Kansas Statutes 75-3740b. Purchase of recycled paper; requirements; price preference
(a) As used in this section:
(1) “Newsprint,” “printing paper” and “writing paper” have the meanings provided by 40 C.F.R. § 250.4 (53 Fed. Reg. 23562-23563).
Terms Used In Kansas Statutes 75-3740b
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Legislative session: That part of a chamber's daily session in which it considers legislative business (bills, resolutions, and actions related thereto).
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Kansas Statutes 77-201
- State agency: means any state office or officer, department, board, commission, institution, bureau or any other state authority which may lawfully request a state appropriation. See Kansas Statutes 75-3728a
(2) “Waste paper” means waste paper, as defined by 40 C.F.R. § 250.4 (53 Fed. Reg. 23562-23563), containing not less than 10% postconsumer material by weight.
(b) Subject to the provisions of subsection (c), the state shall spend on newsprint or high grade bleached printing or writing paper containing not less than 50% waste paper by weight, if sufficient amounts of such paper are available:
(1) For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992, an amount equal to not less than 10% of the total dollar amount of newsprint and high grade bleached printing and writing paper purchased by the state during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
(2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1993, an amount equal to not less than 15% of the total dollar amount of newsprint and high grade bleached printing and writing paper purchased by the state during the immediately preceding fiscal year;
(3) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1994, an amount equal to not less than 20% of the total dollar amount of newsprint and high grade bleached printing and writing paper purchased by the state during the immediately preceding fiscal year; and
(4) for fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 1995, an amount equal to not less than 25% of the total dollar amount of newsprint and high grade bleached printing and writing paper purchased by the state during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(c) In determining the lowest responsible bidder for any purchase of newsprint or high grade bleached printing or writing paper, the director of purchases of the department of administration, or any other state officer or employee authorized to make purchases directly for a state agency, shall give the following price preferences to any bidder whose bid is for newsprint or high grade bleached printing or writing paper containing not less than 50% waste paper by weight unless the requirements of subsection (b) have been met:
(1) For the fiscal years beginning July 1, 1991, and July 1, 1992, 20%;
(2) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1993, 15%;
(3) for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1994, 10%; and
(4) for fiscal years beginning on and after July 1, 1995, 5%.
(d) The director of accounts and reports and the director of purchases of the department of administration, and any other state officer or employee authorized to make purchases directly for a state agency, shall cooperate to implement the provisions of this section.
(e) Annually, on or before the first day of the regular legislative session, the director of the division of purchases of the department of administration shall submit to the legislature a report on progress in implementing the provisions of this section.