1. (a) The commission may:

   1. (1) assist a state agency with the agency's printing activities; and
   2. (2) assess and evaluate those activities.
2. (b) The commission may recommend changes intended to increase the productivity and cost-effectiveness of printing operations of state agencies. Recommendations may be reported periodically to the appropriate associate deputy director under commission rules.

3. (c) The commission may:

   1. (1) adopt standard accounting procedures that permit evaluating and comparing the costs of printing operations conducted by state agencies;
   2. (2) coordinate activities among state print shops;
   3. (3) review state agency requisitions for new printing shop equipment;
   4. (4) assist state agencies in expediting the production of printing and graphic arts;
   5. (5) maintain a roster of state print shops and their equipment, facilities, and special capabilities;
   6. (6) serve as a clearinghouse for private vendors of printing services to ensure that printing services and supplies are purchased in the most efficient and economical manner;
   7. (7) coordinate the consolidation of print shops operated by state agencies when the agencies involved determine that consolidation is appropriate; and
   8. (8) develop procedures for the recovery of the commission's reasonable costs under Chapter 317 from amounts appropriated to the state agencies for which identified savings are achieved.
4. (d) This section does not apply to an institution of higher education.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 41, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.