Every agency shall give preference to vendors located within the state when awarding contracts to have materials printed, whenever such printing can be done at no greater expense than the expense of awarding a contract to a vendor located outside the state and can be done at a level of quality comparable to that obtainable from a vendor located outside the state.

ss. 1, 6, ch. 83-252; s. 4, ch. 88-32; ss. 7, 44, ch. 90