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91_HB1556
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1 AN ACT concerning unbleached and non-chlorine bleached
2 paper.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Procurement Code is amended by
6 adding Section 45-22 as follows:
7 (30 ILCS 500/45-22 new)
8 Sec. 45-22. Unbleached and non-chlorine bleached paper.
9 (a) The General Assembly finds that:
10 (1) The use of chlorine based chemicals in the
11 paper manufacturing process results in the formation of
12 many persistent, toxic organochlorine pollutants.
13 (2) Those pollutants are a threat to human health
14 and a sound environment in this State and elsewhere.
15 (3) Residual organochlorines are present in paper
16 products that have been produced with the use of chlorine
17 based chemicals, posing a health threat to users of those
18 products.
19 (4) Residual organochlorines pose a threat to human
20 health and the environment when waste paper that has been
21 produced with chlorine based chemicals is disposed of in
22 landfills or incinerators.
23 (5) The use of chlorine based chemicals does not
24 produce paper products of a higher quality.
25 (6) Methods are available to produce paper
26 products, both virgin and recycled, that are either
27 unbleached or bleached with non-chlorine based chemicals.
28 (7) Procurement by this State of items that are
29 produced without the use of chlorine based chemicals will
30 promote the development of markets for those items and
31 contribute to the success of environmentally sound
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1 alternatives to chlorine based paper production.
2 (b) As used in this Section:
3 (1) "Non-chlorine bleached paper" means virgin or
4 recycled paper that has been bleached without the use of
5 chlorinated chemicals. Chlorinated chemicals include but
6 are not limited to elemental chlorine, chlorine dioxide,
7 and sodium hypochloride.
8 (2) "Paper products" means printing paper,
9 stationery, and envelopes.
10 (3) "Procurement process" means the process by
11 which paper products are purchased from competing vendors
12 under this Act.
13 (4) "Unbleached paper" means virgin or recycled
14 paper that has not been lightened by any chemical means.
15 (c) The Department shall establish by rule appropriate
16 procedures, standards, and strategies to implement the
17 maximum procurement of unbleached and non-chlorine bleached
18 paper products.
19 (d) The Department shall review and modify all
20 procurement process specifications to ensure that the
21 specifications encourage and do not discriminate against the
22 maximum purchase of unbleached and non-chlorine bleached
23 paper products.
24 (e) In purchasing paper products, the Department shall,
25 whenever the price is reasonably competitive and the quality
26 is adequate for the purpose intended, purchase unbleached or
27 non-chlorine bleached paper products. For purposes of this
28 subsection, "reasonably competitive" means a comparable
29 unbleached or non-chlorine bleached product with a cost
30 premium of no greater than 15 percent.
31 (f) In contracting for the purchase of paper products
32 for use by the Department or a State agency, when the lowest
33 responsible bidder is not supplying unbleached or
34 non-chlorine bleached paper products, and another bidder who
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1 will supply such products has submitted a bid within 15
2 percent of the lowest responsible bid for a contract to
3 supply paper products that are adequate for the purpose
4 intended, the contract shall be awarded to the bidder
5 supplying unbleached or non-chlorine bleached paper products.
6 (g) The Department shall prepare a list of known vendors
7 who can supply unbleached or non-chlorine bleached paper
8 products and shall solicit bids for paper products as needed
9 from vendors on the list.
10 (h) The Department shall prepare and submit to the
11 Governor and the General Assembly a written report on or
12 before each fifth consecutive March 1, beginning March 1,
13 2000, on its efforts to increase the Department's purchase
14 of unbleached or non-chlorine bleached paper products.
15 (i) In addition, if a contractor is required to furnish
16 paper under a printing contract, the contractor must furnish
17 unbleached or non-chlorine bleached paper, except in the
18 event of an emergency purchase. Contract requirements shall
19 call for the use of unbleached or non-chlorine bleached
20 paper.