Chapter 20-A: Centralized Bureau for the Reproduction of State Documents

The governor, whenever he finds that it would be in the best interests of the state to do so, may establish within any department of the state a bureau for the mimeographing, photostating, multilithing, microfilming, or reproducing by any other similar methods, of forms, letters, papers, reports and the like for the various state departments and agencies.

If such a bureau is established, the governor may make rules and regulations relative to the reproduction of forms, letters, papers, reports and the like by said bureau.

The governor is hereby authorized to transfer to the bureau of mimeographing any employee of any state department or agency, except as hereinafter provided, authorized to do work on mimeographing, photostating or multilithing or other such machines and all unexpended appropriations and funds allocated for the payment of such employee's salary shall be transferred to the bureau so established. Any such employee so transferred or employed by the expenditure of such funds and appropriations shall be directly responsible to the head of the department wherein said bureau is established.

Provided however that no employee and funds shall be transferred under the authority of the preceding section where such transfer would affect the receipt of federal assistance in any way and provided further that no employee so transferred shall receive less compensation than he was receiving from the department from which transferred.

The governor is authorized to transfer to the bureau so established any equipment belonging to any department or agency used in the mimeographing, photostating, multilithing, microfilming or by any other method of reproducing forms, letters, papers, reports and the like, except in cases where such transfer would affect the receipt of federal aid to such department or agency. The governor is also authorized to transfer any materials used in connection with such reproducing machines and funds which may have been appropriated for the upkeep of such machines.