HB-5665, As Passed House, May 6, 2004

SUBSTITUTE FOR

HOUSE BILL NO. 5665

                                                                             A bill to amend 1984 PA 431, entitled                                             

"The management and budget act,"                                            

(MCL 18.1101 to 18.1594) by adding section 261c.                            

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:

1   Sec. 261c.  (1) Beginning October 1, 2005, in addition to                   

2   the requirements of sections 261, 261a, and 261b, in purchasing             

3   wood or paper products the department shall give preference to              

4   wood or paper products that derive from sustainably managed                 

5   forests or procurement systems.                                             

6       (2) Paper product and forest product companies purchasing raw               

7   materials from or through third parties may reasonably rely upon            

8   the representations of landowners, vendors, or brokers as to                

9   whether the raw materials derive from sustainably managed forests           

10  or procurement systems.                                                     

11      (3) As used in this section, "sustainably managed forests or                

1   procurement systems" means forests or procurement systems that              

2   are certified by an independent third party using 1 or more of              

3   the following certification programs:                                       

4       (a) The sustainable forestry initiative/American forest and                 

5   paper association.                                                          

6       (b) The American tree farm systems/American forest                          

7   foundation.                                                                 

8       (c) The Canadian standards associations sustainable forest                  

9   management system standards.                                                

10      (d) The forest stewardship council.                                         

11      (e) The Pan-European forest certification.                                  

12      (f) The Finnish forest certification system.                                

13      (g) The United Kingdom woodlands assurance scheme.                          

14      (h) International standards organization (ISO) standard                     

15  14001.