Resident contractor preference law.

WORKING DRAFT
2008
STATE OF
WYOMING
08LSO-0156

HOUSE BILL
NO.
HB0027

Resident contractor preference law.

Sponsored by:
Select Committee on School Facilities

A BILL

for

AN ACT relating to
public works and contracts; restricting application of resident contractor preference in bidding
public
construction project contracts as specified;
and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of
Wyoming
:

Section 1.

W.S. 16
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6
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102(a) is amended to read:

16
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6
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102.

Resident contractors; preference limitation with reference to lowest bid or qualified response; decertification; denial of application for residency.

(a)

If a contract is let by the state, any department thereof, or any county, city, town, school district, community college district or other public corporation of the state for the erection, construction, alteration or repair of any public building, or other public structure, or for making any addition thereto, or for any public work or improvements, the contract shall be let, if advertisement for bids or request for proposal is not required, to a resident of the state.
Unless an alternate design and construction delivery method is used,
I
f advertisement for bids or request for proposal is required

and
the
contract
is
less than five million dollars ($5,000,000.00),
the contract shall be let to the responsible certified resident making the lowest bid if the certified resident's bid is not more than five percent (5%) higher than that of the lowest responsible nonresident bidder.

This subsection shall not apply to projects using alternate design and delivery methods.

Section 2.

This act is effective immediately upon co
m
pletion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constit
u
tion.

(END)

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