BILL REQ. #: H-0613.1
State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/13/11. Referred to Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications.
AN ACT Relating to exempting local governments from alternative fuel vehicle requirements; and amending RCW 43.19.648.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 43.19.648 and 2009 c 459 s 7 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) Effective June 1, 2015, all state agencies ((and local
government subdivisions of the state)), to the extent determined
practicable by the rules adopted by the department of ((community,
trade, and economic development)) commerce pursuant to RCW 43.325.080,
are required to satisfy one hundred percent of their fuel usage for
operating publicly owned vessels, vehicles, and construction equipment
from electricity or biofuel.
(2) In order to phase in this transition for the state, all state
agencies, to the extent determined practicable by the department of
((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce by rules
adopted pursuant to RCW 43.325.080, are required to achieve forty
percent fuel usage for operating publicly owned vessels, vehicles, and
construction equipment from electricity or biofuel by June 1, 2013.
The department of general administration, in consultation with the
department of ((community, trade, and economic development)) commerce,
shall report to the governor and the legislature by December 1, 2013,
on what percentage of the state's fuel usage is from electricity or
biofuel.
(3) Except for cars owned or operated by the Washington state
patrol, when tires on vehicles in the state's motor vehicle fleet are
replaced, they must be replaced with tires that have the same or better
rolling resistance as the original tires.
(4) By December 31, 2015, the state must, to the extent
practicable, install electrical outlets capable of charging electric
vehicles in each of the state's fleet parking and maintenance
facilities.
(5) The department of transportation's obligations under subsection
(2) of this section are subject to the availability of amounts
appropriated for the specific purpose identified in subsection (2) of
this section.
(6) The department of transportation's obligations under subsection
(4) of this section are subject to the availability of amounts
appropriated for the specific purpose identified in subsection (4) of
this section unless the department receives federal or private funds
for the specific purpose identified in subsection (4) of this section.
(7) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this
section unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(a) "Battery charging station" means an electrical component
assembly or cluster of component assemblies designed specifically to
charge batteries within electric vehicles, which meet or exceed any
standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and
consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.
(b) "Battery exchange station" means a fully automated facility
that will enable an electric vehicle with a swappable battery to enter
a drive lane and exchange the depleted battery with a fully charged
battery through a fully automated process, which meets or exceeds any
standards, codes, and regulations set forth by chapter 19.28 RCW and
consistent with rules adopted under RCW 19.27.540.