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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
The Department of General Services, in consultation with the California Environmental Protection Agency, members of the public, industry, and public health and environmental organizations, shall provide state agencies with information and assistance regarding environmentally preferable purchasing including, but not limited to, the following:
(a) The promotion of environmentally preferable purchasing.
(b) The development and implementation of a strategy to increase environmentally preferable purchasing. This may include the development of statewide policies, guidelines, programs, and regulations.
(c) The coordination with other state and federal agencies, task forces, workgroups, regulatory efforts, research and data collection efforts, and other programs and services relating to environmentally preferable purchasing.
(d) The development and implementation, to the extent fiscally feasible, of training programs designed to instill the importance and value of environmentally preferable purchasing.
(e) The development, to the extent fiscally feasible, of an environmentally preferable purchasing best practices manual for state purchasing employees.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - California Code, Public Contract Code - PCC § 12401 - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ca/public-contract-code/pcc-sect-12401/
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