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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-227 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-227
View Statute 32-227
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the judges and clerks of election, precinct and district inspectors, and other temporary election workers shall receive wages at no less than the minimum rate set in section 48-1203 for each hour of service rendered. The election commissioner shall determine the rate of pay and may vary the rate based on the duties of each position. Each such election worker shall sign an affidavit stating the number of hours he or she has worked.

(2) Any judge or clerk of election, precinct or district inspector, or other temporary election worker may choose not to be paid for the hours he or she works. An election worker that chooses not to be paid shall sign a waiver agreeing not to be paid for each election for which he or she chooses not to be paid.

(3) Any judge or clerk of election, precinct or district inspector, or other temporary election worker may choose to have his or her election pay used by the election commissioner to contract with an organization authorized by the election commissioner to recruit election workers if the election commissioner contracts with such an organization. To be eligible to enter into such a contract, the organization shall be exempt for federal tax purposes under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, as defined in section 49-801.01 .

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 47;

Laws 2002, LB 1054, § 9;

Laws 2015, LB575, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-954 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-954
View Statute 32-954
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the official ballot, the registered voter shall mark it, seal the ballot in the identification envelope supplied with the ballot, sign the identification envelope, and comply with the instructions provided with the ballot. The voter may return the ballot to the election commissioner or county clerk by mailing it or by personally delivering it to the office of the election commissioner or county clerk. The deadline for receipt of the ballot is 5 p.m. on the date set for the election. The official ballot must be returned in the identification envelope. The registered voter shall, by signing the envelope, certify to the facts contained on the envelope. The election commissioner or county clerk shall keep the identification envelopes received from registered voters unopened in a fireproof safe or other suitable location which is locked until delivered to the counting board.

Laws 1996, LB 964, § 7;

Laws 2002, LB 935, § 14;

Laws 2008, LB838, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-605 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 13-605
13-605
Status: in_force

The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the problems relating to the critical social, economic, and environmental problems of the nation's cities, towns, and smaller urban communities which are found and declared to exist by the Congress of the United States in the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 as amended through the Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1981 exist within this state and that it is in the public interest for the state, cities of all classes, villages, or counties to be authorized to apply for, receive, or expend federal funds for the eligible activities under such act or to administer such programs. The Legislature hereby declares such activities to be a public purpose within this state. Money received from the federal government for such activities shall be placed in a distinct and separate fund and shall not be commingled with other money of the state, city, village, or county.

Laws 1983, LB 71, § 1;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 18-1735.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2468 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2468
View Statute 30-2468
Status: in_force

The personal representative may employ a qualified and disinterested appraiser to assist him in ascertaining the fair market value as of the date of the decedent's death of any asset the value of which may be subject to reasonable doubt. Different persons may be employed to appraise different kinds of assets included in the estate. The names and addresses of any appraiser shall be indicated on the inventory with the item or items he appraised.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 146, UPC § 3-707.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1317 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1317
View Statute 44-1317
Status: in_force

(1)(a) Each health carrier shall include a description of the external review procedures in or attached to the policy, certificate, membership booklet, outline of coverage, or other evidence of coverage it provides to covered persons.

(b) The disclosure required by subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall be in a format prescribed by the director.

(2) The description required under subsection (1) of this section shall include a statement that informs the covered person of the right of the covered person to file a request for an external review of an adverse determination or final adverse determination with the director. The statement may explain that external review is available when the adverse determination or final adverse determination involves an issue of medical necessity, appropriateness, health care setting, level of care, or effectiveness. The statement shall include the telephone number and address of the director.

(3) In addition to the contents required by subsection (2) of this section, the statement shall inform the covered person that, when filing a request for an external review, the covered person will be required to authorize the release of any medical records of the covered person that may be required to be reviewed for the purpose of reaching a decision on the external review.

Laws 2013, LB147, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-3507 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-3507
View Statute 30-3507
Status: in_force

(a) Beneficial interests in a custodial trust created for multiple beneficiaries are deemed to be separate custodial trusts of equal undivided interests for each beneficiary. Except in a transfer or declaration for use and benefit of husband and wife, for whom survivorship is presumed, a right of survivorship does not exist unless the instrument creating the custodial trust specifically provides for survivorship.

(b) Custodial trust property held under the Nebraska Uniform Custodial Trust Act by the same custodial trustee for the use and benefit of the same beneficiary may be administered as a single custodial trust.

(c) A custodial trustee of custodial trust property held for more than one beneficiary shall separately account to each beneficiary pursuant to sections 30-3508 and 30-3516 for the administration of the custodial trust.

Laws 1997, LB 51, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-811 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-811
View Statute 45-811
Status: in_force

The Attorney General or a buyer may bring an action in district court to enjoin a violation of the Credit Services Organization Act.

