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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2548 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2548
View Statute 13-2548
Status: in_force

The State of Nebraska does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and with those persons who may enter into contracts with any joint public agency under the Joint Public Agency Act that the state will not alter, impair, or limit the rights thereby vested until the bonds, together with applicable interest, are fully met and discharged and such contracts are fully performed. Nothing contained in the Joint Public Agency Act shall preclude such alteration, impairment, or limitation if and when adequate provisions are made by law for the protection of the holders of the bonds or persons entering into contracts with any joint public agency. Each joint public agency may include this pledge and undertaking for the state in such bonds or contracts.

Laws 1999, LB 87, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-526 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-526
View Statute 31-526
Status: in_force

Such election shall be held in the same manner as elections for the original organization of a sanitary drainage district under sections 31-501 to 31-523 .

Laws 1919, c. 240, § 3, p. 1001;

C.S.1922, § 1882;

C.S.1929, § 31-620;

R.S.1943, § 31-526.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-3405 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3405
View Statute 13-3405
Status: in_force

(1) A political subdivision may increase its property tax request authority over the amount determined under section 13-3403 if such increase is approved by a majority of legal voters voting on the issue at an election described in subsection (2) of this section. Such issue shall be placed on the ballot (a) upon the recommendation of the governing body of such political subdivision or (b) upon the receipt by the county clerk or election commissioner of a petition requesting such issue to be placed on the ballot which is signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the political subdivision. The recommendation of the governing body or the petition of the legal voters shall include the amount by which the political subdivision would increase its property tax request authority over and above the amount determined under section 13-3403 .

(2) Upon receipt of such recommendation or legal voter petition, the county clerk or election commissioner shall place such issue on the ballot at the next regularly scheduled election or a special election called for such purpose. The election shall be held pursuant to the Election Act, and all costs shall be paid by the political subdivision. The issue may be approved on the same question as a vote to exceed the levy limits provided in section 77-3444 . If a majority of the votes cast on the issue are in favor of increasing the political subdivision's property tax request authority, the political subdivision shall be empowered to do so.

Laws 2024, First Spec. Sess., LB34, § 5;

Laws 2025, LB647, § 15.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-502 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-502
View Statute 70-502
Status: in_force

For the purpose of selling or purchasing electrical energy for lighting, heating or power purposes, any city, village, or public electric light and power district in this state is hereby authorized to enter into agreements to connect and interconnect its electric light and power plants, distribution system and transmission lines with the electric light and power plant, distribution system or transmission lines of any one or more other cities, villages, or public electric light and power districts in this state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the contracting cities, villages, and public power districts.

Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 2;

Laws 1931, c. 116, § 2, p. 337;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-602;

R.S.1943, § 70-502.

This section does not prevent a second-class city from contracting for wholesale power requirement if and when city acquired distribution system. City of O'Neill v. Consumers P. P. Dist., 179 Neb. 773, 140 N.W.2d 644 (1966).

This section does not prevent a second-class city from contracting for wholesale power requirement if and when city acquired distribution system. City of O'Neill v. Consumers P. P. Dist., 179 Neb. 773, 140 N.W.2d 644 (1966).

The provisions of this section were modified by legislative act creating the Nebraska Power Review Board. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965).

The provisions of this section were modified by legislative act creating the Nebraska Power Review Board. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965).

This section did not operate to confer power and authority contrary to petition for creation of district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959).

This section did not operate to confer power and authority contrary to petition for creation of district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959).

A municipality owning and operating a public power plant may extend its lines into another municipal corporation's boundaries only upon contract, agreement, or franchise. Central Power Co. v. Nebraska City, 112 F.2d 471 (8th Cir. 1940).

A municipality owning and operating a public power plant may extend its lines into another municipal corporation's boundaries only upon contract, agreement, or franchise. Central Power Co. v. Nebraska City, 112 F.2d 471 (8th Cir. 1940).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2909 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2909
View Statute 25-2909
Status: in_force

(1) The office shall annually award grants to approved centers. It is the intent of the Legislature that centers be established and grants distributed statewide.

(2) A center or an entity proposing a center may apply to the office for approval to provide services under the Dispute Resolution Act by submitting an application which includes:

(a) A strategic plan for the operation of the center;

(b) The center's objectives;

(c) The areas of population to be served;

(d) The administrative organization;

(e) Record-keeping procedures;

(f) Procedures for intake, for scheduling, and for conducting and terminating restorative justice programs and dispute resolution sessions;

(g) Qualifications for mediators and restorative justice facilitators for the center;

(h) An annual budget for the center;

(i) The results of an audit of the center for a period covering the previous year if the center was in operation for such period; and

(j) Proof of 501(c)(3) status under the Internal Revenue Code or proof of establishment by a court.

