Existing law requires a contractor or subcontractor engaged in: (1) vertical construction who employs a worker on a public work to use one or more apprentices for at least 10 percent of the total hours of labor worked for each apprenticed craft or type of work to be performed on the public work for which more than three workers are employed; and (2) horizontal construction who employs a worker on a public work to use one or more apprentices for at least 3 percent of the total hours of labor worked for each apprenticed craft or type of work to be performed on the public work for which more than three workers are employed. (NRS 338.01165) Section 1 of this bill requires that, to the extent practicable: (1) at least 2 percent of the hours of labor for vertical construction that is required to be performed by apprentices must be performed by women; and (2) at least 1 percent of the hours of labor for horizontal construction that is required to be performed by apprentices must be performed by women. Section 1 also requires the State Apprenticeship Council to review, at least once every 2 years, the policies of an apprenticeship program that does not provide enough apprentices who are women to enable a contractor or subcontractor to meet the percentage of hours of labor required to be performed by women. Section 2 of this bill provides that such requirements do not apply to a contract for a public work for which bids have been submitted before January 1, 2024.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 338.01165
Reprint 1: 338.01165
Reprint 2: 338.01165
As Enrolled: 338.01165
BDR: 338.01165