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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1904 — NE Code / Chapter 47 / Section 50-1904
50-1904
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Act, the following definitions apply:

(1) Administrator means a person charged with administration of (a) a program or an office of the department or (b) a private agency;

(2) Department means the Department of Correctional Services;

(3) Director means the Director of Correctional Services;

(4) Inspector General means the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System appointed under section 50-1905 ;

(5) Malfeasance means a wrongful act that the actor has no legal right to do or any wrongful conduct that affects, interrupts, or interferes with performance of an official duty;

(6) Management means supervision of subordinate employees;

(7) Misfeasance means the improper performance of some act that a person may lawfully do;

(8) Obstruction means hindering an investigation, preventing an investigation from progressing, stopping or delaying the progress of an investigation, or making the progress of an investigation difficult or slow;

(9) Office means the office of Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System and includes the Inspector General and other employees of the office;

(10) Private agency means an entity that contracts with the department or contracts to provide services to another entity that contracts with the department; and

(11) Record means any recording in written, audio, electronic, or computer storage form, including, but not limited to, a draft, memorandum, note, report, computer printout, notation, message, medical record, mental health record, case file, clinical record, financial record, and administrative record.

Laws 2015, LB598, § 3;

Laws 2016, LB1094, § 29;

Laws 2018, LB841, § 10;

R.S.1943, (2021), § 47-903;

Laws 2025, LB150, § 56;

Laws 2025, LB298, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-429 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-429
View Statute 48-429
Status: in_force

Any person employing or directing another to perform labor of any kind in the erecting, altering, repairing or painting of any water pipe, standpipe, tank, smokestack, chimney, tower, steeple, pole, staff, dome or cupola, when the use of any scaffolding, staging, swing, hammock, support, temporary platform or other similar contrivance is required or used in the performance of such labor, shall keep and maintain at all times, while such labor is being performed, and such mechanical device is in use or operation, a safe and proper scaffold, stay, support or other suitable device, not more than sixteen feet below such working scaffold, staging, swing, hammock, support, or temporary platform, when such work is being performed at a height of thirty-two feet or more.

Laws 1911, c. 65, § 5, p. 292;

R.S.1913, § 3606;

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. IV, art. IV, § 25, p. 564;

C.S.1922, § 7706;

C.S.1929, § 48-425;

R.S.1943, § 48-429.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-308 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-308
View Statute 18-308
Status: in_force

Any water company engaged in furnishing water in any city or village in this state and any person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company engaged in such services who furnishes to any elected or appointed officer in such city or village, water free of charge or for a price less than is at the time charged for similar service to other customers in such city or village shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. If any officer in any such city or village accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged to other customers in such city or village any of the services mentioned in this section, such officer shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall also forfeit the office held by him or her at the date of such violation. Each day such service or services are furnished or accepted in violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punished accordingly.

Laws 1897, c. 13, § 6, p. 138;

R.S.1913, § 5221;

C.S.1922, § 4422;

C.S.1929, § 18-406;

R.S.1943, § 18-308;

Laws 1982, LB 347, § 5;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 139;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-313 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-313
View Statute 69-313
Status: in_force

(1) The Uniform Credentialing Act shall apply to any person alleged or believed to have violated the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act. The department shall investigate potential violations of the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act according to the procedures of the Uniform Credentialing Act and shall take appropriate action as provided by the Uniform Credentialing Act.

(2) In addition to the remedies, penalties, or relief available under the Uniform Credentialing Act, the department may impose a civil penalty against a person who does not hold a credential under the Uniform Credentialing Act who has violated or attempted to violate the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act. The civil penalty shall not exceed ten thousand dollars for each violation, up to the maximum provided in section 38-198 . If the department finds that a violation or attempted violation occurred and did not result in significant harm to human health, the department may issue a warning instead of imposing a civil penalty. Any civil penalty imposed pursuant to this section may be collected as provided in section 38-198 .

(3) At the request of the department, the Attorney General may file a civil action seeking an injunction or other appropriate relief to enforce the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act.

Laws 2016, LB235, § 6.

Uniform Credentialing Act, see section 38-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2114 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-2114
View Statute 69-2114
Status: in_force

An action under the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act may be brought in any court of competent jurisdiction within one year of the date of the occurrence of any violation or within six months of the time the consumer rental purchase agreement and any renewal or extension of the agreement cease to be in effect, whichever occurs later. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, an action under the act may be maintained by way of recoupment or counterclaim in an action brought against the consumer by the lessor or the lessor's assignee.

