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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1903 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1903
View Statute 48-1903
Status: in_force

Any results of any test performed on the body fluid or breath specimen of an employee, as directed by the employer, to determine the presence of drugs or alcohol shall not be used to deny any continued employment or in any disciplinary or administrative action unless the following requirements are met:

(1) A positive finding of drugs by preliminary screening procedures has been subsequently confirmed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry or other scientific testing technique which has been or may be approved by the department; and

(2) A positive finding of alcohol by preliminary screening procedures is subsequently confirmed by either:

(a) Gas chromatography with a flame ionization detector or other scientific testing technique which has been or may be approved by the department; or

(b) A breath-testing device operated by a breath-testing-device operator. Nothing in this subdivision shall be construed to preclude an employee from immediately requesting further confirmation of any breath-testing results by a blood sample if the employee voluntarily submits to give a blood sample taken by qualified medical personnel in accordance with the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department. If the confirmatory blood test results do not confirm a violation of the employer's work rules, any disciplinary or administrative action shall be rescinded.

Except for a confirmatory breath test as provided in subdivision (2)(b) of this section, all confirmatory tests shall be performed by a clinic, hospital, or laboratory which is certified pursuant to the federal Clinical Laboratories Improvement Act of 1967, 42 U.S.C. 263a.

Laws 1988, LB 582, § 3;

Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-3106 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-3106
View Statute 25-3106
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 25-3103 to 25-3105 may not be waived. No payee who proposes to make a transfer of structured settlement payment rights shall incur a penalty, forfeit an application fee or other payment, or otherwise incur any liability to the proposed transferee based on the failure of the transfer to satisfy the conditions of section 25-3104 .

Laws 2001, LB 55, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1615 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1615
View Statute 66-1615
Status: in_force

Retail marketer means any person with bulk propane storage engaged in the sale of odorized propane to the ultimate consumer or to retail propane dispensers within Nebraska.

Laws 1998, LB 699, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-3208 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-3208
38-3208
Status: in_force

The Respiratory Care Practice Act shall not prohibit:

(1) The practice of respiratory care which is an integral part of the program of study by students enrolled in approved respiratory care education programs;

(2) The gratuitous care, including the practice of respiratory care, of the ill by a friend or member of the family or by a person who is not licensed to practice respiratory care if such person does not represent himself or herself as a respiratory care practitioner;

(3) The practice of respiratory care by nurses, physicians, physician assistants, physical therapists, or any other professional required to be licensed under the Uniform Credentialing Act when such practice is within the scope of practice for which that person is licensed to practice in this state;

(4) The practice of any respiratory care practitioner of this state or any other state or territory while employed by the federal government or any bureau or division thereof while in the discharge of his or her official duties;

(5) Techniques defined as pulmonary function testing and the administration of aerosol and inhalant medications to the cardiorespiratory system as it relates to pulmonary function technology administered by a registered pulmonary function technologist credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care or a certified pulmonary function technologist credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care; or

(6) The performance of oxygen therapy or the initiation of noninvasive positive pressure ventilation by a registered polysomnographic technologist relating to the study of sleep disorders if such procedures are performed or initiated under the supervision of a licensed physician at a facility accredited by the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.

Laws 1986, LB 277, § 17;

Laws 1997, LB 622, § 83;

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 64;

Laws 2003, LB 667, § 5;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,235;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 1074;

Laws 2018, LB731, § 78.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5252 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5252
View Statute 44-5252
Status: in_force

Restricted network provision shall mean any provision of a health benefit plan that conditions the payment of benefits, in whole or in part, on the use of health care providers that have entered into contractual arrangement with the carrier to provide health care services to covered individuals.

Laws 1994, LB 1222, § 30.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1723 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1723
View Statute 8-1723
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Commodity Code shall impair, derogate, or otherwise affect the authority or powers of the director under the Securities Act of Nebraska or the application of any provision of the act to any person or transaction subject to such act.

Laws 1987, LB 575, § 23.

Securities Act of Nebraska, see section 8-1123 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-1135 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 79-1135
79-1135
Status: in_force

Each school district shall demonstrate participation in a plan of services for children with disabilities who are less than five years of age. Such plans shall be prepared on a regional basis as determined by the department and updated annually.

The content of plans shall be prescribed by the department.

Supplementary amendments to any program plans may be submitted on dates specified by the department during the same school year and shall be subject to the same review as the initial plans.

