(a)
The Natural Resources Agency shall periodically, in the case of the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, the State Board of Forestry and Fire Protection, the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional water quality control boards, the State Air Resources Board and air pollution control districts and air quality management districts, the Department of Fish and Game, the Department of Parks and Recreation, the California Geological Survey and the Division of Oil, Gas, and Geothermal Resources in the Department of Conservation, and the State Lands Commission, and may, with respect to any other state agency, submit recommendations designed to encourage the state agency to carry out its functions in a manner consistent
with this division. The recommendations may include proposed changes in administrative regulations, rules, and statutes.
(b)
This section shall become operative on July 1, 2013.