Nevada § 338.131 - Prehire agreement: Authority of local government to enter; preferential employment of local residents authorized; exception; applicability of provisions governing payment of prevailing wages
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 338.131 — Prehire agreement: Authority of local government to enter; preferential employment of local residents authorized; exception; applicability of provisions governing payment of prevailing wages, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 338.131. Prehire agreement: Authority of local government to enter; preferential employment of local residents authorized; exception; applicability of provisions governing payment of prevailing wages
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a local government sponsoring or
financing a public work may enter into a prehire agreement for the public work. Any such prehire agreement may contain a preference for hiring labor on the public
work to local residents who possess a valid driver's license or identification card
issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles or other proof of current address which
indicates that the person resides: (a) Within the jurisdiction of the local government; (b) Within a certain specified distance of the jurisdiction of the local government,
as provided by the local government sponsoring or financing the public work; or (c) Within a certain geographic area within the jurisdiction of the local government. 2. If any federal statute or regulation precludes the granting of federal assistance
or reduces the amount of that assistance for a particular public work because of the
provisions of subsection 1, those provisions do not apply insofar as their application
would preclude or reduce federal assistance. 3. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize a contractor on a public
work to pay any worker on the public work less than the applicable prevailing wage
required pursuant to NRS 338.020 to 338.090 , inclusive.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 338.131 ("Prehire agreement: Authority of local government to enter; preferential employment of local residents authorized; exception; applicability of provisions governing payment of prevailing wages") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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