SHB 3105 -
By Committee on Environment, Water & Energy
ADOPTED 03/05/2010
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"Sec. 1 RCW 43.41.130 and 2009 c 519 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The director of financial management, after consultation with
other interested or affected state agencies, shall establish overall
policies governing the acquisition, operation, management, maintenance,
repair, and disposal of((,)) all ((passenger)) motor vehicles owned or
operated by any state agency. ((Such)) These policies shall include
but not be limited to a definition of what constitutes authorized use
of a state owned or controlled passenger motor vehicle and other motor
vehicles on official state business. The definition shall include, but
not be limited to, the use of state-owned motor vehicles for commuter
ride sharing so long as the entire capital depreciation and operational
expense of the commuter ride-sharing arrangement is paid by the
commuters. Any use other than such defined use shall be considered as
personal use.
(2)(a) By June 15, 2010, the director of the department of general
administration, in consultation with the office and other interested or
affected state agencies, shall develop strategies to ((reduce)) assist
state agencies in reducing fuel consumption and emissions from all
classes of vehicles.
(b) In an effort to achieve lower overall emissions for all classes
of vehicles, state agencies should, when financially comparable over
the vehicle's useful life, consider purchasing or converting to ultra-low carbon fuel vehicles.
(3) State agencies shall ((use these strategies to:)) phase in fuel economy standards for motor pools and leased
petroleum-based fuel vehicles to achieve an average fuel economy
standard of thirty-six miles per gallon for passenger vehicle fleets by
2015((
(1);)).
(2) Achieve an average fuel economy of forty miles per gallon for
light duty passenger vehicles purchased after June 15, 2010; and
(3) Achieve an average fuel economy standard of twenty-seven miles
per gallon for light duty vans and sport utility vehicles purchased
after June 15, 2010
(4) After June 15, 2010, state agencies shall:
(a) When purchasing new petroleum-based fuel vehicles for vehicle
fleets: (i) Achieve an average fuel economy of forty miles per gallon
for light duty passenger vehicles; and (ii) achieve an average fuel
economy of twenty-seven miles per gallon for light duty vans and sports
utility vehicles; or
(b) Purchase ultra-low carbon fuel vehicles.
(5) State agencies must report annually on the progress made to
achieve the goals under subsections (((1) through)) (3) and (4) of this
section beginning October 31, 2011.
(6) The department of general administration, in consultation with
the office and other affected or interested agencies, shall develop a
separate fleet fuel economy standard for all other classes of
petroleum-based fuel vehicles and report the progress made toward
meeting the fuel consumption and emissions goals established by this
section to the governor and the relevant legislative committees by
December 1, 2012.
((For the purposes of this section, light duty vehicles refers to
cars, sport utility vehicles, and passenger vans.))
(7) The following vehicles are excluded from the ((agency fleet))
average fuel economy ((calculation)) goals established in subsections
(3) and (4) of this section: Emergency response vehicles, passenger
vans with a gross vehicle weight of eight thousand five hundred pounds
or greater, vehicles that are purchased for off-pavement use, ultra-low
carbon fuel vehicles, and vehicles that are driven less than two
thousand miles per year.
(8) Average fuel economy calculations used under this section for
petroleum-based fuel vehicles must be based upon the current United
States environmental protection agency composite city and highway mile
per gallon rating.
(9) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Petroleum-based fuel vehicle" means a vehicle that uses, as a
fuel source, more than ten percent gasoline or diesel fuel.
(b) "Ultra-low carbon fuel vehicle" means a vehicle that uses, as
a fuel source, at least ninety percent natural gas, hydrogen,
biomethane, or electricity."
SHB 3105 -
By Committee on Environment, Water & Energy
ADOPTED 03/05/2010
On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "fleets;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "and amending RCW 43.41.130."
EFFECT: Clarifies that state agencies' vehicle fleets must achieve an average of 40 miles per gallon for new petroleum-based light duty passenger vehicles and an average of 27 miles per gallon for light duty vans and SUVs purchased after June 15, 2010.