1/4/08-S2338 remained in committee when the 2007 session closed. It can be brought back for consideration during the session that started Jan. 2.

10/24/07-The Senate Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee voted to advance a bill that would require the state to equip its diesel vehicles with updated pollution controls. It also would set up a multi-million dollar fund to help private fleets update their engines.
Sponsored by Sen. Jack Hart, D-Boston, S2338 would mandate the state retrofit its fleet by 2011. Municipal garbage and recycling trucks must be updated by 2012.
The bill would apply the mandate to diesel vehicles weighing more than 14,000 pounds.
The price tag to retrofit each state-owned, leased or contracted diesel vehicle would range from $1,200 to $7,500.
Another provision in the bill would require the targeted trucks to use ultra low sulfur diesel. Among the rigs required to fill up with ULSD are those trucks “operating under contract to a state agency and state and regional public authority.”
The bill is awaiting consideration in the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
For bill status, call (617) 722-1276..