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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-1408 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-1408
View Statute 29-1408
Status: in_force

The county attorney or the assistant county attorney shall be allowed at all times to appear before the grand jury for the purpose of giving information relative to any matter cognizable by such jury, or giving such jury advice upon any legal matter the jury may require, and such county attorney or assistant county attorney may interrogate witnesses before the jury when the grand jurors, the county attorney, or the assistant county attorney shall deem it necessary; except that no person shall be permitted to remain in the room with such jury while the grand jurors are expressing their views or giving their votes on any matter before the jury; Provided, whenever it shall be made to appear to the judge or judges of the district court that investigation should be made regarding official acts of county officials, the foreman shall forthwith notify the Governor of the state, who shall forthwith appoint a special prosecutor to appear and act in the place of the county attorney or the assistant county attorney in all matters relating thereto before such grand jury in like manner as though county attorney; and the county attorney or the assistant county attorney shall be excluded from the presence of the grand jury during all proceedings which relate to the subject matter for which the special prosecutor was appointed; except that nothing in this section shall prevent the county attorney or assistant county attorney from appearing as a witness before a grand jury for which a special prosecutor has been appointed.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 399, p. 814;

R.S.1913, § 9038;

C.S.1922, § 10062;

C.S.1929, § 29-1408;

Laws 1939, c. 18, § 21, p. 112;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 29-1408;

R.S.1943, § 29-1408;

Laws 1980, LB 635, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-864 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-864
View Statute 58-864
Status: in_force

The authority may:

(1) Make loans to private institutions of higher education to assist such institutions in providing loans to their full-time students to assist them in financing the cost of their education while taking courses leading to an academic degree;

(2) Participate in the financing of such loans;

(3) Sell or participate in the sale of such loans;

(4) Collect and pay reasonable fees and charges in connection with the exercise of the powers provided in subdivisions (1) through (3) of this section;

(5) Do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the purposes of this section and section 58-865 in connection with the administering of such loans, including contracting with any person, firm, or other body, public or private;

(6) Enter into any agreements necessary to effect the guarantee, insuring, or administering of such loans;

(7) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing and establish standards for participation in the Nebraska Student Loan Assistance Program; and

(8) Exercise all powers incidental to or necessary for the performance of the powers authorized by this section.

Laws 1993, LB 465, § 35;

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2962;

Laws 1995, LB 5, § 61;

R.S.1943, (2008), § 85-1761;

Laws 2013, LB170, § 64.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-316 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-316
View Statute 37-316
Status: in_force

The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which include (1) provisions for scientific, educational, or private wildlife management purposes as provided in section 37-418 , (2) provisions for commercial fishing as provided in sections 37-4,104 and 37-543 , (3) provisions for bait dealers as provided in section 37-4,105 , and (4) provisions for aquaculturists as provided in section 37-468 .

Laws 1993, LB 830, § 14;

Laws 1994, LB 1165, § 7;

R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-111;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 74;

Laws 2001, LB 130, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-601.01 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-601.01
View Statute 46-601.01
Status: in_force

For purposes of Chapter 46, article 6:

(1) Chief Water Officer means the Chief Water Officer of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment;

(2) Common carrier means any carrier of water including a pipe, canal, ditch, or other means of piping or adjoining water for irrigation purposes;

(3) Department means the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment;

(4) Director means the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment; and

(5)(a) Water well means any excavation that is drilled, cored, bored, washed, driven, dug, jetted, or otherwise constructed for the purpose of exploring for ground water, monitoring ground water, utilizing the geothermal properties of the ground, obtaining hydrogeologic information, or extracting water from or injecting fluid as defined in section 81-1502 into the underground water reservoir.

(b) Water well includes any excavation made for any purpose if ground water flows into the excavation under natural pressure and a pump or other device is placed in the excavation for the purpose of withdrawing water from the excavation for irrigation. For such excavations, construction means placing a pump or other device into the excavation for the purpose of withdrawing water for irrigation.

(c) Water well does not include (i) any excavation made for obtaining or prospecting for oil or natural gas or for inserting media to repressure oil or natural gas bearing formations regulated by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission or (ii) any structure requiring a permit by the Chief Water Officer used to exercise surface water appropriation.

Laws 1993, LB 131, § 2;

Laws 1999, LB 92, § 1;

Laws 2004, LB 962, § 34;

Laws 2007, LB701, § 17;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 169.

