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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-824.03 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-824.03
View Statute 13-824.03
Status: in_force

The governing body of the joint entity may let the contract for such work or materials to the responsible bidder who submits the lowest and best bid, or in the sole discretion of the governing body, all bids tendered may be rejected, and readvertisement for bids made, in the manner, form, and time as provided in section 13-824.02 . In determining whether a bidder is responsible, the governing body may consider the bidder's financial responsibility, skill, experience, record of integrity, ability to furnish repairs and maintenance services, and ability to meet delivery or performance deadlines and whether the bid is in conformance with specifications. Consideration may also be given by the governing body of the joint entity to the relative quality of supplies and services to be provided, the adaptability of machinery, apparatus, supplies, or services to be purchased to the particular uses required, the preservation of uniformity, and the coordination of machinery and equipment with other machinery and equipment already installed. No such contract shall be valid nor shall any money of the joint entity be expended thereunder unless advertisement and letting has been had as provided in sections 13-824.01 to 13-824.03 .

Laws 2007, LB636, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1701 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1701
View Statute 43-1701
Status: in_force

Sections 43-1701 to 43-1743 shall be known and may be cited as the Income Withholding for Child Support Act.

Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 21;

Laws 1991, LB 457, § 17;

Laws 1994, LB 1224, § 64;

Laws 2000, LB 972, § 19;

Laws 2010, LB712, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1258 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1258
View Statute 43-1258
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the filing of a petition seeking enforcement of a child custody determination, the petitioner may file a verified application for the issuance of a warrant to take physical custody of the child if the child is immediately likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state.

(b) If the court, upon the testimony of the petitioner or other witness, finds that the child is imminently likely to suffer serious physical harm or be removed from this state, it may issue a warrant to take physical custody of the child. The petition shall be heard on the next judicial day after the warrant is executed unless that date is impossible. In that event, the court shall hold the hearing on the first judicial day possible. The application for the warrant shall include the statements required by subsection (b) of section 43-1255 .

(c) A warrant to take physical custody of a child shall:

(1) recite the facts upon which a conclusion of imminent serious physical harm or removal from the state is based;

(2) direct law enforcement officers to take physical custody of the child immediately; and

(3) provide for the placement of the child pending final relief.

(d) The respondent shall be served with the petition, warrant, and order immediately after the child is taken into physical custody.

(e) A warrant to take physical custody of a child is enforceable throughout this state. If the court finds on the basis of the testimony of the petitioner or other witness that a less intrusive remedy is not effective, it may authorize law enforcement officers to enter private property to take physical custody of the child. If required by exigent circumstances of the case, the court may authorize law enforcement officers to make a forcible entry at any hour.

(f) The court may impose conditions upon placement of a child to ensure the appearance of the child and the child's custodian.

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 33.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2406 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2406
View Statute 30-2406
Status: in_force

In proceedings within the jurisdiction of the court where notice is required by this code or by rule, interested persons may be bound by the orders of the court in respect to property in or subject to the laws of this state by notice in conformity with section 30-2220 . An order is binding as to all who are given notice of the proceeding though less than all interested persons are notified.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 84, UPC § 3-106.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.05 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-235.05
View Statute 15-235.05
Status: in_force

Sections 15-235.01 to 15-235.05 may be cited as the Hospital Sinking Fund Act.

Laws 1961, c. 38, § 6, p. 166.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-226 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-226
View Statute 58-226
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a body politic and corporate, not a state agency, but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, to be known as the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority. The authority shall have the powers and duties set forth in the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act.

(2) The authority shall be composed of nine members as follows:

(a) The Director of Agriculture, the Director of Economic Development, and the chairperson of the Nebraska Investment Council who shall be ex officio members; and

(b) Six public members who shall be appointed by the Governor as follows:

(i) One member shall be experienced in real estate development;

(ii) One member shall be experienced in industrial mortgage credit, commercial credit, agricultural credit, or housing mortgage credit;

(iii) One member shall be experienced in banking or investment banking;

(iv) One member shall be experienced in home building or shall be a licensed real estate broker;

(v) One member shall be experienced in agricultural production; and

(vi) One member shall be appointed at large.

(3) All members shall be residents of the state. Of the public members, two members shall be appointed from each congressional district. Of the six public members, not more than three shall belong to the same political party. The three ex officio members may each designate a representative to perform their respective duties under the act. It shall not constitute a conflict of interest for members of the authority to serve on any other public board or commission.

