AB 303 — Revises provisions governing public works. (BDR 28-866)

(Reprinted with amendments adopted on April 18, 2025) FIRST REPRINT A.B.

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303–ASSEMBLYMEMBER303–ASSEMBLYMEMBERS K ARRIS ;AND JACKSON FEBRUARY 27, 2025 ____________ ReferredJOINT toSPONSOR Committee: on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Requires certain projects to comply with provisions governing public works.

SENATOR H ANSEN ____________ Referred to Committee on Government Affairs SUMMARY—Revises provisions governing public works.

requiring a contractor or subcontractor engaged on certain public works that are projects for the developmentdevelopment, deployment or improvement of broadband, telecommunication or fiber optic services to complysubmit withcertain provisionsrecords governingto publicthe works;Board of Directors of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank;

requiringspecifying athat contractorthe orprovisions subcontractorgoverning engagedpublic onworks suchdo anot projectapply to submit certain recordscontracts; to the Board of Directors of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank;

Existing law sets forth various requirements for public works, including, bywithout alimitation, publicrequirements body;for:

(1) procedures for the awarding of contracts by a public body;

(3) the retention of records relating to workers employed in connection with the public work and the wages and benefits paid to such workers;

and (4) a contractor on a public work to establish certain fairfairo employment practices.

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Existing law requires a contractor or subcontractor to ensure that a copy of each such record for each calendar month is received by the public body 338.070) Section 1 of this bill requires a contractor or subcontractor engaged on a public work tothat subcontractoris ina connectionproject withfor the development, deployment or improvement of broadband, telecommunication or fiber optic services who submits to the public workbody andawarding the wagescontract anda benefitscopy paidof such a record to suchsimultaneously workers.submit a copy of the record to the Board of Directors of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank.

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(NRS 338.070) This bill requires a contractor or subcontractor engaged on a project - *AB303* – 2 – described above who submits to a public body a copy of such a record to State Infrastructure Bank.py of the record to the Board of Directors of the Nevada THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEVADA, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

A contractor or subcontractor engaged on a public work that is a project for the development, deployment or improvement of broadband, telecommunication or fiber optic services who, pursuant to subsection 6 of NRS 338.070, submits to the public body awarding the contract a copy of a record required pursuant to subsection 5 of NRS 338.070 shall simultaneously submit a copy of the record to the Board of Directors of the Nevada State Infrastructure Bank.

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NRS 338.011 is hereby amended to read as follows:

338.011 The requirements of this chapter do not apply to a contract:

InAwarded additionin tocompliance anywith other requirements imposed by federal or state law, the provisions of this chapter apply332 to any project for the development or improvement333 of broadband,NRS telecommunication or fiber optic services for which public money has been provided and that is sponsored,directly financed,related overseento or administered by a public body, including, without limitation, through the disbursementnormal operation of money by the public body or the issuancenormal bymaintenance the public body of aits requestproperty. for procurement, in the same manner as if the public body awarded a contract for the project, even if the project does not qualify as a public work.

AAwarded contractor or subcontractor engaged on a project described in subsection 1 that submits to ameet publican bodyemergency awhich copyresults offrom a recordnatural requiredor pursuantartificially tocreated subsectiondisaster 5and ofwhich NRSthreatens 338.070 shall simultaneously submit a copy of the recordhealth, tosafety theor Boardwelfare of Directors of the Nevadapublic. State Infrastructure Bank.

If the public body or its authorized representative determines that an emergency exists, a contract or contracts necessary to contend with the emergency may be let without complying with the requirements of this chapter.

If such emergency action was taken by the authorized representative, the authorized representative shall report the contract or contracts to the public body at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the public body.

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