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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4502 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4502
View Statute 44-4502
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act are to promote the public interest, to promote the availability of long-term care insurance policies, to protect applicants for long-term care insurance from unfair or deceptive sales or enrollment practices, to establish standards for long-term care insurance, to facilitate public understanding and comparison of long-term care insurance policies, and to facilitate flexibility and innovation in the development of long-term care insurance coverage.

Laws 1987, LB 416, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 55-470 — NE Code / Chapter 55 / Section 55-470
View Statute 55-470
Status: in_force

Any person subject to this code who operates any vehicle while under the influence of alcoholic liquor or any drug, or in a reckless or wanton manner, shall be punished as a court-martial may direct.

Laws 1969, c. 458, § 70, p. 1578.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2617 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2617
View Statute 48-2617
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State may assess a civil penalty against an athlete agent not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars for a violation of the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act.

Laws 2009, LB292, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-717 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-717
View Statute 37-717
Status: in_force

(1) At least once each year, the commission shall meet with interested parties to review the status, distribution, and significance of the animal and plant species and natural areas within Nebraska. After completing the review, the sites may be nominated for inclusion in the register and submitted with nomination documents for consideration by the commission. Nomination of natural areas for inclusion in the register shall be based on one or more of the following priorities:

(a) Rareness of the natural heritage features on a national, statewide, or ecological region scale;

(b) Excellence and completeness of the natural heritage features found in the natural area;

(c) Degree to which a natural area or its natural heritage features are threatened with incompatible use;

(d) Degree of protection afforded to similar features elsewhere in the state or ecological region; and

(e) Viability of the natural features in the natural area.

(2) Following approval of nominated natural areas by the commission, the natural area shall be added to the register. No privately owned lands may be nominated for registration without prior notice to the owner or registered without voluntary consent of the owner.

Laws 1989, LB 251, § 5;

R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-1404;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 331.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1131 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-1131
38-1131
Status: in_force

When authorized by and under the general supervision of a licensed dentist, a licensed dental hygienist may perform the following intra and extra oral procedures and functions:

(1) Oral prophylaxis, periodontal scaling, and root planing which includes supragingival and subgingival debridement;

(2) Polish all exposed tooth surfaces, including restorations;

(3) Conduct and assess preliminary charting, probing, screening examinations, and indexing of dental and periodontal disease, with referral, when appropriate, for a dental diagnosis by a licensed dentist;

(4) Brush biopsies;

(5) Pulp vitality testing;

(6) Gingival curettage;

(7) Removal of sutures;

(8) Preventive measures, including the application of fluorides, sealants, and other recognized topical agents for the prevention of oral disease;

(9) Impressions for study casts;

(10) Application of topical and subgingival agents;

(11) Radiographic exposures;

(12) Oral health education, including conducting workshops and inservice training sessions on dental health;

(13) Application or administration of antimicrobial rinses, fluorides, and other anticariogenic agents;

(14) Upon completion of education and testing approved by the board, interim therapeutic restoration technique; and

(15) All of the duties that a dental assistant who is not licensed is authorized to perform.

Upon completion of education and testing approved by the board and when authorized by and under the general supervision of a licensed dentist, a licensed dental hygienist may write prescriptions for mouth rinses and fluoride products that help decrease the risk for tooth decay.

Laws 1986, LB 572, § 3;

Laws 1999, LB 800, § 7;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-193.17;

Laws 2007, LB247, § 25;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 464;

Laws 2017, LB18, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2273 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-2273
View Statute 29-2273
Status: in_force

The school district and the district court, county court, or juvenile court may establish education, counseling, or other programs to improve the behavior and educational performance of individuals covered by section 29-2270 .

Laws 1994, LB 1250, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-917 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-917
View Statute 71-917
Status: in_force

The clerk of the district court appointed for that purpose by a district judge of that district court judicial district shall sign and issue all notices, appointments, warrants, subpoenas, or other process required to be issued by the mental health board and shall affix his or her seal as clerk of the district court. The clerk shall file and preserve in his or her office all papers connected with any proceedings of the mental health board and all related notices, reports, and other communications. The clerk shall keep minutes of all proceedings of the board. All required notices, reports, and communications may be sent by mail unless otherwise provided in the Nebraska Mental Health Commitment Act or the Sex Offender Commitment Act. The fact and date that such notices, reports, and communications have been sent and received shall be noted on the proper record.

