1. 1. In preparing a tentative budget pursuant to NRS 354.596, the governing body of a local government shall prepare and include a list of any existing contracts the local government has with persons or temporary employment services, the proposed expenditures for such contracts in the next 2 fiscal years and the reasons for the use of such persons or services. If such contracts include privatization contracts, the local government must include in the list:

   1. (a) The duration of such contracts;
   2. (b) The number of privatization contracts proposed for the next 2 fiscal years and the estimated expenditures for such contracts; and
   3. (c) A summary of the number of persons the local government proposes to employ pursuant to each contract, reflected as their equivalent full-time positions if the persons were employed regularly by the local government, and their equivalent hourly wage.
2. 2. The list prepared pursuant to this section is a public record and must be open to public inspection.

3. 3. As used in this section, “privatization contract” means a contract executed by or on behalf of a local government which authorizes a private entity to provide public services which are:

   1. (a) Substantially similar to the services provided by the public employees of the local government; and
   2. (b) In lieu of the services otherwise authorized or required to be provided by the local government.

(Added to NRS by 2011, 2727)