Laws 1978, LB 889, § 9;

Laws 1986, LB 942, § 9;

R.S.Supp.,1986, § 43-646.08;

Laws 1987, LB 367, § 28;

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-3328;

Laws 1996, LB 900, § 817;

Laws 1997, LB 346, § 25;

Laws 1999, LB 813, § 40;

Laws 2003, LB 67, § 24;

Laws 2019, LB675, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-2703 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-2703
View Statute 60-2703
Status: in_force

If the manufacturer, its agents, or authorized dealers are unable to conform the motor vehicle to any applicable express warranty by repairing or correcting any defect or condition which substantially impairs the use and market value of the motor vehicle to the consumer after a reasonable number of attempts, the manufacturer shall replace the motor vehicle with a comparable motor vehicle or accept return of the vehicle from the consumer and refund to the consumer the full purchase price including all sales taxes, license fees, and registration fees and any similar governmental charges, less a reasonable allowance for the consumer's use of the vehicle. Refunds shall be made to the consumer and lienholder, if any, as their interests may appear. A reasonable allowance for use shall be that amount directly attributable to use by the consumer and any previous owner prior to his or her first report of the nonconformity to the manufacturer, agent, or dealer and during any subsequent period when the vehicle is not out of service by reason of repair. It shall be an affirmative defense to any claim under sections 60-2701 to 60-2709 (1) that an alleged nonconformity does not substantially impair such use and market value or (2) that a nonconformity is the result of abuse, neglect, or unauthorized modifications or alterations of a motor vehicle by a consumer.

Laws 1983, LB 155, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-1804 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-1804
View Statute 69-1804
Status: in_force

Any person engaged in manufacturing or producing American Indian arts and crafts shall provide accurate information to wholesale and retail sellers concerning the methods and materials used in manufacturing and producing such arts and crafts.

Laws 1986, LB 275, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-402 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-402
View Statute 69-402
Status: in_force

(1) A secondary metals recycler shall maintain a record, either as a hard copy or electronically, of all purchase transactions in which the secondary metals recycler purchases regulated metals property.

(2) The following information shall be maintained for transactions in which a secondary metals recycler purchases regulated metals property:

(a) The name and address of the secondary metals recycler;

(b) The name and signature of the individual entering the information;

(c) The date and time of the transaction;

(d) The weight and grade of the regulated metals property purchased;

(e) The description made in accordance with the custom of the trade of the type of regulated metals property purchased;

(f) The amount of consideration given for the regulated metals property, if any;

(g) The name, signature, and address of the vendor of the regulated metals property;

(h) The motor vehicle operator's license number, state identification card number, or federal government-issued identification card number of the person delivering the regulated metals property to the secondary metals recycler;

(i) A photocopy of the current motor vehicle operator's license, state-issued identification card, or federal government-issued identification card of the person delivering the regulated metals property to the secondary metals recycler;

(j) A fingerprint from the person, but only if the person is delivering copper or catalytic converters. The fingerprint shall be taken from the right index finger, but if the right index finger is missing, the fingerprint shall be taken from the left index finger; and

(k) A date-and-time-stamped photograph or a date-and-time-stamped video recording of the regulated metals property.

(3) The vendor of the regulated metals property shall receive at no charge a plain written or printed receipt of the recorded transaction containing a copy of the entries required by this section.

(4) A secondary metals recycler shall keep and maintain the information required under this section for not less than one year after the date of the purchase of the regulated metals property.

Laws 2008, LB766, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-358.01 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-358.01
View Statute 28-358.01
Status: in_force

(1) Isolation means intentional acts (a) committed for the purpose of preventing, and which do prevent, a vulnerable adult or senior adult from having contact with family, friends, or concerned persons; (b) committed to prevent a vulnerable adult or senior adult from receiving his or her mail or telephone calls; (c) of physical or chemical restraint of a vulnerable adult or senior adult committed for purposes of preventing contact with visitors, family, friends, or other concerned persons; or (d) which restrict, place, or confine a vulnerable adult or senior adult in a restricted area for purposes of social deprivation or preventing contact with family, friends, visitors, or other concerned persons.

(2) Isolation does not include (a) medical isolation prescribed by a licensed physician caring for the vulnerable adult or senior adult; (b) action taken in compliance with a protection order issued under the Protection Orders Act, a valid foreign protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-123 or 26-124 , or an order excluding a person from certain premises issued pursuant to section 42-357 ; or (c) action authorized by an administrator of a nursing home pursuant to section 71-6021 .

Laws 2016, LB934, § 5;

Laws 2017, LB289, § 6;

Laws 2025, LB80, § 30.

