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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-312 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-312
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Status: in_force

Lottery by the sale of pickle cards shall mean any gambling scheme in which participants pay or agree to pay something of value for a pickle card. Any lottery by the sale of pickle cards shall be conducted pursuant to and in accordance with the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act.

Lottery by the sale of pickle cards shall not mean or include any activity authorized or regulated under the Nebraska Bingo Act, except as provided in section 9-346 , the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, the State Lottery Act, section 9-701 , or Chapter 2, article 12, nor shall lottery by the sale of pickle cards mean or include any activity prohibited under Chapter 28, article 11.

Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 78;

Laws 1991, LB 849, § 46;

Laws 1993, LB 138, § 4;

Laws 2000, LB 658, § 1.

Nebraska Bingo Act, see section 9-201 .

Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, see section 9-601 .

Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-401 .

Nebraska Small Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-501 .

State Lottery Act, see section 9-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-104.18 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-104.18
View Statute 43-104.18
Status: in_force

If a petition for adoption is filed and fails to establish substantial compliance with sections 43-104.08 to 43-104.16 , the court shall receive evidence by affidavit of the facts and circumstances of the biological mother's relationship with the biological father or possible biological fathers at the time of conception of the child and at the time of the biological mother's relinquishment and consent to the adoption of the child, including any evidence that providing notice to a biological father or possible biological father would be likely to threaten the safety of the biological mother or the child or that the conception was the result of sexual assault or incest. If, under the facts and circumstances presented, the court finds that the agency or attorney representing the biological mother did not exercise due diligence in complying with sections 43-104.08 to 43-104.16 , or if the court finds that there is no credible evidence that providing notice to a biological father or possible biological father would be likely to threaten the safety of the biological mother or the child or that the conception was the result of sexual assault or incest, the court shall order the attorney or agency to exercise due diligence in complying with sections 43-104.08 to 43-104.16 .

Laws 1995, LB 712, § 11;

Laws 2022, LB741, § 19.

The county is not obligated to pay the fee of a guardian ad litem appointed for a biological parent in a private adoption proceeding to which the county is not a party. In re Adoption of Kailynn D., 273 Neb. 849, 733 N.W.2d 856 (2007).

The county is not obligated to pay the fee of a guardian ad litem appointed for a biological parent in a private adoption proceeding to which the county is not a party. In re Adoption of Kailynn D., 273 Neb. 849, 733 N.W.2d 856 (2007).

The fact that the Legislature expressly obligated counties to pay guardian ad litem fees in some statutes, but not in this section, reflects a legislative intent that the county cannot be ordered to pay the fees of a guardian ad litem appointed for a biological father in a private adoption case. In re Adoption of Kailynn D., 273 Neb. 849, 733 N.W.2d 856 (2007).

The fact that the Legislature expressly obligated counties to pay guardian ad litem fees in some statutes, but not in this section, reflects a legislative intent that the county cannot be ordered to pay the fees of a guardian ad litem appointed for a biological father in a private adoption case. In re Adoption of Kailynn D., 273 Neb. 849, 733 N.W.2d 856 (2007).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-937 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-937
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Status: in_force

(1) A person shall not intentionally and without authority remove, destroy, alter, tamper with, damage, or circumvent the operation of an electronic monitoring device required to be worn or used by that person or another person pursuant to a court order or as a condition of parole.

(2) A violation of this section is a Class I misdemeanor.

(3) For purposes of this section, electronic monitoring device means an electronic device used to track the location of a person.

Laws 2025, LB530, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-306 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-306
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Status: in_force

The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations permitting any type of fire, including the smoking of tobacco in any form, and providing for the size, location, and conditions under which a fire may be established on any area under its ownership or control. The commission may enact rules and regulations permitting the possession or use of any type of fireworks not prohibited by law on any areas under its ownership or control. The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations authorizing management personnel to temporarily revoke permission by the posting of appropriate signs for all fires of any kind whatsoever, including smoking and the use of fireworks, in any area under its ownership or control, when such posting is in the interest of public health, safety, and welfare or for the preservation of property. Any person who lights any type of fire, uses any fireworks, smokes tobacco in any form, or leaves unattended and unextinguished any fire of any type in any location, in any area under the ownership or control of the commission, unless the commission has given permission, which permission has not been revoked, to such type of fire, to such use or possession of fireworks, or to such smoking of tobacco, shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 64.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1108 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1108
View Statute 16-1108
Status: in_force

If a merger plan is adopted pursuant to section 16-1107 , the city council of each city adopting such plan shall submit the plan for approval by the registered voters at a primary or special election held on the same day in each of the cities which are parties to the plan, not less than one hundred eighty days prior to the next statewide general election. An election held pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act.

