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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-167 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-167
View Statute 17-167
Status: in_force

Before the issuance of any revenue bonds as provided under section 17-165 , the city council of a city of the second class shall make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control of such improvements. In carrying out sections 17-163 to 17-173 , the city of the second class may make contracts with other departments of the city, or others, if such contracts are necessary and needed for the payment of the revenue bonds authorized under section 17-165 and for the successful operation of the parking facilities. The city council shall also establish and maintain equitable rates or charges for such services sufficient in amount to pay for the cost of operation, repair, and upkeep of the facilities to be purchased, acquired, or leased and the principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued pursuant to sections 17-163 to 17-173 . The city council may also make any other agreements with the purchasers of the bonds for the security of the issuing city and the purchasers of such bonds not in contravention with sections 17-163 to 17-173 .

Laws 1957, c. 29, § 5, p. 187;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 55.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-205 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-205
View Statute 38-205
Status: in_force

(1) The Board of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses terminates on July 1, 2026. This section terminates on July 1, 2026.

(2) Prior to July 1, 2026, the board shall consist of:

(a) One nurse practitioner holding a license under the Nurse Practitioner Practice Act, one certified nurse midwife holding a license under the Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act, one certified registered nurse anesthetist holding a license under the Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Practice Act, and one clinical nurse specialist holding a license under the Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Act, except that the initial clinical nurse specialist appointee may be a clinical nurse specialist practicing pursuant to the Nurse Practice Act as such act existed prior to July 1, 2007. Of the initial appointments under this subdivision, one shall be for a two-year term, one shall be for a three-year term, one shall be for a four-year term, and one shall be for a five-year term. All subsequent appointments under this subdivision shall be for five-year terms;

(b) Three physicians, one of whom shall have a professional relationship with a nurse practitioner, one of whom shall have a professional relationship with a certified nurse midwife, and one of whom shall have a professional relationship with a certified registered nurse anesthetist. Of the initial appointments under this subdivision, one shall be for a three-year term, one shall be for a four-year term, and one shall be for a five-year term. All subsequent appointments under this subdivision shall be for five-year terms; and

(c) Two public members. Of the initial appointments under this subdivision, one shall be for a three-year term, and one shall be for a four-year term. All subsequent appointments under this subdivision shall be for five-year terms.

(3) Members of the board serving immediately before July 1, 2007, shall serve until members are appointed and qualified under subsection (2) of this section.

Laws 1996, LB 414, § 27;

Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 42;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1718.01;

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 39;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-17,134;

Laws 2007, LB185, § 36;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 144;

Laws 2025, LB346, § 9.

Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act, see section 38-601 .

Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist Practice Act, see section 38-701 .

Clinical Nurse Specialist Practice Act, see section 38-901 .

Nurse Practice Act, see section 38-2201 .

Nurse Practitioner Practice Act, see section 38-2301 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1231 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1231
View Statute 25-1231
Status: in_force

The punishment for the contempt mentioned in section 25-1229 shall be as follows: When the witness fails to attend in obedience to the subpoena, except in case of a demand and failure to pay his fees, the court or officer may fine the witness in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars. In other cases, the court or officer may fine the witness in a sum not exceeding fifty dollars nor less than five dollars, or may imprison him in the county jail, there to remain until he shall submit to be sworn, to testify or give his deposition. The fine imposed by the court shall be paid into the county treasurer, and that imposed by the officer shall be for the use of the party for whom the witness was subpoenaed. The witness shall also be liable to the party injured for any damages occasioned by his failure to attend, or his refusal to be sworn, to testify or give his deposition.

R.S.1867, Code § 358, p. 453;

R.S.1913, § 7923;

C.S.1922, § 8865;

C.S.1929, § 20-1231;

R.S.1943, § 25-1231.

Notary, on refusal of witness to obey subpoena, may impose fine; but may not commit for contempt. In re Butler, 76 Neb. 267, 107 N.W. 572 (1906).

Notary, on refusal of witness to obey subpoena, may impose fine; but may not commit for contempt. In re Butler, 76 Neb. 267, 107 N.W. 572 (1906).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-317 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-317
38-317
Status: in_force

(1)(a) The clinical supervisor for supervised clinical work experience under section 38-316 shall hold one of the following credentials:

(i) Licensure as an alcohol and drug counselor;

(ii) If the clinical work is acquired outside of Nebraska, a reciprocity level alcohol and drug counselor credential issued by a member jurisdiction of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc., or its successor;

(iii) The highest level alcohol and drug counselor credential issued by a jurisdiction that is not a member of the International Certification and Reciprocity Consortium, Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse, Inc., or its successor if the credential is based on education, experience, and examination that is substantially similar to the license issued in this state as determined by the board; or

(iv) Licensure as a physician or psychologist under the Uniform Credentialing Act, or an equivalent credential from another jurisdiction, and sufficient training as determined by the Board of Medicine and Surgery for physicians or the Board of Psychologists for psychologists, in consultation with the Board of Alcohol and Drug Counseling, and adopted and promulgated by the department in rules and regulations.

