BILL NUMBER: SB 1076	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MAY 29, 2012
	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 tires if those
tires are determined to be unsafe, as defined. 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 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 tires if 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.  
   (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.  
   (d) 
    (b)  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.