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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-3505 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3505
View Statute 25-3505
Status: in_force

(a) In an action under the Uniform Civil Remedies for Unauthorized Disclosure of Intimate Images Act, a prevailing plaintiff may recover as compensation:

(1)(A) economic and noneconomic damages proximately caused by the defendant's disclosure or threatened disclosure, including damages for emotional distress whether or not accompanied by other damages; or

(B) if the actual damages are incapable of being quantified or difficult to quantify, presumed damages not to exceed ten thousand dollars against each defendant in an amount that bears a reasonable relationship to the probable damages incurred by the prevailing plaintiff. In determining the amount of presumed damages under subdivision (a)(1)(B) of this section, consideration must be given to the age of the parties at the time of the disclosure or threatened disclosure, the number of disclosures or threatened disclosures made by the defendant, the breadth of distribution of the image by the defendant, and other exacerbating or mitigating factors; and

(2) an amount equal to any monetary gain made by the defendant from disclosure of the intimate image.

(b) In an action under the act, the court may award a prevailing plaintiff:

(1) reasonable attorney's fees and costs; and

(2) additional relief, including injunctive relief.

(c) The act does not affect a right or remedy available under law of this state other than the act.

Laws 2019, LB680, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1228 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1228
View Statute 48-1228
Status: in_force

Sections 48-1228 to 48-1236 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act.

Laws 1977, LB 220A, § 1;

Laws 2007, LB255, § 1;

Laws 2014, LB560, § 1;

Laws 2020, LB1016, § 2.

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not prohibit employers from discharging employees, and it does not provide employees with any substantive rights. Coffey v. Planet Group, 287 Neb. 834, 845 N.W.2d 255 (2014).

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not prohibit employers from discharging employees, and it does not provide employees with any substantive rights. Coffey v. Planet Group, 287 Neb. 834, 845 N.W.2d 255 (2014).

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not represent a very clear mandate of public policy which would warrant recognition of an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. Malone v. American Bus. Info., 262 Neb. 733, 634 N.W.2d 788 (2001).

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not represent a very clear mandate of public policy which would warrant recognition of an exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. Malone v. American Bus. Info., 262 Neb. 733, 634 N.W.2d 788 (2001).

Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not apply to severance payment which becomes due upon termination of employment. Babb v. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 271, 233 Neb. 826, 448 N.W.2d 168 (1989).

Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act does not apply to severance payment which becomes due upon termination of employment. Babb v. United Food & Commercial Workers Local 271, 233 Neb. 826, 448 N.W.2d 168 (1989).

If an employer and employee agree upon a bonus to be paid upon certain conditions and the conditions are fulfilled, the bonus is wages under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act. Knutson v. Snyder Industries, Inc., 231 Neb. 374, 436 N.W.2d 496 (1989).

If an employer and employee agree upon a bonus to be paid upon certain conditions and the conditions are fulfilled, the bonus is wages under the Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act. Knutson v. Snyder Industries, Inc., 231 Neb. 374, 436 N.W.2d 496 (1989).

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act applies only to actions to recover wages due an employee for labor or services performed for an employer. Heimbouch v. Victorio Ins. Serv., Inc., 220 Neb. 279, 369 N.W.2d 620 (1985).

The Nebraska Wage Payment and Collection Act applies only to actions to recover wages due an employee for labor or services performed for an employer. Heimbouch v. Victorio Ins. Serv., Inc., 220 Neb. 279, 369 N.W.2d 620 (1985).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1208 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1208
View Statute 23-1208
Status: in_force

Whenever the county attorney is required by the grand jury of any court sitting in his county, it shall be his duty to attend for the purpose of examining witnesses in their presence, or of giving them advice in any legal matter, and to issue subpoenas and other writs of process; to bring in witnesses and to draw up bills of indictment; but he shall not be present with the grand jury when an indictment is being considered and found by said grand jury.

Laws 1885, c. 40, § 10, p. 219;

R.S.1913, § 5603;

C.S.1922, § 4920;

C.S.1929, § 26-908;

R.S.1943, § 23-1208.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1476.02 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-1476.02
49-1476.02
Status: in_force

(1) No person, including a candidate or candidate committee, shall accept or receive any contribution prohibited by section 49-1476.01 . A person who knowingly or intentionally accepts any such contribution shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

(2) Any person, including a candidate or candidate committee, who receives a contribution prohibited by section 49-1476.01 shall, upon being notified of the violation by the commission, transfer a sum equal to the amount of such contribution to a tax-exempt charitable institution.

