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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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STATE FINANCE AND PROCUREMENT |
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DIVISION II. GENERAL PROCUREMENT LAW |
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TITLE 14. PREFERENCES |
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SUBTITLE 4. MISCELLANEOUS PURCHASING PREFERENCES |
§ 14-414. Purchasing electronic products
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(a) Definitions. --
(1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.
(2) "Electronic product" means a product covered by EPEAT or another comprehensive environmental rating system approved by the Department of Information Technology.
(3) "EPEAT" means the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool.
(b) Requirements. -- When purchasing an electronic product to be used by the State, a State unit shall purchase an electronic product that:
(1) is listed and rated silver or gold on the EPEAT registry; or
(2) meets nationally recognized and consensus-based standards established by a comprehensive environmental rating system approved by the Department of Information Technology.
(c) Waiver. -- If a unit requests a waiver from the requirement in subsection (b) of this section, the Secretary of Information Technology, or the Secretary's designee, may waive the requirement.