As Amended
SEC. 31-1-1. Contracts for printing, binding, etc.
The responsibility for the making of contracts for printing, binding, engraving and lithographing is hereby vested in
each state agency or office which requires such printing, binding, engraving and lithographing, including but not
restricted to the Secretary of State, State Department of Education, State Tax Commission, Supreme Court,
Department of Insurance, State Auditor, Public Service Commission, State Treasurer, State Fiscal Management
Board, State Veterans Affairs Board, Attorney General, Department of Agriculture and Commerce, State Board of
Pharmacy, State Board of Dental Examiners, State Law Library, State Board of Health, Mississippi Department of
Corrections, State Educational Finance Commission, Department of Archives and History, Mississippi State
Hospital and Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning.
All contracts referred to herein shall be submitted to and approved by the State Fiscal Management Board prior to
their execution, except that those contracts under the jurisdiction of the Legislature shall be submitted to and
approved by the Legislative Budget Office.
All state agencies shall purchase all commodities required for their operation or for the proper fulfillment of their
duties and functions in accordance with Chapter 7 of this title in order to coordinate and promote efficiency and
economy in the purchase of such commodities for the state.
SOURCES: Codes, 1942, Secs. 8961-01, 8961-04; Laws, 1968, ch. 506, Secs. 1, 29; 1978, ch. 458, Sec. 24; 1984, ch. 488, Sec. 193; 1986, ch. 500, Sec. 15; 1987, ch. 461, Sec. 2, eff from and after passage (approved April 14, 1987).