2005 California Public Resources Code Sections 25730 CHAPTER 8.5. CLIMATE CHANGE INVENTORY AND INFORMATION

25730.  The commission, in consultation with the State Air Resources
Board, the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the
Department of Transportation, the State Water Resources Control
Board, the California Integrated Waste Management Board, and other
state agencies with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate
change, shall do all of the following:
   (a) On or before January 1, 2002, update the inventory of
greenhouse gas emissions from all sources located in the state, as
identified in the commission's 1998 report entitled, "Appendix A:
Historical and Forecasted Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventories for
California."  Information on natural sources of greenhouse gas
emissions shall be included to the extent that information is
available.  The inventory shall include information that compares
emissions from similar inventories prepared for the United States and
other states or countries, and shall include information on relevant
current and previous energy and air quality policies, activities,
and greenhouse gas emissions reductions and trends since 1990, to the
extent that information is available.
   (b) Acquire and develop data and information on global climate
change, and provide state, regional, and local agencies, utilities,
business, industry, and other energy and economic sectors with
information on the costs, technical feasibility, and demonstrated
effectiveness of methods for reducing or mitigating the production of
greenhouse gases from in-state sources, including net reductions
through the management of natural forest reservoirs.  The commission,
in consultation with the State Air Resources Board, shall provide a
variety of forums for the exchange of that information among
interested parties, and shall provide other state agencies with
information on cost-effective and technologically feasible methods
that can be used to reduce or mitigate the emissions of greenhouse
gases.
   (c) Update its inventory every five years using current scientific
methods, and report on the updated inventory to the Governor and the
Legislature.
   (d) Conduct at least one public workshop prior to finalizing each
updated inventory.  The commission shall post its report and
inventory on the commission's web page on the Internet.
   (e) Convene an interagency task force consisting of state agencies
with jurisdiction over matters affecting climate change to ensure
policy coordination at the state level for those activities.
   (f) Establish a climate change advisory committee, to the extent
that the commission determines that it can do so within existing
resources.  This advisory committee shall make recommendations to the
commission on the most equitable and efficient ways to implement
international and national climate change requirements based on cost,
technical feasibility, and relevant information on current energy
and air quality policies and activities and on greenhouse gas
emissions reductions and trends since 1990.  The commission shall
designate one of its commissioners as chair, and shall include on the
advisory committee members who represent business, including major
industrial and energy sectors, utilities, forestry, agriculture,
local government, and environmental groups.  The meetings of the
advisory committee shall be open to the public, and shall provide an
opportunity for the public to be heard on matters considered by the
advisory committee.