BILL NUMBER: SB 1170 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 23, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Senator Sher
FEBRUARY 23, 2001
An act to amend Section 25000.5 of, and to add Chapter
8.3 (commencing with Section 25722) to Division 15 of ,
the Public Resources Code, relating to energy resources.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1170, as amended, Sher. State vehicle fleet.
Existing law The Warren-Alquist State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Act specifies the
policies of the state regarding energy resources and requires
the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to
acquire and analyze information to ascertain future energy problems
and uncertainties, including impacts of petroleum price increases and
projected conservation measures on the demand for energy.
This bill would make it the policy of the state to minimize
the use of petroleum-based fuels by state agencies. The bill would
require the commission and the Department of General
Services to develop and adopt fuel-efficiency specifications
governing the purchase by the state of motor vehicles and replacement
tires. The bill would require the commission and the Department of
General Services, in developing the specifications, to
jointly conduct a study , jointly with the Department
of General Services, to examine state vehicle purchasing
patterns and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing the energy
consumption of the state fleet by no less than 10% on or before
January 1, 2005. The bill also would require the commission to
develop and adopt recommendations for the Governor and Legislature
for a California State Fuel-Efficient Tire Program on or before
January 31, 2003.
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 25000.5 of the Public Resources Code is
amended to read:
25000.5. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that
overdependence on the production, marketing, and consumption of
petroleum based fuels as an energy resource in the transportation
sector is a threat to the energy security of the state due to
continuing market and supply uncertainties. In addition, petroleum
use as an energy resource contributes substantially to the following
public health and environmental problems: air pollution, acid rain,
global warming, and the degradation of California's marine
environment and fisheries.
(b) Therefore, it is the policy of this state to fully evaluate
the economic and environmental costs of petroleum use, and the
economic and environmental costs of other transportation fuels,
including the costs and values of environmental impacts, and to
establish a state transportation energy policy that results in the
least environmental and economic cost to the state. In pursuing the
"least environmental and economic cost" strategy, it is the policy of
the state to exploit all practicable and cost-effective conservation
and improvements in the efficiency of energy use and distribution,
and to achieve energy security, diversity of supply sources, and
competitiveness of transportation energy markets based on the least
environmental and economic cost.
(c) It is also the policy of this state to minimize the use
of petroleum-based fuels by state agencies. In implementing a
strategy to maximize petroleum-based fuel consumption reduction, it
is the policy of the state to purchase the cleanest and most
efficient automobiles and replacement tires, to maximize the use of
alternative fuels in its fleets, and to implement all other
practicable and cost-effective conservation measures.
(d) For the purposes of this section, "petroleum based fuels"
means fuels derived from liquid unrefined crude oil, including
natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gas, or the energy fraction
of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE) or other ethers that is not
attributed to natural gas.
SEC. 2. Chapter 8.3 (commencing with Section 25722) is added
to Division 15 of the Public Resources Code, to read:
CHAPTER 8.3. STATE VEHICLE FLEET.
25722. (a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission and the
Department of General Services , in consultation with any other
state agency that the commission and the department deem necessary,
shall develop and adopt fuel-efficiency specifications governing the
purchase by the state of motor vehicles and replacement tires that,
on an annual basis, will reduce petroleum consumption of the state
vehicle fleet to the maximum extent practicable and cost-effective.
(b) In developing the specifications, the commission and the
department shall jointly conduct a study to examine state
vehicle purchasing patterns, including the purchase of after market
tires, and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing the energy
consumption of the state vehicle fleet by no less than 10 percent on
or before January 1, 2005.
(b)
(c) The study shall include an analysis of all of the
following topics:
(1) Use of fuel-efficient vehicles.
(2) Use of alternative fuels.
(3) Costs and benefits of decreasing the size of the state vehicle
fleet.
(4) Reduction in vehicle trips and increase in use of alternative
means of transportation.
(5) Improved vehicle maintenance.
(6) Use of fuel-efficient tires.
25723. On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, in
consultation with any other state agency that the commission deems
necessary, shall develop and adopt recommendations for consideration
by the Governor and the Legislature of a California State
Fuel-Efficient Tire Program. The commission shall make
recommendations on all of the following items:
(a) Establishing a test procedure for measuring tire fuel
efficiency.
(b) Development of a database of fuel efficiency of existing tires
in order to establish an accurate baseline of tire efficiency.
(c) A rating system for tires that provides consumers with
information on the fuel-efficiency of individual tire models.
(d) A consumer-friendly system to disseminate tire fuel-efficiency
information as broadly as possible. The commission shall consider
labeling, website listing, printed fuel economy guide booklets, and
mandatory requirements for tire retailers to provide fuel-efficiency
information.
(e) A study to determine the safety implications, if any, of
different policies to promote fuel efficient replacement tires in the
consumer market.
(f) A mandatory fuel-efficiency standard for all after market
tires sold in California.
(g) Consumer incentive programs that would offer a rebate to
purchasers of replacement tires that are more fuel efficient than the
average replacement tire.