(b) The clinical supervisor shall be formally affiliated with the program or agency in which the work experience is gained.

(c) The clinical supervisor shall not be a family member.

(2) There shall be one hour of evaluative face-to-face clinical supervision for each forty hours of paid alcohol and drug counseling work experience. The format for supervision shall be either one-on-one or small group. Methods of supervision may include case review and discussion or direct observation of a counselor's clinical work.

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 122;

Laws 2005, LB 551, § 2;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-1,358;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 168.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-325 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-325
View Statute 16-325
Status: in_force

(1) There may be in each city of the first class a board of public works which shall consist of three members, each having a three-year term of office, or five members, each having a five-year term of office, the number to be set by ordinance, which members shall be residents of such city and be appointed by the mayor with the assent of the city council. When such board is first established, one member shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for two years, and one for three years and, in the case of a five-member board, an additional member shall be so appointed for four years and another for five years. Thereafter, as their terms expire, all members shall be appointed for a full term of three or five years as the case may be. The mayor, with the assent of the city council, shall designate one of the members of such board to be the chairperson thereof.

(2) Each of the members of the board of public works shall, before entering upon the discharge of his or her duties, take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of the office.

(3) It shall be the duty of the board of public works to (a) make contracts on behalf of the city for the performance of all such work and erection of all such improvements in the manner provided in section 16-321 , (b) superintend the performance of all such work and the erection of all such improvements, (c) approve the estimates of the city engineer, which may be made from time to time, of the value of the work as the same may progress, (d) accept any work done or improvements made when the same shall be fully completed according to contract, subject to the approval of the mayor and city council, and (e) perform such other duties as may be conferred upon such board by ordinance.

(4) Any member of the board of public works may at any time be removed from office by the mayor and a majority of the city council, and the proceedings in regard thereto shall be entered in the journal of the city council.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 70, p. 283;

R.S.1913, § 4891;

C.S.1922, § 4059;

Laws 1925, c. 44, § 2, p. 175;

C.S.1929, § 16-321;

R.S.1943, § 16-325;

Laws 1947, c. 26, § 3, p. 129;

Laws 1953, c. 26, § 2, p. 111;

Laws 1965, c. 52, § 1, p. 255;

Laws 1971, LB 494, § 2;

Laws 1973, LB 24, § 1;

Laws 1984, LB 682, § 6;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 67.

A member of the board of public works is prohibited from being interested in purchase of any material to be used for municipal purposes. Arthur v. Trindel, 168 Neb. 429, 96 N.W.2d 208 (1959).

A member of the board of public works is prohibited from being interested in purchase of any material to be used for municipal purposes. Arthur v. Trindel, 168 Neb. 429, 96 N.W.2d 208 (1959).

Appointment of a board of public works is entirely optional. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).

Appointment of a board of public works is entirely optional. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6906 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6906
View Statute 44-6906
Status: in_force

Governmental plan means a plan as defined under 29 U.S.C. 1002 and any plan maintained for its employees by the United States Government or by any agency or instrumentality of the United States Government.

Laws 1997, LB 862, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1105 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1105
View Statute 44-1105
Status: in_force

A person shall not use a viatical settlement contract form or provide to a viator a disclosure statement form in this state unless first filed with and approved by the director. The director shall disapprove a viatical settlement contract form or disclosure statement form if, in the director's opinion, the contract or provisions contained therein fail to meet the requirements of sections 44-1108 , 44-1109 , and 44-1111 and subsection (2) of section 44-1112 or are unreasonable, contrary to the interest of the public, or otherwise misleading or unfair to the viator. At the director's discretion, the director may require the submission of advertising material.

Laws 2001, LB 52, § 31;

Laws 2008, LB853, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7215 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7215
View Statute 44-7215
Status: in_force

The director may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Quality Assessment and Improvement Act.

Laws 1998, LB 1162, § 65.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220.02 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-220.02
View Statute 2-220.02
Status: in_force

The Nebraska State Fair Board, county agricultural society, or county fair board may bring suit upon the deposit or bond required by section 2-220.01 in the county where such contract was to have been performed to recover any damages sustained by reason of breach of contract or failure to carry out the terms thereof.

