Title 16, Title 16 — City, County, State And Local Powers

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Laborer" means a person employed to perform unskilled or skilled manual labor for wages in any capacity and does not include independent contractors; (ii) "Resident" or "Wyoming laborer" includes any person who is a citizen of the United…

Required resident labor on public works; exception. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this act, every person who is responsible for a public work shall employ only Wyoming laborers on the public work. Every contract for a public work let by any person shall contain a provision …

Employees not covered by provisions. All other employees of the contractor or subcontractor, other than laborers as defined by this act, are not covered by this act.

Enforcement. (a) The department of workforce services shall promulgate rules and regulations required to enforce this act and is authorized and directed to enforce this act. For purposes of all investigations, the department shall have the power to issue subpoenas requiring the a…

Failure to employ state laborers; penalty. (a) A person who willfully or intentionally fails to use Wyoming laborers as required in this act shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than one thousand dollars ($1,000.00) per nonresident laborer employed per day, not to exce…

Preference for resident bidders; exception; "resident" defined; violation. (a) Whenever a contract is let by the state or any department thereof, or any of its subdivisions, for public printing, including reports of officers and boards, pamphlets, blanks, letterheads, envelopes a…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Economic life" means the projected or anticipated useful life of a major facility as expressed by a term of years; (ii) "Energy-consumption analysis" means the evaluation of all energy systems and components by demand and type of ene…

Computation of life-cycle costs. (a) Life-cycle costs shall be the sum of: (i) Initial cost; (ii) The reasonably expected fuel costs over the life of the building based on the energy consumption analysis; and (iii) The reasonable costs of maintenance and operation as they pertain…

Life-cycle cost analyses. Public agencies shall, prior to the construction or renovation of any major facility, include in the design phase a provision requiring that life-cycle cost analyses be prepared for two (2) or more alternatives for the construction of the facility. These…

Building plans and specifications; required facilities; elevators; curb ramps; inspections; exceptions. (a) The plans and specifications for the construction of or additions to all buildings for general public use built by the state or any governmental subdivision, school distric…

Building plans and specifications; state fire marshal; review and approval. All plans and specifications for the construction of or additions to buildings for general public use, built by the state or any governmental subdivision, school district or other public administrative bo…

Building plans and specifications; state fire marshal; ruling and determination; filing of written objection. The state fire marshal shall within five (5) days mail a copy of his ruling and determination to the contracting authority and to any other interested or affected person,…

Building plans and specifications; hearing on objection; final administrative determination; judicial review. (a) Within five (5) days of the receipt of the objection, the state fire marshal shall notify the department of fire prevention and electrical safety of the objection. Th…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Agency" means any department, agency or other instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state; (ii) "Goods" means all personal property purchased, procured or contracted for by an agency, including leases of r…

Payment of agency accounts; interest. Except as provided by contract, any agency which purchases or procures goods and services from a nongovernmental entity shall pay the amount due within forty-five (45) days after receipt of a correct notice of amount due for the goods or serv…

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Acceptable depository" means a state or national bank or a savings and loan association or credit union in which deposits are insured; (ii) "Contractor" means any person who is a party to a contract with a public entity for a public work…

Public entity; contracts; partial payments; retainage; alternate delivery methods authorized. (a) A public entity awarding a contract for a public work shall authorize partial payments of the amount due under the contract as stipulated in the contract document or as soon thereaft…

Public work; completion by public entity; partial payments. If it becomes necessary for a public entity to take over the completion of any public work, all of the amounts owing the contractor, including any payment retained under W.S. 16-6- 702(b), shall first be applied toward t…

Interest bearing deposit agreement; option to enter into. If requested by the general contractor, a public entity shall enter into an interest bearing deposit agreement with any depository designated by the general contractor, after notice to the surety, to provide an agent for t…

Custodian for obligations; collection of interest income-payable to contractor. The public entity or any depository designated by the contractor to serve as custodian for the obligations pursuant to W.S. 16-6-704 shall collect all interest and income when due on obligations so de…

Applicability of provisions. This act does not apply in the case of a contract made or awarded by any public entity if a part of the contract price is to be paid with funds from the federal government or from some other source and if the federal government or the other source has…

Construction management alternate delivery method. (a) Excluding contracts for professional services, construction management and design-build delivery negotiations by public entities and construction managers shall be in accordance with residency and preference requirements impo…

Responsibilities under alternative delivery contracts. (a) Any construction manager agent, construction manager at risk or design-builder contract awarded shall comply with any reporting and administrative requirements as required by the public entity of the recipient of a design…

