SB216,16 Section 16. 60.47 (5) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB216,7,6 60.47 (5) (c) This section does not apply to the construction by a private person of an improvement that is donated to the town after the completion of construction.

SB216,17 Section 17. 62.15 (1) of the statutes is renumbered 62.15 (1) (a) and amended to read:

SB216,7,20 62.15 (1) (a) All public construction, the estimated cost of which exceeds $25,000 the bidding threshold under par. (c) 1. a., shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all other public construction shall be let as the council may direct. If the estimated cost of any public construction exceeds $5,000 the notice threshold under par. (c) 1. b. but is not greater than $25,000 the bidding threshold under par. (c) 1. a., the board of public works shall give a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the proposed construction before the contract for the construction is executed. This provision paragraph does not apply to public construction if the materials for such a the project are donated or if the labor for such a the project is provided by volunteers. The council may also by a vote of three-fourths of all the members-elect provide by ordinance that any class of public construction or any part thereof may be done directly by the city without submitting the same for bids.

SB216,18 Section 18. 62.15 (1) (b) of the statutes is created to read:

SB216,7,22 62.15 (1) (b) 1. In this paragraph:

SB216,8,2 a. “Highway” means a public way or thoroughfare, including any bridges on the public way or thoroughfare.

SB216,8,4 b. “Public highway construction” means a public construction project involving the construction, improvement, repair, or maintenance of a highway.

SB216,8,17 2. Notwithstanding par. (a), all public highway construction, the estimated cost of which exceeds the bidding threshold under par. (c) 1. c., shall be let by contract to the lowest responsible bidder; all other public highway construction shall be let as the council may direct. Notwithstanding par. (a), if the estimated cost of any public highway construction exceeds the notice threshold under par. (c) 1. d. but is not greater than the bidding threshold under par. (c) 1. c., the board of public works shall give a class 1 notice, under ch. 985, of the proposed construction before the contract for the construction is executed. This subdivision does not apply to public highway construction if the materials for the project are donated or if the labor for the project is provided by volunteers. The council may also by a vote of three-fourths of all the members-elect provide by ordinance that any class of public highway construction or any part thereof may be done directly by the city without submitting the same for bids.

SB216,19 Section 19. 62.15 (1) (c) of the statutes is created to read:

SB216,8,20 62.15 (1) (c) 1. Beginning on the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date}, the thresholds under pars. (a) and (b) are the following:

SB216,8,21 a. For general public construction contract bidding, $50,000.

SB216,8,22 b. For general public construction contract notice, $10,000.

SB216,8,23 c. For public highway construction contract bidding, $25,000.

SB216,8,24 d. For public highway construction contract notice, $5,000.

SB216,9,5 2. On the 5th year commencing after the effective date of this subdivision .... [LRB inserts date], and each subsequent 5th year, the thresholds under subd. 1. shall be increased by a percentage equal to the percentage change in the U.S. consumer price index for the previous 5 years, as determined by the federal department of labor, rounded to the nearest multiple of $1,000.

SB216,20 Section 20. Initial applicability.

SB216,9,8 (1) This act first applies to bids solicited on the effective date of this subsection.

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