Legal Opinion
Opinion No. Oag 9-85, (1985)
Wisconsin Attorney General Reports
Decided March 18, 1985Published
1Opinion of the Court
DORIS J. HANSON, Secretary Department of Administration
You have asked for an opinion interpreting those parts of sections 16.75(1)(a) and 16.855(1), Stats., which state that a preference shall be given for Wisconsin businesses when the department awards contracts. Your letter states that since these provisions have been enacted, the department has interpreted them as meaning that a preference would be given only if the Wisconsin bidder and an out-of-state bidder had the exact same low bid. You enclose a letter from Governor Warren P. Knowles. dated March 10, 1970, in which he states that when…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Redevelopment Authority of Green Bay v. Bee Frank, Inc.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. SchallerWisconsin Supreme Court · 1975
- School District of Drummond v. Wisconsin Employment Relations CommissionWisconsin Supreme Court · 1984
- State v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.Wisconsin Supreme Court · 1976
- Ernesto Chacon v. James D. Hodgson, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of the United States Department of LaborCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
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