Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2210 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-2210
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Status: in_force

(1) The office shall have the primary functions and responsibilities of facilities planning, facilities construction, and facilities administration for the State Capitol and capitol grounds and may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this section and subsection (1) of section 81-1108.38 .

(2) Facilities planning includes the following responsibilities and duties:

(a) To maintain utilization records of the State Capitol and capitol grounds;

(b) To define and review program statements based on space utilization standards;

(c) To prepare and review planning and construction documents;

(d) To develop and maintain time-cost schedules for capital construction projects;

(e) To prepare annually a long-range plan for the commission, listing the maintenance needed for the interior and exterior of the State Capitol; and

(f) To assist the commission, the budget division of the Department of Administrative Services, and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst in preparing budget recommendations.

(3) Facilities construction includes the following powers and duties:

(a) To maintain close contact with and inspections of each project for the State Capitol and capitol grounds so as to assure execution of the highest quality work product, time-cost schedules, and efficient contract performance;

(b) To perform final acceptance inspections and evaluations; and

(c) To coordinate all modifications or change orders and progress payment orders.

(4) Facilities administration includes the following powers and duties:

(a) To provide or assure adequate administration and preservation maintenance of, repairs to, and custodial duties for the State Capitol and capitol grounds;

(b) To be responsible for all maintenance, repairs, and custodial duties necessary to preserve properly and maintain the State Capitol and capitol grounds;

(c) To report to the commission quarterly, or as prescribed by the commission, the time-cost data on State Capitol construction projects;

(d) To be responsible for parking on the capitol grounds; and

(e) To submit to the commission a final report on each State Capitol project. The report shall include, but not be limited to, a comparison of final costs and appropriations made for the project, change orders, and modifications, and a conclusion as to whether the construction complied with the related approved project purpose and program statement. Such report shall be required on all projects costing fifty thousand dollars or more and any other projects designated by the commission.

Laws 2004, LB 439, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-217 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-217
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Status: in_force

The United States of America may purchase any educational lands located within the boundaries of any defense project.

Laws 1943, c. 160, § 1, p. 573;

R.S.1943, § 72-217.

Legislature provided for a public offering, preceded by public notice, of all educational lands subject to lease. State v. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 289, 23 N.W.2d 300 (1946).

Legislature provided for a public offering, preceded by public notice, of all educational lands subject to lease. State v. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 289, 23 N.W.2d 300 (1946).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1307 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1307
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Status: in_force

When any agency or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, except the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, owns land with virgin prairie as described in section 72-1306 , such agency or political subdivision may take action to establish the location and boundaries of such virgin prairie or a part thereof that may be preserved and protected. Such action shall be taken only after holding a public hearing with at least one week's advance notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the virgin prairie is located. Any such agency or political subdivision which has established the location and boundaries of such virgin prairie and which decides to sell such land may require the purchaser to enter into a covenant to continue to preserve and protect the area established as virgin prairie, and such covenant by its terms shall run with the title to the land binding future owners. In the event such covenant to preserve and protect the area as virgin prairie should lapse or be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the agency or political subdivision which sold the land or its successor in interest shall be afforded first option to repurchase the land, at the current market value to be determined as if the covenant were valid and enforceable.

Laws 1981, LB 58, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-504 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-504
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Status: in_force

(1) All leases shall be made at a rental of six percent on the appraised value, payable annually in advance. The lessee shall pay the appraised value of the improvements on such land, which amount shall be immediately paid to the owner or owners of the improvements. Applications for the lease of any such lands not leased at public offering may be made at any time to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds; Provided, if there are two or more persons wishing to lease the same land, the board shall auction off and lease the land to the person who, in addition to the six percent rental, will pay the highest cash bonus for the lease.

