Title 35

NRS 408.265 Federal money deposited in State Highway Fund. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 226.700 to 226.832, inclusive, all money received from the Government of the United States and by virtue of the provisions of any Act of Congress for the engineering, planning, surveyin…

NRS 408.270 Vouchers for payment; temporary transfer of money from State General Fund to State Highway Fund. 1. At least once each month the Director shall file with the State Controller a certificate showing the number and amount of vouchers filed with the division engineer of t…

NRS 408.271 Department may expend money to conduct studies and match federal money for capital acquisitions. The Department may expend money, when authorized by the Legislature for expenditure from the interest earned by investment of the State Highway Fund, to conduct studies of…

NRS 408.273 Issuance of bonds. 1. The State Board of Finance shall, when so requested by the Board, issue special obligation bonds of the State of Nevada to provide money to enable the Department to complete pending and currently projected highway construction projects, in an amo…

NRS 408.275 Surveys, maps and studies of traffic; roadside parks; rest areas; receipt of federal money; regulations. 1. The Department shall prepare highway planning surveys, maps and traffic studies for the purposes of securing, preserving and furnishing all necessary informatio…

NRS 408.280 Program for work on highways: Contents; distribution. 1. On or before October 1 of each year the Board shall prepare and present to the Governor a detailed proposed work program, the form and content to be determined by the Board, for the federal fiscal year ending th…

NRS 408.281 Program for work on highways: Inclusion of designated projects for use of recycled products. The Department shall submit for approval to the Board of Directors, as a part of the annual work program, designated projects for the use of recycled products. The designated …

NRS 408.283 Cooperative agreements between Department of Transportation and county commissioners. 1. The Department may enter into cooperative agreements with any board of county commissioners in the State for the improvement of any road. 2. Roads improved pursuant to this sectio…

NRS 408.2831 Contents of agreement. Every agreement entered into pursuant to NRS 408.283 shall specify: 1. The type of improvement required to produce an adequate road. 2. The percentage of the cost or participation of the State. 3. The percentage of the cost or participation of …

NRS 408.2832 Priority of improvement projects; determination of ability of county to perform. 1. The Board shall determine the priority of improvement of any road proposed pursuant to NRS 408.283. 2. The Board shall not authorize the expenditure of money for any agreement entered…

NRS 408.2833 Standards for project. The Department shall determine standards to be met in the project. (Added to NRS by 1971, 602) STATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM

NRS 408.285 State highways; designation of other highways and roads as state highways and state routes; route numbers; roads for state parks. 1. Except as provided in subsection 2, only those highways which are owned and maintained by the Department in accordance with the provisi…

NRS 408.290 Procedure for establishment of new routes. The Department may establish new routes into or in the vicinity of municipalities and metropolitan areas with the approval of the board of county commissioners of the county in which an addition is proposed and with the appro…

NRS 408.301 State Route 163 designated as Colorado River Highway; placement of markers. 1. State Route 163, as now or hereafter located in this State, is designated as the Colorado River Highway. 2. The Director shall place suitable markers along State Route 163 and may locate th…

NRS 408.302 Donald J. Laughlin Memorial Bridge: Designation; placement of markers. 1. The bridge which connects State Route 163 with Bullhead City, Arizona, as now or hereafter located in this State, is designated as the Donald J. Laughlin Memorial Bridge. 2. The Director shall p…

NRS 408.303 U.S. Highway No. 6 designated as Grand Army of the Republic Highway; placement of markers. 1. United States Highway No. 6, as now or hereafter located in this state, is designated as Grand Army of the Republic Highway and U.S. 6. 2. The Director shall place suitable m…

NRS 408.307 Comstock Highway: Designation; placement of markers. 1. The state highways which connect Virginia City with other state highways are collectively designated as the Comstock Highway. 2. The Director shall place suitable markers along the highway and may locate them at …

NRS 408.309 Designation of Route 94. Route 94 begins at a point on the Pahrump Valley Road approximately 3.6 miles southeast of the Nye County line, thence easterly via Lovell Summit and Red Rock Summit to a point on the Red Rock Canyon Road approximately 11 miles west of Las Veg…

NRS 408.313 Manner of construction; use of recycled materials. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all highways constructed under the provisions of this chapter shall be constructed in such manner as to provide for sufficient and permanent drainage and of such materi…

NRS 408.317 Supervision of work by Director; payments from State Highway Fund. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive, all work of construction, reconstruction, improvement and maintenance of highways as provided under the provisions of this chapte…

NRS 408.319 Report of projects for construction and maintenance: Preparation; contents; revision; public inspection. 1. The Department shall prepare and make available for public inspection a report of its projects for the construction and maintenance of highways. The report must…

NRS 408.3195 Written analysis of costs and benefits of proposed highway projects: Contents; availability to Board and public. 1. Before the Department submits a proposal for a highway project to the Board for approval, the Department shall prepare a written analysis of the costs …

NRS 408.321 Consideration of users of roadways of all ages and abilities, bicycle lanes, various services for bicycles, motor vehicle recovery lanes and turnouts for slower vehicles. The Department shall, in accordance with appropriate standards of design: 1. Integrate the consid…

