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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2307 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2307
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Status: in_force

(1) Any person desiring to engage in business as an air conditioning air distribution contractor in a city or village which has established an air conditioning air distribution board or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class if such city has such a board, shall secure a certificate of competency. Any person desiring to engage in the business, or to proceed to install, alter, repair, clean, or add to or change in any manner any air conditioning air distribution system or any furnace, restaurant appliance hood and duct system, or other exhaust or intake ventilating system within such city or village or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class shall be the holder of a certificate of competency or in the direct employ of a person, firm, or corporation holding such certificate.

(2) The air conditioning air distribution board shall, upon written application, examine the applicant at its next meeting or at an adjourned meeting as to his or her practical and theoretical knowledge of the designing and installing of residential, commercial, and industrial air conditioning air distribution and ventilating systems and, if found competent, deliver to the applicant a certificate of competency.

Laws 1969, c. 98, § 7, p. 470;

Laws 1997, LB 752, § 77;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 151.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-209 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-209
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Status: in_force

No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication, exhibition, or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.

Laws 1979, LB 394, § 9.

Defamatory statements, civil actions authorized, see sections 25-839 to 25-840.02 .

The single publication rule applies to internet postings and publications. Timothy L. Ashford, PC LLO v. Roses, 313 Neb. 302, 984 N.W.2d 596 (2023).

The single publication rule applies to internet postings and publications. Timothy L. Ashford, PC LLO v. Roses, 313 Neb. 302, 984 N.W.2d 596 (2023).

This section adopts the single publication rule. Under that rule, there is just one cause of action for tort damages founded upon a single publication, and that cause of action accrues at the moment of the initial publication. Timothy L. Ashford, PC LLO v. Roses, 313 Neb. 302, 984 N.W.2d 596 (2023).

This section adopts the single publication rule. Under that rule, there is just one cause of action for tort damages founded upon a single publication, and that cause of action accrues at the moment of the initial publication. Timothy L. Ashford, PC LLO v. Roses, 313 Neb. 302, 984 N.W.2d 596 (2023).

This section prevents multiple recoveries from a single publication, but it does not force a plaintiff to elect among libel, slander, and invasion of privacy with respect to the claim a plaintiff advances resulting from a single publication by the defendant. Bojanski v. Foley, 18 Neb. App. 929, 798 N.W.2d 134 (2011).

This section prevents multiple recoveries from a single publication, but it does not force a plaintiff to elect among libel, slander, and invasion of privacy with respect to the claim a plaintiff advances resulting from a single publication by the defendant. Bojanski v. Foley, 18 Neb. App. 929, 798 N.W.2d 134 (2011).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 35-106 — NE Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35-106
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Status: in_force

The municipal authorities of any city of the first or second class or village, shall have authority, by ordinance, to impose an occupation tax of not more than five dollars per annum on each fire insurance corporation, company or association, doing business in such city or village, for the use, support, and benefit of volunteer fire departments, regularly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska regulating the same. The municipal clerk shall collect with diligence the occupation tax so imposed. Upon the receipt of said tax the municipal clerk shall pay over the proceeds thereof to the municipal treasurer who shall credit the same to a fund to be known as special occupation tax fund for benefit of the volunteer fire department. Upon proper claim filed by the chief of the fire department and allowed by the local governing body of the municipality, the municipal treasurer shall pay over the proceeds of the tax in the fund from time to time for the use of the fire department, as hereinbefore provided.

Laws 1895, c. 38, § 1, p. 167;

R.S.1913, § 2525;

C.S.1922, § 2448;

C.S.1929, § 35-401;

Laws 1939, c. 37, § 1, p. 190;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 35-401;

R.S.1943, § 35-106.

Volunteer fire department receives occupation taxes levied by city or village. State ex rel. Retchless v. Cook, 181 Neb. 863, 152 N.W.2d 23 (1967).

Volunteer fire department receives occupation taxes levied by city or village. State ex rel. Retchless v. Cook, 181 Neb. 863, 152 N.W.2d 23 (1967).

Ordinance of village imposing tax for support of fire department was not subject to construction as to meaning of the words doing business by proposed legislative amendment which was never enacted. Village of Axtell v. Nebraska Hardware Mutual Ins. Co., 142 Neb. 657, 7 N.W.2d 471 (1943).

