GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
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SENATE BILL 705
     

 
Short Title:	Moratorium on Certain State Paper Purchases.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Foxx;  Albertson, Allran, Bingham, Carpenter, Carrington, Dannelly, Forrester, Hartsell, Horton, Hoyle, Jordan, Kerr, Kinnaird, Lee, Metcalf, Odom, Rucho, Shaw of Guilford, Warren, Weinstein, and Wellons.	
Referred to:	Commerce.	
March 27, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to suspend for two years the purchase of manila folders and manila envelopes by state agencies in order to promote solid waste reduction.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 130A‑309.14(a)(4) reads as rewritten:
"(4)	Establish and implement, in cooperation with the Department and the Department of Administration, a solid waste reduction program for materials used in the course of agency operations. The program shall be designed and implemented to achieve maximum feasible reduction of solid waste generated as a result of agency operations. The program shall include a suspension of purchasing manila folders and manila envelopes for State agencies. State agencies shall reuse manila folders and manila envelopes previously purchased, rely more on the electronic transfer of documents, or otherwise avoid the use of newly purchased manila folders and manila envelopes."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and expires June 30, 2003.