§ 16-6-301 — Preference for resident bidders; exception; "resident" defined; violation

Wyoming § 16-6-301

• Jurisdiction: Wyoming
• Title 16: City, County, State and Local Powers
• Ch. 6: PUBLIC PROPERTY
• Art. 3: PUBLIC PRINTING CONTRACTS

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(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.