Bill Text: CA AB913 | 2011-2012 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Hazardous waste: source reduction: certified green

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Passed) 2011-10-08 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 578, Statutes of 2011. [AB913 Detail]

Download: California-2011-AB913-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 913	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Feuer

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2011

   An act relating to the environment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 913, as introduced, Feuer.  Environment: certified green
business program.
   Existing law establishes various programs to reduce waste and
protect the environment.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to establish a program to provide for the voluntary
certification of businesses that adopt environmentally preferable
business practices.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent
legislation that would establish a California certified green
business program that would provide for the voluntary certification
of businesses that adopt environmentally preferable business
practices including, but not limited to, increased energy efficiency,
reduced greenhouse gas emissions, and reduced waste generation.