March 18, 2004, Introduced by Reps. Bradstreet, Casperson, Stahl, LaJoy, Garfield, Nitz, Ward, Brown and Farhat and referred to the Committee on Agriculture and Resource Management.
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) In addition to the requirements of sections
2 261, 261a, and 261b, in purchasing paper products the department
3 shall give preference to paper products that derive from
4 sustainably managed forests or procurement systems.
5 (2) As used in this section, "sustainably managed forests or
6 procurement systems" means forests or procurement systems that
7 are certified by an independent third party using 1 or more of
8 the following certification programs:
9 (a) The sustainable forestry initiative/American forest and
10 paper association.
11 (b) The American tree farm systems/American forest
1 foundation.
2 (c) The Canadian standards associations sustainable forest
3 management system standards.
4 (d) The forest stewardship council.
5 (e) The Pan-European forest certification.
6 (f) The Finnish forest certification system.
7 (g) The United Kingdom woodlands assurance scheme.
8 (h) International standards organization (ISO) standard
9 14001.