2006 Alabama Code - Section 41-4-130 — Public printing and binding to be done under contract; House and Ssenate journals.

(a) The acts and journals of the Legislature, the revenue laws of each session of the Legislature, in separate pamphlets, the reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court, the reports of the decisions of the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals, the annual or biennial reports of all officials, boards, commissions, bureaus, departments and institutions, which are required by law to make such reports, and all handbooks, pamphlets, blanks, bulletins, circulars, notices, reports, messages and forms used, published or required by all such officials, boards, commissions, bureaus, departments and institutions, and also by the Clerk of the Supreme Court, the Clerk of the Court of Civil Appeals, the Clerk of the Court of Criminal Appeals, and all bills, papers, documents and reports ordered by and for the use of the Legislature or either house thereof, shall be printed, or printed and bound, as the case may be, and the records of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals shall be bound as ordered by the clerks of said courts, under contract as provided in this division. No printing or binding for the state shall be done under contracts made in pursuance of the provisions of this division other than such as are covered and provided for in this division. This division shall not apply, however, to printing and binding required by any college, vocational-technical school or trade school subject to the jurisdiction and control of the State Board of Education; such printing and binding shall be performed or furnished under contracts let on a competitive bidding basis by the purchasing agent or chief executive officer of the institution affected.

(b) With regard to the preparation and printing of the journals of the House and Senate, the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate are hereby authorized to prepare the journal from their respective chambers in such form or state of completion, including camera ready drafts or other forms, as the clerk or secretary deem necessary or appropriate, including the final form for printing. The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate are each hereby further authorized to prepare a final bound and printed journal in their sole discretion, provided that all other time requirements for their final printing are met.

(Code 1896, §3385; Code 1907, §1647; Code 1923, §2895; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §110; Acts 1967, No. 223, p. 592; Acts 1990, No. 90-224, p. 280, §1.)