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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1529 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1529
View Statute 44-1529
Status: in_force

If, after the hearing, the director finds that the insurer, health insurance lead generator, or person charged has engaged in an unfair trade practice, the director shall reduce the findings to writing and shall issue and cause to be served upon the insurer, health insurance lead generator, or person charged with the violation a copy of such findings and an order requiring such insurer, health insurance lead generator, or person to cease and desist from engaging in the act or practice and the director may order any one or more of the following:

(1) Payment of a monetary penalty of not more than one thousand dollars for each violation, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of thirty thousand dollars, unless the violation was committed flagrantly in conscious disregard of the Unfair Insurance Trade Practices Act, in which case the penalty shall be not more than fifteen thousand dollars for each violation, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of one hundred fifty thousand dollars; and

(2) Suspension or revocation of the insurer's license or certificate of authority if the insurer knew or reasonably should have known that the insurer was in violation of the act.

Laws 1973, LB 349, § 8;

Laws 1991, LB 234, § 11;

Laws 2025, LB326, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1710 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1710
View Statute 25-1710
Status: in_force

Costs shall be allowed of course to any defendant upon a judgment in his favor in the actions mentioned in section 25-1708 .

R.S.1867, Code § 622, p. 504;

R.S.1913, § 8169;

C.S.1922, § 9120;

C.S.1929, § 20-1710;

R.S.1943, § 25-1710.

Section recognizes common law precept. Keller v. State, 184 Neb. 853, 172 N.W.2d 782 (1969).

Section recognizes common law precept. Keller v. State, 184 Neb. 853, 172 N.W.2d 782 (1969).

Defendant is ordinarily entitled to recover costs upon a judgment in his favor. Rehn v. Bingaman, 152 Neb. 171, 40 N.W.2d 673 (1950).

Defendant is ordinarily entitled to recover costs upon a judgment in his favor. Rehn v. Bingaman, 152 Neb. 171, 40 N.W.2d 673 (1950).

Successful party should be allowed costs as of course, where no reason appears why general rule should not be followed. Tobas v. Mutual Building & Loan Assn., 147 Neb. 676, 24 N.W.2d 870 (1946).

Successful party should be allowed costs as of course, where no reason appears why general rule should not be followed. Tobas v. Mutual Building & Loan Assn., 147 Neb. 676, 24 N.W.2d 870 (1946).

Defendant is not entitled to costs paid by him in order to obtain a change of venue. Moss v. Lindsey, 62 Neb. 829, 88 N.W. 119 (1901).

Defendant is not entitled to costs paid by him in order to obtain a change of venue. Moss v. Lindsey, 62 Neb. 829, 88 N.W. 119 (1901).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-308 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-308
View Statute 60-308
Status: in_force

(1) Apportionable vehicle means any motor vehicle or trailer used or intended for use in two or more member jurisdictions that allocate or proportionally register motor vehicles or trailers and used for the transportation of persons for hire or designed, used, or maintained primarily for the transportation of property.

(2) Apportionable vehicle does not include any recreational vehicle, motor vehicle displaying restricted plates, city pickup and delivery vehicle, or government-owned motor vehicle.

(3) An apportionable vehicle that is a power unit shall (a) have two axles and a gross vehicle weight or registered gross vehicle weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds or eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four hundred one thousandths kilograms, (b) have three or more axles, regardless of weight, or (c) be used in combination when the weight of such combination exceeds twenty-six thousand pounds or eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four hundred one thousandths kilograms gross vehicle weight. Vehicles or combinations of vehicles having a gross vehicle weight of twenty-six thousand pounds or eleven thousand seven hundred ninety-three and four hundred one thousandths kilograms or less and two-axle vehicles may be proportionally registered at the option of the registrant.

Laws 2005, LB 274, § 8;

Laws 2007, LB286, § 22;

Laws 2018, LB177, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3575 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-3575
23-3575
Status: in_force

After determining the sufficiency of the petition presented under section 23-3573 , the county board shall by resolution provide for the submission of the question of the merger of the districts at a general, primary, or special election. If a special election is called, the costs of such election shall be borne equally by the districts petitioning for the merger. If the question is submitted at a special election, the county clerk or election commissioner of each county having registered voters entitled to vote on the issue shall conduct the special election in such county and shall be responsible for designating the polling places and appointing the election officials, who need not be the regular election officials, and otherwise conducting the election within such county. The county board shall designate the form of ballot.

The county clerk or election commissioner for the county whose county board has received the petition and called the election shall be responsible for giving notice of the special election. Such notice shall be published at least twenty days prior to the election and shall be published, for each district, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in such district. The notice of election shall state where ballots for early voting may be obtained pursuant to the Election Act.

