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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1427 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1427
View Statute 38-1427
Status: in_force

A written authorization for an autopsy given by the person listed in section 30-2223 having the right of disposition of the remains may, subject to section 23-1824 and when not inconsistent with any directions given by the decedent pursuant to section 38-1426 , include authorization for the removal of any specifically named organ or organs for therapeutic or scientific purposes. Pursuant to any such written authorization, any structure or organ may be given to the director or to any other therapeutic service operated by any nonprofit agency approved by the director, including, but not limited to, a teaching institution, university, college, legally licensed hospital, nonprofit blood bank, nonprofit artery bank, nonprofit eye bank, or nationally recognized nonprofit hormone and pituitary program. The person or persons performing any autopsy shall do so within a reasonable time and without delay and shall not exceed the removal permission contained in such written authorization, and the remains shall not be significantly altered in external appearance nor shall any portion thereof be removed for purposes other than those expressly permitted in this section.

Laws 1959, c. 325, § 3, p. 1188;

Laws 1959, c. 326, § 2, p. 1189;

Laws 1985, LB 130, § 1;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 560;

Laws 1999, LB 46, § 6;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1341;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 468;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 563;

Laws 2014, LB998, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 12-527 — NE Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12-527
View Statute 12-527
Status: in_force

The court shall make such order in regard to the taxation and payment of costs in the premises as to the court shall seem just and proper, and the court shall have authority in such case to provide for the payment of the costs and expenses of said proceeding out of the funds belonging to the said cemetery association or the proceeds of the sale of any such real estate.

Laws 1907, c. 27, § 7, p. 149;

R.S.1913, § 694;

C.S.1922, § 603;

C.S.1929, § 13-516;

R.S.1943, § 12-527.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2108 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2108
View Statute 38-2108
Status: in_force

Certified master social worker means a person who meets the standards established in subsection (1) of section 38-2128 and who holds a current certificate issued by the department.

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 8;

R.S.1943, (1990), § 71-1,251;

Laws 1993, LB 669, § 20;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,301;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 727.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-125 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-125
View Statute 38-125
Status: in_force

(1) Upon request and payment of the required fee, the department shall provide certification of a credential which shall include a certified statement that provides information regarding the basis on which a credential was issued, the date of issuance, and whether disciplinary action has been taken against the credential.

(2) Upon request and payment of the required fee, the department shall provide verification of a credential which shall include written confirmation as to whether a credential is valid at the time the request is made.

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 44, p. 465;

C.S.1929, § 71-506;

R.S.1943, § 71-145;

Laws 1986, LB 286, § 44;

Laws 1986, LB 579, § 36;

Laws 1994, LB 1210, § 24;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 381;

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 19;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-145;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-1113 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-1113
View Statute 48-1113
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Nebraska Fair Employment Practice Act shall be interpreted to require any employer, employment agency, labor organization, or joint labor-management committee subject to the act to grant preferential treatment to any individual or to any group because of the race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or military or veteran status of such individual or group on account of an imbalance which may exist with respect to the total number or percentage of persons of any race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or military or veteran status employed by any employer, referred or classified for employment by any employment agency or labor organization, admitted to membership or classified by any labor organization, or admitted to, or employed in, any apprenticeship or other training program, in comparison with the total number or percentage of persons of such race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, national origin, or military or veteran status in any community, section, or other area, or in the available work force in any community, section, or other area.

Laws 1965, c. 276, § 13, p. 788;

Laws 1973, LB 266, § 9;

Laws 1977, LB 161, § 8;

Laws 1993, LB 360, § 13;

Laws 2025, LB150, § 85.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-3304.01 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3304.01
View Statute 13-3304.01
Status: in_force

(1) In the event that a city, a city and one or more counties, or a county, as such are described in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section 13-3304 , has or have not proposed to create an inland port authority as provided in such section, a nonprofit economic development corporation which serves such city, such city and one or more counties, or such county may propose to create an inland port authority using the criteria in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 13-3304 , whichever is applicable, by submitting an application to the Department of Economic Development.

