Section 338.NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] [Prehire agreement for public work]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.Added by 2023, Ch. 488,§1, eff. 6/15/2023, app. to a public work for which bids are first advertised by a local government after 6/15/2023.