Ordinance of village imposing tax for support of fire department was not subject to construction as to meaning of the words doing business by proposed legislative amendment which was never enacted. Village of Axtell v. Nebraska Hardware Mutual Ins. Co., 142 Neb. 657, 7 N.W.2d 471 (1943).

Unless this section was merely declaratory of the law which existed when it was enacted, it is invalid because of its failure to refer to the existing laws which it amended. German-American Fire Ins. Co. v. City of Minden, 51 Neb. 870, 71 N.W. 995 (1897).

Unless this section was merely declaratory of the law which existed when it was enacted, it is invalid because of its failure to refer to the existing laws which it amended. German-American Fire Ins. Co. v. City of Minden, 51 Neb. 870, 71 N.W. 995 (1897).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-1730 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1730
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Status: in_force

Upon the petition of the owner or operator of any railroad, the county board is authorized to vacate such part of a public road, outside of incorporated cities and villages, lying within the right-of-way of such railroad, and not part of a state highway, if it appears that such crossing should be eliminated in the interest of public safety. Such petition shall be filed with the county clerk of the county in which such part of a public road is located. The same procedure shall be followed in the elimination of railroad grade crossings as is provided for the relocation, vacation, and abandonment of public roads as set forth in sections 39-1722 to 39-1725 .

Laws 1957, c. 155, art. IV, § 30, p. 551.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1361 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1361
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Status: in_force

(1) A crematory authority desiring to relocate a crematory shall file a written application with the department at least thirty days prior to the designated date of such relocation. The application shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the department in rules and regulations.

(2) A crematory authority desiring to change ownership of a crematory shall file a written application with the department at least thirty days prior to the designated date of such change. The application shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the department in rules and regulations.

(3) A crematory authority desiring to change its name shall file a written application with the department at least thirty days prior to such change. The application shall be accompanied by a fee determined by the department in rules and regulations.

Laws 2003, LB 95, § 7;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 1188.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-619 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-619
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Status: in_force

The board may, at any time, require a licensee to submit a verified financial statement for examination so that it may determine whether the licensee is financially responsible to carry on a collection agency business within the intents and purposes of the Collection Agency Act. Any financial statement submitted by a licensee shall be confidential and not a public record unless introduced in evidence at a hearing conducted by the board.

Laws 1963, c. 500, § 23, p. 1602;

R.S.1943, (1981), § 81-8,180;

Laws 1984, LB 471, § 19;

Laws 1993, LB 261, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-721 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-721
View Statute 16-721
Status: in_force

Each fund created under Chapter 16 shall be strictly devoted to the purpose for which it was created and shall not be diverted therefrom. When the city council by a three-fourths vote of the members thereof shall declare the expenditure of any fund for the purpose for which it was created to be unwise and impracticable or where the purpose thereof has been fully accomplished and the whole fund or an unexpired balance thereof remains, and no indebtedness has been incurred on account of such fund which has not been fully paid, such fund may be transferred to any other fund of the city by the affirmative vote of three-fourths of all the members of the city council.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 92, p. 296;

Laws 1903, c. 19, § 18, p. 247;

R.S.1913, § 4987;

C.S.1922, § 4156;

C.S.1929, § 16-718;

R.S.1943, § 16-721;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 188.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1957 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1957
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Status: in_force

(a) The bylaws of a corporation may fix or provide the manner of fixing a date as the record date for determining the members entitled to notice of a members' meeting. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix a future date as such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which notice is given, or if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day preceding the day on which the meeting is held, are entitled to notice of the meeting.

(b) The bylaws of a corporation may fix or provide the manner of fixing a date as the record date for determining the members entitled to vote at a members' meeting. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix a future date as such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members on the date of the meeting who are otherwise eligible to vote are entitled to vote at the meeting.

(c) The bylaws may fix or provide the manner for determining a date as the record date for the purpose of determining the members entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any other lawful action. If the bylaws do not fix or provide for fixing such a record date, the board may fix in advance such a record date. If no such record date is fixed, members at the close of business on the day on which the board adopts the resolution relating thereto, or the sixtieth day prior to the date of such other action, whichever is later, are entitled to exercise such rights.

(d) A record date fixed under this section may not be more than seventy days before the meeting or action requiring a determination of members occurs.

(e) A determination of members entitled to notice of or to vote at a membership meeting is effective for any adjournment of the meeting unless the board fixes a new date for determining the right to notice or the right to vote, which it must do if the meeting is adjourned to a date more than seventy days after the record date for determining members entitled to notice of the original meeting.