In any such special election, the ballots shall be counted by the county clerks or election commissioners conducting the election and each such county clerk or election commissioner shall designate two disinterested persons to assist him or her with the counting of ballots. If the question is submitted at the statewide general election or primary election, the ballots shall be counted as provided in the Election Act. When all of the ballots have been counted in each county, the returns of such election shall be canvassed by the county canvassing board.

All elections conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted as provided under the Election Act except as otherwise specifically provided for in this section.

Laws 1978, LB 560, § 6;

Laws 1984, LB 920, § 33;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.125;

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 549;

Laws 2005, LB 98, § 3.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2906 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-2906
View Statute 54-2906
Status: in_force

Animal means all vertebrate members of the animal kingdom except humans or wild animals at large.

Laws 2020, LB344, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-1721 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-1721
View Statute 18-1721
Status: in_force

In order to lessen congestion on the streets and to facilitate adequate provisions for community utilities and facilities such as transportation, any city or village which has a comprehensive zoning ordinance is authorized to require that no building or structure shall be erected or enlarged upon any lot in any zoning district unless the half of the street adjacent to such lot has been dedicated to its comprehensive plan width. The maximum area of land required to be so dedicated shall not exceed twenty-five percent of the area of any such lot and the dedication shall not reduce such a lot below a width of fifty feet or an area of five thousand square feet. Any owner of such a lot may submit an application for a variance and the city or village shall provide a procedure for such application to prevent unreasonable hardship under the facts of each case. The authority granted in this section is in addition to the authority of the city or village to require dedication of right-of-way as a condition of subdivision approval.

Laws 1969, c. 99, § 1, p. 473;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 104.

A city may not require a property owner to dedicate private property for some future public purpose as a condition for receiving a building permit unless such future use is directly occasioned by the construction for which the permit is sought. In other cases, eminent domain proceedings are required and compensation must be paid. Simpson v. City of North Platte, 206 Neb. 240, 292 N.W.2d 297 (1980).

A city may not require a property owner to dedicate private property for some future public purpose as a condition for receiving a building permit unless such future use is directly occasioned by the construction for which the permit is sought. In other cases, eminent domain proceedings are required and compensation must be paid. Simpson v. City of North Platte, 206 Neb. 240, 292 N.W.2d 297 (1980).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1529.01 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1529.01
View Statute 66-1529.01
Status: in_force

(1) The department shall reimburse the responsible person from the fund for damages to fixtures and costs of tangible personal property related to the remedial action as set forth in subsections (2) and (3) of this section.

(2) The responsible person shall be reimbursed from the fund for reasonable repair or replacement costs approved in a remedial action plan for fixtures which are damaged by the remedial action, except in the case of intentional acts or gross negligence by the responsible person or his or her agents. Costs for removal of fixtures are eligible for reimbursement at the time of site closure if such fixtures were a part of the approved remedial action. All fixtures reimbursed by the fund which are attached to real property are owned by the responsible person or the property owner, if different from the responsible person.

(3) The responsible person shall be reimbursed from the fund for the value of tangible personal property purchased by the responsible person and used in the remedial action. Reimbursement shall be according to the current schedule of reasonable rates made available by the department pursuant to section 66-1518 . All tangible personal property reimbursed by the fund is owned by the state. The department may use tangible personal property reimbursed by the fund in other remedial actions, store such property until needed, maintain the property, or sell or dispose of such property in a manner beneficial to the fund. Any proceeds from the sale or disposal of such property shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund.

Laws 1991, LB 409, § 18;

Laws 1996, LB 1226, § 12;

Laws 1998, LB 1161, § 34.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-932 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-932
View Statute 32-932
Status: in_force

Any person challenged who complies with sections 32-927 to 32-931 shall be allowed to vote. Any person challenged who refuses to comply with sections 32-927 to 32-930 or to take the oath provided in section 32-931 for any election shall not be issued a ballot or permitted to vote.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 275.

If a party challenged refuses to take oath, his vote should be rejected. Plouzek v. Saline County Reorganization Committee, 181 Neb. 440, 148 N.W.2d 919 (1967).

If a party challenged refuses to take oath, his vote should be rejected. Plouzek v. Saline County Reorganization Committee, 181 Neb. 440, 148 N.W.2d 919 (1967).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-3404 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-3404
View Statute 30-3404
Status: in_force

The power of attorney for health care shall (1) be in writing, (2) identify the principal, the attorney in fact, and the successor attorney in fact, if any, (3) specifically authorize the attorney in fact to make health care decisions on behalf of the principal in the event the principal is incapable, (4) show the date of its execution, and (5) be witnessed and signed by at least two adults, each of whom witnesses either the signing and dating of the power of attorney for health care by the principal or the principal's acknowledgment of the signature and date, or be signed and acknowledged by the principal before a notary public who shall not be the attorney in fact or successor attorney in fact.

