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Speaker pro Tem Mullin’s Statement on the May Revise

May 14, 2020                                                                                                                               Contact: Susan Kennedy

For Immediate Release                                                                                                                 925-437-2510 (cell)

 

Governor Newsom Signs AB 784 by Assembly Speaker pro Tem Kevin Mullin

Sacramento –Governor Newsom has signed AB 784, exempting zero-emission transit buses from the state portion of the sales tax until January 1, 2024, in order to advance the deployment of Zero-Emission Buses (ZEBs) in California.

“California is one of the only states that charge public transit agencies sales tax,” Assemblymember Mullin pointed out. “In spite of that fact, many California transit agencies including SamTrans have begun to deploy ZEBs in an effort to reduce dangerous pollutants and emissions from the air. However, since ZEBs are considerably more expensive than their diesel-fueled alternatives, this temporary tax break will help these cash-strapped agencies make this transition more easily.”