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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-676.01 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-676.01
View Statute 60-676.01
Status: in_force

Vulnerable road user means:

(1) Any pedestrian who is:

(a) On a highway and constructing or repairing such highway;

(b) Working on utility facilities along a highway;

(c) Providing emergency services on or along a highway;

(d) In a crosswalk; or

(e) On the shoulder;

(2) Any individual operating any of the following on or along a highway:

(a) Any bicycle;

(b) Any electric bicycle;

(c) Any motorcycle other than an autocycle;

(d) Any moped; or

(e) Any vehicle or device similar to any vehicle or device listed in subdivisions (2)(a) through (2)(d) of this section;

(3) Any individual who is riding any animal or driving any animal-drawn vehicle on or along a highway;

(4) Any individual operating an implement of husbandry, including a farm tractor, that is on or along a highway; and

(5) Any individual who is in a crosswalk or on a shoulder and who is on any:

(a) Coaster, skate, sled, ski, board, or toy vehicle;

(b) Electric personal assistive mobility device; or

(c) Wheelchair.

Laws 2025, LB530, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-364 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-364
View Statute 8-364
Status: in_force

Foreign association shall mean any firm, company, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation actually engaged in the business of a savings and loan association which is not organized under the laws of this state or of the United States.

Laws 1981, LB 500, § 9;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 89.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1711 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1711
View Statute 43-1711
Status: in_force

Income shall mean (1) compensation paid, payable, due, or to be due for personal services, whether denominated as wages, salary, earnings, income, commission, bonus, or otherwise, and shall include any periodic payments pursuant to a pension or a retirement program and dividends, and (2) any other income from whatever source derived.

Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 31;

Laws 1993, LB 523, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 67-296 — NE Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-296
View Statute 67-296
Status: in_force

Sections 67-233 to 67-2,100 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

Laws 1981, LB 272, § 64;

Laws 1989, LB 482, § 63;

Laws 2012, LB1018, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-346.01 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-346.01
23-346.01
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the county clerk, in all counties having a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, on or before December 1, annually, to prepare separate estimates of the supplies, materials, equipment and machinery required for the use of the county officers during the coming year, which by law are not required to be furnished by the state, and, in order to properly estimate the amounts of supplies, materials, equipment and machinery to be needed by the county government, the county clerk shall keep a perpetual inventory of all personal property of the county.

Laws 1879, § 150, p. 392;

R.S.1913, § 1089;

C.S.1922, § 1014;

C.S.1929, § 26-706;

Laws 1943, c. 57, § 2, p. 227;

R.S.1943, § 23-322;

Laws 1974, LB 1007, § 1;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-322.

Failure to carry out provisions of section will not justify removal of officer in absence of evil intent. Hiatt v. Tomlinson, 100 Neb. 51, 158 N.W. 383 (1916).

Failure to carry out provisions of section will not justify removal of officer in absence of evil intent. Hiatt v. Tomlinson, 100 Neb. 51, 158 N.W. 383 (1916).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2125 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-2125
14-2125
Status: in_force

(1) A metropolitan utilities district may enter into agreements with other companies or municipalities operating gas distribution systems and with gas pipeline companies, whether within or outside the state, for the transportation, purchase, sale, or exchange of available gas supplies or propane supplies held for peak-shaving purposes, so as to realize full utilization of available gas supplies and for the mutual benefit of the contracting parties.

(2) A metropolitan utilities district may own, construct, maintain, and operate an interstate or intrastate pipeline, whether within or outside of the district's boundaries, for purposes of securing and transporting natural gas supplies for itself or others and may enter into contractual agreements with other pipeline companies, gas distribution companies, municipalities, or political subdivisions or any other legal entity whatsoever for such purposes.

Laws 1977, LB 499, § 1;

Laws 1987, LB 177, § 1;

R.S.1943, (1991), § 14-1103.03;

Laws 1992, LB 746, § 25.

Based on the plain language of this section, there is no legal requirement to seek competitive bids before entering into a contract for interstate transmission of natural gas. Bruno v. Metropolitan Utilities Dist., 287 Neb. 551, 844 N.W.2d 50 (2014).

Based on the plain language of this section, there is no legal requirement to seek competitive bids before entering into a contract for interstate transmission of natural gas. Bruno v. Metropolitan Utilities Dist., 287 Neb. 551, 844 N.W.2d 50 (2014).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-148 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-148
38-148
Status: in_force

(1) A person whose credential has been suspended or has had limitations placed thereon for any reason specified in sections 38-178 and 38-179 may apply for reinstatement of the credential at any time. The application shall include such information as may be required by the department.

