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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-5103 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5103
View Statute 2-5103
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Buffer Strip Act:

(1) Buffer strip means a strip of vegetation used to intercept or trap field sediment, organics, pesticides, and other potential pollutants before they reach surface water;

(2) Department means the Department of Agriculture;

(3) District means a natural resources district; and

(4) Person means any individual, partnership, firm, corporation, company, society, or association, the state or any department, agency, or subdivision thereof, or any other public or private entity.

Laws 1998, LB 1126, § 3;

Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-252 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-252
View Statute 71-252
Status: in_force

In order to maintain its license in good standing, each mobile barber shop shall operate in accordance with the following requirements:

(1) The barber shop shall at all times comply with all applicable provisions of the Barber Act and all rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act;

(2) The barber shop owner or his or her agent shall notify the board of any change of ownership, name, or office address and if a barber shop is permanently closed;

(3) No barber shop shall permit any unlicensed person to perform any of the practices of barbering within its confines or employment;

(4) The barber shop shall display a name upon, over, or near the entrance door distinguishing it as a barber shop;

(5) The barber shop shall permit any duly authorized agent of the board to conduct an operation inspection or investigation at any time during the normal operating hours of the barber shop, without prior notice, and the owner and manager shall assist the inspector by providing access to all areas of the barber shop, all personnel, and all records requested by the inspector;

(6) The barber shop shall display in a conspicuous place the following records:

(a) The current license or certificate of consideration to operate a barber shop; and

(b) The current licenses of all persons licensed under the act who are employed by or working in the barber shop;

(7) No barbering practices may be performed in a barber shop while the barber shop is moving. The barber shop must be safely and legally parked in a legal parking space at all times while clients are present inside the barber shop. A barber shop shall not park or conduct business within three hundred feet of another licensed barber shop. The board is not responsible for monitoring for enforcement of this subdivision but may discipline a license for a reported and verified violation; and

(8) The owner of the barber shop shall maintain a permanent business address at which correspondence from the board may be received and records of appointments, license numbers, and vehicle identification numbers shall be kept for each barber shop being operated by the owner. The owner shall make such records available for verification and inspection by the board.

Laws 2018, LB731, § 87.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4113 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4113
View Statute 30-4113
Status: in_force

The office shall charge fees pursuant to the guidelines developed pursuant to section 30-4109 unless modified or waived by the court.

Laws 2014, LB920, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-733.01 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-733.01
View Statute 42-733.01
Status: in_force

A tribunal of this state authorized to determine parentage of a child may serve as a responding tribunal in a proceeding to determine parentage of a child brought under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act or a law or procedure substantially similar to the act.

Laws 2015, LB415, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-538 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-538
View Statute 37-538
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 37-420 and except for a disabled person holding a special permit to hunt and fish from a vehicle issued under section 37-421 , it shall be unlawful to hunt any game birds from a vehicle of any kind. Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be fined at least fifty dollars.

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 258;

Laws 2005, LB 162, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1514 — NE Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-1514
View Statute 59-1514
Status: in_force

The division may adopt rules and regulations for the enforcement of the provisions of sections 59-1501 to 59-1518 and may undertake a cost survey as provided for in section 59-1513 .

Laws 1965, c. 364, § 14, p. 1191.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1601 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1601
View Statute 70-1601
Status: in_force

No applicant for the services of a public or private utility company furnishing water, natural gas, or electricity at retail in this state shall be denied service because of unpaid bills for similar service which are not collectible at law because of statutes of limitations or discharge in bankruptcy proceedings.

Laws 1972, LB 1201, § 2;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 18-417;

Laws 1988, LB 792, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2535 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2535
View Statute 18-2535
Status: in_force

Any city clerk who willfully refuses to comply with the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act or who willfully causes unreasonable delay in the execution of his or her duties under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor, but imprisonment shall not be included as part of the punishment.

Laws 1982, LB 807, § 35;

Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 21;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 186.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-601 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-601
View Statute 45-601
Status: in_force

Sections 45-601 to 45-622 shall be known and may be cited as the Collection Agency Act.

No person, firm, corporation, or association shall conduct or operate a collection agency or do a collection agency business as defined in the act until he, she, or it has secured a license as provided in the act. Any person, firm, corporation, or association conducting or operating such a collection agency or doing such a collection agency business without a license shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor for each day that such unlawful business is conducted. Any officer or agent of a firm, corporation, or association who personally participates in any violation of the act shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to require a regular employee of a collection agency duly licensed as such in this state to procure a collection agency license.

