Bill Text: VA HB454 | 2020 | Regular Session | Prefiled
Bill Title: Virginia Public Procurement Act; purchase programs for recycled goods, climate positive materials.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-03-18 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0359) [HB454 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2020-HB454-Prefiled.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §2.2-4323 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§2.2-4323. Purchase programs for recycled goods; agency responsibilities.
A. As used in this
section the term "climate positive" means
having a net negative carbon footprint.
B. All
state agencies shall implement a purchase program for recycled goods and shall
coordinate their efforts so as to achieve the goals and objectives established
in subsection C D
as well as those set forth in §§10.1-1425.6, 10.1-1425.7, 10.1-1425.8,
2.2-4313, 2.2-4324, and 2.2-4326.
B. C. The Department of
Environmental Quality shall advise the Department of General Services
concerning the designation of recycled goods. In cooperation with the Department
of General Services, the Department of Environmental Quality shall increase the
awareness of state agencies as to the benefits of using such products.
C. D. The Department of General
Services shall:
1. Ensure that the Commonwealth's procurement guidelines for state agencies promote the use of recycled goods.
2. Promote the Commonwealth's interest in the use of recycled products to vendors.
3. Make agencies aware of the availability of recycled goods, including those that use post-consumer and other recovered materials processed by Virginia-based companies.
4. Promote the Commonwealth's interest in materials and products certified as climate positive and develop procedures to procure materials and products certified as climate positive by a third party approved by the Director of the Department of General Services.
D. E. All state agencies shall, to
the greatest extent possible, adhere to the procurement program guidelines for
recycled products to be established by the Department of General Services.