Laws 1976, LB 806, § 16;

Laws 1981, LB 95, § 6;

Laws 2000, LB 884, § 5;

R.S.Supp.,2002, § 83-1016;

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 37;

Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 36.

Sex Offender Commitment Act, see section 71-1201 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2722 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-2722
View Statute 43-2722
Status: in_force

The Nebraska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act applies to a transfer within the scope of section 43-2703 made after July 15, 1992, if:

(1) The transfer purports to have been made under the Nebraska Uniform Gifts to Minors Act or sections 43-2301 to 43-2305 as such act or sections existed on July 15, 1992; or

(2) The instrument by which the transfer purports to have been made uses in substance the designation as custodian under the Uniform Gifts to Minors Act of any other state or as custodian under the Uniform Transfers to Minors Act of any other state, and the application of the Nebraska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act is necessary to validate the transfer.

Laws 1992, LB 907, § 22.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4612 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4612
View Statute 30-4612
Status: in_force

(a) In this section:

(1) Residuary clause does not include a residuary clause containing a blanket exercise clause or a specific exercise clause.

(2) Will includes a codicil and a testamentary instrument that revises another will.

(b) A residuary clause in a powerholder's will, or a comparable clause in the powerholder's revocable trust, manifests the powerholder's intent to exercise a power of appointment only if:

(1) the terms of the instrument containing the residuary clause do not manifest a contrary intent;

(2) the power is a general power exercisable in favor of the powerholder's estate;

(3) there is no gift in default clause or the clause is ineffective; and

(4) the powerholder did not release the power.

Laws 2021, LB501, § 35.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-515 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-515
View Statute 70-515
Status: in_force

All provisions of law, now applicable to electric light and power corporations as regards the use and occupation of the public highways, and the manner or method of construction and physical operation of plants, systems, and transmission lines, shall be applicable, as nearly as may be, to municipalities and public electric light and power districts in their exercise of the powers and functions, and in their performance of the duties, conferred or imposed upon them under the provisions of sections 70-501 to 70-515 .

Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 9;

Laws 1931, c. 116, § 9, p. 342;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-609;

R.S.1943, § 70-515;

Laws 1951, c. 101, § 105, p. 496.

Public power and irrigation district has the right to exercise the power of eminent domain in the acquisition of property. Snyder v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irr. Dist., 144 Neb. 308, 13 N.W.2d 160 (1944).

Public power and irrigation district has the right to exercise the power of eminent domain in the acquisition of property. Snyder v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irr. Dist., 144 Neb. 308, 13 N.W.2d 160 (1944).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6607 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6607
View Statute 44-6607
Status: in_force

(1) A person or entity who is found by a court of competent jurisdiction, pursuant to an action initiated by the Director of Insurance, to have committed a fraudulent insurance act set forth in section 44-6604 is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars for the first violation, ten thousand dollars for the second violation, and fifteen thousand dollars for each subsequent violation. An action under this section shall be in lieu of a prosecution under section 28-631 .

(2) Costs and expenses incurred in any investigation or other action arising out of a violation under the Insurance Fraud Act may be sought in any judgment, court decree, or other final result. Any recovered costs, except civil or criminal penalties, shall be deposited by the director in the fund from which the costs were expended. The court may make such additional orders or judgments as may be necessary to restore to any person in interest any compensation which may have been acquired by means of any act prohibited in section 44-6604 .

(3) This section shall not be construed to prohibit the director and the alleged violator from entering into a written agreement upon commencement of a civil action in which the alleged violator does not admit or deny the charges but consents to payment of the civil penalty. A consent agreement may not be used in a subsequent civil or criminal proceeding relating to any violation of the act.

Laws 1995, LB 385, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3110 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3110
View Statute 2-3110
Status: in_force

All fees collected by the director under the Nebraska Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Cash Fund, which fund is hereby created. Such fund shall be used by the department to aid in defraying the expenses of administering the Nebraska Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Act. Any money in the Soil and Plant Analysis Laboratory Cash Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

Laws 1969, c. 8, § 10, p. 99;

Laws 1988, LB 871, § 5;

Laws 1995, LB 7, § 15.

Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269 .

Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-115 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-115
View Statute 15-115
Status: in_force

All taxes, assessments, fines, licenses, fees, claims, and demands of every kind assessed or levied against persons or property within any city of the second class or village consolidated with or annexed by any city of the primary class as provided in sections 15-111 to 15-118 , shall be paid to and collected by such city of the primary class.