Laws 1983, LB 626, § 26;

Laws 1991, LB 253, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-3407 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-3407
View Statute 60-3407
Status: in_force

(1) A program shall collect and verify records pertaining to the use of a vehicle, including sharing periods, sharing period pick-up and drop-off locations, fees paid by each driver, and revenue received by each owner.

(2) A program shall provide the information collected pursuant to subsection (1) of this section upon request to the owner, the owner's insurer, and the driver's insurer to facilitate a claim coverage investigation, settlement, negotiation, or litigation.

(3) A program shall retain the records required in this section for a period of not less than four years.

Laws 2024, LB1073, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1831 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1831
View Statute 66-1831
Status: in_force

(1) The public advocate shall have the power to:

(a) Investigate the legality and reasonableness of rates, charges, and practices of jurisdictional utilities except for tariffs subject to section 66-1868 ;

(b) Petition for relief, request, initiate, and intervene in any proceeding before the commission concerning such utilities except for tariffs subject to section 66-1868 ;

(c) Represent and appear for ratepayers and the public in proceedings before the commission and in any negotiations or other measures to resolve disputes that give rise to such proceedings except for tariffs subject to section 66-1868 ;

(d) Represent and appear for ratepayers and the public in any negotiations or other measures to resolve disputes that give rise to proceedings before the commission and make and seek approval of agreements to settle such disputes except for tariffs subject to section 66-1868 ; and

(e) Make motions for rehearing or reconsideration, appeal, or seek judicial review of any order or decision of the commission regarding jurisdictional utilities except for tariffs subject to section 66-1868 .

(2) The public advocate shall not advocate for or on behalf of any single individual, organization, or entity.

(3) The public advocate may enter into stipulations with other parties in any proceeding to balance the interests of those it represents with the interests of the jurisdictional utilities as a means of improving the quality of resulting decisions in a highly technical environment and minimizing the cost of regulation.

Laws 2003, LB 790, § 31;

Laws 2012, LB1115, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1490 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-1490
View Statute 49-1490
Status: in_force

(1) No principal, lobbyist, or person acting on behalf of either shall within one calendar month give any gifts with an aggregate value of more than fifty dollars to the following:

(a) An official or a member of the official's staff in the executive branch of state government;

(b) An official or a member of the official's staff in the legislative branch of state government; or

(c) A member of the immediate family of an official in the executive or legislative branch of state government.

(2) No official or member of the official's staff in the executive or legislative branch of state government or member of the official's immediate family shall within one calendar month accept from a principal, lobbyist, or person acting on behalf of either any gifts with an aggregate value of more than fifty dollars.

(3) An admission to a state-owned facility or a state-sponsored industry or event may be given by any sponsoring agency, political subdivision, or publicly funded postsecondary educational institution and accepted regardless of value.

(4) Any person who knowingly and intentionally violates this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.

Laws 1976, LB 987, § 90;

Laws 1977, LB 41, § 53;

Laws 1979, LB 162, § 5;

Laws 1981, LB 134, § 4;

Laws 1988, LB 1174, § 2;

Laws 1991, LB 232, § 6;

Laws 2000, LB 1021, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-3330 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-3330
View Statute 43-3330
Status: in_force

A financial institution shall receive from the department a listing of obligors to be used in matches within the financial institution's system. The listing from the department shall include the name and social security number or taxpayer identification number of each obligor to be used in matches within the financial institution's system. The financial institution shall receive the listing within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter subsequent to January 1, 1998, and shall match the listing to its records of accounts held in one or more individuals' names which are open accounts and such accounts closed within the preceding calendar quarter within thirty days after receiving the listing and provide the department with a match listing of all matches made within five working days of the match. The match listing from the financial institution shall include the name, address, and social security number or taxpayer identification number of each obligor matched and the balance of each account. The financial institution shall also provide the names and addresses of all other owners of accounts in the match listing as reflected on a signature card or other similar document on file with the financial institution. The financial institution shall submit all match listings by disk, magnetic tape, or other medium approved by the department. Nothing in this section shall (1) require a financial institution to disclose the account number assigned to the account of any individual or (2) serve to encumber the ownership interest of any person in or impact any right of setoff against an account. The financial institution shall maintain the confidentiality of all records supplied and shall use the records only for the purposes of this section. To maintain the confidentiality of the listing and match listing, the department shall implement appropriate security provisions for the listing and match listing which are as stringent as those established under the Federal Tax Information Security Guidelines for federal, state, and local agencies.

