General Assembly Raised Bill No. 924
January Session, 2011 LCO No. 3058
*03058_______CE_*
Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
(CE)
General Assembly
Raised Bill No. 924
January Session, 2011
LCO No. 3058
*03058_______CE_*
Referred to Committee on Commerce
Introduced by:
(CE)
AN ACT CONCERNING ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subdivisions (67) to (69), inclusive, of section 12-412 of the general statutes are repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(67) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, on or after July 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, [2008] 2013, of a new motor vehicle which is exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel. As used in this subdivision and subdivisions (68) and (69) of this section, "clean alternative fuel" shall mean natural gas, hydrogen or electricity when used as a motor vehicle fuel or propane when used as a motor vehicle fuel if such a vehicle meets the federal fleet emissions standards under the federal Clean Air Act or any emissions standards adopted by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection as part of the state's implementation plan under said act.
(68) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, on or after July 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, [2008] 2013, of conversion equipment incorporated into or used in converting vehicles powered by any other fuel to either exclusive use of a clean alternative fuel or dual use of any other fuel and a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, storage cylinders, cylinder brackets, regulated mixers, fill valves, pressure regulators, solenoid valves, fuel gauges, electronic ignitions and alternative fuel delivery lines.
(69) Sales of and the storage, use or other consumption, on or after July 1, 2011, and prior to July 1, [2008] 2013, of equipment incorporated into or used in a compressed natural gas or hydrogen filling or electric recharging station for vehicles powered by a clean alternative fuel, including, but not limited to, compressors, storage cylinders, associated framing, tubing and fittings, valves, fuel poles and fuel delivery lines used for clean alternative fuel storage and filling facilities.
Sec. 2. Subdivision (115) of section 12-412 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2011):
(115) On and after October 1, [2004] 2011, and prior to October 1, [2008] 2013, the sale of any hybrid passenger car that has a United States Environmental Protection Agency estimated highway gasoline mileage rating of at least forty miles per gallon. For purposes of this subdivision, "hybrid passenger car" means a passenger car that draws acceleration energy from two onboard sources of stored energy, which are both an internal combustion or heat engine using combustible fuel and a rechargeable energy storage system and, for a passenger car or light truck with a model year of 2004 or later, is certified to meet or exceed the tier II bin 5 low emission vehicle classification.
Sec. 3. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2011) Any hybrid or electric vehicle may be driven in any state highway limited access lane designated for use by high occupancy vehicles regardless of the number of occupants of such hybrid or electric vehicle.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2011 12-412(67) to (69)
Sec. 2 July 1, 2011 12-412(115)
Sec. 3 July 1, 2011 New section
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1
July 1, 2011
12-412(67) to (69)
Sec. 2
July 1, 2011
12-412(115)
Sec. 3
July 1, 2011
New section
Statement of Purpose:
To encourage the purchase and use of alternative fuel vehicles.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]