California Air Resources Board

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Authorizes a State agency administering a grant program to provide advanced payment of up to 25% to a federally recognized Indian tribe recipient under nearly the same conditions afforded 501(c)(3) nonprofits. The bill allows CARB to authorize advance payment from contract recipients and grant recipients to subrecipients.

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Would have streamlined the application and implementation process for covered grants, defined as a grant award not exceeding $20,000 with a duration not more than a year, with 501(c)(3) nonprofits as the eligible recipient. The bill would have had website requirements for a State agency or third-party contractor to post application information for a covered grant and to allow completion of a covered grant application online. The bill would have required advanced payment of at least 50% of the grant award and prohibited an administrator from requiring specified receipts, reports, and insurance coverage. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Requires CARB to maintain funding for each local air district participating in the Clean Cars 4 All program by requiring CARB to reallocate funds to local air districts under certain circumstances.

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Extends the deadline for the period of liquidation for local air districts to disburse Carl Moyer Program funds from 4 years after date of reservation to 6 years after date of disbursement by the State.

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Would have established the Equitable Access to Zero-Emission Vehicles Fund and would make moneys in the fund available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to establish a program no later than January 1, 2025, to offer rebates for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles to underserved individuals, as specified. This bill would have also required CARB to submit a report to the Legislature every two years, starting on or before December 31, 2026, that describes the rebates, recommendations to improve the equitable distribution of the Fund, and any recommendations to better complement the Clean Cars 4 All Program. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation.

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Would have required a State agency to include, when awarding a contract for grant administration services, as defined, in the terms of the contract a provision that sets forth standards for resolving actual or perceived conflicts of interest for the contractor. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Requires CARB to establish the Small Agricultural Truck Fleet Assistance Program, or use an existing program, to provide technical assistance to owner-operators/owners of small agricultural fleets to support transition to cleaner trucks, with priority for near-zero emission or zero emission trucks.

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Requires CEC to create an incentive program that provides grants to facilitate electric vehicle sharing services operated at affordable multifamily housing properties. The bill limits grantees to non-profits, public agencies/local governments, and air districts. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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This bill requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to provide rebates, via the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project (CVRP) for zero-emission pickup trucks and requires CARB to ensure that the rebate provided is $2500 more than rebates provided for other fuel cell or battery electric vehicles. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Imposes an additional annual $4 charge on each motor vehicle registered in the state and requires Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to collect the charge and deposit revenues from the charge in the Air Quality Improvement Fee Fund, which the bill would create. The bill would continuously appropriate the revenues in the fund to the DMV for distribution upon request to air pollution control districts and air quality management districts based upon the amount of the charges collected from motor vehicles registered within each air district, thereby creating an appropriation. The bill would require these revenues to be used for the reduction of air pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies, as specified, or for the attainment or maintenance of state or federal ambient air quality standards or the reduction of toxic air contaminant emissions from motor vehicles. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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