Distribution of State Publications

Article 6.5 deals with the distribution of state publications. Section 11094 provides a statement of legislative intent to reduce the excessive flow of unsolicited state agency reports which, after being written, printed, and distributed at significant public expense, are received without having been requested by legislative offices, state agency offices, and other recipients who often shelve, destroy, or otherwise dispose of the unsolicited material often, again, at significant public expense.

Section 11096 prohibits any state agency from distributing a state publication, except in response to a specific request, or to the subjects of a mailing list or distribution list who have previously requested the automatic receipt of reports of this type. However, this section does not apply to the six specified publications.

Section 11097 requires each state agency to include in its budget request a listing of state publications which were added by legislative mandate or otherwise during the previous fiscal year.

Section 11098 provides, when funding for any legislatively mandated publication is discontinued in the Budget Act, the statutory mandate for that publication is automatically suspended.

Section 11099 requires each state agency that publishes or distributes a state publication to file a copy of the publication with the Joint Committee on Rules if it has published or distributed more than 1000 copies of the publication in the preceding 12 months. This section does not apply to any of the four specified publications.