Section 19-0319. Centrally fueled fleet program

1.   The department shall develop a centrally fueled fleet program for
  light duty and heavy duty vehicles, as specified in subdivision  (b)  of
  section  7586 of the Act, unless the department has adopted a substitute
  program or programs for the centrally  fueled  fleet  program,  provided
  that  the  substitute  program  meets  the criteria set forth in section
  7511a(c)(4)(B) of the Act for administrator approval of such program.
    2.  Such  centrally  fueled  fleet  program  shall  be  developed   in
  consultation with fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers, fuel producers
  and  distributors,  and  other  interested  parties  taking into account
  operational range, specialty uses, vehicle and fuel availability, costs,
  safety, resale value  of  vehicles  and  equipment  and  other  relevant
  factors.
    3.  Such  centrally  fueled  fleet  program  shall  contain provisions
  requiring that at least a specified percentage of all new covered  fleet
  vehicles  in  model  year  nineteen  hundred ninety-eight and thereafter
  purchased by each covered fleet operator shall be  clean  fuel  vehicles
  and  shall  use  clean  alternative  fuels when operating in the covered
  areas. For the  applicable  model  years  (MY)  and  vehicle  types  the
  specified percentages shall be no less than the percentages specified in
  the following table:
 
             CLEAN FUEL VEHICLE PHASE-IN REQUIREMENTS FOR FLEETS
 
  Vehicle Type
 
                                                MY1998    MY1999    MY2000
  Light-duty trucks up to 6000 lbs.
  GVWR&light-duty vehicles ..................    30%       50%       70%
  Heavy-duty trucks above
  8,500 lbs. GVWR .............................    50%       50%       50%
 
    4.  Such  centrally  fueled  fleet program shall also provide that the
  choice of clean fueled vehicles and clean  alternative  fuels  shall  be
  made  by  the covered fleet operator subject to the requirements of this
  section.
    5. Such centrally fueled fleet program shall require fuel providers to
  make clean alternative fuel available  to  covered  fleet  operators  at
  locations at which covered fleets are centrally fueled.