Definitions. (a) As used in this article: (i) "Agency" means any state office, department, board, commission or institution and any community college district to which funds have been appropriated, bonded or otherwise provided by the state for the design and original construction…

Construction of new public buildings; state funds. (a) The original construction of any new building shall include works of art for public display, which shall be included by the agency in determining total construction costs of the building at an amount equal to one percent (1%)…

Department of commerce to acquire works of art; advisory panel to consult in acquisition; procedure; public education programs. (a) In administering this article, the department shall in consultation with the advisory panel selected pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, des…

Acquisitions property of state art collection; maintenance; expenses. (a) Upon acquisition of any work of art in accordance with this article, the work of art becomes the property of the state art collection and the department, through the state museum, shall: (i) Maintain an inv…

Application. Nothing in this article shall limit the acquisition or placement of works of art acquired from other nonstate sources nor shall this article limit the use of architectural, functional or structural detailing or garnishing in the construction, remodeling, renovation o…

Capital construction projects restrictions; preference requirements; waivers. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by federal law, any funds appropriated to or authorized for expenditure by a public entity for capital construction projects shall be subject to the restrictions of this …

Contractor licenses; reciprocity; requirements. (a) As used in this section: (i) "Accepting jurisdiction" means a county, city, town or other government entity that is required to recognize and accept a license issued by an issuing jurisdiction; (ii) "Contractor" means a person e…

Short title. This act is known and may be cited as the "Wyoming Relocation Assistance Act of 1973".

Definitions. (a) As used in this act: (i) "Agency" means any department, agency or instrumentality of the state or of a political subdivision of the state, any department, agency or instrumentality of two (2) or more political subdivisions of the state which has the authority to …

Relocation payments to displaced persons. (a) Whenever a program or project to be undertaken by a displacing agency will result in the displacement of any person, the displacing agency shall provide for the payment to the displaced person of: (i) Actual reasonable expenses in mov…

Replacement housing payments; home owners. (a) In addition to payments otherwise authorized by this act, the displacing agency shall make a payment not in excess of twenty-two thousand five hundred dollars ($22,500.00) to any displaced person who is displaced from a dwelling actu…

Replacement housing payment; tenants. (a) In addition to amounts otherwise authorized by this act, a displacing agency shall make a payment to or for any displaced person displaced from any dwelling and not eligible to receive a payment under W.S. 16-7-104, providing the displace…

Relocation assistance advisory programs; services provided. (a) Programs or projects undertaken by a displacing agency shall be planned in a manner that: (i) Recognizes at an early stage in the planning of the programs or projects and before the commencement of any actions which …

Assurance of replacement housing; waiver. (a) If a program or project undertaken by a displacing agency cannot proceed on a timely basis because comparable replacement dwellings are not available and the displacing agency determines that the dwellings cannot otherwise be made ava…

Assurance of replacement housing; prescription of rules, regulations and procedures by governor. (a) The governor shall adopt rules and regulations as may be necessary under federal laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder to assure that: (i) The payments and ass…

Assurance of replacement housing; administration of relocation programs. In order to prevent unnecessary expense and duplication of functions, and to promote uniform and effective administration of relocation assistance programs for displaced persons, with the approval of the gov…

Available funds. (a) Funds appropriated or otherwise available to any state agency or unit of local government for the acquisition of real property or any interest therein for a particular program or project shall also be available to carry out the provisions of this act as appli…

Available funds; state financial assistance for local relocation payments and services. If an agency of any political subdivision of the state acquires real property, and state financial assistance is available to pay all or part of the cost of the acquisition of that real proper…

Displacement payments not considered as income for public assistance purposes. No payment received by a displaced person under this act is considered as income or as a resource for the purpose of determining the eligibility or extent of eligibility of any person for assistance un…

Appeals by aggrieved persons. Any person or business concern aggrieved by a final administrative determination pursuant to the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act concerning eligibility for relocation payments authorized by this act may appeal that determination to the district …

Programs with federal financing; reimbursable expenses of displaced property owner. (a) Any agency acquiring real property for a program or project for which federal financial assistance will be available to pay all or any part of the cost of the program or project shall, as soon…

Programs with federal financing; condemnation proceedings; winning owner's reimbursable litigation expenses. If a condemnation proceeding is instituted by an agency to acquire real property for a purpose as set forth in W.S. 16-7-115, and the final judgment is that the real prope…

Programs with federal financing; inverse condemnation proceedings. If an inverse condemnation proceeding is instituted by the owner of any right, title or interest in real property because of the alleged taking of his property for any program or project for which federal financia…