Section 29. Any agency of the commonwealth which receives an appropriation of state funds shall not make any expenditure for any document printed, mimeographed or prepared in any other way, whether for outside or interdepartmental circulation, unless publication of such document shall have been approved by the state purchasing agent, and the state purchasing agent is hereby authorized and directed to require such agencies to summarize and consolidate such documents when feasible. Each such document authorized to be printed which is four pages or more in length shall state on its face the estimated cost per copy, including the cost of paper, printing and binding.
Every original manuscript of annual reports of state agencies, whether printed in full or in summarized or consolidated form or not printed, shall be filed with the state secretary. Except as otherwise provided by law, agencies selling documents shall do so at not less than the stated estimated cost; provided, however, that such agencies may dispose of excess copies of documents no longer current as provided by rules and regulations of the secretary. This section shall not apply to publications issued by the officers of either branch of the general court, or issued under special authority given by the general court, or to the regular annual reports of the attorney general, state treasurer, state auditor or state secretary, or to reports of capital trials prepared by the attorney general under section eleven of chapter twelve, or to publications prepared by the state secretary in conformity with sections two and four of chapter five.
Structure Massachusetts General Laws
Part I - Administration of the Government
Title II - Executive and Administrative Officers of the Commonwealth
Chapter 7 - Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Section 2 - Establishment of Office
Section 3 - Principal Agency of Executive Department; Purposes
Section 3d - Supervision of State Printing by State Purchasing Agent
Section 3e - Reports; Annual Printing; Electronic Form
Section 3f - Copies of Agency Publications; Retention; Electronic Availability
Section 4a - Departments and Divisions
Section 4d - Employees; Assistants and Technical Personnel
Section 4e - Production of Agency Records in Connection With Investigations
Section 4f1/2 - Commonwealth Performance, Accountability and Transparency Trust
Section 4g - Agencies Within Executive Office for Administration and Finance
Section 4h - Division of Administrative Law Appeals; Chief Administrative Magistrate
Section 4k - Municipal Personnel Advisory Board; Members; Election, etc.; Rules and Regulations
Section 4l - Operational Services Division; Duties
Section 4m - Veterans' Services Department; Commissioner; Duties
Section 4n - Commissioner's Expenses
Section 4o - Deputy Commissioner; Appointment
Section 4p - Extended Illness Leave Bank; Executive Branch Employees
Section 4q - Website Forms; Grant Program Applications
Section 5 - First Deputy Commissioner of Administration
Section 7 - Annual Report to Governor
Section 7a - Agreement for Fire Protection of Commonwealth's Institutions
Section 8 - Reports on Estimates by State Departments, Officers, etc., to Budget Director
Section 9 - Requested Special Examination on Matters of Management or Finances
Section 10 - Special Examinations and Reports on Matters Affecting Management or Finances
Section 14c - Development and Operation of Searchable Website; Contents
Section 15 - State Purchasing Agent; Examination of Printing Bills
Section 22a - Collective Purchasing by Commonwealth and Political Subdivisions
Section 22b - Collective Purchasing by Political Subdivisions
Section 22b1/2 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22c to 22f
Section 22d - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies
Section 22e - Contracts Entered in Violation of Secs. 22c and 22d
Section 22f - Authorization to Promulgate Regulations
Section 22g - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 22h to 22m
Section 22h - Procurement of Goods or Services From Bidders or Offerors on Restricted Purchase List
Section 22i - Purchase of Medical Supplies by State Agencies
Section 22j - Restricted Purchase List; Persons Doing Business With Burma (Myanmar)
Section 22k - Promulgation of Regulations
Section 22m - Annual Report of Compliance
Section 22o - Preferential Procurement of Products or Services Within the Commonwealth
Section 23 - Removal; Noncompliance of Officers
Section 23a - Applicability of Approved Rules, Regulations or Orders
Section 23b - Preference for Products Grown in or Produced From Products Grown in Commonwealth
Section 25 - Advice to State Institutions Making Suitable Products for State Entities
Section 25a - Transfer of Supplies Between State Agencies; Approval of Amount Purchased
Section 26 - Advisory Standardization Board
Section 27 - Furnishing Paper to Reformatory by Purchasing Agent
Section 27a - Travel-Related Services; Purchase Coordination
Section 28 - Personnel Administration; Research; Technical Advisors; Rules and Regulations
Section 28b - Employee Assistance Program
Section 29 - Expenditures for Documents; Approval; Filing; Sales
Section 30 - Public Record of State Officials and Employees; Salaries; Publication
Section 31a - Suggestion Awards Board; Function; Prizes
Section 38a - American Indian Skeletal Remains; Preservation; Excavation; Analysis
Section 49 - Public Employee Retirement Administration Commission; Members; Executive Director
Section 50 - Commissioner of Public Employee Retirement; Powers and Duties; Investment Advisory Unit
Section 52 - Privatization Contracts; Need to Regulate
Section 53 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 52 to 55
Section 55 - Objection by State Auditor; Review
Section 57 - Statement of Policy Promoting Minority, Women and Veterans Businesses
Section 58 - Definitions Applicable to Secs. 59 to 61
Section 58a - Supplier Diversity Office
Section 59 - Executive Director of Supplier Diversity Office