AB 29 — Revises provisions relating to contractors and construction projects. (BDR 54-241)

(ReprintedAssembly withBill amendmentsNo. adopted on April 18, 2019) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

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29–COMMITTEE ON C OMMERCE AND LABOR (ON B EHALF OF THE STATE CONTRACTORS ’ BOARD ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 16, 2018 ____________ Referred to Committee on Commerce and Labor SUMMARY—Revises provisions relating to contractors and construction projects.

(BDR 54-241) FISCAL NOTE:

Effect on Local Government:

No.

Effect on the State:

No.

~ EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

Under existing law, the contracting business is classified to include the branchesand of:(3) specialty contracting.

(1)Existing law also sets forth the circumstances under which a contractor is considered to be a general engineering contracting;contractor, general building contractor or a specialty contractor.

(2)(NRS general624.215) buildingSection contracting;1 of this bill:

(1) authorizes a general engineering contractor, when acting as a prime contractor, to hire not more than one general building contractor to provide work, materials or contractor to provide management and (3)counseling specialtyservices contracting.on a constructioning project for a professional fee;

Existing(3) lawlimits also sets forth the circumstancesnumber underof which a contractor is considered to be a general engineeringbuilding contractor,contractors generalfor (1) authorizes a generalsingle engineeringconstruction contractor,project; when acting as a prime contractor,:

and (4) requires each construction project to hirehave not more than one generallicensed buildingprime contractor towho provideis responsible for the work, materials or equipment onfor athe single construction project;project.

(2) authorizes a general building contractor to provide management and counseling services on a construction project for a professional fee;

(3) limits the number of general building contractors not more than one licensed prime contractor who is responsible for the work,t to have - *AB29_R1* – 2 – materials or equipment for the construction project.

EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new;

matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted.

A general engineering contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with fixed works, - 80th Session (2019) – 2 – including irrigation, drainage, water supply, water power, flood control, harbors, railroads, highways, tunnels, airports and airways, sewers and sewage disposal systems, bridges, inland waterways, pipelines for transmission of petroleum and other liquid or gaseous substances, refineries, chemical plants and industrial plants requiring a specialized engineering knowledge and skill, power plants, piers and foundations and structures or work incidental thereto.

[A] Except as otherwise provided in subsections 5 and 6, a general building contractor is a contractor whose principal contracting business is in connection with the construction or remodeling of buildings or structures for the support, shelter and enclosure of persons, animals, chattels or movable property of any kind, requiring in their construction the use of more than two unrelated building trades or crafts, upon which he or she is a prime contractor and where the construction or remodeling of a building is the primary purpose.

A general building contractor shall not perform specialty contracting in plumbing, electrical, refrigeration and air-conditioningair- conditioning or fire protection without a license for the specialty.

-contractor, *AB29_R1*may –hire not more than one general buildings a prime contractor to provide any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3 –on 5.a single construction project.

A general engineering contractor, when acting as a prime contractor, may hire not more than one general building contractor to provide any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3 on a single construction project.

A single construction project must be limited to not more than one general building contractor who provides management and counseling services for a professional fee and not more than - 80th Session (2019) – 3 – one general building contractor who provides any work, materials or equipment as specified in subsection 3.

(a) A general engineering contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or for which the general engineering contractor is licensed;uipment (b) A general building contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general engineeringbuilding contractor is licensed;

(b) A general building contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide any work, materials or equipment for which the general building contractor is licensed;

or - *AB29_R1* – 4 – (d) A specialty contractor who enters into an oral or written agreement with an owner of a construction project or an agent of an owner to provide:

and thereto.)(2) Any other work which is incidental and supplemental Sec.thereto.

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