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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-208.02 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-208.02
View Statute 44-208.02
Status: in_force

If the Director of Insurance approves the forms of subscriptions for capital stock or the forms of application for membership or for insurance, the corporate surety on the bond required by section 44-208.01 , and, in the case of stock insurers, the application to solicit subscriptions for stock, he or she shall deliver to the promoter or incorporators a permit in the name of the corporation authorizing it to complete its organization. Upon receiving such permit, the corporation shall have authority to solicit subscriptions and payments for capital stock if a stock insurer and applications and premiums or advance assessments for insurance if other than a stock insurer and to exercise such powers, subject to the limitations imposed by the Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act and Chapter 44, as may be necessary and proper in completing its organization and qualifying for a license to transact the kind or kinds of insurance proposed in its articles of incorporation. No corporation shall issue policies or enter into contracts of insurance until it receives a certificate of authority permitting it to do so.

Laws 1957, c. 178, § 3, p. 613;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 51;

Laws 1995, LB 109, § 217;

Laws 2014, LB749, § 282.

Nebraska Model Business Corporation Act, see section 21-201 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-212 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-212
9-212
Status: in_force

License shall mean any license to conduct bingo as provided in section 9-233 , any license for a utilization-of-funds member as provided in section 9-232.01 , any manufacturer's license as provided in section 9-255.09 , any distributor's license as provided in section 9-255.07 , any gaming manager's license as provided in section 9-232.01 , or any commercial lessor's license as provided in section 9-255.06 .

Laws 1983, LB 259, § 14;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 9-140.10;

Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 13;

Laws 1988, LB 295, § 6;

Laws 1989, LB 767, § 7;

Laws 1994, LB 694, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-638 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-638
View Statute 46-638
Status: in_force

(1) The Chief Water Officer may grant and administer permits to public water suppliers: (a) To locate, develop, and maintain ground water supplies through water wells or other means and to transport water into the area to be served; and (b) to continue existing use of ground water and the transportation of ground water into the area served.

(2) For purposes of the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act and sections 46-651 to 46-655 , (a) public water supplier shall mean a city, village, municipal corporation, metropolitan utilities district, rural water district, natural resources district, irrigation district, reclamation district, or sanitary and improvement district which supplies or intends to supply water to inhabitants of cities, villages, or rural areas for domestic or municipal purposes and (b) water well shall have the same meaning as in section 46-601.01 .

Laws 1963, c. 276, § 1, p. 829;

Laws 1980, LB 643, § 2;

Laws 1993, LB 131, § 18;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 177;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 178.

For additional definitions, see section 46-706 .

Permittees under the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act are exonerated from the common-law prohibition against transfer and transportation of ground water. Sorensen v. Lower Niobrara Nat. Resources Dist., 221 Neb. 180, 376 N.W.2d 539 (1985).

Permittees under the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act are exonerated from the common-law prohibition against transfer and transportation of ground water. Sorensen v. Lower Niobrara Nat. Resources Dist., 221 Neb. 180, 376 N.W.2d 539 (1985).

Director of Water Resources is authorized to grant and administer permits to cities and villages to develop ground water supplies. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. Merritt Beach Co., 179 Neb. 783, 140 N.W.2d 626 (1966).

Director of Water Resources is authorized to grant and administer permits to cities and villages to develop ground water supplies. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. Merritt Beach Co., 179 Neb. 783, 140 N.W.2d 626 (1966).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2707 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2707
View Statute 48-2707
Status: in_force

Any funds held by the professional employer organization in a fiduciary capacity shall be recorded separately and held in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of each client. The professional employer organization shall keep copies of all the records pertaining to such deposits and withdrawals and, upon request of a client, shall furnish the client with an accounting and copies of the records.

Laws 2010, LB579, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1704 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-1704
View Statute 29-1704
Status: in_force

The sheriff or other officer shall return such writ according to the command thereof, with the name of the surety or sureties, together with the recognizance taken as aforesaid; and the recognizance so taken and returned shall be filed and recorded by the clerk of the court to which the same was returned, and may be proceeded on in the same way as if such recognizance had been taken in the court during term time.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 429, p. 820;

R.S.1913, § 9073;

C.S.1922, § 10097;

C.S.1929, § 29-1704;

R.S.1943, § 29-1704.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-335 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-335
View Statute 37-335
Status: in_force

