Air Quality Improvement Investments
Voluntary projects eligible for grant money include:
- Energy efficiency projects;
- Renewable energy projects;
- Beneficial electrification projects;
- Transportation electrification projects;
- Projects producing or utilizing clean hydrogen;
- Projects involving carbon capture at industrial facilities and direct air capture projects ;
- Methane capture projects;
- Projects producing or utilizing sustainable aviation fuel; and
- Industrial process changes that reduce emissions.
Starting in 2025, the office is required to report annually on the progress of the clean air grant program, submit the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters, and post the reports on the office's website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $25 million from the general fund to the industrial and manufacturing operations clean air grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is continuously appropriated to the office for its administration of the clean air grant program.
The clean air grant program is repealed on September 1, 2029.
Starting in 2025, the office is required to report annually on the progress of the electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program, submit copies of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over transportation matters, and post the report on the office's website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $12 million from the general fund to the community access to electric bicycles cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the office for its administration of the electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program.
The electric bicycles grant program and the rebate program are repealed on September 1, 2028.
Starting in 2023, the department is required to report annually on the progress of the diesel trucks grant program and submit a copy of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over energy matters.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $15 million from the general fund to the diesel truck emissions reduction grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for use by the division for its administration of the diesel trucks grant program.
The diesel trucks grant program is repealed on July 1, 2032.
Starting in 2025, and every odd-numbered year thereafter, the department is required to report on the progress of the school buses grant program, submit copies of the report to the legislative committees with jurisdiction over education and transportation matters, and post copies of the report on its website.
On June 30, 2022, the state treasurer shall transfer $65 million from the general fund to the electrifying school buses grant program cash fund, which fund is created in the bill. The fund may also consist of money from federal sources and from gifts, grants, and donations. The money in the fund is subject to annual appropriation by the general assembly to the department for its administration of the school buses grant program.
The school buses grant program is repealed on September 1, 2034.
Existing law authorizes the commission to submit any additions or changes to the state implementation plan (SIP) to the administrator of the federal environmental protection agency (administrator) for conditional or temporary approval pending legislative council review of the additions or changes. Section 8 authorizes the commission to submit the changes or additions to the administrator as a provisional submission, pending possible introduction and enactment of a bill to modify or delete all or a portion of the commission's additions or changes to the SIP.sections 1, 2, and section 3 to the office, the division, and the department for their its administration of the programs described in sections 1, 2, and section 3. Additionally, section 10 appropriates from the general fund:
- $750,000 to the department of personnel for the costs of issuing free annual eco passes to state employees; and
- $7,000,000 to the department
of public health and environmentto finance the aerial surveying of pollutants , of which amount $90,725 is reappropriated to the office of information technology in the governor's office to provide information technology services for the department .
(Note: Italicized words indicate new material added to the original summary; dashes through words indicate deletions from the original summary.)
(Note: This summary applies to the reengrossed version of this bill as introduced in the second house.)