SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) Governor Edmund G. Brown in Executive Order B-16-2012 stated a goal of having 1.5 million zero-emission vehicles on the road by 2025.
(b) The low adoption rate of zero-emission vehicles can be attributed, in part, to the lack of charging and fueling infrastructure for those vehicles.
(c) Zero-emission vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure will expand as more of those vehicles are sold.
(d) Fleets represent a large number of motor vehicles owned and operated in the state.
(e) Fleet vehicles are replaced more frequently than single-owner passenger vehicles.
(f) Owners of fleet vehicles are more likely to have access to vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure.
(g) Demand from fleet owners can help expand the vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure available to the general public.
(h) The Legislature has established the Charge Ahead California Initiative at the State Air Resources Board (Chapter 8.5 (commencing with Section 44258) of Part 5 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code) to provide incentives that increase the availability of zero-emission vehicles and set a target for placing one million of these vehicles on California’s roadways by January 1, 2023.
(i) A number of programs have been established at the State Air Resources Board to address transportation sector emissions, including programs designed to encourage the adoption and deployment of zero-emission vehicles.
(j) In order to achieve California’s climate change goals, the state board must maximize efforts to increase fleet deployment of zero-emission vehicles.
(k) In order to make informed policy decisions with regard to increasing fleet deployment of zero-emission vehicles, the Legislature requires detailed information regarding the effectiveness of existing zero-emission vehicle programs.