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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0668 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC002325 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND |
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| 16 | 16 | | OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT |
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| 17 | 17 | | Introduced By: Senators Sosnowski, DiMario, and DiPalma |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Finance |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Title 42 of the General Laws entitled "STATE AFFAIRS AND 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | GOVERNMENT" is hereby amended by adding thereto the following chapter: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | CHAPTER 167 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | STATE-OWNED AND OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | 42-167-1. Short title. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | This chapter shall be known and may be cited as “State-Owned and Operated Printing 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | Facilities Preference”. 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 42-167-2. Use of state-owned/operated printing facilities. 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | Any state agency, state institution of higher education, and quasi-public agency which 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | engages in the printing of more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, brochure, mail 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | piece, notice, and/or promotional material shall use an existing state-owned/operated print 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | shop/facility as long as said state-owned/operated print shop/facility is capable of processing and 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | manufacturing the aforementioned materials. 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | LC002325 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 44 | 44 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 45 | 45 | | OF |
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| 46 | 46 | | A N A C T |
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| 47 | 47 | | RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS AND GOVERNMENT -- STATE-OWNED AND |
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| 48 | 48 | | OPERATED PRINTING FACILITIES PREFERENCE ACT |
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| 49 | 49 | | *** |
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| 50 | 50 | | This act would require, that any state agency, state institution of higher education, and 1 |
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| 51 | 51 | | quasi-public agency that engages in printing more than fifty (50) copies of a contract, publication, 2 |
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| 52 | 52 | | brochure, notice, or promotional material, to use a state-owned or operated print shop capable of 3 |
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| 53 | 53 | | processing the material. 4 |
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| 54 | 54 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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