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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 338.011 (2026)

Applicability: Contracts related to normal operation and normal maintenance; contracts related to emergency

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NRS 338.011  Applicability: Contracts related to normal operation and normal maintenance; contracts related to emergency.  The requirements of this chapter do not apply to a contract:

      1.  Awarded in compliance with chapter 332 or 333 of NRS which is directly related to the normal operation of the public body or the normal maintenance of its property.

      2.  Awarded to meet an emergency which results from a natural or artificially created disaster and which threatens the health, safety or welfare of the public. 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.

      (Added to NRS by 1981, 526; A 2003, 2414)

     

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 5 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2016–2022 · leading case: Bombardier Transp. (Holdings) USA, Inc. v. Nev. Labor Comm'r, 433 P.3d 248 (Nev. 2019).
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Bombardier Transp. (Holdings) USA, Inc. v. Nev. Labor Comm'r, 433 P.3d 248 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 8× “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
Bombardier Transp. (holdings) USA Inc. Vs. Nevada Labor Comm'r, 2019 NV 3 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 16× “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
Bombardier Transp. (holdings) USA Inc. Vs. Nevada Labor Comm'r, 2019 NV 3 (Nev. 2019). · cites it 8× “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
S. Nv. Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Comm. v. City of Boulder City (Nev. 2016). · cites it 2× “In particular, appellants contended that the bid solicitation wrongly advertised the water tank work as "normal maintenance" and thus excluded it, under NRS 338.011, from statutory public works requirements like paying prevailing wages.”
Clark Cty. Nev. Dep'T Of Aviation v. S. Nev. Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Comm. (Nev. 2022). · cites it 2× “"); NRS 338.011(1) (stating that the prevailing wage law does not apply to contracts for "normal maintenance" in compliance with NRS Chapter 332).”
— Nev. Rev. Stat. § 338.011(1) — 4 cases
Bombardier Transp. (Holdings) USA, Inc. v. Nev. Labor Comm'r, 433 P.3d 248 (Nev. 2019). “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
Bombardier Transp. (holdings) USA Inc. Vs. Nevada Labor Comm'r, 2019 NV 3 (Nev. 2019). “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
Bombardier Transp. (holdings) USA Inc. Vs. Nevada Labor Comm'r, 2019 NV 3 (Nev. 2019). “It would produce an absurd result to read "repair" into what NRS 338.011 has qualified as "normal" operations and maintenance, because the statute plainly aims to exempt tasks not included in "repair.”
Clark Cty. Nev. Dep'T Of Aviation v. S. Nev. Labor Mgmt. Cooperation Comm. (Nev. 2022). “"); NRS 338.011(1) (stating that the prevailing wage law does not apply to contracts for "normal maintenance" in compliance with NRS Chapter 332).”
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