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. (a) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the policy
of the state to conserve and protect its resources. The Legislature
further finds and declares that the use of recycled products produced
as the result of the superior waste management efforts by the state
and local governmental entities will help conserve resources.
(b) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state pursue all
feasible measures to improve markets for recycled products including,
but not limited to, bid evaluation preferences for purchases made by
the state.
(c) If fitness and quality are equal, each state agency shall
purchase recycled products instead of nonrecycled products whenever
recycled products are available at the same or a lesser total cost
than nonrecycled products.