SECTIONS 43810-43813 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 43810-43813

43810. This article shall be known, and may be cited as, the
California Energy-Efficient Vehicle Group Purchase Program.

43811. It is the intent of the Legislature that the state encourage
the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles by local and state
agencies through a group-purchasing program that uses the purchasing
leverage of state and local agencies to lower the purchase price of
those vehicles.

43812. For the purposes of this article, the following definitions
apply:
(a) "Department" means the Department of General Services.
(b) "Director" means the Director of General Services.
(c) "Energy-efficient vehicle" means either of the following:
(1) A vehicle that meets California's super ultra-low emission
vehicle (SULEV) standard for exhaust emissions and the federal
inherently low-emission vehicle (ILEV) evaporative emission standard,
as defined in Part 88 (commencing with Section 88.101-94) of Title
40 of the Code of Federal Regulations.
(2) A hybrid vehicle or an alternative fuel vehicle that meets
California's advanced technology partial zero-emission vehicle (AT
PZEV) standard for criteria pollutant emissions.
(d) "Local agency" means any governmental subdivision, district,
public and quasi-public corporation, joint powers agency, public
agency or public service corporation, authority, agency, board,
commission, town, city, county, city and county, fire district,
special district, school district, public utility, community college,
or municipal corporation, whether incorporated or not or whether
chartered or not, or any other public entity.
(e) "State agency" means any department, division, board, bureau,
commission, or other authority of the State of California, the
University of California, or the California State University.

43813. (a) There is established in the Department of General
Services an energy-efficient vehicle group purchase program. The
department shall negotiate the lowest possible purchase price, with
one or more vendors, for energy-efficient vehicles on behalf of state
and local agencies that are interested in obtaining those vehicles.
(b) In administering the program, the Director of General Services
shall do all of the following:
(1) No later than April 1, 2006, establish an advisory committee,
in cooperation with local and state agencies as defined in Section
43812.
(A) The committee shall meet at least once no later than 30 days
after all members are appointed.
(B) The committee shall consult with the department regarding the
design of the program and other matters relating to the purchase of
energy-efficient vehicles, no later than July 30, 2006.
(2) Notify all affected agencies about the purchasing program
through the department's Internet Web site and publications, the
Internet Web sites of appropriate associations, governing boards of
local agency associations, and other cost-effective means.
(3) After consultation with the committee pursuant to subparagraph
(B) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b), the director shall
negotiate contracts, through competitive means and other appropriate
strategies, for the purchase of energy-efficient vehicles at the
lowest possible price from one or more reliable vendors.
(4) Include a provision in the vendor contract allowing any state
or local agency to purchase energy-efficient vehicles directly from
the vendor at the contract price.
(c) The department may recover its actual administrative costs
from program participants.
(d) Nothing in this article shall be construed as superseding or
precluding any similar program that is administered by a district,
any other public agency, or any other person.