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An Act To Promote the Goals of the Low-emission Vehicle Program by Requiring That New Vehicle Purchases for the State Fleet Be Composed of a Minimum Percentage of Zero-emission Vehicles
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows:
Sec. 1.  38 MRSA §585-D, sub-§3  is enacted to read:
 
3.  State fleet minimum percentage of zero-emission vehicles.     For purposes of this subsection, "zero-emission vehicle" means a battery electric vehicle, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle or a fuel cell vehicle.
 
For each of the following fiscal years, the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, through the Bureau of General Services, Central Fleet Management Division established in Title 5, section 1830, shall ensure that the following percentages of all vehicles purchased by the State are zero-emission vehicles:
 
A.  For fiscal year 2020-21, not less than 15%;
 
B.  For fiscal year 2021-22, not less than 20%;
 
C.  For fiscal year 2022-23, not less than 25%;
 
D.  For fiscal year 2023-24, not less than 30%;
 
E.  For fiscal year 2024-25, not less than 35%;
 
F.  For fiscal year 2025-26, not less than 40%;
 
G.  For fiscal year 2026-27, not less than 45%; and
 
H.  For fiscal year 2027-28, not less than 50%.
 
SUMMARY
This bill promotes the goals of the State's low-emission vehicle program by requiring the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services, Central Fleet Management Division to ensure that not less than 15% of the vehicles purchased for the state fleet are zero-emission vehicles. Zero-emission vehicles include battery electric vehicles, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles and fuel cell vehicles. This bill requires a 5% increase each fiscal year in the number of zero-emission vehicles purchased by the Central Fleet Management Division until 2027-28, when not less than 50% of all vehicle purchases must be zero-emission vehicles.