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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-176 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-176
View Statute 48-176
Status: in_force

Within seven days after the return day of such summons the party at interest upon whom the same is served shall file an answer to such petition, which shall admit or deny the substantial averments of the petition, and shall state the contention of the defendant with reference to the matters in dispute as disclosed by the petition.

Laws 1935, c. 57, § 13, p. 193;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-174;

R.S.1943, § 48-176;

Laws 1978, LB 649, § 7.

Answer is required to state the contention of the defendant with respect to the matters in dispute. Shada v. Whitney, 172 Neb. 220, 109 N.W.2d 167 (1961).

Answer is required to state the contention of the defendant with respect to the matters in dispute. Shada v. Whitney, 172 Neb. 220, 109 N.W.2d 167 (1961).

Evidence of second injury was admissible under general denial. Towner v. Western Contracting Corp., 164 Neb. 235, 82 N.W.2d 253 (1957).

Evidence of second injury was admissible under general denial. Towner v. Western Contracting Corp., 164 Neb. 235, 82 N.W.2d 253 (1957).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-208.08 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-208.08
View Statute 71-208.08
Status: in_force

(1) Cosmetologists licensed in the State of Nebraska attending a barber school or college may be given credit of one thousand hours of training applied toward the course hours required for graduation.

(2) Barbers licensed in the State of Nebraska attending a school of cosmetology may be given credit of one thousand hours of training applied toward the course hours required for graduation.

Laws 1978, LB 722, § 7;

Laws 2018, LB731, § 83.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2740 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2740
View Statute 30-2740
Status: in_force

On death of a sole owner or the last to die of all multiple owners, ownership of securities registered in beneficiary form passes to the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survive all owners. On proof of death of all owners and compliance with any applicable requirements of the registering entity, a security registered in beneficiary form may be reregistered in the name of the beneficiary or beneficiaries who survived the death of all owners. Until division of the security after the death of all owners, multiple beneficiaries surviving the death of all owners hold their interests as tenants in common. If no beneficiary survives the death of all owners, the security belongs to the estate of the deceased sole owner or the estate of the last to die of all multiple owners.

Laws 1993, LB 250, § 26.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-643 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-643
View Statute 48-643
Status: in_force

Witnesses subpoenaed pursuant to sections 48-629 to 48-644 shall be allowed fees at a rate fixed by the commissioner, not to exceed the amount allowed for witness fees in district court. Such fees shall be deemed an expense of administering the Employment Security Law.

Laws 1937, c. 108, § 6, p. 380;

Laws 1941, c. 94, § 4, p. 389;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 48-706;

R.S.1943, § 48-643;

Laws 1985, LB 339, § 29;

Laws 2017, LB172, § 57.

For witness fees in district court, see section 33-139 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-206 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-206
View Statute 16-206
Status: in_force

A city of the first class may collect a license tax from the owners and harborers of dogs and other animals in an amount which shall be determined by the city council and enforce the license tax by appropriate penalties. Any licensing provision shall comply with subsection (2) of section 54-603 for service animals. The city may cause the destruction of any dog or other animal for which the owner or harborer shall refuse or neglect to pay such license tax. The city may regulate, license, or prohibit the running at large of dogs and other animals and guard against injuries or annoyances therefrom and authorize the destruction of such dogs and other animals when running at large contrary to any ordinance.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, X, p. 247;

R.S.1913, § 4822;

C.S.1922, § 3990;

C.S.1929, § 16-207;

R.S.1943, § 16-206;

Laws 1959, c. 59, § 1, p. 253;

Laws 1971, LB 478, § 1;

Laws 1981, LB 501, § 3;

Laws 1997, LB 814, § 4;

Laws 2008, LB806, § 3;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-908 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-908
38-908
Status: in_force

An applicant for licensure under the Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practice Act to practice as a clinical nurse specialist shall be licensed as a registered nurse under the Nurse Practice Act or have the authority based on the Nurse Licensure Compact to practice as a registered nurse in Nebraska and shall submit to the department the following:

(1) Evidence that the applicant holds a graduate degree in a nursing clinical specialty area or has a graduate degree in nursing and has successfully completed a graduate-level clinical nurse specialist education program; and

(2) Evidence of certification issued by an approved certifying body or, when such certification is not available, an alternative method of competency assessment by any means approved by the board.

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 3;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-17,119;

Laws 2007, LB185, § 29;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 260.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practice Act, see section 38-201 .

Credentialing, general requirements and issuance procedures, see section 38-121 et seq.

Nurse Licensure Compact, see sections 71-1795 to 71-1795.02 .

