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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2907 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2907
View Statute 48-2907
Status: in_force

(1) In addition to any other fines or penalties provided by law, the commissioner may issue a citation to a contractor when an investigation reveals that a contractor has violated the Employee Classification Act.

(2) When a citation is issued, the commissioner shall notify the contractor of the proposed administrative penalty, if any, by certified mail or any other manner of delivery by which the United States Postal Service can verify delivery or by any method of service recognized under Chapter 25, article 5. The administrative penalty shall be not more than five hundred dollars per misclassified individual for the first offense and not more than five thousand dollars per misclassified individual for each second or subsequent offense.

(3) The contractor has fifteen working days after the date of the citation or penalty to contest such citation or penalty. Notice of contest shall be sent to the commissioner who shall provide a hearing in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(4) A contractor who is assessed an administrative penalty for a violation of the Employee Classification Act shall pay such administrative penalty no later than ten days after the date the penalty becomes final and not subject to further appeal. A contractor who has an unpaid administrative penalty in violation of this subsection shall be barred from contracting with the state or any political subdivision until such administrative penalty is paid.

Laws 2010, LB563, § 7;

Laws 2018, LB953, § 2;

Laws 2020, LB1016, § 8.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-624 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-624
View Statute 9-624
Status: in_force

(1) A copy of the order or decision of the department in any proceeding before it pursuant to the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act shall be served upon each party of record to the proceeding before the department. Service upon any attorney of record for any such party shall be deemed to be service upon such party. Each party appearing before the department shall enter his or her appearance and indicate to the department his or her address for the service of a copy of any order, decision, or notice. The mailing of any copy of any order or decision or of any notice in the proceeding, to such party at such address, shall be deemed to be service upon such party.

(2) Any decision of the department in any proceeding before it pursuant to the act may be appealed, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Laws 1989, LB 767, § 64.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1403 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1403
View Statute 21-1403
Status: in_force

Every nonstock cooperative association organized under the provisions of Chapter 21, article 14, shall provide in its articles of incorporation: (1) That the words nonstock cooperative shall be included in its corporate name and that it proposes to organize as a cooperative association; (2) the objects or purposes for which it is formed; (3) that the net earnings or savings of the association, if any, shall be distributed on the basis of, or in proportion to, the amount or value of property bought from or sold to members, or members and other patrons, or of labor performed or other services rendered to the corporation, except that this subdivision shall not be so interpreted as to prevent a cooperative company from declaring patronage dividends at different rates upon different classes or kinds or varieties of goods handled; (4) that the articles of incorporation or the bylaws of the company shall give a detailed statement of the method followed in distributing earnings or savings; (5) the registered office and street address of such registered office; (6) the current registered agent and the name and street address of such registered agent. A post office box number may be provided in addition to the street address; and (7) the name and street address of each incorporator.

Laws 1925, c. 80, § 3, p. 248;

C.S.1929, § 24-1403;

R.S.1943, § 21-1403;

Laws 1967, c. 104, § 1, p. 320;

Laws 1981, LB 283, § 3;

Laws 2008, LB379, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1204 — NE Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-1204
View Statute 50-1204
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislative Audit Office is established within the Division of Legislative Oversight. The office shall conduct performance audits. The Legislative Auditor shall be appointed by the Director of Legislative Oversight with approval from the chairperson of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council and the chairperson of the committee. The Legislative Auditor shall employ such performance audit and support staff as the Legislative Auditor deems necessary to carry out the duties of the office within the amount available by appropriation through the Division of Legislative Oversight for the Legislative Audit Office. The Legislative Auditor shall be subject to the control and supervision of the Director of Legislative Oversight, except that removal of the Legislative Auditor shall require approval of the chairperson of the committee. The Legislative Auditor may also be removed by a two-thirds majority vote of the committee.

(2) The Legislative Auditor shall ensure that performance audit work conducted by the office conforms with performance audit standards contained in the Government Auditing Standards (2024 Revision) as required in section 50-1205.01 . The office shall be the custodian of all records generated by the office except as provided by section 50-1213 , subsection (11) of section 77-2711 , or subdivision (10)(a) of section 77-27,119 . The office shall inform the Legislative Fiscal Analyst of its activities and consult with him or her as needed. The office shall operate under the general direction of the Director of Legislative Oversight and the committee.

Laws 1992, LB 988, § 4;

Laws 2003, LB 607, § 6;

Laws 2006, LB 588, § 2;

Laws 2006, LB 956, § 4;

Laws 2008, LB822, § 1;

Laws 2013, LB39, § 4;

Laws 2013, LB40, § 1;

Laws 2015, LB538, § 2;

Laws 2019, LB561, § 1;

Laws 2025, LB298, § 85.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-1713 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-1713
View Statute 18-1713
Status: in_force

Any city or village in the State of Nebraska may enter into a contract with a fire department of any city of the metropolitan class or city of the primary class that maintains a fire training school for its own firefighters to train such firefighters as such city or village might designate and may pay from city or village funds the cost of such training and all of the expenses of such designated trainees during the time that they are undergoing such training.