(3) The office may specify additional criteria for approval and for grants as it deems necessary.

(4) Annual reports shall be required of each approved center. The reports shall include the number and types of cases handled in the year and a showing of continued compliance with the act.

Laws 1991, LB 90, § 9;

Laws 2019, LB595, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1735 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1735
View Statute 68-1735
Status: in_force

For purposes of creating the self-sufficiency contract and meeting the applicant's work activity requirement, an applicant who is under twenty years of age and is married or a single head of household is deemed to have met the work activity requirement in a month if he or she:

(1) Maintains satisfactory attendance during such month at secondary school, a general education development program, or the equivalent; or

(2) Participates in education directly related to employment for an average of at least twenty hours per week during such month. Education directly related to employment includes, but is not limited to, Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, and a general education development program.

Laws 2012, LB507, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-484.07 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-484.07
View Statute 60-484.07
Status: in_force

(1) On a date determined by the director but not later than November 1, 2023, any person assigned a parolee immigration status by the United States Department of Homeland Security may apply for and be issued an operator's license or a state identification card that is not in compliance with the federal REAL ID Act of 2005, Public Law 109-13, if the person:

(a) Possessed an unexpired foreign passport issued to such person at the time of such person's entry into the United States of America; and

(b) Fulfills the requirements of subsection (3) of section 60-484 and such requirements are verified pursuant to section 60-484.06 .

(2) Any operator's license or state identification card issued under this section is otherwise subject to all laws relating to operators' licenses and state identification cards.

Laws 2023, LB138, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1605 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1605
View Statute 44-1605
Status: in_force

A policy issued to a trust or to the trustees of a fund established or adopted by two or more employers or by one or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, or by one or more employers and one or more labor unions or similar employee organizations, which trust or trustees shall be deemed the policyholder, to insure employees of the employers or members of the unions or organizations for the benefit of persons other than the employers or the unions or organizations shall be subject to the following requirements:

(1) The persons eligible for insurance shall be all of the employees of the employers or all of the members of the unions or organizations, or all of any class or classes thereof. The policy may provide that the term employees shall include the employees of one or more subsidiary corporations and the employees, individual proprietors, members, and partners of one or more affiliated corporations, proprietorships, or partnerships if the business of the employer and of the affiliated corporations, proprietorships, or partnerships is under common control. The policy may provide that the term employees shall include the individual proprietor or partners if the employer is an individual proprietorship or partnership. The policy may provide that the term employees may include retired employees, former employees, and directors of a corporate employer. The policy may provide that the term employees shall include the trustees or their employees, or both, if their duties are principally connected with such trusteeship; and

(2) The premium for the policy shall be paid from funds contributed by the employer or employers of the insured persons, by the union or unions or similar employee organizations, or by both, or from funds contributed by the insured persons or from both the insured persons and the employers or unions or similar employee organizations. A policy on which no part of the premium is to be derived from funds contributed by the insured persons specifically for their insurance shall insure all eligible persons, except those who reject the coverage in writing, or all except any as to whom evidence of individual insurability is not satisfactory to the insurer.

Laws 1949, c. 150, § 1(4), p. 380;

Laws 1957, c. 192, § 4, p. 674;

Laws 1969, c. 376, § 1, p. 1336;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 176;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 235;

Laws 2008, LB855, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4638 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-4638
View Statute 19-4638
Status: in_force

If an election pursuant to section 19-4637 at which the question is submitted is a special election and sixty percent of the votes cast upon such proposition are in favor, or if such election at which the question is submitted is a general election and a majority of the votes cast upon such proposition are in favor, then the officer possessing the power and duty to ascertain and declare the result of the election shall certify the result immediately to the governing body of the city. The governing body of the city may then proceed to tender the amount of the value and award made by the court of condemnation, the district court, or the Supreme Court to the utility owning the gas system and shall have the right and power to take immediate possession of the gas system upon the tender.

Laws 2002, LB 384, § 15;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 237.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2113 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2113
View Statute 48-2113
Status: in_force

Written complaints regarding the registration of a contractor made to the commissioner in which the complainant provides his or her name and address shall receive a written response as to the results of the investigation. A complainant's name and other identifying information shall not be released if the complaint was included as a part of another complaint when the complainant's identity would be protected under other statutes or rules and regulations.