(2) Each lease, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall contain a covenant or contract that the land contained in such lease may be appraised every five years. At the expiration of twelve years, the lessee shall deliver up the said land to the state; Provided, any lessee of saline lands may apply in writing to the chairman of the county board to have the lands embraced in such lease, or any part thereof, appraised for the purpose of sale, and when so appraised, the saline lands embraced in such application shall become subject to all the provisions governing the sale of educational lands belonging to the state, except as provided in sections 72-501 to 72-504 .

Laws 1889, c. 94, § 5, p. 581;

Laws 1893, c. 22, § 1, p. 158;

R.S.1913, § 5879;

C.S.1922, § 5241;

C.S.1929, § 72-504;

R.S.1943, § 72-504;

Laws 1957, c. 305, § 1, p. 1110.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-248 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-248
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Status: in_force

The Board of Educational Lands and Funds may sell timber on educational lands whenever the board deems it for the best interest of school funds. Said timber shall be sold at public auction in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board.

Laws 1899, c. 69, § 22, p. 312;

R.S.1913, § 5869;

C.S.1922, § 5205;

C.S.1929, § 72-225;

R.S.1943, § 72-248;

Laws 1949, c. 214, § 1, p. 611.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205.03 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-205.03
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Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a petition bearing the requisite number of signatures as required by section 72-205.02 , the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall appoint an examiner who shall hold a meeting in the county seat of the county where such school lands are located to take testimony and to receive evidence as to the rental of all school lands, according to classification, in such county. Such evidence shall cover the rental of other lands similarly situated and any other relevant factors bearing upon the rental of such school lands. Notice of the time and place of such hearing shall be given by publication in a legal newspaper, published in the county where such school lands are situated, once each week for two consecutive weeks beginning at least twenty days prior to the date of the public hearing. In case no legal newspaper is published in the county, then the notice shall be published in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county. The examiner conducting such hearing shall have the power to administer oaths.

Laws 1949, c. 212, § 4, p. 603;

Laws 1999, LB 779, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1707 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1707
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Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a designation of a building as a business incubation center shall remain in effect for such time as agreed to by the public agency and the community board.

(2) A public agency which has a building or a portion of a building designated as a business incubation center and which desires to terminate such designation prior to the date agreed to in subsection (1) of this section may terminate such designation by notifying the community board at least two years before the time the building will be needed. Upon receipt of notification, the community board shall publicize the closing date of the center to the tenants and to the community.

Laws 1990, LB 409, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-220 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-220
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Status: in_force

Any city, village, cemetery association or corporation for the control of cemeteries, may acquire, for cemetery and burial purposes, any of the educational land, not exceeding in the aggregate forty acres, and may purchase additional adjoining tracts not exceeding ten acres each, if and when it becomes necessary to enlarge such cemetery.

Laws 1899, c. 69, § 11, p. 304;

Laws 1905, c. 144, § 1, p. 582;

Laws 1907, c. 134, § 1, p. 437;

Laws 1913, c. 40, § 1, p. 135;

R.S.1913, § 5855;

Laws 1915, c. 103, § 1, p. 247;

Laws 1921, c. 80, § 2, p. 290;

C.S.1922, § 5191;

Laws 1923, c. 61, § 1, p. 185;

Laws 1925, c. 135, § 1, p. 354;

Laws 1929, c. 188, § 1, p. 652;

C.S.1929, § 72-211;

Laws 1931, c. 118, § 1, p. 345;

Laws 1935, c. 164, § 1, p. 611;

Laws 1941, c. 145, § 1, p. 576;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-211;

Laws 1943, c. 160, § 1, p. 574;

R.S.1943, § 72-220.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-240.19 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-240.19
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Status: in_force

(1) Appeals from the valuation set by the board of appraisers may be made by either party in the same manner as appeals from the award of a board of appraisers in condemnation proceedings as governed by sections 76-715 to 76-721 . Those provisions shall apply as if the board is the condemner and the lessee is the condemnee.

(2) No bond shall be required of the board to cover the value to the land of the permitted improvements and growing crops found by the appraisers during the appeal.

Laws 1967, c. 467, § 10, p. 1454;

Laws 1971, LB 413, § 10.

