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2015 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 33
BY SENATOR WALSWORTH
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION. Places the office of telecommunications management
within the office of technology services. (8/1/15)
1 AN ACT
2 To amend and reenact R.S. 39:140 and 245 and R.S. 43:1, and to repeal R.S. 49:205, relative
3 to the division of administration; to provide relative to the office of technology
4 services and the office of telecommunications management; to provide for
5 reorganization; to provide for the uniform consolidated mailroom; to provide for
6 supervision and control; to provide for purchasing printing and engraving; and to
7 provide for related matters.
8 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
9 Section 1. R.S. 39:140 and 245 are hereby amended and reenacted to read as
10 follows:
11 §140. Office of telecommunications management; creation and authority
12 There is hereby created, within the division of administration office of
13 technology services, the office of telecommunications management, headed by the
14 state director of the office of telecommunications management, under the supervision
15 and control of the commissioner of administration state chief information officer.
16 The director of the office of telecommunications management may employ and
17 supervise such assistants and other persons as may be necessary to discharge the
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1 duties of the office and may delegate authority to such designees or to any
2 governmental body as the director may deem appropriate within the limitations of
3 state law and regulations. Rules and regulations shall be promulgated as may be
4 necessary to carry out the provisions of this Part.
5 * * *
6 §245. Uniform consolidated mailroom
7 A. The division of administration office of technology services shall
8 establish a uniform consolidated mailroom operation for all state agencies for
9 messenger, mail processing, and presort services. The commissioner state chief
10 information officer may establish a set of specifications, including but not limited
11 to types and sizes of envelopes and address print requirements to be used by all state
12 agencies. The commissioner state chief information officer is authorized to adopt
13 all necessary standards and guidelines to implement a uniform consolidated
14 mailroom operation, and is also authorized to promulgate all rules and regulations
15 necessary and proper toward that end, pursuant to the provisions of the
16 Administrative Procedure Act.
17 B. The office of technology services is authorized to bill the budget units
18 for such services at actual cost as nearly as can be determined, and settlements
19 therefor shall be made by warrants. The receipts for such services shall be
20 treated as reimbursements.
21 C. State colleges and universities, their management boards, and the Board
22 of Regents shall be excluded by the division of administration from the provisions
23 of Subsection A of this Section unless it can be verified that inclusion would result
24 in a savings to the respective college, university, or board.
25 * * *
26 Section 2. R.S. 43:1 is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows:
27 §1. Purchase of printing and engraving; central purchasing office of technology
28 services; Louisiana Procurement Code; power and authority of chief
29 procurement state chief information officer
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1 A. All administrative boards, commissions, departments, agencies,
2 institutions, and offices within the executive branch of the state government shall
3 purchase all requirements of printing and engraving through a central purchasing
4 agency the office of technology services in the division of administration. This
5 provision, however, shall not apply to the Louisiana State University System, the
6 Southern University System, the Board of Trustees of State Colleges and
7 Universities system, vocational-technical schools, special schools, and other
8 institutions under the supervision of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary
9 Education, the port authorities of the state, the legislature, the office of the State
10 Bond Commission in the Department of the Treasury, or the judiciary except that it
11 shall apply to the office of the attorney general. All procurement of such printing
12 and engraving for the executive departments of state government shall be done under
13 and in accordance with the provisions of the Louisiana Procurement Code.
14 B. In order to carry out the duties and functions imposed upon him by this
15 Chapter, in conjunction with the Louisiana Procurement Code, the chief procurement
16 state chief information officer shall have the power and authority:
17 (1) To consult, review, and make recommendations with regard to all printing
18 requirements in order that the best and most economical methods may be employed.
19 (2) To delegate the purchase of printing to any instrumentality covered by
20 this Chapter whenever in his written opinion the best interests of the state will be
21 served thereby.
22 (3) To use any and all powers and authority granted to him by law or
23 otherwise delegated to him by competent authority.
24 Section 3. R.S. 49:205 is hereby repealed.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ashley E. Menou.
DIGEST
SB 33 Engrossed 2015 Regular Session Walsworth
Present law places the office of telecommunications management (OTM) within the division
of administration (DOA).
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Proposed law merges OTM with the office of technology services (OTS) under the
supervision and control of the state chief information officer.
Present law places the uniform consolidated mailroom for all state agencies under the control
of DOA and the commissioner of administration.
Proposed law moves uniform consolidated mailroom operations to OTS and control to the
state chief information officer.
Present law requires the executive branch purchase all requirements of printing and
engraving from a central purchasing agency with the chief procurement officer having
authority.
Proposed law designates OTS as the vendor for all printing and engraving purchases made
by the executive branch with the chief information officer having authority.
Effective August 1, 2015.
(Amends R.S. 39:140 and 245 and R.S. 43:1; repeals R.S. 49:205)
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