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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-138 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-138
View Statute 31-138
Status: in_force

The proceedings in regard to the hearing by the county board on the petition and surveyor's report, orders of the county board, appeals, letting of contracts for cleaning ditches as provided for by sections 31-135 to 31-137 , supervision thereof, assessment of cost and collection of the same shall be governed, so far as applicable, by the provisions of sections 31-101 to 31-134 relating to the original construction of ditches. Any expenses for clearing ditches and placing them in efficient condition shall be defrayed by a special tax on the lands benefited, apportioned as provided in sections 31-101 to 31-134 , for the original cost of constructing the ditch or ditches.

Laws 1911, c. 141, § 4, p. 465;

R.S.1913, § 1755;

C.S.1922, § 1702;

C.S.1929, § 31-138;

R.S.1943, § 31-138;

Laws 1961, c. 138, § 1, p. 396.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-365.10 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-365.10
View Statute 14-365.10
Status: in_force

The mayor and city council of any city of the metropolitan class, in addition to other sources of revenue available to the city, may by ordinance set up appropriate rental or use charges to be collected from users of its sewerage system and provide methods of collection of such charges, except that users shall include in part any users outside of such city where the sewer is directly or indirectly connected to the sewerage system of such city and users within any sanitary and improvement district now existing or hereafter organized under the laws of this state when the sewerage system, or any part thereof, of the sanitary and improvement district directly or indirectly connects to any part of the sewerage system of the city. Such charges shall be charged to each property served by the sewerage system, shall be a lien upon the property served, and may be collected either from the owner or the person, firm, or corporation using the service. All money raised from such charges shall be used for maintenance or operation of the existing sewerage system, for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued, as is provided for in section 14-365.06 , or to create a reserve fund for the payment of future maintenance, operation, or construction of a new sewerage system for or additions to the sewerage system of the city. Any funds raised from such charges shall be placed in a separate fund and not be used for any other purpose or diverted to any other fund.

Laws 1953, c. 24, § 10, p. 103;

Laws 1959, c. 32, § 5, p. 188;

Laws 1965, c. 38, § 2, p. 231;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 76.

Imposition of sewer use fee pursuant to contract between city and district was authorized. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. City of Omaha, 171 Neb. 609, 107 N.W.2d 397 (1961).

Imposition of sewer use fee pursuant to contract between city and district was authorized. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. City of Omaha, 171 Neb. 609, 107 N.W.2d 397 (1961).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 10-1103 — NE Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10-1103
View Statute 10-1103
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Nebraska Governmental Unit Security Interest Act:

(1) Authorizing statute means any statute which authorizes the issuance of bonds;

(2) Bond means any bond, note, warrant, loan agreement, lease, lease-purchase agreement, pledge agreement, agreement authorized by the governing body of a generating power agency pursuant to section 70-682 , or other evidence of indebtedness for which a security interest is granted or a pledge made upon revenue or other property, including any limited tax revenue, to provide for payment or security;

(3) Governmental unit means the State of Nebraska, any county, school district, city, village, public power district, sanitary and improvement district, educational service unit, community college area, natural resources district, airport authority, fire protection district, hospital authority, joint entity created under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, joint public agency, instrumentality, or any other district, authority, or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska and governmental units as defined in subdivision (a)(45) of section 9-102 , Uniform Commercial Code;

(4) Measure means any ordinance, resolution, or other enactment authorizing the issuance of bonds or authorizing an indenture with respect to bonds pursuant to an authorizing statute; and

(5) Owner means any holder, registered owner, or beneficial owner of a bond.

Laws 2000, LB 929, § 19;

Laws 2016, LB897, § 1.

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7315 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7315
View Statute 44-7315
Status: in_force

The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Health Carrier Grievance Procedure Act.

Laws 1998, LB 1162, § 80.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-128 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-128
View Statute 46-128
Status: in_force

The use of all water required for the irrigation of lands of any district formed under the provisions of sections 46-101 to 46-128 , together with canals and ditches already constructed, the rights-of-way for canals and ditches, sites for reservoirs and pumping plants, and all other property required in fully carrying out the provisions of sections 46-101 to 46-1,111 , is hereby declared to be a public use, subject to the regulation and control of the state in the manner prescribed by law.

Laws 1895, c. 70, § 10, p. 277;

Laws 1903, c. 121, § 1, p. 619;

Laws 1905, c. 166, § 1, p. 651;

Laws 1909, c. 157, § 1, p. 568;

Laws 1911, c. 159, § 1, p. 528;

Laws 1913, c. 226, § 1, p. 657;

R.S.1913, § 3466;

Laws 1915, c. 69, § 3, p. 175;

C.S.1922, § 2866;

C.S.1929, § 46-110;

R.S.1943, § 46-128.

