Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program: vehicle registration fees: California tire fee.

(1) Existing law establishes the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program) , which is administered by the State Air Resources Board, to provide grants to offset the incremental cost of eligible projects that reduce emissions of air pollutants from sources in the state and for funding a fueling infrastructure demonstration program and technology development efforts. Existing law, beginning January 1, 2024, limits the Carl Moyer Program to funding projects that reduce emissions of oxides of nitrogen (NOx) from covered sources. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, defines covered source for purposes of the Carl Moyer Program to include any marine vessel and any other category necessary for the state and air districts to meet air quality goals. This bill would extend the current authorization for the Carl Moyer Program to fund a broader range of projects that reduce emissions from covered sources until January 1, 2034. (2) Existing law authorizes the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District to adopt a surcharge on motor vehicle registration fees applicable to all motor vehicles registered in counties within the district. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, raises the limit on the amount of that surcharge from $4 to $6 and requires that $2 of the surcharge be used to implement the Carl Moyer Program, among other programs. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect that surcharge if requested by the district, and requires the department, after deducting its administrative costs, to distribute the revenues to the district. Beginning January 1, 2024, existing law returns the surcharge limit to its previous amount of $4. This bill would extend the authorization to increase the surcharge to $6 until January 1, 2034. (3) Existing law authorizes an air pollution control or air quality management district, except the Sacramento district, to levy a surcharge on the registration fees for motor vehicles registered in the air district, as specified by the governing body of the air district. Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to collect that surcharge if requested by an air district, and requires the department, after deducting its administrative costs, to distribute the revenues to the air districts. Existing law, until January 1, 2024, raises the limit on the amount of that surcharge from $4 to $6 and requires that $2 of the surcharge be used to implement the Carl Moyer Program, among other programs. Beginning January 1, 2024, existing law returns the surcharge limit to its previous amount of $4. Existing law authorizes the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to increase the surcharge up to, but not exceeding, $30 for incentive-based programs to achieve surplus emissions reductions, as specified, and authorizes an adopted increased surcharge to be charged in any fiscal years 2009–10 to 2023–24, inclusive. This bill would extend the authorization to increase the surcharge to $6 until January 1, 2034. The bill would also, until June 30, 2034, extend the authorization for the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District to charge an adopted increased surcharge up to, but not exceeding, $30, through fiscal year 2033–34. (4) Existing law imposes, until January 1, 2024, a California tire fee of $1.75 per tire on a person who purchases a new tire, with the revenues generated to be allocated for prescribed purposes related to disposal and use of used tires. Existing law requires that $0.75 per tire on which the fee is imposed be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund with these moneys to be available upon appropriation by the Legislature for use by the state board and air districts for specified purposes. Existing law reduces the tire fee to $0.75 per tire on and after January 1, 2024. This bill would extend the collection of the tire fee at $1.75 per tire until January 1, 2034, and would therefore impose a tax. (5) This bill would include a change in state statute that would result in a taxpayer paying a higher tax within the meaning of Section 3 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, and thus would require for passage the approval of 23 of the membership of each house of the Legislature.