44060.5.

 (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the smog abatement fee described in subparagraph (A) or (C) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 44060 shall be increased by eight dollars ($8).

(b) Revenues generated by the increase described in this section shall be distributed as follows:

(1) The revenues generated by four dollars ($4) shall be deposited in the Air Quality Improvement Fund created by Section 44274.5.

(2) The revenues generated by four dollars ($4) shall be deposited in the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.

44125.

 (a) (1) No later than July 1, 2009, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall adopt a program to commence on January 1, 2010, that allows for the voluntary retirement of passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters. The program shall be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.

(2) No later than July 1, 2019, the state board shall update the guidelines for the program established pursuant to this subdivision to make applicable to light-duty pickup trucks the same standard for miles per gallon that is applicable to minivans. This subdivision shall apply to only purchasers who are retiring a light-duty pickup truck.

(b) Beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall set specific, measurable goals for the retirement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.

(c) (1) The state board, in consultation with the bureau, shall take steps to meet the goals set forth pursuant to subdivision (b). The steps shall include, but need not be limited to, updating the guidelines for both the program and Clean Cars 4 All no later than January 1, 2019.

(2) The program shall continue to be administered by the bureau pursuant to guidelines adopted by the state board.

(d) The guidelines shall ensure all of the following:

(1) Vehicles retired pursuant to the program are permanently removed from operation and retired at a dismantler under contract with the bureau.

(2) Districts retain their authority to administer vehicle retirement programs otherwise authorized by law.

(3) The program is available for high-polluter passenger vehicles and light-duty and medium-duty trucks that have been continuously registered in California for two years prior to acceptance into the program or otherwise proven to have been driven primarily in California for the last two years and have not been registered in another state or country in the last two years. The guidelines may require a vehicle to take, complete, or pass a smog check inspection.

(4) The program is focused where the greatest air quality impact can be identified.

(5) The program is focused on achieving improvements to air quality and benefits to low-income state residents through the retirement of high-polluter passenger motor vehicles owned by low-income state residents.

(6) (A) Compensation for retired vehicles is at least one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for a low-income motor vehicle owner and not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000) for all other motor vehicle owners.

(B) Replacement or a mobility option may be an option for all motor vehicle owners and may be in addition to compensation for vehicles retired pursuant to subparagraph (A). For low-income motor vehicle owners, compensation toward a replacement vehicle or mobility option shall be no less than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500). Compensation toward a replacement vehicle for all other motor vehicle owners shall not exceed compensation for low-income motor vehicle owners.

(C) Compensation for either retired or replacement vehicles or a mobility option for low-income motor vehicle owners may be increased as necessary to maximize the air quality benefits of the program while also ensuring participation by low-income motor vehicle owners. Increases in compensation amounts may be based on factors, including, but not limited to, the age of the retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions benefits of the retired or replaced vehicle, the emissions impact of any replacement vehicle, participation by low-income motor vehicle owners, and the location of the vehicle in an area of the state with the poorest air quality.

(7) Cost-effectiveness and impacts on disadvantaged and low-income populations are considered. Program eligibility may be limited on the basis of income to ensure the program adequately serves persons of low or moderate income.

(8) Provisions coordinate the vehicle retirement and replacement and mobility option components of the program with the vehicle retirement component of the bureau’s Consumer Assistance Program, established pursuant to other provisions of this chapter, and Clean Cars 4 All to ensure vehicle owners participate in the appropriate program to maximize participation and emissions reductions.

(9) Where applicable, there is improved coordination, integration, and partnerships with other programs that target disadvantaged communities and receive moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.

(10) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to the program, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.

(11) Specific steps ensure the vehicle replacement and mobility option component of the program is available in areas designated as federal extreme nonattainment.

(12) A requirement that vehicles eligible for retirement have sufficient remaining life. Demonstration of sufficient remaining life may include proof of current registration, completing a recent smog check inspection, or completing another test similar to a smog check inspection.

44272.

