California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB627 Amended / Bill

Filed 01/10/2024

                    Amended IN  Assembly  January 10, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  January 03, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 627Introduced by Assembly Member JacksonFebruary 09, 2023An act to add Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 627, as amended, Jackson. Heavy-duty Drayage trucks: voucher incentive project.Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial vehicles. The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the state board for zero-emission drayage trucks to be administered through the project and, in expending those funds, requires the state board, before January 1, 2025, to limit the number and award amount levels under the project based on fleet size.This bill would require the state board to ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is provided to an operator in specified amounts an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state board, based on the number of heavy-duty drayage trucks that the operator owns. In administering the project, the bill would require the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. The bill would also require the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to purchase a heavy-duty new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.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. Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) is added to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.44171.(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.

 Amended IN  Assembly  January 10, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  January 03, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 627Introduced by Assembly Member JacksonFebruary 09, 2023An act to add Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 627, as amended, Jackson. Heavy-duty Drayage trucks: voucher incentive project.Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial vehicles. The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the state board for zero-emission drayage trucks to be administered through the project and, in expending those funds, requires the state board, before January 1, 2025, to limit the number and award amount levels under the project based on fleet size.This bill would require the state board to ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is provided to an operator in specified amounts an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state board, based on the number of heavy-duty drayage trucks that the operator owns. In administering the project, the bill would require the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. The bill would also require the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to purchase a heavy-duty new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  January 10, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  January 03, 2024 Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023

Amended IN  Assembly  January 10, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  January 03, 2024
Amended IN  Assembly  April 03, 2023

 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 Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to air pollution. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 627, as amended, Jackson. Heavy-duty Drayage trucks: voucher incentive project.

Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial vehicles. The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the state board for zero-emission drayage trucks to be administered through the project and, in expending those funds, requires the state board, before January 1, 2025, to limit the number and award amount levels under the project based on fleet size.This bill would require the state board to ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is provided to an operator in specified amounts an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state board, based on the number of heavy-duty drayage trucks that the operator owns. In administering the project, the bill would require the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. The bill would also require the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to purchase a heavy-duty new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.

Existing law establishes the State Air Resources Board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases. The state board, in this capacity, administers the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project under which the agency issues a limited number of vouchers to incentivize the purchase and use of zero-emission commercial vehicles. The Budget Act of 2023 appropriated funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the state board for zero-emission drayage trucks to be administered through the project and, in expending those funds, requires the state board, before January 1, 2025, to limit the number and award amount levels under the project based on fleet size.

This bill would require the state board to ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty of a new, or the retrofit of a used, drayage truck is provided to an operator in specified amounts an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale established by the state board, based on the number of heavy-duty drayage trucks that the operator owns. In administering the project, the bill would require the state board to prioritize the award of those vouchers to operators meeting certain criteria. The bill would also require the state board to ensure that these vouchers may be used to purchase a heavy-duty new drayage truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) is added to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.44171.(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.

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

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) is added to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.44171.(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.

SECTION 1. Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section 44170) is added to Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

 CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.44171.(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.

 CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.44171.(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.

 CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project

 CHAPTER 5.7 California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project

44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.



44170. For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.

(a)Heavy-duty truck means a commercial motor vehicle, not including a bus, with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001 or more pounds.



(b)Project means the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project established and administered by the state board.





(a)The state board shall ensure that a voucher provided under the project for the purchase or retrofit of a new or used heavy-duty truck is provided to an operator in the following amounts:



(1)A voucher that covers 100 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns 30 or fewer heavy-duty trucks.



(2)A voucher that covers 80 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 30 heavy-duty trucks and fewer than 51 heavy-duty trucks.



(3)A voucher that covers 50 percent of the cost of the purchase of each heavy-duty truck or the retrofit of each diesel-fueled heavy-duty truck, or both, if the operator owns more than 50 heavy-duty trucks.



44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.



44171. (a) A voucher for the purchase of a new drayage truck, or the retrofit of a used drayage truck, shall be in an amount determined pursuant to a sliding scale that shall be established by the state board. The sliding scale shall authorize increased vouchers in different amounts for fleets of 50 or fewer, 30 or fewer, or 5 or fewer vehicles.

(b) In administering the project to provide vouchers described in subdivision (a), the state board shall prioritize awarding those vouchers to both of the following:

(1) Operators for the replacement or retrofit of diesel-fueled heavy-duty purchase of new, or the retrofit of used, drayage trucks that transport goods between the Ports of Los Angeles, Long Beach, or Oakland and warehouses located in the state.

(2) Operators who own 30 five or fewer heavy-duty drayage trucks.

(c) The state board may only award a voucher described in subdivision (a) under the project if the moneys provided by the voucher will be used to replace purchase a new, or retrofit a used, diesel-fueled heavy-duty drayage truck that operates exclusively in California.

(d) The state board shall ensure that a voucher described in subdivision (a) may be used to purchase a heavy-duty truck using, or to retrofit a heavy-duty truck to use, new drayage truck that uses, or to retrofit a used drayage truck to use, hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric technology as its source of propulsion.

(e) This chapter does not prohibit the state board from awarding vouchers to vehicles other than drayage trucks as a part of the project.