(2) Following the submission of an application from a nonprofit economic development corporation proposing the creation of an inland port authority, the Department of Economic Development shall evaluate the proposed inland port authority to determine whether the proposal meets the criteria in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 13-3304 , whichever is applicable, as well as any prioritization criteria developed by the department. Upon a determination that the proposed inland port authority sufficiently meets such criteria, the Director of Economic Development shall certify to the nonprofit economic development corporation and the city clerk or county clerk or clerks whether the proposed creation of such inland port authority exceeds the cap on the total number of inland port districts pursuant to subsection (4) of section 13-3304 . If the proposed inland port authority sufficiently meets such criteria and does not exceed such cap, such city, such city and one or more counties, or such county shall create an inland port authority pursuant to subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 13-3304 , whichever is applicable, based on the criteria utilized by the nonprofit economic development corporation pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

Laws 2022, LB998, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 53-160.01 — NE Code / Chapter 53 / Section 53-160.01
View Statute 53-160.01
Status: in_force

No excise taxes of this state, direct or indirect, shall be imposed upon the sale, use, delivery, or storage of articles of merchandise to any instrumentality of the armed forces of the United States engaged in resale activities, except those state excise taxes which may be specifically authorized by the various acts of the Congress of the United States.

Laws 1951, c. 180, § 1, p. 683;

Laws 1985, LB 359, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-937 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-937
View Statute 17-937
Status: in_force

In the case of the transfer of the management and control of a city cemetery or village cemetery as provided in sections 17-934 and 17-935 , each of the trustees of the cemetery association shall qualify by subscribing to an oath in the office of the city clerk or village clerk, as the case may be, substantially as follows: That he or she will faithfully, impartially, and honestly perform his or her duties as such trustee. Whenever the trustees of any cemetery association organized under sections 17-926 to 17-939 shall receive the gift of any property, real or personal, in trust, for the perpetual care of such cemetery, or anything connected therewith, such trustees shall, upon the enactment of bylaws by the association to that effect, require the treasurer of such association to give a bond to such association in a sum equal to the amount of such trust fund and other personal property, conditioned for the faithful administration of such trust and for the care of such funds and property. Such bonds shall be approved by the mayor of the city or by the chairperson of the village board of trustees and shall remain on file with and in the custody of the city clerk or the village clerk. The premium on the bond of the treasurer shall be paid from available cemetery funds credited to or in the hands of such cemetery association. In the event of a vacancy occurring among the members of the board of trustees of such cemetery association, such vacancy shall be filled in the like manner as the original member of such board of trustees was elected in accordance with the provisions of section 12-501 . Each trustee elected to fill such vacancy shall subscribe to the oath as provided in this section. Such appointment to fill such vacancy shall continue until the successor of such trustee shall be duly elected and qualified.

Laws 1929, c. 46, § 8, p. 199;

C.S.1929, § 17-548;

R.S.1943, § 17-937;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 270.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-2304 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-2304
View Statute 71-2304
Status: in_force

(1) The Legislature shall appropriate funds to create a coordinated program of education and treatment for individuals that participate in prostitution-related activities as described in section 28-801 .

(2) The Department of Health and Human Services, in consultation with the regional behavioral health authorities, shall distribute funds to regional behavioral health authorities that can demonstrate to the department a high incidence of prostitution within the behavioral health region. The department may consider the following criteria for regional behavioral health funding under this section:

(a) The number of criminal convictions for prostitution-related activities within the counties that comprise the regional behavioral health authority;

(b) Evidence that prostitution-related activities are impacting residential areas and businesses and the quality of life of residents in such areas and businesses is negatively impacted;

(c) The amount of local law enforcement resources devoted specifically to curtailing prostitution-related activity;

(d) Evidence that the regional behavioral health authorities consulted with recognized neighborhood and business associations within geographic proximity to concentrated areas of prostitution; and

(e) The amount of local subdivision treatment funding.

Each regional behavioral health authority may contract with qualifying public, private, or nonprofit entities for the provision of such education and treatment. Such qualifying entities may obtain additional funding from cities and counties to provide a coordinated program of treatment and education for individuals that participate in prostitution-related activities.

Laws 2006, LB 1086, § 4;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 535.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-219 — NE Code / Chapter 24 / Section 24-219
View Statute 24-219
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court may answer questions of law certified to it by the Supreme Court of the United States, a Court of Appeals of the United States, or a United States District Court, when requested by the certifying court, if there are involved in any proceeding before it questions of law of this state which may be determinative of the cause then pending in the certifying court as to which it appears to the certifying court there is no controlling precedent in the decisions of the Supreme Court of this state. Such request shall not obligate the Supreme Court to accept such request for certification and the Supreme Court may, in its absolute discretion, accept or reject such request for certification as it shall in each case determine.

