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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2111 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2111
View Statute 39-2111
Status: in_force

The county or municipality may appeal to the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards from any action taken by the Department of Transportation in assigning any functional classification under section 39-2110 . Upon the taking of such an appeal, the board shall review all information pertaining to the assignment, hold a hearing thereon if deemed advisable, and render a decision on the assigned classification. The decision of the board may be appealed, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Laws 1969, c. 312, § 11, p. 1123;

Laws 1971, LB 100, § 2;

Laws 1988, LB 352, § 32;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 150.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-3833 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-3833
View Statute 30-3833
Status: in_force

(UTC 407) Except as required by a statute other than the Nebraska Uniform Trust Code, a trust need not be evidenced by a trust instrument, but the creation of an oral trust and its terms, or an amendment or revocation of an oral trust, may be established only by clear and convincing evidence.

Laws 2003, LB 130, § 33.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-413 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-413
View Statute 19-413
Status: in_force

The city council in a city under the commission plan of government shall have, possess, and exercise, by itself or through such methods as it may provide, all executive or legislative or judicial powers and duties previously held, possessed, or exercised under the then existing laws governing such city, by the mayor, mayor and city council, water commissioners, water board, water and light commissioner, board of fire and police commissioners, park commissioners, or park board. The powers, duties, and office of all such boards and the members thereof shall cease and terminate, and the powers and duties and officers of all other boards created by statute for the government of any such city shall also cease and terminate. Nothing contained in this section shall be so construed as to interfere with the powers, duties, authority, and privileges that have been, are, or may be hereafter conferred and imposed upon the water board in cities of the metropolitan class as prescribed by law nor of any office or officer named in the Constitution of Nebraska exercising office, powers, or functions within any such city. Such city council, upon taking office, shall have and may exercise all executive or legislative or judicial powers possessed or exercised by any other officer or board provided by law for or within any such city, except officers named in the Constitution of Nebraska.

Laws 1911, c. 24, § 11, p. 158;

Laws 1913, c. 21, § 7, p. 91;

R.S.1913, § 5298;

C.S.1922, § 4521;

Laws 1923, c. 141, § 7, p. 350;

C.S.1929, § 19-411;

R.S.1943, § 19-413;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-127 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-127
View Statute 17-127
Status: in_force

A city of the second class shall have the power to provide for the erection and government of any useful or necessary building for the use of the city.

Laws 1879, § 39, VIII, p. 201;

Laws 1881, c. 24, § 1, p. 195;

R.S.1913, § 5021;

C.S.1922, § 4190;

C.S.1929, § 17-129;

R.S.1943, § 17-127;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 22.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1110 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1110
View Statute 9-1110
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may permit an authorized gaming operator to conduct sports wagering. Any sports wager shall be placed in person or at a wagering kiosk in the designated sports wagering area at the licensed racetrack enclosure. A parimutuel wager in accordance with sections 2-1201 to 2-1218 may be placed in the designated sports wagering area at the licensed racetrack enclosure. An individual employed and authorized to accept a sports wager may also accept a parimutuel wager.

(2) A floor plan identifying the designated sports wagering area, including the location of any wagering kiosks, shall be filed with the commission for review and approval. Modification to a previously approved plan must be submitted for approval at least ten days prior to implementation. The area shall not be accessible to persons under twenty-one years of age and shall have a sign posted to restrict access. Exceptions to this subsection must be approved in writing by the commission.

(3) The authorized gaming operator shall submit controls for approval by the commission, that include the following for operating the designated sports wagering area:

(a) Specific procedures and technology partners to fulfill the requirements set forth by the commission;

(b) Other specific controls as designated by the commission;

(c) A process to easily and prominently impose limitations or notification for wagering parameters, including, but not limited to, deposits and wagers; and

(d) An easy and obvious method for a player to make a complaint and to enable the player to notify the commission if such complaint has not been or cannot be addressed by the sports wagering operator.

(4) The commission shall develop policies and procedures to ensure a prohibited participant is unable to place a sports wager or parimutuel wager.

(5) Beginning on the implementation date designated by the Tax Commissioner pursuant to subsection (1) of section 9-1312 , prior to the winnings payment of any sports wagering winnings as defined in section 9-1303 , an authorized gaming operator shall check the collection system to determine if the winner has a debt or an outstanding state liability as required by the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act. If such authorized gaming operator determines that the winner is subject to the collection system, the operator shall deduct the amount of debt and outstanding state liability identified in the collection system from the winnings payment and shall remit the net winnings payment of sports wagering winnings, if any, to the winner and the amount deducted to the Department of Revenue to be credited against such debt or outstanding state liability as provided in section 9-1306 .

