Amended in Senate August 22, 2014

California Legislature—2013–14 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2675

Introduced by Assembly Member Lowenthal

February 21, 2014

An act to amend begin delete Section end delete begin insert Sections end insert 12203 begin insert and 12211 end insert of the Public Contract Code, relating to state contracts.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2675, as amended, 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 begin insert , except for paint, antifreeze, and tires which would remain at the 50% requirement end insert .

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Existing law requires a state agency, except the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, to annually report its progress in meeting recycled product purchasing requirements, as specified.

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This bill would remove the exception pertaining to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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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) (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 begin delete products. end delete begin insert products, except for paint,
antifreeze, and tires. end insert

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(3) On and after January 1, 2020, at least 50 percent of
reportable purchases of paint, antifreeze, and tires are recycled
products.

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(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.

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begin insert Section 12211 of the end insert begin insert Public Contract Code end insert begin insert is amended
to read: end insert

12211.  

(a)  begin delete (1) end delete begin delete   end delete begin delete Except as provided in paragraph (2), a end delete begin insert A end insert state
agency shall report annually to the board its progress in meeting
the recycled product purchasing requirements using the SABRC
report format provided by the Department of Resources Recycling
and Recovery.

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(2) The reporting requirement in paragraph (1) does not apply
to the Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

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(b) On or before October 31 of each year, the department shall
provide to the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery
the following information:

(1) A list, by category, of individual reportable recycled
products, materials, goods, and supplies that were available for
purchase by state agencies from a statewide-use contract,
agreement, or schedule during the previous fiscal year.

(2) A list, by category, of all reportable products, materials,
goods, and supplies that were available for purchase by state
agencies from a statewide-use contract, agreement, or schedule,
including contract, agreement, or schedule tracking numbers,
during the previous fiscal year.