Nothing in the act shall be construed to prohibit a person, firm, corporation, or association regulated as a collection agency in another state and residing in another state from communicating with a debtor in this state.

Laws 1963, c. 500, § 1, p. 1592;

Laws 1977, LB 39, § 299;

R.S.1943, (1981), § 81-8,158;

Laws 1984, LB 471, § 1;

Laws 1993, LB 261, § 1;

Laws 2020, LB909, § 25.

Exemptions from Credit Services Organization Act, see section 45-803 .

Failure to report and pay collections made within specified time justified revocation of license. State ex rel. Hartman v. Weiss, 181 Neb. 685, 150 N.W.2d 264 (1967).

Failure to report and pay collections made within specified time justified revocation of license. State ex rel. Hartman v. Weiss, 181 Neb. 685, 150 N.W.2d 264 (1967).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-652 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-652
View Statute 9-652
Status: in_force

(1) Except when another penalty is specifically provided, any person or licensee, or employee or agent thereof, who knowingly or intentionally violates any provision of the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, or who causes, aids, abets, or conspires with another to cause any person or licensee or any employee or agent thereof to violate the act, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor for the first offense and a Class IV felony for any second or subsequent violation. Any licensee guilty of violating the act more than once in a twelve-month period may have its license canceled or revoked.

(2) Each of the following violations of the act shall be a Class IV felony:

(a) Giving, providing, or offering to give or provide, directly or indirectly, to any public official, employee, or agent of this state or any agencies or political subdivisions of this state any compensation or reward or share of the money for property paid or received through gambling activities regulated under the act in consideration for obtaining any license, authorization, permission, or privilege to participate in any gaming operations except as authorized under the act or any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such act;

(b) Knowingly filing a false report under the act; or

(c) Knowingly falsifying or making any false entry in any books or records with respect to any transaction connected with the conduct of a lottery.

(3) Intentionally employing or possessing any device to facilitate cheating in any lottery or using any fraudulent scheme or technique in connection with any lottery is a violation of the act. The offense is a:

(a) Class II misdemeanor when the amount gained or intended to be gained through the use of such device, scheme, or technique is less than five hundred dollars;

(b) Class I misdemeanor when the amount gained or intended to be gained through the use of such device, scheme, or technique is five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars; and

(c) Class IV felony when the amount gained or intended to be gained through the use of such device, scheme, or technique is one thousand five hundred dollars or more.

(4) It shall be the duty of the Attorney General or appropriate county attorney to prosecute and defend all proceedings initiated in any court or otherwise under the act.

(5) The failure to do any act required by or under the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act shall be deemed an act in part in the principal office of the department. Any prosecution under such act may be conducted in any county where the defendant resides or has a place of business or in any county in which any violation occurred.

(6) In the enforcement and investigation of any offense committed under the act, the department may call to its aid any sheriff, deputy sheriff, or other peace officer in the state.

Laws 1989, LB 767, § 92;

Laws 1993, LB 563, § 21;

Laws 1995, LB 344, § 33;

Laws 1997, LB 248, § 34;

Laws 2015, LB605, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-192.01 — NE Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-192.01
View Statute 53-192.01
Status: in_force

A holder of an alcoholic liquor wholesale license shall purchase and import all alcoholic liquor from a primary American source of supply. For purposes of this section, primary American source of supply shall mean the manufacturer, the owner of alcoholic liquor at the time it becomes a marketable product, or the manufacturer's or owner's agent, who, if such liquor cannot be secured directly from such manufacturer or owner by American wholesalers, is the source closest to such manufacturer or owner in the channel of commerce from which the product can be secured by American wholesalers.

Laws 1994, LB 1292, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1905 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1905
View Statute 68-1905
Status: in_force

Department means the Department of Health and Human Services.

Laws 2011, LB600, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-910.09 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-910.09
View Statute 57-910.09
Status: in_force

Except to the extent that the parties affected so agree, no commission order shall be construed to result in a transfer of all or any part of the title of any person to the oil and gas rights in any tract in the unit area.

Laws 1965, c. 343, § 10, p. 980.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3809 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-3809
View Statute 44-3809
Status: in_force

A prepaid dental service corporation shall not contract itself to practice dentistry in any manner, nor shall the corporation control or attempt to control the dentist in the exercise of professional judgment.

