The head of each administrative department and each independent administrative board and commission shall, not later than October first of each even-numbered year, report in writing to the Governor concerning the condition, management, and financial transactions, of the department, board, or commission; such reports shall, except where impracticable, be for the two-year period ending May thirty-first of the year in which they are made. Each departmental administrative board and commission, and each advisory board and commission, shall, not later than September first of each even-numbered year, report in writing to the head of the department of which such board or commission is a part. All such reports shall be attached as exhibits to the report made by the head of the department to the Governor.

Except as otherwise in this act specifically provided, the reports required by this section shall be in lieu of all other reports heretofore required by law to be made by the several administrative departments, boards, and commissions, either to the Governor or to the General Assembly.