Laws 1995, LB 28, § 6;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 49-1469.03;

Laws 2005, LB 242, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2506 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2506
View Statute 71-2506
Status: in_force

(1) Whenever, in the judgment of the Department of Health and Human Services, it becomes necessary for the protection of the public to add any poison, not specifically enumerated in section 71-2501 , the department shall have printed a revised schedule of all poisons coming under section 71-2501 . The department shall forward by mail one copy to each person registered upon its books and to every person applying for same, and the revised schedule shall carry an effective date for the new poisons added. No poison shall be added by the department under this section unless the same shall be as toxic in its effect as any of the poisons enumerated under section 71-2501 .

(2) Whenever the department proposes to bring any additional poisons under section 71-2501 , the proposal shall be set down for hearing. At least ten days' notice of such hearing shall be given by the department. The notice shall designate the poison to be added and shall state the time and place of the hearing. Such notice shall be given by such means as the department determines to be reasonably calculated to notify the various interested parties. The department may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations with respect to the conduct of such hearings as may be necessary.

(3) Any person aggrieved by any order of the department passed pursuant to this section may appeal such order, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

Laws 1941, c. 141, § 14, p. 564;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 81-933;

R.S.1943, § 81-630;

Laws 1988, LB 352, § 127;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 627;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 546;

Laws 2015, LB37, § 83.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1909 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1909
View Statute 70-1909
Status: in_force

An electric supplier as defined in section 70-1001.01 may agree to limit its exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire a C-BED project and any related facilities if such electric supplier enters into a contract to purchase output from such C-BED project for a term of ten years or more.

Laws 2007, LB629, § 9;

Laws 2014, LB402, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1527 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1527
View Statute 23-1527
Status: in_force

A certified copy of a petition, with schedules omitted, commencing a proceeding under the laws of the United States relating to bankruptcy or a certified copy of the decree of adjudication or a certified copy of an order approving the bond of the trustee appointed in such proceedings shall be filed, indexed, and recorded in the office of the register of deeds of the county in which is located real property in which the bankrupt has an interest in the same manner as federal liens are filed, indexed, and recorded pursuant to the Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act. The filing fee for such recording shall be the same as the fee for filing and recording as set forth in section 9-525 , Uniform Commercial Code. The register of deeds shall file the notices in a file kept for such purpose and designated Notice of Bankruptcy Proceedings, except that in offices filing by the roll form of microfilm pursuant to section 23-1517.01 , the original notices need not be retained.

Laws 1965, c. 450, § 1, p. 1422;

Laws 1969, c. 433, § 8, p. 1459;

Laws 1973, LB 224, § 8;

Laws 1988, LB 933, § 2;

Laws 1999, LB 550, § 2.

For fees for filing and recording federal tax liens, see section 52-1004 .

Uniform Federal Lien Registration Act, see section 52-1007 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-213 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-213
View Statute 38-213
Status: in_force

The board may work with accredited hospitals, advanced practice registered nurses, and licensed health care professionals and may create a referral network in Nebraska to develop policies, procedures, information, and educational materials to meet each of the following requirements concerning perinatal mental health disorders:

(1) An advanced practice registered nurse providing prenatal care may:

(a) Provide education to a pregnant patient and, if possible and with permission, to the patient's family about perinatal mental health disorders in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and

(b) Invite each pregnant patient to complete a questionnaire in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists. Screening for perinatal mental health disorders may be repeated when, in the professional judgment of the advanced practice registered nurse, the patient is at increased risk for developing a perinatal mental health disorder;

(2) An advanced practice registered nurse providing postnatal care may invite each postpartum patient to complete a questionnaire and, if completed, shall review the questionnaire in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists; and

(3) An advanced practice registered nurse providing pediatric care to an infant may invite the infant's mother to complete a questionnaire at any well-child checkup occurring during the first year of life at which the mother is present and, if completed, shall review the questionnaire in accordance with the formal opinions and recommendations of the American Academy of Pediatrics, in order to ensure that the health and well-being of the infant are not compromised by an undiagnosed perinatal mental health disorder in the mother.

Laws 2022, LB905, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2144 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2144
View Statute 18-2144
Status: in_force

The Community Development Law shall be full authority for the creation of a community redevelopment authority by a city or village, and for the exercise of the powers therein granted to a city or village and to such authority, and shall also be full authority for the creation of a community development agency by a city or village, and for the exercise of the powers therein granted to a city or village for such purpose, and no action, proceeding, or election shall be required prior to the creation of a community redevelopment authority or community development agency or to authorize the exercise of any of the powers granted in the Community Development Law, except as specifically provided in the Community Development Law, any provision of law or of any city charter or village law to the contrary notwithstanding.