Laws 1991, LB 292, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2206 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2206
View Statute 39-2206
Status: in_force

Whether or not the bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under article 8, Uniform Commercial Code, the bonds shall be and hereby are made negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of article 8, Uniform Commercial Code, with the exception of any provisions thereof pertaining to registration.

Laws 1969, c. 309, § 6, p. 1108.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-159 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-159
View Statute 17-159
Status: in_force

The members of the board of education of the school district and the city council of the city of the second class, which board and city council have agreed to build a joint municipal and recreation building or joint recreational and athletic field under sections 17-156 to 17-162 , shall be the building commission to purchase the land for the building and to contract for the erection, equipment, and furnishings of the building or the recreational and athletic field. After the completion of such building or field, the building commission shall be in charge of the maintenance and repair of such building or field.

Laws 1953, c. 37, § 4, p. 129;

Laws 1955, c. 39, § 3, p. 153;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 47.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-178 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-178
View Statute 46-178
Status: in_force

If there are outstanding bonds of the district or if the district shall have entered into a contract with the United States, as provided in section 46-126 or 46-156 , then the board may adopt a resolution to the effect that the board deems it to the best interests of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition, or some portion thereof, should be excluded from the district. The resolution shall describe such lands so that the boundaries thereof can be readily traced. The holders of such outstanding bonds may give their assent in writing to the effect that they severally consent that the board may make an order by which the lands mentioned in the resolution may be excluded from the district and in case a contract has been made with the United States, as aforesaid, the Secretary of the Interior may assent to such change. The assent may be acknowledged by the several holders of such bonds in the same manner and form as are required in case of a conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as evidence as an acknowledgment of such conveyance, except the assent of the Secretary of the Interior need not be acknowledged. The assent must be filed with the board and must be recorded in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as the assent; but if such assent of the bondholders and, in case of contract with the United States such assent of the Secretary of the Interior, is not filed, the board shall deny and dismiss the petition.

Laws 1895, c. 70, § 51, p. 298;

R.S.1913, § 3508;

Laws 1915, c. 69, § 12, p. 182;

C.S.1922, § 2908;

C.S.1929, § 46-153;

R.S.1943, § 46-178.

Acknowledgment of deeds, see sections 76-211 and 76-216 to 76-236 .

Legislature has recognized principle that lands subject to irrigation bonds when issued could not afterwards be exempted from liability therefor, by exclusion from district, without impairing obligation of contract. Erickson v. Nine Mile Irr. Dist., 109 Neb. 189, 190 N.W. 573 (1922).

Legislature has recognized principle that lands subject to irrigation bonds when issued could not afterwards be exempted from liability therefor, by exclusion from district, without impairing obligation of contract. Erickson v. Nine Mile Irr. Dist., 109 Neb. 189, 190 N.W. 573 (1922).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1207.02 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1207.02
View Statute 68-1207.02
Status: in_force

For purposes of providing training for individuals involved in the child welfare system, the Department of Health and Human Services shall develop a baseline of curriculum and training materials related to suicide awareness and prevention in consultation with statewide and national organizations and professionals with expertise in behavioral and mental health and suicide prevention, including, but not limited to, the Nebraska State Suicide Prevention Coalition and the Behavioral Health Education Center of Nebraska. All such suicide awareness and prevention training shall incorporate evidence-based practices and may include, but not be limited to, (1) identification of early warning signs and symptoms of behavioral and mental health issues for youth in the child welfare system and (2) appropriate and effective responses for behavioral and mental health issues and trauma-informed care.

Laws 2025, LB217, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-222 — NE Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24-222
View Statute 24-222
Status: in_force

The certification request shall be prepared by the certifying court, signed by the judge presiding at the hearing, and forwarded to the Supreme Court by the clerk of the certifying court under its official seal. The Supreme Court may require the original or copies of all or any portion of the record before the certifying court to be filed with the certification order if, in the opinion of the Supreme Court, the record or portion thereof may be necessary in answering the questions. The Supreme Court shall determine whether to accept the certification request within sixty days following receipt by the court of the request. If the court fails to act on the request within sixty days of receipt, the request shall be deemed rejected.

Laws 1982, LB 724, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2201 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2201
View Statute 25-2201
Status: in_force

The style of all processes shall be "The State of Nebraska, .............. county." It shall be under the seal of the court from whence the same shall issue, shall be signed by the clerk, and dated the day it issued.

R.S.1867, Code § 880, p. 547;

R.S.1913, § 8549;

C.S.1922, § 9500;

C.S.1929, § 20-2201;

R.S.1943, § 25-2201.

Constitutional requirements, see Article V, section 24, Constitution of Nebraska.

Summons with venue laid in county where action was brought, but directed to sheriff of another county for service upon defendant there, was proper. Alden Merc. Co. v. Randall, 102 Neb. 738, 169 N.W. 433 (1918).

