Section 9-C:4 Interagency Recycling and Product Purchase Committee.
I. There is hereby established the interagency recycling and product purchase committee. The committee shall be composed of 2 representatives appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives, one senator appointed by the senate president, the commissioners of each department or designees, and a designee from the office of the governor. The head or governing board of any other primary state agency, or designee, may elect to be a non-voting member. The committee shall have 2 co-chairs. One shall be the commissioner of environmental services, or designee, and the other shall be the commissioner of administrative services, or designee.
II. The committee shall coordinate and support the efforts of state agencies to comply with this chapter. The committee shall:
(a) Identify waste materials for which recycling markets are readily available to state agencies in various parts of the state.
(b) Identify the materials, supplies, and products for purchase by state agencies that have the highest content of recycled materials and which are recyclable and non-toxic, to the extent feasible, acceptable, and appropriate, which shall include paper purchases specified in RSA 9-C:9.
III. The committee shall prepare a document by January 1, 2009, and continuously update such document which details its determinations under subparagraphs II(a) and (b). A state agency that does not adhere to recycling the waste materials or purchasing the materials, supplies, and products detailed in the document shall be presumed to be in noncompliance with the state policy principles of RSA 9-C:3, I(b) or (c) unless good cause is demonstrated, consistent with the purpose and policy established by this chapter, as part of its certification filing under RSA 9-C:10, I(b).
IV. The committee shall meet at least quarterly, with its first meeting no later than 60 days after the effective date of this act. Legislative members shall receive mileage for attending to the duties of the committee.
V. At least quarterly, the department of administrative services shall report to the committee on the status of the recycling fund under RSA 9-C:6.
VI. The committee shall have the power to issue subpoenas in order to perform its duties under this chapter.
Source. 2008, 359:2, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.