Laws 1997, LB 752, § 30;

Laws 2010, LB712, § 39.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3801 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-3801
View Statute 44-3801
Status: in_force

Sections 44-3801 to 44-3826 shall be interpreted liberally to aid in maintaining a high level of competence and adherence to professional standards in the performance of dental services.

Laws 1982, LB 139, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-517 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-517
View Statute 58-517
Status: in_force

The bonds may be sold by the contracting public body in such manner and for such price as the contracting public body determines, at a discount, at par, or at a premium, at private negotiated sale or at public sale after notice published prior to such sale in a legal newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, in such other medium of publication as the contracting public body deems appropriate, or may be exchanged by the contracting public body for other bonds issued by it under the Nebraska Redevelopment Act. Bonds which are issued under this section may be sold by the contracting public body to the federal government at private sale at a discount, at par, or at a premium and, if less than all of the authorized principal amount of such bonds is sold by the contracting public body to the federal government, the balance or any portion of the balance may be sold by the contracting public body at private sale at a discount, at par, or at a premium.

Laws 1995, LB 830, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-811 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-811
View Statute 32-811
Status: in_force

(1)(a) If the names of candidates properly filed for nomination at the primary election for directors of natural resources districts, directors of public power districts, members of airport authority boards elected pursuant to sections 32-547 to 32-549 , members of the boards of governors of community college areas, members of the boards of Class I, Class II, Class III, or Class V school districts which nominate candidates at a primary election, and officers of cities of the first or second class and cities having a city manager plan of government do not exceed two candidates for each position to be filled, any such candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.

(b) If the number of candidates properly filed for the nomination of a political party at the primary election for any county officer elected pursuant to sections 32-517 to 32-529 does not exceed the number of candidates to be nominated by that party for that office, any such properly filed candidates shall be declared nominated and their names shall not appear on any primary election ballots.

(c) The official abstract of votes kept by the county or state shall show the names of such candidates with the statement Nominated Without Opposition. The election commissioner or county clerk shall place the names of such automatically nominated candidates on the general election ballot as provided in section 32-814 or 32-815 .

(2) Candidates shall not appear on the ballot in the primary election for the offices listed in subsection (2) of section 32-606 .

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 232;

Laws 1995, LB 194, § 8;

Laws 1997, LB 764, § 76;

Laws 2003, LB 15, § 1;

Laws 2011, LB449, § 7;

Laws 2012, LB878, § 5;

Laws 2012, LB1035, § 2;

Laws 2014, LB56, § 2;

Laws 2024, LB1329, § 7;

Laws 2025, LB521, § 63.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1234 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1234
View Statute 38-1234
Status: in_force

No act of commission or omission of any emergency care provider while rendering emergency medical care within the limits of his or her licensure or status as a trainee to a person who is deemed by the provider to be in immediate danger of injury or loss of life shall impose any liability on any other person, and this section shall not relieve the emergency care provider from personal liability, if any.

Laws 1997, LB 138, § 25;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5196;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 518;

Laws 2020, LB1002, § 39.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2932 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2932
View Statute 21-2932
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided by the articles of organization, an obligation of a limited cooperative association, whether arising in contract, tort, or otherwise, is not the obligation of a member. A member is not personally liable, by way of contribution or otherwise, for an obligation of the limited cooperative association solely by reason of being a member.

Laws 2007, LB368, § 32.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7527 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7527
View Statute 44-7527
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to assure that the experience of all insurers is provided to the director at least annually in such form and detail as is necessary to aid in effecting the purposes of the Property and Casualty Insurance Rate and Form Act. The director may designate one or more statistical agents to assist in gathering such experience and making compilations thereof. The scope of such rules and regulations may include the data which must be reported by insurers, definitions of data elements, the timing and frequency of statistical reporting by insurers, data quality standards, data edit and audit requirements, data retention requirements, reports to be generated by statistical agents to fulfill the requirements of this section, and the timing of such reports.

