SECTIONS 14850-14860 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 14850-14860

14850. All state printing shall be done in the Office of State
Printing.
State work only shall be done in the Office of State Printing. The
Office of State Printing may also be known as the Office of State
Publishing.

14851. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e) or (f), the Office
of State Publishing may accept or authorize paid advertisements in
materials printed or published by the office, a state agency, or a
vendor, except that the office shall not print, publish, or authorize
paid political advertising.
(b) The Office of State Publishing may print checks and other
printed matter necessary for the operation of any industry board or
state agricultural district board at the expense of the state.
(c) To reduce duplication of staff resources and to provide
consistency in the review for appropriateness of advertisements, an
agency of the state that was not authorized to accept paid
advertising in its publications before January 1, 2006, shall use the
services of the Office of State Publishing for all paid advertising
in its publications.
(d) Funds derived from the placement of paid advertisements on
agency literature or publications pursuant to this section shall be
available to the agency, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to
fund agency operations.
(e) The Office of State Publishing shall not accept or authorize
any paid advertisements in materials printed or published for the
Secretary of State.
(f) The authorization provided in subdivision (a) to the Office of
State Publishing shall apply to materials printed or published for
an executive branch agency administered by a constitutional officer
other than the Governor only upon the written consent of the director
of the agency or his or her designee. The director or his or her
designee may revoke this consent at any time in a writing
appropriately delivered to the Office of State Publishing.

14852. All printing required by the California Exposition and State
Fair and district agricultural associations is exempt from Section
14850.

14853. The department has entire charge and superintendence of the
state printing and binding.

14854. The department shall decide upon the style and manner of
printing all laws and other state documents except those printed for
the Legislature.

14855. The department may revise, reduce or decline to execute any
order, or part of any order, which it deems unnecessary or
unwarranted by law, and which will tend to consume unnecessarily the
appropriation for support of the Office of State Printing.

14856. Appropriations from the General Fund shall not be expended
for the printing or publishing of any book, pamphlet, report of
activities, or compilation or synopsis of laws, rules or regulations,
or other document concerning any of those activities of any state
agency that is supported from special funds.

14857. When any chart, map, diagram, or other engraving is required
to illustrate any document ordered to be printed, such chart, map,
diagram, or engraving shall be prepared or procured by the
department. Bills for engraving, lithographing, or lithograph
printing not so prepared or procured shall not be allowed by the
Controller.

14858. The department may cause the state printing plant, its
contents and all printing supplies and other property used or
intended to be used for state printing, wherever located, to be
insured against damage or destruction by fire.

14860. Whenever the Office of State Printing is not equipped to
fill an order for printing or other work, the Office of State
Printing shall so notify the state agency or agencies submitting the
order and the state agency or agencies shall then make purchases of
such printing or other work directly through the Office of
Procurement of the department.