Nurse Practice Act, see section 38-2201 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1023 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1023
View Statute 46-1023
Status: in_force

Whenever a petition as provided in section 46-1022 is filed with the county clerk, the county clerk shall thereupon give notice to the county board of the filing and pendency of such petition and the county board shall forthwith fix a time and place within thirty days after the date of filing of the petition for a hearing of the same, and the county clerk shall, at least seven days before the date fixed for such hearing, give or send by registered or certified mail written notice thereof to the chairperson of each district seeking consolidation and shall transmit to the Chief Water Officer one copy of the petition and notice of the time and place the same is set for hearing. The county clerk shall also, at least seven days before the date fixed for such hearing, cause a notice of the hearing to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. The published notice shall (1) identify by name the districts seeking consolidation; (2) state the time and place of the hearing; (3) state that all interested persons may appear and be heard; and (4) state that a consolidated water district shall have no power or authority to levy any taxes whatsoever.

Laws 1972, LB 1502, § 4;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 233;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 256.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2711 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-2711
38-2711
Status: in_force

The board shall adopt and publish a code of ethics for perfusionists and maintain a record of every perfusionist licensed in this state which includes his or her place of business, place of residence, and license date and number.

Laws 2007, LB236, § 18;

R.S.Supp.,2007, § 71-1,400.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2918 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2918
View Statute 25-2918
Status: in_force

(1) The Supreme Court, upon recommendation by the director in consultation with the council, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Dispute Resolution Act.

(2) The office may adopt and promulgate policies and procedures to carry out the Dispute Resolution Act.

Laws 1991, LB 90, § 18;

Laws 2019, LB595, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1952 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1952
View Statute 71-1952
Status: in_force

Sections 71-1952 to 71-1964 shall be known and may be cited as the Step Up to Quality Child Care Act.

Laws 2013, LB507, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-806 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-806
View Statute 71-806
Status: in_force

(1) The division shall act as the chief behavioral health authority for the State of Nebraska and shall direct the administration and coordination of the public behavioral health system, including, but not limited to: (a) Administration and management of the division, regional centers, and any other facilities and programs operated by the division; (b) integration and coordination of the public behavioral health system; (c) comprehensive statewide planning for the provision of an appropriate array of community-based behavioral health services and continuum of care; (d) coordination and oversight of regional behavioral health authorities, including approval of regional budgets and audits of regional behavioral health authorities; (e) development and management of data and information systems; (f) prioritization and approval of all expenditures of funds received and administered by the division, including: The establishment of rates to be paid; reimbursement methodologies for behavioral health services; methodologies to be used by regional behavioral health authorities in determining a consumer's financial eligibility as provided in subsection (2) of section 71-809 ; and fees and copays to be paid by consumers of such services; (g) cooperation with the department in the licensure and regulation of behavioral health professionals, programs, and facilities; (h) cooperation with the department in the provision of behavioral health services under the medical assistance program; (i) audits of behavioral health programs and services; (j) promotion of activities in research and education to improve the quality of behavioral health services, recruitment and retention of behavioral health professionals, and access to behavioral health programs and services; and (k) establishment of standards for peer services, including standards for training programs and for training, certification of, and service delivery by individuals.

(2) The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Nebraska Behavioral Health Services Act.

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 6;

Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 75;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 456;

Laws 2012, LB871, § 1;

Laws 2017, LB417, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2822 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-2822
View Statute 29-2822
Status: in_force

When any writ of habeas corpus shall have been allowed, the court or judge to which the same shall be returned, or into which it shall be adjourned, shall, for good cause shown, continue the cause and shall make order for the safekeeping of the person imprisoned, or detain him, as the nature of the case may require.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 374, p. 809;

R.S.1913, § 9268;

C.S.1922, § 10297;

C.S.1929, § 29-2822;

R.S.1943, § 29-2822.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2202 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2202
View Statute 13-2202
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Local Government Miscellaneous Expenditure Act:

(1) Elected and appointed officials and employees shall mean the elected and appointed officials and employees of any local government;

(2) Governing body shall mean, in the case of a city of any class, the city council; in the case of a village, cemetery district, community hospital for two or more adjoining counties, county hospital, road improvement district, sanitary drainage district, or sanitary and improvement district, the board of trustees; in the case of a county, the county board; in the case of a municipal county, the council; in the case of a township, the town board; in the case of a school district, the school board; in the case of a rural or suburban fire protection district, reclamation district, natural resources district, regional metropolitan transit authority, or hospital district, the board of directors; in the case of a county, district, or city-county health department, the board of health; in the case of an educational service unit, the board; in the case of a community college, the Community College Board of Governors for the area the board serves; in the case of an airport authority, the airport authority board; in the case of a weed control authority, the board; in the case of a county agricultural society, the board of governors; and in the case of a learning community, the learning community coordinating council;