This section does no more than provide that land necessarily taken to benefit an irrigation district is taken for a public use, and whether the use for which property is taken is public or private in nature is a judicial question, not a legislative one. Chimney Rock Irr. Dist. v. Fawcus Springs Irr. Dist., 218 Neb. 777, 359 N.W.2d 100 (1984).

This section does no more than provide that land necessarily taken to benefit an irrigation district is taken for a public use, and whether the use for which property is taken is public or private in nature is a judicial question, not a legislative one. Chimney Rock Irr. Dist. v. Fawcus Springs Irr. Dist., 218 Neb. 777, 359 N.W.2d 100 (1984).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3406 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-3406
View Statute 44-3406
Status: in_force

The director may authorize a lower score than the Flesch reading ease score required in subsection (1) of section 44-3405 whenever, in his or her sole discretion, he or she finds that a lower score: (1) Will provide a more accurate reflection of the readability of a policy form; (2) is warranted by the nature of a particular policy form or type or class of policy forms; or (3) is caused by certain policy language which is drafted to conform to the requirements of any state law, regulation, or agency interpretation.

Laws 1979, LB 415, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-910.05 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-910.05
View Statute 57-910.05
Status: in_force

Upon application by an owner the commission, by order, may, in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as in an original order, provide for the unit operation of a pool or pools, or parts thereof, that embrace a unit area established by a previous order of the commission. Such order, in providing for the allocation of unit production, shall first treat the unit area previously established as a single tract, and the portion of the unit production so allocated thereto shall then be allocated among the separately owned tracts included in such previously established unit area in the same proportions as those specified in the previous order.

Laws 1965, c. 343, § 6, p. 979.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-2222 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-2222
View Statute 44-2222
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, an index-linked variable annuity is a variable annuity that includes index-linked crediting features, either in the contract or added to such contract by rider, endorsement, or amendment, that credit interest based on the performance of an index, subject to index parameters including, but not limited to, caps, participation rates, spreads or margins, trigger or step rates, or other crediting elements, and may lose value subject to limitations including, but not limited to, a floor or a buffer. An index-linked variable annuity may be combined in a single contract with a variable annuity with unitized separate accounts, a fixed annuity, or both.

(2) Notwithstanding section 44-2212 , a separate investment account established to hold assets of index-linked variable annuity contracts may be uninsulated and chargeable with any liabilities arising out of any other separate investment account or any other business of the company which has no specific and determinable relation to or dependence upon such separate account.

(3) If a separate investment account established to hold assets of index-linked variable annuity contracts is uninsulated, then the following provisions shall apply:

(a) Notwithstanding section 44-402.02 , such separate account is not required to have the income, gains, and losses, realized or unrealized, from assets allocated to such account credited to or charged against such account;

(b) Notwithstanding section 44-402.03 , amounts allocated to such separate account and accumulations thereon must be invested and reinvested in accordance with the requirements or limitations prescribed by the laws of this state governing the investments of life insurance companies and the investments in such separate account or accounts shall be taken into account in applying investment limitations otherwise applicable to investments of such company;

(c) Notwithstanding sections 44-402.03 and 44-2213 , assets, other than derivatives, may be held by such separate account, and transferred between the general account and such separate account, at book value or market value; and

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (1) of section 44-5103 , the assets of such separate account are admitted assets.

Laws 2024, LB1073, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5235 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5235
View Statute 44-5235
Status: in_force

Class of business shall mean all or a separate grouping of small employers established pursuant to section 44-5257 .

Laws 1994, LB 1222, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-112 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-112
View Statute 43-112
Status: in_force

An appeal shall be allowed from any final order, judgment, or decree, rendered under the authority of sections 43-101 to 43-115 , from the county court to the Court of Appeals in the same manner as an appeal from district court to the Court of Appeals.

An appeal may be taken by any party and may also be taken by any person against whom the final judgment or final order may be made or who may be affected thereby. The judgment of the Court of Appeals shall not vacate the judgment of the county court. The judgment of the Court of Appeals shall be certified without cost to the county court for further proceedings consistent with the determination of the Court of Appeals.

Laws 1943, c. 104, § 10, p. 352;

R.S.1943, § 43-112;

Laws 1981, LB 42, § 22;

Laws 1995, LB 538, § 8;

Laws 2022, LB741, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-970 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-970
View Statute 2-970
Status: in_force

The Riparian Vegetation Management Task Force, in consultation with appropriate federal agencies, shall develop and prioritize vegetation management goals and objectives, analyze the cost-effectiveness of available vegetation treatment, and develop plans and policies to achieve such goals and objectives. Any plan shall utilize the principles of integrated vegetation management and sound science. The task force shall convene within thirty days after the appointment of the members is complete to elect a chairperson and conduct such other business as deemed necessary. An annual report shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by June 30 each year with the first report due on June 30, 2017. The report submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. It is the intent of the Legislature that expenses of the task force not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars of the total appropriation to the program per fiscal year.

