State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > West-virginia > 05a > 5a-3-24§5A-3-24. Publication of departmental reports; uniform standards; limiting number of publications; requiring division to perform printing and binding.
The director shall have charge and supervision of the printing and binding of all reports transmitted to the governor as required by section twenty, article one, chapter five of this code. Said reports shall be printed annually as soon as possible after the close of the fiscal year.
The director shall specify the uniform maximum standards as to form and format to be used in the preparation and publication of annual reports by the various departments, agencies, boards, commissions and institutions.
The number of copies of such reports shall be limited to the minimum quantity necessary for office use of the reporting spending unit and for legally required distribution and exchange, the exact number of copies of such reports to be expressly subject to the approval of the governor.
The director shall furnish to each spending unit sufficient copies of its report to satisfy the above purposes within the limits set by the governor.
The printing and binding of all such reports shall be done by the department of administration in the printing shop maintained by the department.
Subject to the approval of the secretary of administration and the governor, the director shall have authority to limit the number of any other report, bulletin and other publication ordered to be printed by each spending unit.
Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing the director from utilizing less expensive methods of printing and binding than those prescribed above.
