Colorado § 24-70-205 - Contracts for public printing.

§ 24-70-205. Contracts for public printing.

(1) Repealed.

(2) The executive director of the department of personnel shall advertise at least two times in newspapers of general circulation published and printed in the city and county of Denver, in sufficient time to ensure furnishing of such printing when needed, inviting sealed proposals for doing printing included in the first, second, or third classes. Calls for bids for the printing specified in the fourth class shall be made from time to time in the discretion of the executive director of the department of personnel as such printing may be required for the state and its departments. The executive director of the department of personnel may call for bids on any item or group of items at such times as he or she may designate; except that printing for the state agencies outside the Denver area may be secured by the respective heads of such agencies by securing the approval of the executive director of the department of personnel after a call for bids, as specified under rules and regulations established by the executive director of the department of personnel.

Source: L. 37: p. 949, § 7. CSA: C. 130, § 72. CRS 53: § 109-2-6. L. 63: p. 271, § 7. C.R.S. 1963: § 109-2-5. L. 69: p. 882, § 2. L. 81: Entire section amended, p. 1292, § 20, effective January 1, 1982. L. 86: (1) repealed, p. 502, § 125, effective April 24. L. 96: (2) amended, p. 1525, § 74, effective June 1.

ANNOTATION

Law reviews. For article, "An Overview of Federal and State Wage-Hour Laws — Part II", see 14 Colo. Law. 781 (1985).

Section constitutional. This section is in harmony with, and is not repugnant to, § 29 of art. V, Colo. Const., relating to state contracts. Smith-Brooks Printing Co. v. Young, 103 Colo. 199, 85 P.2d 39 (1938).

Compliance with industrial commission's wage and hour schedule is a statutory requirement. Compliance with the schedule of wages and hours fixed by the industrial commission for the printing industry is a requisite for a full and lawful performance of any contract with the state that may be secured under a submitted bid. Smith-Brooks Printing Co. v. Young, 103 Colo. 199, 85 P.2d 39 (1938).

And not class legislation. A statutory requirement that contracts for state printing must, as a condition precedent to their execution, contain a provision that employees of the contractor must observe the prevailing standards of working hours and conditions prescribed by the industrial commission, does not constitute class legislation. Smith-Brooks Printing Co. v. Young, 103 Colo. 199, 85 P.2d 39 (1938).

And enforceable by employer. The requirement as to the wage and hour schedule is enforceable, as the employer has it within his power to make it possible that his employees may, and to see that they do, observe it. Smith-Brooks Printing Co. v. Young, 103 Colo. 199, 85 P.2d 39 (1938).

But not commission. When the industrial commission, acting under the provisions of this section, fixes the standard of wages, working hours, and conditions for the printing industry in connection with state contracts, it has performed the sole duty imposed upon it by this section. Smith-Brooks Printing Co. v. Young, 103 Colo. 199, 85 P.2d 39 (1938).