2024 -- S 2541 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AGENCY EMISSION | |
REPORTING | |
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Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Euer, Cano, Valverde, and Miller | |
Date Introduced: March 01, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND |
2 | GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: |
3 | CHAPTER 6.3 |
4 | STATE AGENCY EMISSION REPORTING |
5 | 42-6.3-1. Short title. |
6 | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "State Agency Emission Reporting" |
7 | 42-6.3-2. Executive climate change coordinating council emissions reporting by state |
8 | agencies. |
9 | The executive climate change coordinating council (EC4) shall develop a template to be |
10 | used by all agencies of the state to track their climate emissions to uphold the pathway to the |
11 | legislative goals of chapter 6.2 of title 42 ("2021 act on climate"). The template shall include, but |
12 | not be limited to, data on an agency's energy usage, fleet, and renewable energy systems. Each |
13 | state agency's plan shall be aligned with the most recent EC4 annual report promulgated pursuant |
14 | to ยง 42-6.2-7. No later than July 1, 2026, and every five (5) years thereafter, state agencies shall |
15 | update their emissions reporting on the template for the EC4 to review. If an agency is unable to |
16 | provide the data needed on the template, the agency shall consult with the EC4 for a path forward |
17 | to identify, measure, and track the necessary data. |
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1 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE AGENCY EMISSION | |
REPORTING | |
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1 | This act would require the executive climate change coordinating council (EC4) to develop |
2 | a template to be used by all agencies of the state to track their climate emissions to uphold the |
3 | pathway to Rhode Island's act on climate legislative goals. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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