Laws 2008, LB1056, § 8.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-404 — NE Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-404
View Statute 53-404
Status: in_force

Any person who sustains injury or property damage, or the estate of any person killed, as a proximate result of the negligence of an intoxicated minor shall have, in addition to any other cause of action available in tort, a cause of action against:

(1) A social host who allowed the minor to consume alcoholic liquor in the social host's home or on property under his or her control;

(2) Any person who procured alcoholic liquor for the minor, other than with the permission and in the company of the minor's parent or guardian, when such person knew or should have known that the minor was a minor; or

(3) Any retailer who sold alcoholic liquor to the minor. The absolute defenses found in section 53-180.07 shall be available to a retailer in any cause of action brought under this section.

Laws 2007, LB573, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-142 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-142
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Status: in_force

Any officer, employee, director, or agent of any bank who knowingly violates or knowingly permits a violation of section 8-141 is guilty of:

(1) A Class IV felony when the violation, either separately or as part of one scheme or course of conduct, results in the insolvency of the bank;

(2) A Class I misdemeanor when the violation, either separately or as part of one scheme or course of conduct, (a) results in a monetary loss to the bank of over twenty thousand dollars or (b) exceeds the authorized limit under section 8-141 by forty thousand dollars or more;

(3) A Class II misdemeanor when the violation, either separately or as part of one scheme or course of conduct, (a) results in a monetary loss to the bank of ten thousand dollars or more, but not more than twenty thousand dollars, or (b) exceeds the authorized limit under section 8-141 by twenty thousand dollars or more, but less than forty thousand dollars; or

(4) A Class III misdemeanor when the violation, either separately or as part of one scheme or course of conduct, (a) results in no monetary loss to the bank or a monetary loss to the bank of less than ten thousand dollars, or (b) exceeds the authorized limit under section 8-141 by ten thousand dollars or more, but less than twenty thousand dollars.

Laws 1909, c. 10, § 33, p. 82;

R.S.1913, § 312;

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XVI, § 33, p. 698;

Laws 1921, c. 313, § 1, p. 1002;

C.S.1922, § 8013;

Laws 1923, c. 191, § 45, p. 461;

C.S.1929, § 8-150;

Laws 1933, c. 18, § 33, p. 152;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 8-150;

Laws 1943, c. 9, § 1(2), p. 68;

R.S.1943, § 8-151;

Laws 1963, c. 29, § 42, p. 152;

Laws 1977, LB 40, § 47;

Laws 2010, LB890, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7502 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7502
View Statute 44-7502
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Property and Casualty Insurance Rate and Form Act are:

(1) To prohibit price-fixing agreements and other anticompetitive behavior by insurers;

(2) To protect policyholders and the public against excessive rates and the adverse effects of inadequate or unfairly discriminatory rates;

(3) To regulate insurance contracts so they: (a) Are not unjust, unfair, ambiguous, inconsistent, inequitable, misleading, deceptive, or contrary to public policy; (b) are not written so as to encourage the misrepresentation of coverage; (c) reasonably provide the general coverage for policies of that type; (d) comply with the provisions and the intent of the laws of this state; and (e) do not provide coverage contrary to the public interest;

(4) To promote rates that reflect the benefits of competition;

(5) To provide appropriate data reporting systems;

(6) To provide regulatory oversight in the absence of competition;

(7) To authorize essential cooperative action among insurers in the development of policy forms, prospective loss costs, and other information and to regulate such activity to prevent practices that tend to substantially lessen competition or create a monopoly; and

(8) To promote the dissemination of price and other information to enable consumers to purchase insurance suitable for their needs and to foster competitive insurance markets.

Laws 2000, LB 1119, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-3507 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-3507
View Statute 43-3507
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature finds that there is a need for additional secure detention and detention services, including transportation services, for juveniles in the state. The need can be met by enhancing and expanding the existing secure detention facilities and detention services as needed in the future and by constructing new juvenile detention facilities to serve the southeastern, central, and west central areas of the state.

(2) The Legislature further finds that in order for probation officers to adequately perform the function of providing juvenile intake services statewide, existing probation staff resources need to be expanded and, additionally, program services that enhance a juvenile's successful reintegration into the community need to readily be available and at the disposal of juvenile probation.

(3) The Legislature further finds that juvenile diversion programs should be available throughout the state as a means of providing consequences without the formal involvement of the courts.

Laws 2000, LB 1167, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-202 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-202
View Statute 8-202
Status: in_force

The articles of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, and a certified copy shall be filed and recorded in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the corporation has its principal office. Articles of incorporation and other records relating to the corporate existence of the trust company shall be maintained as a permanent record of the trust company.