Protection Orders Act, see section 26-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2619 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2619
View Statute 25-2619
Status: in_force

An initial application shall be made to the court of the county in which the agreement provides the arbitration hearing shall be held or, if the hearing has been held, in the county in which it was held. Otherwise the application shall be made in the county where the adverse party resides or has a place of business or, if he or she has no residence or place of business in this state, to the court of any county. All subsequent applications shall be made to the court hearing the initial application unless the court otherwise directs.

Laws 1987, LB 71, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2009 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2009
View Statute 13-2009
Status: in_force

Director shall mean the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment.

Laws 1992, LB 1257, § 9;

Laws 2019, LB302, § 17;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 37.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1662 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1662
View Statute 46-1662
Status: in_force

(1) During the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, breach, removal, or abandonment of any dam, the Chief Water Officer may make periodic inspections for the purpose of ascertaining compliance with the approved plans and specifications. The Chief Water Officer shall require the owner to direct the design engineer to provide adequate supervision during construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, breach, removal, or abandonment and to provide sufficient information to enable the Chief Water Officer to determine that conformity with the approved plans and specifications is being attained.

(2) If, after any inspection or investigation, during the construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, breach, removal, or abandonment of a dam or at any time prior to issuance of an approval to operate, it is found by the Chief Water Officer that modifications or changes are necessary to ensure the safety of the dam, the Chief Water Officer shall order the owner to revise his or her plans and specifications. The owner may, pursuant to section 46-1645 , request an independent consulting board to review the order of the Chief Water Officer.

(3) If at any time during construction, reconstruction, enlargement, alteration, breach, removal, or abandonment of any dam, the Chief Water Officer finds that the work is not being done in accordance with the approved plans and specifications, the Chief Water Officer shall deliver a written notice of noncompliance to the owner. The notice shall be delivered by registered mail or by personal service to the owner, shall state the particulars in which the approved plans and specifications are not being or have not been complied with, and shall order immediate compliance with the approved plans and specifications. The Chief Water Officer may order that no further work be done until such compliance has been effected and approved by the department.

(4) Failure to comply with the notice delivered under subsection (3) of this section may cause revocation of application approval by the Chief Water Officer. If compliance with the notice has not occurred within sixty days after the date of the notice, the Chief Water Officer shall order the incomplete structure removed sufficiently to eliminate any safety hazard to life.

Laws 2005, LB 335, § 62;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 300.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-550 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-550
View Statute 60-550
Status: in_force

Such deposit shall be held by the State Treasurer to satisfy, in accordance with the provisions of sections 60-501 to 60-569 , any execution on a judgment issued against such person making the deposit, for damages, including damages for care and loss of services, because of bodily injury to or death of any person, or for damages because of injury to or destruction of property, including the loss of use thereof, resulting from the ownership, maintenance, use or operation of a motor vehicle after such deposit was made. Money or securities so deposited shall not be subject to attachment or execution unless such attachment or execution shall arise out of a suit for damages as aforesaid.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 50, p. 499.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-131 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-131
View Statute 20-131
Status: in_force

It is the policy of this state that persons with disabilities shall be employed by the state, the political subdivisions of the state, the public schools, and all other employment supported in whole or in part by public funds on the same terms and conditions as persons without disabilities as required by the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act.

Laws 1971, LB 496, § 6;

R.S.Supp.,1971, § 43-638;

Laws 1993, LB 360, § 1.

Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act, see section 48-1125 .

This section setting forth the policy of the state to employ the blind and visually handicapped does not require the employment of firemen with visual handicaps where that disability would prevent the performance of the work involved. McCrea v. Cunningham, 202 Neb. 638, 277 N.W.2d 52 (1979).

This section setting forth the policy of the state to employ the blind and visually handicapped does not require the employment of firemen with visual handicaps where that disability would prevent the performance of the work involved. McCrea v. Cunningham, 202 Neb. 638, 277 N.W.2d 52 (1979).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1932 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1932
View Statute 71-1932
Status: in_force

A provisional license may be issued to an applicant for an initial residential child-caring agency or child-placing agency that substantially complies with requirements for licensure under the Children's Residential Facilities and Placing Licensure Act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the act if the failure to fully comply with such requirements does not pose a danger to the children residing in or served by the residential child-caring agency or child-placing agency. Such provisional license shall be valid for a period of up to one year, shall not be renewed, and may be converted to a regular license upon a showing that the agency fully complies with the requirements for licensure under the act and rules and regulations.

