The Department shall submit for approval to the Board of Directors, as a part of the annual work program, designated projects for the use of recycled products. The designated projects must:
1. Be comprised of projects for highway construction, reconstruction, surface overlay or surface sealing for which competitive bids have been submitted and use in the surfacing mixture at least 15 percent by weight recycled asphalt or other recycled products, such as crumb rubber from tires, ash, plastics, glass or glassy aggregates.
2. Be comprised of equipment used in highway construction, including, but not limited to, barriers and markers that are made from recycled products.
(Added to NRS by 1991, 1675)