Bill Text: CT HB05618 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

Connecticut House Bill 5618 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: An Act Requiring The Development Of A Carbon Footprint Methodology To Analyze State Procurement Contracts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2016-04-20 - Tabled for the Calendar, House [HB05618 Detail]

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General Assembly		*Raised Bill No. 5618*
*February Session, 2016*		LCO No. 2852
		02852_______GAE
Referred to Committee on GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION AND ELECTIONS
Introduced by:
(GAE)

AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEVELOPMENT OF A CARBON FOOTPRINT METHODOLOGY TO ANALYZE STATE PROCUREMENT CONTRACTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. (Effective from passage) The Commissioner of Administrative Services, in consultation with the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection and other agencies or entities selected by the commissioner, shall develop a carbon footprint methodology, that focuses on transportation-related environmental impact, that can be used to analyze individual state procurement contracts. Not later than January 1, 2017, the commissioner shall submit a report, in accordance with the provisions of section 11-4a of the general statutes, to the joint standing committee of the General Assembly having cognizance of matters relating to government administration. Such report shall include the methodology developed under this section and any recommendations for legislation necessary to implement such methodology for state procurement contracts.


This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	from passage	New section

Statement of Purpose:

To require the Commissioner of Administrative Services to develop a methodology for analyzing the carbon footprint of state procurement contracts.

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