California Streets and Highways Code

§ 2580

SHC § 2580 Effective Jan 1, 1993Div. 3 · Ch. 15.5

Statute text

(a)The Department of Transportation may make loans to other state agencies for the purpose of purchasing vanpool vehicles, as defined by subdivision (b) of Section 2570, for state employee vanpooling. The purchased vehicles, to the extent practicable, shall be either “low-emission vehicles,” as defined by Section 39037.05 of the Health and Safety Code, or “alternative fuel vehicles,” which are either of the following:

(1)An original equipment manufactured vehicle capable of operating on a nonpetroleum-based alternative fuel such as electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, or natural gas and that has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the State Air Resources Board the ability to meet applicable California emission standards.

(2)A vehicle that has been converted to use a nonpetroleum-based alternative fuel such as electricity, ethanol, hydrogen, liquefied petroleum gas, methanol, or natural gas through the installation of an alternative fuel retrofit system that has been certified by the State Air Resources Board.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1992, Ch. 830, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1993.