Laws 2016, LB1038, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3985 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3985
2-3985
Status: in_force

All facilities producing milk for manufacturing purposes shall meet the following requirements:

(1) The udders and teats of all dairy animals shall be washed or wiped immediately before milking with a clean damp cloth or paper towel moistened with a sanitizing solution and wiped dry or by any other sanitary method. The milker's clothing shall be clean and his or her hands clean and dry. Dairy animals treated with drugs shall be milked last and the milk excluded from the supply for such period of time as is necessary to have the milk free from drug residues;

(2) Milk stools, antikickers, and surcingles shall be kept clean and properly stored. Dusty hay shall not be fed in the milking facility immediately before milking. Strong flavored feeds should not be fed before milking; and

(3) Drugs shall be stored in such manner that they cannot contaminate the milk or dairy products or milk contact areas. Unapproved or improperly labeled drugs shall not be used to treat dairy animals and shall not be stored in the barn or milking facility. Drugs intended for the treatment of nonlactating dairy animals shall be segregated from drugs used for lactating dairy animals. All drugs shall be properly labeled to include:

(a) The name and address of the manufacturer or distributor for drugs or veterinary practitioners dispensing the product for prescription and extra-labeling-use drugs;

(b) The established name of the active ingredient, or if formulated from more than one ingredient, the established name of each ingredient;

(c) Directions for use, including the class or species or identification of the animals, and the dosage, frequency, route of administration, and duration of therapy;

(d) Any cautionary statements; and

(e) The specified withdrawal or discard time for meat, milk, eggs, or any food which might be derived from the treated animal.

Laws 1969, c. 5, § 11, p. 75;

R.S.1943, (1976), § 81-263.97;

Laws 1980, LB 632, § 21;

Laws 1989, LB 38, § 3;

Laws 1993, LB 268, § 7;

R.S.1943, (1997), § 2-3921;

Laws 2007, LB111, § 21.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-103.01 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-103.01
View Statute 66-103.01
Status: in_force

For the purposes of sections 66-103 to 66-106 , containers or portable tanks shall mean containers or portable tanks which conform to standards which the State Fire Marshal shall adopt and promulgate by rules and regulations. The State Fire Marshal may adopt the standards, or any part of such standards, recommended for containers or portable tanks by the National Fire Protection Association.

Laws 1985, LB 441, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3755 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3755
View Statute 2-3755
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning August 1, 1987, there shall be paid to the commission a fee of six cents per hundredweight upon all dry beans grown in the state during 1987 and thereafter and sold through commercial channels. Beginning January 1, 1989, until July 31, 2015, the commission may, whenever it determines that the fees provided by this section are yielding more or less than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of the Dry Bean Resources Act, reduce or increase such fee for such period as it shall deem justifiable, but not less than one year and not to exceed ten cents per hundredweight.

(2) Beginning August 1, 2015, the fee imposed by this section shall be fifteen cents per hundredweight. Beginning January 1, 2017, the commission may, whenever it determines that the fees provided by this section are yielding more or less than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of the act, reduce or increase such fee for such period as it shall deem justifiable, but not less than one year and not to exceed twenty-four cents per hundredweight.

(3) Two-thirds of the fee levied under this section shall be paid by the grower at the time of sale or delivery and shall be collected by the first purchaser. The first purchaser shall pay the remaining one-third of the fee. No dry beans shall be subject to the fee more than once.

Laws 1987, LB 145, § 21;

Laws 2015, LB242, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1513 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1513
View Statute 23-1513
Status: in_force

The register of deeds shall keep a numerical index. If the book form of recording is used, such index shall be as nearly as practicable in the following form:

Numerical Index Section Township

N.E. 1/4 N.W. 1/4 Grantee Grantor Kind of Instrument

County, Nebraska Range

S.W. 1/4 S.E. 1/4 Acres Book Page Remarks

Laws 1885, c. 41, § 7, p. 222;

Laws 1887, c. 30, § 9, p. 366;

R.S.1913, § 5628;

C.S.1922, § 4955;

C.S.1929, § 26-1213;

R.S.1943, § 23-1513;

Laws 1984, LB 679, § 9.

Abstracter must consult numerical index as well as general index. Crook v. Chilvers, 99 Neb. 684, 157 N.W. 617 (1916).

Abstracter must consult numerical index as well as general index. Crook v. Chilvers, 99 Neb. 684, 157 N.W. 617 (1916).