No proceedings for the issuance of bonds of an authority or of a city or village for its community development agency shall be required other than those required by the Community Development Law; and the provisions of all other laws and city charters, if any, relative to the terms and conditions for the issuance, payment, redemption, registration, sale or delivery of bonds of public bodies, corporations, or political subdivisions of this state shall not be applicable to bonds issued by an authority pursuant to the Community Development Law.

Insofar as the provisions of the Community Development Law are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or of any city charter, if any, the provisions of the Community Development Law shall be controlling.

Laws 1957, c. 52, § 15, p. 261;

Laws 1961, c. 61, § 18, p. 243;

R.R.S.1943, § 19-2644;

Laws 1973, LB 299, § 4;

Laws 1979, LB 158, § 9;

Laws 2018, LB874, § 32.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1503.01 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1503.01
View Statute 23-1503.01
Status: in_force

(1) Any instrument submitted for recording in the office of the register of deeds shall contain a blank space at the top of the first page which is at least three inches by eight and one-half inches in size for recording information required by section 23-1510 by the register of deeds. If this space or the information required by such section is not provided, the register of deeds may add a page or use the back side of an existing page and charge for the page a fee established by section 33-109 for the recording of an instrument. No attachment or affirmation shall be used in any way to cover any information or printed material on the instrument.

(2) Printed forms primarily intended to be used for recordation purposes shall have a one-inch margin on the two vertical sides and a one-inch margin on the bottom of the page. Nonessential information such as page numbers or customer notations may be placed within the side and bottom margins.

(3) All instruments submitted for recording shall measure at least eight and one-half inches by eleven inches and not larger than eight and one-half inches by fourteen inches. The instrument shall be printed, typewritten, or computer-generated in black ink on a white background if submitted electronically or on white paper of not less than twenty-pound weight without watermarks or other visible inclusions. The instrument shall be sufficiently legible to allow for a readable copy to be reproduced using the method of reproduction used by the register of deeds. A font size of at least eight points shall be presumed to be sufficiently legible. Each signature on an instrument shall be in black or dark blue ink and of sufficient color and clarity to ensure that the signature is readable when the instrument is reproduced. The signature may be a digital signature or an electronic signature. The name of each party to the instrument shall be typed, printed, or stamped beneath the original signature. An embossed or inked stamp shall not cover or otherwise materially interfere with any part of the instrument.

(4) This section does not apply to:

(a) Instruments signed before August 27, 2011;

(b) Instruments executed outside of the United States;

(c) Certified copies of instruments issued by governmental agencies, including vital records;

(d) Instruments signed by an original party who is incapacitated or deceased at the time the instruments are presented for recording;

(e) Instruments formatted to meet court requirements;

(f) Federal and state tax liens;

(g) Forms prescribed by the Uniform Commercial Code; and

(h) Plats, surveys, or drawings related to plats or surveys.

(5) The changes made to this section by Laws 2011, LB254, do not affect the duty of a register of deeds to file an instrument presented for recordation as set forth in sections 23-1506 and 76-237 .

Laws 1990, LB 1153, § 52;

Laws 1995, LB 288, § 1;

Laws 2011, LB254, § 1;

Laws 2017, LB535, § 1;

Laws 2019, LB186, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-191.03 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-191.03
View Statute 45-191.03
Status: in_force

(1) A loan broker who fails to make accurate and timely filings as required by section 45-191.02 shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.

(2) A loan broker who willfully violates subdivision (1) of section 45-191 shall be guilty of:

(a) A Class IV felony if the advance fee assessed or collected is greater than three hundred dollars; or

(b) A Class I misdemeanor if the advance fee assessed or collected is three hundred dollars or less.

(3) A willful violation of any other provision of sections 45-189 to 45-191.11 by a loan broker shall be a Class IV felony.

Laws 1993, LB 270, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1802 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-1802
38-1802
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that:

(a) The unregulated practice of medical nutrition therapy can clearly harm or endanger the health, safety, and welfare of the public;

(b) The public can reasonably be expected to benefit from an assurance of initial and continuing professional ability; and

(c) The public cannot be effectively protected by a less cost-effective means than state regulation of the practice of medical nutrition therapy. The Legislature also finds that dietitians and nutritionists must exercise independent judgment and that professional education, training, and experience are required to make such judgment.

(2) The Legislature further finds that the practice of medical nutrition therapy in the State of Nebraska is not sufficiently regulated for the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the public. It declares that this is a matter of statewide concern and it shall be the policy of the State of Nebraska to promote high standards of professional performance by those persons representing themselves as licensed dietitian nutritionists and licensed nutritionists.