Laws 1994, LB 248, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-587 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-587
View Statute 46-587
Status: in_force

The audit and report shall be made at the close of the fiscal year. The person making the examination and audit shall have access to all books, records, vouchers, papers, contracts or other data containing information on said subject (1) in the office of the reclamation district, (2) in the office of the general manager of the district, or (3) in the possession or under the control of any of the officers, agents or servants of the district. It is hereby made the duty of all officers, agents and servants of the reclamation district to furnish to the Auditor of Public Accounts, his agents, servants and employees, such information regarding the auditing of such reclamation districts as may be demanded.

Laws 1965, c. 269, § 3, p. 770.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-448 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-448
View Statute 37-448
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission, the secretary of the commission may designate, by order, special deer, antelope, and elk depredation seasons or extensions of existing hunting seasons. The secretary may designate a depredation season or an extension of an existing hunting season whenever he or she determines that deer, antelope, or elk are causing excessive property damage. The secretary shall specify the number of permits to be issued, the species, sex, and number or quota of animals allowed to be taken, the bag limit for such species, the beginning and ending dates for the depredation season or hunting season extension, any limitations on nonresident permits, shooting hours, the length of the depredation season or hunting season extension, and the geographic area in which hunting will be permitted. The rules and regulations shall allow use of any weapon permissible for use during the regular deer, antelope, or elk season.

(2) The depredation season may commence not less than five days after the first public announcement that the depredation season has been established. Permits shall be issued in an impartial manner at a location determined by the secretary. The commission shall, pursuant to section 37-327 , establish and charge a fee of not more than twenty-five dollars for a resident special depredation season permit and a fee of not more than seventy-five dollars for a nonresident special depredation season permit. The commission shall, pursuant to section 37-327 , establish and charge a fee of not more than ten dollars for a landowner special depredation season permit for the taking of deer and antelope for any person owning or operating at least twenty acres of farm or ranch land within the geographic area in which hunting will be permitted and to any member of the immediate family of any such person as defined in subdivision (2)(a) of section 37-455 , and for the taking of elk for any person owning or operating at least eighty acres of farm or ranch land within the geographic area in which hunting will be permitted and to any member of the immediate family of such person as defined in subdivision (2)(a) of section 37-455 . A special depredation season permit shall be valid only within such area and only during the designated depredation season. The commission shall use the income from the sale of special depredation season permits for abatement of damage caused by deer, antelope, and elk. Receipt of a depredation season permit shall not in any way affect a person's eligibility for a permit issued under section 37-447 , 37-449 , 37-450 , or 37-455 .

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 158;

Laws 2008, LB1162, § 4;

Laws 2010, LB836, § 2;

Laws 2012, LB928, § 3;

Laws 2013, LB499, § 6;

Laws 2021, LB507, § 2;

Laws 2023, LB565, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-309 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-309
View Statute 69-309
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Consumer Protection in Eye Care Act:

(1) Contact lens means any lens placed directly on the surface of the eye, regardless of whether or not it is intended to correct a visual defect. Contact lens includes, but is not limited to, any cosmetic, therapeutic, or corrective lens;

(2) Department means the Department of Health and Human Services;

(3) Dispense means the act of furnishing spectacles or contact lenses to a patient;

(4) Eye examination means an assessment of the ocular health and visual status of a patient that does not consist solely of objective refractive data or information generated by an automated testing device, including an autorefractor, in order to establish a medical diagnosis or for the establishment of a refractive error;

(5) Kiosk means automated equipment or application designed to be used on a telephone, a computer, or an Internet-based device that can be used either in person or remotely to conduct an eye examination;

(6) Over-the-counter spectacles means eyeglasses or lenses in a frame for the correction of vision that may be sold by any person, firm, or corporation at retail without a prescription;

(7) Prescription means a provider’s handwritten or electronic order based on an eye examination that corrects refractive error;

(8) Provider means a physician, an osteopathic physician, or a physician assistant licensed under the Medicine and Surgery Practice Act or an optometrist licensed under the Optometry Practice Act; and

(9) Spectacles means an optical instrument or device worn or used by an individual that has one or more lenses designed to correct or enhance vision addressing the visual needs of the individual wearer, commonly known as glasses or eyeglasses, including spectacles that may be adjusted by the wearer to achieve different types or levels of visual correction or enhancement. Spectacles does not include an optical instrument or device that is not intended to correct or enhance vision or sold without consideration of the visual status of the individual who will use the optical instrument or device.

