NevadaCourts could order public bodies to award some public works contracts
A party with legal standing could ask a district court to require a public body to award certain contracts under specified conditions.
What it does
A party with legal standing could ask a district court to require a public body to award certain public works contracts. The judge may award reasonable legal fees and costs to the winning party.
Argument forPeople with legal standing could ask a court to require an award under public purchasing rules, which may help address covered contract disputes.
Argument againstPublic bodies could face added court costs or delays when someone challenges a covered contract award, even though a judge may award fees to the winner.
More detail
A party with legal standing may ask a district court for an order requiring a public body to award a covered contract. This applies to contracts pursued under the public purchasing laws named in the text when the work is not directly related to the public body's normal operations or maintenance of its property. The district court may award reasonable attorney’s fees and costs to the party that wins.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Jun 10Vetoed by the Governor Joe Lombardo. (Return to 84th Session.)Latest
- Jun 4Enrolled and delivered to Governor.To Governor
- Jun 1Assembly Amendment No. 737 concurred in. To enrollment.Major
- May 23From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint. Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 27, Nays: 15.) To Senate. In Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded Assembly (2nd Reprint). Result: pass.Lower
- May 22From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 737.) To printer.Minor
- Apr 24In Assembly. Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To committee.Minor
- Apr 23From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint. To Assembly.
- Apr 21Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 16, Nays: 5.) To printer.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Senate (1st Reprint). Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 18Taken from General File. Placed on General File for next legislative day.
- Apr 17From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. Placed on Second Reading File. Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 483.) Reprinting dispensed with. Placed on General File.Minor
- Mar 26From printer. To committee.
- Mar 24Read first time. Referred to Committee on Government Affairs. To printer.Introduced
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