AB 2572, as introduced, Ting. Environmental justice: reports.
Existing law requires each board, department, and office within the state Environmental Protection Agency to review its programs, policies, and activities and identify and address any gaps in its existing programs, policies, or activities that may impede the achievement of environmental justice. Existing law requires the Secretary for Environmental Protection to, no later than January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter, prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report on the implementation of provisions of law relating to environmental justice.
This bill would require this report to identify and address any gaps in the agency’s existing programs, policies, or activities that may impede the achievement of environmental justice. The bill would require the report to also identify and evaluate new programs, policies, or activities intended to further promote the achievement of environmental justice.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 71115 of the Public Resources Code is
2amended to read:
begin insert(a)end insertbegin insert end insertThe Secretary for Environmental Protection shall,
2begin delete notend deletebegin insert noend insert later than January 1, 2004, and every three years thereafter,
3prepare and submit to the Governor and the Legislature a report
4on the implementation of this part.
5(b) The report shall identify and address any gaps in the
6agency’s existing programs, policies, or activities that may impede
7the
achievement of environmental justice, pursuant to the review
8conducted under Section 71114.1. The report shall also identify
9and evaluate new programs, policies, or activities intended to
10further promote the achievement of environmental justice.
11(c) A report submitted to the Legislature pursuant to this section
12shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the
13Government Code.
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