Summons with venue laid in county where action was brought, but directed to sheriff of another county for service upon defendant there, was proper. Alden Merc. Co. v. Randall, 102 Neb. 738, 169 N.W. 433 (1918).

Presumption exists that original summons was issued under seal. Herold v. Coates, 88 Neb. 487, 129 N.W. 998 (1911).

Presumption exists that original summons was issued under seal. Herold v. Coates, 88 Neb. 487, 129 N.W. 998 (1911).

Legislature intended to establish a uniform rule with respect to legal procedure. Motion for new trial may be filed on Memorial Day. Tully v. Grand Island Tel. Co., 87 Neb. 822, 128 N.W. 508 (1910).

Legislature intended to establish a uniform rule with respect to legal procedure. Motion for new trial may be filed on Memorial Day. Tully v. Grand Island Tel. Co., 87 Neb. 822, 128 N.W. 508 (1910).

Writ of mandamus must be issued by clerk under seal of court. State ex rel. Hansen v. Carrico, 86 Neb. 448, 125 N.W. 1110 (1910).

Writ of mandamus must be issued by clerk under seal of court. State ex rel. Hansen v. Carrico, 86 Neb. 448, 125 N.W. 1110 (1910).

Process headed, "The State of Nebraska, County of Gage, to the sheriff of said county," was proper. Hoyt v. Little, 55 Neb. 71, 75 N.W. 56 (1898).

Process headed, "The State of Nebraska, County of Gage, to the sheriff of said county," was proper. Hoyt v. Little, 55 Neb. 71, 75 N.W. 56 (1898).

Process for violation of city ordinance should run in the name of "The People of the State of Nebraska" and not in name of city. City of Brownville v. Cook, 4 Neb. 101 (1875).

Process for violation of city ordinance should run in the name of "The People of the State of Nebraska" and not in name of city. City of Brownville v. Cook, 4 Neb. 101 (1875).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1506 — NE Code / Chapter 50 / Section 50-1506
View Statute 50-1506
Status: in_force

(1) The contest of an election or challenge of the qualifications of a person elected as a member of the Legislature by an unsuccessful candidate shall be considered at the next regular session of the Legislature following the general election.

(2) The election contest or qualifications challenge shall be heard and determined in accordance with the Legislative Qualifications and Election Contests Act and the Rules of the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature.

Laws 2018, LB744, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1305 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1305
View Statute 21-1305
Status: in_force

The fees for the incorporation of cooperative companies shall be the same as those required by law of other corporations. Such cooperative corporations shall be required to make the same reports and filings as is required of other corporations.

Laws 1911, c. 32, § 5, p. 197;

R.S.1913, § 737;

Laws 1921, c. 28, § 4, p. 162;

C.S.1922, § 645;

C.S.1929, § 24-1304;

R.S.1943, § 21-1305.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 35-1403 — NE Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1403
View Statute 35-1403
Status: in_force

No employer shall terminate or take any other disciplinary action against any employee who is a volunteer emergency responder if such employee, when acting or actively deployed as a volunteer emergency responder, is absent from or reports late to his or her place of employment in order to respond to an emergency prior to the time such employee is to report to his or her place of employment.

Laws 2008, LB1096, § 6;

Laws 2012, LB1005, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2334 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2334
View Statute 30-2334
Status: in_force

(a) If a second will which, had it remained effective at death, would have revoked the first will in whole or in part, is thereafter revoked by acts under section 30-2332 , the first will is revoked in whole or in part unless it is evident from the circumstances of the revocation of the second will or from testator's contemporary or subsequent declarations that he intended the first will to take effect as executed.

(b) If a second will which, had it remained effective at death, would have revoked the first will in whole or in part, is thereafter revoked by a third will, the first will is revoked in whole or in part, except to the extent it appears from the terms of the third will that the testator intended the first will to take effect.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 56, UPC § 2-509.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1612 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1612
View Statute 70-1612
Status: in_force

Any domestic subscriber may appeal an adverse decision of the utility employee to a management office designated by the utility or to the utility board when designated by the utility. Each utility shall establish a hearing procedure to resolve utility bills appealed by domestic subscribers. The procedure shall be in writing and a copy of such procedure shall be furnished upon the request of any domestic subscriber. Such appeal shall be filed with the management office or utility board within the time specified in the procedures established by the utility. Nothing in sections 70-1602 to 70-1615 shall prohibit any utility from providing such additional stages of appeal as it may deem appropriate.

Laws 1979, LB 143, § 10;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 19-2711;

Laws 1988, LB 792, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-2997 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-2997
View Statute 21-2997
Status: in_force

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, a member may maintain a direct action against the limited cooperative association, an officer, or a director to enforce the rights and otherwise protect the interests of the member, including rights and interests under the articles of organization or bylaws.

(2) A member maintaining a direct action under this section is required to plead and prove an actual or threatened injury that is not solely the result of an injury suffered or threatened to be suffered by the limited cooperative association.

Laws 2007, LB368, § 97.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2496 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2496
View Statute 30-2496
Status: in_force

If any assets of the estate are encumbered by mortgage, pledge, lien, or other security interest, the personal representative may pay the encumbrance or any part thereof, renew or extend any obligation secured by the encumbrance or convey or transfer the assets to the creditor in satisfaction of his lien, in whole or in part, whether or not the holder of the encumbrance has filed a claim, if it appears to be for the best interest of the estate. Payment of an encumbrance does not increase the share of the distributee entitled to the encumbered assets unless the distributee is entitled to exoneration.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 174, UPC § 3-814.

Personal representative has discretion to satisfy an encumbrance immediately if it is in the best interests of the estate. McCook Nat. Bank v. Bennett, 248 Neb. 567, 537 N.W.2d 353 (1995).

Personal representative has discretion to satisfy an encumbrance immediately if it is in the best interests of the estate. McCook Nat. Bank v. Bennett, 248 Neb. 567, 537 N.W.2d 353 (1995).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-240 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-240
View Statute 16-240
Status: in_force

A city of the first class by ordinance may make regulations to secure the general health of the city, prescribe rules for the prevention, abatement, and removal of nuisances, make and prescribe regulations for the construction, location, and keeping in order of all slaughterhouses, stockyards, warehouses, sheds, stables, barns, dairies, or other places where offensive matter is kept, or is likely to accumulate, within the city or within its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction, and to limit or fix the maximum number of swine or neat cattle that may be kept in sheds, stables, barns, feedlots, or other enclosures.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XLVI, p. 257;

Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 111;

R.S.1913, § 4856;

Laws 1919, c. 37, § 1, p. 119;

C.S.1922, § 4024;

C.S.1929, § 16-241;

R.S.1943, § 16-240;

Laws 2015, LB266, § 7;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 40.

Ordinance prohibiting keeping classes of livestock within three hundred feet of a residence is constitutional and valid under this section. Beaty v. Baker, 183 Neb. 349, 160 N.W.2d 199 (1968).

Ordinance prohibiting keeping classes of livestock within three hundred feet of a residence is constitutional and valid under this section. Beaty v. Baker, 183 Neb. 349, 160 N.W.2d 199 (1968).

City, by ordinance, is authorized to make it unlawful to maintain stockyards within certain limits of city, and such act is not an arbitrary and unreasonable interference with owner's property, though such yards are properly maintained and are not a nuisance. Union Pacific R. R. Co. v. State of Nebraska, 88 Neb. 247, 129 N.W. 290 (1911).

City, by ordinance, is authorized to make it unlawful to maintain stockyards within certain limits of city, and such act is not an arbitrary and unreasonable interference with owner's property, though such yards are properly maintained and are not a nuisance. Union Pacific R. R. Co. v. State of Nebraska, 88 Neb. 247, 129 N.W. 290 (1911).

Cities have the power to contract for the removal of refuse, filth, and garbage from public and private premises, within their limits. Kelly v. Broadwell, 3 Neb. Unof. 617, 92 N.W. 643 (1902).

Cities have the power to contract for the removal of refuse, filth, and garbage from public and private premises, within their limits. Kelly v. Broadwell, 3 Neb. Unof. 617, 92 N.W. 643 (1902).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-516.01 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-516.01
View Statute 71-516.01
Status: in_force

Sections 71-516.01 to 71-517 shall be known and may be cited as the Alzheimer's Special Care Disclosure Act.

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 162;

Laws 2016, LB698, § 23.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-724 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-724
View Statute 42-724
Status: in_force

(a) In a proceeding under the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act, a petitioner seeking to establish a support order, to determine parentage of a child, or to register and modify a support order of a tribunal of another state or a foreign country shall file a petition. Unless otherwise ordered under section 42-725 , the petition or accompanying documents must provide, so far as known, the name, residential address, and social security numbers of the obligor and the obligee or the parent and alleged parent, and the name, sex, residential address, social security number, and date of birth of each child for whose benefit support is sought or whose parentage is to be determined. Unless filed at the time of registration, the petition shall be accompanied by a copy of any support order known to have been issued by another tribunal. The accompanying documents may include any other information that may assist in locating or identifying the respondent.

(b) The petition shall specify the relief sought. The petition and accompanying documents shall conform substantially with the requirements imposed by the forms mandated by federal law for use in cases filed by a support enforcement agency.

Laws 1993, LB 500, § 24;

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 63;

Laws 2015, LB415, § 22.