CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 627Introduced by Assembly Member JacksonFebruary 09, 2023 An act to add Section 43011.7 to, and to add Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 627, as introduced, Jackson. Heavy-duty trucks: grant program: operating requirements. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution the state board has found to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible, to carry out specified purposes, unless preempted by federal law.This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2030, a person from operating a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino, as specified.Existing law, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act, establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties, and authorizes the authority to approve financing for projects or pollution control facilities to prevent or reduce environmental pollution.This bill would require the authority to establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks to replace a diesel-fueled truck with a new truck using a specified power source or to retrofit the diesel-fueled truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source using a qualifying technology. The bill would establish eligibility criteria for the program and would require the board to prioritize grants for certain purposes.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 43011.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.SEC. 2. Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) is added to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique air pollution conditions in the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside arising from the local topography of those counties and the truck traffic from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into those counties.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 627Introduced by Assembly Member JacksonFebruary 09, 2023 An act to add Section 43011.7 to, and to add Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 627, as introduced, Jackson. Heavy-duty trucks: grant program: operating requirements. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution the state board has found to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible, to carry out specified purposes, unless preempted by federal law.This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2030, a person from operating a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino, as specified.Existing law, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act, establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties, and authorizes the authority to approve financing for projects or pollution control facilities to prevent or reduce environmental pollution.This bill would require the authority to establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks to replace a diesel-fueled truck with a new truck using a specified power source or to retrofit the diesel-fueled truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source using a qualifying technology. The bill would establish eligibility criteria for the program and would require the board to prioritize grants for certain purposes.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 627
Introduced by Assembly Member JacksonFebruary 09, 2023
Introduced by Assembly Member Jackson
February 09, 2023
An act to add Section 43011.7 to, and to add Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of, the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 627, as introduced, Jackson. Heavy-duty trucks: grant program: operating requirements.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution the state board has found to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible, to carry out specified purposes, unless preempted by federal law.This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2030, a person from operating a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino, as specified.Existing law, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act, establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties, and authorizes the authority to approve financing for projects or pollution control facilities to prevent or reduce environmental pollution.This bill would require the authority to establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks to replace a diesel-fueled truck with a new truck using a specified power source or to retrofit the diesel-fueled truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source using a qualifying technology. The bill would establish eligibility criteria for the program and would require the board to prioritize grants for certain purposes.This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.
Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution the state board has found to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible, to carry out specified purposes, unless preempted by federal law.
This bill would prohibit, on and after January 1, 2030, a person from operating a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino, as specified.
Existing law, the California Pollution Control Financing Authority Act, establishes the California Pollution Control Financing Authority, with specified powers and duties, and authorizes the authority to approve financing for projects or pollution control facilities to prevent or reduce environmental pollution.
This bill would require the authority to establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks to replace a diesel-fueled truck with a new truck using a specified power source or to retrofit the diesel-fueled truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source using a qualifying technology. The bill would establish eligibility criteria for the program and would require the board to prioritize grants for certain purposes.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Riverside and San Bernardino.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 43011.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.SEC. 2. Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) is added to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique air pollution conditions in the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside arising from the local topography of those counties and the truck traffic from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into those counties.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 43011.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.
SECTION 1. Section 43011.7 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.
43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.
43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.
43011.7. (a) On and after January 1, 2030, a person shall not operate a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck on the city streets or county roads located in the Counties of Riverside or San Bernardino.
(b) For purposes of this section, diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck means a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in the state.
SEC. 2. Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) is added to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.
SEC. 2. Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 44558.50) is added to Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.
Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.
Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program
Article 7.5. Heavy-Duty Truck Grant Program
44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.
44558.50. For purposes of this article, qualifying technology means hydrogen fuel cell, compressed natural gas, or battery electric technology.
44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.
44558.51. (a) The authority shall establish a program to provide grants to operators of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks for either or both of the following purposes:
(1) The purchase of a new or used heavy-duty truck that is powered by a qualifying technology to replace the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck.
(2) The retrofit of the diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck by replacing the diesel engine with a power source that uses a qualifying technology.
(b) The authority shall only provide a grant under the program to an operator who meets all of the following eligibility requirements:
(1) The operator owns seven or fewer heavy-duty trucks.
(2) The operator makes less than seven million dollars ($7,000,000) per year from the operation of heavy-duty trucks.
(3) The operator employs fewer than 70 people in the operation of heavy-duty trucks.
(c) In administering the grant program, the authority shall prioritize making grants for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.
(d) The authority may only make a grant under the program if the moneys provided by the grant will be used to replace or retrofit a diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck that operates exclusively in California.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique air pollution conditions in the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside arising from the local topography of those counties and the truck traffic from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into those counties.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique air pollution conditions in the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside arising from the local topography of those counties and the truck traffic from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into those counties.
SEC. 3. The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique air pollution conditions in the Counties of San Bernardino and Riverside arising from the local topography of those counties and the truck traffic from the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach into those counties.
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