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WY Stat § 16-6-120 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 1 - Public Works and Contracts|Section 16-6-120 - Rulemaking; Penalties; Enforcement.

16-6-120. Rulemaking; penalties; enforcement.| (a) The department of workforce services shall promulgate rules and regulations as the department determines necessary or convenient to enforce this act.  (b) Unless punishable under subsection (c) of this section, an individual or a business entity and any officer or member thereof that intentionally falsifies information under this act shall be:  (i) Fined seven hundred fifty dollars ($750.00) for each violation for each day during which the violation continues;  (ii) Barred from bidding on any contract subject to the provisions of this act or submitting any request for proposal on any project subject to the provisions of this act for one (1) year from the date the violation is corrected.  (c) Any person who signs an affidavit submitted to the department pursuant to W.S. 16-1-101(a), knowing any information contained therein is false, shall be guilty of false swearing punishable as a felony in accordance with W.S. 6-5-303(a).  (d) The department of workforce services is authorized and directed to enforce W.S. 16-6-101 through 16-6-206.  (e) In the event a contractor fails to comply with an order from the department, the director shall refer the matter to the appropriate district or county attorney for enforcement of the department's order.
WY Stat § 16-6-121 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 1 - Public Works and Contracts|Section 16-6-121 - Notice Required to Receive Protection Under a Bond or Guarantee; Limitation; Notice Required by Owner in Project Specifications.

16-6-121. Notice required to receive protection under a bond or guarantee; limitation; notice required by owner in project specifications.| (a) Any subcontractor or materialman entitled to the protection of a bond or other form of guarantee approved by a public entity under W.S. 16-6-112 shall give notice of his right to that protection to the general contractor. Failure to give notice to a general contractor who has complied with subsections (f) and (g) of this section waives the subcontractor or materialman's protection under the bond or guarantee.  (b) The notice shall be given no later than sixty (60) days after the date on which services or materials are first furnished.  (c) The notice shall be sent to the general contractor by certified mail, electronic means or delivered to and receipted by the general contractor or his agent. Notice by certified mail or electronic means is effective on the date the notice is mailed or sent electronically.  (d) The notice shall be in writing and shall state that it is a notice of a right to protection under the bond or guarantee. The notice shall be signed by the subcontractor or materialman and shall include the following information:  (i) The subcontractor or materialman's name, address and phone number and the name of a contact person;  (ii) The name and address of the subcontractor's or materialman's vendor; and  (iii) The type or description of the materials or services provided.  (e) This section shall only apply where the general contractor's contract is for an amount exceeding one hundred fifty thousand dollars ($150,000.00).  (f) The general contractor shall post on the construction site a prominent sign citing this section and stating that any subcontractor or materialman shall give notice to the general contractor of a right to protection under the bond or guarantee and that failure to provide the notice shall waive the subcontractor or materialman's protection under the bond or guarantee.  (g) The owner or his agent shall provide written notice of the information required by this section in the project specifications.
WY Stat § 16-6-201 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-201 - Short Title.

16-6-201. Short title.| This act may be cited as the "Wyoming Preference Act of 1971".
WY Stat § 16-6-202 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-202 - Definitions.

16-6-202. 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 States, or a person who is authorized to work in the United States by an agency of the federal government, and has resided in the state of Wyoming for at least ninety (90) days, or as otherwise authorized by department of workforce services rules, preceding the application for employment;  (iii) "Wages" means a payment of money for labor or services according to a contract or any hourly, daily or piece-work basis;  (iv) "Public work" means as described in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(ix);  (v) "Public entity" means as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(viii);  (vi) "This act" means W.S. 16-6-201 through 16-6-206.
WY Stat § 16-6-203 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-203 - Required Resident Labor on Public Works; Exception.

16-6-203. 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 requiring that Wyoming laborers be used except nonresident laborers may be used when Wyoming laborers are not available for the employment from within the state or are not qualified to perform the work involved. The contract shall contain a provision requiring specific acknowledgement of the requirements of this section. A person required to employ Wyoming laborers may employ nonresident laborers if:  (i) That person submits written notice to the nearest state workforce center of his need for laborers. The notice may include the person's need for laborers on multiple public works that the person is responsible for during a nine (9) month period. The notice shall specify if the need for laborers constitutes an emergency that endangers the health, welfare or safety of the public as determined by the public entity associated with the public work. If the person's need for laborers substantially changes during the period, the person may amend the written notice submitted under this paragraph;  (ii) The state workforce center certifies that the person's need for laborers cannot be filled from those Wyoming laborers listed with the Wyoming department of workforce services or that an emergency exists that endangers the health, welfare or safety of the public as determined by the public entity associated with the public work for which Wyoming laborers are not readily available. The certification shall specify the number of nonresident laborers the person may employ on the public works the person is responsible for during the nine (9) month period following certification. Except as provided in this paragraph, the state workforce center shall respond to a person's request for certification or certification amendment within ten (10) days of the date the written notice is received. The state workforce center shall respond to a person's emergency request for certification as soon as practicable but not to exceed three (3) days after the date the emergency request is received; and  (iii) Upon hiring, the person shall submit to the state workforce center the number of nonresident laborers employed by the person pursuant to the certification issued under paragraph (ii) of this subsection and the public work or works for which each nonresident laborer is employed during the period of certification. The number of nonresident laborers employed during the period of certification shall not exceed the number specified by the certification or certification amendment.  (b) Upon request by a state workforce center, the general contractor shall provide the most recent construction schedule for a public work.
WY Stat § 16-6-204 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-204 - Employees Not Covered by Provisions.