 (a) The Clean Transportation Program is hereby created. The program shall be administered by the commission. The commission shall implement the program by regulation pursuant to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The program shall provide, upon appropriation by the Legislature, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, or other appropriate funding measures to public agencies, California federally recognized tribes, tribal organizations, vehicle and technology entities, businesses and projects, public-private partnerships, workforce training partnerships and collaboratives, fleet owners, consumers, recreational boaters, and academic institutions to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types to help reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxics and attain the state’s climate change policies. The emphasis of this program shall be to develop and deploy technology and alternative and renewable fuels in the marketplace, without adopting any one preferred fuel or technology.

(b) The goals of the program shall be to advance the state’s clean transportation, equity, air quality, and climate emission policies, including, but not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Section 39719.2.

(2) Section 39730.5.

(3) Section 43024.2.

(4) Section 44124.5.

(5) Section 44391.2.

(6) Section 25529 25229 of the Public Resources Code.

(7) Section 25327 of the Public Resources Code.

(8) Section 14517 of the Government Code.

(c) On or after January 1, 2025, when developing the investment plan pursuant to Section 44272.5, the commission shall ensure program investments support all of the following:

(1) Annually increasing deployment of infrastructure and other projects that advance or support the deployment of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to meet the clean transportation, equity, air quality, and climate emission goals described in subdivision (b).

(2) Annually increasing deployment of light-duty vehicle infrastructure technology to fill deployment gaps identified pursuant to Sections 25229 and 25231 of the Public Resources Code and advance the goals identified in Executive Order No. N-79-20.

(d) On and after January 1, 2025, no less than 50 percent of investments expended pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be expended in accordance with Section 44272.1.

(e) A project that receives more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in funds from the commission shall be approved at a noticed public meeting of the commission and shall be consistent with the priorities established by the investment plan adopted pursuant to Section 44272.5. Under this article, the commission may delegate to the commission’s executive director, or the executive director’s designee, the authority to approve either of the following:

(1) A contract, grant, loan, or other agreement or award that receives seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less in funds from the commission.

(2) Amendments to a contract, grant, loan, or other agreement or award as long as the amendments do not increase the amount of the award, change the scope of the project, or modify the purpose of the agreement.

(f) The commission shall provide preferences to those projects that maximize the goals of the Clean Transportation Program, based on the following criteria, as applicable:

(1) The project’s ability to reduce criteria air pollutants and air toxics and reduce or avoid multimedia environmental impacts.

(2) The project does not adversely impact the sustainability of the state’s natural resources, especially state and federal lands.

(3) The project provides nonstate matching funds or the funding is complementary to state or ratepayer investment. Costs incurred from the date a proposed award is noticed may be counted as nonstate matching funds. The commission may adopt further requirements for the purposes of this paragraph. The commission is not liable for costs incurred pursuant to this paragraph if the commission does not give final approval for the project or the proposed recipient does not meet requirements adopted by the commission pursuant to this paragraph.

(4) The project provides economic benefits for California by promoting California-based technology firms, jobs, and businesses.

(5) The project uses existing or proposed fueling infrastructure to maximize the outcome of the project.

(6) The project drives new technology advancement for vehicles, vessels, engines, and other equipment, and promotes the deployment of that technology in the marketplace.

(7) The project’s ability to transition workers to, or promote employment in, the alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology sector.

(8) The project is in a nonattainment area pursuant to the federal Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 7401 et seq.), and, if applicable, preference shall be given to projects in the highest designation of nonattainment.

(9) The project advances the comprehensive strategy for vehicles pursuant to Section 43024.2.

(g) The commission shall rank applications for projects proposed for funding awards based on solicitation criteria developed in accordance with subdivision (f) and shall give additional preference to funding those projects with higher benefit-cost scores.

(h) Only the following shall be eligible for funding:

(1) Alternative and renewable fuel projects to develop and improve alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels, including electricity, ethanol, dimethyl ether, renewable diesel, natural gas, hydrogen, and biomethane, among others, and their feedstocks that have high potential for long-term or short-term commercialization, including projects that lead to sustainable feedstocks.