Laws 1982, LB 139, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-601.01 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-601.01
View Statute 70-601.01
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds and declares that:

(a) Nebraska has been and will continue to be a state which is dependent on a stable, income-producing farm sector;

(b) When agriculture fails to produce adequate income for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural business interests within this state, the economic well-being of the state and its citizens will be threatened;

(c) There currently exists a chronic grain surplus within the state because of underutilization of grain products, and prices for grain remain unreasonably low because of such surplus and underutilization;

(d) Enlargement of the ethanol industry within the state would result in additional utilization of surplus grain;

(e) Ethanol will be increasingly in demand in the marketplace because of its efficacy as an octane enhancer and fuel extender;

(f) The public power industry within the state is experienced in the production and transmission of electrical power; and

(g) The experience of the public power industry could be used in the development of the production and distribution of ethanol and in the enhancement of the economic well-being of this state.

(2) The Legislature further finds:

(a) Hydrogen production and distribution may serve as a viable alternative in the marketplace for use in fuel processes;

(b) The public power industry within the state is experienced in the production and transmission of electrical power; and

(c) The experience of the public power industry could be used in the development of the production, storage, and distribution of hydrogen for use in fuel processes and in the enhancement of the economic well-being of this state.

Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 32;

Laws 2005, LB 139, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-802 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-802
View Statute 71-802
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act are to: (1) Reorganize statutes relating to the provision of publicly funded behavioral health services; (2) provide for the organization and administration of the public behavioral health system within the department; (3) rename mental health regions as behavioral health regions; (4) provide for the naming of regional behavioral health authorities and ongoing activities of regional governing boards; (5) reorganize and rename the State Mental Health Planning and Evaluation Council and the State Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Advisory Committee; (6) change and add provisions relating to development of community-based behavioral health services and funding for behavioral health services; and (7) authorize the closure of regional centers.

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 2;

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 92;

Laws 2013, LB6, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2629 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2629
View Statute 30-2629
Status: in_force

(a) Unless otherwise provided in the Nebraska Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, the court where the ward resides has concurrent jurisdiction with the court which appointed the guardian, or in which acceptance of a testamentary appointment was filed, over resignation, removal, accounting, and other proceedings relating to the guardianship.

(b) Unless otherwise provided in the Nebraska Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, if the court located where the ward resides is not the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed, the court in which proceedings subsequent to appointment are commenced shall in all appropriate cases notify the other court, in this or another state, and after consultation with that court determine whether to retain jurisdiction or transfer the proceedings to the other court, whichever may be in the best interest of the ward. A copy of any order accepting a resignation or removing a guardian shall be sent to the court in which acceptance of appointment is filed.

(c) Any action or proposed action by a guardian may be challenged at any time by any interested person.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 247, UPC § 5-313;

Laws 1997, LB 466, § 12;

Laws 2011, LB157, § 40.

Nebraska Uniform Adult Guardianship and Protective Proceedings Jurisdiction Act, see section 30-3901 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-605 — NE Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-605
View Statute 52-605
Status: in_force

At any time before the goods are so sold, any person claiming a right of property or possession therein may pay the claimant the amount necessary to satisfy his lien, and pay the reasonable expenses and liabilities incurred in serving notices of advertising and preparing for sale up to the time of such payment. The claimant shall deliver the goods to the person making such payment if he is a person entitled to the possession of the goods on the payment of charges thereon.

Laws 1923, c. 118, § 5, p. 282;

C.S.1929, § 52-605;

R.S.1943, § 52-605.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 3-332 — NE Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3-332
View Statute 3-332
Status: in_force

The Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation may aid and assist municipalities and other political subdivisions of the state in planning, developing, and carrying out programs for airport zoning in order to secure uniformity therein as far as possible.

Laws 1945, c. 233, § 16, p. 691;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 64.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4414 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4414
View Statute 30-4414
Status: in_force

(1) A health care professional acting or declining to act, in accord with reasonable medical standards, in good faith reliance upon the principal's advance mental health care directive, and, if the principal has an attorney in fact, in reliance upon the decision made by a person whom the health care professional in good faith believes is the attorney in fact acting pursuant to the advance mental health care directive, shall not be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct for so acting or declining to act.

(2) In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of an advance mental health care directive, a health care professional who acts or declines to act based upon the advance mental health care directive and in accord with reasonable medical standards shall not be subject to criminal prosecution, civil liability, or discipline for unprofessional conduct for so acting or declining to act.

