CARSON-TAHOE HOSP. v. BLDG. & CONSTR. TRADES

No. 43638.

128 P.3d 1065 (2006)

CARSON-TAHOE HOSPITAL, a Nevada Nonprofit Corporation, Appellant, v. BUILDING & CONSTRUCTION TRADES COUNCIL OF NORTHERN NEVADA; Cecil Hoffman; Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters; and Carpenters Union, Local 971, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Nevada.

March 2, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allison, MacKenzie, Russell, Pavlakis, Wright & Fagan, Ltd., and Mike E. Pavlakis, Carson City, for Appellant.

Michael E. Langton, Reno, for Respondents Building & Construction Trades Council of Northern Nevada and Cecil Hoffman.

Daniel M. Shanley, Las Vegas; Desmond C. Lee, Los Angeles, California, for Respondents Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters and Carpenters Union.

Before the Court En Banc.


OPINION

PARRAGUIRRE, J.

In this appeal, we consider whether NRS 244A.763(5) requires workers be paid prevailing wages for a private project funded through public economic development revenue bonds. We determine that the plain language of NRS 244A.763(5) mandates that the public works statutes of NRS Chapter 338 be considered to determine what type of projects require payment of prevailing wages. As a result, we conclude that a project under NRS 244A...

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