PRINTING PROVISO IN THE 2000-2001 BUDGET BILL
72.42. (GP: Printing Costs Disclosure on State Publications) All agencies using appropriated funds shall print on the last page of all bound publications the following information:
(1) Total Printing Cost
(2) Total Number of Documents Printed
(3) Cost Per Unit
The President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the Speaker of the House, Legislative Printing and Information Technology Resource, the Presidents of each institution of higher education, and the State Board for Technical and Comprehensive Education may exempt from this requirement, documents published by their respective agencies. Agency publications which are produced for resale are also exempt from this requirement.
Publications of public relations nature, produced by Parks, Recreation and Tourism, and the Division of State Development are exempt from this requirement.
72.45. (GP: Publication List for General Assembly) With the exception of the Governor's Executive Budget and related documents and telephone directories, and notwithstanding any other requirement, mandate, or provision of this act to the contrary, no agency, department, or entity of state government shall provide the General Assembly with hard copies of a publication whether or not the publication, report, or other document is required to be furnished to the General Assembly by law, and a publication only may be provided to a member of the General Assembly if the member requests the publication.
Nothing herein prevents the agency or department from transmitting such publications to the Office of Legislative Printing and Information Technology Resources (LPITR) by electronic medium in such format and form and in accordance with such technical standards as may be established by LPITR. LPITR may make any such information transmitted available through its network. Any report governed by the requirements of this proviso may be published in hard copy form if authorized by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate.