USA Statutes : oregon
Title : TITLE 24 PUBLIC ORGANIZATIONS FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE
Chapter : Chapter 282 Public Printing
As used in ORS
282.010 to 282.150, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Department” means the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services.

(2)(a) “Printed public document” means informational matter
produced for public distribution regardless of format, method of
reproduction, source or copyright, originating in any state agency or
produced with the imprint of, by the authority of or at the total or
partial expense of any state agency.

(b) “Printed public document” does not include:

(A) Correspondence, forms, interoffice or intraoffice memoranda;

(B) Legislative bills, calendars and interim committee reports made
available under ORS 171.206;

(C) Oregon Revised Statutes or any edition thereof; or

(D) Reports and publications of the Supreme Court, the Court of
Appeals and the Oregon Tax Court.

(3) “Printing” means printing, duplicating and copying. [Amended by
1975 c.605 §1; 1993 c.500 §35; 2001 c.539 §1] (1) The
Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services or the
designee of the director shall:

(a) Control and manage all state printing.

(b) Control all state printing purchases, including those outside
of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services; and any printing
conducted outside of the department on behalf of state government may be
conducted only through authority of the director or the director’s
designee.

(2) Printing and binding that advertises or promotes products,
agricultural or manufactured, shall not be considered state printing.

(3) The director or the director’s designee may advertise for bids
and award contracts for state printing, but the policy of the director or
the director’s designee in deciding what work shall be let by contract
shall be dictated by questions of good business and economy. [Amended by
1959 c.293 §1; 1975 c.605 §2; 1995 c.452 §11; 2001 c.539 §2] During sessions of
the Legislative Assembly and immediately thereafter the Oregon Department
of Administrative Services shall give first priority to the printing of
legislative publications and materials for the Legislative Assembly, its
officers and committees. [1973 c.492 §2; 2001 c.539 §3](1) Before being printed all copy specifications must be
submitted to the Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative
Services or the director’s designee for review and approval as to format,
style and quality in accordance with rules of the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services. The director or the director’s designee may in
the interest of economy, revise the specifications but not in such a
manner as to destroy the purpose or quantity of the copy.

(2) For purposes of this section, “copy specification” does not
include any specification of the Legislative Assembly or any committee or
officer thereof. [Amended by 1975 c.605 §4; 2001 c.539 §4] The Oregon Department
of Administrative Services shall determine and fix the charges to be made
for all printing work done by the department. In determining the charges,
the cost of all labor, materials, office expense and depreciation shall
be taken into consideration. All printing shall be paid for by the state
agency for whose use and benefit it is secured and at the rate fixed and
as per invoices rendered by the department. [Amended by 1975 c.605 §5;
1995 c.452 §12; 2001 c.539 §5] At the discretion of the
individual agency director, a state agency may print a symbol on paper
products selected by the agency director. This symbol shall be determined
by the Oregon Department of Administrative Services, in consultation with
the Department of Environmental Quality, and shall be similar to the
following: “Printed on recycled paper.” This symbol may be printed only
on recycled paper. [Formerly 279.625] (1) As used in this section,
unless the context otherwise requires, the term “state agency” or
“agency” has the meaning given that term in ORS 291.002.

(2) The Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall control
and regulate the performance and production of all multiple duplication
work required by state agencies and the purchase and use of multiple
duplication equipment, including but not limited to xerographic or other
copying devices. The department shall itself perform such duplicating
services for the state agencies as may practicably and economically be
performed centrally, and for that purpose may require that duplicating
equipment possessed by any agency be transferred to the department. The
department further may require transfers of duplicating equipment between
agencies where doing so would result in efficiency and economy. Where any
duplicating equipment is so transferred to the department or between
agencies, the proper adjustment shall be made in the accounts and
appropriation allotments of the department and of the agencies involved.
[Amended by 1975 c.605 §6; 2001 c.539 §6]Notwithstanding any provision in ORS 282.020 or 282.050 to
the contrary, in all cases where federal granted funds are involved, the
federal laws, rules and regulations applicable thereto shall govern.(1) An athletic department of any university under the
jurisdiction of the State Board of Higher Education shall not be required
to use state printing services controlled by the Director of the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services or the designee of the director as
required by ORS 282.020 (1).

(2) A state agency that gives to the director prior written notice
of its intent to use other printing services shall not be required to use
state printing services controlled by the director or the director’s
designee as required by ORS 282.020 (1), if the agency can demonstrate
that these other printing services provide better value in the form of
lower prices or better responsiveness than those services already
(1) Subject to any applicable provisions of
the Oregon Constitution and the State Personnel Relations Law, the
Director of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
appoint a State Printer. The State Printer shall be paid out of the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund as provided
in ORS 282.110.

(2) Subject to any applicable provisions of the Oregon
Constitution, the director shall establish qualifications, duties and a
job description for the State Printer. [Amended by 1959 c.662 §9; 2001
c.539 §7a](1) All moneys received by the Oregon Department of
Administrative Services for printing, ruling and binding shall be
promptly deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund created by ORS
283.076.

(2) In addition to the other purposes for which the Oregon
Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund may be used, the
Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating Fund hereby is
appropriated continuously for and may be used for the purchase of all
supplies and the payment of all labor and expense, including equipment
and facilities, connected with the department’s printing, publishing and
distribution activities. The administrative costs incurred in the
operation of the Oregon Department of Administrative Services Operating
Fund for the purposes of this section shall be paid from the account and
shall be added to the costs of the department’s printing, publishing and
distribution activities. [Amended by 1959 c.662 §8; 1975 c.605 §8; 1981
c.106 §16; 2001 c.539 §8] At the inauguration
of a Governor, the Oregon Department of Administrative Services shall
cause to be printed such number of copies of the inaugural address as the
Governor-elect directs. [Amended by 1957 c.230 §1; 1975 c.605 §10; 2001
c.539 §9]PUBLIC PRINTING GENERALLY(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, all
printing, binding and stationery work, including the manufacture of motor
vehicle registration plates and plates required to be affixed to motor
carriers, for the state or any county, city, town, port district, school
district, or other political subdivision thereof, shall be performed
within the state. All requests for bids and all contracts for such work
shall so stipulate.

(2) The work referred to in subsection (1) of this section may be
performed outside the state if it is established that:

(a) The work cannot be performed within the state;

(b) The lowest price for which such work can be procured within the
state exceeds the charge usually and customarily made to private
individuals and corporations for work of similar character and quality; or

(c) All bids for the work, or any part thereof, are excessive and
not reasonably competitive. [Amended by 2003 c.758 §2] No
payment shall be made by the state or any political subdivision thereof
for printing, binding or stationery work, including the manufacture of
motor vehicle registration plates and plates required to be affixed to
motor carriers, unless it appears that such work was done within the
state, or was authorized to be done outside the state pursuant to ORS
282.210. [Amended by 2003 c.758 §3](1) All contracts for work to be performed outside the
state under ORS 282.210 shall provide and require that such work shall be
performed under conditions of labor and employment which shall
substantially conform to the laws of this state respecting hours of
labor, the minimum wage scale for women and minors, and the rules and
regulations promulgated by the Wage and Hour Commission of the State of
Oregon regarding conditions of employment, hours of labor and minimum
wages.

(2) Violation of the provision required by subsection (1) of this
section shall be grounds for cancellation of the contract.PENALTIESThe provisions of ORS 291.990 apply to ORS
282.020 and 282.050. Any violation of ORS 282.040, 282.050 and 282.060
shall, upon conviction, be punished as prescribed in ORS 291.990.

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