BILL NUMBER: AJR 5	ENROLLED
	BILL TEXT

	PASSED THE SENATE  JULY 11, 2005
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2005
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 28, 2005

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Oropeza
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Arambula, Baca, Bass, Berg, Bermudez,
Chan, Chavez, Chu, Cohn, Coto, Dymally, Evans, Frommer, Goldberg,
Hancock, Harman, Shirley Horton, Jones, Karnette, Klehs, Koretz,
Laird, Leno, Levine, Lieber, Liu, Matthews, Montanez, Mullin, Nation,
Nava, Negrete McLeod, Nunez, Pavley, Richman, Ridley-Thomas, Ruskin,
Saldana, Salinas, Torrico, Umberg, Vargas, Wolk, and Yee)

                        JANUARY 31, 2005

   Relative to corporate average fuel economy standards.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 5, Oropeza  Corporate average fuel economy standards.
   This measure would memorialize the Congress and the President of
the United States to take necessary action to increase corporate
average fuel economy standards by at least 1.5 miles per gallon per
annum until total average fuel economy for the new light-duty motor
vehicle fleet sold in California is double today's average.




   WHEREAS, California has more than 26 million registered motor
vehicles; and
   WHEREAS, California represents at least 12 percent of the
light-duty vehicle market in the United States; and
   WHEREAS, Californians consume more than 18 billion gallons of
motor fuel annually; and
   WHEREAS, A study adopted by the State Energy Resources
Conservation and Development Commission (California Energy
Commission) and the State Air Resources Board (California Air
Resources Board) projects that demand for onroad gasoline fuel will
increase by about 1.6 percent annually between now and 2020; that
onroad diesel demand will increase by about 2.4 percent annually
between now and 2020; and that the number of miles that Californians
drive is growing at a rate greater than the population growth; and
   WHEREAS, California's refineries are operating at near capacity,
and California is importing more gasoline and diesel fuel annually to
meet this growing demand; and
   WHEREAS, The combination of greater dependence on imported fuels
and vulnerability to refinery outages exposes California's economy to
more frequent and higher fuel price spikes; and
   WHEREAS, Fuel price spike vulnerability creates a business climate
with diminished certainty about anticipated expenses; and
   WHEREAS, Petroleum extraction, refining, and use are significant
sources of pollution and environmental degradation in California and
around the world; and
   WHEREAS, Motor vehicle fuel economy dramatically affects fuel
demand; and
   WHEREAS, A study adopted by the California Energy Commission and
the California Air Resources Board determined that doubling the fuel
economy of the nation's light-duty motor vehicle fleet is technically
achievable and will result in important reductions in consumer
demand for fuel; and
   WHEREAS, Only the federal government has the authority to require
motor vehicle fuel economy improvements through the corporate average
fuel economy (CAFE) standard; and
   WHEREAS, In recent years, the nationwide motor vehicle fleet fuel
economy has declined as motor vehicles have become larger, heavier,
and less aerodynamic; and
   WHEREAS, The United States Congress, through its legislative
powers, and the President of the United States, through the President'
s administrative powers, are in position to require a significant
increase in the CAFE standard; and
   WHEREAS, The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's
current rulemaking raising CAFE standards for light-duty trucks and
sport utility vehicles by just 1.5 miles per gallon above the 1996
levels, over three years, bringing total requirements far below
requirements for passenger cars, is insufficient to address the
critical need to improve fuel economy and reduce fuel demand; now,
therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature of the State of California memorializes
the Congress and the President of the United States to take
necessary action to increase CAFE standards by at least 1.5 miles per
gallon per annum until total average fuel economy for the new
light-duty motor vehicle fleet sold in California is double today's
average; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President of the United States, to all Members
of the Congress of the United States, and to the Administrator of
the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.