House File 422 - Introduced



                                       HOUSE FILE       
                                       BY  REICHERT


    Passed House, Date               Passed Senate,  Date             
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                 Approved                            

                                      A BILL FOR

  1 An Act relating to motor vehicle emission standards.
  2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
  3 TLSB 2044HH 83
  4 tm/nh/14

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  1  1    Section 1.  NEW SECTION.  455B.135A  MOTOR VEHICLE EMISSION
  1  2 STANDARDS.
  1  3    1.  Except as provided in subsection 2, the commission
  1  4 shall establish by rule motor vehicle emissions standards for
  1  5 passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium duty passenger
  1  6 vehicles, for model years beginning with the model year 2011,
  1  7 or as soon as allowable under federal law, which are based on
  1  8 and similar to the California motor vehicle emissions
  1  9 standards in title 13 of the California code of regulations
  1 10 and consistent with 42 U.S.C. } 7507.
  1 11    2.  The commission may decline to adopt all or part of the
  1 12 California motor vehicle emissions standards if it determines
  1 13 in writing, based on substantial evidence and after a public
  1 14 hearing, that the emissions standards and a compliance program
  1 15 similar to that of the state of California will not achieve,
  1 16 in the aggregate, greater motor vehicle pollution reductions
  1 17 than the federal standards and compliance program for any such
  1 18 model year.
  1 19    3.  The commission may exempt from the requirements of this
  1 20 section any of the following:
  1 21    a.  Out=of=state registered vehicles transferred by
  1 22 inheritance, or by decree of divorce, dissolution, or legal
  1 23 separation entered by a court of competent jurisdiction.
  1 24    b.  Vehicles purchased by nonresidents prior to
  1 25 establishing residency in Iowa.
  1 26    c.  Previously owned vehicles which were originally
  1 27 purchased in states with emissions standards different from
  1 28 the standards established pursuant to this section.
  1 29                           EXPLANATION
  1 30    This bill would require the environmental protection
  1 31 commission to establish motor vehicle emissions standards, for
  1 32 model years beginning with the model year 2011, based on and
  1 33 similar to the California motor vehicle emissions standards
  1 34 and consistent with federal law.  The commission would have
  1 35 discretion not to adopt these standards if it found that the
  2  1 California emissions standards will not achieve greater motor
  2  2 vehicle pollution reductions than the federal standards.
  2  3    The bill would also allow the commission to exempt the
  2  4 following vehicles from this requirement:  out=of=state
  2  5 registered vehicles transferred by inheritance, or by decree
  2  6 of divorce, dissolution, or legal separation entered by a
  2  7 court of competent jurisdiction; vehicles purchased by
  2  8 nonresidents prior to establishing residency in Iowa; and
  2  9 previously owned vehicles which were originally purchased in
  2 10 states with emissions standards different from the standards
  2 11 established by the commission.
  2 12 LSB 2044HH 83
  2 13 tm/nh/14