BILL NUMBER:  AB 362
  VETOED	DATE: 09/21/2015




To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 362 without my signature.

This bill authorizes the Department of General Services to engage in
a demonstration project to use sustainable practices which may
include but are not limited to, the use of "process free printing
plates."

I support efforts to reduce the water, chemical, and energy use
associated with printing, however, the Department currently has
sufficient authority to explore new methods of achieving such
reductions without this legislation.  In fact, the Office of State
Publishing is currently prioritizing the procurement and use of new
printing technologies that lessen environmental impacts, and
continues to seek new methods of conserving water, energy, and paper.
  A new law authorizing an optional demonstration project is simply
unnecessary.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.