Approval of bridge designs, plans and specifications.

ORIGINAL
House
Bill No
.
HB0084

ENROLLED ACT NO. 40,

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SIXTY-FOURTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2018 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to highways; specifying that requirements for county bridge designs, plans and specifications apply to cities and towns; requiring notice to the department of transportation of a constructed bridge; eliminating department of transportation preapproval of bridge designs, plans and specifications for counties, cities and towns; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
.

W.S.
24
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1
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132(a),
(c)
through
(g)
and
24
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2
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106
(a)(i
ii
)

are
amended to read:

24
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1
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132
.

Contracts for county
, city and town
bridge work; bids; exception.

(a)

The board of county commissioners of any county
or governing body of any city or town
shall cause to be prepared comprehensive plans and specifications for the construction of
bridges
any bridge

on any dedicated and maintained
county
road

in its jurisdiction
.

(c)

When any bridge is to be constructed, which includes either new construction or reconstruction of major load carrying bridge components, upon any
county
road

in a county
'
s, city
'
s or town
'
s jurisdiction
, the estimated cost of which shall exceed twenty
‑
five thousand dollars ($25,000.00), the construction work shall be competitively bid and the bridge work constructed by contract. No contract shall be divided for the purpose of avoiding competitive bidding. The construction work may be described in the published call for bids by stating general requirements. Detailed specifications shall be available to prospective bidders at the county commissioner
'
s office

or offices of the governing body of the city or town
.

(d)

All bridges to be constructed shall be designed by a professional engineer who holds a valid
certificate of registration
license

granted
by the
state board of examining engineers of the state of
Wyoming
.
Plans and specifications shall be prepared in accordance with the provisions of W.S. 24
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2
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106

board
of professional engineers and professional land surveyors
.

(e)

The board of county commissioners of any county
or governing body of any city or town

shall cause notices of the contract to be let to be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation within the state and to take any other means available to achieve as wide a notice as possible, but in no case shall any letting of the contract be held within fifteen (15) days of the last published notice.

(f)

All contracts shall be awarded by the county commissioners
The
board of county commissioners
,
or governing body of the
city or town
shall award any contract

to the lowest responsible bidder. The
county commissioners
shall reserve
or g
overning body reserves

the right to reject any
and all bids
bid

and to waive irregularities and informalities in the bidding. No final payment upon any contract shall be made until the bridge is examined

and approved b
y the
professional engineer
supervising the construction of
the bridge
and the payment
is

approved
by the county commissioners

or governing body of the city or town
or their designees.

Within
ninety (
90
)
days of the bridge being opened to traffic t
he
board of county commissioners or
governing body
of the city or town
shall notify
and provide the design, plans, specifications and load rating for the bridge to
the chief engineer of the
d
epartment of
t
ransportation
so that the department may comply with national bridge inspection standards
.

(g)

Whenever an emergency arises requiring expenditure of funds for the repair or rebuilding of bridges or approaches to bridges the board of county commissioners

or governing body of any city or town
may enter into contract for any building or rebuilding of bridges or approaches without advertising for the letting of any contract. An emergency is an occasion requiring repair or rebuilding of a bridge or a portion of a bridge when, on short notice, the bridge has become unsafe or impassable due to events which are beyond the control of the county
, city or town
.

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2
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106
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Appointment of chief engineer; duties of director and engineer.

(a)

With the approval of the commission, the director of the department of transportation shall appoint a qualified chief engineer who shall:

(iii)

Furnish standard plans, specifications and data to any board of county commissioners
or city or town governing body
upon request, and advise with
boards of county commissioners
a county, city or town
with respect to highway
and bridge
construction and improvements not within the jurisdiction of the department when requested;

Section 2
.

W.S. 24
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2
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106(a)(iv) and (b) is repealed.

Section
3
.

This act is effective July 1, 201
8
.

(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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