Terms Used In Nevada Revised Statutes 338.040

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Contract: means a written contract entered into between a contractor and a public body for the provision of labor, materials, equipment or supplies for a public work. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010
• Public work: means any project for the new construction, repair or reconstruction of a project financed in whole or in part from public money for:

  (a) Public buildings;

  (b) Jails and prisons;

  (c) Public roads;

  (d) Public highways;

  (e) Public streets and alleys;

  (f) Public utilities;

  (g) Publicly owned water mains and sewers;

  (h) Public parks and playgrounds;

  (i) Public convention facilities which are financed at least in part with public money; and

  (j) All other publicly owned works and property. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010

• Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
• Worker: means a skilled mechanic, skilled worker, semiskilled mechanic, semiskilled worker or unskilled worker in the service of a contractor or subcontractor under any appointment or contract of hire or apprenticeship, express or implied, oral or written, whether lawfully or unlawfully employed. See Nevada Revised Statutes 338.010