March 19, 2003, Introduced by Rep. Bisbee and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend 1937 PA 153, entitled
"An act relative to printing for this state; to establish the
requirements of responsible bidders; to provide exemptions from
this act; to prescribe penalties for the violation of the
provisions of this act; and to repeal all acts and parts of acts
inconsistent with the provisions of this act,"
by amending section 1 (MCL 24.61).
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN ENACT:
1 Sec. 1. (1)
All printing for which the this state is
2 chargeable, or which that
is paid for with funds appropriated
3 wholly or in part by the
this state, excepting that which is
4 printed except printing for primary school districts,
counties,
5 townships, cities, villages, or legal publications ordered for or
6 by elective state
officers, must shall be printed within the
7 this state , and or
may be printed outside of this state if
8 printed by a qualified printing firm. As used in this
9 subsection, "qualified printing firm" means a business that
1 employs more than 1,000 individuals in this state.
2 (2) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (3), printing
3 described in this section shall bear the label of the branch of
4 the allied printing
trades council of the locality in which they
5 are printed. , except under the following
conditions:
6 (3) 1. Printing
firms not having the use of the allied
7 printing trades council
union label and who are desirous of
8 presenting wish to present bids for printing as enumerated
9 above described in this subsection shall be
required to
10 establish consideration
as a responsible bidder as follows all
11 of the following requirements for consideration as a responsible
12 bidder:
13 (a) As a
condition to consideration as a responsible bidder
14 printing concerns must
file File with the secretary
of state a
15 sworn statement to the effect that employees in the employ of the
16 concern which printing firm that is to produce such the
17 printing are receiving the prevailing wage rate and are working
18 under conditions prevalent in the locality in which the work is
19 produced.
20 (b) Whenever If
a collective bargaining agreement is in
21 effect between an employer and employees who are represented by a
22 responsible organization which
that is in no way influenced or
23 controlled by the
management, such the agreement and its
24 provisions shall be
considered as conditions prevalent in said
25 the locality and shall be the minimum requirements for being
26 adjudged a responsible bidder under this act.
27 (4) (c) Printing
firms having the use of the allied
1 printing trades council
union label shall be deemed considered
2 as having complied with the provisions of this act, but nothing
3 in these provisions shall
be construed as exempting such those
4 bidders from any
provision of the this act, and such those
5 bidders shall also be
required to conform with all of its
6 provisions to this act.
7 (5) 2. The
state-owned printing establishment in the state
8 prison of southern
Michigan shall be is exempt from the above
9 provisions: Provided,
however, That this institution
10 requirements of this act and shall not perform printing other
11 than the needs and requirements
of this that institution.
12 (6) 3. Legislative
printing, including bills and
13 resolutions passed by the legislature, shall be printed or
14 reproduced in accordance with and subject to article 4 of the
15 state constitution of
1963, and pursuant to under the
16 specifications, terms,
and conditions deemed considered
17 necessary by the legislative council.