NRS 408.323 Conditions for execution of work without contract; work resulting from disaster or emergency. 1. Whenever it can be justified by the Director that limited work or improvements can be done in a more economical or other satisfactory manner than by contract under NRS 408…

NRS 408.327 Advertisement for bids; publication. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive: 1. Whenever the provisions of NRS 408.323 do not apply, the Director shall advertise for bids for such work according to the plans and specifications prepared by …

NRS 408.333 Bids and bidders: Experience and financial ability; disqualification; hearing upon disqualification; appeal of decision. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.367 or 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive: 1. Before furnishing any person proposing to bid on any advertised …

NRS 408.337 Bids and bidders: Security; forfeiture; refunds. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive: 1. All bids must be accompanied by an undertaking executed by a corporate surety authorized to do business in the State, or by cash or a certified che…

NRS 408.343 Bids and bidders: Procedure for award of contract; regulations. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive: (a) All bids must be submitted: (1) Under sealed cover and received at the address in Nevada stated in the advertisement for bids an…

NRS 408.346 Monetary incentive for early completion of contract. 1. Any contract made or awarded by the Department for the construction, improvement, maintenance or repair of a highway or an appurtenance to that highway may include a provision for the payment of an additional amo…

NRS 408.347 Execution of contract in name of State; copies filed with Department and county commissioners. 1. All construction contracts authorized by NRS 408.327 must be executed in the name of the State of Nevada and must be signed by the Chair of the Board and attested by the …

NRS 408.353 Interest of member of Board, officer or employee prohibited; exception; voidability; penalties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, all members of the Board, directors and other officers or employees of the Department are prohibited from having any intere…

NRS 408.354 Contract awarded to railroad company may provide under certain circumstances that railroad company is exempt from requirements concerning bonds. If the Director awards to a railroad company a contract for a project for the construction, reconstruction, improvement or …

NRS 408.357 Bids and bidders: Bonds required of successful bidders; exception; conditions; sureties. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.354, every contract must provide for the filing and furnishing of one or more bonds by the successful bidder, with corporate sureties ap…

NRS 408.363 Claims against contractor’s bond; action against surety. 1. Any person who has furnished labor, materials, provisions, implements, machinery, means of transportation or supplies used or consumed by such contractor or the contractor’s subcontractors in or about the per…

NRS 408.367 Project not exceeding $250,000: Solicitation and rejection of bids; quarterly reports; public records; bonds. 1. With the approval of the Board, the Director may receive informal bids and award contracts for highway construction, reconstruction, improvements, and main…

NRS 408.373 Contractor: Compliance with state laws concerning workers’ compensation and unemployment compensation; compliance with other laws. 1. Before paying any money or drawing a warrant in payment to a person to whom a contract is awarded, the State Controller shall require …

NRS 408.377 Subcontractor: Approval; compliance with laws. 1. No prime or general contractor shall assign or sublet any portion of work to be done under the terms of any contract except: (a) Upon the written approval of the Department. (b) In accordance with the terms of the cont…

NRS 408.379 Subcontractor: State business license required. 1. A subcontractor who enters into a subcontract for a project for the construction and maintenance of a highway shall not accept or otherwise receive any public money for the project, including, without limitation, acce…

NRS 408.383 Contractor: Partial payments; percentage retained; substitution of certain obligations for retained payments; period for dispersal of money by contractor to subcontractors; rate of interest on delinquent dispersal; procedure for resolution of dispute over dispersal. 1…

NRS 408.387 Contract: Publication of notice of final acceptance; final settlement. 1. Before making final payment on any contract as provided in this chapter the Director shall cause the publication of a notice of the date of final acceptance of the contract for a period of at le…

NRS 408.3875 Definitions. As used in NRS 408.3875 to 408.3888, inclusive, unless the context otherwise requires, the words and terms defined in NRS 408.3876 to 408.3879, inclusive, have the meanings ascribed to them in those sections. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3482; A 2001, 2022; 20…

NRS 408.3876 “Design-build contract” defined. “Design-build contract” means a contract between the Department and a design-build team in which the design-build team agrees to design and construct a project. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3482; A 2001, 2022; 2003, 119)

NRS 408.3877 “Design-build team” defined. “Design-build team” means an entity that consists of: 1. At least one person who is licensed as a general engineering contractor or a general building contractor pursuant to chapter 624 of NRS; and 2. At least one person who holds a certi…

NRS 408.3878 “Prime contractor” defined. “Prime contractor” means a person who: 1. Contracts to construct an entire project; 2. Coordinates all work performed on the entire project; 3. Uses his or her own workforce to perform all or a part of the construction of the project; and …

NRS 408.3879 “Project” defined. “Project” means a project for the construction, reconstruction or improvement of a highway. (Added to NRS by 1999, 3483; A 2001, 2022; 2003, 119)

NRS 408.388 Projects for which Department may contract with design-build team. 1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 408.5471 to 408.549, inclusive, the Department may contract with a design-build team for the design and construction of a project if the Department determines tha…