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Implementation of SB 585 raises state redistribution concerns as agencies prepare to send electronics to private refurbisher

PUBLIC HEALTH, WELFARE AND LABOR COMMITTEE - SENATE · December 12, 2022
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Summary

Committee members heard that a law (Senate Bill 585) requiring state participation in a statewide e‑waste program will shift electronics currently sold by state redistribution (M&R) to a private refurbisher, removing roughly $917,000 in annual resale revenue and about 30% of one program manager’s income.

The committee moved item Z to the top of the agenda to hear how a recently passed law (Senate Bill 585) will affect state electronic asset management.

Philip Cole, manager of Transformation and Shared Services’ marketing and redistribution (M&R) operations, told the committee the new law requires state electronics to be routed to a private refurbisher rather than resold locally by M&R. Cole said M&R ‘‘sold $917,000 worth of electronic’’ last year and that resale revenue accounted for…

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