Laws 1959, c. 58, § 2, p. 252;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 98.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-910 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-910
View Statute 38-910
Status: in_force

A person licensed as a clinical nurse specialist has the right to use the title Clinical Nurse Specialist and the abbreviation CNS.

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 5;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-17,121;

Laws 2007, LB185, § 30;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 262.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-1520 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1520
View Statute 39-1520
Status: in_force

All township road and culvert work shall be under the general supervision of the township board, except as hereinafter provided in this section. At the first regular board meeting in each year the board shall select one of its number to be township highway superintendent, under whose direction all township road and culvert work shall be done. Compensation for directing road and culvert work shall be fixed at the annual town meeting. If any overseer shall neglect or refuse to obey the directions of the township highway superintendent, he shall be subject to removal by the township board, and his office may be declared vacant and be filled by appointment by the township board, which appointee shall hold office until his successor is elected.

Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 20, p. 521;

Laws 1959, c. 181, § 10, p. 657.

In the case of a road that is located within both a county and a township, the county board and the township board have concurrent authority over that road. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).

In the case of a road that is located within both a county and a township, the county board and the township board have concurrent authority over that road. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).

The exercise of a county’s authority over township roads can supersede a township’s concurrent authority over those same roads. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).

The exercise of a county’s authority over township roads can supersede a township’s concurrent authority over those same roads. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).

Under Nebraska statutes, the general supervision of public roads is vested in both county boards and township boards. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).

Under Nebraska statutes, the general supervision of public roads is vested in both county boards and township boards. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-704 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-704
View Statute 37-704
Status: in_force

The commission may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations for the protection of game or wild fowl sanctuaries as it may find necessary to protect game, wild fowl, or song birds thereon or to make effective rules and regulations in conjunction with other states over the Missouri River for the protection of wild fowl thereon and fish therein. Such rules and regulations shall be adopted and promulgated pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 4, p. 421;

C.S.1929, § 37-404;

R.S.1943, § 37-404;

Laws 1989, LB 34, § 21;

R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-404;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 318.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-910 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-910
View Statute 29-910
Status: in_force

In the event the district court shall designate an official pretrial release agency, an order designating such agency shall be filed with the clerk of each district court in such district and shall affect all courts within such district. The order shall set out the name of the agency, its sponsoring agencies, if any, and the terms and conditions under which such agency shall operate.

Laws 1971, LB 412, § 2;

Laws 1972, LB 1249, § 2;

Laws 1984, LB 13, § 59.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-309 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-309
View Statute 44-309
Status: in_force

An exclusion in a homeowner's or owner's, landlord's, and tenant's policy of insurance for loss arising out of the discharge, dispersal, release, or escape of pollutants shall include an exception to the exclusion for bodily injury sustained within a building and caused by smoke, fumes, vapor, or soot produced by or originating from a heating system or ventilation system. This section applies to policies issued or delivered in this state on or after January 1, 2015.

Laws 2014, LB876, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2115 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2115
View Statute 38-2115
Status: in_force

(1) Mental health practice means the provision of treatment, assessment, psychotherapy, counseling, or equivalent activities to individuals, couples, families, or groups for behavioral, cognitive, social, mental, or emotional disorders, including interpersonal or personal situations.

(2) Mental health practice does not include:

(a) The practice of psychology or medicine;

(b) Prescribing drugs or electroconvulsive therapy;

(c) Treating physical disease, injury, or deformity;

(d) Diagnosing major mental illness or disorder except in consultation with a qualified physician, a psychologist licensed to engage in the practice of psychology in this state as provided in section 38-3111 or as provided in similar provisions of the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, a licensed independent mental health practitioner, or a professional counselor holding a privilege to practice in Nebraska under the Licensed Professional Counselors Interstate Compact;

(e) Measuring personality or intelligence for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment planning;

(f) Using psychotherapy with individuals suspected of having major mental or emotional disorders except in consultation with a qualified physician, a licensed psychologist, or a licensed independent mental health practitioner; or

(g) Using psychotherapy to treat the concomitants of organic illness except in consultation with a qualified physician or licensed psychologist.

(3) Mental health practice includes the initial assessment of organic mental or emotional disorders for the purpose of referral or consultation.

(4) Nothing in sections 38-2114 , 38-2118 , and 38-2119 shall be deemed to constitute authorization to engage in activities beyond those described in this section. Persons who are certified under the Mental Health Practice Act but who do not hold a license under section 38-2122 or a privilege to practice in Nebraska as a professional counselor under the Licensed Professional Counselors Interstate Compact shall not engage in mental health practice.

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 26;

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 96;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,307;

Laws 2007, LB247, § 40;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 733;

Laws 2008, LB1108, § 2;

Laws 2018, LB1034, § 34;

Laws 2022, LB752, § 12.

Licensed Professional Counselors Interstate Compact, see section 38-4201 .

Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, see section 38-3901 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-526 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-526
View Statute 58-526
Status: in_force

In addition to any other provisions governing any public body or taxing body set forth in the Nebraska Redevelopment Act, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body or taxing body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein to a contracting public body;

(2) Cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer, or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in connection with a redevelopment project;

(3) Furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places which it is otherwise empowered to undertake;

(4) Plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the public body or taxing body or make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances if such functions are of the character which the public body or taxing body is otherwise empowered to perform;

(5) Cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the contracting public body of the character which the public body or taxing body is otherwise empowered to undertake or furnish for the same or other purposes;

(6) Incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body or taxing body in exercising the powers granted in this section;

(7) Do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a redevelopment project;

(8) Lend, grant, or contribute funds to a contracting public body;

(9) Employ any funds belonging to or within the control of such public body or taxing body, including funds derived from the sale or furnishing of property, service, or facilities to a contracting public body, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of a contracting public body and, as the holder of such bonds or other obligations, exercise the rights connected with the bonds or obligations; and

(10) Enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with a contracting public body respecting action to be taken by such public body or taxing body pursuant to any of the powers granted by the provisions of the act.

Laws 1995, LB 830, § 26.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-303 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-303
View Statute 32-303
Status: in_force

In addition to his or her office, the election commissioner or county clerk may provide a place of registration in each incorporated city or village in the county and in each legislative district in cities of the metropolitan class. The place of registration may be open not less than one day within the thirty days prior to the statewide primary election and the statewide general election and at such times and during such hours as the election commissioner or county clerk may direct. An election commissioner or county clerk may establish a permanent place of registration in each incorporated city or village in the county or each legislative district in a city of the metropolitan class by training registered voters to act as deputy registrars. A private residence shall not be used as a permanent place of registration except in incorporated villages.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 65;

Laws 2002, LB 935, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 11-101.01 — NE Code / Chapter 11 / Section 11-101.01
View Statute 11-101.01
Status: in_force

All persons in Nebraska, with the exception of executive and judicial officers and members of the Legislature who are required to take the oath prescribed by Article XV, section 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska, who are paid from public funds for their services, including teachers and all other employees paid from public school funds, shall be required to take and subscribe an oath in writing, before a person authorized to administer oaths in this state, and file same with the Department of Administrative Services, or the county clerk of the county where such services are performed, which oath shall be as follows:

I, .........., do solemnly swear that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of the State of Nebraska, against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or for purpose of evasion; and that I will faithfully and impartially perform the duties of the office of .......... according to law, and to the best of my ability. And I do further swear that I do not advocate, nor am I a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence; and that during such time as I am in this position I will not advocate nor become a member of any political party or organization that advocates the overthrow of the government of the United States or of this state by force or violence. So help me God.

Laws 1951, c. 206, § 1, p. 765;

Laws 1967, c. 35, § 1, p. 158.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1658 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1658
View Statute 46-1658
Status: in_force

(1) Upon completion of the alteration of any dam, the owner shall file with the Chief Water Officer a completion certification accompanied by supplementary drawings or descriptive matter, as determined by the Chief Water Officer, signed and sealed by the design engineer, showing or describing the work as actually completed.

(2) An approval to operate shall be issued upon a finding by the Chief Water Officer that the dam is safe to impound within the limitations prescribed in the application approval. Pending issuance of a new or revised approval to operate, the owner of the dam shall not cause the dam to impound beyond the limitations prescribed in the existing application approval.

Laws 2005, LB 335, § 58;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 296.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-421 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-421
View Statute 71-421
Status: in_force

Intermediate care facility for persons with developmental disabilities means a facility where shelter, food, and training or habilitation services, advice, counseling, diagnosis, treatment, care, nursing care, or related services are provided for a period of more than twenty-four consecutive hours to four or more persons residing at such facility who have a developmental disability.

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 21;

Laws 2013, LB23, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2315 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2315
View Statute 38-2315
Status: in_force

(1) A nurse practitioner may provide health care services within specialty areas. A nurse practitioner shall function by establishing collaborative, consultative, and referral networks as appropriate with other health care professionals. Patients who require care beyond the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner shall be referred to an appropriate health care provider.

(2) Nurse practitioner practice means health promotion, health supervision, illness prevention and diagnosis, treatment, and management of common health problems and acute and chronic conditions, including:

(a) Assessing patients, ordering diagnostic tests and therapeutic treatments, synthesizing and analyzing data, and applying advanced nursing principles;

(b) Dispensing, incident to practice only, sample medications which are provided by the manufacturer and are provided at no charge to the patient; and

(c) Prescribing therapeutic measures and medications relating to health conditions within the scope of practice.

(3) A nurse practitioner who has proof of a current certification from an approved certification program in a psychiatric or mental health specialty may manage the care of patients committed under the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act. Patients who require care beyond the scope of practice of a nurse practitioner who has proof of a current certification from an approved certification program in a psychiatric or mental health specialty shall be referred to an appropriate health care provider.

(4) A nurse practitioner may pronounce death and may complete and sign death certificates and any other forms if such acts are within the scope of practice of the nurse practitioner and are not otherwise prohibited by law.

Laws 1981, LB 379, § 18;

Laws 1984, LB 724, § 14;

Laws 1996, LB 414, § 25;

Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 44;

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 57;

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 96;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-1721;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 807;

Laws 2012, LB1042, § 2;

Laws 2013, LB243, § 1;

Laws 2015, LB107, § 5.

Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act, see section 71-901 .