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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2518 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-2518
View Statute 23-2518
Status: in_force

For purposes of the County Civil Service Act:

(1) Appointing authority means elected officials and appointed department directors authorized to make appointments in the county service;

(2) Board of county commissioners means the board of commissioners of any county with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more but less than four hundred thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census;

(3) Classified service means the positions in the county service to which the act applies;

(4) County personnel officer means the employee designated by the board of county commissioners to administer the act;

(5) Department means a functional unit of the county government headed by an elected official or established by the board of county commissioners;

(6) Deputy means an individual who serves as the first assistant to and at the pleasure of an elected official;

(7) Elected official means an officer elected by the popular vote of the people and known as the county attorney, public defender, county sheriff, county treasurer, clerk of the district court, register of deeds, county clerk, county assessor, or county surveyor;

(8) Internal Revenue Code means the Internal Revenue Code as defined in section 49-801.01 ;

(9) Political subdivision means a village, city of the second class, city of the first class, city of the primary class, city of the metropolitan class, county, school district, public power district, or any other unit of local government including entities created pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act. Political subdivision does not include a contractor with the county;

(10) State means the State of Nebraska;

(11) Straight-time rate of pay means the rate of pay in effect on the date of transfer of employees stated in the resolution by the county board requesting the transfer; and

(12) Transferred employee means an employee of the state or a political subdivision transferred to the county pursuant to a request for such transfer made by the county under section 23-2518.01 .

Laws 1974, LB 995, § 2;

Laws 1999, LB 272, § 11;

Laws 2006, LB 808, § 8;

Laws 2016, LB742, § 11;

Laws 2017, LB508, § 2.

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .

Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-605.04 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-605.04
View Statute 71-605.04
Status: in_force

The county attorney or coroner shall, within two days of the issuance of the autopsy results showing death suspected due to the sudden infant death syndrome, notify a representative of the Nebraska Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Foundation or the appropriate area community mental health center of the name of the parents of the sudden infant death syndrome victim.

Laws 1978, LB 605, § 2;

Laws 1990, LB 954, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1718 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1718
View Statute 8-1718
Status: in_force

(1) Section 8-1717 shall not apply to any transaction offered by and in which any of the following persons, or any employee, officer, or director of such person acting solely in that capacity, is the purchaser or seller:

(a) A person registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a futures commission merchant or as a leverage transaction merchant whose activities require such registration;

(b) A person registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a broker-dealer whose activities require such registration;

(c) A person affiliated with, and whose obligations and liabilities under the transaction are guaranteed by, a person referred to in subdivision (1)(a) or (b) of this section;

(d) A person who is a member of a contract market designated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or any clearinghouse thereof;

(e) A financial institution; or

(f) A person registered under the laws of this state as a securities broker-dealer whose activities require such registration.

(2) This section shall not apply to any transaction or activity which is prohibited by the Commodity Exchange Act or CFTC rule.

Laws 1987, LB 575, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-322.01 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-322.01
View Statute 28-322.01
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the offense of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee if such person subjects an inmate or parolee to sexual penetration or sexual contact as those terms are defined in section 28-318 . It is not a defense to a charge under this section that the inmate or parolee consented to such sexual penetration or sexual contact.

(2) An otherwise lawful pat-down or body cavity search by a person is not a violation of this section.

Laws 1999, LB 511, § 3;

Laws 2001, LB 155, § 2;

Laws 2004, LB 943, § 6;

Laws 2019, LB519, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2507 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2507
View Statute 39-2507
Status: in_force

The following factors and weights shall be used in determining the amount to be allocated to each of the counties or municipal counties for road purposes each year:

(1) Rural population of each county or municipal county, as determined by the most recent federal census, twenty percent;

(2) Total population of each county or municipal county, as determined by the most recent federal census, ten percent;

(3) Lineal feet of bridges twenty feet or more in length and all overpasses in each county or municipal county, as determined by the most recent inventory available within the Department of Transportation, ten percent, and for purposes of this subdivision a bridge or overpass located partly in one county or municipal county and partly in another shall be considered as being located one-half in each county or municipal county;

(4) Total motor vehicle registrations, other than prorated commercial vehicles, in the rural areas of each county or municipal county, as determined from the most recent information available from the Department of Motor Vehicles, twenty percent;

(5) Total motor vehicle registrations, other than prorated commercial vehicles, in each county or municipal county as determined from the most recent information available from the Department of Motor Vehicles, ten percent;

(6) Total miles of county or municipal county and township roads within each county or municipal county, as determined by the most recent inventory available within the Department of Transportation, twenty percent; and

(7) Value of farm products sold from each county or municipal county, as determined from the most recent federal Census of Agriculture, ten percent.