(2) Demonstration and deployment projects that optimize alternative and renewable fuels for existing and developing engine technologies.

(3) Projects to produce alternative and renewable low-carbon fuels in California.

(4) Projects to decrease the overall impact of an alternative and renewable fuel’s life-cycle carbon footprint and increase sustainability.

(5) Alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure, fueling stations, and equipment.

(6) Projects to develop and improve light-, medium-, and heavy-duty vehicle technologies that provide for better fuel efficiency and lower greenhouse gas emissions, alternative fuel usage and storage, or emission reductions, including propulsion systems, advanced internal combustion engines with a 40 percent or better efficiency level over the current market standard, lightweight materials, intelligent transportation systems, energy storage, control systems and system integration, physical measurement and metering systems and software, development of design standards and testing and certification protocols, battery recycling and reuse, engine and fuel optimization electronic and electrified components, hybrid technology, plug-in hybrid technology, battery electric vehicle technology, fuel cell technology, and conversions of hybrid technology to plug-in technology through the installation of safety certified supplemental battery modules.

(7) Programs and projects that accelerate the commercialization of vehicles and alternative and renewable fuels, including buy-down programs through near-market and market-path deployments, advanced technology warranty or replacement insurance, development of market niches, supply-chain development, and research related to the pedestrian safety impacts of vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels.

(8) Programs and projects to retrofit medium- and heavy-duty on-road and nonroad vehicle fleets with technologies that create higher fuel efficiencies, including alternative and renewable fuel vehicles and technologies, idle management technology, and aerodynamic retrofits that decrease fuel consumption.

(9) Infrastructure projects that promote alternative and renewable fuel infrastructure development connected with existing fleets, public transit, and existing transportation corridors, including physical measurement or metering equipment and truck stop electrification.

(10) Workforce training programs related to the development and deployment of technologies that transform California’s fuel and vehicle types and assist the state in implementing its climate change policies, including, but not limited to, alternative and renewable fuel feedstock production and extraction; renewable fuel production, distribution, transport, and storage; high-performance and low-emission vehicle technology and high tower electronics; automotive computer systems; mass transit fleet conversion, servicing, and maintenance; and other sectors or occupations related to the purposes of this chapter, including training programs to transition dislocated workers affected by the state’s greenhouse gas emission policies, including those from fossil fuel sectors, or training programs for low-skilled workers to enter or continue in a career pathway that leads to middle skill, industry-recognized credentials or state-approved apprenticeship opportunities in occupations related to the purposes of this chapter.

(11) Block grants or incentive programs administered by public entities or not-for-profit technology entities for multiple projects, education and program promotion within California, and development of alternative and renewable fuel and vehicle technology centers. The commission may adopt guidelines for implementing the block grant or incentive program, which shall be approved at a noticed public meeting of the commission.

(12) Life-cycle and multimedia analyses, sustainability and environmental impact evaluations, and market, financial, and technology assessments performed by a state agency to determine the impacts of increasing the use of low-carbon transportation fuels and technologies, and to assist in the preparation of the investment plan and program implementation.

(13) A program to provide funding for homeowners who purchase a plug-in electric vehicle to offset costs associated with modifying electrical sources to include a residential plug-in electric vehicle charging station. In establishing this program, the commission shall consider funding criteria to maximize the public benefit of the program.

(i) The commission may make a single source or sole source award pursuant to this section for applied research. The same requirements set forth in Section 25620.5 of the Public Resources Code shall apply to awards made on a single source basis or a sole source basis. This subdivision does not authorize the commission to make a single source or sole source award for a project or activity other than for applied research.

(j) The commission may do all of the following:

(1) Contract with the Treasurer to expend funds through programs implemented by the Treasurer, if the expenditure is consistent with all of the requirements of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 44270).

(2) Contract with small business financial development corporations established by the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to expend funds through the Small Business Loan Guarantee Program if the expenditure is consistent with all of the requirements of this article and Article 1 (commencing with Section 44270).

