-Date 2022of LEGISLATUREenactment: LRB-1486/1 MIM:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 643 October 22, 2021 - Introduced by Representatives S ORTWELL and G UNDRUM , cosponsored by Senators STROEBEL and N ASS.
ReferredAssembly toBill Committee643 onDate Stateof Affairs.publication*:
WISCONSIN ACT A N A CT to create 16.867 (3) of the statutes;
AnalysisThe bypeople theof Legislative Reference Bureau Under current law, the secretarystate of administrationWisconsin, isrepresented requiredin tomay establishnot arefuse committeeto forselect eachan constructionarchitect projector underengineer the department's supervision, except certain emergency projects, for thea purposecon- ofsenate selectingand anassembly, architectdo orenact engineeras forfollows: the project.
Ifstruction the estimated cost of a construction project isthat $7,400,000has or more, the selection committee must use a request-for-proposal process established by the department to select an architectestimated orcost engineerof forless thethan projectS basedECTION on1. qualifications.
This16.867 bill(3) prohibitsof suchthe astatutes committeeis fromcreated refusing to select$7,400,000 anbecause the architect or engineer who operates an architectread: and engineering firm with only one responsible architect or engineer for a construction project that has an estimated cost of less than $7,400,000.
Forarchitect furtherand informationengineering seefirm thewith stateonly fiscalone estimate,responsible which16.867 will(3) beA printedcommittee asappointed anunder appendixsub. to this bill.
The(1) peoplearchitect of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly,engineer. do enact as follows:
SECTIONpartial 1.veto which does not expressly prescribe the time when it takes effect shall take effect on the day after its date of publication.”or’s
16.867 (3) of the statutes is created to read:
16.867 (3) A committee appointed under sub.
(1) may not refuse to select an architect or engineer for a construction project that has an estimated cost of less than - 2022 Legislature - 2 - LRB-1486/1 MIM:skw ASSEMBLY BILL 643 SECTION 1 $7,400,000 because the architect or engineer operates an architect and engineering firm with only one responsible architect and engineer.
(END)