BILL NUMBER: AB 2675	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lowenthal

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Section 12203 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to state contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2675, as introduced, Lowenthal. State agency: public contracts.

   Existing law requires each state agency to ensure that at least
50% of reportable purchases, which are goods and materials that may
be reported or categorized within a specified product category, are
recycled products.
   This bill would require each state agency to ensure that at least
75% of reportable purchases are recycled products on and after
January 1, 2020.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 12203 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   12203.  Each state agency shall ensure each of the following:
   (a)  At  (1)     Before
January 1, 2020, at  least 50 percent of reportable purchases
are recycled products. 
   (2) On and after January 1, 2020, at least 75 percent of
reportable purchases are recycled products. 
   (b) The requirements specified in this article apply to all
reportable purchases of state agencies for product categories listed
in this article.
   (c) The reportable purchases of state agencies shall meet each
requirement for, and be applied to the total dollar amount of, each
specified product category as defined in this article. The purchase
of a recycled product from one category may not be applied toward the
requirements for, or the total dollar amount of, any other category
listed in this article.
   (d) Each state agency shall require the businesses with whom it
contracts to use, to the maximum extent economically feasible in the
performance of the contract work, recycled products.