2005 California Public Resources Code Sections 25722-25723 CHAPTER 8.3. STATE VEHICLE FLEET

25722.  (a) On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, the
Department of General Services, and the State Air Resources Board, in
consultation with any other state agency that the commission, the
department, and the state board deem necessary, shall develop and
adopt fuel-efficiency specifications governing the purchase by the
state of motor vehicles and replacement tires that, on an annual
basis, will reduce petroleum consumption of the state vehicle fleet
to the maximum extent practicable and cost-effective.
   (b) In developing the specifications, the commission and the
department shall jointly conduct a study to examine state vehicle
purchasing patterns, including the purchase of after market tires,
and to analyze the costs and benefits of reducing the energy
consumption of the state vehicle fleet by no less than 10 percent on
or before January 1, 2005.
   (c) The study shall include an analysis of all of the following
topics:
   (1) Use of alternative fuels.
   (2) Use of fuel-efficient vehicles.
   (3) Costs and benefits of decreasing the size of the state vehicle
fleet.
   (4) Reduction in vehicle trips and increase in use of alternative
means of transportation.
   (5) Improved vehicle maintenance.
   (6) Costs and benefits of using fuel-efficient tires relative to
using retreaded tires, as described in the Retreaded Tire Program
(Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 42400) of Part 3 of Division 30
of the Public Resources Code).
   (7) The costs and benefits of purchasing high fuel efficiency
gasoline vehicles, including hybrid electric vehicles, instead of
flexible fuel vehicles.
   (d) On or before January 31, 2003, and annually thereafter, the
commission, the Department of General Services, and the State Air
Resources Board, in consultation with any other state agency that the
commission, the department, and the state board deem necessary,
shall develop and adopt air pollution emission specifications
governing the purchase by the state of passenger cars and light-duty
trucks that meet or exceed California's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle
(ULEV) standards for exhaust emissions (13 Cal.  Code Regs. 1960.1).
   (e) If the study described in subdivision (b) determines that
lower cost measures exist that deliver petroleum reductions
equivalent to applicable federal requirements governing the state
purchase of passenger cars and light-duty trucks, the state shall
pursue a waiver from those federal requirements.
25722.5.  (a) On or before January 1, 2005, in order to achieve the
policy objectives set forth in Sections 25000.5 and 25722, the
Department of General Services, in consultation with the commission
and the State Air Resources Board, shall develop and adopt
specifications and standards for all passenger cars and light-duty
trucks that are purchased or leased on behalf of, or by, state
offices, agencies, and departments.  Authorized emergency vehicles,
as defined in Section 165 of the Vehicle Code, that are equipped with
emergency lamps or lights described in Section 25252 of the Vehicle
Code are exempt from the requirements of this section.  The
specifications and standards shall include the following:
   (1) Minimum air pollution emission specifications that meet or
exceed California's Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle II (ULEV II) standards
for exhaust emissions (13 Cal. Code Regs. 1961).  These
specifications shall apply on January 1, 2006, for passenger cars and
on January 1, 2010, for light-duty trucks.
   (2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the utilization of
procurement policies that enable the Department of General Services
to accomplish the following:
   (A) Evaluate and score emissions and fuel economy in addition to
capital cost to enable the Department of General Services to choose
the vehicle with the lowest life-cycle cost when awarding a state
vehicle procurement contract.
   (B) Maximize the purchase or lease of hybrid or "Best in Class"
vehicles that are substantially more fuel efficient than the class
average.
   (C) Maximize the purchase or lease of available vehicles that meet
or exceed California's Super Ultra-Low Emission Vehicle (SULEV)
passenger car standards for exhaust emissions.
   (3) In order to discourage the unnecessary purchase or leasing of
a sport utility vehicle and a four-wheel drive truck, a requirement
that each state office, agency, or department seeking to purchase or
lease that vehicle, demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Director
of General Services or to the entity that purchases or leases
vehicles for that office, agency, or department, that the vehicle is
required to perform an essential function of the office, agency, or
department.  If it is so demonstrated, priority consideration shall
be given to the purchase or lease of an alternatively fueled or
hybrid sports utility vehicle or four-wheel drive vehicle.
   (b) On or before December 31, 2005, each state office, agency, and
department shall review its vehicle fleet and, upon finding that it
is fiscally prudent, cost-effective, or otherwise in the public
interest to do so, shall dispose of nonessential sport utility
vehicles and four-wheel drive trucks from its fleet and replace these
vehicles with more fuel efficient front-wheel drive passenger cars
and trucks.
   (c) To the maximum extent practicable, each state office, agency,
and department that has bifuel natural gas and bifuel propane
vehicles in its vehicle fleet shall use the respective alternative
fuel in those vehicles.
   (d) Commencing no later than January 1, 2005, the Director of
General Services shall compile and maintain information on the nature
of vehicles that are owned or leased by the state, including, but
not limited to, all of the following:
   (1) The number of passenger-type motor vehicles purchased or
leased during the year, and the number owned or leased as of December
31 of each year.
   (2) The number of sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive
trucks purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the
number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year.
   (3) The number of alternatively fueled vehicles and hybrid
vehicles purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the
total number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year.
   (4) The justification provided for all sport utility vehicles and
four-wheel drive trucks purchased or leased by the state and the
specific office, department, or agency responsible for the purchase
or lease.
   (5) The number of sport utility vehicles and four-wheel drive
trucks purchased or leased by the state during the year, and the
number owned or leased as of December 31 of each year that are
alternative fuel or hybrid vehicles.
   (6) The number of light-duty trucks disposed under subdivision
(b).
   (7) The total dollars spent by the state on passenger-type vehicle
purchases and leases, categorized by sport utility vehicle and
nonsport utility vehicle, and within each of those categories, by
alternative fuel, hybrid and other.
   (e) Each state office, agency, and department shall cooperate with
the Department of General Services data requests in order that the
department may compile and maintain the information required in
subdivision (d).
   (f) As soon as practicable, the information compiled and
maintained under subdivision (d) and a list of those state offices,
agencies, and departments that are not in compliance with subdivision
(e) shall be made available to the public on the Department of
General Services' Web site.
25723.  On or before January 31, 2003, the commission, in
consultation with any other state agency that the commission deems
necessary, shall develop and adopt recommendations for consideration
by the Governor and the Legislature of a California State
Fuel-Efficient Tire Program.  The commission shall make
recommendations on all of the following items:
   (a) Establishing a test procedure for measuring tire fuel
efficiency.
   (b) Development of a data base of fuel efficiency of existing
tires in order to establish an accurate baseline of tire efficiency.
   (c) A rating system for tires that provides consumers with
information on the fuel efficiency of individual tire models.
   (d) A consumer-friendly system to disseminate tire fuel-efficiency
information as broadly as possible.  The commission shall consider
labeling, Web site listing, printed fuel economy guide booklets, and
mandatory requirements for tire retailers to provide fuel-efficiency
information.
   (e) A study to determine the safety implications, if any, of
different policies to promote fuel efficient replacement tires in the
consumer market.
   (f) A mandatory fuel-efficiency standard for all after market
tires sold in California.
   (g) Consumer incentive programs that would offer a rebate to
purchasers of replacement tires that are more fuel efficient than the
average replacement tire.