Trial court is without authority to fix appraiser's fees and attorney's fees to be taxed against the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Pettijohn v. State Board of Educational Lands and Funds, 204 Neb. 271, 281 N.W.2d 901 (1979).

Trial court is without authority to fix appraiser's fees and attorney's fees to be taxed against the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Pettijohn v. State Board of Educational Lands and Funds, 204 Neb. 271, 281 N.W.2d 901 (1979).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-251 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-251
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Status: in_force

All money arising from collections on judgments in favor of the state, shall be transferred and paid into the permanent school fund and become a part thereof.

Laws 1899, c. 69, § 36, p. 315;

R.S.1913, § 5873;

C.S.1922, § 5208;

C.S.1929, § 72-228;

R.S.1943, § 72-251.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-234.02 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-234.02
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Status: in_force

No lease shall be assigned nor the assignment thereof approved by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds unless (1) the person to whom the lease is assigned is a resident of the State of Nebraska or, if a nonresident of the State of Nebraska, owns land adjoining the school land set forth in the lease to be assigned and (2) such assignee will operate the land for his own use and benefit.

Laws 1949, c. 212, § 8, p. 605;

Laws 1953, c. 254, § 1, p. 861.

Bonus was paid to get board to approve assignment. State v. Gardner, 156 Neb. 326, 56 N.W.2d 135 (1952).

Bonus was paid to get board to approve assignment. State v. Gardner, 156 Neb. 326, 56 N.W.2d 135 (1952).

In class action on behalf of all renewal leaseholders, this section could not be invoked where applicable only to some. Propst v. Board of Educational Lands & Funds, 103 F.Supp. 457 (D. Neb. 1951).

In class action on behalf of all renewal leaseholders, this section could not be invoked where applicable only to some. Propst v. Board of Educational Lands & Funds, 103 F.Supp. 457 (D. Neb. 1951).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1402 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1402
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Status: in_force

For the purposes of sections 72-1401 to 72-1408 municipality shall mean any city, village, or county of this state.

Laws 1967, c. 464, § 2, p. 1435;

Laws 1974, LB 914, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-409 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-409
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Status: in_force

The board shall keep a minute book of its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. Vacancies appearing on the board shall be filled by the county board in like manner as regular appointments to the board are made.

Laws 1941, c. 148, § 1, p. 583;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-411;

R.S.1943, § 72-409.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1705 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1705
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Status: in_force

(1) The community board shall:

(a) Identify the building or part of the building under consideration for designation as a business incubation center;

(b) Advertise the concept of a business incubation center in the surrounding area;

(c) Solicit the views of the community concerning the designation of the building or part of the building under consideration as a business incubation center;

(d) Identify possible tenants; and

(e) Obtain commitments from persons, organizations, businesses, or other sources amounting to at least fifty percent of those costs not covered by rental fees that the board estimates will be needed for the establishment and operation of the business incubation center for three years.

(2) If after performing the duties required by subsection (1) of this section the community board determines that a designation of the building under consideration as a business incubation center is desirable and possible, the community board shall petition the public agency which has ownership or control of such building for the designation.

Laws 1990, LB 409, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-219 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-219
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Status: in_force

The county board of any county, in which there are such educational lands, may acquire for public purposes any portion thereof, not exceeding forty acres.

Laws 1915, c. 103, § 1, p. 247;

Laws 1921, c. 80, § 2, p. 290;

C.S.1922, § 5191;

Laws 1923, c. 61, § 1, p. 185;

Laws 1925, c. 135, § 1, p. 254;

Laws 1929, c. 188, § 1, p. 652;

C.S.1929, § 72-211;

Laws 1931, c. 118, § 1, p. 345;

Laws 1935, c. 164, § 1, p. 611;

Laws 1941, c. 145, § 1, p. 576;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-211;

Laws 1943, c. 160, § 1, p. 574;

R.S.1943, § 72-219.