Commencing January 1, 1977, whenever the commission acquires title to private lands for wildlife management purposes, the commission shall annually make payments in lieu of taxes to the county treasurer of the county in which the land is located. Commencing January 1, 1997, the payments shall be the same as the real property taxes which would have been paid on the land if it were owned by a private owner. The value of the land shall be determined by the county assessor pursuant to sections 77-201 and 77-1301 to 77-1371 as if it were being used for the use it had immediately before acquisition by the commission excluding any improvements on the land either before or after its acquisition. The commission may protest the valuation of such land to the county board of equalization pursuant to section 77-1502 if the commission believes the land is not properly valued. The county board of equalization shall treat such protest in the same manner as any other protest pursuant to sections 77-1502 to 77-1509 . The action of the county board of equalization on such protest may be appealed as provided in section 77-1510 . The county treasurer shall allocate such payments to each taxing unit levying taxes on such property in the county in which the land has tax situs in the same proportion that the levy on the property of such taxing unit bears to the total levy on such real property of all the taxing units in which the property is taxed.

Laws 1976, LB 861, § 18;

Laws 1996, LB 345, § 1;

R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-110;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 93;

Laws 2002, LB 994, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-225 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-225
View Statute 58-225
Status: in_force

Utility shall mean an entity which provides electricity or natural gas to retail customers in the state.

Laws 1983, LB 626, § 25;

Laws 1991, LB 253, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5438 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5438
View Statute 44-5438
Status: in_force

(1) Prior to January 1, 2028, if a utilization review agent requires prior authorization of a health care service, the utilization review agent shall make a decision on the prior authorization request and provide notice of its decision to the enrollee and the enrollee's health care provider in accordance with the following timeframes:

(a) For a prior authorization request for urgent health care services, within seventy-two hours after obtaining all necessary information to make a decision; or

(b) For a prior authorization request for nonurgent health care services, within seven days after obtaining all necessary information to make a decision.

(2) Beginning January 1, 2028, if a utilization review agent requires prior authorization of a health care service, the utilization review agent shall make a decision on the prior authorization request and provide notice of its decision to the enrollee and the enrollee's health care provider in accordance with the following timeframes:

(a) For a prior authorization request for urgent health care services, within forty-eight hours after obtaining all necessary information to make a decision; or

(b) For a prior authorization request for nonurgent health care services, within seven days after obtaining all necessary information to make a decision.

(3) Nothing in this section prohibits a health care provider and health carrier from contracting for shorter timeframes for using the prior authorization application programming interface or other electronic prior authorization methodology described in subsection (2) of section 44-5437 or as part of a risk-sharing agreement.

(4) Health care services are deemed authorized if a utilization review agent fails to comply with the deadlines for making a decision as set forth in this section.

(5) In the notice to the health care provider that a prior authorization has been approved, the utilization review agent shall include the duration of the prior authorization or the date by which the prior authorization will expire.

Laws 2025, LB77, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-402.03 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-402.03
View Statute 29-402.03
Status: in_force

A merchant or a merchant's employee who causes the arrest of a person, as provided for in section 29-402.01 , for larceny of goods held for sale shall not be criminally or civilly liable for slander, libel, false arrest, or false imprisonment where the merchant or merchant's employee has probable cause for believing that the person arrested committed larceny of goods held for sale.

Laws 1957, c. 101, § 3, p. 361;

Laws 1963, c. 157, § 2, p. 557.

Instruction defining arrest in almost verbatim language of 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Arrest, was proper. Schmidt v. Richman Gordman, Inc., 191 Neb. 345, 215 N.W.2d 105 (1974).

Instruction defining arrest in almost verbatim language of 5 Am. Jur. 2d, Arrest, was proper. Schmidt v. Richman Gordman, Inc., 191 Neb. 345, 215 N.W.2d 105 (1974).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1228 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1228
View Statute 25-1228
Status: in_force

(1) The witness fee for one day's attendance must be served with a trial subpoena except when the subpoena is issued (a) at the request of an agency of state government or (b) pursuant to section 25-2304 .

(2) The person serving the subpoena shall make a return of service stating the name of the person served, the date and method of service, and, if applicable, that the required witness fee was served with the subpoena. The return of service must be by affidavit unless the subpoena was served by a sheriff or constable. If service was made by certified mail, the signed receipt must be attached to the return of service.

(3) The cost of service of a subpoena is taxable as a court cost, and when service of a subpoena is made by a person other than a sheriff or constable, the cost taxable as a court cost is the lesser of the actual amount incurred for service of process or the statutory fee set for sheriffs in section 33-117 .

(4) Except as provided in section 25-2304 , the party at whose request a trial subpoena is issued in a civil action or proceeding must pay the witness the fees and mileage to which the witness is entitled under section 33-139 . Any fees and mileage that were not paid to the witness before the witness testified must be paid to the witness within a reasonable time after the witness testified.

