WILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, Governor

Ch. 569

by recycling the amount of the solid waste stream generated for disposal by the State
government by at least 20 percent or to an amount that is determined practical and
economically feasible, but in no case may the amount to be recycled be less than 10
percent.

(b) By January 1, 1992 each State agency and unit of State government shall
implement the recycling plan required under subsection (a) of this section.

(C) IN COOPERATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL SERVICES AND
OTHER STATE AGENCIES, THE OFFICE OF RECYCLING SHALL MONITOR THE
PROCUREMENT OF RECYCLED MATERIALS BY UNITS OF STATE GOVERNMENT, AND
SHALL ENCOURAGE POOLING OF PROCUREMENT RESOURCES AMONG UNITS OF
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN ORDER TO OBTAIN MAXIMUM ECONOMIC
EFFICIENCY IN THE GOVERNMENTAL USE OF RECYCLED MATERIALS.

Article - State Finance and Procurement

11-201.

(a)     The purposes and policies of this Division II include:

(1)     providing for increased confidence in State procurement;

(2)     ensuring fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the
State procurement system;

(3)     providing safeguards for maintaining a State procurement system of
quality and integrity;

(4)     fostering effective broad-based competition in the State through support
of the free enterprise system;

(5)      PROMOTING INCREASED LONG-TERM ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY AND
RESPONSIBILITY IN THE STATE BY ENCOURAGING THE USE OF RECYCLED
MATERIALS;

[(5)] (6) providing increased economy in the State procurement system;

[(6)](7) getting the maximum benefit from the purchasing power of the
State;

[(7)] (8) simplifying, clarifying, and modernizing the 1 aw that governs State
procurement;

[(8)](9) allowing the continued development of procurement regulations,
policies, and practices in the State; and

[(9)] (10) promoting development of uniform State procurement procedures
to the extent possible.

(b)     Unless otherwise indicated, this Division II shall be construed liberally and
applied to promote the purposes and policies enumerated in subsection (a) of this
section.

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