Air Quality Improvement Program: rebates.

Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program, administered by the State Air Resources Board (state board) , to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, air quality improvement projects related to fuel and vehicle technologies. This bill, in implementing the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project, administered by the California Center for Sustainable Energy, with funds made available by the state board pursuant to the Air Quality Improvement Program would require, rebates to be made available from existing program funds for the purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty commercial vehicles from a California manufacturer in an amount 40% greater than the rebates made available for the purchase of eligible medium- or heavy-duty commercial vehicles not from a California manufacturer.