§ 43:1 — Purchase of printing and engraving; office of technology services; Louisiana

§1. Purchase of printing and engraving; office of technology services; Louisiana
Procurement Code; power and authority of state chief information 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 the office of technology services in the division of
administration. This provision, however, shall not apply to postsecondary institutions of
education and their management boards, the Board of Regents, 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. 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 state chief information 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.

Legislative History

Acts 1983, No. 306, §2; Acts 1988, No. 843, §1, eff. July 1, 1988; Acts 1997, No. 677, §1; Acts 2015, No. 241, §2.