California Government Code 65047 – Upon approval by the Governor, the State Environmental Goals and …
Upon approval by the Governor, the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report shall serve to:
(a) Record approved goals, policies and decisions of state government related to statewide growth and development and the preservation of environmental quality.
Terms Used In California Government Code 65047
- Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
- Process: includes a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings of either a civil or criminal nature. See California Government Code 22
- Report: as used in this chapter , means the State Environmental Goals and Policy Report. See California Government Code 65027
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Government Code 18
(b) Advise the Legislature of statutory action required to implement state environmental goals and objectives.
(c) Inform other levels of government and the public at large of approved state environmental goals and objectives and the proposed direction of state programs and actions in achieving them.
(d) Provide a clear framework of goals and objectives as a guide to the preparation and evaluation of state functional plans.
(e) Serve as a basis for judgments about the design, location and priority of major public programs, capital projects and other actions, including the allocation of state resources for environmental purposes through the budget and appropriation process.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 1534.)