Laws 1988, LB 557, § 1;

Laws 1995, LB 406, § 20;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,285;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 624;

Laws 2023, LB227, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2406 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-2406
View Statute 43-2406
Status: in_force

From amounts appropriated to the commission for the Commission Grant Program or funds available through the federal act, the commission shall award grants on a competitive basis to eligible applicants based upon criteria determined by the commission.

Laws 1990, LB 663, § 6;

Laws 1992, LB 447, § 10;

Laws 1994, LB 988, § 26;

Laws 1997, LB 424, § 4;

Laws 2000, LB 1167, § 45;

Laws 2001, LB 640, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-107 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-107
View Statute 29-107
Status: in_force

Whenever any property or interest is intended to be protected by a provision of the penal law, and the general term person or any other general term is used to designate the party whose property is intended to be protected, the provisions of such penal laws and the protection thereby given shall extend to the property of the state, or of any county, and of all public or private corporations.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 252, p. 782;

R.S.1913, § 8907;

C.S.1922, § 9928;

C.S. 1929, § 29-107;

R.S.1943, § 29-107.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 55-423 — NE Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-423
View Statute 55-423
Status: in_force

(1) For each court-martial the authority convening the court shall detail trial counsel and defense counsel, and such assistants as he considers appropriate. No person who has acted as investigating officer, military judge, or court member in any case may act later as trial counsel, assistant trial counsel, or, unless expressly requested by the accused, as defense counsel or assistant defense counsel in the same case. No person who has acted for the prosecution may act later in the same case for the defense, nor may any person who has acted for the defense act later in the same case for the prosecution.

(2) Trial counsel or defense counsel detailed for a court-martial:

(a) Must be a judge advocate of the military forces, who is a graduate of an accredited law school and a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of Nebraska, or must be a member of the bar of a federal court or of the highest court of a state; and

(b) Must be certified as competent to perform such duties by the State Judge Advocate.

Laws 1969, c. 458, § 23, p. 1565.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2810 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2810
View Statute 2-2810
Status: in_force

The general purpose of the Nebraska Poultry Improvement Association is to foster, promote, improve, and protect all branches of the poultry, turkey, egg, and allied industries. For uses appropriate to its purpose and business, such association may take by gift, purchase, devise, or bequest real and personal property, and may handle, manage, control, sell, lease, and mortgage the same. It may employ such necessary agents, servants, fiduciaries, and assistants as may be necessary to care for its business and property.

Laws 1969, c. 2, § 10, p. 64.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-5503 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-5503
View Statute 2-5503
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Agricultural Suppliers Lease Protection Act:

(1) Agricultural tenant means any public warehouse licensee as defined in section 88-526 , any livestock auction market as defined in section 54-1158 , or any other persons primarily engaged in the sale or distribution of fertilizer or agricultural chemicals or farm implements, machinery, or equipment occupying railroad land owned or controlled by a railroad or its grantee or successor in interest;

(2) Fair market lease rate means the lease rate of comparable commercial properties adjusted according to accepted appraisal standards which may include, but are not necessarily limited to, lease terms, market conditions, location, physical characteristics, economic characteristics stipulated in the lease, and nonrealty components or, in the absence of comparability, the lease rate as determined by comparable rates of return realized on the lease of other commercial property in proximity to the lease site;

(3) Good faith means honesty in fact in the conduct of the transaction concerned;

(4) Lease means any agreement between a railroad and a tenant under the terms of which a tenant occupies the surface of railroad land;

(5) Railroad land means any land acquired by a railroad in strips for right-of-way and any parcel or tract acquired by a railroad adjacent to its right-of-way to aid in the construction, maintenance, and accommodation of its railway and which is occupied pursuant to a lease by a tenant who owns substantial improvements thereon;

(6) Substantial improvements means buildings or other structures or fixtures to structures that are permanent in nature and includes equipment that is affixed to real property or structures; and

(7) Successor in interest includes any agent, successor, assignee, trustee, receiver, or other person acquiring interests or rights in railroad land, including, but not limited to, the owner or holder of any servient estate or right of reversion relating to railroad land.

Laws 2002, LB 435, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1225 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1225
View Statute 66-1225
Status: in_force

Reformulated gasoline which is sold after January 1, 1992, in ozone nonattainment areas of Nebraska as designated by the federal Environmental Protection Agency shall contain an oxygen content equal to or greater than three and one-tenth percent weight oxygen.

Laws 1990, LB 1124, § 8;

Laws 1991, LB 627, § 134.