Applicability: Contracts related to normal operation and normal maintenance; contracts related to emergency

The requirements of this chapter do not apply to a contract:

1. Awarded in compliance with chapter 332 or 333 of NRS which is directly related to the normal operation of the public body or the normal maintenance of its property.

2. Awarded to meet an emergency which results from a natural or artificially created disaster and which threatens the health, safety or welfare of the public. If the public body or its authorized representative determines that an emergency exists, a contract or contracts necessary to contend with the emergency may be let without complying with the requirements of this chapter. If such emergency action was taken by the authorized representative, the authorized representative shall report the contract or contracts to the public body at the next regularly scheduled meeting of the public body.