Bill Text: CA SB301 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Vehicular air pollution: Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-04-23 - Ordered to third reading. [SB301 Detail]

Download: California-2023-SB301-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 301

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Introduced by Senators Portantino and Newman

February 02, 2023

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An act to add Article 5 (commencing with Section 44274.25) to Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 301, as introduced, Portantino. Vehicular air pollution: Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project.

Existing law directs the State Air Resources Board to coordinate efforts to attain and maintain ambient air quality standards. Existing law creates the Air Quality Improvement Program, administered by the state board, to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects relating to fuel and vehicle technologies.

This bill would require the state board to establish the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) by allocating up to $2,000,000 annually from the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project to provide an applicant who is a California resident with a rebate for an eligible vehicle that has been converted into a zero-emission vehicle. The bill would require the rebate issued pursuant to the ZACP to be limited to one per vehicle and have a value of up to $2,000. The bill would also require the state board to establish guidelines for the program, as specified, and minimum eligibility criteria for an applicant to be eligible for the rebate. The bill would require that if any of the moneys allocated for this purpose are not expended by the end of each fiscal year, those moneys shall be repaid to the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Article 5 (commencing with Section 44274.25) is added to Chapter 8.9 of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

Article  5. Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project

44274.25.

 For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:

(a) “Eligible vehicle” shall mean a light-duty motor vehicle, as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code, originally propelled by a gasoline- or diesel-powered engine, that is registered, or will be registered upon completion of the conversion, with the Department of Motor Vehicles.

(b) “Light-duty” has the same meaning as defined in Section 39035.

(c) “Motor vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 415 of the Vehicle Code.

(d) “Vehicle frame” has the same meaning as defined in Section 670.5 of the Vehicle Code.

(e) “Zero-emission vehicle” has the same meaning as defined in Section 44258.

44274.26.

 (a) The state board shall establish the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) and shall allocate up to two million dollars ($2,000,000) annually from the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, established as part of the Air Quality Improvement Program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 44274), or from any other state or federal funding source, to provide an applicant who is a California resident with a rebate for an eligible vehicle that has been converted into a zero-emission vehicle. If any of the moneys allocated for this purpose are not expended by the end of each fiscal year, those moneys shall be repaid to the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project.

(b) The state board shall develop guidelines for the program, define qualifying conversion-types for used vehicles, define eligible replacement motors, power systems, and parts, and establish minimum eligibility criteria for an applicant to be eligible for the rebate described in subdivision (a). The state board’s guidelines shall include the following requirements:

(1) An eligible zero-emission vehicle shall have a range of at least 100 miles.

(2) The equivalent of any manufacturer suggested retail price limit established for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project for a comparable vehicle category shall apply, based on total zero-emission vehicle cost, including the value of the donor vehicle at the time of the conversion, the cost of the conversion, and the cost of any new vehicle frame that is installed to accommodate a vehicle conversion.

(3) Any income limits established for the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project shall apply.

(4) In establishing rebate amounts, the state board shall ensure that the rebate issued for a converted zero-emission vehicle provides cost-effective benefits to the state in reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases that are equivalent to the benefits to the state in reducing air pollution and greenhouse gases with respect to the issuance of rebates for new zero-emission vehicles.

(c) A rebate issued pursuant to the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project shall be limited to one per vehicle and have a value of up to two thousand dollars ($2,000).

(d) A minimum of 25 percent of the rebates issued pursuant to the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project shall be issued to those eligible for the Clean Cars 4 All program, as established in Section 44124.5.

(e) The state board shall coordinate the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project with the enhanced fleet modernization program, established pursuant to Article 11 (commencing with Section 44124) of Chapter 5, the Charge Ahead California Initiative, established pursuant to Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 44258), and the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, established as part of the Air Quality Improvement Program established pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 44274).