Laws 1949, c. 3, § 2, p. 59;

Laws 1951, c. 5, § 2, p. 68;

Laws 1963, c. 4, § 3, p. 64;

Laws 1997, LB 469, § 26;

Laws 2002, LB 1236, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3442 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-3442
View Statute 71-3442
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request by the director, a county attorney or the Attorney General may issue a subpoena to compel the production of any records or information specified in this section. Any subpoenaed information shall be entered into the Nebraska Violent Death Reporting System and provided to the review team using an aggregate narrative only. Such sources include, but are not limited to, (a) death investigation reports from a coroner, (b) forensic autopsy reports, (c) subject to subsection (3) of this section, law enforcement reports, including probation and corrections reports, (d) medical records and discharge notes, including hospital, primary care, outpatient, and specialist records, (e) mental health therapy notes, (f) substance use or treatment reports, (g) school records, (h) emergency medical services data, (i) prescription drug monitoring program data, (j) toxicology findings, (k) interviews with next of kin when available and willing to participate, and (l) employment records.

(2) A review team shall have access to information and records relating to a suicide under review by the review team. Within five business days of a review team's request, it shall be provided with access to the information requested.

(3) A law enforcement agency, with the approval of the prosecuting attorney, may withhold from a review team investigative records that may interfere with a pending criminal investigation or prosecution.

(4) All information and records acquired by a review team are confidential and are not subject to subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence in any civil or criminal proceeding, except that information, documents, and records that are otherwise available from other sources are not immune from subpoena, discovery, or introduction into evidence through those sources solely because they were presented to, or reviewed by, a review team.

(5) Members of a review team, individuals attending a review team meeting, and individuals who present information to a review team shall not be questioned in any civil or criminal proceeding regarding information presented in a meeting or opinions formed as a result of a meeting. This subsection does not prevent an individual from testifying to information that is obtained independently of a review conducted by a review team or that is public information.

(6) A member of a review team may contact, interview, or request information from a family member of an individual who died by suicide. The review team shall approve any contact, interview, or request before the review team member contacts, interviews, or requests information from such family member.

Laws 2025, LB414, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1905.01 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1905.01
View Statute 38-1905.01
Status: in_force

Limited computed tomography radiographer means a person licensed pursuant to section 38-1917.01 to practice medical radiography restricted to computed tomography.

Laws 2008, LB928, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-112.01 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-112.01
View Statute 29-112.01
Status: in_force

Any person sentenced to be punished for any felony, when the sentence is other than confinement in a Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility, shall be restored to such civil rights as enumerated or limited by the Board of Pardons upon receipt from the Board of Pardons of a warrant of discharge, which shall be issued by such board upon receiving from the sentencing court a certificate showing satisfaction of the judgment and sentence entered against such person.

Laws 1959, c. 117, § 2, p. 448;

Laws 1993, LB 31, § 3;

Laws 2002, LB 1054, § 4.

Pardons and paroles, see sections 29-2246 et seq., 83-188 et seq., and 83-1,126 et seq.

Probation, completion of, see section 29-2264 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1802 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1802
View Statute 13-1802
Status: in_force

Each political subdivision shall self-insure or contract for insurance against liability for personal injuries or property damage that may be incurred by it or by its personnel as a result of law enforcement activity within or without its primary jurisdiction.

Laws 1994, LB 254, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2113 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-2113
View Statute 69-2113
Status: in_force

(1) A lessor who fails to comply with the requirements of sections 69-2104 to 69-2110 with respect to a consumer shall be liable to the consumer for:

(a) The greater of the actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the violation or, in the case of an individual action, twenty-five percent of the total of payments to acquire ownership but not less than one hundred dollars nor more than one thousand dollars; and

(b) The costs of the action and reasonable attorney's fees.

(2) In the case of an advertisement, any lessor who fails to comply with the requirements of section 69-2112 with regard to any person shall be liable to that person for actual damages suffered from the violation, the costs of the action, and reasonable attorney's fees.

(3) When there is more than one lessor, liability shall be imposed only on the lessor who made the disclosures. When no disclosures have been made, liability shall be imposed jointly and severally on all lessors.

(4) When there is more than one consumer, there shall be only one recovery of damages under subsection (1) of this section for a violation of the Consumer Rental Purchase Agreement Act.

(5) Multiple violations in connection with a single consumer rental purchase agreement shall entitle the consumer to a single recovery under this section.