(3) Advance funds, pursuant to an agreement with the commission, to any of the following:

(A) A public entity.

(B) A recipient to enable it to make advance payments to a public entity that is a subrecipient of the funds and under a binding and enforceable subagreement with the recipient.

(C) An administrator of a block grant program.

(k) The commission shall collaborate with entities that have expertise in workforce development to implement the workforce development components of this section, including, but not limited to, the California Workforce Development Board, the Employment Training Panel, the Employment Development Department, and the Division of Apprenticeship Standards.

44272.1.

 (a) On and after January 1, 2025, the commission shall expend at least 50 percent of the moneys appropriated to the Clean Transportation Program on programs and projects that directly benefit or serve residents of disadvantaged and low-income communities and low-income Californians, and at least 50 percent of the funds for tangible location-based investments shall be expended in disadvantaged and low-income communities. Any of the moneys used for investments that fulfill both criteria shall count toward both requirements.

(b) Eligible programs and projects that meet the equity criteria described in subdivision (a) may include, but are not limited to, any of the following:

(1) Programs that fill gaps in the equitable distribution of light-duty charging infrastructure identified pursuant to Section 25231 of the Public Resources Code, including programs deploying charging or refueling stations at low-income residential and multiunit dwelling locations.

(2) Programs deploying publicly accessible or shared charging or refueling stations serving low-income customers who reside in disadvantaged and low-income communities, including programs to promote zero-emission car sharing, zero-emission transit, or vanpooling in those communities.

(3) Infrastructure for public transportation and schoolbus electrification programs.

(4) Programs that support the deployment of clean medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including infrastructure deployment and other programs to displace local air pollution that disproportionately burdens disadvantaged and low-income communities.

(5) Financing assistance and vehicle purchase, charging, or fueling incentives for customers residing in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

(6) Multilingual marketing, education, and outreach designed to increase awareness and adoption of clean mobility options.

(7) Programs that create high-quality jobs related to supporting new clean technologies in transportation and reduce household energy burdens related to vehicle charging.

(c) The commission shall consult with the disadvantaged community advisory group established pursuant to Section 400 of the Public Utilities Code and the advisory body created pursuant to Section 44272.5 to ensure that this section is effectively implemented.

44272.4.

 (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (d) of Section 44272.3, on and after June 30, 2013, a biorefiner receiving loan moneys from the state pursuant to an appropriation made in the 2010–11 or 2011–12 fiscal year shall comply with all conditions established pursuant to Section 44272.3 and shall demonstrate that compliance to the commission.

(b) On and after July 1, 2013, the eligibility for funding, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (h) of Section 44272, of projects for the production of ethanol is limited to ethanol that is not derived from corn. This limitation does not apply to ethanol derived from corn stover, leaves, cobs, or other nonedible plant portions of the corn.

44274.

 (a) The Air Quality Improvement Program is hereby created. The program shall be administered by the state board, in consultation with the districts. The state board shall develop guidelines to implement the program. Prior to the adoption of the guidelines, the state board shall hold at least one public hearing. In addition, the state board shall hold at least three public workshops with at least one workshop in northern California, one in the central valley, and one in southern California. The purpose of the program shall be to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects relating to zero-emission fuel and vehicle technologies. The primary purpose of the program shall be to fund projects to reduce criteria air pollutants in the logistics, trucking, off-road, warehouse, and port sectors, improve air quality in nonattainment basins, and improve the air quality impacts of zero-emission transportation fuels and vehicles, vessels, and equipment technologies.

(b) The state board shall provide preference in awarding funding to projects with higher benefit-cost scores that maximize the purposes and goals of the Air Quality Improvement Program. The state board may give additional preference based on the following criteria, as applicable, in funding awards to projects:

(1) Proposed or potential reduction of criteria or toxic air pollutants.

(2) Contribution to regional air quality improvement.