R.S.1867, Code § 355, p. 453;

R.S.1913, § 7920;

C.S.1922, § 8862;

C.S.1929, § 20-1228;

R.S.1943, § 25-1228;

Laws 1976, LB 750, § 1;

Laws 2017, LB509, § 4;

Laws 2020, LB912, § 15.

There is no provision in this section for a court to compel a postdeposition reimbursement of fees. Bedore v. Ranch Oil Co., 282 Neb. 553, 805 N.W.2d 68 (2011).

There is no provision in this section for a court to compel a postdeposition reimbursement of fees. Bedore v. Ranch Oil Co., 282 Neb. 553, 805 N.W.2d 68 (2011).

Section is not applicable to criminal cases. Huckins v. State, 61 Neb. 871, 86 N.W. 485 (1901).

Section is not applicable to criminal cases. Huckins v. State, 61 Neb. 871, 86 N.W. 485 (1901).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-1005 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1005
View Statute 31-1005
Status: in_force

Base flood shall mean the flood having a one percent chance of being equalled or exceeded in magnitude in any given year.

Laws 1983, LB 35, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-211 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-211
View Statute 38-211
Status: in_force

The department shall establish and collect fees for initial licensure and renewal under the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practice Act as provided in sections 38-151 to 38-157 .

Laws 2007, LB463, § 150.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-511 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-511
View Statute 71-511
Status: in_force

(1) Information concerning any patient, individual, or test results obtained under sections 71-507 to 71-513 shall be maintained as confidential by the health care facility or alternate facility that received or tested the patient or individual, the designated physician, the patient's attending physician, the emergency services provider, the public safety official, and the provider agency except as provided by the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and sections 71-503.01 and 71-507 to 71-513 and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such act and sections. Such information shall not be made public upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or otherwise except as provided by such act and sections.

(2) The information described in subsection (1) of this section may be released with the written consent of the patient or individual or, if the patient or individual is deceased or incapable of giving informed consent, with the written consent of his or her next of kin, legal guardian, or personal representative of his or her estate.

Laws 1989, LB 157, § 5;

Laws 1997, LB 138, § 50;

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 96;

Laws 2003, LB 55, § 3.

Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7403 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7403
View Statute 44-7403
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Unfair Discrimination Against Subjects of Abuse in Insurance Act is to prohibit unfair discrimination by insurers on the basis of abuse.

Laws 1998, LB 1035, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1353 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1353
View Statute 25-1353
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, a Canadian judgment registered under section 25-1352 has the same effect provided in section 25-1343 for a judgment a court determines to be entitled to recognition.

(b) A Canadian judgment registered under section 25-1352 may not be enforced by sale or other disposition of property, or by seizure of property or garnishment, until thirty-one days after notice under section 25-1354 of registration is served. The court for cause may provide for a shorter or longer time. This subsection does not preclude use of relief available under law of this state other than the Uniform Registration of Canadian Money Judgments Act to prevent dissipation, disposition, or removal of property.

Laws 2021, LB501, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-365 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-365
View Statute 31-365
Status: in_force

For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dike, or other works constructed or erected under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369 , the board of supervisors shall have the power to appoint not more than three overseers of the respective districts, who shall hold their offices for the term of one year, whose duty it shall be to keep the ditches, drains, dikes, and other works erected or constructed for the reclamation of the lands in the drainage district, in good repair, and remove all obstructions from all ditches, drains, or watercourses within their respective districts. It shall also be the duty of the overseers to cause the arrest of all persons who shall be known to have filled up, or put any timber or brush into, or to have in any way obstructed any ditch, drain or watercourse, or have damaged any dike, or other work erected or constructed for the reclamation of lands as aforesaid, within their respective districts.

Laws 1905, c. 161, § 33, p. 633;

R.S.1913, § 1860;

C.S.1922, § 1807;

C.S.1929, § 31-464;

R.S.1943, § 31-365;

Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 208.

A drainage district organized by proceedings in district court is required to remove all obstructions from its ditches and keep its works in good repair. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1, 148 Neb. 873, 29 N.W.2d 782 (1947).

A drainage district organized by proceedings in district court is required to remove all obstructions from its ditches and keep its works in good repair. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1, 148 Neb. 873, 29 N.W.2d 782 (1947).

Duty to maintain drainage ditch free from obstructions shows legislative intent not to permit maintenance of check for irrigation. Drainage District No. 1 v. Suburban Irr. Dist., 139 Neb. 333, 297 N.W. 645 (1941).

Duty to maintain drainage ditch free from obstructions shows legislative intent not to permit maintenance of check for irrigation. Drainage District No. 1 v. Suburban Irr. Dist., 139 Neb. 333, 297 N.W. 645 (1941).

