B.__Establish goals to measure and assess the environmental compliance and performance of state agencies.__In developing those goals, the directors shall seek to achieve continuous improvement in environmental compliance and performance of all state agencies through:

(1) Pollution prevention;

(2) Improvements in energy efficiency, including facility siting, design, construction and management; and

(3)__Procurement of environmentally friendly commodities and services, recycling of waste products and enhanced fleet efficiency;

C.__Advise and assist state agencies in developing environmental__compliance audits and plans and in implementing those plans;

D.__Advise the Governor and the Legislature in the formulation of policies for the effective operation, management and achievement of initiative goals; and

E.__Ensure that the capital master plan established under Title 5, section 299 is implemented in a manner consistent with the goals of the initiative.

3.__Responsibilities of state agencies.__State agencies shall cooperate with the directors in implementing the initiative and shall provide staff assistance and technical support upon request.__In addition, each state agency shall:

A.__Complete an audit of its facilities to determine compliance with applicable state and federal environmental laws;

B.__Develop a biennial plan that outlines the actions the agency will take to incorporate compliance efforts and environmentally sustainable practices into its planning and operational functions.__To facilitate incorporation into the biennial budget process, these plans must be submitted to the directors prior to June 1st of each even-numbered year, beginning in 2002;

C.__Appoint an employee in the agency to be responsible for ensuring the development and implementation of agency activities under the initiative; and

D.__Establish standards for leasing or building state facilities that meet the goals of the initiative.

Each agency shall fund costs associated with implementing this initiative from within existing budgeted resources.

4.__Reporting.__Beginning on January 1, 2003, and biennially thereafter, the directors shall jointly report on the activities of all state agencies under the initiative to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state government matters.__ The report must identify the successes of and the obstacles to implementation of the initiative and may include recommendations for any statutory changes necessary to accomplish the goals of the initiative.

SUMMARY

This bill creates the Clean Government Initiative to assist state agencies in meeting environmental compliance requirements and to assist those agencies in incorporating environmentally sustainable practices into all state government functions. The Clean Government Initiative is jointly directed by the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services. The Clean Government Initiative seeks to achieve continuous improvement in environmental performance of all state agencies through such measures as pollution prevention, improvements in energy efficiency, procurement of environmentally friendly commodities and services, recycling of waste products and enhanced fleet efficiency through the purchase of fuel-efficient vehicles and proper fleet maintenance.

The bill requires the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to establish a coordinated State Government environmental compliance policy that includes the incorporation of environmentally sustainable practices into state government, to establish goals for the economic and environmental performance of state agencies, to advise and assist state agencies in the development of environmental compliance audits and plans and in implementing those plans, to advise the Governor and the Legislature on the formulation of policies for the effective operation, management and achievement of the goals of the Clean

Government Initiative and to ensure that the master plan of the Capitol Planning Commission is implemented in a manner consistent with those goals.

The bill requires each state agency to determine its compliance with applicable state and federal environmental laws and to develop a biennial plan outlining the actions the agency will take to incorporate environmentally sustainable practices into its planning and operations.

The bill also requires the Commissioner of Environmental Protection and the Commissioner of Administrative and Financial Services to jointly report on the activities of all state agencies under the initiative to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters and the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over state government matters every 2 years, beginning on January 1, 2003.