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2013 Legislative Session: 5th Session, 39th Parliament

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MR. BOB SIMPSON

BILL M 208 – 2013

CARBON NEUTRAL GOVERNMENT REPEAL ACT, 2013

This Act amends the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act by repealing the requirement for public sector organizations (PSOs) to be carbon

neutral. This change also removes the legal requirement for PSOs to purchase carbon

offsets in order to meet carbon neutrality. Repealing these requirements will allow

for PSOs to make investments in energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas reductions,

without imposing a punitive cost on operating budgets. This Bill includes a requirement

for PSOs to produce annual carbon reduction plans and reports.

HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of the

Province of British Columbia, enacts as follows:

Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act

Section 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act, S.B.C. 2007, c. 42, is amended

by repealing the definition of "carbon neutral" .

Part 1 is amended by adding:

4.1

(1) Every calendar year, each public sector organization must prepare, and make public

no later than the end of June of the following calendar year, a carbon reduction action

report in accordance with this section.

(2) The carbon reduction action reports must include the following:

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a) a description of the actions taken by the public sector organization in the relevant

calendar year to minimize its PSO greenhouse gas emissions; and

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b) its plan to continue minimizing those emissions.

Part 2 is repealed.

Section 12 is amended by repealing items (g), (h), (i), (

j) and (k).

Explanatory Note