Laws 2013, LB265, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-403 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-403
View Statute 32-403
Status: in_force

The statewide general election shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 95.

There is more than one type of general election. This section does not govern time of holding general municipal election. Allen v. Tobin, 155 Neb. 212, 51 N.W.2d 338 (1952).

There is more than one type of general election. This section does not govern time of holding general municipal election. Allen v. Tobin, 155 Neb. 212, 51 N.W.2d 338 (1952).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-260 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-260
View Statute 58-260
Status: in_force

The bonds may be secured by a trust indenture, which trust indenture may be in the form of a bond resolution or similar contract, by and between the authority and a corporate trustee which may be any financial institution having the power of a trust company or any trust company within or outside the state. Such trust indenture may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the bondholders as may be reasonable and proper and not in violation of law, including covenants setting forth the duties of the authority in relation to the exercise of its powers and the custody, safekeeping, and application of all money. The authority may provide by the trust indenture for the payment of the proceeds of the bonds and the revenue to the trustee under the trust indenture or other depository and for the method of disbursement of such proceeds, with such safeguards and restrictions as the authority may determine. All expenses incurred in carrying out the trust indenture may be treated as a part of the operating expenses of the authority. If the bonds are secured by a trust indenture, the bondholders shall have no authority to appoint a separate trustee to represent them.

Laws 1983, LB 626, § 60;

Laws 1991, LB 253, § 59.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-2601 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2601
View Statute 8-2601
Status: in_force

Sections 8-2601 to 8-2615 shall be known and may be cited as the Credit Report Protection Act.

Laws 2007, LB674, § 1;

Laws 2016, LB835, § 1.

Consumer reporting agency, duty to furnish information to consumer, see section 20-149 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-320.01 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-320.01
View Statute 44-320.01
Status: in_force

Retirement of the capital stock of a domestic stock insurance company and the payment to the holders of such stock of its value under a plan for the mutualization of such company shall not constitute a sale of such stock within the prohibition of section 44-320 ; nor shall a contract to reinsure or assume the risks and business of another insurance company through reinsurance or consolidation as provided for by sections 44-224.01 to 44-224.10 , be deemed to be either a sale or purchase of property within the prohibition of section 44-320 .

Laws 1953, c. 149, § 1(2), p. 477;

Laws 1959, c. 198, § 2, p. 706.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2485 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2485
View Statute 71-2485
Status: in_force

Sections 71-2485 to 71-2495 shall be known and may be cited as the Opioid Prevention and Treatment Act.

Laws 2020, LB1124, § 1;

Laws 2024, LB1355, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-4119 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-4119
View Statute 2-4119
Status: in_force

No funds collected by the commission shall be expended directly or indirectly to promote or oppose any candidate for public office or to influence state legislation. The commission shall not expend more than twenty-five percent of its annual budget to influence federal legislation.

Laws 2020, LB803, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1084 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1084
View Statute 2-1084
Status: in_force

Person shall mean any body politic or corporate, society, community, the public generally, any individual, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, or association, or any agent of any such entity.

Laws 1988, LB 874, § 13;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 62.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2802 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-2802
View Statute 2-2802
Status: in_force

Qualifying organizations shall adopt and file with the Secretary of State a constitution and bylaws or articles of incorporation which are consistent with the purposes of sections 2-2801 to 2-2812 . The Attorney General shall render an opinion as to the eligibility of each association or society to receive and use appropriated funds.

Laws 1969, c. 2, § 2, p. 62.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2521 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2521
View Statute 18-2521
Status: in_force

Elections under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, either at a special election or regularly scheduled primary or general election, shall be called by the city clerk. Any special election to be conducted by the election commissioner or county clerk shall be subject to section 32-405 .

The city clerk shall cause notice of every such election to be printed in one or more legal newspapers in or of general circulation in such municipality at least once not less than thirty days prior to such election and also posted in the office of the city clerk and in at least three conspicuous places in such municipality at least thirty days prior to such election.

The city clerk shall make available for photocopying a copy in pamphlet form of measures initiated or referred. Such notice provided in this section shall designate where such a copy in pamphlet form may be obtained.

Laws 1982, LB 807, § 21;

Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 13;

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 502;

Laws 2003, LB 521, § 2;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 173.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-783 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-783
View Statute 31-783
Status: in_force

The city council of the city or board of trustees of the village shall review all petitions filed under section 31-781 and by formal vote of the council or board either grant or deny the petition. The vote shall be taken not later than the date of the first regular meeting of the council or board in July of the year in which the petition was filed.

Laws 1993, LB 210, § 3.