Laws 1992, LB 696, § 4;

Laws 1993, LB 782, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-231 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-231
View Statute 2-231
Status: in_force

Each appointed county fair board shall cause to be filed with the county board from time to time all claims to be paid from money raised by taxation, and such claims shall be allowed and paid in like manner as general claims against the county.

Laws 1917, c. 168, § 12, p. 379;

C.S.1922, § 68;

C.S.1929, § 2-221;

R.S.1943, § 2-231;

Laws 1999, LB 437, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6912 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6912
View Statute 44-6912
Status: in_force

Medical care means amounts paid for:

(1)(a) The diagnosis, care, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease or (b) the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body;

(2) Transportation primarily for and essential to medical care referred to in subdivision (1) of this section; and

(3) Insurance covering medical care referred to in subdivisions (1) and (2) of this section.

Laws 1997, LB 862, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3524 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-3524
View Statute 29-3524
Status: in_force

Criminal justice agencies may assess reasonable fees, not to exceed actual costs, for search, retrieval, storing, maintaining, and copying of criminal justice records and may waive fees at their discretion. When fees for certified copies or other copies, printouts, or photographs of such records are specifically prescribed by law, such specific fees shall apply. All fees collected by the Nebraska State Patrol pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska State Patrol Cash Fund.

Laws 1978, LB 713, § 26;

Laws 1986, LB 851, § 4;

Laws 2003, LB 17, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-479.01 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-479.01
View Statute 60-479.01
Status: in_force

(1) All persons handling source documents or engaged in the issuance of new, renewed, or reissued operators' licenses or state identification cards shall have periodic fraudulent document recognition training.

(2) All persons and agents of the department involved in the recording of verified application information or verified operator's license and state identification card information, involved in the manufacture or production of licenses or cards, or who have the ability to affect information on such licenses or cards shall be subject to a criminal history record information check, including a check of prior employment references, and a lawful status check as required by 6 C.F.R. part 37, as such part existed on the date specified in section 60-201 . Such persons and agents shall provide fingerprints which shall be submitted to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The bureau shall use its records for the criminal history record information check.

(3) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the Nebraska State Patrol shall undertake a search for criminal history record information relating to such applicant, including transmittal of the applicant's fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history record information check. The criminal history record information check shall include information concerning the applicant from federal repositories of such information and repositories of such information in other states, if authorized by federal law. The Nebraska State Patrol shall issue a report to the employing public agency that shall include the criminal history record information concerning the applicant. The cost of any background check shall be borne by the employer of the person or agent.

(4) Any person convicted of any disqualifying offense as provided in 6 C.F.R. part 37, as such part existed on the date specified in section 60-201 , shall not be involved in the recording of verified application information or verified operator's license and state identification card information, involved in the manufacture or production of licenses or cards, or involved in any capacity in which such person would have the ability to affect information on such licenses or cards. Any employee or prospective employee of the department shall be provided notice that he or she will undergo such criminal history record information check prior to employment or prior to any involvement with the issuance of operators' licenses or state identification cards.

Laws 2008, LB911, § 8;

Laws 2011, LB215, § 4;

Laws 2012, LB751, § 18;

Laws 2013, LB35, § 4;

Laws 2014, LB776, § 5;

Laws 2015, LB313, § 5;

Laws 2016, LB929, § 7;

Laws 2017, LB263, § 63;

Laws 2018, LB909, § 76;

Laws 2019, LB79, § 12;

Laws 2020, LB944, § 52;

Laws 2021, LB149, § 10;

Laws 2022, LB750, § 49;

Laws 2023, LB138, § 17;

Laws 2024, LB1200, § 25;

Laws 2025, LB398, § 37.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1589 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1589
View Statute 2-1589
Status: in_force

(1) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing the administration of the Nebraska Resources Development Fund. The commission may make an allocation from the fund as a grant to an agency or political subdivision if the commission determines that such an allocation will not be reimbursed from revenue or receipts and when the program or project appears to be of general public benefit, thereby making reimbursement of such money from local tax funds inappropriate or impossible, or when the funds are intended for a state or local contribution to a program or project requiring such contribution to meet the requirements for a matching federal grant.

(2) The commission may make an allocation from the fund as a loan to an agency or political subdivision for any program or project or any part thereof consistent with the purposes of the fund which will directly generate revenue or receipts, which can be anticipated to culminate in a program or project which will generate revenue or receipts, or which would not generate revenue or receipts but would be of general public benefit to the applicant making repayment from local tax funds appropriate.

