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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025

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A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND

OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT

     Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiMario, and DiPalma

     Date Introduced: March 07, 2025

     Referred To: Senate Finance

     It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:

     SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND

GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter:

CHAPTER 167

STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT

     42-167-1. Short title.

     This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “State-Owned and Operated Printing

Facilities Preference”.

     42-167-2. Use of state-owned/operated printing facilities.

     Any state agency, state institution of higher education, and quasi-public agency which

engages in the printing of more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, mail

piece, notice, and/or promotional material shall use an existing state-owned/operated print

shop/facility as long as said state-owned/operated print shop/facility is capable of processing and

manufacturing the aforementioned materials.

     SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.

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EXPLANATION

BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL

OF

A N   A C T

RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND

OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT

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     This act would require, that any state agency, state institution of higher education, and

quasi-public agency that engages in printing more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication,

brochure, notice, or promotional material, to use a state-owned or operated print shop capable of

processing the material.

     This act would take effect upon passage.

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