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2016 Op. Wyo. Att'y Gen. 1 (2016)

handle is hein.sag/sagwy2016 and id is 1 raw text is: Office of the Attorney General Governor Cvil Dvision Chief Deputy Attorney General Mathew IL Mead Kendrick BuIlding John G, Knepper 2320 Capitol Avenue Attorney General Che CYnne Wyoning 82012 Division Deputy Peter K. Mhhiel 30 T727886 Tele phone Ry T. S;I chaas February 12. 2016 FORMAL OPINION 2016-001 Tfihe question has arisen as to the general role of the Governor and the State Treasurer under article 3. section 31 of the Wyoming Constitution in the context of the current Capitol reconstruction project. Specifically, the question is what types of contracts for goods and services fall within the section. An ancillary question involves the roles ol the Governor and the Treasurer as to contracts that fall within the section. Summary of Analysis Article 3. section 31 was crafted to limit the power of the Legislature and other departments of government to prevent unfair and corrupt practices in procurement. The provision's scope, however, is limited to contracting for: stationery, printing, paper, fuel and lights used in the Legislature and other departments of government: the printing and binding of the laws. journals and department reports and other state printing and binding jobs, procuring the Legislature's furniture and other furnishings; and routine repairing of damaged halls and rooms used for the Legislature's meetings and conferences within whatever building it is housed but not when the entire building is being reconstructed. Article 3, section 31 provides that the Governor and the Treasurer each have a right to review contracts for these specific goods and services to ensure that they are being procured under contract. that procurement processes are followed that reward the lowest responsible bidder' that payments under such state contracts are kept below a maximum price that may be specified by law, and that government representatives with conflicting interests are fenced out of the contracting process. Article 3. section 31 also provides that

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