(2) Should the director choose to designate more than one statistical agent to assist for a line or type of insurance, the director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to ensure that statistical data that the director has required is combined for reports to the director.

(3) The following provisions apply only to the disclosure of data and reports provided to the director pursuant to this section and to the disclosure of reports produced by the director from data and reports provided pursuant to this section:

(a) The director shall not disclose data that identifies individual insurers;

(b) The director shall not disclose data that is likely to identify individual policyholders or claimants or when there is reason to suspect that individual open claim reserves may be identified with individual policyholders or claimants;

(c) The director may agree in advance to withhold data from public disclosure when confidentiality is requested by the statistical agent providing the data to the director, but only if the data include data elements that the director had not required, prior to their writing or occurrence, to be recorded by insurers; and

(d) All other data contained in reports made pursuant to this section shall be subject to public disclosure.

(4) The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for the interchange of data necessary for the application of rating plans.

(5) In order to further uniform administration of rate regulatory laws, the director and every insurer and advisory organization may exchange information and experience data with insurance supervisory officials, insurers, and advisory organizations in other states and may consult with them with respect to the application of rating systems.

Laws 2000, LB 1119, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4527 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4527
View Statute 30-4527
Status: in_force

A debt, liability, or other obligation enforceable against property of a first trust is enforceable to the same extent against the property when held by the second trust after exercise of the decanting power.

Laws 2020, LB808, § 37.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-223 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-223
View Statute 58-223
Status: in_force

Residential energy conservation loan program shall mean a system by which loans and mortgage loans for residential energy conservation devices are made to low-income and moderate-income persons pursuant to the Nebraska Investment Finance Authority Act.

Laws 1983, LB 626, § 23;

Laws 1991, LB 253, § 26.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1802 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-1802
View Statute 54-1802
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Nebraska Livestock Sellers Protective Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Director shall mean the Director of Agriculture;

(2) Slaughter livestock shall mean cattle, sheep, and swine produced or fed in this state and destined for immediate slaughter;

(3) Purchaser shall mean any person, firm, corporation, or association engaged in the purchase of slaughter livestock in excess of five hundred animal units per year based upon two hundred sixty slaughtering days;

(4) Animal unit shall consist of one head of cattle, or three calves, under four hundred fifty pounds, or five hogs, or ten sheep or lambs;

(5) Insolvent shall mean that a person either has ceased to pay his or her debts in the ordinary course of business or cannot pay his or her debts as they become due or is insolvent within the meaning of the Federal Bankruptcy Act;

(6) Person shall include individuals, firms, associations, limited liability companies, or corporations or employees, officers, or limited liability company members thereof; and

(7) Purchase of livestock for slaughter shall mean the purchase of livestock for immediate use in manufacturing or preparing meat or meat food products.

Laws 1969, c. 448, § 2, p. 1499;

Laws 1994, LB 884, § 72.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1016 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1016
View Statute 16-1016
Status: in_force

The funds of the retirement system shall be invested under the general direction of the retirement committee. The city or the retirement committee if delegated such function by the city shall select and contract with a funding agent or agents to hold or invest the assets of the retirement system and to provide for the benefits provided by the Police Officers Retirement Act. The city or committee may select and contract with investment managers registered under the federal Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to invest, reinvest, and otherwise manage such portion of the assets of the retirement system as may be assigned by the city or committee. All funds of the retirement system shall be invested pursuant to the policies established by the Nebraska Investment Council.

Laws 1983, LB 237, § 16;

Laws 1991, LB 2, § 2;

Laws 1992, LB 672, § 18;

Laws 2012, LB1082, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-2303 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-2303
View Statute 68-2303
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall only fund a home visitation program that includes periodic home visits to improve the health, well-being, and self-sufficiency of parents and their children.

(2) A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall provide visits by nurses, social workers, and other early childhood and health professionals or trained and supervised lay workers.

(3) A home visitation program funded by the State of Nebraska shall accomplish one or more of the following:

(a) Improve maternal, infant, or child health outcomes including reducing preterm births;

(b) Promote positive parenting practices;

(c) Build healthy parent and child relationships;

(d) Enhance social and emotional development;

(e) Support cognitive development;

(f) Improve the health and well-being of the family;

(g) Empower families toward economic self-sufficiency;

(h) Reduce child maltreatment and injury; and

(i) Increase school readiness.

Laws 2025, LB22, § 3.