§ 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 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.
(b) All expenses of maintaining the road after its
construction is completed shall be paid by the county.
(c) The gasoline license tax revenues distributed by the
department of transportation under W.S. 39-17-111(d)(ii) shall
be sent to the county treasurers of the various counties and
placed in a separate fund in each county earning its own
interest and be expended by the board of county commissioners
solely for the road construction and maintenance fund program
and as otherwise provided in this subsection. This money shall
be allocated as follows:
(i) To the highway fund, an amount equal to the
counties' contribution for the cost of the university's
technology transfer program under W.S. 21-17-115(a)(ii) or
thirty-one thousand two hundred fifty dollars ($31,250.00),
whichever is less;
(ii) The remainder to the counties and the share
allocated to each county shall be based fifty percent (50%) upon
the percentage ratio which the rural population including the
population within the cities and towns with less than one
thousand four hundred (1,400) of each county bears to the total
rural population of the state and fifty percent (50%) based upon
the percentage ratio which the area of each county bears to the
area of the state. Any interest earned on the investment of
monies in the fund created by this subsection shall be retained
by each county and shall be used for project costs as authorized
by this section.
(d) Repealed by Laws 2008, Ch. 24, § 2.
(e) Repealed By Laws 2009, Ch. 170, § 2.
(f) There is created a Wyoming county road standards
committee appointed by the governor consisting of:
(i) Three (3) members nominated by an association
representing Wyoming county commissioners, one (1) of whom shall
be a registered professional engineer;
(ii) Two (2) members nominated by an association
representing Wyoming consulting engineers and surveyors;
(iii) One (1) member nominated by an association
representing Wyoming highway construction contractors; and
(iv) One (1) member nominated by an association
representing Wyoming county engineers and road superintendents.
(g) It shall be the responsibility of the Wyoming county
roads standards committee to furnish standards for the
construction and maintenance of county roads to any board of
county commissioners upon request, and to advise boards of
county commissioners with respect to highway construction,
maintenance and improvements. The committee shall meet as
necessary, but at least annually.
(h) Whenever an emergency arises requiring construction or
maintenance work using funds from the road construction and
maintenance fund of a county, the board of county commissioners
may enter into contract for the work without advertising for the
letting of the contract. An emergency is an occasion requiring
construction or maintenance work, on short notice, because the
road has become unsafe or impassable due to events which are
beyond the control of the county.
(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.