Bill Text: FL S0128 | 2011 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Public Printing

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-07 - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration [S0128 Detail]

Download: Florida-2011-S0128-Introduced.html

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       Florida Senate - 2011                                     SB 128
       
       
       
       By Senator Bullard
       
       
       
       
       39-00180-11                                            2011128__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to public printing; amending s.
    3         283.31, F.S.; revising the record requirements for
    4         agency publications; requiring the record to include
    5         the reasons for printing and distributing a
    6         publication and whether the publication is available
    7         electronically; requiring such justification to be
    8         included in the agency’s legislative budget request;
    9         providing an effective date.
   10  
   11  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   13         Section 1. Section 283.31, Florida Statutes, is amended to
   14  read:
   15         283.31 Records of executive agency publications.—Each
   16  agency shall maintain a record of any publication, as defined in
   17  s. 257.05, the printing of which costs in excess of the
   18  threshold amount provided in s. 287.017 for CATEGORY THREE, at
   19  least part of which is paid for by state funds appropriated by
   20  the Legislature.
   21         (1) The Such record must shall also contain the following:
   22  written justification of the need for such publication,
   23         (a) The purpose and need for the of such publication.,
   24         (b) The legislative or administrative authority for the
   25  publication.,
   26         (c) Written justification for printing and distributing
   27  printed copies of the publication and whether the publication is
   28  also available electronically. Such justification must be
   29  included in the agency’s legislative budget request submitted
   30  pursuant to s. 216.023.
   31         (d) The sources of funding for printing and distributing
   32  the publication.,
   33         (e) The number of printed copies of the publication and, if
   34  applicable, the frequency and number of issues., and
   35         (f) The reasons for deciding to have the publication
   36  printed in-house, by another agency or the Legislature, or
   37  purchased on bid. In addition, such record must shall contain
   38  the comparative costs of alternative printing methods if when
   39  such costs were a factor in deciding upon a method.
   40         (2) The record of the corporation operating the
   41  correctional industry printing program must shall include the
   42  cost of materials used, the cost of labor, the cost of overhead,
   43  the amount of profit made by the corporation for such printing,
   44  and whether the state agencies that contract with the
   45  corporation for printing are prudently determining the price
   46  paid for such printing.
   47         Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2011.