16-6-204. 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.
WY Stat § 16-6-205 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-205 - Enforcement.

16-6-205. 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 attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of any books, papers, documents or records which the department deems relevant or material to the inquiry.  (b) If requested in writing by the department of workforce services or contracting entity, the general contractor shall provide to the department or contracting entity a payroll report for the period requested for all contractors and subcontractors involved in the project in a form that is consistent with federally certified reporting requirements and includes residency status for each laborer.  (c) This act shall not be enforced in a manner which conflicts with any federal statutes or rules and regulations.
WY Stat § 16-6-206 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 2 - Preference for State Laborers|Section 16-6-206 - Failure to Employ State Laborers; Penalty.

16-6-206. 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 exceed a total penalty of ten percent (10%) of the amount of the person's contract. Each separate case of failure to employ Wyoming laborers on a public work constitutes a separate offense.  (b) In the event a second offense occurs within a twelve (12) month period from the date of the first offense, the person shall be barred from bidding on any contract subject to the provisions of this act or submitting any request for proposal on any public work subject to the provisions of this act for one (1) year from the date the second violation is corrected.  (c) Before a civil penalty is imposed under this section, the department of workforce services shall notify the person accused of a violation. The notice shall be served in accordance with the Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure and contain:  (i) A statement of the grounds for imposing the civil penalty, including a citation to the statute involved;  (ii) A statement of the facts in support of the allegations;  (iii) A statement informing the person of the right to a hearing and that failure to timely request a hearing will result in imposition of the civil penalty stated.  (d) A request for hearing on a proposed civil penalty shall be in writing and shall be submitted to the department no later than seven (7) days after receipt of the notice from the department. The hearing shall be conducted as a contested case before a hearing examiner of the office of administrative hearings. The hearing shall be no later than fifteen (15) days after receipt of the request for hearing, unless the person subject to the proposed civil penalty requests an extension of time for good cause shown. The hearing officer shall recommend a decision to the director of the department. After hearing or upon failure of the accused to request a hearing, the director of the department shall determine the amount of the civil penalty to be imposed in accordance with the limitations in this section. Judicial review, if any, shall be from the decision of the director and in accordance with the provisions of the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.  (e) A civil penalty may be recovered in an action brought by the attorney general in the name of the state of Wyoming in any court of appropriate jurisdiction.
WY Stat § 16-6-301 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 3 - Public Printing Contracts|Section 16-6-301 - Preference for Resident Bidders; Exception; "Resident" Defined; Violation.

16-6-301. 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 and printed and lithographed matter of every kind and description whatsoever, the contract shall be let to the responsible resident making the lowest bid if the resident's bid is not more than ten percent (10%) higher than that of the lowest responsible nonresident bidder. Any successful resident bidder shall perform at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the contract within the state of Wyoming. This section shall not apply to any contract for the compilation, codification, revision, or digest of the statutes or case law of the state.  (b) As used in this section, "resident" means any person or business entity who has been a bona fide resident of this state as defined in W.S. 16-6-101(a)(i), for one (1) year or more immediately prior to bidding upon a contract, and who has an established printing plant in actual operation in the state of Wyoming immediately prior to bidding upon a contract.  (c) Any contract let or performed in violation of this section shall be null and void and no funds shall be paid for the performance thereof.
WY Stat § 16-6-401 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 4 - Public Facility Life-Cycle Cost Analyses|Section 16-6-401 - Definitions.

