SB 1014: California Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program: zero-emission vehicles.

Existing law, the Passenger Charter-party Carriers Act, provides for the regulation of charter-party carriers of passengers by the Public Utilities Commission, and makes it unlawful for a charter-party carrier to operate without first obtaining a permit or certificate from the commission, except as specified. The act includes specified requirements for liability insurance coverage for transportation network companies, as defined, and their participating drivers. Under existing law, a violation of the act or an order or direction of the commission pursuant to the act is a crime.

Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board (state board) to achieve the maximum degree of emissions reduction possible from vehicular and other mobile sources to accomplish the attainment of state standards at the earliest practicable date. Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program, which is administered by the state board for the purposes of funding projects related to, among other things, the reduction of criteria air pollutants and improvement of air quality. Pursuant to its existing statutory authority, the state board has established the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, as a part of the Air Quality Improvement Program, to promote the production and use of zero-emission vehicles by providing rebates for the purchase of new zero-emission vehicles. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 establishes the state board as the state agency responsible for monitoring and regulating sources emitting greenhouse gases.

This bill would establish the California Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program, which would require, by January 1, 2020, that the state board establish a baseline for emissions of greenhouse gases for vehicles used on the online-enabled applications or platforms by transportation network companies on a per-passenger-mile basis, as provided. The bill would require, by January 1, 2021, that the state board establish, and the commission implement, annual targets and goals starting in 2023 for the reduction under that baseline for emissions of greenhouse gases per passenger-mile driven on behalf of a transportation network company. The bill would require that the targets and goals meet specified requirements. The bill would require, by January 1, 2022, and every 2 years thereafter, that each transportation network company develop a greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan that includes proposals on how to meet the targets and goals for reducing emissions of greenhouse gases that would be established pursuant to the bill. Because the violation of a commission order or direction implementing the bills provisions would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The bill would require the state board to work with transportation network companies, including their affiliates; fleet owners that provide vehicles by contract to participating drivers for use on transportation network company platforms; entities contracting with participating drivers to provide zero-emission vehicles for use on transportation network company platforms; and stakeholders to evaluate the role of rental fleet, car share fleet, and business Clean Vehicle Rebate Project incentives with the California Clean Miles Standard and Incentive Program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.