SECTIONS 12890-12893 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 12890-12893

12890. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division
25.5 (commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code)
requires all state agencies to consider and implement measures to
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
(b) Executive Order S-3-05 issued by the Governor on June 1, 2005,
commits state agencies to climate emission reduction targets as part
of overall state emission reduction targets.
(c) It is vital that state government lead by example in meeting
California's greenhouse gas emission requirements.
(d) The purpose of this chapter is to do all of the following:
(1) Ensure that state agencies consider and implement measures and
strategies under their authority to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions in furtherance of the targets in the Climate Action Team
Report and the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.
(2) Establish routine, quantified, verified, consistent, and
public reporting of those measures and their effectiveness in
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
(3) Ensure that these reports and metrics are independently
audited and verified to achieve compliance.

12891. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have
the following meanings:
(a) "Agency" means the California Environmental Protection Agency.
(b) "Climate Action Team Report" means the report prepared
pursuant to Executive Order S-3-05 and submitted to the Governor and
the Legislature in March 2006.
(c) "GHG" means greenhouse gas as defined in subdivision (g) of
Section 38505 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) "GHG emission reduction target" means a target established for
a state agency in the Climate Action Team Report, or a requirement
made applicable to that state agency by an action taken by the State
Air Resources Board pursuant to Division 25.5 (commencing with
Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code.
(e) "Secretary" means the Secretary for Environmental Protection.
(f) "State agency" means a state agency listed in the Climate
Action Team Report, a state office, department, division, bureau,
board, or commission whose operations or programs result in
greenhouse gas emissions that are subject to Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code, and
any other state agency listed in Section 12800, as determined by the
secretary.

12892. (a) On or before October 1 of each year, each state agency
shall prepare and submit to the secretary in a standardized format as
determined by the agency all of the following:
(1) A list of those measures that have been adopted and
implemented by the state agency to meet GHG emission reduction
targets and a status report on actual GHG emissions reduced as a
result of these measures.
(2) A list and timetable for adoption of any additional measures
needed to meet GHG emission reduction targets.
(3) An estimate of the department's own greenhouse gas emissions,
as well as an explanation of any increase or decrease compared to the
previous year's emissions.
(b) In order to reduce paperwork and workload, information
required to be submitted pursuant to this section may be submitted in
a standardized electronic format as determined by the agency.
(c) On or before January 1 of each year, the agency shall compile
and organize the information submitted pursuant to this section into
a clear, standardized format, and shall provide that information on
the agency's Internet Web site in the form of a state agency
greenhouse gas emission reduction report card.
(d) The report card shall compare the actions taken and proposed
to be taken by individual state agencies and their projected annual
GHG emission reductions against the state agency GHG emission
reduction targets and statewide GHG emission reduction limits.
(e) Where appropriate, the report card shall include a statement
regarding the independent audits required by Section 12893.
(f) In conjunction with the Governor's Budget submitted pursuant
to subdivision (a) of Section 12 of Article IV of the California
Constitution, on or before January 10 of each year, the agency shall
submit to the Legislature a comprehensive budget display that
includes both of the following:
(1) Funding proposals and base funding in the proposed Governor's
Budget for state agencies implementing climate solutions to meet the
greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets as specified in the
California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5
(commencing with Section 38500) of the Health and Safety Code).
(2) A five-year work plan summary for each department included in
the comprehensive budget display that shows how staff and contracting
resources will be allocated to achieve specified climate solution
deliverables.

12893. Not less than once every three years, each state agency
reporting pursuant to Section 12892 shall, to the extent funds are
available, conduct an independent audit in a standardized format
determined by the agency and verification of the actual and proposed
GHG emissions reductions achieved by that state agency in order to
ensure that the state agency is achieving GHG emission reduction
targets.