2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 43 — Public printing and advertisements
RS 43:1 — Title 43public printing and advertisements
TITLE 43
PUBLIC PRINTING AND ADVERTISEMENTS
CHAPTER 1. STATE PRINTING
§1. Purchase of printing and engraving; central purchasing; Louisiana Procurement Code; power and authority of chief procurement officer
A. All administrative boards, commissions, departments, agencies, institutions, and offices within the executive branch of the state government shall purchase all requirements of printing and engraving through a central purchasing agency in the division of administration. This provision, however, shall not apply to the Louisiana State University System, the Southern University System, the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities system, vocational-technical schools, special schools, and other institutions under the supervision of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, the port authorities of the state, the legislature, the office of the State Bond Commission in the Department of the Treasury, or the judiciary except that it shall apply to the office of the attorney general. All procurement of such printing and engraving for the executive departments of state government shall be done under and in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Procurement Code.
B. In order to carry out the duties and functions imposed upon him by this Chapter, in conjunction with the Louisiana Procurement Code, the chief procurement officer shall have the power and authority:
(1) To consult, review, and make recommendations with regard to all printing requirements in order that the best and most economical methods may be employed.
(2) To delegate the purchase of printing to any instrumentality covered by this Chapter whenever in his written opinion the best interests of the state will be served thereby.
(3) To use any and all powers and authority granted to him by law or otherwise delegated to him by competent authority.
Acts 1983, No. 306, §2; Acts 1988, No. 843, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 677, §1.
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