County may acquire educational land for county fair grounds. State v. Cheyenne County, 157 Neb. 533, 60 N.W.2d 593 (1953).

County may acquire educational land for county fair grounds. State v. Cheyenne County, 157 Neb. 533, 60 N.W.2d 593 (1953).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-240.16 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-240.16
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Status: in_force

The appraisers shall carefully inspect and view the permitted improvements and growing crops to be valued and shall hear any party interested therein in reference to the value of the permitted improvements to the land and growing crops.

Laws 1967, c. 467, § 7, p. 1453;

Laws 1971, LB 413, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1239.01 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1239.01
View Statute 72-1239.01
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The appointed members of the council shall have the responsibility for the investment management of the assets of the retirement systems administered by the Public Employees Retirement Board as provided in section 84-1503 , the assets of the Nebraska educational savings plan trust as provided in section 77-1420 , the assets of the achieving a better life experience program pursuant to sections 77-1401 to 77-1409 , and beginning January 1, 2017, the assets of each retirement system provided for under the Class V School Employees Retirement Act. Except as provided in subsection (4) of this section, the appointed members shall be deemed fiduciaries with respect to the investment of the assets of the retirement systems, of the Nebraska educational savings plan trust, and of the achieving a better life experience program and shall be held to the standard of conduct of a fiduciary specified in subsection (3) of this section. The nonvoting, ex officio members of the council shall not be deemed fiduciaries.

(b) As fiduciaries, the appointed members of the council and the state investment officer shall discharge their duties with respect to the assets of the retirement systems, of the Nebraska educational savings plan trust, and of the achieving a better life experience program solely in the interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement systems or the interests of the participants and beneficiaries of the Nebraska educational savings plan trust and the achieving a better life experience program, as the case may be, for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to members, members' beneficiaries, participants, and participants' beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses incurred within the limitations and according to the powers, duties, and purposes prescribed by law.

(2)(a) The appointed members of the council shall have the responsibility for the investment management of the assets of state funds. The appointed members shall be deemed fiduciaries with respect to the investment of the assets of state funds and shall be held to the standard of conduct of a fiduciary specified in subsection (3) of this section. The nonvoting, ex officio members of the council shall not be deemed fiduciaries.

(b) As fiduciaries, the appointed members of the council and the state investment officer shall discharge their duties with respect to the assets of state funds solely in the interests of the citizens of the state within the limitations and according to the powers, duties, and purposes prescribed by law.

(3) The appointed members of the council shall act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims by diversifying the investments of the assets of the retirement systems, the Nebraska educational savings plan trust, the achieving a better life experience program, and state funds so as to minimize risk of large losses, unless in light of such circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. No assets of the retirement systems, the Nebraska educational savings plan trust, or the achieving a better life experience program shall be invested or reinvested if the sole or primary investment objective is for economic development or social purposes or objectives.

and state funds so as to minimize risk of large losses, unless in light of such circumstances it is clearly prudent not to do so. No assets of the retirement systems, the Nebraska educational savings plan trust, or the achieving a better life experience program shall be invested or reinvested if the sole or primary investment objective is for economic development or social purposes or objectives.

(4) Neither the appointed members of the council nor the state investment officer shall be deemed fiduciaries with respect to investments of the assets of a retirement system provided for under the Class V School Employees Retirement Act made by or on behalf of the board of education as defined in section 79-978 or the board of trustees provided for in section 79-980 . Neither the council nor any member thereof nor the state investment officer shall be liable for the action or inaction of the board of education or the board of trustees with respect to the investment of the assets of a retirement system provided for under the Class V School Employees Retirement Act, the consequences of any such action or inaction of the board of education or the board of trustees, and any claims, suits, losses, damages, fees, and costs related to such action or inaction or consequences thereof.

Laws 1996, LB 847, § 21;

Laws 2002, LB 407, § 18;

Laws 2003, LB 574, § 25;

Laws 2015, LB591, § 11;

Laws 2016, LB447, § 4;

Laws 2019, LB610, § 6;

Laws 2025, LB647, § 24.