Index is a public record, and register of deeds must report fees received for certified copy of same. State ex rel. Miller v. Sovereign, 17 Neb. 173, 22 N.W. 353 (1885).

Index is a public record, and register of deeds must report fees received for certified copy of same. State ex rel. Miller v. Sovereign, 17 Neb. 173, 22 N.W. 353 (1885).

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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-402.02 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-402.02
View Statute 29-402.02
Status: in_force

Any peace officer may arrest without warrant any person he has probable cause for believing has committed larceny in retail or wholesale establishments.

Laws 1957, c. 101, § 2, p. 361.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5240.01 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5240.01
View Statute 44-5240.01
Status: in_force

Enrollment date means the first day of coverage in the health benefit plan or, if earlier, the first day of the waiting period.

Laws 2000, LB 1253, § 35.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-384 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-384
View Statute 14-384
Status: in_force

As used in sections 14-384 to 14-3,127 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Alley means an established public way for vehicles and pedestrians affording a secondary means of access in the rear to properties abutting on a street or highway;

(2) Boulevard means a street for noncommercial traffic with full or partial control of access, usually located within a park or a ribbon of park-like development;

(3) City means a city of the metropolitan class;

(4) Connecting link means the roads, streets, and highways designated as part of the State Highway System and which are within the corporate limits of a city of the metropolitan class;

(5) Controlled-access facility means a highway or street especially designed for through traffic, and over, from, or to which owners or occupants of abutting land or other persons have no right or easement or only a controlled right or easement of access, light, air, or view by reason of the fact that their property abuts on such controlled-access facility or for any other reason;

(6) Highway means a road or street including the entire area within the right-of-way which has been designated a part of the State Highway System by appropriate authority;

(7) Main thoroughfare means a street primarily for through travel having been determined as such by the city and contained as such in the master plan of the city;

(8) Major traffic street means a street primarily for through traffic and contained as such in the master plan of the city;

(9) Street means a public way for the purpose of vehicular and pedestrian travel in the city and shall include the entire area within the right-of-way; and

(10) Temporary surfacing means surfacing applied to any street, connecting link, controlled-access facility, main thoroughfare, highway, or boulevard wherein it is planned by the city that the grade or surfacing of any such street, link, facility, thoroughfare, highway, or boulevard shall be changed within two years from the date of completion of such temporary surfacing and a permanent grade established or surfacing applied.

Laws 1959, c. 36, § 1, p. 195;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 90.

State highway system, see Chapter 39, article 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-840 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-840
View Statute 9-840
Status: in_force

(1) The director shall make a continuous study of the State Lottery Act to ascertain any defects in the act or in the rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to the act which could result in abuses in the administration and operation of lottery games or the act or in any evasion of such act or rules and regulations and shall report his or her findings to the Tax Commissioner for the purpose of making recommendations for improvement in the act.

(2) The director shall make a continuous study of the operation and the administration of similar laws which may be in effect in other states, any written materials on the subject which are published or available, any federal laws which may affect the operation of the state lottery, and the reaction of citizens to existing and potential features of the state lottery in order to recommend changes which will serve the purposes of the act.

Laws 1991, LB 849, § 40;

Laws 1993, LB 138, § 59.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-387.01 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-387.01
View Statute 60-387.01
Status: in_force

Evidence of insurance may be displayed as an electronic image on an electronic device. If a person displays evidence of insurance on an electronic device, the person is not consenting for law enforcement to access other contents of the device. Whenever a person presents an electronic device for purposes of evidence of insurance, the person presenting the electronic device assumes liability for any damage to the device.

Laws 2014, LB816, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-410 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-410
View Statute 9-410
Status: in_force

Licensed organization shall mean a nonprofit organization or a volunteer fire company or volunteer first-aid, rescue, ambulance, or emergency squad licensed to conduct a lottery or raffle under the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act.

Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 131;

Laws 2002, LB 545, § 38.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6403 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 44-6403
44-6403
Status: in_force

Affiliated insurer shall mean an insurer who directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with another person.

Laws 1986, LB 573, § 6;

R.S.1943, (1988), § 60-576;

Laws 1994, LB 1074, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2126 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2126
View Statute 18-2126
Status: in_force

Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, be payable upon demand or mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.

Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(3), p. 812;

R.R.S.1943, § 14-1626;

R.R.S.1943, § 19-2626;

Laws 1969, c. 51, § 71, p. 319.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-3017 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3017
View Statute 8-3017
Status: in_force

The hearing required by section 8-3016 shall be conducted under the Administrative Procedure Act and shall comply with the requirements of the act.

Laws 2021, LB649, § 17;

Laws 2023, LB92, § 31.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .