UNAPPROVED DRAFT BILL -- Subject to Change Without Notice!
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BILL NO.
INTRODUCED BY
(Primary Sponsor)
A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: "AN ACT REQUIRING THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO USE POSTCONSUMER RECYCLED GLASS IN A HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECT WHEN THE GLASS MEETS SPECIFICATIONS AND THE COST IS LESS THAN OR EQUAL TO THE COST OF OTHER MATERIALS."
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
NEW SECTION. Section 1. Use of postconsumer processed recycled glass in highway construction projects. (1) The department shall use postconsumer recycled glass processed into glass cullet in federal and state highway construction projects, including but not limited to use as:
(a) roadway fill material;
(b) roadway aggregates;
(c) bedding material;
(d) foundation material; and
(e) filter material.
(2) The department shall take procedural steps with the incorporation of glass cullet into a highway project to ensure that:
(a) road construction projects use glass cullet when the cost is less than or equal to the cost of other materials used for the same purpose; and
(b) engineering standards demonstrate the acceptable use of glass cullet for a project.
NEW SECTION. Section 2. Codification instruction. [Section 1] is intended to be codified as an integral part of Title 60, chapter 2, part 2, and the provisions of Title 60, chapter 2, part 2, apply to [section 1].
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