Class V School Employees Retirement Act, see section 79-978.01 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-1701 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-1701
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Status: in_force

Sections 72-1701 to 72-1712 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Small Business Incubator Act.

Laws 1990, LB 409, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-420 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-420
View Statute 72-420
Status: in_force

The trustees composing the board shall each give a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars running to the county as obligee, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties and responsibilities as provided in sections 72-407 to 72-420 and under the bylaws adopted pursuant to such sections. The bond, when approved by the county attorney of the county as to form and substance, shall be filed and kept current in the office of the county clerk. All donations, gifts, or other money that comes into the hands of the board under the terms of such sections shall be forthwith delivered to the county treasurer who shall deposit, safeguard, and disburse the same from a fund of the county to be known as the Fort ............. Fund. The county treasurer shall make disbursements from such fund only upon receipt of a proper warrant or voucher signed by the chairperson and attested by the secretary of the board. The board shall issue no voucher for the payment of any money from such fund unless there is presented to it a request for payment or reimbursement duly verified by the oath of the requester and unless the request so verified is approved by the affirmative action of two-thirds of the members-elect of the board at a regular meeting.

Laws 1941, c. 148, § 11, p. 587;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-421;

R.S.1943, § 72-420;

Laws 1988, LB 864, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-204 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-204
View Statute 72-204
Status: in_force

The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall cause school land to be classified for rental purposes (1) at least once each five years, (2) each time that the land is leased or that an assignment of a lease is made, and (3) when the board deems it to be in the best interest of the state. The leasing of the land shall be regulated by sections 72-232 to 72-239 . When a lease is offered for sale, the new rental shall be made public. When the board has ordered the reclassification of any of the school lands in any county, it shall prescribe the method and promulgate rules governing the classification of educational lands. It shall have a classification of all the educational lands in the county prepared by a competent person, who shall make a detailed field examination of each forty-acre tract of educational lands for the purpose of obtaining information as to the type and rating of the soil, its adaptability, the topographical character of the land, and the location and number of acres of each type. His or her report of such field examination shall be prepared in the form of a detailed map with complete explanations and shall be filed with the board. The board may employ private appraisal firms to aid it in determining the value of educational lands.

Laws 1899, c. 69, § 4, p. 301;

R.S.1913, § 5848;

Laws 1921, c. 80, § 1, p. 289;

C.S.1922, § 5184;

C.S.1929, § 72-204;

Laws 1933, c. 142, § 1, p. 553;

Laws 1935, c. 163, § 3, p. 594;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-204;

R.S.1943, § 72-204;

Laws 1953, c. 253, § 1, p. 859;

Laws 1999, LB 779, § 14.

Administrative determination of value of school lands is for the purpose of securing a basis for fixing the annual rent. State v. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 289, 23 N.W.2d 300 (1946).

Administrative determination of value of school lands is for the purpose of securing a basis for fixing the annual rent. State v. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 289, 23 N.W.2d 300 (1946).

This section must be construed to require the state's rights and interest in the land to be appraised, which does not include improvements by settlers upon indemnity school lands which by the act of 1875 belonged to such settlers. State v. McCright, 76 Neb. 732, 108 N.W. 138 (1906), rehearing denied 76 Neb. 738, 112 N.W. 315 (1907).

This section must be construed to require the state's rights and interest in the land to be appraised, which does not include improvements by settlers upon indemnity school lands which by the act of 1875 belonged to such settlers. State v. McCright, 76 Neb. 732, 108 N.W. 138 (1906), rehearing denied 76 Neb. 738, 112 N.W. 315 (1907).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-226 — NE Code / Chapter 72 / Section 72-226
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Status: in_force

Any damage to the land of the state, in addition to the value of the land purchased, shall be assessed and included in the amount to be paid the state.

Laws 1943, c. 160, § 2, p. 574;

R.S.1943, § 72-226.