BILL NUMBER: SB 1170 ENROLLED
BILL TEXT
PASSED THE SENATE SEPTEMBER 13, 2001
PASSED THE ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 12, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY SEPTEMBER 10, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 23, 2001
AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY JULY 3, 2001
AMENDED IN SENATE APRIL 23, 2001
INTRODUCED BY Senator Sher
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Havice, Kehoe, Nakano, Longville,
Simitian, Strom-Martin, and Vargas)
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, Sher. State vehicle fleet.
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
economic and environmental costs due to the use of petroleum-based
fuels and other transportation fuels by state agencies. The bill
would require the commission, the Department of General Services, and
the State Air Resources Board 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, in developing the specifications, to jointly conduct a
study 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
would also require the commission, the department, and the state
board, on or before January 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, to
develop and adopt air pollution emission specifications governing the
purchase by the state of passenger cars and light-duty trucks that
meet or exceed the state's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (ULEV)
standards for exhaust emissions. The bill also would require the
commission, on or before January 31, 2003, to develop and adopt
recommendations for consideration by the Governor and Legislature for
a California State Fuel-Efficient Tire Program.
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 economic
and environmental costs due to the use of petroleum-based and other
transportation fuels by state agencies. In implementing a least-cost
economic and environmental strategy for state fleets, it is the
policy of the state to implement practicable and cost-effective
measures, including, but not necessarily limited to, the purchase of
the cleanest and most efficient automobiles and replacement tires,
the use of alternative fuels in its fleets, and other 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 , the
Department of General Services, and the State Air Resources Board, in
consultation with any other state agency that the commission , the
department, and the state board 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.
(c) The study shall include an analysis of all of the following
topics:
(1) Use of alternative fuels.
(2) Use of fuel-efficient vehicles.
(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) Costs and benefits of using fuel-efficient tires relative to
using retreaded tires, as described in the Retreaded Tire Program
(Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 42400) of Part 3 of Division 30
of the Public Resources Code).
(7) The costs and benefits of purchasing high fuel efficiency
gasoline vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles, instead of
flexible fuel vehicles.
(d) On or before January 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the
commission, the Department of General Services, and the State Air
Resources Board, in consultation with any other state agency that the
commission, the department, and the state board deem necessary,
shall develop and adopt air pollution emission specifications
governing the purchase by the state of passenger cars and light-duty
trucks that meet or exceed California's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle
(ULEV) standards for exhaust emissions (13 Cal. Code Regs. 1960.1).
(e) If the study described in subdivision (b) determines that
lower cost measures exist that deliver petroleum reductions
equivalent to applicable federal requirements governing the state
purchase of passenger cars and light-duty trucks, the state shall
pursue a waiver from those federal requirements.
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 data base 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, Web site 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.