(2) A person whose credential has been revoked for any reason specified in such sections may apply for reinstatement of the credential after a period of two years has elapsed from the date of revocation. The application shall include such information as may be required by the department.

Laws 1976, LB 877, § 9;

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 57;

Laws 1986, LB 579, § 49;

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 32;

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 23;

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 37;

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 45;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-161.04;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 48.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-702 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-702
View Statute 14-702
Status: in_force

The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall employ a chief of the fire department and all other officers, firefighters, and assistants as may be proper and necessary for the effective service of the fire department to the extent and limit that the funds provided by the city council for that purpose will allow. Each fire department applicant shall, as a condition of employment, submit to the city a full set of his or her fingerprints along with written permission authorizing the city to forward the set of fingerprints to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, through either the Nebraska State Patrol or the city police department, to facilitate a check of his or her criminal history record information by the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. The fingerprint check provided for in this section shall be solely for the purpose of confirming information provided by the fire department applicant.

Laws 1921, c. 116, art. VI, § 5, p. 506;

C.S.1922, § 3706;

C.S.1929, § 14-706;

R.S.1943, § 14-702;

Laws 1994, LB 1025, § 1;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 222.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-1302 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1302
View Statute 37-1302
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Nebraska Shooting Range Protection Act:

(1) Firearm has the same meaning as in section 28-1201 ;

(2) Person means an individual, association, proprietorship, partnership, corporation, club, political subdivision, or other legal entity;

(3) Shooting range means an area or facility designated or operated primarily for the use of firearms or archery and which is operated in compliance with the act and the shooting range performance standards. Shooting range excludes shooting preserves or areas used for law enforcement or military training; and

(4) Shooting range performance standards means the revised edition of the National Rifle Association's range source book titled A Guide To Planning And Construction adopted by the National Rifle Association, as such book existed on January 1, 2009, for the safe operation of shooting ranges.

Laws 2009, LB503, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1302 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 13-1302
13-1302
Status: in_force

For purposes of sections 13-1301 to 13-1312 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Bonds means bonds issued by the commission pursuant to such sections;

(2) City means a city of the metropolitan class as defined in section 14-101 or a city of the primary class as defined in section 15-101 , the population of which according to the most recent federal census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census was more than one-half in number of the total population, according to such census or revised count, of the county in which such city is located;

(3) Commission means a public building commission created by and activated pursuant to sections 13-1301 to 13-1312 ;

(4) County means a county in which a city of the metropolitan class or primary class is located;

(5) Governing body means the city council in the case of the city and the county board in the case of the county;

(6) Other governmental units means a city, other than a city as defined in this section, village, district, authority, public agency, board, commission, or other public corporation, political subdivision, or public instrumentality located in whole or in part in the county; and

(7) Project means any building, structure, or facility for public purposes to be used jointly by the city and the county, including the site thereof, all machinery, equipment, and apparatus of or pertaining thereto, including fixtures and furnishings if agreed to by the city and the county, and all other real or personal property necessary or incidental thereto.

Laws 1971, LB 1003, § 2;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 23-2602;

Laws 1990, LB 1098, § 2;

Laws 2011, LB480, § 1;

Laws 2019, LB67, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1710 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1710
View Statute 13-1710
Status: in_force

A city council, village board of trustees, or county board of commissioners or supervisors shall charge an applicant for siting approval a fee in an amount equal to the reasonable and necessary costs incurred by the city, village, or county in the siting approval process.

Laws 1991, LB 813, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3211.02 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3211.02
View Statute 2-3211.02
Status: in_force

If a change of boundaries, division, or merger requires the naming of a newly created natural resources district or the renaming of one or more existing districts, names shall be given by the commission at the time the change, division, or merger is approved. The board of directors of a district may recommend that a specific name be approved.

Laws 1988, LB 1045, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1907 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1907
View Statute 48-1907
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 48-1901 to 48-1906 shall be construed to establish any rule, right, or duty not expressly provided for in such sections.

Laws 1988, LB 582, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1417 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1417
View Statute 70-1417
Status: in_force

A two-thirds majority vote of the directors of the joint authority present, with each member casting the number of votes to which he or she is entitled, is authorized to fix, charge, and collect rents, rates, fees, and charges for electric power and energy, hydrogen, ethanol, and other services, related to the generation, transmission, and sale of electric energy, to the production, storage, or distribution of hydrogen, or to the production or distribution of ethanol. For so long as any bonds of a joint authority are outstanding and unpaid, the rents, rates, fees, and charges shall be so fixed as to provide revenue at least sufficient, together with other available funds, to pay all costs of and charges and expenses in connection with the proper operation and maintenance of its projects and all necessary repairs, replacements, or renewals of such projects, to pay when due the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on all bonds payable from such revenue, to create and maintain reserves and comply with such covenants as may be required by any resolution or trust agreement authorizing and securing bonds, and to pay any and all amounts which the joint authority may be obligated to pay from such revenue by law or contract.