Laws 1969, c. 315, § 7, p. 1135;

Laws 2001, LB 142, § 42;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 165.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1105 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-1105
View Statute 16-1105
Status: in_force

(1) After adoption of a resolution pursuant to section 16-1104 by the city councils of any two or more cities, such city councils may propose a merger plan subject to the First-Class City Merger Act.

(2) A merger plan shall include, but not be limited to, (a) the names of the cities which propose to merge, (b) the name under which the cities would merge, (c) the manner of financing and allocating all costs associated with the plan, (d) the property, real and personal, belonging to each city and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States, (e) the indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of each city and the plan for repayment of the indebtedness after merger, (f) how the local ballot initiatives enacted in either city, if any, will be reconciled or terminated after merger, (g) if the cities have different forms of organization and government, the proposed form of organization and government of the merged city, (h) the redistricting of the newly merged city, including the number of wards and elected representatives from each ward, (i) the pay and perquisites of the mayor and city council, (j) the treatment of related city entities such as the housing authority, airport authority, or other city authority, and (k) any other terms of the agreement. A merger plan shall not be considered an interlocal cooperation agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act.

(3) Each city council may appoint an advisory committee to assist the council in the preparation of the merger plan.

Laws 2008, LB1056, § 5 .

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-303 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-303
View Statute 20-303
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act, the definitions found in sections 20-304 to 20-317 shall be used.

Laws 1991, LB 825, § 4;

Laws 2021, LB540, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-703 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-703
View Statute 38-703
Status: in_force

Prior to July 1, 2026, board means the Board of Advanced Practice Registered Nurses. Beginning July 1, 2026, board means the Board of Nursing.

Laws 2007, LB463, § 233;

Laws 2025, LB346, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-511 — NE Code / Chapter 51 / Section 51-511
View Statute 51-511
Status: in_force

The museum board may, by resolution of the majority of the board, direct the sale, conveyance, or disposition of any real estate or other property owned by the museum board or by the museum upon such terms and conditions as the museum board deems in the best interest of the museum, except that the provisions of this section shall not include any items or property subject to the Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act or the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3001 et seq. The museum board shall properly document the sale, conveyance, or disposition of any real estate or other property, including a brief description of the real estate or other property, the disposition made, the name of the recipient of the real estate or other property, the amount tendered or a description and stated value of real estate or other property received in exchange, and the date of the transaction. All funds derived from such sales shall be deposited in the museum fund and kept for use by the museum separate and apart from other funds of the city, village, county, or township as authorized by section 51-507 .

Laws 1957, c. 224, § 11, p. 770;

Laws 1986, LB 960, § 35;

Laws 1993, LB 750, § 1;

Laws 1993, LB 59, § 5.

Unmarked Human Burial Sites and Skeletal Remains Protection Act, see section 12-1201 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-933 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-933
View Statute 71-933
Status: in_force

(1) Any provider of outpatient treatment to a subject ordered by a mental health board to receive such treatment shall report to the board and to the county attorney if (a) the subject is not complying with his or her individualized treatment plan, (b) the subject is not following the conditions set by the mental health board, (c) the treatment plan is not effective, or (d) there has been a significant change in the subject's mental illness or substance dependence. Such report may be transmitted by facsimile, but the original of the report shall be mailed to the board and the county attorney no later than twenty-four hours after the facsimile transmittal.

(2)(a) Upon receipt of such report, the county attorney shall have the matter investigated to determine whether there is a factual basis for the report.

(b) If the county attorney determines that there is no factual basis for the report or that no further action is warranted, he or she shall notify the board and the treatment provider and take no further action.

(c) If the county attorney determines that there is a factual basis for the report and that intervention by the mental health board is necessary to protect the subject or others, the county attorney may file a motion for reconsideration of the conditions set forth by the board and have the matter set for hearing.

(d) The county attorney may apply for a warrant to take immediate custody of the subject pending a rehearing by the board under subdivision (c) of this subsection if the county attorney has reasonable cause to believe that the subject poses a threat of danger to himself or herself or others prior to such rehearing. The application for a warrant shall be supported by affidavit or sworn testimony by the county attorney, a mental health professional, or any other informed person. The application for a warrant and the supporting affidavit may be filed with the board by facsimile, but the original shall be filed with the board not later than three days after the facsimile transmittal, excluding holidays and weekends. Sworn testimony in support of the warrant application may be taken over the telephone at the discretion of the board.

