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8. ~ liP Legislative Bill Action ............................................................... occupant, hybrid-electric vehicles that are certified tion sticker, and would exempt those persons from as Advanced Technolc ~y Partial Zero Emission the requireml 'nt to obtain a driver's license for Vehicles (AT PZEVs -.. clean eÌhission standard), operation ofth,'se vehicles within that jurisdiction. and achieve fuel econom)' of at least 45 miles per gallon (mpg), to use HaV lanes until the year Please let us know if your city is in support, 2008. This bill would only take effect if the federal opposition or has any concems on this bill by govemment approves legislation that would allow contacting Genevieve Morelos at states to take this action without penalty. amorelos@cacities.orQ or at 916-658-8254. Staff: Natasha Foaman; Status: AsTrans, 4/12/04; Existing federal and state laws only allow Position: Review and Comment. single-occupancy vehicles to use HaV lanes if those vehicles are Inherently Low Emission MÆ§ (Harman) The Design Build Pro- Vehicles (ILEV) in accordance with US EPA stan- curement Program. The sponsor of the bill is the dards. Legislation is pending in Congress that American Institute of Architects Califomia Council would allow single-occupancy low emission and (AIACC). Existing law requires public entities to energy efficient vehicles (vehicles with 45 mpg or comply with certain procedures in soliciting and better) to use HaV lanes in a state if that state evaluating bids and awarding contracts for the chooses to allow the use. This bill would prepare erection, construction, alteration, repair, or im- Califomia for single-occupancy HEV use in HaV provement of any public structure, building, road, lanes should the federal law be enacted. The or other public improvement. Existing law autho- Sponsors of the bill are Govemor Amold rizes specified state agencies, cities, counties, and Schwarzenegger and State Treasurer Phil school districts to implement altemative proce- Angelides. dures for the awarding of contracts on a design- build basis. Please let us know if your city is in support, opposition or has any concems on this bill by AB 2375 establishes the Design-Contract-Build contacting Genevieve Morelos at Procurement Program to provide state and local amorelos@cacities.orQ or at 916-658-8254. Staff: agencies with the option of using the design- Natasha Fooman; Status: AsTrans, 3/12/04; contract-build procurement process, as provided in Position: Review and Comment. this bill, or an existing design-bid-build procure- ment process. ~ (Leslie) Neighborhood Electric Vehicles. The City of Lincoln is the sponsor of AB 2375 authorizes a public agency, to procure this bill. This bill would revise the provisions any infrastructure project using the design-con- relating to a golf cart transportation plan to instead tract-build project delivery method that would be in authorize a city or county to establish a neighbor- lieu of any requirement that the construction be hood electric vehicle (NEV) transportation plan subject to competitive bidding, if the public agency subject to the same review process. The bill makes a finding that this delivery method is appro- would define "neighborhood electric vehicle" to priate for that infrastructure project. have the same meaning as the above definition of "low-speed vehicle." The bill, among other things, The bill details the elements of a one-step or would provide for the plan to authorize the use of two-step selection process that a public agency state highways by NEVs under certain conditions. would be authorized to use, including requirements The bill would authorize a city or county to autho- for requests for qualifications, requests for pro- rize the operation of neighborhood electric ve- posal, evaluating proposals, the selection process, hicles by disabled persons or persons 50 years of the posting of peñormance bonds, and making age or older within the jurisdiction of the city or progress payments. county through issuance of a permit and identifica- PAGE 10/PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site--www.cacities.org