AN ACT relating to highways; increasing the threshold to require competitive bidding for county road construction and maintenance; amending the nominating associations for members of the Wyoming county road standards committee; limiting spending on motor graders from a county road construction and maintenance fund; and providing for an effective date.
Enacted
This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.
Sponsor
Transportation
Last action
2022-03-15
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
3/15/2022
Plain English Breakdown
The official source does not provide specific details about the penalties for non-compliance or the exact impact on road maintenance costs and quality.
Changes to County Road Maintenance Fund
This law changes how counties spend money on road maintenance and construction, sets new rules for competitive bidding, and updates who can nominate members of a committee that sets standards for county roads.
What This Bill Does
Increases the amount needed before counties must use competitive bidding for road projects from $50,000 to $75,000.
Changes how certain associations choose members for the Wyoming County Road Standards Committee.
Limits how much money a county can spend each year on motor graders from its road maintenance fund to $100,000.
Who It Names or Affects
Counties in Wyoming that manage and maintain roads.
Associations involved with engineering, surveying, construction, and road maintenance in Wyoming.
The Wyoming County Road Standards Committee members.
Terms To Know
Competitive bidding
A process where different companies bid to do a job, and the lowest or best offer wins.
Motor graders
Large machines used for grading roads and other surfaces.
Limits and Unknowns
The law does not specify how counties should spend money below the new bidding threshold.
It is unclear if there are any penalties for counties that do not follow these rules.
The exact impact on road maintenance costs and quality is unknown.
Amendments
These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.
Standing Committee • House Transportation, Highways and Military Affair
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment changes the effective date for certain provisions in the bill from July 1, 2022, to immediately after all necessary actions are completed for a bill to become law according to the Wyoming Constitution.
Changes the effective date of specific parts of the bill from July 1, 2022, to an immediate effect once all required steps for the bill's enactment under the Wyoming Constitution have been completed.
Plain English: The amendment removes language related to limiting spending on motor graders from a county road construction and maintenance fund, as well as other specific sections of the bill.
Removes the phrase 'limiting spending on' from the bill's text.
Deletes an entire line that was previously part of the bill.
Eliminates the mention of a maintenance fund in the context of limiting spending.
Removes specific sections related to creating new subsections and deleting certain lines.
The amendment text does not provide details on what exactly is being deleted, which could leave some uncertainty about the full impact of these changes.
Plain English: The amendment removes language related to limiting spending on motor graders from a specific fund and deletes certain sections of the bill text.
Removes the phrase 'limiting spending on' from the bill's introductory line.
Deletes an entire sentence in the bill that was specifying limitations on spending for a particular fund.
Eliminates the mention of creating a new subsection (j) in another part of the bill.
The amendment text does not provide enough context to fully explain all potential impacts or changes beyond what is explicitly stated.
Standing Committee • Senate Transportation, Highways and Military Affai
Adopted
Plain English: The amendment removes specific lines and phrases from the bill text related to county road construction and maintenance funds, nominating associations for committee members, and spending limits on motor graders.
Removes a line mentioning 'funds;' from page 1, line 5 of the original bill.
Deletes ', (g)' from page 1, line 11 of the original bill.
Eliminates lines 21 through 23 on page 3 which contain specific details about spending limits.
Removes lines 1 through 9 on page 4 that detail nominating associations for committee members.
The exact content and implications of the deleted sections are not provided, making it difficult to fully understand their impact without reviewing the original bill text.