(f) If the district court orders a meeting adjourned to a date more than one hundred twenty days after the date fixed for the original meeting, it may provide that the original record date for notice or voting continues in effect or it may fix a new record date for notice or voting.

Laws 1996, LB 681, § 57.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2327 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-2327
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Status: in_force

In every case of appeal of a conviction of any person for any felony or misdemeanor to the district court, Court of Appeals, or Supreme Court that is affirmed, the court shall remit the assessment as provided in section 33-157 .

Laws 2010, LB510, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-639 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-639
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Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the crime of identity theft if he or she knowingly takes, purchases, manufactures, records, possesses, or uses any personal identifying information or entity identifying information of another person or entity without the consent of that other person or entity or creates personal identifying information for a fictional person or entity, with the intent to obtain or use the other person's or entity's identity for any unlawful purpose or to cause loss to a person or entity whether or not the person or entity actually suffers any economic loss as a result of the offense, or with the intent to obtain or continue employment or with the intent to gain a pecuniary benefit for himself, herself, or another.

(2) Identity theft is not:

(a) The lawful obtaining of credit information in the course of a bona fide consumer or commercial transaction;

(b) The lawful, good faith exercise of a security interest or a right of setoff by a creditor or a financial institution;

(c) The lawful, good faith compliance by any person when required by any warrant, levy, garnishment, attachment, court order, or other judicial or administrative order, decree, or directive; or

(d) The investigative activities of law enforcement.

(3)(a) Identity theft is a Class IIA felony if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was five thousand dollars or more. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class II felony.

(b) Identity theft is a Class IV felony if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was one thousand five hundred dollars or more but less than five thousand dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class III felony.

(c) Identity theft is a Class I misdemeanor if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was five hundred dollars or more but less than one thousand five hundred dollars. Any second or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.

(d) Identity theft is a Class II misdemeanor if no credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value was gained or was attempted to be gained, or if the credit, money, goods, services, or other thing of value that was gained or was attempted to be gained was less than five hundred dollars. Any second conviction under this subdivision is a Class I misdemeanor, and any third or subsequent conviction under this subdivision is a Class IV felony.

(e) A person found guilty of violating this section may, in addition to the penalties under this subsection, be ordered to make restitution pursuant to sections 29-2280 to 29-2289 .

Laws 2009, LB155, § 11;

Laws 2015, LB605, § 42.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5514 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5514
44-5514
Status: in_force

The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Surplus Lines Insurance Act.

Laws 1978, LB 836, § 12;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 38;

R.S.Supp.,1990, § 44-147.06;

Laws 1992, LB 1006, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1302 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-1302
View Statute 60-1302
Status: in_force

The Department of Transportation is hereby authorized to take, hold, and acquire by eminent domain so much real estate as may be necessary and convenient to carry out the provisions of section 60-1301 . The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724 .

Laws 1949, c. 109, § 2, p. 300;

Laws 1951, c. 101, § 88, p. 485;

R.R.S.1943, § 39-603.04;

Laws 1955, c. 145, § 2, p. 406;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 234.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2111 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 18-2111
18-2111
Status: in_force

(1) The authority may itself prepare or cause to be prepared a redevelopment plan or any person or agency, public or private, may submit such a plan to an authority. A redevelopment plan shall be sufficiently complete to indicate its relationship to definite local objectives as to appropriate land uses, improved traffic, public transportation, public utilities, recreational and community facilities and other public improvements, and the proposed land uses and building requirements in the redevelopment project area, and shall include without being limited to: (a) The boundaries of the redevelopment project area, with a map showing the existing uses and condition of the real property therein; (b) a land-use plan showing proposed uses of the area; (c) information showing the standards of population densities, land coverage, and building intensities in the area after redevelopment; (d) a statement of the proposed changes, if any, in zoning ordinances or maps, street layouts, street levels or grades, or building codes and ordinances; (e) a site plan of the area; and (f) a statement as to the kind and number of additional public facilities or utilities which will be required to support the new land uses in the area after redevelopment. Any redevelopment plan may include a proposal for the designation of an enhanced employment area.

(2) This section shall not apply to a redevelopment plan that receives an expedited review under section 18-2155 .

