15-349

15-349. Operation of motor vehicle fleet;
options to conventional fuels

A. The governing board of a school district with an average daily membership as
defined in section 15-901 of more than three thousand that is located within or that has
bus routes running within area A as defined in section 49-541 shall develop and
implement, subject to the availability of a state air quality funding source, a vehicle
fleet plan for vehicles with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least seventeen thousand
five hundred pounds for the purpose of encouraging the use of fuels listed pursuant to
this subsection in school district owned vehicles. The plan shall provide for at least
fifty per cent of the fleet with a gross vehicle weight rating of at least seventeen
thousand five hundred pounds to operate on any of the following by December 31, 2004, and
each year thereafter:

1. Alternative fuels or clean burning fuels as defined in section 1-215.

2. Ultra low sulfur diesel fuel as defined in section 49-558.01 that is used in an
engine with an emission control device.

3. Vehicles powered by an engine that meets or exceeds an emission standard for
diesel particulate matter of 0.05 grams per brake horsepower hour.

B. Engine retrofits or conversions meet the requirements of subsection A of this
section if they have been approved for use by any one of the following:

1. The United States environmental protection agency voluntary retrofit program.

2. The United States environmental protection agency verification protocol for
retrofit catalyst particulate filter and engine modification control technologies for
highway and nonroad use diesel engines.

3. The California air resources board diesel emission control strategy verification
procedure.

4. Sections 43100 and 43102 of the health and safety code of the state of
California.

5. Actual emission testing performed on the vehicle.

C. This section does not preclude a school district from using any local, federal
or private funding sources that may be available in order to comply with the requirements
of this section.

D. If the requirements of subsection A of this section are met by the use of clean
burning fuel as defined in section 1-215, vehicle equivalents under those requirements
shall be calculated as follows:

1. One vehicle equivalent for every four hundred fifty gallons of neat biodiesel or
two thousand two hundred fifty gallons of a diesel fuel substitute prescribed in section
1-215, paragraph 7, subdivision (b).

2. One vehicle equivalent for every five hundred thirty gallons of the fuel
prescribed in section 1-215, paragraph 7, subdivision (d).