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CHAPTER 6 - PUBLIC PROPERTY
ARTICLE 1 - PUBLIC WORKS AND CONTRACTS

16-6-105. Preference for Wyoming materials and Wyoming agricultural products required in public purchases; exception; cost differential; definition.

(a) Every board, commission or other governing body of any state institution, and every person acting as purchasing agent for the board, commission or other governing body of any state institution or department, and every county, municipality, school district and community college district, shall prefer in all purchases for supplies, material, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions to be used in the maintenance and upkeep of their respective institutions, supplies, materials, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured or grown in this state, and supplies, materials, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions supplied by a resident of the state, competent and capable to provide service for the supplies, materials, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions within the state of Wyoming. Preference shall not be granted for articles of inferior quality to those offered by competitors outside of the state, but a differential of not to exceed five percent (5%) may be allowed in cost on the Wyoming materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions of quality equal to those of any other state or country.

(b) As used in this section, "agricultural products" means any horticultural, viticultural, vegetable product, livestock, livestock product, bees or honey, poultry or poultry product, sheep or wool product, timber or timber product.

16-6-106. Statement of Wyoming materials preference in requests for bids and proposals.

All requests for bids and proposals for materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions for the construction, maintenance and upkeep of every state, county, municipal, community college district or school district institution shall contain the words "preference is hereby given to materials, supplies, agricultural products, equipment, machinery and provisions produced, manufactured, supplied or grown in Wyoming, quality being equal to articles offered by the competitors outside of the state".

16-6-107. Wyoming materials preference required in construction or maintenance of public structures; exception; cost differential.

All public buildings, courthouses, public school buildings, public monuments and other public structures constructed in this state shall be constructed and maintained by materials produced or manufactured in Wyoming if Wyoming materials are suitable and can be furnished in marketable quantities. Preference shall not be granted for materials of an inferior quality to those offered by competitors outside of the state, but a differential of not to exceed five percent (5%) may be allowed in cost of Wyoming materials of equal quality as against materials from states having or enforcing a preference rule against "out-of-state" products.