Traffic
Safety Administration that establish a correlation between tire age
and safety.  
   (B) If the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration does
make findings establishing a correlation between tire age and safety,
the state board shall adopt regulations consistent with those
findings for purposes of Section 95550 of Title 17 of the California
Code of Regulations.  
   (c) As of January 1, 2013, there is no federal, state, or
industrywide adopted standard regarding tire age and safety. If the
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration adopts regulations
establishing a correlation between tire age and safety, the state
board shall adopt regulations consistent with those federal
regulations for purposes of Section 95550 of Title 17 of the
California Code of Regulations.  
   (c) 
    (d)  This section shall remain in effect only until
January 1, 2018, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later
enacted statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2018, deletes or
extends that date.