Under existing law, every contract to which a public body of this State is a party, requiring the employment of skilled mechanics, skilled workers, semiskilled mechanics, semiskilled workers or unskilled labor in the performance of a public work, must contain in express terms the hourly and daily rate of wages to be paid to each of the classes of mechanics and workers. The hourly and daily rate of wages must not be less than the prevailing wage in the region in which the public work is located, as determined by the Labor Commissioner. (NRS 338.020) Section 2 of this bill provides that workers who perform custom fabrication on a public work must also be paid such a prevailing wage. Section 1 of this bill: (1) defines the term “custom fabrication”; (2) defines the term “nonstandard good or material”; and (3) revises the definition of “worker” to include a worker who performs custom fabrication. Under existing law, performance contracts for certain operating cost-savings measures entered into by local governments and state agencies must contain in express terms the hourly and daily rate of wages to be paid to each class of mechanics and workers. Such wages must not be less than the prevailing wage in the region in which the local government or state agency is located. (NRS 332.390, 333A.120) Similar to section 1, sections 3 and 4 of this bill, respectively, provide that workers who perform custom fabrication must also be paid such a prevailing wage. The Tahoe-Douglas Visitor's Authority Act requires the payment of prevailing wages on any project financed or otherwise undertaken by the Tahoe-Douglas Visitor's Authority that requires the employment of certain workers even if the project does not qualify as a public work. (Section 33 of chapter 375, Statutes of Nevada 2019, at page 2364) Section 5 of this bill provides that workers who perform custom fabrication on such a project must also be paid prevailing wages. Section 6 of this bill provides that the requirement to pay prevailing wage to workers who perform custom fabrication does not apply to a public works contract or performance contract awarded before January 1, 2026.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 338.010, 338.020, 332.390, 333A.120
BDR: 338.010, 338.020, 332.390, 333A.120