EXPLANATION – Matter in bolded italics is new; matter between brackets [omitted material] is material to be omitted. Green numbers along left margin indicate location on the printed bill (e.g., 5-15 indicates page 5, line 15).

1-1 Section 1. NRS 338.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 338.143 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6 and NRS

1-18 shall select contractors from the list in such a manner as to afford each

2-1 contractor an equal opportunity to bid on a public works project. A

2-2 properly licensed contractor must submit a written request annually to the

2-3 public body to remain on the list. Offers for bids which are made pursuant

2-4 to this subsection must be sent by certified mail.

2-5 3. Approved plans and specifications for the bids must be on file at a

2-6 place and time stated in the advertisement for the inspection of all persons

2-7 desiring to bid thereon and for other interested persons. Contracts for the

2-8 project must be awarded on the basis of bids received.

2-9 4. Any or all bids received in response to an advertisement for bids

2-10 may be rejected if the person responsible for awarding the contract

2-11 determines that:

2-12 (a) The bidder is not responsive or responsible;

2-13 (b) The quality of the services, materials, equipment or labor offered

2-14 does not conform to the approved plan or specifications; or

2-15 (c) The public interest would be served by such a rejection.

2-16 5. Before an agency or political subdivision of the state may

2-17 commence a project subject to the provisions of this section, based upon a

2-18 determination that the public interest would be served by rejecting any bids

2-19 received in response to an advertisement for bids, it shall prepare and make

2-20 available for public inspection a written statement containing:

2-21 (a) A list of all persons, including supervisors, who the agency or

2-22 political subdivision intends to assign to the project, together with their

2-23 classifications and an estimate of the direct and indirect costs of their labor;

2-24 (b) A list of all equipment that the agency or political subdivision

2-25 intends to use on the project, together with an estimate of the number of

2-26 hours each item of equipment will be used and the hourly cost to use each

2-27 item of equipment;

2-28 (c) An estimate of the cost of administrative support for the persons

2-29 assigned to the project;

2-30 (d) An estimate of the total cost of the project; and

2-31 (e) An estimate of the amount of money the agency or political

2-32 subdivision expects to save by rejecting the bids and performing the

2-33 project itself.

2-34 6. This section does not apply to:

2-35 (a) Any utility subject to the provisions of chapter 318 or 710 of NRS;

2-36 (b) Any work of construction, reconstruction, improvement and

2-37 maintenance of highways subject to NRS 408.323 or 408.327;

2-38 (c) Normal maintenance of the property of a school district; or

2-39 (d) The Las Vegas Valley water district created pursuant to chapter 167,

2-40 Statutes of Nevada 1947 [.] or the Virgin Valley water district created

2-41 pursuant to chapter 100, Statutes of Nevada 1993.

3-1 Sec. 2. NRS 338.143 is hereby amended to read as follows:

3-2 338.143 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 6, an agency

4-1 (b) A list of all equipment that the agency or political subdivision

4-2 intends to use on the project, together with an estimate of the number of

4-3 hours each item of equipment will be used and the hourly cost to use each

4-4 item of equipment;

4-5 (c) An estimate of the cost of administrative support for the persons

4-6 assigned to the project;

4-7 (d) An estimate of the total cost of the project; and

4-8 (e) An estimate of the amount of money the agency or political

4-9 subdivision expects to save by rejecting the bids and performing the

4-10 project itself.

4-11 6. This section does not apply to:

4-12 (a) Any utility subject to the provisions of chapter 318 or 710 of NRS;

4-13 (b) Any work of construction, reconstruction, improvement and

4-14 maintenance of highways subject to NRS 408.323 or 408.327;

4-15 (c) Normal maintenance of the property of a school district; or

4-16 (d) The Las Vegas Valley water district created pursuant to chapter 167,

4-17 Statutes of Nevada 1947 [.] or the Virgin Valley water district created

4-18 pursuant to chapter 100, Statutes of Nevada 1993.

4-19 Sec. 3. Section 1 of chapter 100, Statutes of Nevada 1993, as

4-20 amended by chapter 266, Statutes of Nevada 1995, at page 440, is hereby

4-21 amended to read as follows:

4-22 Section 1. There is hereby created a political subdivision of

4-23 this state to be known as the "Virgin Valley Water District." The

4-24 jurisdiction and service area of the district are all that real property

4-25 located in Clark County, Nevada, described as follows:

4-26 Beginning at the northeast corner of section 10, Township 13

4-27 South, Range 71 East, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian and

4-28 running south approximately 15 miles along the section lines to

4-29 the southeast corner of section 22, Township 15 South, Range 71

4-30 East ; [, Mount Diablo Meridian;] thence westerly along the

4-31 section lines approximately 15 miles to the southwest corner of

4-32 section 20, Township 15 South, Range 69 East; thence northerly

4-33 along the section lines approximately 2 miles to the northwest

4-34 corner of section 17, Township 15 South, Range 69 East; thence

4-35 easterly along the north line of that section 17, a distance of 1

4-36 mile more or less to the southwesterly corner of section 9,

4-37 Township 15 South, Range 69 East; thence northerly along the

4-38 westerly section lines of sections 9 and 4 to the northwesterly

4-39 corner of section 4, Township 15 South, Range 69 East; thence

4-40 westerly along the south lines Township 14 South approximately

4-41 [14] 8 miles to the southwesterly corner of section 31, Township

4-42 14 South, Range [67] 68 East, that point also being on the west

4-43 range line of Range [67] 68 East; thence northerly along that

5-1 range line [a distance of 12 miles more or less] approximately 9

5-2 miles to the southwest corner of section 18, Township 14 South,

5-3 Range 68 East; thence easterly along the section line of section

5-4 18 approximately 1 mile to the southeast corner of the section;

5-5 thence northerly along the east lines of sections 18 and 7 to the

5-6 northeast corner of section 7, Township 14 South, Range 68

5-7 East; thence westerly along the section line of section 7

5-8 approximately 1 mile to the northwest corner of the section;

5-9 thence northerly along the west range line of Range 68 East to

5-10 the northerly line of Clark County; thence easterly along the

5-11 north line of Clark County [28] 22 miles more or less to a point

5-12 in the north-south boundary line between the States of Nevada

5-13 and Arizona; thence southerly along the Nevada-Arizona state

5-14 line to the northeast corner of section 10, Township 13 South,

5-15 Range 71 East, [Mount Diablo Meridian,] that point being the

5-16 true point of beginning.