It is duty of the board of supervisors of a drainage district to repair ditches which become ineffective. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Otoe and Johnson Counties, 137 Neb. 866, 291 N.W. 718 (1940).

It is duty of the board of supervisors of a drainage district to repair ditches which become ineffective. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Otoe and Johnson Counties, 137 Neb. 866, 291 N.W. 718 (1940).

Court may order drainage district to enlarge outlet to drainage system to provide effective drainage. Mooney v. Drainage District No. 1 of Richardson County, 134 Neb. 192, 278 N.W. 368 (1938).

Court may order drainage district to enlarge outlet to drainage system to provide effective drainage. Mooney v. Drainage District No. 1 of Richardson County, 134 Neb. 192, 278 N.W. 368 (1938).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-817 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-817
View Statute 18-817
Status: in_force

Before any revenue bonds or certificates, excepting refunding bonds or certificates, are sold pursuant to section 18-815 , the entire authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit after advertising for bids at least three times in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the municipality or municipalities served by the regional metropolitan transit authority, the last publication to be at least ten days before bids are required to be filed. Copies of such advertisement may also be published in any newspaper or financial publication in the United States. All bids shall be sealed, filed, and opened as provided by resolution adopted by the board, and the revenue bonds or certificates shall be awarded to the highest and best bidder or bidders therefor. The authority shall have the right to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the manner provided for in the initial advertisement. If no bids are received, such revenue bonds or certificates may be sold at the best possible price according to the discretion of the board, without further advertising, and within thirty days after the bids are required to be filed pursuant to any advertisement.

Laws 2019, LB492, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1426 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-1426
38-1426
Status: in_force

(1) A decedent, prior to his or her death, may direct the preparation for the final disposition of his or her remains by written instructions as provided in sections 30-2223 and 38-1425 . If such instructions are in a will or other written instrument, the decedent may direct that the whole or any part of such remains be given to a teaching institution, university, college, or legally licensed hospital, to the director, or to or for the use of any nonprofit blood bank, artery bank, eye bank, or other therapeutic service operated by any agency approved by the director under rules and regulations established by the director. The person or persons otherwise entitled to control the disposition of the remains under this section shall faithfully carry out the directions of the decedent.

(2) If such instructions are contained in a will or other written instrument, they shall be immediately carried out, regardless of the validity of the will in other respects or of the fact that the will may not be offered for or admitted to probate until a later date.

(3) This section shall be administered and construed to the end that such expressed instructions of any person shall be faithfully and promptly performed.

(4) A funeral director and embalmer, physician, or cemetery authority shall not be liable to any person or persons for carrying out such instructions of the decedent, and any teaching institution, university, college, or legally licensed hospital or the director shall not be liable to any person or persons for accepting the remains of any deceased person under a will or other written instrument as set forth in this section.

Laws 1959, c. 325, § 2, p. 1187;

Laws 1993, LB 187, § 30;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 559;

Laws 2003, LB 95, § 37;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1340;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 467;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 562;

Laws 2014, LB998, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-523 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-523
View Statute 46-523
Status: in_force

Any owner of real property in said proposed district who did not individually sign a petition for the organization of a reclamation district and who desires to object to the organization and incorporation of said district may, on or before the date set for the cause to be heard, file objection to the organization and incorporation of the district.

Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(5), p. 530.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-222.01 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-222.01
View Statute 71-222.01
Status: in_force

The director, under the supervision of the Board of Barber Examiners, shall administer the Barber Act and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. His or her salary shall be fixed by the board. The director shall devote full time to the duties of the office. No person shall be eligible to the office of director who has not been engaged in the active practice of barbering as a registered barber in the state for at least five years immediately preceding appointment. No member of the Board of Barber Examiners shall be eligible to the office of director during the member's term. The director shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201 . The premium shall be paid as an expense of the board.

Laws 1963, c. 409, § 26, p. 1326;

Laws 1965, c. 417, § 7, p. 1333;

Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 27;

Laws 1978, LB 722, § 18;

Laws 1978, LB 653, § 25;

Laws 2004, LB 884, § 34;

Laws 2024, LB1215, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2942 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-2942
View Statute 54-2942
Status: in_force

In carrying out its animal disease control and eradication responsibilities, the department may cooperate and contract with public or private persons and enter into agreements with other state or federal agencies to allow personnel from such agencies to work in Nebraska and to allow department personnel to work in other states or with federal agencies under a cooperative work program.

Laws 2020, LB344, § 42.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-565 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-565
View Statute 60-565
Status: in_force

Sections 60-501 to 60-569 shall in no respect be considered as a repeal of the state motor vehicle law, but shall be construed as supplemental thereto.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 65, p. 503.