BILL NUMBER: AB 617	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Blumenfield

                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 11547.5 to the Government Code, relating to
state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 617, as introduced, Blumenfield. State government: information
technology: environmental practices.
   Under existing law, the State Chief Information Officer is
required, among other things, to advise the Governor on the strategic
management and direction of the state's information technology
resources.
   This bill would require the State Chief Information Officer to
establish and enforce a state information technology strategic plan
to protect the environment and reduce energy use. The bill would
require the strategic plan to include specified elements.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11547.5 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   11547.5.  The State Chief Information Officer shall establish and
enforce a state information technology strategic plan to protect the
environment and reduce energy use. The strategic plan shall include
all of the following elements:
   (1) Application of stringent energy and environmental standards
and requirements for the procurement of new information technology
hardware by state agencies.
   (2) Incorporation of proven green technologies into the state's
information technology infrastructure by state agencies.
   (3) Utilization of sources of renewable energy by state data
centers.
   (4) Utilization of energy-efficient equipment and technologies in
the information technology project approval process.
   (5) Replacement of state agencies' end-of-life desktop computers
with energy-efficient laptop computers.