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HB0169 • 2008

Contracts for public improvements-bid requirements.

AN ACT relating to public improvements; providing an increase in the bid threshold for which a municipal public improvement contract shall be advertised for bid; and providing for an effective date.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Representative Diercks
Last action
2008-03-13
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2008

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Amendments

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HB0169H2001

2nd reading • DIERCKS

Adopted

Plain English: Adopted 2nd reading by DIERCKS

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Bill History

  1. 2008-03-13 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number - 117

  2. 2008-03-13 Governor

    Governor Signed HEA0047

  3. 2008-03-07 Senate

    S President Signed HEA No. 0047

  4. 2008-03-06 House

    H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0047

  5. 2008-03-05 LSO

    Assigned Number HEA0047

  6. 2008-03-05 Senate

    S Passed 3rd Reading

  7. 2008-03-04 Senate

    S Passed 2nd Reading

  8. 2008-03-03 Senate

    S Passed CoW

  9. 2008-02-29 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  10. 2008-02-29 Senate

    S09 Recommended Do Pass

  11. 2008-02-27 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S09

  12. 2008-02-27 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  13. 2008-02-26 House

    H Passed 3rd Reading

  14. 2008-02-25 House

    H Passed 2nd Reading

  15. 2008-02-25 House

    Amendment Adopted

  16. 2008-02-25 House

    H Amendments Adopted

  17. 2008-02-22 House

    H Passed CoW

  18. 2008-02-21 House

    H Placed on General File

  19. 2008-02-21 House

    H05 Recommended Do Pass

  20. 2008-02-19 House

    H Rereferred to H05

  21. 2008-02-15 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09

  22. 2008-02-13 House

    H Received for Introduction

  23. 2008-02-13 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

2008 General Session Summary for HB0169

Bill No.:
HB0169
Drafter:

MDO

LSO No.:
08LSO-0346
Effective Date:

7/1/2008

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA0047

Chapter No.:

Prime Sponsor:
Representative
Diercks

Catch Title:
Contracts for public improvements-bid
requirements.

Subject:
Municipal
Public Improvement Contracts.

Summary/Major Elements:

Increases the dollar
threshold at which a municipal contract for a public improvement must be
advertised for competitive bid from $20,000 to $35,000.

Current Bill Text

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WORKING DRAFT

ORIGINAL HOUSE

BILL

NO.
0169

ENROLLED ACT NO. 47, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

FIFTY-NINTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WYOMING
2008 BUDGET SESSION

AN ACT relating to public improvements; providing an increase in the bid threshold for which a municipal public improvement contract shall be advertised for bid; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1.
W.S. 15
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113(a) is amended to read:

15
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113.

Contracts for public improvements.

(a)

All contracts for any type of public improvement, excluding contracts for professional services or where the primary purpose is emergency work or maintenance, for any city or town or joint powers board wherein at least one (1) member is a municipality shall be advertised for bid or for response if a request for proposal or qualification for construction manager agent, construction manager at risk or design-builder is used, if the estimated cost, including all related costs, exceeds a bid threshold of
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000.00)

thirty
-five thousand dollars ($
3
5,000.00)
, except that a contract for the purchase or lease of a new automobile or truck shall be advertised regardless of cost and if there is an automobile or truck for trade-in, it shall be included as a part of the advertisement and bid. The requirements of W.S. 15
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112(a) do not apply to any city or town trading in an automobile or truck on the purchase of a new automobile or truck.

Section 2.

This act is effective July 1, 2008.

(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the House.

Chief Clerk

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