Section 9-C:10 Reporting. - New Hampshire Statutes

   I. (a) The committee shall prepare a form, with assistance from the director of the division, that shall be used to report on agency success in complying with this chapter. The head or governing board of each department or other primary state agency shall complete the form to the extent that the information requested is applicable to the agency, and return it to the committee by September 1 of each year beginning in 2009. Information concerning administratively attached agencies, as identified by the committee, shall be included within the report of the primary state agency. The form shall require the reporting of information in sufficient detail to allow the committee to prepare its annual report under paragraph II. When possible, the committee shall rely upon information already recorded by the division through the procurement process.
      (b) The primary state agency shall certify on such form that the agency is in compliance with each policy provision of RSA 9-C:3, I and if not, the reasons for non-compliance and the agency's plan for compliance.
   II. The committee shall submit a report on compliance with this chapter by November 1 of each year beginning in 2009 to the governor, the legislative committees of jurisdiction, the department of environmental services, and the state library that shall include, but not be limited to, both detailed and summarized information, as best can be determined, on:
      (a) The waste materials that were either recycled or otherwise disposed of by state agencies during the prior fiscal year by type, quantity, disposal cost or sales revenue, and agency.
      (b) Purchases made by state agencies during the prior fiscal year of those types of materials, supplies, and products identified by the committee under RSA 9-C:4, II(b) as being available with recycled material content, by type, recycled material content, if any, quantity, cost, and agency. Where possible, the committee shall rely upon information recorded by the division through the procurement process.
      (c) The response given by each state agency to the certification requirement under subparagraph I(b) relative to its compliance with each policy principle of RSA 9-C:3, I.
      (d) Any recommended changes to state laws, policies, or practices that would advance the policy principles of RSA 9-C:3, I, including any offered by state agencies under paragraph I.
      (e) The actions taken by the division to fulfill its responsibilities under RSA 9-C:8 as the state's procurement agency.
      (f) The activities of the committee during the past year, including a copy of the document prepared by the committee under RSA 9-C:4, III.
   III. The legislative branch shall devise its own method of reporting compliance with this chapter and shall not be considered a state agency for purposes of reporting under this section.

Source. 2008, 359:2, eff. Sept. 9, 2008.