N.Y. Public Authorities Law § 2875-b: Specifications

§ 2875-b. Specifications. Within twelve months of the effective date

of this section all public authorities or commissions created or

continued by this chapter shall review their present product

specifications to determine whether such require that products be

manufactured from virgin materials or exclude products manufactured from

secondary materials and shall, on or before April first, nineteen

hundred ninety revise and adopt their product specifications as may be

necessary to ensure that:

a. Where such specifications exclude the use of products manufactured

from secondary materials or require that products be manufactured from

virgin materials only, such exclusions or requirements be eliminated;

provided however, that specifications need not be revised if the public

authority or commission demonstrates that for a particular end use a

product containing secondary materials would not meet necessary

performance standards.

b. Performance standards, specifications and a product's intended end

use are related, and clearly identified when feasible.

c. Specifications are not overly stringent for a particular end use or

performance standard.

d. Specifications incorporate or require the use of secondary

materials to the maximum extent practicable without jeopardizing the

performance or intended end use of the product; provided however, where

the public authority or commission demonstrates that for a particular

end use a product containing secondary materials would not meet

necessary performance standards, such specifications need not

incorporate or require the use of secondary materials.