48-06 Capitol Central Mailing Bureau

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CHAPTER 48-06CAPITOL CENTRAL MAILING BUREAU48-06-01.Establishment - Rules and regulations.The director of the office ofmanagement and budget shall maintain and operate a central mailing bureau in the state capitol.<br>The director shall prescribe such reasonable rules and regulations as may be necessary for the<br>prompt and efficient dispatch of all mail.48-06-02. Capitol building departments - Compliance with regulations of mailingdepartment. All state officers, departments, or agencies housed in the state capitol shall deliver<br>all official mail originating in the capitol, unstamped, to the central mailing bureau in compliance<br>with the regulations prescribed for the delivery of outgoing mail. This section shall not apply to<br>those officers, departments, or agencies which are prohibited by state or federal law from<br>disclosing mailing lists which by law are made confidential.48-06-03. Departments exempt from using central mailing bureau. The director ofthe office of management and budget may exempt any department where it is determined that it<br>would not be practical or economical for it to use the central mailing bureau, because of the<br>unusual weight, kind, or volume of mail dispatched by the department.48-06-04. Purchasing supplies - Employing mail clerks - Office of management andbudget. The director of the office of management and budget shall provide a suitable room and<br>shall employ the necessary mailing bureau staff. The director also shall purchase postage meter<br>machines and such other equipment, materials, and supplies as are necessary for the purpose of<br>carrying out the provisions of this chapter.48-06-05. Official stamp on all mail. All mail dispatched through the mailing bureaushall have stamped or printed thereon by the meter machine the following words &quot;Official Mail<br>State of North Dakota&quot;.48-06-06. Office of management and budget postage revolving fund. There shall bemaintained in the office of the state treasurer an &quot;office of management and budget postage<br>revolving fund&quot; for the advance payment of postage. The director of the office of management<br>and budget may draw upon the fund for the advance payment of postage for the use of the<br>central mailing bureau, and all collections from the several offices, departments, and agencies,<br>for postage used by them, are hereby appropriated and shall be paid into the fund.Theprovisions of section 54-27-10 shall not apply to the fund nor shall any part of the fund revert at<br>the expiration of any biennium.48-06-07. Voucher for postage used - Presented to departments by mailing clerk.The mailing clerk or such other person as may be designated by the director of the office of<br>management and budget under the direction of the director shall keep an accurate and complete<br>record of all postage used by each officer, department, or agency, for mail dispatched through<br>the central mailing bureau and shall present at least monthly to each such officer, department, or<br>agency, a bill or voucher in the form prescribed by law, for the amount of postage used. After<br>approval by the office of the budget, the amount shall be credited to the postal revolving fund of<br>the office of management and budget out of the postage appropriation of the officer, department,<br>or agency.Page No. 1Document Outlinechapter 48-06 capitol central mailing bureau