SF0016 • 2020

School district procurement.

AN ACT relating to school districts; amending procurement requirements; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Education

Enacted

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

Sponsor: Education
Last action: 2020-03-10
Official status: enrolled
Effective date: 7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on the exact nature of professional services excluded from this act, but it is mentioned in both candidate and official summary.

School District Procurement Act

This law changes how school districts buy things by raising the amount they need to get competitive bids or publish calls for bids.

What This Bill Does

Raises the cost threshold for getting competitive bids from $10,000 to $25,000.
Increases the cost threshold for publishing a call for bids in newspapers from $25,000 to $50,000.
Allows school districts to describe items needing bids with general requirements and detailed specifications available at their headquarters.

Who It Names or Affects

School districts in Wyoming
Vendors who sell goods and services to schools

Terms To Know

Procurement: The process of buying things for a school district, like supplies or construction.
Competitive bids: When a school district asks multiple sellers to offer their best price and terms for goods or services.

Limits and Unknowns

The law only applies to procurement activities starting on July 1, 2020.
It does not change how professional services like architects are procured.

Bill History

2020-03-10 LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 43
2020-03-10 Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0006
2020-03-06 House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0006
2020-03-05 Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0006
2020-03-04 LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0006
2020-03-04 House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 49-11-0-0-0
2020-03-03 House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-03-02 House
H COW:Passed
2020-03-02 House
H Placed on General File
2020-03-02 House
H04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2020-02-24 House
H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education
2020-02-17 House
H Received for Introduction
2020-02-17 Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 17-12-1-0-0
2020-02-14 Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2020-02-13 Senate
S COW:Passed
2020-02-12 Senate
S Placed on General File
2020-02-12 Senate
S04 - Education:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2020-02-10 Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S04 - Education 25-4-1-0-0
2020-02-07 Senate
S Received for Introduction
2019-12-13 LSO
Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0106
Bill No.:

SF0016

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0106

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0006

Chapter No.:

43

Prime Sponsor:

Joint Education Interim Committee

Catch Title:

School district procurement.

Subject:

School district procurement.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act amends procurement requirements for school districts. Current law establishes cost thresholds for purchasing goods and services above which a school district must meet bid collection or publication requirements. The act increases some of those cost thresholds.
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.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text

20LSO-0106

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0016

ENROLLED ACT NO. 6,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to school districts; amending procurement requirements; providing applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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

Section 1
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W.S. 21
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3
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110(a)(viii) is amended to read:

21
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3
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110.

Duties of boards of trustees.

(a)

The board of trustees in each school district shall:

(viii)

Obtain competitive bids when any purchase of insurance, supplies or materials other than textbooks costing more than
ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00)
twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
and less than
twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
is contemplated unless precluded by other regulation or statute. If the amount of the purchase of insurance, supplies or materials other than textbooks is equal to or exceeds
twenty
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five thousand dollars ($25,000.00)
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
, a call for bids shall be published at least once in a newspaper of general circulation in the district. When any school building is to be built costing fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or more or when any repairs, additions or improvements costing fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00) or more are to be made to any school building, facility or other district property, the board shall obtain competitive bids and publish a call for bids in a newspaper of general circulation in the state at least once each week for two (2) consecutive weeks. The district shall reserve the right to reject any and all bids and to waive irregularities and informalities in the bidding. No contract shall be divided for the purpose of avoiding this paragraph. Items for which bids must be obtained may be described in the published
call for bids by stating general requirements and making detailed specifications available to prospective bidders at the district's administrative headquarters. The requirements of this paragraph shall not apply to the procurement of professional services of architects, engineers or surveyors when the board seeks to procure professional services pursuant to W.S. 9
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2
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1027 through 9
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2
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1033;

Section 2.

This act shall apply only to procurement activities initiated on or after the effective date of this act.

Section 3
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk