Interesting reading of the Bill analysis from the official State Assembly/Senate Bill Analysis
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SUMMARY: Creates a new program (upon expiration of the existing program) to grant, until September 30, 2025, federal inherently low emission vehicles (ILEVs) and transitional zero-emission vehicles (TZEVs) access to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes for approximately a four-year period, regardless of vehicle occupancy level.
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The Senate amendments:
1) Make vehicles that have been issued an HOV access decal before January 1, 2017, ineligible for those decals issued after January 1, 2017.
2) Ensure that HOV access decals issued between January 1, 2017, and January 1, 2019, are valid until 2022.
3) Conditions eligibility to receive an HOV access decal on the applicant not having applied for or received a rebate pursuant to the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, unless the applicant meets certain income criteria.
4) Clarify processes with regard to issuing HOV access decals.
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AS PASSED BY THE ASSEMBLY, this bill:
1) Provided that, for
white HOV decals issued for ILEVs and green HOV decals issued for TZEVs, the following expiration dates apply:
a) Decals issued prior to January 1, 2018, are valid until January 1, 2019;
b) Decals issued on or after January 1, 2018, and before January 1, 2019, are valid until January 1, 2022; and,
c) Decals issued on or after January 1, 2019, are valid until January 1 of the fourth year after the year of issuance.
2) Prohibited a car buyer from participating in both the HOV access program and the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project consumer rebate program, unless the buyer's annual income falls below specified levels.
3) Provided for a 60-day enforcement transition period in the event that clean air vehicle access to HOV lanes is discontinued.
4) Sunset the HOV access provisions for clean air vehicles on September 30, 2025 (consistent with federal authority), and makes other, non-substantive changes to related provisions.