Laws 2016, LB235, § 2.

Medicine and Surgery Practice Act, see section 38-2001 .

Optometry Practice Act, see section 38-2601 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1571 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1571
View Statute 25-1571
Status: in_force

The party or witness may be required to attend before the judge or before a referee appointed by the court or judge. If before a referee, the examination must be taken by the referee and certified by the judge. All examinations and answers before a judge or referee under sections 25-1564 to 25-1580 must be on oath, but when a corporation answers, the answer must be on the oath of an officer thereof.

R.S.1867, Code § 540, p. 488;

R.S.1913, § 8119;

C.S.1922, § 9055;

C.S.1929, § 20-1573;

R.S.1943, § 25-1571.

It is the duty of the district court, in a proceeding in aid of execution, when it is disclosed by the administrator of an estate that a judgment debtor has an interest in a distributive share of such estate, to impress a lien upon such share. Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co. v. Hallgren, 146 Neb. 530, 20 N.W.2d 501 (1945).

It is the duty of the district court, in a proceeding in aid of execution, when it is disclosed by the administrator of an estate that a judgment debtor has an interest in a distributive share of such estate, to impress a lien upon such share. Emerson-Brantingham Implement Co. v. Hallgren, 146 Neb. 530, 20 N.W.2d 501 (1945).

Judgment debtor may be a witness. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. v. North, 125 Neb. 723, 251 N.W. 895 (1933).

Judgment debtor may be a witness. Orchard & Wilhelm Co. v. North, 125 Neb. 723, 251 N.W. 895 (1933).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-1731 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1731
View Statute 39-1731
Status: in_force

Roads established by the concurrent action of the county boards of two or more counties can be discontinued only by the concurrent action of the county boards of the several counties in which the same may be situated; but such roads shall be treated in all other respects as other public roads.

Laws 1957, c. 155, art. IV, § 31, p. 551.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-757 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-757
View Statute 44-757
Status: in_force

No policy of industrial sickness and accident insurance may be delivered or issued for delivery in this state unless it has printed thereon the words industrial policy.

Laws 1947, c. 164, § 14(3), p. 467.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2306 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-2306
View Statute 54-2306
Status: in_force

(1) On and after August 1, 1999, any person required to obtain a permit under section 54-2305 shall file an application with the department in the manner established by the department. Such application shall include:

(a) The name, residence, and place of business of the applicant;

(b) The exact description of the land upon which the domesticated cervine animal facility is to be located and the nature of the applicant's title to the land, whether in fee or under lease; and

(c) The kind and number of domesticated cervine animals authorized to be kept or reared in such facility.

(2) The department may by rule and regulation prescribe additional information to be contained in such application. The application shall be filed annually with the department on or before October 1 of each year. The annual fee for a domesticated cervine animal facility permit shall not be less than ten dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, as established by the department. Permittees not filing by October 1 shall be considered delinquent. The department may assess an administrative fee for delinquency, not to exceed one hundred dollars per month or a portion of a month, in addition to the permit fees. The purpose of the additional administrative fee is to cover the administrative costs associated with collecting fees. Such permits shall expire on December 31 of the year of issuance.

Laws 1999, LB 404, § 5;

Laws 2016, LB909, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1058 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-1058
38-1058
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person, group, company, or other entity to engage in any of the following acts without being duly licensed as required by the Cosmetology, Electrology, Esthetics, Nail Technology, and Body Art Practice Act, unless specifically excepted by such act:

(1) To engage in or follow or to advertise or hold oneself out as engaging in or following any of the practices of cosmetology or to act as a practitioner;

(2) To engage in or advertise or hold oneself out as engaging in the teaching of any of the practices of cosmetology; or

(3) To operate or advertise or hold oneself out as operating a cosmetology establishment in which any of the practices of cosmetology or the teaching of any of the practices of cosmetology are carried out.

Laws 1986, LB 318, § 46;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-385;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 320;

Laws 2018, LB731, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 3-235 — NE Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3-235
View Statute 3-235
Status: in_force

The powers herein granted to all municipalities are specifically declared to be granted to counties in this state, any other statute to the contrary notwithstanding.

Laws 1945, c. 34, § 13(2), p. 169.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-527 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-527
View Statute 60-527
Status: in_force

Whenever the department suspends or revokes a nonresident's operating privilege by reason of a conviction or forfeiture of bail, such privilege shall remain so suspended or revoked unless such person shall have previously given or shall immediately give and shall maintain for three years proof of financial responsibility.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 27, p. 494.