STATE PRINTING REQUIREMENTS S.B. 1055:
SUMMARY OF INTRODUCED BILL
IN COMMITTEE
Senate Bill 1055 (as introduced 9-11-14)
Sponsor: Senator Tom Casperson
Committee: Reforms, Restructuring and Reinventing
CONTENT
The bill would amend Public Act 153 of 1937, which pertains to State printing, to eliminate a requirement that all printing for which the State is chargeable, or that is paid for with money appropriated by the State, be printed within Michigan.
The Act provides that all printing for which this State is chargeable, or that is paid for with funds appropriated wholly or in part by this State, with the exception of printing for school districts, counties, townships, villages, cities, or legal publications ordered for or by elective State officers, must be printed within this State. The bill would eliminate this requirement.
The Act also requires that printing that is chargeable to or paid for by the State bear the label of the branch of the allied printing trades council of the locality in which it is printed. The Act makes an exception to this requirement for printing firms that do not have the use of that union label and wish to submit bids for State printing, if they establish consideration as a responsible bidder as provided in the Act. Under the bill, the exception would apply to printing firms that did not have use of the union label in the locality in which the printing was done.
MCL 24.61 Legislative Analyst: Jeff Mann
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.