Opinion ID: 2452967
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Heading: Carson-Tahoe is inapplicable

Text: The City contends that our analysis of the application of prevailing wage laws in Carson-Tahoe Hospital v. Building & Construction Trades, 122 Nev. 218, 128 P.3d 1065 (2006), bars a conclusion that its investigation and the payment of prevailing wages under NRS Chapter 388 were statutorily mandated here. We disagree. In Carson-Tahoe, a private organization financed the construction of a new hospital on hospital-owned land through $95 million in economic development bonds sanctioned by the city board and issued pursuant to the County Economic Development Revenue Bond Law, NRS 244A.669 through NRS 244A.763. 122 Nev. at 219, 128 P.3d at 1066. The economic development revenue bonds at issue did not utilize public money because they did not involve taxpayer money or obligate county funds. Id. at 221, 128 P.3d at 1067. Therefore, we concluded that payment of prevailing wages was not required because the contract did not involve a public body or a public work. Id. at 222, 128 P.3d at 1068. The STAR bonds used for the Cabela's project are different from the economic development revenue bonds used for the project in Carson-Tahoe because they were created under different acts that have different provisions and requirements. Unlike economic development revenue bonds, STAR bonds are ultimately financed by taxpayers through sales taxes. The City concedes that Cabela's was a public project. Therefore, we conclude that Carson-Tahoe is inapplicable here.