HB0237 Water and sewer district contracts. | Wyoming Bill

Official Summary Text

Summary for LSO115
Bill No.:
HB0237
Effective
:
7/1/2015

LSO No.:
15LSO-0502

Enrolled Act No.:
HEA 49

Chapter No.:
81

Prime Sponsor:
Moniz

Catch Title:
Water and sewer district contracts.

Subject:
I
nc
r
e
ases
threshold
dollar amounts

for water and sewer district projects

that are required to be published prior to opening for bids.

Summary/Major Elements:

Under current law
, water and sewer districts are required to
award
projects through a
competitive
bid process after publication when the total cost of the project exceeds $7,500.00.

This bill increases the cost threshold for water and sewer projects that have to be published and
awarded
through a
competitive
bid process when the total costs of the project exceed $30,000.00.

The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

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ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0237

ENROLLED ACT NO.

49
,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2015
General Session

AN ACT relating to water and sewer districts; increasing contract bid threshold dollar amounts; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S.
41
‑
10
‑
113(a)(xi) is amended
to read:

41
‑
10
‑
113
.

Powers of district board.

(a)

For and on behalf of the district the board of any district shall have the following powers:

(xi)

Except as otherwise provided in this act, to enter into contracts and agreements affecting the affairs of the district, including but not limited to contracts with the United States of America and any of its agencies or instrumentalities, and contracts with any municipality or district for the operation of a common or jointly owned project. Any improvement or improvements of any nature made in any district where the entire cost, value or amount of such work including labor and materials shall exceed
seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00)
thirty thousand dollars ($30,000.00)
, except such work done by employees of the district with supplies and materials purchased by it as hereinafter provided or except by labor or supplies and materials, or all of such, supplied under agreement with the United States of America, the state of Wyoming, or any federal or state agency, instrumentality or corporation, or other political subdivision, shall be done only under independent contract to be entered into by the district with the lowest responsible bidder submitting the lowest and best bid upon proper terms after due public notice by publication has been given asking for competitive bids. The district shall have the right to reject any and all bids and to waive any
irregularity in any bid. Any contract may be let on a lump sum or unit basis. No contract shall be entered into for such work unless the contractor shall give an undertaking with a sufficient surety or sureties approved by the board and in an amount fixed by the board for the faithful performance of the contract. Upon default in the performance of any contract, the proper official may advertise and relet the remainder of the work without further resolution and deduct the cost from the original contract price and recover any excess cost by suit on the original bond, or otherwise. The district shall have the power to make any improvement, or portion thereof, in any district, directly by the officers, agents and employees of the district, with supplies and materials purchased or otherwise acquired therefor. All supplies, materials, equipment, machinery and apparatus purchased by the board for any district (but not by a contractor) costing
seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500.00)
thirty thousand
dollars
($30,000.00)

or more shall be purchased only after notice by publication for competitive bids. The district shall accept the lowest bid, kind, quality and material being equal, but the district shall have the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any irregularity in any bid, and to select a single item from any bid. The provision as to bidding shall not apply to the purchase of patented and manufactured products offered for sale in a noncompetitive market or solely by a manufacturer's authorized dealer;

Section
2
.

This
act is effective July 1,
2015
.

(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

Water and sewer district contracts.

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