Sections 81-1183 to 81-1189 shall be known and may be cited as the State Government Recycling Management Act.

Source:Laws 1990, LB 987, § 1; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1642.

It is the intent of the State Government Recycling Management Act and the public policy of this state to recognize the importance of limited natural resources, to prevent waste, and to promote the most energy-saving and resource-saving use of state government recyclable material and the most efficient and economical method of recycling and disposing of such recyclable material.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 2; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.02; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 3; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1643; Laws 2000, LB 654, § 37.

For purposes of the State Government Recycling Management Act, state government recyclable material means any product or material that has reached the end of its useful life, is obsolete, or is no longer needed by state government and for which there are readily available markets to take the material. State government recyclable material includes paper, paperboard, aluminum and other metals, yard waste, glass, tires, oil, and plastics. State government recyclable material does not include cans or other containers recycled under section 83-915.01 or material used in the production of goods or the provision of services by the correctional industries program of the Department of Correctional Services.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 1; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.01; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 2; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1644; Laws 2000, LB 654, § 38; Laws 2015, LB605, § 83; Laws 2016, LB1080, § 2.

A program for the collection for recycling and sale of state government recyclable material shall be designed and implemented by the Department of Administrative Services in all state-operated buildings.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 3; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.03; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 4; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1645; Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 97; Laws 2000, LB 654, § 39.

The Department of Administrative Services shall obtain pricing information and shall contract to sell state government recyclable material for the best terms available in the marketplace. If the department is unable to locate a purchaser for such recyclable material or such sale would not be in the best economic interests of the state and the department is unable to locate a nonpaying contractee to recycle such recyclable material, the department shall make such other disposition of such recyclable material as is most practical and in the best interests of the state.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 4; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.04; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 5; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1646; Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 98; Laws 2000, LB 654, § 40.

The Resource Recovery Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Administrative Services. All proceeds from the program required by section 81-1186 and fifteen percent of all proceeds from the sale of surplus property sold to be remanufactured or reprocessed shall be deposited in the fund. The fund shall be used for the administration and implementation of the program, except that transfers from the fund to the General Fund may be made at the direction of the Legislature.

Any money in the Resource Recovery Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

The State Treasurer shall transfer two hundred fifty thousand dollars from the Resource Recovery Fund to the General Fund within fifteen days after July 1, 2002.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 5; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.05; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 6; Laws 1991, LB 429, § 1; R.S.Supp.,1991, § 81-1647; Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 99; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 105; Laws 2002, LB 1310, § 19.

Cross References

Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.

The Department of Administrative Services may adopt and promulgate all rules and regulations necessary to carry out the State Government Recycling Management Act.

Source:Laws 1986, LB 380, § 6; R.S.1943, (1987), § 81-1140.06; Laws 1990, LB 987, § 7; R.S.Supp.,1990, § 81-1648; Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 100.