Laws 2021, LB561, § 34;

Laws 2022, LB876, § 20;

Laws 2023, LB775, § 14;

Laws 2024, LB1317, § 49;

Laws 2025, LB415, § 6.

Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act, see section 9-1301 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-1012 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1012
View Statute 37-1012
Status: in_force

(1) The Game and Parks Commission shall have the same responsibility with regard to division fences as a private landowner as provided in sections 34-102 to 34-117 , except that in those areas where a state recreational trail is developed, the commission shall have the same responsibility as a railroad as provided in sections 74-601 to 74-604 , but the type of fence required under section 74-601 shall not be required for those areas where a state recreational trail is developed. All fences shall be constructed and maintained as required under this subsection unless such construction and maintenance is waived in writing by affected adjoining landowners. The commission shall be responsible for the construction and replacement cost of any fence agreed to by the commission and adjoining landowner. The commission shall also be responsible for providing supplies for the maintenance of any fence along a state recreational trail or for the reimbursement to the adjoining landowner for the cost of supplies for the maintenance of any fence along a state recreational trail. The adjoining landowner shall be responsible for the maintenance of the fence. In such areas the type of fence may be (a) wire fence of at least four barbed wires, of a size not less than twelve and one-half gauge fencing wire, to be secured to posts, the posts to be at no greater distance than one rod from each other, or (b) a fence of any type that is agreed to by the commission and adjoining landowners. All fences constructed under either subdivision (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be deemed to be manifestly designed to exclude intruders for the purposes of subdivision (1)(c) of section 28-521 .

(2) The responsibility of the commission for fences along a state recreational trail shall not exceed the amount appropriated to the commission by the Legislature for such purpose during any biennium, except that the commission may use any funds specifically gifted or obtained by grant application to the commission the sole purpose of which is to provide fencing for a state recreational trail.

(3) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section.

Laws 1993, LB 739, § 4;

R.S.1943, (1996), § 81-815.61;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 387;

Laws 2000, LB 701, § 3;

Laws 2007, LB108, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 10-804 — NE Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10-804
View Statute 10-804
Status: in_force

The proposition, when submitted, shall state the amount necessary to be raised each year for the payment of the interest on the bonds and for the payment of the principal thereof at maturity. When such bonds shall have been issued or authorized to be issued, the proper officers of such county shall cause to be annually levied and collected a special tax upon all taxable property of such county to raise the annual amount designated in the proposition and to pay the interest and principal of such bonds.

Laws 1913, c. 229, § 5, p. 664;

R.S.1913, § 475;

C.S.1922, § 392;

C.S.1929, § 11-1005;

R.S.1943, § 10-804;

Laws 2023, LB92, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1204.06 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1204.06
View Statute 23-1204.06
Status: in_force

A grant program is established to reimburse counties for the personal service costs of deputy county attorneys associated with termination of parental rights actions resulting from Laws 1998, LB 1041. Counties in which a city of the metropolitan class or a city of the primary class is located are eligible for grants under this program. The Department of Health and Human Services shall administer the program. Counties receiving grants shall submit quarterly expenditure reports to the department.

Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 47;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 24.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-626 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-626
View Statute 28-626
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device if (a) such person possesses any tool, photographic equipment, printing equipment, or any other device or group or combination of devices adapted, designed, or commonly used for committing or facilitating the commission of an offense involving the unauthorized manufacturing, printing, embossing, or magnetic encoding of a financial transaction device or the altering or addition of any service marks or holographic images to a financial transaction device and (b) intends to use the device or devices possessed or knows that some person intends to use the device or devices possessed in the commission of such an offense.

(2) Any person committing the offense of criminal possession of a financial transaction forgery device shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

Laws 1989, LB 372, § 10;

Laws 2016, LB1094, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2429 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2429
View Statute 30-2429
Status: in_force

If a petition in a testacy proceeding is unopposed, the court may order probate or intestacy on the strength of the pleadings if satisfied that the conditions of section 30-2433 have been met, or conduct a hearing in open court and require proof of the matters necessary to support the order sought. If evidence concerning execution of the will is necessary, the affidavit or testimony of one of any attesting witnesses to the instrument is sufficient. If the affidavit or testimony of an attesting witness is not available, execution of the will may be proved by other evidence or affidavit.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 107, UPC § 3-405.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2725 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2725
View Statute 30-2725
Status: in_force

Except as provided in sections 30-2313 to 30-2319 (elective share of surviving spouse) or as a consequence of, and to the extent directed by, section 30-2726 , a transfer resulting from the application of section 30-2723 is effective by reason of the terms of the account involved and sections 30-2716 to 30-2733 and is not testamentary or subject to sections 30-2201 to 30-2512 (estate administration).