Laws 1994, LB 498, § 9;

R.S.1943, (1999), § 83-1045.01;

Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 53.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-813.02 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-813.02
View Statute 28-813.02
Status: in_force

Any commercial film and photographic print processor who has knowledge of or observes, within the scope of his or her professional capacity or employment, and who participates in an investigation or the making of any report pertaining to any film, photograph, videotape, negative, or slide depicting child sexual abuse material, as defined in section 28-1802 , or participates in a judicial proceeding resulting from such participation shall be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed, except for maliciously false statements.

Laws 1988, LB 117, § 7;

Laws 2025, LB383, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-539 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-539
View Statute 71-539
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the Legislature that sections 71-539 to 71-544 provide for the exchange of immunization information between health care professionals, health care facilities, health care services, schools, postsecondary educational institutions, licensed child care facilities, electronic health-record systems, public health departments, health departments of other states, Indian health services, and tribes for the purpose of protecting the public health by facilitating age-appropriate immunizations which will minimize the risk of outbreak of vaccine-preventable diseases.

Laws 1998, LB 1063, § 11;

Laws 2011, LB591, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-1313 — NE Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-1313
View Statute 52-1313
Status: in_force

(1) Presentation for filing of an effective financing statement and the acceptance of the statement by the Secretary of State constitutes filing under sections 52-1301 to 52-1322 .

(2) The fee for filing and indexing and for stamping a copy furnished by the secured party to show the date and place of filing of an effective financing statement, an amendment, or a continuation statement shall be fourteen dollars if the record is communicated in writing and eleven dollars if the record is communicated by another medium authorized by the Secretary of State. There shall be no fee for the filing of a termination statement.

(3) The Secretary of State shall remit any fees received pursuant to this section to the State Treasurer for credit to the Secretary of State Cash Fund.

Laws 1986, Third Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 13;

Laws 1998, LB 924, § 22;

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 92;

Laws 2003, LB 4, § 3;

Laws 2004, LB 1099, § 1;

Laws 2007, LB124, § 64;

Laws 2020, LB910, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-320.04 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-320.04
View Statute 23-320.04
Status: in_force

Any loss, damage or expense for which the county or the county board may be liable by reason of having entered into an indemnity agreement or undertaking to protect and defend the federal government against loss or damage resulting from or growing out of such flood control works or other similar projects, may be paid for by said county from any funds on hand received from the sale of the bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-320.01 to 23-320.07 ; Provided, that said county board may for the purpose of saving and protecting the county from any such loss, damage or expense, apply for and purchase from any insurance or indemnity company authorized to transact business in this state, an insurance or indemnity policy or policies of insurance, and pay the cost of obtaining the same from any funds received from the sale of bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-320.01 to 23-320.07 .

Laws 1947, c. 77, § 4, p. 243;

Laws 1961, c. 89, § 3, p. 311.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-491 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-491
60-491
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person:

(1) To display or cause or permit to be displayed or have in his or her possession any canceled, revoked, suspended, impounded, fictitious, or fraudulently altered operator's license or state identification card issued by the State of Nebraska or any other state;

(2) To lend his or her operator's license or state identification card to any person or knowingly permit the use thereof by another;

(3) To display or represent as one's own any operator's license or state identification card not issued to him or her by the State of Nebraska or any other state;

(4) To fail or refuse to surrender to the director upon his or her lawful demand any operator's license or state identification card which has been suspended, revoked, or canceled;

(5) To use a false or fictitious name in applying for an operator's license or state identification card or knowingly to make a false statement or knowingly to conceal a material fact or otherwise commit a fraud in applying for an operator's license or state identification card;

(6) To permit any unlawful use of an operator's license or state identification card issued to him or her by the State of Nebraska or any other state;

(7) To do any act forbidden or fail to perform any act required by the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act;

(8) To make any false affidavit or knowingly to swear or affirm falsely to any matter or thing required by the terms of the act to be sworn to or affirmed. Such person shall be guilty of perjury and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished as other persons committing perjury are punishable;

(9) To cause or knowingly permit his or her child or ward under the age of sixteen years to drive a motor vehicle upon any highway when such minor is not authorized under the act or is in violation of any of the provisions of the act;

(10) To authorize or knowingly permit a motor vehicle owned by him or her or under his or her control to be driven upon any highway by any person who is not authorized under the act or is in violation of any of the provisions of the act; or

(11) To manufacture any fraudulent state identification card whether of the State of Nebraska or any other state.

