(a) The Clean Transportation Program is hereby created. The program shall be administered by the commission. The commission shall implement the program by regulation pursuant to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code). The program shall provide, upon appropriation by the Legislature, competitive grants, revolving loans, loan guarantees, loans, or other appropriate funding measures to public agencies, California Native American tribes, tribal organizations, vehicle and technology entities, businesses and projects, public-private partnerships, workforce training partnerships and collaboratives, fleet owners, consumers, recreational boaters, and academic institutions to develop and deploy innovative technologies that transform Californiaâs fuel and vehicle types to help attain the stateâs climate change policies. The emphasis of this program shall be to develop and deploy zero-emission technology and fuels in the marketplace where feasible and near-zero-emission technology and fuels elsewhere. (b) The goals of the program shall be to advance the stateâs clean transportation, equity, air quality, and climate emission policies, including, but not limited to, any of the following: (1) Section 39719.2. (2) Section 39730.5. (3) Section 43024.2. (4) Section 44124.5. (5) Section 44391.2. (6) Section 25229 of the Public Resources Code. (7) Section 25327 of the Public Resources Code. (8) Section 14517 of the Government Code. (c) On or after January 1, 2025, when developing the investment plan pursuant to Section 44272.5, the commission shall prioritize program investments into the following: (1) Deployment of infrastructure and other projects that advance or support the deployment of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to meet the clean transportation, equity, air quality, and climate emission goals described in subdivision (b). (2) Deployment of light-duty vehicle infrastructure technology to fill deployment gaps identified pursuant to Sections 25229 and 25231 of the Public Resources Code and advance the goals identified in Executive Order No. N-79-20. (d) On and after January 1, 2025, no less than 50 percent of investments expended pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be expended in accordance with Section 44272.1. (e) A project that receives more than seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) in funds from the commission shall be approved at a noticed public meeting of the commission and shall be consistent with the priorities established by the investment plan adopted pursuant to Section 44272.5. Under this article, the commission may delegate to the commissionâs executive director, or the executive directorâs designee, the authority to approve either of the following: (1) A contract, grant, loan, or other agreement or award that receives seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000) or less in funds from the commission. (2) Amendments to a contract, grant, loan, or other agreement or award if the amendments do not increase the amount of the award, change the scope of the project, or modify the purpose of the agreement. (f) The commission shall provide preferences to those projects that maximize the goals of the Clean Transportation Program, based on the following criteria, as applicable: (1) The projectâs consistency with existing and future state climate change policy and low-carbon fuel standards. (2) The projectâs ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, criteria air pollutants, and air toxics, and reduce or avoid multimedia environmental impacts. (3) The project does not adversely impact the sustainability of the stateâs natural resources, especially state and federal lands. (4) The project provides nonstate matching funds. Costs incurred from the date a proposed award is noticed may be counted as nonstate matching funds. The commission may adopt further requirements for purposes of this paragraph. The commissi
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