Laws 1993, LB 250, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-235.01 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-235.01
View Statute 46-235.01
Status: in_force

A public water supplier which has received an appropriation for induced ground water recharge pursuant to section 46-235 may, from time to time and within twenty-five years after the priority assigned pursuant to section 46-233 , petition the Chief Water Officer for a hearing to present evidence showing that all or part of the original projection for additional water needs specified pursuant to subsection (2) of section 46-233 corresponds with the actual use. To the extent the public water supplier is making beneficial use of all or a portion of the water projected in the original application, the right to use such additional water shall vest and the priority date of such anticipated water use shall date back to the priority date assigned pursuant to section 46-233 . A public water supplier may not request such a hearing at intervals of less than five years for each approved application.

Laws 1993, LB 301, § 5;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 89.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-412.04 — NE Code / Chapter 24 / Section 25-412.04
25-412.04
Status: in_force

The jury for any case to be tried pursuant to an agreement entered into under section 25-412.03 shall be selected from the county in which the case was first filed. The jury shall be selected in the manner prescribed in the Jury Selection Act. The summons shall direct attendance before the court by which the case is to be tried and the return thereof shall be made to the same court.

Laws 1975, LB 97, § 4;

R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-904;

Laws 2020, LB387, § 36.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-602 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-602
38-602
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act is necessary to safeguard public life, health, safety, and welfare, to assure the highest degree of professional conduct by practitioners of certified nurse midwifery, and to insure the availability of high quality midwifery services to persons desiring such services.

Laws 1984, LB 761, § 2;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1739;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 214.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-634 — NE Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-634
View Statute 47-634
Status: in_force

For a local entity to receive funds under the Community Corrections Act, the division shall ensure there is a local advisory committee made up of a broad base of community members concerned with the justice system. Submission of a detailed plan including a budget, program standards, and policies as developed by the local advisory committee shall be required as set forth by the division. Such funds shall be used for the implementation of the recommendations of the division, the expansion of sentencing options, the education of the public, the provision of supplemental community-based corrections programs, and the promotion of coordination between state and county community-based corrections programs.

Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 48;

Laws 2011, LB390, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1104 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1104
View Statute 8-1104
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to offer or sell any security in this state unless (1) such security is registered by coordination under section 8-1106 or by qualification under section 8-1107 , (2) the security is exempt under section 8-1110 or is sold in a transaction exempt under section 8-1111 , or (3) the security is a federal covered security.

Laws 1965, c. 549, § 4, p. 1773;

Laws 1997, LB 335, § 3;

Laws 2013, LB214, § 2.

It is unlawful to offer or sell unregistered securities which are not exempt from registration or unless the securities are sold in an exempt transaction. Labenz v. Labenz, 198 Neb. 548, 253 N.W.2d 855 (1977).

It is unlawful to offer or sell unregistered securities which are not exempt from registration or unless the securities are sold in an exempt transaction. Labenz v. Labenz, 198 Neb. 548, 253 N.W.2d 855 (1977).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-310 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-310
View Statute 60-310
Status: in_force

Automobile liability policy means liability insurance written by an insurance carrier duly authorized to do business in this state protecting other persons from damages for liability on account of accidents occurring subsequent to the effective date of the insurance arising out of the ownership of a motor vehicle (1) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of one person in any one accident, (2) subject to the limit for one person, in the amount of fifty thousand dollars because of bodily injury to or death of two or more persons in any one accident, and (3) in the amount of twenty-five thousand dollars because of injury to or destruction of property of other persons in any one accident. An automobile liability policy shall not exclude, limit, reduce, or otherwise alter liability coverage under the policy solely because the injured person making a claim is the named insured in the policy or residing in the household with the named insured.

Laws 2005, LB 274, § 10;

Laws 2013, LB316, § 1.

The prohibition from excluding or limiting liability coverage under the policy solely because the injured person was the named insured or a resident relative of the named insured applies to policies both with coverage limits at the minimum required by law and with coverage limits above the minimum required by law. It prohibits both exclusions that seek to completely exclude liability coverage for an injured insured or household member and exclusions that seek to limit, reduce, or alter the liability coverage to the minimum required by law for an injured insured or household member. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. v. Freudenburg, 304 Neb. 1015, 938 N.W.2d 92 (2020).