Bill History
2022-03-15LSO
Assigned Chapter Number 61
2022-03-15Governor
Governor Signed SEA No. 0022
2022-03-09House
H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0022
2022-03-09Senate
S President Signed SEA No. 0022
2022-03-08LSO
Assigned Number SEA No. 0022
2022-03-08Senate
S Concur:Passed 27-3-0-0-0
2022-03-08Senate
S Received for Concurrence
2022-03-07House
H 3rd Reading:Passed 53-5-2-0-0
2022-03-04House
H 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-03-03House
H COW:Passed
2022-03-02House
H Placed on General File
2022-03-02House
H08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0
2022-02-23House
H Introduced and Referred to H08 - Transportation
2022-02-22House
H Received for Introduction
2022-02-22Senate
S 3rd Reading:Passed 27-2-1-0-0
2022-02-21Senate
S 2nd Reading:Passed
2022-02-18Senate
S COW:Passed
2022-02-18Senate
S Placed on General File
2022-02-18Senate
S08 - Transportation:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0
2022-02-16Senate
S Introduced and Referred to S08 - Transportation 24-6-0-0-0
2022-02-16Wyoming Legislature
Bill Reconsideration Motion Passed by Roll Call 21-8-1-0-0
2022-02-16Senate
S Failed Introduction 19-11-0-0-0
2022-01-19Senate
S Received for Introduction
2022-01-05LSO
Bill Number Assigned
Official Summary Text
Bill Summary - 22LSO-0192
Bill No.:
SF0018
Effective:
Immediately
LSO No.:
22LSO-0192
Enrolled Act No.:
SEA No. 0022
Chapter No.:
61
Prime Sponsor:
Joint Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Interim Committee
Catch Title:
County road maintenance fund amendments.
Subject:
Changing limits on expenditures from the county road construction and maintenance fund and amending the members of the Wyoming county road standards committee.
Summary/Major Elements:
This act relates to expenditures from county road construction and maintenance funds. The act increases the threshold that must be met to require competitive bidding for county road construction and maintenance projects. The act also limits the amount authorized to be spent or set aside per year for motor graders from a county road construction and maintenance fund.
The act amends the descriptions of the associations that nominate members to the Wyoming County Road Standards Committee, which establishes standards for county road construction and maintenance. The existing membership composition was specific to organizations, and this act amends those to a more general description, for example, amending "the Wyoming association of consulting engineers and surveyors" to read "an association representing Wyoming consulting engineers and surveyors."
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
22LSO-0192
ORIGINAL Senate
ENGROSSED
File No
.
SF0018
ENROLLED ACT NO. 22,
SENATE
SIXTY-SIXTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2022 Budget Session
AN ACT relating to highways; increasing the threshold to require competitive bidding for county road construction and maintenance; amending the nominating associations for members of the Wyoming county road standards committee; limiting spending on motor graders from a county road construction and maintenance fund; and providing for an effective date.
Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:
Section 1.
W.S. 24
‑
2
‑
110(a), (f)(i) through (iv) and by creating a new subsection (j) is amended to read:
24
‑
2
‑
110.
Cooperation with counties in construction and maintenance of county roads; allocation of costs.
(a)
The board of county commissioners of each county shall establish a separate road construction and maintenance fund solely for the construction and maintenance of county roads, bridges and culverts. Work using funds from the road construction and maintenance fund of a county shall be performed under contract awarded after competitive bidding if the estimated cost of the work exceeds
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000.00)
seventy
‑
five thousand dollars ($75,000.00)
. All work shall be performed under the immediate control and supervision of the board of county commissioners or its authorized representative and in accordance with county road standards as established by the Wyoming county road standards committee. The road construction and maintenance fund program is a supplement to federal aid, primary and secondary road programs in each county. The term "construction and maintenance" as used in this section means construction, reconstruction, surveys, mapping, right
‑
of
‑
way costs, bridges, culverts, general road maintenance and fencing. The county shall use existing
grades, bridges and other physical items or facilities in order to minimize or avoid more costly relocation.
(f)
There is created a Wyoming county road standards committee appointed by the governor consisting of:
(i)
Three (3) members nominated by
the
an association representing
Wyoming county commissioners
,
association,
one (1) of whom shall be a registered professional engineer;
(ii)
Two (2) members nominated by
the
an association representing
Wyoming
association of
consulting engineers and surveyors;
(iii)
One (1) member nominated by
the
an association representing
Wyoming
highway construction
contractors
;
association;
and
(iv)
One (1) member nominated by
the
an association representing
Wyoming
association of
county engineers and road superintendents.
(j)
Of all funds credited to a county road construction and maintenance fund established pursuant to this section, a county may designate per year not more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000.00) of its unobligated share of the prior fiscal year's county gasoline license tax allocation toward purchase or lease of motor graders.
Section 2.
This act is effective immediately upon completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming Constitution.
(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
1