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§ 4000.1504. Procurement by Commonwealth agencies

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations
Part I. General Municipal Law
Chapter 17A. The Municipal Waste Planning, Recycling and Waste Reduction Act (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 15. Recycling and Waste Reduction
53 P.S. § 4000.1504
§ 4000.1504. Procurement by Commonwealth agencies
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(a) Initial review.--Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their existing procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing to:
(1) eliminate procedures and specifications that explicitly discriminate against goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content; and
(2) encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content.
(b) Continuing review.--Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procedures and specifications on a continuing basis to encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content and shall, in developing new procedures and specifications, encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing with recycled content.
(c) Recycled materials.--
(1) Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procurement procedures and specifications for the purchase of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing to ensure, to the maximum extent economically feasible, that such agencies purchase goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused when such goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing are discarded.
(2) Commonwealth agencies shall review and revise their procurement procedures and specifications on a continuing basis to encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused.
(3) Commonwealth agencies shall also, in developing new procedures and specifications, encourage the use of goods, supplies, equipment, materials and printing that may be recycled or reused.

Credits

1988, July 28, P.L. 556, No. 101, § 1504, effective in 60 days.
53 P.S. § 4000.1504, PA ST 53 P.S. § 4000.1504
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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