(a) The Secretary of Natural Resources may contract for implementation and administration of the Standard Plan required under section 7552 of this title and, in so doing, shall comply with the Agency of Administration's current contracting procedures.

(b) In contracting for implementation and administration of the Standard Plan, the Secretary shall review the costs incurred by similar electronic waste collection and recycling programs in other states. The Secretary in his or her discretion may reopen the Standard Plan if bids received in response to a request for proposal exceed the average cost of collection and recycling incurred by similar electronic waste collection and recycling programs in other states. (Added 2009, No. 79 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 19, 2010.)