Laws 1974, LB 975, § 4;

R.S.1943, (1977), § 2-3266;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 34.

The adoption and implementation of a general benefit project by a natural resources district is an exercise of a power which is legislative in nature, and the requirements of due process that apply to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings are not applicable. Fisher & Trouble Creek v. Lower Platte No. Nat. Resources Dist., 212 Neb. 196, 322 N.W.2d 403 (1982).

The adoption and implementation of a general benefit project by a natural resources district is an exercise of a power which is legislative in nature, and the requirements of due process that apply to judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings are not applicable. Fisher & Trouble Creek v. Lower Platte No. Nat. Resources Dist., 212 Neb. 196, 322 N.W.2d 403 (1982).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-415 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-415
View Statute 14-415
Status: in_force

A city of the metropolitan class, in addition to other remedies, may institute any appropriate action or proceedings to prevent an unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, conversion, maintenance, or use of any building or structure in violation of any ordinance or regulations enacted or issued pursuant to sections 14-401 to 14-418 , to restrain, correct, or abate such violation, to prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land, or to prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use in or about such premises. Such ordinance or regulations shall be enforced by the city as the city council may provide. In addition to, and not in restriction of any other powers, the city may cause any building, structure, place, or premises to be inspected and examined and to order in writing the remedying of any condition found to exist in or at such building, structure, place, or premises in violation of any provision of the ordinance or regulations made under authority of such sections. The owner, general agent, lessee, or tenant of a building or premises or of any part of such building or premises where a violation of any provision of the ordinance or regulations has been committed or shall exist or the general agent, architect, builder, contractor, or any other person who commits, takes part, or assists in any such violation or who maintains any building or premises in which any such violation shall exist shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor for a first or second violation and a Class II misdemeanor for a third or subsequent violation, if the third or subsequent violation is committed within two years after the commission of the prior violation.

Laws 1925, c. 45, § 9, p. 184;

C.S.1929, § 14-412;

R.S.1943, § 14-415;

Laws 1959, c. 37, § 3, p. 212;

Laws 2014, LB174, § 1;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 145.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1123 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1123
View Statute 46-1123
Status: in_force

Annual reports shall be submitted to the department by the district personnel showing the actual number of applications received, the number of applications approved, the number of inspections made, and the name of all chemicals used in chemigation systems within the district during the previous year.

Laws 1986, LB 284, § 23;

Laws 2011, LB28, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1979 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1979
View Statute 21-1979
Status: in_force

Unless the articles or bylaws provide otherwise, a board of directors may fix the compensation of directors.

Laws 1996, LB 681, § 79.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1145 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1145
View Statute 46-1145
Status: in_force

If after a hearing held pursuant to section 46-1144 the director determines that the district is not carrying out its responsibilities under the Nebraska Chemigation Act, the powers and duties of the district set out in the act shall vest in the department for a period of twelve months. All application fees shall be payable to the department during such twelve-month period and shall be placed in the Chemigation Costs Fund. Each district which has lost its powers and duties to the department shall, at least thirty days prior to the end of any such twelve-month period, inform the director as to whether it is now able to carry out its responsibilities under the Nebraska Chemigation Act or the reasons why it will continue to be unable to meet such responsibilities. If the district is unable to meet its responsibilities, the department may continue to perform the powers and duties required of the district for an additional twelve-month period.

Laws 1986, LB 284, § 45.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-2012 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-2012
View Statute 29-2012
Status: in_force

When two or more persons shall be indicted together, the court may, at any time before the defendant has gone into his defense, direct any one of the defendants to be discharged that he may be a witness for the state. An accused may, also, when there is not sufficient evidence to put him upon his defense, be discharged by the court; or, if not discharged by the court, shall be entitled to the immediate verdict of the jury, for the purpose of giving evidence for others accused with him. Such order of discharge in either case shall be a bar to another prosecution for the same offense.

G.S.1873, c. 58, § 474, p. 827;

R.S.1913, § 9115;

C.S.1922, § 10140;

C.S.1929, § 29-2012;

R.S.1943, § 29-2012.

When separate trials are awarded to parties jointly indicted, each is a competent witness for the state upon the trial of other, without being first acquitted, and without entry of nolle prosequi. Carroll v. State, 5 Neb. 31 (1876).

When separate trials are awarded to parties jointly indicted, each is a competent witness for the state upon the trial of other, without being first acquitted, and without entry of nolle prosequi. Carroll v. State, 5 Neb. 31 (1876).