(3) Ability to promote the use of clean alternative fuels and vehicle technologies as determined by the state board, in coordination with the commission.

(4) Ability to achieve climate change benefits in addition to criteria pollutant or air toxic emissions reductions.

(5) Ability to support market transformation of California’s vehicle or equipment fleet to utilize zero-emission technologies.

(6) Ability to leverage private capital investments.

(c) The program shall be limited to competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, and other appropriate funding measures that further the purposes of the program. Projects to be funded shall include only the following:

(1) On-road and off-road equipment projects that are cost effective.

(2) Projects that provide mitigation for off-road gasoline exhaust and evaporative emissions.

(3) Incentives for small off-road equipment replacement to encourage consumers to replace internal combustion engine lawn and garden equipment.

(4) Incentives for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles and equipment mitigation, including all of the following:

(A) Lower emission schoolbus programs.

(B) Electric, hybrid, and plug-in hybrid on-road and off-road medium- and heavy-duty equipment.

(C) Regional air quality improvement and attainment programs implemented by the state or districts in the most impacted regions of the state.

(D) Precommercial demonstrations of advanced vehicles, engines, equipment, and transportation systems.

(5) Workforce training initiatives related to advanced energy technology designed to reduce air pollution, including state-of-the-art equipment and goods, and new processes and systems. Workforce training initiatives funded shall be broad-based partnerships that leverage other public and private job training programs and resources. These partnerships may include, though are not limited to, employers, labor unions, labor-management partnerships, community organizations, workforce investment boards, postsecondary education providers including community colleges, and economic development agencies.

(6) Incentives to identify and reduce emissions from high-emitting light-duty vehicles.

(d) (1) Beginning January 1, 2011, the state board shall submit to the Legislature a biennial report to evaluate the implementation of the Air Quality Improvement Program established pursuant to this chapter.

(2) The report shall include all of the following:

(A) A list of projects funded by the Air Quality Improvement Account.

(B) The expected benefits of the projects in promoting clean, clean alternative fuels and vehicle technologies.

(C) Improvement in air quality and public health, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, and the progress made toward achieving these benefits.

(D) The impact of the projects in making progress toward attainment of state and federal air quality standards.

(E) Recommendations for future actions.

(3) The state board may include the information required to be reported pursuant to paragraph (1) in an existing report to the Legislature as the state board deems appropriate. The state board may also include in an existing report the description of how grant, loan, voucher, or other incentive projects that receive moneys from the Air Quality Improvement Fund are implementing the labor standards required by Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680) of Part 2, as applicable.

(e) Projects using grants, loans, vouchers, or other incentives funded in part or whole by the Air Quality Improvement Fund shall be conditioned on the requirements of Chapter 3.6 (commencing with Section 39680) of Part 2, as applicable.

9250.1.

 (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in Section 9250 shall be increased by three dollars ($3).

(b) Two dollars ($2) of the increase shall be deposited into the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273 of the Health and Safety Code, and one dollar ($1) shall be deposited into the Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount created by Section 44126 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.

9261.1.

 (a) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in Section 9261, as adjusted pursuant to Section 1678, shall be increased by five dollars ($5).

(b) Two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) of the increase shall be deposited into the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273 of the Health and Safety Code, and two dollars and fifty cents ($2.50) shall be deposited into the Air Quality Improvement Fund created by Section 44274.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.

9853.6.

 (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 9853 shall be increased by ten dollars ($10).

(2) Five dollars ($5) of the increase shall be deposited into the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273 of the Health and Safety Code and five dollars ($5) shall be deposited into the Air Quality Improvement Fund created by Section 44274.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(b) (1) Beginning July 1, 2008, the fee described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 9853 shall be increased by twenty dollars ($20).

(2) Ten dollars ($10) of the increase shall be deposited into the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Fund created by Section 44273 of the Health and Safety Code and ten dollars ($10) shall be deposited into the Air Quality Improvement Fund created by Section 44274.5 of the Health and Safety Code.

(c) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2035, and as of that date is repealed.