BILL NUMBER: AB 2635	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member John A. Pérez

                        FEBRUARY 24, 2012

   An act to amend Section 22150 of the Public Contract Code,
relating to public contracts.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2635, as introduced, John A. Pérez. Public contracts:
purchasing recycled products.
   Existing law provides that if the fitness and quality of recycled
and nonrecycled products are equal, local public entities shall
purchase specified recycled products whenever they are available at
the same or a lesser total cost than nonrecycled items.
   This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changesto that
provision.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 22150 of the Public Contract Code is amended to
read:
   22150.  (a) If fitness and quality are equal, each local public
entity shall purchase recycled products, as defined in Section 12200,
instead of nonrecycled products whenever recycled products are
available at  the same   equal  or 
a  lesser total cost than nonrecycled items.
   (b) A local public entity may give preference to suppliers of
recycled products.
   (c) A local public entity may define the amount of this
preference.