§ 906. Stationery and office supplies

(a) The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall manage a supply program in order to ensure the disbursal of equipment for use by State government, including fleet vehicles, office supplies, stationery, record books, and forms purchased by the State. The Commissioner shall disburse them upon requisition to all State departments, institutions and, within limits approved by the Commissioner of Finance and Management, to county officers whose compensation and expenses are paid by the State or any institution of higher education chartered in Vermont and accredited or holding a certificate of approval from the State Board of Education. The form of the requisition shall be prescribed by the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services.

(b) The Commissioner shall keep an accurate account of all the property and services mentioned in this section and of its distribution, and shall annually render an account to the Commissioner of Finance and Management of the distribution of those supplies and services rendered for the preceding 12 months and an inventory of all supplies on hand, in such manner and form as shall be approved by the Commissioner of Finance and Management.

(c) The Commissioner shall also maintain a central duplicating section to provide duplicating services for State departments, institutions, and county officers whose compensation and expenses are paid by the State, and supply postal services to all State offices and officers located in central Vermont and in other locations when feasible as determined by the Commissioner.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) All operating expenses and services of the central supply section and central duplicating section shall be paid out of a revolving fund insofar as possible. The Commissioner of Buildings and General Services, with the approval of the Commissioner of Finance and Management, may assess charges for supplies, equipment, and services, which the Commissioner of Finance and Management shall charge back to appropriations for the various departments all items mentioned under this section, and credit like amounts to the revolving fund. (Added 1959, No. 328 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; amended 1967, No. 148, § 1; 1983, No. 195 (Adj. Sess.), § 5(b); 1987, No. 243 (Adj. Sess.), § 39, eff. June 13, 1988; 1991, No. 87, § 4; 1995, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 4(a), eff. May 6, 1996; 2003, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 43, eff. June 8, 2004; 2007, No. 65, § 285.)