2006 Alabama Code - Section 41-4-131 — Classification of public printing and binding.

The printing and binding authorized in Section 41-4-130, for the purposes of the contracts provided in this division, shall be divided into classes, each class to be let in a separate contract:

Class 1. The reports of the decisions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals.

Class 2(a). The acts passed by the Legislature.

Class 2(b). The journals of the House and Senate, unless the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate elect to bind and print their own respective journals as provided in subsection (b) of Section 41-4-130 above.

Class 3. Annual or biennial reports of all officials, boards, commissions, bureaus, departments and institutions which are required by law, and all handbooks, pamphlets or bulletins which the Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries is or may be authorized by law to publish, and all other pamphlets or documents of a public nature, the publication of which is ordered by the Governor in pursuance of law.

Class 4. All messages of the Governor to the Legislature, all bills, documents and reports ordered by and for the use of the Legislature or either house thereof while in session; all blanks, circulars, notices and forms used in the office of or ordered by the Governor, or by any other state official, board, commission, bureau or department, or by the Clerks of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals; and all blanks and forms ordered by and for the use of the Secretary of the Senate and Clerk of the House of Representatives, and binding the original records and opinions of the Supreme Court, the Court of Civil Appeals and the Court of Criminal Appeals.

(Code 1896, §3386; Code 1907, §1648; Code 1923, §2896; Acts 1939, No. 112, p. 144; Code 1940, T. 55, §111; Acts 1949, No. 28, p. 42; Acts 1990, No. 90-224, p. 280, §1.)