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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 10. GENERAL GOVERNMENT |
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Subtitle D. STATE PURCHASING AND GENERAL SERVICES |
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Chapter 2155. PURCHASING: GENERAL RULES AND PROCEDURES |
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Subchapter H. PURCHASING PREFERENCES |
Sec. 2155.446. PURCHASE AND USE OF PAPER CONTAINING RECYCLED FIBERS
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(a) Subject to Subsection (c), the commission shall contract for paper containing the highest proportion of recycled fibers for all purposes for which paper with recycled fibers may be used and to the extent that the paper is available through normal commercial sources to supply the state's needs.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a state agency that purchases through the commission shall place orders for papers containing recycled fibers to the highest extent of its needs and to the extent that the paper is available through the commission's purchasing procedures.
(c) This section does not apply if the average price of paper with recycled fibers exceeds by more than 10 percent the price of comparable nonrecycled paper.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1180 , Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.