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AB-2685 Vehicles: fuel conservation measures.(2003-2004)

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Amended  IN  Assembly  April 14, 2004
Amended  IN  Assembly  April 27, 2004
Amended  IN  Assembly  May 20, 2004
Amended  IN  Senate  June 10, 2004
Amended  IN  Senate  June 30, 2004

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2003–2004 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill
No. 2685

Introduced  by  Assembly Member Oropeza

February 20, 2004

An act to add Section 12812.4 to the Government Code, relating to vehicles.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


AB 2685, as amended, Oropeza. Vehicles: fuel conservation measures.

Existing

(1) Existing law prescribes the powers and duties of the Governor, the California Environmental Protection Agency, and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission.
This bill would require the Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of the agency and the commission, to launch a public education campaign informing Californians about ways motorists can reduce their demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, and save money.
(2) The bill would provide that it shall become operative only if AB 1468 of the 2003–04 Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative on or before January 1, 2005.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 The Legislature finds and declares the following:
(a) There are more than 26 million motor vehicles registered in California.
(b) Californians consume more than 18 billion gallons of motor vehicle fuel annually.
(c) A study adopted by the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission (Energy Commission) and the State Air Resources Board (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 motor vehicles that Californians drive is growing at a rate greater than the population growth.
(d) California’s refineries are operating at near capacity and California is importing more gasoline and diesel fuel annually to meet this growing demand.
(e) 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.
(f) Political instability in some oil-rich nations, combined with OPEC actions, have raised petroleum prices to new levels.
(g) California gasoline prices are currently among the highest in the country.

SEC. 2.

 Section 12812.4 is added to the Government Code, to read:

12812.4.
 (a) The Governor, utilizing the staff and resources of the California Environmental Protection Agency and the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall launch a public education campaign informing Californians about ways motorists can reduce their demand for gasoline and diesel fuel, and save money.
(b) The campaign described in subdivision (a) shall include, but is not limited to, information about saving gasoline by properly inflating tires, buying low-rolling-resistance tires when replacing original tires, properly maintaining oil and air filters, and using public transit, bicycling, walking, carpooling, and careful motor vehicle route planning.

SEC. 3.

 This act shall become operative only if AB 1468 of the 2003–04 of the Regular Session is enacted and becomes operative on or before January 1, 2005.