§ 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(d) [Repealed.]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.)