Any pledge made by a joint authority pursuant to the Joint Public Power Authority Act shall be valid and binding from the date the pledge is made. The revenue, securities, and other money so pledged and then held or thereafter received by the joint authority or any fiduciary shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery of such pledge or further act, and the lien of the pledge shall be valid and binding as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the member district or joint authority without regard to whether such parties have notice of such lien.

Laws 1982, LB 852, § 17;

Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 57;

Laws 2005, LB 139, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1709 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1709
View Statute 43-1709
Status: in_force

Employer or other payor shall mean any person, partnership, limited liability company, firm, corporation, association, political subdivision, or department or agency of the state or federal government in possession of income and shall include an obligor if he or she is self-employed.

Laws 1985, Second Spec. Sess., LB 7, § 29;

Laws 1991, LB 457, § 22;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 217.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1112 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 13-1112
13-1112
Status: in_force

Upon filing the petition under the provisions of section 13-1111 , the county clerk, or if the real estate is situated in more than one county, the county clerk of the county having the greater portion of such real estate, shall notify such municipal legislative bodies in whose area of zoning jurisdiction an industrial tract is located in whole or in part as shall have developed a comprehensive development plan and shall be exercising zoning jurisdiction in the area concerned. Such notification shall request approval or disapproval by the municipal legislative body of the designation of such tract within thirty days after receipt of such notification, which approval may be conditioned upon terms agreed to between the city and county. The designation of any tract as an industrial area shall be in compliance with the zoning ordinances, subdivision regulations, and appropriate ordinances and regulations of such city or village. If formal reply to the notification of the county board's intention to designate such tract as an industrial area is not received within thirty days, the county board shall construe such inaction as approval of such designation.

Laws 1967, c. 99, § 1, p. 299;

Laws 1979, LB 217, § 2;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 19-2501.01.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-124 — NE Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-124
View Statute 52-124
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, or corporation, the members of any firm, or the officers of any corporation, violating the provisions of section 52-123 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.

Laws 1969, c. 432, § 2, p. 1456;

Laws 1977, LB 40, § 308.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-549 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-549
View Statute 60-549
Status: in_force

Proof of financial responsibility may be evidenced by the certificate of the State Treasurer that the person named in the certificate has deposited with him or her seventy-five thousand dollars per vehicle in cash or securities such as may legally be purchased by savings banks or for trust funds of a market value of seventy-five thousand dollars. The State Treasurer shall not accept any such deposit and issue a certificate therefor and the department shall not accept such certificate unless it is accompanied by evidence that there are no unsatisfied judgments of any character against the depositor in the county where the depositor resides.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 49, p. 499;

Laws 1959, c. 299, § 4, p. 1126;

Laws 1975, LB 264, § 2;

Laws 1988, LB 1051, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-616 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-616
View Statute 58-616
Status: in_force

Compliance with the Nebraska Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act is determined in light of the facts and circumstances existing at the time a decision is made or action is taken, and not by hindsight.

Laws 2007, LB136, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4620 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4620
View Statute 30-4620
Status: in_force

To the extent a powerholder releases or fails to exercise a general power of appointment other than a power to withdraw property from, revoke, or amend a trust:

(1) the gift in default clause controls the disposition of the unappointed property; or

(2) if there is no gift in default clause or to the extent the clause is ineffective:

(A) except as otherwise provided in subdivision (B) of this subdivision, the unappointed property passes to:

(i) the powerholder if the powerholder is a permissible appointee and living; or

(ii) if the powerholder is an impermissible appointee or deceased, the powerholder's estate if the estate is a permissible appointee; or

(B) to the extent the powerholder released the power, or if there is no taker under subdivision (A) of this subdivision, the unappointed property passes under a reversionary interest to the donor or the donor's transferee or successor in interest.

Laws 2021, LB501, § 43.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-851 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-851
View Statute 58-851
Status: in_force

The Nebraska Educational, Health, Cultural, and Social Services Finance Authority Act, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes thereof.