Laws 1989, LB 681, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-918 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 13-918
13-918
Status: in_force

Any awards or judgments pursuant to the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act and sections 16-727 , 16-728 , 23-175 , 39-809 , and 79-610 shall be paid in the same manner as other claims against the political subdivision. If insufficient funds are available to pay such awards or judgments the governing body shall include sufficient funds in the budget for the next fiscal year or biennial period. If constitutional or statutory provisions prevent any political subdivision from budgeting sufficient funds to pay any judgment in its entirety, the governing body shall pay that portion that can be paid under the constitution and laws and then shall make application to the State Treasurer for the loan of sufficient funds to pay the judgment in full. When application is made for such a loan, the State Treasurer shall make such investigation as he or she deems necessary to determine the validity of the judgment and the inability of the political subdivision to make full payment on the judgment, and the period of time during which the political subdivision will be able to repay the loan. After determining that such loan will be proper, the State Treasurer shall make the loan from funds available for investment in the state treasury, which loan shall carry an interest rate of one-half of one percent per annum. The State Treasurer shall determine the schedule for repayment, and the governing body of the political subdivision shall annually budget and levy a sufficient amount to meet this schedule until the loan, with interest, has been repaid in full.

Laws 1969, c. 138, § 15, p. 632;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 23-2415;

Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1030;

Laws 2000, LB 1116, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 33-140.01 — NE Code / Chapter 33 / Section 33-140.01
View Statute 33-140.01
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county board, within twenty days after the filing of the list provided by section 33-140 , to cause to be published in some weekly newspaper of general circulation, published in the county, for at least two consecutive issues of the paper, a notice in a form substantially as follows:

To whom it may concern: Report has been made to the county board of ............... County, Nebraska, by the clerk of the district or county court of the county, which report shows that there is now and has been for the last six months remaining in the hands of the clerk certain witness fees which have been uncalled for. If the fees are not called for within six months from .............. (insert the day upon which the first report was made), they will be considered as forfeited and will be paid into the common school fund of ............... County.

Laws 1877, § 1, p. 225;

R.S.1913, § 6676;

C.S.1922, § 6213;

C.S.1929, § 77-2602;

R.S.1943, § 77-2402;

Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 272;

R.S.1943, (1986), § 77-2402;

Laws 1989, LB 11, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-486 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-486
60-486
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall be licensed to operate a motor vehicle by the State of Nebraska if such person has an operator's license currently under suspension or revocation in this state or any other state or jurisdiction in the United States.

(2) If a license is issued to a person while his or her operator's license was suspended or revoked in this state or any other state or jurisdiction, the Department of Motor Vehicles may cancel the license upon forty-five days' written notice by regular United States mail to the licensee's last-known address. The cancellation may be appealed as provided in section 60-4,105 .

(3) When such a person presents to the department an official notice from the state or jurisdiction that suspended or revoked his or her motor vehicle operator's license that such suspension or revocation has been terminated, he or she may then be licensed to operate a motor vehicle by the State of Nebraska.

Laws 1986, LB 153, § 7;

R.S.1943, (1988), § 60-403.05;

Laws 1989, LB 285, § 37;

Laws 1999, LB 704, § 6;

Laws 2001, LB 38, § 13;

Laws 2012, LB751, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-1302 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1302
View Statute 19-1302
Status: in_force

The city council of any city of the first class or city of the second class or the village board of trustees of any village, subject to all the limitations set forth in sections 19-1301 to 19-1304 , shall have the power to levy a tax of not to exceed ten and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars in any one year upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within such municipality for a term of not to exceed ten years, in addition to the amount of tax which may be annually levied for the purposes of the adopted budget statement of such municipality, for the purpose of establishing a sinking fund for the construction, purchase, improvement, extension, original equipment, or repair, not including maintenance, of any one or more of the following public improvements, including acquisition of any land incident to the making thereof: Municipal libraries; municipal auditoriums or community houses for social or recreational purposes; city or village halls; municipal public libraries, auditoriums, or community houses in a single building; municipal swimming pools; municipal jails; municipal fire stations, together with firefighting equipment or apparatus; municipal parks; municipal cemeteries; municipal medical buildings, together with furnishings and equipment; or municipal hospitals. No such city or village shall be authorized to levy the tax or to establish the sinking fund as provided in this section if, having bonded indebtedness, such city or village has been in default in the payment of interest thereon or principal thereof for a period of ten years prior to the date of the passage of the resolution providing for the submission of the proposition for establishment of the sinking fund as required in section 19-1303 .

