The state board, in conjunction with the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, shall develop and administer a program to provide grants to individuals, local governments, public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and private businesses, to encourage the purchase or lease of a new zero-emission vehicle. The state board may reserve, allocate, and reallocate funds to any of those potential grant recipients. The state board shall periodically review grant applications and the award of grants to ensure, to the greatest extent possible, that all grant funds are used. The state board may reduce or eliminate grants awarded pursuant to this chapter if the state board determines that the recipient received a grant for the purchase or lease of a zero-emission vehicle in the Budget Act of 2001.
Added Stats 2000 ch 1072 § 1 (AB 2061), effective September 30, 2000.
Amended Stats 2001 ch 763 § 3 (AB 1390).
ANNOTATIONS
Amendments:
2001 Amendment:
(1) Substituted "public" for "state" in the first sentence; and (2) added the second, third and fourth sentences.