Laws 1981, LB 321, § 48;

Laws 1993, LB 465, § 27;

R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-2948;

Laws 1995, LB 5, § 48;

R.S.1943, (2008), § 85-1748;

Laws 2013, LB170, § 51;

Laws 2019, LB224, § 30.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1545 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-1545
View Statute 32-1545
Status: in_force

(1) Any person disclosing any election results or election returns before the closing of the polls without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

(2) Any person other than the election commissioner or county clerk who receives partial returns or election results and releases such partial returns or results without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

(3) Any person who attempts to disseminate any election results or election returns before the closing of the polls shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

(4) Any person who in any way causes the release of any election results or election returns without the express authorization of the election commissioner or county clerk shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 444.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1005 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1005
View Statute 68-1005
Status: in_force

In order to qualify for assistance to the disabled, an individual shall, in addition to the requirements set forth in section 68-1002 , be considered to be disabled if he or she is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than one hundred eighty days or, in the case of a child under eighteen years of age, if he or she suffers from any medically determinable physical or mental impairment of comparable severity. In determining eligibility for assistance to the disabled, the Department of Health and Human Services may adopt the determination of the Social Security Administration that an individual is or is not disabled for the purposes of the federal programs of Supplemental Security Income or Old Age Survivors' and Disability Insurance, except that if the Social Security Administration has denied benefits to an individual on the basis of the duration of the individual's disability, the department shall perform an independent medical review of such individual's disability.

Laws 1965, c. 395, § 5, p. 1266;

Laws 1976, LB 454, § 1;

Laws 1977, LB 311, § 2;

Laws 1984, LB 1127, § 1;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 307.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1593 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1593
View Statute 2-1593
Status: in_force

Each program or project for which funding is requested, whether such request has as its origin an application or the action of the department itself, shall be reviewed as provided in sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 by the Chief Water Officer prior to the approval of any allocation for such program or project by the commission. The Chief Water Officer shall within a reasonable time, not to exceed six months, after receipt of such request report to the commission the results of his or her review and shall recommend approval or rejection of funding for the program or project. The Chief Water Officer shall indicate what form of allocation he or she deems to be appropriate. In the case of an approved application recommended for a loan, the commission shall indicate the appropriate repayment period and the rate of interest. The commission shall act in accordance with such recommendations unless action to the contrary is approved by each commission member eligible to vote on the specific recommendation under consideration. No member of the commission shall be eligible to participate in the action of the commission concerning an application for funding to any entity in which such commission member has any interest. The Chief Water Officer may be delegated additional responsibilities consistent with the purposes of sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 . It shall be the sole responsibility of the commission to determine the priority in which funds are allocated for eligible programs and projects under sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 .

Laws 1974, LB 975, § 8;

R.S.1943, (1977), § 2-3270;

Laws 1984, LB 1106, § 19;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 37;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 21.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-322.02 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-322.02
View Statute 28-322.02
Status: in_force

Any person who subjects an inmate or parolee to sexual penetration is guilty of sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree. Sexual abuse of an inmate or parolee in the first degree is a Class IIA felony.

Laws 1999, LB 511, § 4;

Laws 2015, LB605, § 19.

Registration of sex offenders, see sections 29-4001 to 29-4014 .

As used in this section, the word "subject" means to cause to undergo the action of something specified. State v. Loyuk, 289 Neb. 967, 857 N.W.2d 833 (2015).

As used in this section, the word "subject" means to cause to undergo the action of something specified. State v. Loyuk, 289 Neb. 967, 857 N.W.2d 833 (2015).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2168 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2168
View Statute 25-2168
Status: in_force

Any private person may on his own relation sue out writs of mandamus without application to the prosecuting attorney.

R.S.1867, Code § 2, p. 279;

R.S.1913, § 8283;

C.S.1922, § 9236;

C.S.1929, § 20-2168;

R.S.1943, § 25-2168.

Private person may on his own relation bring mandamus action. McFarland v. State, 165 Neb. 487, 86 N.W.2d 182 (1957).

Private person may on his own relation bring mandamus action. McFarland v. State, 165 Neb. 487, 86 N.W.2d 182 (1957).

Writ is issued in name of state, upon relation of party seeking relief. City of Crawford v. Darrow, 87 Neb. 494, 127 N.W. 891 (1910).

Writ is issued in name of state, upon relation of party seeking relief. City of Crawford v. Darrow, 87 Neb. 494, 127 N.W. 891 (1910).

Party may bring mandamus in name of state on his relation. State ex rel. Levy v. Spicer, 36 Neb. 469, 54 N.W. 849 (1893).

Party may bring mandamus in name of state on his relation. State ex rel. Levy v. Spicer, 36 Neb. 469, 54 N.W. 849 (1893).