Ch. 606                                    1997 LAWS OF MARYLAND

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Environment
Section 9-1707(c) and (h)(1) and 9-1709(c)
Annotated Code of Maryland
(1996 Replacement Volume and 1996 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Environment

9-1707.

(c) (1) To satisfy the recycled content percentage requirement of this section
for a calendar year, at least the percentage specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection,
by weight, of the total newsprint used by the publisher during that calendar year for
newspapers distributed in the State shall be recycled materials.

(2) The recycled content percentage requirement is:

(i)     12% for 1992;

(ii)    12% for 1993;

(iii)   20% for 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, AND 1999;

(iv)    25% for [1995] 2000;

(v)     30% for [ 1996] 2001 AND 2002;

(vi)   35% for [ 1997] 2003 AND 2004; and

(vii)   40% for [1998] 2005 and all subsequent calendar years.

(h) (1) (I)     There is a Newsprint Recycling Board in the Department.

(II) THE NEWSPRINT RECYCLING BOARD SHALL MEET ONLY AT
THE REQUEST OF THE SECRETARY.

9-1709.

(c) (1) To satisfy the recycled content percentage requirement of this section for a
calendar year, at least the percentage specified in paragraph (2) of this subsection, by weight,
of the total directory stock used by the publisher during that calendar year for telephone
directories distributed in the State shall be recycled materials.

(2) The recycled content percentage requirement is:

(i) 12% for 1994;

(ii) 15% for 1995;

(iii) 20% for 1996, 1997, 1998, AND 1999;

(iv) 25% for [1997] 2000;

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