16-6-401. Definitions.| (a) As used in W.S. 16-6-401 through 16-6-403:  (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 energy including the internal energy load imposed on a major facility by its occupants, equipment and components, and the external energy load imposed on a major facility by the climatic conditions of its location. The energy-consumption projections shall take into account daily and seasonal variations in energy system output during normal operations;  (iii) "Energy systems" means all utilities, including heating, air-conditioning, ventilating, lighting and the supplying of domestic hot water;  (iv) "Initial cost" means the monies required for the capital construction or renovation of a major facility;  (v) "Life-cycle cost analysis" means a study to compute life-cycle costs, as required in this act;  (vi) "Life-cycle cost" means the cost of a major facility including its initial cost, the cost of the energy consumed over its economic life and the cost of its operation and maintenance;  (vii) "Major facility" means any publicly owned building having eighteen thousand (18,000) square feet or more of gross floor area;  (viii) "Public agency" means every state office, officer, board, commission, committee, bureau, department and all political subdivisions of the state; and  (ix) "Renovation" means revision to a major facility which will affect more than fifty percent (50%) of the gross floor area in the building.
WY Stat § 16-6-402 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 4 - Public Facility Life-Cycle Cost Analyses|Section 16-6-402 - Computation of Life-Cycle Costs.

16-6-402. 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 to energy systems.  (b) Life-cycle costs shall be computed for two (2) or more alternatives for construction of the facility.
WY Stat § 16-6-403 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 4 - Public Facility Life-Cycle Cost Analyses|Section 16-6-403 - Life-Cycle Cost Analyses.

16-6-403. 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 life-cycle cost analyses shall be available to the public. The life-cycle costs shall be a consideration in the selection of a building design by a public agency.
WY Stat § 16-6-501 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings|Section 16-6-501 - Building Plans and Specifications; Required Facilities; Elevators; Curb Ramps; Inspections; Exceptions.

16-6-501. 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 district or other public administrative body within the state, shall provide facilities and features conforming with the specifications set forth in the accessibility and supplemental accessibility requirements of the 2012 edition of the International Building Code.  (i) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2.  (ii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2.  (iii) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2.  (iv) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2.  (v) Repealed by Laws 2015, ch. 158, § 2.  (b) Every curb or sidewalk to be constructed or reconstructed in Wyoming, where both are provided and intended for public use, whether constructed with public or private funds, shall provide a ramp at points of intersection between pedestrian and motorized lines of travel and no less than two (2) curb ramps per lineal block. Design for curb ramps shall be designed in accordance with the current Americans With Disabilities Act accessibility guidelines.  (c) Except as provided in this subsection, the state fire marshal or city engineer, or their designee, shall inspect any structure described in subsection (a) of this section at the request of any person. Curb ramps shall be inspected by the city at the request of any person and shall be modified or reconstructed by the contracting authority to meet the requirements of W.S. 16-6-501 through 16-6-504.  (d) Exceptions for good cause may be granted by the state fire marshal for any structure described in subsection (a) of this section or by the city for curb ramps.
WY Stat § 16-6-502 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings|Section 16-6-502 - Building Plans and Specifications; State Fire Marshal; Review and Approval.

16-6-502. 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 body within this state, shall be submitted for review and approval by the state fire marshal, who shall approve if he finds the plans provide facilities which conform to the specifications set forth in the accessibility and supplemental accessibility requirements of the 2012 edition of the International Building Code.
WY Stat § 16-6-503 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings|Section 16-6-503 - Building Plans and Specifications; State Fire Marshal; Ruling and Determination; Filing of Written Objection.

16-6-503. 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, as defined under the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act, who has made timely request of the state fire marshal for receipt of copies of all rulings and determinations. All mailings by the state fire marshal made under this section shall be made by certified mail. Any time within ten (10) days after receipt of the ruling or determination made by the state fire marshal the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person may object to the determination, or any part thereof as the contracting authority or any other interested or affected person deems objectionable by filing a written notice with the state fire marshal, stating the specific grounds of the objection. The written objection shall be filed in the records of the state fire marshal and shall be available for inspection by any person who may be affected.
WY Stat § 16-6-504 (2021)
2021 Wyoming Statutes|Title 16 - City, County, State and Local Powers|Chapter 6 - Public Property|Article 5 - Accessibility of Handicapped to Public Buildings|Section 16-6-504 - Building Plans and Specifications; Hearing on Objection; Final Administrative Determination; Judicial Review.

16-6-504. 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. That department shall set a date for a hearing on the objection to be held not less than ten (10) days nor more than thirty (30) days following receipt of the objection notice from the state fire marshal. Written notice of the time and place of the hearing shall be given by the department to the contracting authority and any other interested and affected persons at least ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing.  (b) The procedure before the department of fire prevention and electrical safety for hearing of objections shall be as provided in the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act.  (c) Within ten (10) days of the conclusion of the hearing, the department shall rule on the written objections and make the final determination it determines that the evidence warrants. Immediately upon its final determination, the department shall serve a certified copy thereof on the contracting authority and all other interested and affected persons who may have appeared at the hearing, by personal service or by registered or certified mail.  (d) The final decision of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety is subject to review in accordance with the Wyoming Administrative Procedure Act. All proceedings in any district court affecting a determination of the department of fire prevention and electrical safety shall have priority in hearing and determination over all other civil proceedings pending in the court, except election contests.