Laws 1911, c. 31, § 2, p. 188;

R.S.1913, p. 739;

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XVIII, § 2, p. 718;

C.S.1922, § 8064;

C.S.1929, § 8-202;

R.S.1943, § 8-202;

Laws 1993, LB 81, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-804 — NE Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-804
View Statute 59-804
Status: in_force

The Attorney General of this state may at any time require of any corporation, joint-stock company, limited liability company, or other association engaged in business within this state, any statement he or she may think fit in regard to the conduct of its business. He or she may especially require any such corporation, joint-stock company, limited liability company, or other association to give a list of all contracts or transactions entered into within the twelve months preceding such requisition in which it has sold any article or product or carried any article or product within this state at a rate less than the ordinary market price if such article or product has been sold or carried by any other person than the party to such transaction. He or she may further require the reasons for such distinction and the circumstances attending the same.

Laws 1905, c. 162, § 5, p. 638;

R.S.1913, § 4049;

C.S.1922, § 3452;

C.S.1929, § 59-805;

Laws 1939, c. 76, § 1, p. 312;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 59-805;

R.S.1943, § 59-804;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 359.

The purpose of requiring statements to be filed with the Attorney General is to aid him in enforcing the Junkin Act. State v. American Surety Co., 91 Neb. 22, 135 N.W. 365, Ann. Cas. 1913B 973 (1912).

The purpose of requiring statements to be filed with the Attorney General is to aid him in enforcing the Junkin Act. State v. American Surety Co., 91 Neb. 22, 135 N.W. 365, Ann. Cas. 1913B 973 (1912).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-402 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-402
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Status: in_force

(1) The Healthy Soils Task Force is created.

(2) The task force shall consist of the following voting members:

(a) The Director of Agriculture or his or her designee;

(b) Two representatives of natural resources districts in Nebraska, appointed by the Governor;

(c) Two academic experts in agriculture and natural resources in Nebraska, appointed by the Governor;

(d) Six representatives from production agriculture, including at least two producers that are using healthy soil practices, appointed by the Governor;

(e) Two representatives from agribusiness, appointed by the Governor; and

(f) Two representatives from environmental organizations in Nebraska, appointed by the Governor.

(3) The task force shall consist of the following nonvoting members:

(a) The chairperson of the Natural Resources Committee of the Legislature, or his or her designee; and

(b) The chairperson of the Agriculture Committee of the Legislature, or his or her designee.

(4) In selecting membership for appointment to the task force, the Governor shall seek to appoint members with relevant expertise regarding methods for incorporating healthy soil stewardship practices into working agricultural operations and for optimizing environmental services provided through such practices. Appointments to the task force shall be made within sixty days after April 18, 2019, and appointed members shall begin serving immediately following notice of appointment. Members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in carrying out their duties as members, as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177 .

(5) The task force shall hold its first meeting no later than September 1, 2019. At its first meeting, the members shall elect a chairperson. Subsequent to the initial meeting, the task force may meet as necessary at the call of the chairperson.

(6) For administrative and budgetary purposes, the task force shall be housed within the Department of Agriculture. Additional support to facilitate the work of the task force may be requested from appropriate federal and state agencies.

Laws 2019, LB243, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-125 — NE Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-125
View Statute 50-125
Status: in_force

Whenever ten or more members of the Legislature shall lodge with the Secretary of State a positive statement in writing, over their signatures respectively, setting forth the purpose or purposes for which said Legislature is convened, requesting that the Legislature meet in special session, personally delivered or transmitted by either registered or certified mail, return card requested, the Secretary of State shall forthwith certify to each of the other members of the Legislature, transmitted by either registered or certified mail, return card requested, the fact that ten or more members have lodged such statements with him and the object or objects of calling such session. If within ten days thereafter an additional number of the members of the Legislature, sufficient to make two-thirds or more, shall lodge statements in like manner as aforementioned with the Secretary of State, requesting that the Legislature meet in special session, the Secretary of State shall forthwith certify to the Governor the fact that two-thirds or more of said members have lodged said statements with him and the object or objects of calling such session. Thereupon the Governor shall, by proclamation, stating therein the purpose or purposes for which it is called, convene the Legislature to meet in special session within five days after receipt of said certificate from the Secretary of State. The Legislature shall enter upon no business except that for which it was called together.

Laws 1937, c. 117, § 2, p. 419;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 50-118;

R.S.1943, § 50-125;

Laws 1957, c. 242, § 42, p. 854;

Laws 1969, c. 430, § 1, p. 1452.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1301 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-1301
View Statute 49-1301
Status: in_force

The standard time of the State of Nebraska shall be the time established by the Uniform Time Act of 1966 in both the Central and Rocky Mountain time zones.

