Minnesota Legislature
HF 3687
as introduced - 89th Legislature (2015 - 2016) Posted on 03/29/2016 11:12am
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A bill for an act
relating to state government; creating a standard for state purchase of printer
cartridges; amending Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 16C.073,
subdivision 2.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
Section 1.
Minnesota Statutes 2015 Supplement, section 16C.073, subdivision 2, is
amended to read:
Subd. 2.
Purchases.
(a) Whenever practicable, a public entity shall:
(1) purchase uncoated copy paper, office paper, and printing paper;
(2) purchase recycled content copy paper with at least 30 percent postconsumer
material by weight and purchase printing and office paper with at least ten percent
postconsumer material by weight;
(3) purchase copy, office, and printing paper which has not been dyed with colors,
excluding pastel colors;
(4) purchase recycled content copy, office, and printing paper that is manufactured
using little or no chlorine bleach or chlorine derivatives;
(5) use reusable binding materials or staples and bind documents by methods that do
not use glue;
(6) use soy-based inks;
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(7) purchase printer or duplication cartridges that:
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(i) have ten percent postconsumer material; or
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(ii) are purchased as remanufactured; or
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(iii) are backed by a vendor-offered program that will take back the printer cartridges
after their useful life, ensure that the cartridge is recycled, and comply with the definition
of recycling in section 115A.03, subdivision 25b;
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(b) Paragraph (a), clause (1), does not apply to coated paper that is made with at
least 50 percent postconsumer material.
(c) A public entity shall print documents on both sides of the paper where commonly
accepted publishing practices allow.