Laws 1939, c. 12, § 2, p. 80;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1302;

R.S.1943, § 19-1302;

Laws 1953, c. 287, § 35, p. 951;

Laws 1961, c. 59, § 1, p. 217;

Laws 1967, c. 95, § 1, p. 292;

Laws 1969, c. 145, § 26, p. 669;

Laws 1979, LB 187, § 80;

Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 80;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 104.

This section does not apply to creating a sinking fund for payment of interest and principal of bonds. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960).

This section does not apply to creating a sinking fund for payment of interest and principal of bonds. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-1421 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-1421
View Statute 60-1421
Status: in_force

If franchisor is permitted to terminate or not continue a franchise, and is further permitted not to enter into a franchise, for the line-make in the community, no franchise shall thereafter be entered into for the sale of a motor vehicle, combination motor vehicle and trailer, motorcycle, or trailer dealer of that line-make in the community, unless the franchisor has first established in a hearing held under the Motor Vehicle Industry Regulation Act that there has been a change of circumstances so that the community at that time can be reasonably expected to support the dealership.

Laws 1971, LB 768, § 21;

Laws 2010, LB816, § 73.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-802 — NE Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-802
View Statute 51-802
Status: in_force

For purposes of sections 51-801 to 51-811 :

(1) Basic public library services includes, but is not limited to, free loan of circulating print and nonprint materials from the local collection and general reference and information services;

(2) Local governing authority means the governing body of a county, city, village, or township; and

(3) Public library federation means a library service agency of one or more counties responsible for a planned program of library services to be provided through public libraries which choose to affiliate with the federation.

Laws 1999, LB 362, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 47-105 — NE Code / Chapter 47 / Section 47-105
View Statute 47-105
Status: in_force

The sheriff, or, in case of his or her death, removal, or disability, the person by law appointed to such office, shall have charge of the county jail of his or her proper county, and of all persons by law confined therein, and such sheriff or other person as may be charged with the administration of the jail shall conform to the rules and directions of the Jail Standards Board which may be made and communicated to him or her by the county board.

R.S.1866, c. 29, § 5, p. 244;

R.S.1913, § 3533;

C.S.1922, § 3000;

C.S.1929, § 47-105;

R.S.1943, § 47-105;

Laws 1996, LB 233, § 5.

Sheriff has charge of county jail and is the custodian thereof. Flint v. Mitchell, 148 Neb. 244, 26 N.W.2d 816 (1947).

Sheriff has charge of county jail and is the custodian thereof. Flint v. Mitchell, 148 Neb. 244, 26 N.W.2d 816 (1947).

Where judgment in criminal action requires imprisonment of defendant until fine is paid, issuance of execution to collect fine is not a prerequisite to such imprisonment. State ex rel. Marasco v. Mundell, 127 Neb. 673, 256 N.W. 519 (1934).

Where judgment in criminal action requires imprisonment of defendant until fine is paid, issuance of execution to collect fine is not a prerequisite to such imprisonment. State ex rel. Marasco v. Mundell, 127 Neb. 673, 256 N.W. 519 (1934).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-104 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-104
View Statute 46-104
Status: in_force

The petitioners must accompany the petition with a map of the proposed district. The map shall show the location of the proposed canal or the works by means of which it is intended to irrigate the proposed district, and of all the canals situated within the boundaries of the proposed district; Provided, canals that only pass through such lands, and which do not in fact irrigate any of the same, need not be shown. If the water supply be from natural streams, the flow of such stream or streams shall be stated in cubic feet per second. If the water supply for the district is to be gathered by storage reservoirs, the map shall show the location of the proposed reservoirs and shall give their capacity in acre-feet. The map shall be drawn to a scale of two inches to the mile. Cross sections of the proposed canal, and all canals existing within the boundaries of the proposed district and shown on the map, and all proposed dams and embankments, shall be given in sufficient number to show the contemplated mode of construction, and the capacity shall be given in cubic feet per second of the proposed and such existing canals. Such cross sections shall be drawn to a scale of ten feet to the inch, and the map and cross sections shall be certified to by a competent irrigation engineer.

Laws 1909, c. 155, § 1, p. 558;

R.S.1913, § 3458;

Laws 1917, c. 81, § 1, p. 191;

C.S.1922, § 2858;

C.S.1929, § 46-102;

Laws 1933, c. 87, § 1, p. 355;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-102;

R.S.1943, § 46-104.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-436 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-436
View Statute 9-436
Status: in_force

In any civil action commenced pursuant to section 9-435 , a court may allow:

(1) A temporary restraining order or injunction, with or without a bond as the court may direct, prohibiting a party to the action from continuing or engaging in such conduct, aiding in such conduct, or doing any act in furtherance of such conduct;

(2) A declaration that the conduct by a licensed organization or employee or agent of a licensed organization, which is a party to the action, constitutes a violation of the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act and a determination of the number and times of violations for certification to the department for appropriate license or permit revocation purposes;

(3) A permanent injunction under principles of equity and on reasonable terms;

(4) An accounting of the profits, earnings, or gains resulting directly and indirectly from such violations, with restitution or a distribution of such profits, earnings, or gains to all licensed organizations existing at the time of such violations which apply to the court and show that they suffered monetary losses by reason of such violations and with distribution of any remaining profits, earnings, or gains to the state; and

(5) Reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.

Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 157;

Laws 1991, LB 427, § 52.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1304 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1304
View Statute 70-1304
Status: in_force

If a purchaser of electricity at wholesale elects to dispute all or any portion of the wholesale electric charge established by the supplier, the purchaser shall nevertheless pay the full amount of the charge stated in the billing within the time established in section 70-1303 and shall give notice in writing to the supplier stating such election. The notice shall fully describe the basis for the dispute and set forth a detailed statement of disputed issues and the relief sought by the purchaser. Written notice of a dispute concerning a mathematical, metering, or quantity error in the billing shall be given by either party to the other within the time set forth in the power contract or, if no contract exists or no time is set forth in the contract, within sixty days after the discovery of the error.

Laws 1979, LB 207, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-535 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-535
View Statute 46-535
Status: in_force

Each director shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district in the sum of ten thousand dollars to be approved by the Secretary of State and filed in his office, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such director.

Laws 1947, c. 173, § 9(6), p. 533.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-453 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-453
View Statute 28-453
Status: in_force

The Nebraska State Patrol may develop and maintain a program to inform retailers about illicit methamphetamine production, distribution, and use in Nebraska and devise procedures and forms for retailers to use in reporting to the patrol suspicious purchases, thefts, or other transactions involving any products under the retailers' control which contain ephedrine, pseudoephedrine, phenylpropanolamine, or ephedra. Reporting under this section shall be voluntary. Retailers reporting information to the patrol in good faith shall be immune from civil liability.

Laws 2001, LB 113, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2089 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2089
View Statute 71-2089
Status: in_force

The receiver in its discretion may, but shall not be required to, defend any claim, suit, or action against the receiver or the health care facility arising out of conditions, actions, or circumstances occurring or continuing at the health care facility after the appointment of the receiver. The receiver in its discretion may, but shall not be required to, defend any licensure, certification, or injunctive action initiated by the department after its appointment. The receiver shall not appeal or continue the appeal of any licensure or certification action initiated by the department against the health care facility before the appointment of the receiver. The receiver shall cooperate with the owner or operator in any defense undertaken by the owner or operator against any claim, suit, or action against him or her or the health care facility, including, but not limited to, any licensure, certification, or injunctive action taken by the department.

Laws 1995, LB 406, § 65.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1119 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1119
View Statute 13-1119
Status: in_force

The boundaries of a designated industrial area may be changed to exclude one or more tracts, or parts of tracts, of real estate within the area upon the request of the owner or owners of the tracts, or parts of tracts, proposed to be excluded, and by the owners filing a petition, publishing a notice thereof, and having a hearing on the petition in the same manner as when an original petition to designate a contiguous tract as an industrial area is filed. The county clerk of the county in which the tract proposed to be excluded is situated shall cause a copy of the published notice to be mailed by certified mail, within five days after the first publication of the notice, to each of the owners of record and other persons, if any, in possession of the real estate not proposed to be excluded from the industrial area, whose addresses are known to the county clerk. After the hearing, if the county board shall find that the best interests of the community and the industrial area will be served by the exclusion of the tracts, the county board shall enter an order excluding the tracts, or parts of tracts, requested to be excluded. When a certified copy of such order is filed with the register of deeds and county assessor of the county or counties in which the real estate excluded is located, such tracts, or parts of tracts, shall no longer be an industrial area.

Laws 1975, LB 151, § 1;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 19-2509.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2446 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-2446
View Statute 69-2446
Status: in_force

The Nebraska State Patrol may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Concealed Handgun Permit Act.

Laws 2006, LB 454, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-533 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-533
View Statute 60-533
Status: in_force

A motor vehicle liability policy, as said term is used in sections 60-501 to 60-569 , shall mean an owner's or an operator's policy of liability insurance, certified as provided in sections 60-529 to 60-531 as proof of financial responsibility, and issued, except as otherwise provided in section 60-531 by an insurance carrier duly authorized to transact business in this state, to or for the benefit of the person named therein as insured.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 33, p. 495.