Laws 1974, LB 651, § 1;

Laws 1987, LB 774, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-681 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-681
View Statute 60-681
Status: in_force

Local authorities may by ordinance or resolution prohibit the operation of vehicles upon any highway or impose restrictions as to the weight of vehicles, for a total period not to exceed one hundred eighty days in any one calendar year, when operated upon any highway under the jurisdiction of and for the maintenance of which such local authorities are responsible whenever any such highway by reason of deterioration, rain, snow, or other climatic condition will be seriously damaged or destroyed unless the use of vehicles thereon is prohibited or the permissible weight thereof reduced. Such local authorities enacting any such ordinance or resolution shall erect or cause to be erected and maintained signs designating the provisions of the ordinance or resolution at each end of that portion of any highway affected thereby, and the ordinance or resolution shall not be effective until such signs are erected and maintained.

Local authorities may also, by ordinance or resolution, prohibit the operation of trucks or other commercial vehicles or impose limitations as to the weight thereof on designated highways, which prohibitions and limitations shall be designated by appropriate signs placed on such highways.

Laws 1931, c. 110, § 35, p. 316;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 39-1166;

R.S.1943, § 39-770;

R.S.1943, (1988), § 39-6,189;

Laws 1993, LB 370, § 177;

Laws 2016, LB977, § 21.

A city ordinance prohibiting vehicles weighing over five tons from using city streets except when such vehicles are delivering goods to or from city residences or businesses is constitutional. State v. Davison, 213 Neb. 173, 328 N.W.2d 206 (1982).

A city ordinance prohibiting vehicles weighing over five tons from using city streets except when such vehicles are delivering goods to or from city residences or businesses is constitutional. State v. Davison, 213 Neb. 173, 328 N.W.2d 206 (1982).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2080 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2080
View Statute 71-2080
Status: in_force

Beginning on January 1, 1994, each hospital in this state shall provide a diagnosis code for the external cause of an injury, poisoning, or adverse effect for every patient discharged from a hospital, receiving outpatient services, or released from observation for whom such a code would be appropriate. The diagnosis code shall be used in addition to other codes required under federal or state statute, rule, or regulation. The diagnosis code shall be the same as the code required by the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification System, or its most recent revision, and shall be entered on the hospital uniform billing form.

Laws 1993, LB 387, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-3108 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3108
View Statute 25-3108
Status: in_force

Sections 25-3108 to 25-3110 shall be known and cited as the Nebraska Statutory Thresholds for Settlements Involving Minors Act.

Laws 2025, LB341, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6405 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6405
View Statute 44-6405
Status: in_force

Uninsured motor vehicle shall mean a motor vehicle with respect to the ownership, operation, maintenance, or use of which:

(1) There is no bodily injury liability insurance or bond applicable at the time of the accident;

(2) There is bodily injury liability insurance or a bond applicable at the time of the accident but the insurer writing such insurance or bond (a) denies coverage or (b) is or becomes insolvent as described in section 44-2403 within four years after the time of the accident which occurred while the named insured's uninsured motorist coverage was in effect;

(3) The owner or operator is unknown and bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death of an insured results from actual physical contact between such motor vehicle and the insured or a motor vehicle occupied by the insured; or

(4) The owner or operator is unknown and bodily injury, sickness, disease, or death of an insured is caused by such motor vehicle without actual physical contact between such motor vehicle and the insured or a motor vehicle occupied by the insured if (a) the accident has been reported, as required by law, to the proper law enforcement authorities and (b) the facts of the accident can be corroborated by competent evidence provided by an independent and disinterested person and not by the insured or any person occupying the insured motor vehicle.

Laws 1994, LB 1074, § 5;

Laws 1996, LB 1008, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-838 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-838
View Statute 9-838
Status: in_force

Upon request of the director or Tax Commissioner, the Attorney General and the Nebraska State Patrol shall furnish to the director any information which they may have in their possession as may be necessary to ensure security, honesty, fairness, and integrity in the operation and administration of lottery games conducted pursuant to the State Lottery Act, including investigative reports and computerized information or data. For the purpose of requesting and receiving such information, the division shall be considered to be a criminal justice agency and shall be furnished such information without charge upon proper written request.

Laws 1991, LB 849, § 38;

Laws 1993, LB 138, § 57;

Laws 1995, LB 343, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-517 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-517
View Statute 43-517
Status: in_force

(1) The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide a report to the Governor and the Legislature no later than December 1 each year regarding the data and information collected pursuant to section 43-516 , including a summary of such data and information. The report submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.

(2) The data and information collected under such section shall be considered a public record under section 84-712.01 .

Laws 2012, LB842, § 3;

Laws 2013, LB222, § 8.