(3) Local government shall mean cities of any class, villages, cemetery districts, community hospitals for two or more adjoining counties, county hospitals, road improvement districts, counties, townships, sanitary drainage districts, sanitary and improvement districts, school districts, rural or suburban fire protection districts, reclamation districts, natural resources districts, regional metropolitan transit authorities, hospital districts, county health departments, district health departments, city-county health departments, educational service units, community colleges, airport authorities, weed control authorities, county agricultural societies, and learning communities;

(4) Public funds shall mean such public funds as defined in section 13-503 as are under the direct control of governing bodies of local governments;

(5) Public meeting shall mean all regular, special, or called meetings, formal or informal, of any governing body for the purposes of briefing, discussion of public business, formation of tentative policy, or the taking of any action of the governing body; and

(6) Volunteer shall mean a person who is not an elected or appointed official or an employee of a local government and who, at the request or with the permission of the local government, engages in activities related to the purposes or functions of the local government or for its general benefit.

Laws 1993, LB 734, § 10;

Laws 1997, LB 250, § 3;

Laws 2001, LB 142, § 27;

Laws 2009, LB392, § 4;

Laws 2019, LB492, § 31;

Laws 2024, LB1143, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4716 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-4716
43-4716
Status: in_force

(1) The Nebraska Strengthening Families Act Committee is created.

(2) The Nebraska Strengthening Families Act Committee shall monitor and make recommendations regarding the implementation in Nebraska of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, Public Law 113-183, as such act existed on January 1, 2017, and the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act.

(3) The members of the committee shall include, but not be limited to, (a) representatives from the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government. The representatives from the legislative and judicial branches shall be nonvoting, ex officio members, (b) no fewer than three young adults currently or previously in foster care which may be filled on a rotating basis by members of Project Everlast or a similar youth support or advocacy group, (c) a representative from the juvenile probation system, (d) the executive director of the Foster Care Review Office, (e) one or more representatives from a child welfare advocacy organization, (f) one or more representatives from a child welfare service agency, (g) one or more representatives from an agency providing independent living services, (h) one or more representatives of a child-care institution as defined in section 43-4703 , (i) one or more current or former foster parents, (j) one or more parents who have experience in the foster care system, (k) one or more professionals who have relevant practical experience such as a caseworker, and (l) one or more guardians ad litem who practice in juvenile court.

(4) Members shall be appointed for terms of two years. The Nebraska Children's Commission shall appoint a chairperson or chairpersons of the committee and may fill vacancies on the committee as such vacancies occur.

(5) The committee shall provide a written report with recommendations regarding the initial and ongoing implementation of the federal Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act, as such act existed on January 1, 2017, and the Nebraska Strengthening Families Act and related efforts to improve normalcy for children in foster care and related populations to the Nebraska Children's Commission, the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Governor by September 1 of each year. The report to the Health and Human Services Committee of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.

Laws 2016, LB746, § 23;

Laws 2017, LB225, § 7;

Laws 2018, LB732, § 3;

R.S.Supp.,2018, § 43-4218;

Laws 2019, LB600, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-524 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-524
View Statute 37-524
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation to import into the state or possess aquatic invasive species, the animal known as the San Juan rabbit, or any other species of wild vertebrate animal, including domesticated cervine animals as defined in section 54-2914 , declared by the commission following public hearing and consultation with the Department of Agriculture to constitute a serious threat to economic or ecologic conditions, except that the commission may authorize by specific written permit the acquisition and possession of such species for educational or scientific purposes. It shall also be unlawful to release to the wild any nonnative bird or nonnative mammal without written authorization from the commission. Any person, partnership, limited liability company, association, or corporation violating the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.

(2) Following public hearing and consultation with the Department of Agriculture, the commission may, by rule and regulation, regulate or limit the importation and possession of any aquatic invasive species or wild vertebrate animal, including a domesticated cervine animal as defined in section 54-2914 , which is found to constitute a serious threat to economic or ecologic conditions.

Laws 1957, c. 139, § 20, p. 474;

Laws 1967, c. 222, § 1, p. 597;

Laws 1973, LB 331, § 7;

Laws 1977, LB 40, § 205;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 203;

Laws 1993, LB 830, § 9;

Laws 1995, LB 718, § 5;

R.S.Supp.,1996, § 37-719;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 244;

Laws 2012, LB391, § 8;

Laws 2020, LB344, § 62.

