Senate Bill No. 177–Senator Titus

 

February 15, 2001

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Referred to Committee on Transportation

 

SUMMARY—Removes low-sulfur diesel fuel from types of fuel that can be used as alternative fuel for certain fleets of motor vehicles. (BDR 43‑939)

 

FISCAL NOTE:            Effect on Local Government: Yes.

                                    Effect on the State: Yes.

 

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EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

 

AN ACT relating to fuels; removing low-sulfur diesel fuel from the types of fuel that can be used as an alternative fuel for certain fleets of motor vehicles; requiring the state environmental commission to review and amend certain regulations; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.

 

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN

SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

 

1-1    Section 1. NRS 486A.010 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2    486A.010  The legislature finds that:

1-3    1.  Protection of the state’s environment, particularly the quality of its

1-4  air, requires a reduction, especially in metropolitan areas, of the

1-5  contaminants resulting from the combustion of conventional fuels in motor

1-6  vehicles.

1-7    2.  A very large proportion of these contaminants results from the

1-8  burning of liquid and gaseous fuels to operate trucks and buses, many of

1-9  which are operated in fleets. Each fuel can be evaluated as to the air

1-10  pollution it causes when burned in motor vehicles.

1-11    3.  Conversion of these fleets to use cleaner-burning alternative fuels

1-12  can reduce contaminants sufficiently to permit the continued use of

1-13  conventional fuels in individually owned motor vehicles . [, but such

1-14  conversion is feasible only if sufficient financial assistance is provided to

1-15  the owners of fleets.]

1-16    Sec. 2.  NRS 486A.030 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-17    486A.030  “Alternative fuel” means any fuel which complies with the

1-18  standards and requirements established by the commission. The term

1-19  includes [low-sulfur diesel fuel and] reformulated gasoline which [comply]

1-20  complies with the regulations adopted by the United States Environmental

1-21  Protection Agency pursuant to the standards for the control of emissions

1-22  from motor vehicles established in the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

2-1  [(Pub. L. No. 101-549, Nov. 15, 1990).] , Public Law 101-549, November

2-2  15, 1990.

2-3    Sec. 3.  As soon as practicable, the state environmental commission

2-4  shall review its regulations set forth in chapter 486A of NAC and shall,

2-5  pursuant to its authority to adopt regulations set forth in NRS 445B.210

2-6  and 486A.150:

2-7    1.  Revise the definition of “alternative fuel” in a manner consistent

2-8  with the amendatory provisions of section 2 of this act; and

2-9    2.  Revise its schedule for the conversion of fleets to use alternative

2-10  fuels, if the commission determines that the revision is necessary as a result

2-11  of the amendatory provisions of section 2 of this act.

2-12    Sec. 4.  This act becomes effective on July 1, 2001.

 

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