(1) Existing law authorizes certain air districts to impose a vehicle registration fee surcharge to be used for projects and programs to improve air quality. Existing law, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, requires at least 40% of fee revenues to be proportionately allocated to each county within the district, and requires an entity receiving these revenues, at least once a year, to hold one or more public meetings for the purpose of adopting criteria for expenditure of the funds and to review those expenditures.
California SB 491 (20152016) — Transportation: omnibus bill.
(1) Existing law authorizes certain air districts to impose a vehicle registration fee surcharge to be used for projects and programs to improve air quality. Existing law, in the area under the jurisdiction of the Bay Area Air Quality Management District, requires at least 40% of fee revenues to be proportionately allocated to each county within the district, and requires an entity receiving these revenues, at least once a year, to hold one or more public meetings for the purpose of adopting criteria for expenditure of the funds and to review those expenditures.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 16–0 (pass) · lower
SB 491 T. & H. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #9 SB491 Committee On T.&H. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Committee on Transportation and Housing — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
2015-04-14 Set for hearing April 28.
2015-04-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 825.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-06 Set for hearing May 11.
2015-05-11 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2015-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1028.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-05-18 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
2015-06-15 June 22 hearing postponed by committee.
2015-06-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-08-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-08-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-08-31 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2015-09-01 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2378.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
2015-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 451, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/acd400bc-290a-441c-bc1c-4417be4b521e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).