SUMMARY--Exempts certain contracts for public works in certain counties from payment of prevailing wage. (BDR 28-817)
FISCAL NOTE: Effect on Local Government: No.
Effect on the State or on Industrial Insurance: No.
EXPLANATION - Matter in italics is new; matter in brackets [ ] is material to be omitted.
AN ACT relating to public works projects; exempting certain contracts for public works in certain counties from the payment of the prevailing wage; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
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Section 1 NRS 338.080 is hereby amended to read as follows:
338.080 [None of the]
1. The provisions of NRS 338.020 to 338.090, inclusive, do not apply to:
[1.] (a) Any work, construction, alteration, repair or other employment performed, undertaken or carried out, by or for any railroad company or any person operating the same, whether such work, construction, alteration or repair is incident to or in conjunction with a contract to which this state or any of its political subdivisions is a party, or otherwise.
[2.] (b) Apprentices recorded [under] pursuant to the provisions of chapter 610 of NRS.
[3.] (c) Any contract for a public work whose cost is less than [$100,000.] :
(1) In a county whose population is less than 100,000, $500,000; or
(2) In all other counties, $100,000.
2. A unit of the project must not be separated from the total project, even if that unit is to be completed at a later time, in order to lower the cost of the project below [$100,000.] the applicable amount set forth in subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1.
Sec. 2 NRS 279.500 is hereby amended to read as follows:
279.5001. The provisions of NRS 338.010 to 338.090, inclusive, apply to any contract for new construction, repair or reconstruction which is awarded on or after October 1, 1991, by an agency for work to be done in a project.
2. If an agency provides property for development at less than the fair market value of the property, or provides financial incentives to the developer with a value of more than [$100,000,] the applicable amount set forth in subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 338.080, the agency must provide in the agreement with the developer that the development project is subject to the provisions of NRS 338.010 to 338.090, inclusive, to the same extent as if the agency had awarded the contract for the project. This subsection applies only to the project covered by the agreement between the agency and the developer. This subsection does not apply to future development of the property unless additional financial incentives with a value of more than [$100,000] the applicable amount set forth in subparagraph (1) or (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 of NRS 338.080, are provided to the developer.
Sec. 3. This act becomes effective on July 1, 1997.