Laws 1951, c. 224, § 6(4), p. 805;

R.R.S.1943, § 14-1611;

R.R.S.1943, § 19-2611;

Laws 2007, LB562, § 4;

Laws 2020, LB1021, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 22-111 — NE Code / Chapter 22 / Section 22-111
View Statute 22-111
Status: in_force

The county of Burt is bounded as follows: Commencing at a point where the north line of sections twenty-one, twenty-two, and twenty-three, township twenty-four, north, range ten, east of the sixth principal meridian intersects the eastern boundary line of the State of Nebraska as established by the Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact of 1943; thence west along said section lines to the northwest corner of said section twenty-one; thence south along the west line of said sections twenty-one, twenty-eight, and thirty-three to the south boundary line of Omaha Indian reservation; thence west on the south boundary line of said reservation to the line dividing ranges seven and eight, east; thence south on said line to the south line of township twenty-one, north, range eight, east; thence east on said line to the northeast corner of section six, township twenty, north, range nine, east; thence south on section lines to the southwest corner of section twenty, township twenty, north, range nine, east; thence east by section lines to the eastern boundary line of the State of Nebraska as established by the Iowa-Nebraska Boundary Compact of 1943; and thence northerly along said boundary line to the place of beginning.

G.S.1873, c. 12, § 5, p. 213;

Laws 1889, c. 4, § 1, p. 73;

R.S.1913, § 824;

C.S.1922, § 726;

C.S.1929, § 25-113;

R.S.1943, § 22-111;

Laws 1955, c. 65, § 1, p. 211.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2208 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2208
View Statute 39-2208
Status: in_force

Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed, stolen or lost. In so replacing any bonds, the commission shall take adequate security to protect against any loss which might be incurred as a result thereof.

Laws 1969, c. 309, § 8, p. 1109.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-103 — NE Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-103
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Status: in_force

The judges of the Supreme Court shall constitute a board of directors of the State Library. They shall have power to make such rules as they may deem proper, not inconsistent with sections 51-101 to 51-109 , for the regulation of the library under their direction, and may prescribe penalties for any violation thereof, which shall be collected in the same manner as for the nonreturn or injury of any books.

Laws 1871, §§ 3, 4, p. 52;

R.S.1913, § 3779;

C.S.1922, § 3172;

C.S.1929, § 51-103;

R.S.1943, § 51-103.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-109 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-109
View Statute 29-109
Status: in_force

Except where a word, term or phrase is specially defined, all words used in this code are to be taken and construed in the sense in which they are understood in common language, taking into consideration the context and subject matter relative to which they are employed. The titles merely, to the various chapters, articles, sections or clauses of this code, which are written or printed upon the bill at the time of its approval, shall constitute no part thereof.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 254, p. 782;

R.S.1913, § 8909;

C.S.1922, § 9930;

C.S.1929, § 29-109;

R.S.1943, § 29-109.

It is a simple rule of statutory construction that terms which are not specifically defined are to be taken in the sense in which they are understood in common language. State v. Holman, 229 Neb. 57, 424 N.W.2d 627 (1988).

It is a simple rule of statutory construction that terms which are not specifically defined are to be taken in the sense in which they are understood in common language. State v. Holman, 229 Neb. 57, 424 N.W.2d 627 (1988).

Related context and subject matter must be considered in construing penal statute. State v. Neal, 187 Neb. 413, 191 N.W.2d 458 (1971).

Related context and subject matter must be considered in construing penal statute. State v. Neal, 187 Neb. 413, 191 N.W.2d 458 (1971).

Terms must be taken and construed in the sense in which they are understood in common language. Wirth v. Calhoun, 64 Neb. 316, 89 N.W. 785 (1902).

Terms must be taken and construed in the sense in which they are understood in common language. Wirth v. Calhoun, 64 Neb. 316, 89 N.W. 785 (1902).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1130 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1130
View Statute 46-1130
Status: in_force

Signs shall be posted which provide notice that chemicals are applied in irrigation water in the field in areas being treated by means of chemigation with chemicals which appear on the restricted use list in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act or chemicals for which labels require posting.

Laws 1986, LB 284, § 30.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-1012 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1012
View Statute 31-1012
Status: in_force

Flood plain management regulations shall mean and include zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, building codes, and other applications of the police power which are authorized by law to secure safety from floods and provide for the reasonable and prudent use of flood plains.

Laws 1983, LB 35, § 12.