Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board: emissions control.

(1) Existing law establishes the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board within the Department of Industrial Relations and requires the standards board to adopt occupational safety and health standards. Certain violations of these standards are crimes. Existing law requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt and implement motor vehicle emission standards, in-use performance standards, and motor vehicle fuel specifications for the control of air contaminants and sources of air pollution that the state board has found to be necessary, cost effective, and technologically feasible. This bill would require the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt standards designed to ensure the safety of the operator in the installation, use, and operation of a verified diesel emission control strategy, as defined, required by a regulation adopted by the State Air Resources Board to be installed on an on-road heavy-duty diesel-fueled motor vehicle. The bill would prohibit the State Air Resources Board from requiring a fleet owner, as defined, to install a verified diesel emission control strategy until 6 months after the adoption of the standards. Because certain violations of the safety standard adopted by the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board would be a crime pursuant to provisions of existing law, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (2) The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.