(3) Nothing in the Advance Mental Health Care Directives Act shall limit the liability of an attorney in fact or a health care professional for a negligent act or omission.

Laws 2020, LB247, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-910 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-910
View Statute 31-910
Status: in_force

At the hearing the county board shall hear objections from any land or lot owner as to the following:

(1) Whether the project will be conducive to the public health, convenience or welfare;

(2) Assessment of benefits;

(3) Compensation for land appropriated; and

(4) Damage claimed to property affected by the improvement. Within thirty days from the date of the hearing, the county board shall make final determination of the amount of benefits to be assessed and damages to be awarded and shall decide any other objections raised at said hearing. Notice of such determination shall be given by certified mail to all parties who filed objections thereto.

Laws 1959, c. 132, § 10, p. 487.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4701 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4701
View Statute 44-4701
Status: in_force

Sections 44-4701 to 44-4727 shall be known and may be cited as the Prepaid Limited Health Service Organization Act.

Laws 1989, LB 320, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2643.01 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2643.01
View Statute 2-2643.01
Status: in_force

A license holder shall not:

(1) Make a pesticide recommendation or use a pesticide in a manner inconsistent with the pesticide's labeling or with the restrictions on the use of the pesticide imposed by the state, the federal agency, or the federal act;

(2) Operate in a faulty, careless, or negligent manner;

(3) Refuse or neglect to keep and maintain the records required by the Pesticide Act or to make reports as required;

(4) Make false or fraudulent records, invoices, or reports;

(5) Use fraud or misrepresentation in making an application for a license or renewal of a license; or

(6) Aid or abet a license holder or an unlicensed person to evade the Pesticide Act, conspire with a license holder or an unlicensed person to evade the act, or allow the license holder's license to be used by another person.

Laws 2002, LB 436, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-3518 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-3518
View Statute 30-3518
Status: in_force

(a) Upon termination of a custodial trust, the custodial trustee shall transfer the unexpended custodial trust property:

(1) To the beneficiary, if not incapacitated or deceased;

(2) To the holder of the beneficiary's power of attorney;

(3) To the conservator or other recipient designated by the court for an incapacitated beneficiary; or

(4) Upon the beneficiary's death, in the following order:

(i) As last directed in a writing signed by the deceased beneficiary while not incapacitated and received by the custodial trustee during the life of the deceased beneficiary;

(ii) To the survivor of multiple beneficiaries if survivorship is provided for pursuant to section 30-3507 ;

(iii) As designated in the instrument creating the custodial trust; or

(iv) To the estate of the deceased beneficiary.

(b) If, when the custodial trust would otherwise terminate, the distributee is incapacitated, the custodial trust continues for the use and benefit of the distributee as beneficiary until the incapacity is removed or the custodial trust is otherwise terminated.

(c) Death of a beneficiary does not terminate the power of the custodial trustee to discharge obligations of the custodial trustee or beneficiary incurred before the termination of the custodial trust.

Laws 1997, LB 51, § 18;

Laws 1999, LB 62, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-228 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-228
View Statute 49-228
Status: in_force

All the provisions of the Election Act, including corrupt practices, shall apply to all of the elections provided for by sections 49-212 to 49-234 insofar as they are applicable, except there shall be but a single election board to supervise the elections and count the ballots.

Laws 1953, c. 173, § 17, p. 552;

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 565.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5803 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5803
View Statute 44-5803
Status: in_force

(1) No third-party administrator shall act as such without a written agreement between the third-party administrator and the insurer, and such written agreement shall be retained as part of the official records of both the insurer and the third-party administrator for the duration of the agreement and for five years thereafter. The agreement shall contain all provisions required by the Third-Party Administrator Act except insofar as those provisions do not apply to the functions performed by the third-party administrator.

(2) The written agreement shall include a statement of duties which the third-party administrator is expected to perform on behalf of the insurer and the lines, classes, or types of insurance for which the third-party administrator is to be authorized to administer. The written agreement shall make provision with respect to underwriting or other standards pertaining to the insurance business underwritten by such insurer.

(3) The insurer or third-party administrator may, with written notice, terminate the written agreement for cause as provided in the written agreement. The insurer may suspend the underwriting authority of the third-party administrator during the pendency of any dispute regarding the cause for termination of the written agreement. The insurer shall fulfill any lawful obligations with respect to policies affected by the written agreement, regardless of any dispute between the insurer and the third-party administrator.

Laws 1992, LB 1006, § 78.