Laws 1921, c. 202, § 5, p. 732;

C.S.1922, § 3794;

C.S.1929, § 15-115;

R.S.1943, § 15-115;

Laws 1965, c. 43, § 3, p. 239;

Laws 2020, LB1003, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-105.01 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-105.01
View Statute 45-105.01
Status: in_force

This section enacted by 1963 Special Session as a part of Legislative Bill 11 was unconstitutional as special legislation. State Securities Co. v. Ley, 177 Neb. 251, 128 N.W.2d 766 (1964).

This section enacted by 1963 Special Session as a part of Legislative Bill 11 was unconstitutional as special legislation. State Securities Co. v. Ley, 177 Neb. 251, 128 N.W.2d 766 (1964).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2473 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2473
View Statute 30-2473
Status: in_force

If the exercise of power concerning the estate is improper, the personal representative is liable to interested persons for damage or loss resulting from breach of his fiduciary duty to the same extent as a trustee of an express trust. The rights of purchasers and others dealing with a personal representative shall be determined as provided in sections 30-2474 and 30-2475 .

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 151, UPC § 3-712.

A motion to surcharge a personal representative is properly brought within the probate proceeding, because the facts underlying such motions ultimately concern the probate of the decedent's will and the distribution of the decedent's property. In re Estate of Graham, 301 Neb. 594, 919 N.W.2d 714 (2018).

A motion to surcharge a personal representative is properly brought within the probate proceeding, because the facts underlying such motions ultimately concern the probate of the decedent's will and the distribution of the decedent's property. In re Estate of Graham, 301 Neb. 594, 919 N.W.2d 714 (2018).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1545 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1545
View Statute 44-1545
Status: in_force

Failure by an insurance company subject to sections 60-3,136 to 60-3,139 to comply with the requirements of such sections and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under such sections by the Department of Motor Vehicles shall be an unfair trade practice in the business of insurance subject to the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act.

Laws 2002, LB 488, § 7;

Laws 2005, LB 274, § 229.

Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act, see section 44-1521 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-162.01 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-162.01
View Statute 8-162.01
Status: in_force

Any bank authorized to transact a trust company business in a trust department pursuant to sections 8-159 to 8-162 may conduct such trust company business at the office of any bank which is a subsidiary of the same bank holding company as the authorized bank.

Laws 1993, LB 81, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-364.04 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-364.04
View Statute 42-364.04
Status: in_force

Service of the documents required by the provisions of section 42-364.03 shall be made in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action, except that certified mail service may not be used.

Laws 1974, LB 1015, § 9;

Laws 1983, LB 447, § 49;

Laws 1984, LB 845, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-377 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-377
View Statute 23-377
Status: in_force

The county board shall also have authority to provide for a comprehensive plan for the area within the zoning and subdivision jurisdiction of the county, to be the general plan for the improvement and development of such area, and to prescribe standards for laying out subdivisions in harmony with such comprehensive plan.

Laws 1961, c. 94, § 6, p. 322.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-287 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-287
View Statute 43-287
Status: in_force

(1) When a juvenile is adjudged to be a juvenile described in subdivision (1), (2), (3)(b), or (4) of section 43-247 , the juvenile court may:

(a) If such juvenile holds any license or permit issued under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, impound any such license or permit for thirty days; or

(b) If such juvenile does not have a permit or license issued under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, prohibit such juvenile from obtaining any permit or any license pursuant to the act for which such juvenile would otherwise be eligible until thirty days after the date of such order.

(2) A copy of an abstract of the juvenile court's adjudication shall be transmitted to the Director of Motor Vehicles pursuant to sections 60-497.01 to 60-497.04 if a license or permit is impounded or a juvenile is prohibited from obtaining a license or permit under subsection (1) of this section. If a juvenile whose operator's license or permit has been impounded by a juvenile court operates a motor vehicle during any period that he or she is subject to the court order not to operate any motor vehicle or after a period of impoundment but before return of the license or permit, such violation shall be handled in the juvenile court and not as a violation of section 60-4,108 .

(3) When a juvenile is adjudged to be a juvenile described in subdivision (3)(a) of section 43-247 for excessive absenteeism from school, the juvenile court may issue the parents or guardians of such juvenile a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars for each offense or order such parents or guardians to complete specified hours of community service. For community service ordered under this subsection, the juvenile court may require that all or part of the service be performed for a public school district or nonpublic school if the court finds that service in the school is appropriate under the circumstances.