Laws 1937, c. 141, § 26, p. 521;

Laws 1941, c. 124, § 6, p. 474;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 60-431;

R.S.1943, § 60-417;

R.S.1943, (1988), § 60-417;

Laws 1989, LB 284, § 10;

Laws 1989, LB 285, § 41;

Laws 1991, LB 335, § 1;

Laws 1999, LB 704, § 9;

Laws 2001, LB 38, § 15.

A person who violates subsection (10) of this section is guilty of negligence and liable for damages proximately resulting from the negligent operation of the motor vehicle. DeWester v. Watkins, 275 Neb. 173, 745 N.W.2d 330 (2008).

A person who violates subsection (10) of this section is guilty of negligence and liable for damages proximately resulting from the negligent operation of the motor vehicle. DeWester v. Watkins, 275 Neb. 173, 745 N.W.2d 330 (2008).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 61-518 — NE Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61-518
View Statute 61-518
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Public Water and Natural Resources Project Contracting Act shall limit or reduce statutory or regulatory requirements regarding insurance.

Laws 2023, LB565, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-207.01 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-207.01
View Statute 71-207.01
Status: in_force

Application for authority to open a new barber school shall be made to the Board of Barber Examiners, on forms to be prescribed by the board, and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 71-219 .

Laws 1963, c. 409, § 8, p. 1318.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-212 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-212
View Statute 8-212
Status: in_force

Securities pledged as provided in section 8-209 shall be primarily liable for the obligations of the trust company, state or national bank, federal savings association, federally chartered trust company, out-of-state trust company authorized under the Interstate Trust Company Office Act or otherwise doing business in this state, or an out-of-state entity acting in a fiduciary capacity in this state, incurred while acting in any fiduciary capacity, for depository of money in court, and for losses arising from trust funds deposited with failed financial institutions in excess of deposit insurance limits and shall not be liable for any other debt or obligation of the financial institution or out-of-state entity until all such trust liabilities have been discharged.

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XVIII, § 12, p. 722;

C.S.1922, § 8074;

C.S.1929, § 8-212;

Laws 1933, c. 20, § 1, p. 190;

Laws 1933, c. 18, § 78, p. 176;

Laws 1939, c. 3, § 2, p. 60;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 8-212;

R.S.1943, § 8-212;

Laws 1993, LB 81, § 26;

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 41;

Laws 2012, LB963, § 6.

Interstate Trust Company Office Act, see section 8-2301 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-603 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-603
38-603
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act and elsewhere in the Uniform Credentialing Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 38-604 to 38-610 apply.

Laws 1984, LB 761, § 3;

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 160;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1740;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 215.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-762 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-762
View Statute 29-762
Status: in_force

Escape from custody while in another state pursuant to the Agreement on Detainers shall constitute an offense against the laws of this state to the same extent and degree as an escape from the institution in which the prisoner was confined immediately prior to having been sent to another state pursuant to the provisions of the Agreement on Detainers and shall be punishable in the same manner as an escape from said institution.

Laws 1963, c. 154, § 4, p. 551.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-123.02 — NE Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-123.02
View Statute 53-123.02
Status: in_force

An alcoholic liquor wholesale license, except beer, shall (1) allow the wholesale purchase, importation, and storage of alcoholic liquor and sale of alcoholic liquor, except beer, to licensees in this state and to persons outside the state as may be permitted by law and (2) allow the sampling of tax-paid alcoholic liquor, except beer, upon the premises of the licensed wholesaler by a licensed retailer or allow sampling on the premises of any licensed retailer, whether the license permits consumption on or off the licensed premises, or both, in the manner prescribed by the commission. The sampling authorized under this section shall be limited to persons licensed as wholesalers or retailers and their employees.

Laws 1935, c. 116, § 25, p. 390;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 53-325;

R.S.1943, § 53-123;

Laws 1947, c. 187, § 1(2), p. 617;

Laws 1947, c. 188, § 1(2), p. 621;

Laws 1963, c. 310, § 4, p. 926;

Laws 1980, LB 848, § 3;

Laws 1982, LB 431, § 2;

Laws 1991, LB 344, § 18;

Laws 1993, LB 53, § 1;

Laws 2003, LB 205, § 1;

Laws 2004, LB 485, § 10.