Assigned to APPROP & NRAE                                                                                         AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

 

 

 

 

ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Phoenix, Arizona

 

REVISED

FACT SHEET FOR H.B. 2099

 

clean air fund; transfer; ADEQ

 

 

Purpose

 

            Transfers the administration of Arizona clean air fund (ACAF) programs and the fund from the Department of Commerce (DOC) to the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ).

 

Background

 

The ACAF was established in 1996 to provide grants for alternative fuels vehicles, fuel stations, emissions test subsidies and the hydrogen grant program (Laws 1996, Seventh Special Session, Chapter 6). The fund is administered by the DOC energy office.  Currently, ACAF programs include heavy duty diesel vehicle conversion and public refueling stations for natural gas. 

 

The ACAF is funded by a combination of several revenue sources including vehicle emissions in-lieu fees and motor vehicle fines. The estimated total revenue for FY 2001-2002 is $24 million ($12 million of which is a carry forward from FY 2000-2001) and the estimated total expenditures are $18.9 million. During the Forty-fifth Legislature, Second Special Session, $4 million was transferred from the ACAF to the general fund to help reconcile the anticipated FY 2001-2002 state budget shortfall.  An additional $700,000 was transferred in the Third Special Session for this purpose. Available revenues for FY 2002-2003 are estimated at $11.8 million. (See the attached chart for revenue and expenditure detail.)

 

H.B.  2099 transfers the administration of the ACAF from the DOC to the ADEQ.  There is no anticipated fiscal impact associated with the bill.

 

Provisions

 

1.      Transfers the ACAF programs from the DOC to the ADEQ.

 

2.      Makes technical and conforming changes.

 

3.      Provides for a general effective date.

 

 

 

 

Amendments Adopted by the Appropriations Committee

 

1.      Restores gross vehicle weight rating for determining eligibility for diesel vehicle conversion grants.

 

2.      Makes technical and conforming changes.

 

Amendments Adopted by the NRAE Committee

 

1.      Clarifies that declared gross vehicle weight, rather than gross vehicle weight rating, shall be used in determining whether a diesel vehicle must pay an additional apportioned diesel fee.

 

2.      Blends dual enactments.

 

3.      Makes technical and conforming changes.

 

Amendments Adopted by Committee of the Whole

 

·        Clarifies that diesel vehicles with a declared gross weight, rather than a gross vehicle weight, or more than 8,500 pounds must pay an additional diesel fee.

 

House Action                                                                 Senate Action

 

ENV              2/5/02      DP     9-0-0-1-0                       APPROP      4/9/02       DPA     10-0-2-0

3rd Read       3/26/02                58-0-2-0                        NRAE          4/11/02     DPA       7-0-1-0

                                                                                                                    3rd Read              4/30/02                           26-0-4-0

 

Prepared by Senate Staff

May 1, 2002