The prohibition from excluding or limiting liability coverage under the policy solely because the injured person was the named insured or a resident relative of the named insured applies to policies both with coverage limits at the minimum required by law and with coverage limits above the minimum required by law. It prohibits both exclusions that seek to completely exclude liability coverage for an injured insured or household member and exclusions that seek to limit, reduce, or alter the liability coverage to the minimum required by law for an injured insured or household member. Shelter Mut. Ins. Co. v. Freudenburg, 304 Neb. 1015, 938 N.W.2d 92 (2020).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1507 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1507
View Statute 70-1507
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) Agricultural or horticultural purposes has the same meaning as in section 77-1359 ;

(b) Agricultural self-generation facility means a facility for the production of electricity that:

(i) Uses methane, wind, solar, biomass, hydropower, or geothermal resources as its energy source;

(ii) Is controlled by the owner-generator and located entirely on the same premises as the owner-generator's electric account with the local distribution utility;

(iii) Is owned, leased, or otherwise controlled by the owner-generator and used for agricultural or horticultural purposes;

(iv) Has a rated capacity of one hundred kilowatts or less;

(v) Utilizes a device which prevents any backfeed of electricity to the local distribution system; and

(vi) Is not used for purposes of net metering;

(c) Local distribution system means the equipment and facilities used by a local distribution utility to distribute electricity to end-use customers;

(d) Local distribution utility means the owner or operator of a local distribution system. Local distribution utility includes a public power district, a public power and irrigation district, an electric cooperative, or a municipal electric system;

(e) Net metering has the same meaning as in section 70-2002 ; and

(f) Owner-generator means the person controlling an agricultural self-generation facility.

(2) No local distribution utility shall deny or refuse electric service to a customer that owns an agricultural self-generation facility. An owner-generator is subject to the interconnection requirements, safety standards, electric rates and charges, and service agreement requirements of the local distribution utility in whose service area the agricultural self-generation facility is located. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prohibit a local distribution utility from establishing the rates or fees necessary to fully cover its costs to serve a customer that is an owner-generator.

(3) An owner-generator shall notify the local distribution utility of such owner-generator's intent to install an agricultural self-generation facility.

Laws 2025, LB20, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-859 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-859
View Statute 58-859
Status: in_force

Any loan made, purchased, or caused to be made or purchased pursuant to section 58-858 may be funded with the proceeds of bonds, notes, or other obligations of the authority issued pursuant to sections 58-857 to 58-862 . The resolution or trust indenture creating such bonds, notes, or other obligations may contain any of the provisions specified in section 58-843 as the authority shall deem appropriate and any other provisions, not in violation of law, as the authority shall deem reasonable and proper for the security of the holders of such bonds, notes, or other obligations.

The proceeds of any such bonds, notes, or other obligations may be used and applied by the authority to make loans, to purchase loans, to cause loans to be made or purchased, to pay financing costs, including, but not limited to, legal, underwriting, investment banking, accounting, rating agency, printing, and other similar costs, to fund any reserve funds deemed necessary or advisable by the authority, to pay interest on such bonds, notes, or other obligations for any period deemed necessary or advisable by the authority, and to pay all other necessary and incidental costs and expenses.

Laws 1983, LB 159, § 9;

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2956;

Laws 1995, LB 5, § 56;

R.S.1943, (2008), § 85-1756;

Laws 2013, LB170, § 59.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-251 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-251
View Statute 15-251
Status: in_force

A city of the primary class may require all officers or employees elected or appointed to give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become surety upon the official bond of another or upon any contractor's bond, license, or appeal bond given to the city or under any ordinance thereof. It shall be optional with such officers to give a surety or guaranty company bond.

Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LI, p. 140;

R.S.1913, § 4461;

C.S.1922, § 3846;

C.S.1929, § 15-249;

R.S.1943, § 15-251;

Laws 1961, c. 37, § 2, p. 163;

Laws 2007, LB347, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-586 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-586
View Statute 46-586
Status: in_force

In each reclamation district in Nebraska, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall cause the books of account kept by the board of directors of such districts to be examined and audited. Such audits shall show (1) the gross income from all sources of the district for the year previous; (2) the gross amount of electrical energy supplied by said district; (3) the amount expended during the previous year for maintenance; (4) the amount expended during the previous year for plant investments; (5) the amount of depreciation of the plant during the previous year; (6) the cost of supplying electrical energy, including production cost, transmission cost and distribution cost; (7) the number of employees as of December 31 of each year; (8) the salaries and expenses paid employees and directors; and (9) all other facts necessary to give an accurate and comprehensive view of the cost of maintaining and operating the plant as well as the district.

Laws 1965, c. 269, § 2, p. 769.