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Required contractual arrangements - 45 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 732

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     § 732.  Required contractual arrangements.
        (a)  General rule.--Except as otherwise provided by statute
     finally enacted after July 1, 1969 applicable to public printing
     and binding generally:
            (1)  the code;
            (2)  the permanent supplements thereto published pursuant
        to section 726 (relating to permanent supplements to
        Pennsylvania Code);
            (3)  pamphlet copies of regulations, statements of
        policy, general rules and rules of court published pursuant
        to section 729 (relating to publication of individual
        documents); and
            (4)  the bulletin (unless the application of this section
        to the bulletin is found to be impracticable by the joint
        committee after notice in the bulletin and opportunity for
        hearing) published pursuant to section 724 (relating to
        preliminary publication in Pennsylvania Bulletin) and section
        725 (relating to additional contents of Pennsylvania
        Bulletin);
     shall be printed or reproduced under contract with a contractor
     unaffiliated with the Commonwealth.
        (b)  Competitive bidding.--Every such contract shall be
     given, after reasonable public invitation for proposals, to the
     lowest responsible bidder below such maximum price and under
     such regulations as shall be prescribed by the joint committee.
        (c)  Conflict of interest.--No officer or employee of the
     Commonwealth shall be in any way interested in any purchase made
     by the Commonwealth under any such contract or otherwise.
        (d)  Definitions.--For the purposes of this section the terms
     "printed" or "reproduced" shall not include mimeographed,
     multilithed or reproduced by any similar in-house process or
     produced by computer.

        Cross References.  Section 732 is referred to in section 503
     of this title.

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