For additional definitions, see section 46-706 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-202 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-202
View Statute 30-202
Status: in_force

(a) A will is valid as regards form, irrespective particularly of the place where it is made, of the location of the assets, and of the nationality, domicile, or residence of the testator, if it is made in the form of an international will complying with the requirements of the Uniform Wills Recognition Act (1977).

(b) The invalidity of the will as an international will shall not affect its formal validity as a will of another kind.

(c) The Uniform Wills Recognition Act (1977) shall not apply to the form of testamentary dispositions made by two or more persons in one instrument.

Laws 2020, LB966, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2713 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-2713
View Statute 43-2713
Status: in_force

(1) A custodian shall:

(a) Take control of custodial property;

(b) Register or record title to custodial property if appropriate; and

(c) Collect, hold, manage, invest, and reinvest custodial property.

(2) In dealing with custodial property, a custodian shall observe the standard of care that would be observed by a prudent person dealing with property of another and is not limited by any other statute restricting investments by fiduciaries. If a custodian has a special skill or expertise or is named custodian on the basis of representations of a special skill or expertise, the custodian shall use that skill or expertise. However, a custodian, in the custodian's discretion and without liability to the minor or the minor's estate, may retain any custodial property received from a transferor.

(3) A custodian may invest in or pay premiums on life insurance or endowment policies on (a) the life of the minor only if the minor or the minor's estate is the sole beneficiary or (b) the life of another person in whom the minor has an insurable interest only to the extent that the minor, the minor's estate, or the custodian in the capacity of custodian is the irrevocable beneficiary.

(4) A custodian at all times shall keep custodial property separate and distinct from all other property in a manner sufficient to identify it clearly as custodial property of the minor. Custodial property consisting of an undivided interest is so identified if the minor's interest is held as a tenant in common and is fixed. Custodial property subject to recordation is so identified if it is recorded, and custodial property subject to registration is so identified if it is either registered, or held in an account designated, in the name of the custodian, followed in substance by the words: as a custodian for ............ (name of minor) under the Nebraska Uniform Transfers to Minors Act.

(5) A custodian shall keep records of all transactions with respect to custodial property, including information necessary for the preparation of the minor's tax returns, and shall make them available for inspection at reasonable intervals by a parent or legal representative of the minor or by the minor if the minor has attained the age of fourteen years.

Laws 1992, LB 907, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-307 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-307
View Statute 20-307
Status: in_force

Conciliation shall mean the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of a complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the commission.

Laws 1991, LB 825, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-227 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-227
View Statute 14-227
Status: in_force

(1) Unless otherwise provided by law, when an officer or agent of a city of the metropolitan class collects a fine, penalty, or forfeiture imposed for a violation of city ordinance or for a misdemeanor violation of state law committed within the city, such officer or agent shall remit such fine, penalty, or forfeiture to the city treasurer no later than thirty days after collection of such fine, penalty, or forfeiture or within ten days after being requested to do so by the mayor.

(2) A violation of this section is a Class II misdemeanor. Upon conviction, such officer or agent shall be guilty of malfeasance in office and shall be removed from office.

(3) The city comptroller shall audit the accounts of all such officers and agents at least once each month and approve or disapprove their reports.

Laws 1921, c. 116, art. II, § 24, p. 432;

C.S.1922, § 3550;

C.S.1929, § 14-225;

R.S.1943, § 14-227;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 57.

The disposition of forfeited cash bail bonds is controlled by the Constitution and not this section. School Dist. of Omaha v. City of Omaha, 175 Neb. 21, 120 N.W.2d 267 (1963).

The disposition of forfeited cash bail bonds is controlled by the Constitution and not this section. School Dist. of Omaha v. City of Omaha, 175 Neb. 21, 120 N.W.2d 267 (1963).

This section did not control disposition of fines, penalties, and license money under general laws of the state. School Dist. No. 54 v. School Dist. of Omaha, 171 Neb. 769, 107 N.W.2d 744 (1961).

This section did not control disposition of fines, penalties, and license money under general laws of the state. School Dist. No. 54 v. School Dist. of Omaha, 171 Neb. 769, 107 N.W.2d 744 (1961).

In charging violation of this section, the time elapsing during which failure to pay over existed, is material and must be stated. Grier v. State, 81 Neb. 129, 115 N.W. 551 (1908).

In charging violation of this section, the time elapsing during which failure to pay over existed, is material and must be stated. Grier v. State, 81 Neb. 129, 115 N.W. 551 (1908).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2614 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2614
View Statute 48-2614
Status: in_force

(1) An athlete agent, with the intent to induce a student-athlete to enter into an agency contract, may not:

(a) Give any materially false or misleading information or make a materially false promise or representation;

(b) Furnish anything of value to a student-athlete before the student-athlete enters into the agency contract; or

(c) Furnish anything of value to any individual other than the student-athlete or another registered athlete agent.

