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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state purchasing preferences for recycled products and |
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to the efficient operation of certain telecommunications entities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2155.445(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission and state agencies shall give preference |
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to recycled, remanufactured, or environmentally sensitive |
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products, as those terms are defined by rule of the commission, in |
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purchases made under this subtitle if: |
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(1) the product meets state specifications regarding |
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quantity and quality; and |
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(2) the average price of the product is not more than |
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10 percent greater than the price of comparable nonrecycled |
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products. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2155.446, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2155.446. PURCHASE AND USE OF PAPER CONTAINING |
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RECYCLED FIBERS. (a) Subject to Subsection (c), the [The] |
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commission shall contract for paper containing the highest |
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proportion of recycled fibers for all purposes for which paper with |
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recycled fibers may be used and to the extent that the paper is |
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available [at a reasonable price] through normal commercial sources |
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to supply the state's needs. |
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(b) Subject to Subsection (c), a [A] state agency that |
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purchases through the commission shall place orders for papers |
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containing recycled fibers to the highest extent of its needs and to |
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the extent that the paper is available through the commission's |
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purchasing procedures. |
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(c) This section does not apply if the average price of |
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paper with recycled fibers exceeds by more than 10 percent the price |
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of comparable nonrecycled paper. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2170.005(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) To ensure efficient operation of the consolidated |
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telecommunications system at minimum cost to the state, the |
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department shall adopt and disseminate to all agencies appropriate |
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guidelines and[,] operating procedures[,] and may publish |
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telephone directories listed under Subchapter I, Chapter 55, |
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Utilities Code, Sections 55.202 and 55.203 on a state Internet |
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website. |
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SECTION 4. Subchapter I, Chapter 55, Utilities Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 55.204 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 55.204. ELECTRONIC TELEPHONE DIRECTORY. (a) |
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Notwithstanding any other law, a telecommunication provider or |
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telecommunications utility to further the recycling goals, may |
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publish on the provider's or the utility's Internet website a |
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telephone directory or directory listing instead of providing for |
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general distribution to the public of printed directories or |
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listings. |
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(b) A provider or utility that publishes a telephone |
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directory or directory listing as described by Subsection (a) shall |
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provide a print or digital copy of the directory or listing to a |
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customer on request. If a provider or utility exercises this |
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option, it shall notify its customers that provider or utility |
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shall provide the first print or digital copy requested by a |
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customer in each calendar year at no charge to the customer. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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