Pub. Contract Code, § 12400 · Chapter 6. Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
Pub. Contract Code, § 12400
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
For purposes of this chapter, “environmentally preferable purchasing” means the procurement or acquisition of goods and services that have a lesser or reduced effect on human health and the environment when compared with competing goods or services that serve the same purpose. This comparison shall take into consideration, to the extent feasible, raw materials acquisition, production, manufacturing, packaging, distribution, reuse, operation, maintenance, disposal, energy efficiency, product performance, durability, safety, the needs of the purchaser, and cost.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 575, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.
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