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The Clean Energy Vehicles Act

Be it Enacted by the People of the Southern State, Represented in the General Assembly thereof,

Section 1. Title and Definitions

1. This Bill shall be known as the “The Clean Energy Vehicles Act,” or “CEVA” for short.
2. A “motorized vehicle” shall, for the purposes of this Bill, mean any vehicle propelled with any other force than human power, owned or rented by any State Agency, used for civil purposes in urbanized areas at least a quarter of its time in official service, no heavier than fifteen thousand (15 000) pounds, and not used for Emergency purposes, by the State Police or Guard, and not a specialty vehicle.
3. A “clean vehicle” or “clean energy vehicle” shall, for the purposes of this Bill, mean any motorized vehicle that uses alternative fuel.
4. “Alternative fuel” shall mean, for the purpose of this Bill, shall mean: biodiesel, bioalcohol (methanol, ethanol, butanol), refuse-derived fuel, chemically stored electricity (batteries and fuel cells), hydrogen, non-fossil methane, non-fossil natural gas, vegetable oil, propane and other biomass sources. Every year after this Bill is enacted, the General Assembly of the Southern State shall review this section for any amendments.
5. For the purposes of this Bill, the words “Board,” “Clean Energy Vehicles Board,” and “Clean Vehicles Board” may be used interchangeably.

Section 2. Clean Vehicles Board

1. The Clean Vehicles Board shall be established, and be constituted of

   1. One chairperson designated by the Governor of the Southern State
   2. One General Assembly member designated by the Speaker of the Assembly and acting as deputy-chairperson
   3. The Head of each State Department
   4. The Lieutenant Governor
   5. Any number inferior to five experts qualified on the matter appointed by the Governor, after consultation of the Lt. Governor

2. At any time, the Speaker of the Assembly, after consultation with all the officers of the General Assembly, and the entirety of the Board’s members, may destitute the chairperson of the Board and call for a new designation by the Governor.

3. The Chairperson of the Board may designate assistant chairs, but, were they not members of the Board, they would not have any participation rights to it, apart from the duties of the chair.

   1. The Deputy-Chairperson may do the same for their position and duties.

4. Should the Chairperson find themselves unable to assume their duties for any period of time, the Deputy-Chairperson shall assume them for such a duration.

5. Any member of the Board shall appoint one or two temporary replacements for their seat at the moment of the establishment of the Board.

6. The Board shall establish its own rules, in accordance with this section, at the moment of its establishment.

Section 3. Duties of the Clean Vehicles Board

1. The Clean Vehicles Board shall firstly establish a full report on the status of the use of Clean Energy Vehicles in the various State Departments, Agencies and Offices.
2. The Board shall establish guidelines, regulations and directives for the various State Agencies and Departments to follow to ensure Section 4 of this Bill is respected.

Section 4. Transition towards Clean Vehicles

1. Between 06/01/2018 and 01/01/2019, one and a half percent (1.5%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
2. Between 01/02/2018 and 01/01/2020, four percent (4%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
3. Between 01/02/2020 and 01/01/2021, six percent (6%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
4. Between 01/02/2021 and 01/01/2022, eight percent (8%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
5. Between 01/02/2022 and 01/01/2023, ten percent (10%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
6. Between 01/02/2022 and 01/01/2023, ten percent (10%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
7. Between 01/02/2023 and 01/01/2024, twelve percent (12%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
8. Between 01/02/2024 and 01/01/2025, twelve percent (15%) of the totality of State Agencies’ motorized vehicles shall be clean energy vehicles.
9. The Clean Vehicles Board shall, every three years, with a possible delay of six months at most, propose to the General Assembly, and to any committee the Speaker thereof shall deem adequate, a plan for eventual amendments to this section to modify it or add subtexts to it.
10. The Board shall not be able to propose to strike this subtext. It shall also be forbidden to modify the final percentage of clean vehicles below fifteen percent (15%).

Section 5. Enactment

1. This Bill shall come into force immediately after it becomes law.

This Bill was Authored by U.S. Speaker of the House and former Florida Senator /u/jacksazzy