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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - MULTI-STATE MEDIUM AND | |
HEAVY-DUTY ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE ACT | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Euer, Coyne, Miller, Kallman, Valverde, Burke, and | |
Date Introduced: March 17, 2022 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND |
2 | GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 6.3 |
4 | MULTI-STATE MEDIUM AND HEAVY-DUTY ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE ACT |
5 | 42-6.3-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Multi-State Medium and Heavy-Duty |
7 | Zero-Emission Vehicle Act". |
8 | 42-6.3-2. Measurable multi-state medium and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicle. |
9 | (a) Rhode Island is a signatory state to the Multi-State Medium and Heavy-Duty Zero- |
10 | Emission Vehicle (MHDZEV) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Consistent with the |
11 | requirements of that MOU, Rhode Island shall strive to make sales of all new medium and heavy- |
12 | duty vehicles in the state zero-emission vehicles (ZEV) by no later than 2050. The state will strive |
13 | to make at least thirty percent (30%) of all new medium and heavy-duty vehicle sales in Rhode |
14 | Island zero-emission vehicles by 2030. |
15 | (b) On an annual basis, the state shall report, within its available capabilities, medium and |
16 | heavy-duty vehicle registration data needed to track progress toward meeting the targets set forth |
17 | in subsection (a) of this section. |
18 | 42-6.3-3. Public fleet purchases and fueling stations. |
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1 | To lead by example, the state shall progress toward electrification of its government and |
2 | quasi-governmental agency fleets and explore opportunities for coordinated/aggregated vehicle and |
3 | infrastructure procurement. |
4 | 42-6.3-4. Inter-agency coordination. |
5 | The state shall seek to support and facilitate the successful commercialization of zero- |
6 | emission MHDVs and maximize the use of renewable energy for ZEV charging and hydrogen |
7 | fueling through inter-agency consultation and coordination with the public utilities commission, |
8 | the department of environmental management, the office of energy resources, the department of |
9 | transportation, the division of statewide planning and the Rhode Island executive climate change |
10 | coordinating council (EC4). |
11 | 42-6.3-5. Partnerships with key stakeholders. |
12 | The state shall explore opportunities to cooperate, coordinate and partner, as appropriate, |
13 | with truck manufactures, charging and fueling providers, community and environmental advocates, |
14 | utilities, corporate fleet owners, financial institutions, Clean Cities coordinators, and others to |
15 | accelerate electrification of the MHDV sector. |
16 | 42-6.3-6. Focus on disadvantaged communities. |
17 | The state shall seek to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission medium and heavy-duty |
18 | trucks and buses to benefit disadvantaged communities that have been historically burdened with |
19 | higher levels of air pollution. |
20 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT - MULTI-STATE MEDIUM AND | |
HEAVY-DUTY ZERO-EMISSION VEHICLE ACT | |
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1 | This act would establish goals to make sales of all new medium and heavy-duty vehicles |
2 | in the state zero-emission vehicles by no later than 2050. The state would also progress toward |
3 | electrification of its government and quasi-governmental agency fleets. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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