1.  Except as otherwise provided in this section and NRS 344.050, all public printing required by the various towns of this State must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county in which the town is located. If there is no bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment within the county adequately equipped to do the printing, the printing must be placed with a bona fide newspaper or bona fide commercial printing establishment in the State adequately equipped to do the printing.

2.  Except as otherwise authorized in subsection 4, printing required by towns of this State must be done within the State.

3.  The provisions of this section are contingent upon satisfactory services being rendered by all such printing establishments and reasonable charges therefor. As used in this subsection, ‘reasonable charges’ means a charge not in excess of the amount necessary to be paid for similar work in other printing establishments.

4.  The provisions of this section do not prohibit the printing of town bonds and other evidences of indebtedness outside the State.