Chapter 218

2008 -- H 7523 SUBSTITUTE A AS AMENDED

Enacted 07/05/08

A N A C T

RELATING TO MOTOR AND OTHER VEHICLES

Introduced By: Representatives Walsh, Segal, Gallison, Lewiss, and Silva

Date Introduced: February 26, 2008

It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Title 31 of the General Laws entitled "Motor and Other Vehicles" is hereby

amended by adding thereto the following chapter:

CHAPTER 5.5

GLOBAL WARMING INDEX ACT

31-5.5-1. Title. -- This act shall be known as the "Global Warming Index Act."

31-5.5-2. Definitions. – For the purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall

apply:

(1) "Motor Vehicle" shall mean a new passenger vehicle, new light-duty truck with a

gross vehicle weight of eighty-five hundred pounds (8500 lbs) or less, or any other new vehicle

determined by the commissioner to be a vehicle whose primary use is noncommercial personal

transportation and which is manufactured for the model year 2010 or subsequent model year; and

(2) "Motor Vehicle global warming gases" or "global warming gases" shall mean carbon

dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride.

31-5.5-3. Global warming index stickers. -- (a) No model year 2010 or subsequent

model year motor vehicle shall be sold or leased in this state unless there is securely and

conspicuously affixed in a clearly visible location, a label on which the manufacturer shall

endorse clearly, distinctly, and legibly true and correct entries disclosing information concerning

the emissions of global warming gases.

(b) The label required by subsection (a) of this section shall include:

(1) A global warming index that contains quantitative information presented in a

continuous, easy-to-read scale that compares the emissions of global warming gases from the

vehicle with the average projected emissions of global warming gases from all vehicles of the

same model year. For reference purposes, the index shall also identify the emissions of global

warming gases from the vehicle model of that same model year that has the lowest emissions of

global warming gases; and

(2) The use of at least one color ink in addition to black.

(c) A label that complies with the requirements of the California vehicle labeling program

shall be deemed to meet the requirements of this title.

(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed as prohibiting a purchaser from removing

the label required by this section, after such purchaser has taken possession of the vehicle.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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