Domesticated Cervine Animal Act, possession of certain animals prohibited, see section 54-2324 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-401 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-401
View Statute 71-401
Status: in_force

Sections 71-401 to 71-479 shall be known and may be cited as the Health Care Facility Licensure Act.

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 1;

Laws 2001, LB 398, § 65;

Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 41;

Laws 2007, LB203, § 1;

Laws 2009, LB288, § 31;

Laws 2010, LB849, § 19;

Laws 2010, LB999, § 1;

Laws 2011, LB34, § 1;

Laws 2011, LB542, § 1;

Laws 2012, LB1077, § 1;

Laws 2013, LB459, § 1;

Laws 2015, LB37, § 68;

Laws 2016, LB698, § 17;

Laws 2016, LB722, § 12;

Laws 2017, LB166, § 19;

Laws 2018, LB731, § 92;

Laws 2018, LB1034, § 50;

Laws 2020, LB1052, § 5;

Laws 2020, LB1053, § 3;

Laws 2022, LB697, § 1;

Laws 2023, LB227, § 70.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1087 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1087
View Statute 38-1087
Status: in_force

The procedure for renewing a salon license shall be in accordance with section 38-143 , except that in addition to all other requirements, the salon shall submit evidence of minimal property damage, bodily injury, and liability insurance coverage for the salon.

Laws 1986, LB 318, § 86;

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 86;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-3,125;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 349.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-449 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-449
View Statute 71-449
Status: in_force

(1) The department may impose any one or a combination of the following types of disciplinary action against the license of a health care facility or health care service:

(a) A fine not to exceed ten thousand dollars per violation;

(b) A prohibition on admissions or readmissions, a limitation on enrollment, or a prohibition or limitation on the provision of care or treatment;

(c) A period of probation not to exceed two years during which the facility or service may continue to operate under terms and conditions fixed by the order of probation;

(d) A period of suspension not to exceed three years during which the facility or service may not operate; and

(e) Revocation which is a permanent termination of the license and the licensee may not apply for a license for a minimum of two years after the effective date of the revocation.

(2) Any fine imposed and unpaid under the Health Care Facility Licensure Act shall constitute a debt to the State of Nebraska which may be collected in the manner of a lien foreclosure or sued for and recovered in any proper form of action in the name of the State of Nebraska in the district court of the county in which the facility or service is located. The department shall, within thirty days after receipt, remit fines to the State Treasurer for credit to the permanent school fund.

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 49.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1225 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1225
View Statute 71-1225
Status: in_force

All mental health board hearings under the Sex Offender Commitment Act shall be closed to the public except at the request of the subject and shall be held in a courtroom or at any convenient and suitable place designated by the mental health board. The board shall have the right to conduct the proceeding where the subject is currently residing if the subject is unable to travel.

Laws 2006, LB 1199, § 81.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-732 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-732
View Statute 42-732
Status: in_force

(a) A support enforcement agency or tribunal of this state shall disburse promptly any amounts received pursuant to a support order, as directed by the order. The agency or tribunal shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of another state or a foreign country a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amounts and dates of all payments received.

(b) If neither the obligor, nor the obligee who is an individual, nor the child resides in this state, upon request from the support enforcement agency of this state or another state, the support enforcement agency of this state or a tribunal of this state shall:

(1) direct that the support payment be made to the support enforcement agency in the state in which the obligee is receiving services; and

(2) issue and send to the obligor's employer a conforming income withholding order or an administrative notice of change of payee, reflecting the redirected payments.

(c) The support enforcement agency of this state receiving redirected payments from another state pursuant to a law similar to subsection (b) of this section shall furnish to a requesting party or tribunal of the other state a certified statement by the custodian of the record of the amount and dates of all payments received.

Laws 1993, LB 500, § 32;

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 69;

Laws 2015, LB415, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1917 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1917
View Statute 71-1917
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of licensing a school-age child care program, a school-age child care program which operates in an accredited or approved school under the rules and regulations of the State Department of Education shall be deemed to meet the standards of the State Department of Education for the care and protection of children. The Department of Health and Human Services shall provide for inspections of school-age child care programs to determine compliance with this section. If a school-age child care program accepts reimbursement from a state or federal program, the Department of Health and Human Services shall also determine whether the school-age child care program complies with the requirements of the state or federal program for such reimbursement.

(2) The Department of Health and Human Services may, in consultation with the State Department of Education, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations as necessary to implement this section.

Laws 2018, LB1034, § 62.