9.__State procurement.__All vendors of electronic devices to the State shall provide take-back and management services for their products at the end of life of those products and must be in compliance with all the requirements of this section.__Vendors shall provide assurances that all take-back and management services will operate in compliance with all applicable environmental laws.__Purchasing preference must be given to electronic devices that incorporate design for the preservation of the environment.

Sec. 3. Management guidelines. By December 31, 2004, the Department of Environmental Protection shall publish management guidelines for the environmentally sound handling, processing, refurbishment and recycling of covered electronic devices as required by the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 38, section 1609, subsection 5, paragraph C.

Sec. 4. Report on abandoned waste. By March 30, 2005, the Department of Environmental Protection shall report to the joint standing committee of the Legislature having jurisdiction over natural resources matters on whether the handling and recycling costs attributable to abandoned waste should be included in the reasonable operational costs of consolidation facilities. For purposes of this section, "abandoned waste" means a covered electronic device that is not orphan waste and for which a manufacturer does not pay the consolidation facilities handling and recycling costs within 90 days of the 3rd monthly billing.