Air pollution: assistance program: drayage vehicles.

Existing law establishes the Medium- and Heavy-Duty Zero-Emission Vehicle Fleet Purchasing Assistance Program in the State Air Resources Board's Air Quality Improvement Program and designates the California Pollution Control Financing Authority to administer the program to make financial tools and nonfinancial support available to operators of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets to enable those operators to transition their fleet to zero-emission vehicles. Existing law requires the authority to designate port and drayage truck fleets as one of the highest priority fleets that will have access to the program until a date determined by the state board. "Executive Order No. N-79-20" sets a goal of all drayage trucks operating in the state to be 100% zero-emission vehicles by 2035. This bill would require the state board to provide incentives for drayage trucks through existing programs, or to develop and implement the Zero-Emission Drayage Truck Financial Assistance Program, to assist entities serving the ports of the state to meet the above-stated goal by providing financial assistance to offset the cost for the purchase of zero-emission drayage trucks.