1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 2, a public body charged with the drafting of specifications for a public work shall include in the specifications a clause requiring the use of a method of alternate dispute resolution before initiation of a judicial action if a dispute arising between the public body and the contractor engaged on a public work cannot otherwise be settled.
2. The provisions of subsection 1 do not require the Department of Transportation to include such a clause in any contract entered into by the Department.
(Added to NRS by 1969, 618; A 1971, 621; 1979, 1796; 1985, 1462; 2003, 2438; 2005, 1808; 2009, 424)