CHAPTER 283

283.30

Definitions.

(1) “Agency” means any official, officer, department, board, commission, division, bureau, section, district, office, authority, committee, or council, or any other unit of organization, however designated, of the executive branch of state government, and the Public Service Commission.

(2) “Department” means the Department of Management Services.

(3) “Duplicating” means the process of reproducing an image or images from an original to a final substrate through the electrophotographic, xerographic, laser, or offset process or any combination of these processes, by which an operator can make more than one copy without rehandling the original.

(5) “Public” means those entities and persons other than subordinate and functionally related or connected federal, state, or local governmental agencies.

(6) “Publication” means any document, whether produced for public or internal distribution.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 30, ch. 84-254; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 2, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 237, ch. 92-279; s. 55, ch. 92-326; s. 71, ch. 98-279; s. 9, ch. 2011-4.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 31, ch. 84-254; ss. 1, 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 3, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 17, ch. 95-143; s. 16, ch. 99-333; s. 9, ch. 2006-111; s. 7, ch. 2015-117.

283.32 Recycled paper to be used by each agency; printing bids certifying use of recycled paper; percentage preference in awarding contracts.

(1) Each agency shall purchase, when economical, recycled paper if and when recycled paper can be obtained that is of adequate quality for the purposes of the agency.

(2) Each agency shall require a vendor that submits a bid for a contract for printing to certify in writing the percentage of recycled content of the material used for such printing. Such vendor may certify that the material contains no recycled content.

(3) Upon evaluation of bids for each printing contract, the agency shall identify the lowest responsive bid and any other responsive bids in which it has been certified that the materials used in printing contain at least the minimum percentage of recycled content that is set forth by the department. If no vendors offer materials for printing that contain the minimum prescribed recycled content, the contract shall be awarded to the responsible vendor that submits the lowest responsive bid.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 4, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 72, ch. 98-279; s. 3, ch. 2002-207; s. 12, ch. 2010-151.

(3) Except as otherwise provided for in this chapter, a contract for printing of a publication shall be subject to, when applicable, the

definitions in s. 287.012, and shall be considered a commodity for that purpose.

(4) The provisions of s. 946.515(4) shall not apply to purchases of printing.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; s. 7, ch. 90-268; ss. 5, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 1, ch. 95-420; s. 52, ch. 2001-61; s. 4, ch. 2002-207; s. 10, ch. 2011-4; s. 12, ch. 2013-154.

283.34 State officers not to have interests in printing contract.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 6, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 200, ch. 95-148; s. 5, ch. 2002-207.

283.35 Preference given printing within the state.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 7, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 6, ch. 2002-207; s. 12, ch. 2012-32.

283.425 Acceptance for printing; penalty for defective printing.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 8, 44, ch. 90-335.

283.43 Public information printing services.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 9, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 11, ch. 2011-4.

283.55 Purging of publication mailing lists.

(1) By March 1 of each odd-numbered year, every agency shall survey the addresses on each of its publication mailing lists by providing each addressee the following form, which must also disclose whether the publication is available on the agency’s website:

(2) The provisions of this

section apply to any agency, except a state university or an agency the mailing list of which consists only of those persons registered with or licensed by the agency and the registration or license fee of which includes payment by the registrants or licensees as subscribers for the publication of the agency.

History. — ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 63, ch. 86-163; s. 4, ch. 88-32; s. 20, ch. 89-381; ss. 10, 44, ch. 90-335; s. 10, ch. 2006-111.

History. — s. 11, ch. 90-335.

283.58 Agency agreements with vendors for private publication of public information materials; free distribution to public.

(1) An agency may enter into agreements to secure the private publication of public information brochures, pamphlets, audiotapes, videotapes, and related materials for distribution without charge to the public and, in furtherance thereof, is authorized to:

(2) Any public information materials produced pursuant to this

section and containing advertising of any kind must include a statement providing that the inclusion of advertising in such material does not constitute an endorsement by the state or the agency of the products or services so advertised.

History. — s. 26, ch. 90-335.