§ 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.