(2) An athlete agent may not intentionally:

(a) Initiate contact with a student-athlete unless registered under the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act;

(b) Refuse or fail to retain or permit inspection of the records required to be retained by section 48-2613 ;

(c) Fail to register when required by section 48-2604 ;

(d) Provide materially false or misleading information in an application for registration or renewal of registration;

(e) Predate or postdate an agency contract; or

(f) Fail to notify a student-athlete before the student-athlete signs or otherwise authenticates an agency contract for a particular sport that entering into negotiations for, or signing, a professional-sports-services contract may make the student-athlete ineligible to participate as a student-athlete in that sport.

Laws 2009, LB292, § 14;

Laws 2020, LB962, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-201.05 — NE Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-201.05
View Statute 51-201.05
Status: in_force

In a county that has an established county library, if a city council, village board, or township board of a city, village, or township that has a public library and the library board, if one exists, of the city, village, or township both adopt a resolution indicating that such city, village, or township library desires to merge with the established county library, they shall notify the county board by filing the resolutions with the county clerk. After such notification, the city, village, or township library shall be a part of the county library as provided in section 51-201.06 and its residents shall be entitled to the benefits of the county library, and the property within such city, village, or township library shall be liable to taxes levied for county library purposes. At least once a week for two successive weeks prior to adopting such resolution, the city council, village board, or township board and library board shall publish notice of such proposed resolution and the date and the place of the meeting at which such resolution is proposed to be adopted, in a newspaper designated by the council or board and published in or of general circulation in such city, village, or township.

Laws 1997, LB 250, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-2804 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-2804
View Statute 44-2804
Status: in_force

Physician shall mean a person with an unlimited license to practice medicine in this state pursuant to the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act or a person with a license to practice osteopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this state pursuant to sections 38-2029 to 38-2033 .

Laws 1976, LB 434, § 4;

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 3;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 1136.

Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, see section 38-2001 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-303 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-303
View Statute 13-303
Status: in_force

The county boards of counties and the governing bodies of cities and villages may establish an emergency medical service, including the provision of scheduled and unscheduled ambulance service, as a governmental service either within or without the county or municipality, as the case may be. The county board or governing body may contract with any city, person, firm, or corporation licensed as an emergency medical service for emergency medical care by emergency care providers. Each may enter into an agreement with the other under the Interlocal Cooperation Act or Joint Public Agency Act for the purpose of establishing an emergency medical service or may provide a separate service for itself. Public funds may be expended therefor, and a reasonable service fee may be charged to the user. Before any such service is established under the authority of this section, the county board or the governing bodies of cities and villages shall hold a public hearing after giving at least ten days' notice thereof, which notice shall include a brief summary of the general plan for establishing such service, including an estimate of the initial cost and the possible continuing cost of operating such service. If the board or governing body after such hearing determines that an emergency medical service for emergency medical care by emergency care providers is needed, it may proceed as authorized in this section. The authority granted in this section shall be cumulative and supplementary to any existing powers heretofore granted. Any county board of counties and the governing bodies of cities and villages may pay their cost for such service out of available general funds or may levy a tax for the purpose of providing the service, which levy shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall be in addition to restrictions on the levy of taxes provided by statute, except that when a rural or suburban fire protection district provides the service, the county shall pay the cost for the county service by levying a tax on that property not in the rural or suburban fire protection district providing the service. The levy shall be subject to subsection (10) of section 77-3442 or section 77-3443 , as applicable.

Laws 1967, c. 111, § 1, p. 359;

Laws 1973, LB 239, § 1;

Laws 1978, LB 560, § 2;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 23-378;

Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 25;

Laws 1997, LB 138, § 31;

Laws 1999, LB 87, § 51;

Laws 2001, LB 808, § 1;

Laws 2015, LB325, § 1;

Laws 2020, LB1002, § 1.

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .

Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2208 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2208
48-2208
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Non-English-Speaking Workers Protection Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Actively recruit means any affirmative act, as defined by the department, done by or on behalf of an employer for the purpose of recruitment or hiring of non-English-speaking employees who reside more than five hundred miles from the place of employment;

(2) Commissioner means the Commissioner of Labor;

(3) Coordinator means the meatpacking industry worker rights coordinator appointed pursuant to section 48-2213 ;

(4) Department means the Department of Labor;

(5) Employ means to permit to work;

(6) Employee means any individual employed by any employer but does not include:

(a) Any individual employed in agriculture; or

(b) Any individual employed as a child care provider in or for a private home;

(7) Employer means any individual, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, business trust, legal representative, or organized group of persons employing one hundred or more employees at any one time, except for seasonal employment of not more than twenty weeks in any calendar year, or person acting directly or indirectly in the interest of an employer in relation to an employee but does not include the United States, the state, or any political subdivision thereof;

(8) Meatpacking operation means a business in which slaughtering, butchering, meat canning, meatpacking, meat manufacturing, poultry canning, poultry packing, poultry manufacturing, pet food manufacturing, processing of meatpacking products, or rendering is carried on;

(9) Meatpacking products includes livestock products and poultry products as such terms are defined in section 54-1902 ; and

(10) Non-English-speaking employee means an employee who does not speak, read, or understand English to the degree necessary for comprehension of the terms, conditions, and daily responsibilities of employment.

Laws 1995, LB 20, § 1;

R.S.1943, (1998), § 48-2201;

Laws 2003, LB 418, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3004 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-3004
View Statute 44-3004
Status: in_force

(1) If an insurer determines under section 44-3003 that benefits are due to a beneficiary, the benefits from the applicable policy or retained asset account, plus any applicable accrued contractual interest, shall be payable to the designated beneficiary. If such beneficiary cannot be found, the insurer shall comply with section 69-1303 with respect to such benefits and accrued contractual interest. Interest otherwise payable under section 44-3,143 shall not be considered unclaimed funds under section 69-1303 .

(2) Once the benefits and accrued contractual interest are presumed abandoned under section 69-1303 , the insurer shall notify the State Treasurer, as part of the report sent under section 69-1310 , that:

(a) A beneficiary has not submitted a claim with the insurer; and

(b) The insurer has complied with section 44-3003 and has been unable, after good faith efforts documented by the insurer, to contact the beneficiary.

Laws 2017, LB137, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1405 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1405
View Statute 43-1405
Status: in_force

A settlement provided for in section 43-1404 means a voluntary agreement between the father of the child and the mother or some person authorized to act in her behalf, or between the father and the next friend or guardian of the child, whereby the father promises to make adequate provision for the support of the child. In the event that such a settlement is made it shall be binding on all parties and shall bar all other remedies of the mother and child and the legal representatives of the child so long as it shall be performed by the father, if said settlement is approved by the court having jurisdiction to compel the support of the child. The court shall approve such settlement only if it shall find and determine that adequate provision is made for the support of the child and that the father shall have offered clear evidence of his willingness and ability to perform the agreement. The court, in its discretion, may require the father to furnish bond with proper sureties conditioned upon the performance of the settlement.

Laws 1941, c. 81, § 5, p. 323;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 43-705;

R.S.1943, § 13-105;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 13-105.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1909 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1909
View Statute 48-1909
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall tamper with or aid or assist another in tampering with body fluids at any time during or after the collection or analysis of such fluids for the purpose of altering the results of any test to determine the presence of drugs or alcohol.

(2) Any employee who violates subsection (1) of this section may be subjected to the same discipline as if the employee had refused the directive of the employer to provide a body fluid or breath sample.

(3) Any person, including an employee, who violates subsection (1) of this section shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.

Laws 1988, LB 582, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1803 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1803
View Statute 66-1803
Status: in_force

(1) A natural gas public utility shall not be subject to the jurisdiction of the commission or the requirements of the State Natural Gas Regulation Act if (a) it distributes, sells, or transports natural gas or provides natural gas services to persons receiving services through fewer than seven thousand five hundred meters in the state, (b) it has entered into an agreement with a city in which it distributes, sells, or transports natural gas or provides natural gas services that establishes the terms and conditions of the service and the rates to be paid and such agreement is authorized by an ordinance in effect at the time of the distribution, sale, or transportation of natural gas or provision of natural gas services, and (c) the terms and conditions of such agreement are applicable to customers, if any, served by the natural gas public utility outside the jurisdiction of the city.

(2) Any ratepayer or city served by a natural gas public utility pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the commission, the public advocate, or the natural gas public utility providing service pursuant to subsection (1) of this section may pursue an action in the district court of the county in which such utility operates for a determination as to whether or not such utility is subject to the jurisdiction of the commission and the requirements of the act by reason of the failure to meet one or more of the qualifying factors set out in subsection (1) of this section.

Laws 2003, LB 790, § 3.