AB 56 — Revises provisions governing the administration of state public works. (BDR 28-185)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 22, 2019) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

56–COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT A FFAIRS (O N BEHALF OF THE STATE P UBLIC W ORKS D IVISION OF THE DDEPARTMENT EPARTMENT OF A DMINISTRATION ) PREFILED N OVEMBER 19, 2018 ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing the administration of state public works.

Existing law requires the State Public Works Board of the State Public Works Division of the Department of Administration to submit to the Governor and to the Legislature before October 1 of each even-numbered year its recommendations for of this bill requires the Board to also submit to the Governor and to the Legislature its recommendations for projects for capitaldeferred improvementsmaintenance in the next biennium.biennium by that same deadline.

(NRSUnder 341.083)existing Sectionlaw, 2the itsAdministrator recommendationsof forthe Division is authorized to delegate certain authority of the Division relating to projects forof deferredconstruction, maintenancerepair inor reconstruction of the nextState, bienniumknown bytureas public works, to a requesting state agency Administrator to delegate such authority to a requesting state agency relating to its - *AB56_R1* – 2 – own public work if the agency demonstrates to the Administrator that sameit deadline.has sufficient experience in various aspects of designing and managing the construction of a public work.

Under existing law, the Administrator of the Division is authorized to delegate certain authority of the Division relating to projects of construction, repair or reconstruction of the State, known as public works, to a requesting state agency Administrator to delegate such authority to a requesting state agency relating to its - *AB56* – 2 – own public work if the agency demonstrates to the Administrator that it has sufficient experience in various aspects of designing and managing the construction of a public work.

(NRS 341.141) Section 4 of this bill also exempts the for nonstructural remodeling or repair of buildings and remodeling or repair ofes improvements of the Nevada National GuardsGuard estimated to cost less than $200,000.$250,000.

The recommendations must, to the extent practicable, provide that each project which exceeds a cost of $10,000,000 be scheduled to receive - *AB56**AB56_R1* – 3 – funding for design and planning during one biennium and funding for construction in the subsequent biennium.

- *AB56**AB56_R1* – 4 – (a) Buildings used in maintaining highways;

and (2) Are estimated to cost less than $200,000;$250,000;

(c) BuildingsThe withremodel [more]or lessrepair thanof [1,000]improvements 3,000of squarethe feetNevada inNational floorGuard areawhich [,]are ofestimated orto improvementscost madeless [:]than by:$250,000;

(d) Buildings with [more] less than [1,000] 3,000 square feet in floor area [,] of or improvements made [:] by:

[(c)][(c) (d)] (e) Buildings of the Nevada System of Higher Education:

and [(d)] (e)(f) Buildings on property controlled by other state agencies if the Administrator has delegated his or her authority in accordance with NRS 341.119.

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