Article 1 - Low-Emission Motor Vehicles

California Health and Safety Code — §§ 43800-43806

Sections (5)

Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.

The Legislature finds and declares that emission of air pollutants from motor vehicles is a major contributor to air pollution within the State of California and, therefore, declares its policy to encourage the development and testing of various types of low-emission motor vehicles, which would contribute substantially to achieving a pure and healthy atmosphere for the people of this state.

§ 43803

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 796, Sec. 4.

For each vehicle identified by the state board as a low-emission motor vehicle, the Department of General Services, in consultation with the state board and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall determine if the low-emission motor vehicle meets all of the following requirements:

(a)The vehicle can be manufactured or obtained in sufficient numbers for the purpose of proper evaluation.

(b)The vehicle meets the performance needs for state vehicles.

(c)The cost of the vehicle does not exceed by more than 100 percent the average cost of comparable state vehicles purchased in the preceding fiscal year.

(d)If the vehicle is purchased by the state, there would be a sufficient number of servicing and maintenance outlets.

(e)The average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle are comparable to the average operating and maintenance costs for all other state passenger vehicles. In no event, however, shall the average operating and maintenance costs for the vehicle exceed the average costs of operating and maintaining all other state vehicles by more than 50 percent.

§ 43804

Amended by Stats. 1989, Ch. 796, Sec. 5.

(a)If a low-emission motor vehicle meets the requirements of this chapter and the performance, cost, service, and maintenance requirements adopted by the Department of General Services for such motor vehicles, and if funds are appropriated for the purpose of purchasing motor vehicles, the state shall purchase, beginning with the next fiscal year, as many of such low-emission motor vehicles as the Department of General Services determines are reasonable and available to meet state needs.

(b)If a sufficient number of low-emission motor vehicles are available, the percentage of all such motor vehicles to be purchased in that year shall not be less than 25 percent of all motor vehicles purchased by the state in the preceding fiscal year. In purchasing vehicles pursuant to this section, the state shall seek to acquire a mix of least polluting and least cost qualifying low-emission motor vehicles.

§ 43805

Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 957.

The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to the following motor vehicles:

(a)Patrol cars of the Department of the California Highway Patrol.

(b)Any motor vehicle classified as a special-purpose vehicle by the Department of General Services.

§ 43806

Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 496, Sec. 2.

On or before January 1, 1993, the state board shall adopt emission standards and procedures applicable to new engines used in publicly owned and privately owned public transit buses, and shall make the standards and procedures effective on or before January 1, 1996. The standards shall consider the engine and fuel as a system and shall reflect the use of the best emission control technologies expected to be available at the time the standards and procedures become effective. In adopting standards, the state board shall consider the projected costs and availability of cleaner burning alternative fuels and low-emission vehicles compared with other air pollution control measures.