(6) A consumer shall not take any action to offset any amount for which a lessor is potentially liable under subsection (1) of this section against any amount owed by the consumer unless the amount of the lessor's liability has been determined by judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction in an action to which the lessor was a party. This subsection shall not bar a consumer then in default on the obligation from asserting a violation of the act as an original action or as a defense or counterclaim to an action brought by the lessor to collect an amount owed by the consumer.

(7) In connection with any transaction covered under the act, the lessor shall preserve evidence of compliance with the provisions of the act for not less than two years from the date of consummation of the agreement.

Laws 1989, LB 681, § 13;

Laws 1990, LB 1217, § 1;

Laws 2001, LB 641, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4416 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4416
View Statute 44-4416
Status: in_force

Any purchasing group meeting the criteria established under the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 shall be exempt from any law of this state relating to the creation of groups for the purchase of insurance or to the prohibition of group purchasing or any law that would discriminate against a purchasing group or its members. In addition, an insurer shall be exempt from any law of this state which prohibits providing or offering to provide to a purchasing group or its members advantages based on their loss and expense experience not afforded to other persons with respect to rates, policy forms, coverages, or other matters. A purchasing group shall be subject to all other applicable laws of this state.

Laws 1987, LB 514, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-1306 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1306
View Statute 19-1306
Status: in_force

The city council or village board of trustees of a city or village seeking to issue revenue bonds pursuant to section 19-1305 shall first cause plans and specifications for such proposed extensions and improvements and an estimate of the cost thereof to be made by the city engineer or village engineer or by a special engineer employed for that purpose. Such plans, specifications, and estimate of cost, after being approved and adopted by the city council or village board of trustees, shall be filed with the city clerk or village clerk and be open to public inspection. The city council or village board of trustees shall then, by resolution entered in the minutes of its proceedings, direct that public notice be given in regard thereto. Such notice shall state: (1) The general nature of the improvements or extensions proposed to be made; (2) that the plans, specifications, and estimate thereof are on file in the office of the city clerk or village clerk and are open to public inspection; (3) the estimated cost thereof; (4) that it has proposed to pay for the same by combined revenue bonds; (5) the principal amount of such bonds which it proposes to issue; (6) the maximum rate of interest which such bonds will bear; (7) that the payment of such bonds will be a lien upon and will be secured by a pledge of the revenue and earnings of certain public utilities; (8) the names of the utilities whose revenue and earnings are to be so pledged; (9) that any qualified elector of the city or village may file written objections to the issuance of such bonds with the city clerk or village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of such notice; (10) that if such objections are filed within such time by qualified electors of the city or village, equal in number to forty percent of the electors of the city or village who voted at the last preceding general municipal election, the bonds will not be issued unless the issuance of such bonds is otherwise authorized in accordance with law; and (11) that if such objections are not so filed by such percentage of such electors, the city council or village board of trustees of such city or village proposes to pass an ordinance authorizing the sale of such bonds and making such contracts with reference thereto as may be necessary or proper. Such notice shall be signed by the city clerk or village clerk and be published three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village. Once combined revenue bonds have been issued pursuant to this section or section 18-1101 , the procedure outlined in this section shall not be required to issue additional combined revenue bonds unless an additional public utility not previously included is to be combined with the bonds contemplated to be issued.

Laws 1945, c. 38, § 2, p. 192;

Laws 1975, LB 446, § 2;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 108.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-101.01 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-101.01
View Statute 14-101.01
Status: in_force

Whenever any city of the primary class shall attain a population of four hundred thousand inhabitants or more as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the mayor of such city shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State, who upon the filing of such certificate shall by proclamation declare such city to be a city of the metropolitan class.

Laws 2017, LB113, § 5;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 8;

Laws 2022, LB820, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2113 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2113
View Statute 38-2113
Status: in_force

(1) Independent mental health practice means the provision of treatment, assessment, psychotherapy, counseling, or equivalent activities to individuals, couples, families, or groups for behavioral, cognitive, social, mental, or emotional disorders, including interpersonal or personal situations.

(2) Independent mental health practice includes diagnosing major mental illness or disorder, using psychotherapy with individuals suspected of having major mental or emotional disorders, or using psychotherapy to treat the concomitants of organic illness, with or without consultation with a qualified physician or licensed psychologist.

(3) Independent mental health practice does not include the practice of psychology or medicine, prescribing drugs or electroconvulsive therapy, treating physical disease, injury, or deformity, or measuring personality or intelligence for the purpose of diagnosis or treatment planning.

Laws 2007, LB247, § 39;

R.S.Supp.,2007, § 71-1,305.01.