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 332.115 is hereby amended to read as follows:

1-2 332.115 1. Contracts which by their nature are not adapted to award

2-1 (h) Software for computers;

2-2 [(h)] (i) Books, library materials and subscriptions;

2-3 [(i)] (j) Motor vehicle fuel purchased by a local law enforcement

2-4 agency for use in an undercover investigation;

2-5 [(j)] (k) Motor vehicle fuel for use in a vehicle operated by a local law

2-6 enforcement agency or local fire department if such fuel is not available

2-7 within the vehicle’s assigned service area from a fueling station owned by

2-8 the State of Nevada or a local government;

2-9 [(k)] (l) Purchases made with money in a store fund for prisoners in a

2-10 jail or local detention facility for the provision and maintenance of a

2-11 canteen for the prisoners; and

2-12 [(l)] (m) Supplies, materials or equipment that are available from the

2-13 General Services Administration or another governmental agency in the

2-14 regular course of its business,

2-15 are not subject to the requirements of this chapter for competitive bidding

2-16 as determined by the governing body or its authorized representative.

2-17 2. The purchase of equipment for use by a local law enforcement

2-18 agency in the course of an undercover investigation is not subject to the

2-19 requirements of this chapter for competitive bidding if:

2-20 (a) The equipment is an electronic or mechanical device which by

2-21 design is intended to monitor and document in a clandestine manner

2-22 suspected criminal activity; and

2-23 (b) Purchasing the equipment pursuant to such requirements would

2-24 limit or compromise the use of such equipment by an agency authorized to

2-25 conduct such investigations.

2-26 3. The governing body of a hospital required to comply with the

2-27 provisions of this chapter, or its authorized representative, may purchase

2-28 goods commonly used by the hospital, under a contract properly awarded

2-29 pursuant to NRS 332.065, without additional competitive bidding even if

2-30 at the time the contract was awarded:

2-31 (a) The vendor supplying such goods to the person awarded the contract

2-32 was not identified as a supplier to be used by the person awarded the

2-33 contract; or

2-34 (b) The vendor was identified as a supplier but was not identified as the

2-35 supplier of such goods.

2-36 The governing body of the hospital shall make available for public

2-37 inspection each such contract and records related to those purchases.

2-38 4. Except in cases of emergency, at least 60 days before the expiration

2-39 of an existing contract for insurance in which the local government is the

2-40 insured, the governing body shall cause to be given, by advertising or in

2-41 another manner deemed adequate and desirable by the governing body,

2-42 notice of the date the contract for insurance expires.

3-1 5. Nothing in this section prohibits a governing body or its authorized

3-2 representative from advertising for or requesting bids.