(4) A juvenile who holds any license or permit issued under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act and has violated subdivision (3)(b) or (c) of section 28-306 , subdivision (3)(b) or (c) of section 28-394 , or section 28-1254 , 60-6,196 , 60-6,197 , 60-6,197.06 , or 60-6,198 shall not be eligible for an ignition interlock permit.

Laws 2010, LB800, § 24;

Laws 2012, LB751, § 5;

Laws 2019, LB269, § 1.

Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, see section 60-462 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-122 — NE Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-122
View Statute 47-122
Status: in_force

Every county board or, in counties which have established such, the county board of corrections may establish a community work force program in which prisoners in the county jails may work on community service projects within that county. As used in sections 47-122 to 47-124 , community service project shall mean work for a city or county, or any agency, department, or subdivision thereof, except that such projects shall not include projects which other government employees regularly perform or projects which the county or city regularly contracts with private industry to perform. The board is encouraged to include established volunteer activities which benefit the general public as acceptable projects. Work by a prisoner on a community service project shall not confer a private benefit on any person except as may be incidental to the public benefit.

Laws 1983, LB 180, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-705 — NE Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-705
View Statute 51-705
Status: in_force

Subject to any existing security interest in the property, a museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by the museum for at least seven years as follows:

(1) The museum must give notice as provided in subsection (3) of section 51-703 that the museum is asserting title to the undocumented property; and

(2) If a claimant or lender does not respond to such notice within one year by giving a written notice of intent to retain an interest in the property on loan, the museum's title to the property becomes absolute.

Laws 1996, LB 1276, § 5;

Laws 2024, LB926, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-335 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-335
View Statute 28-335
Status: in_force

(1) The performing of an abortion by any person other than a licensed physician is a Class IV felony.

(2) No abortion shall be performed, induced, or attempted unless the physician who uses or prescribes any instrument, device, medicine, drug, or other substance to perform, induce, or attempt the abortion is physically present in the same room with the patient when the physician performs, induces, or attempts to perform or induce the abortion. Any person who knowingly or recklessly violates this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV felony. No civil or criminal penalty shall be assessed against the patient upon whom the abortion is performed, induced, or attempted to be performed or induced.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 50;

Laws 2011, LB521, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-701 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-701
View Statute 15-701
Status: in_force

The city council of a city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to create, open, widen, or otherwise improve, vacate, control, name, and rename any street, alley, or public way or ways, including the sidewalk space within the corporate limits of the city, except that all damages sustained by the owners of the property thereon by opening or widening shall be ascertained as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724 . Whenever any street, alley, or public way shall be vacated, such street, alley, or public way shall revert to the owners of the adjacent real estate, one-half on each side thereof, unless the city reserves title to such street, alley, or public way in the ordinance vacating such street, alley, or public way. In the event title is retained by the city, such property may be sold, conveyed, exchanged, or leased upon such terms and conditions as shall be deemed in the best interests of the city, as authorized in its home rule charter. When the city vacates all or any portion of a street, alley, or public way or ways, the city shall, within thirty days after the effective date of the vacation, file a certified copy of the vacating ordinance with the register of deeds for the county in which the vacated property is located to be indexed against all affected lots.

Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, IV, p. 128;

R.S.1913, § 4522;

C.S.1922, § 3908;

C.S.1929, § 15-701;

R.S.1943, § 15-701;

Laws 1951, c. 101, § 48, p. 468;

Laws 1959, c. 44, § 1, p. 225;

Laws 1969, c. 66, § 2, p. 379;

Laws 2001, LB 483, § 3;

Laws 2020, LB1003, § 105.

Primary class city council action to vacate street or alley, retain title, and later sell property will not be overturned on review unless fraud, illegality of proceedings, absence of jurisdiction, or abuse of discretion clearly shown. Cather & Sons Constr., Inc. v. City of Lincoln, 200 Neb. 510, 264 N.W.2d 413 (1978).

Primary class city council action to vacate street or alley, retain title, and later sell property will not be overturned on review unless fraud, illegality of proceedings, absence of jurisdiction, or abuse of discretion clearly shown. Cather & Sons Constr., Inc. v. City of Lincoln, 200 Neb. 510, 264 N.W.2d 413 (1978).

Special proviso in Viaduct Act was enacted in view of this and other articles. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).

Special proviso in Viaduct Act was enacted in view of this and other articles. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).