Laws 1982, LB 724, § 1.

Under this section, the Nebraska Supreme Court is limited to answering questions of law which have been certified to it by a federal court. Givens v. Anchor Packing, 237 Neb. 565, 466 N.W.2d 771 (1991).

Under this section, the Nebraska Supreme Court is limited to answering questions of law which have been certified to it by a federal court. Givens v. Anchor Packing, 237 Neb. 565, 466 N.W.2d 771 (1991).

Fact that district court did not certify to state Supreme Court question of whether state tolls, during plaintiff's infancy, running of ten-year statute of limitations provided for medical malpractice actions did not bar court of appeals from utilizing certification procedure, especially where certification procedure was not available to district court at time it considered statute of limitations issue. Hatfield v. Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hosp., 701 F.2d 1266 (8th Cir. 1983).

Fact that district court did not certify to state Supreme Court question of whether state tolls, during plaintiff's infancy, running of ten-year statute of limitations provided for medical malpractice actions did not bar court of appeals from utilizing certification procedure, especially where certification procedure was not available to district court at time it considered statute of limitations issue. Hatfield v. Bishop Clarkson Memorial Hosp., 701 F.2d 1266 (8th Cir. 1983).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-208.08 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-208.08
View Statute 44-208.08
Status: in_force

Any person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation which solicits any subscriptions for stock or any application for membership or for a policy or sells any surplus note for any insurer in process of organization in violation of law shall be personally liable to any person from whom he or she may have solicited such subscription for stock or application or to whom he or she may have sold such surplus note in an amount equal to that paid by the purchaser or applicant. Suit to recover the same may be brought by such purchasers or applicants, jointly or severally, in any court of competent jurisdiction in this state.

Laws 1957, c. 178, § 9, p. 615;

Laws 1989, LB 92, § 55;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 219.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-2939 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-2939
View Statute 54-2939
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares it is the policy of this state that animal health and disease control are essential to the livestock industry and the health of the economy of Nebraska. The purpose of the Animal Health and Disease Control Act is to further the best interests of Nebraska's livestock industry and to grow Nebraska agriculture. In carrying out its duty to protect the health of Nebraska's livestock, the department may use USDA/APHIS/VS program standards to determine and employ the most efficient and practical means for the prevention, suppression, control, and eradication of dangerous diseases among livestock and transmissible from other animals to livestock.

Laws 2020, LB344, § 39.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3305 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 18-3305
18-3305
Status: in_force

Every plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 shall contain a statement to the effect that the subdivision of (here insert a correct description of the land or parcel subdivided), as appears on this plat, is made with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the undersigned owners and shall be duly acknowledged before some officer authorized to take the acknowledgment of deeds. When thus executed and acknowledged, the plat shall be filed for record and recorded in the office of the register of deeds and county assessor of the proper county.

Laws 1879, § 105, p. 234;

R.S.1913, § 5093;

C.S.1922, § 4266;

C.S.1929, § 17-415;

R.S.1943, § 17-416;

Laws 1974, LB 757, § 5;

R.S.1943, (2012), § 17-416;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 316.

When plat of proposed subdivision is prepared, executed, and filed by landowner without any representations by city with regard to disputed easement, it operates as deed of portion of land set apart for public use. Vakoc Constr. Co. v. City of Wayne, 191 Neb. 45, 213 N.W.2d 721 (1974).

When plat of proposed subdivision is prepared, executed, and filed by landowner without any representations by city with regard to disputed easement, it operates as deed of portion of land set apart for public use. Vakoc Constr. Co. v. City of Wayne, 191 Neb. 45, 213 N.W.2d 721 (1974).

Platting is required before county board can establish a village. State ex rel. Schoonover v. Crabill, 136 Neb. 819, 287 N.W. 669 (1939).

Platting is required before county board can establish a village. State ex rel. Schoonover v. Crabill, 136 Neb. 819, 287 N.W. 669 (1939).

If plat is filed and recorded, failure to sign that plat does not make it void. Pillsbury v. Alexander, 40 Neb. 242, 58 N.W. 859 (1894).

If plat is filed and recorded, failure to sign that plat does not make it void. Pillsbury v. Alexander, 40 Neb. 242, 58 N.W. 859 (1894).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3551 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-3551
23-3551
Status: in_force

The board of directors shall annually select such officers as may be necessary. The board shall cause to be kept accurate minutes of all meetings and accurate records and books of accounts, conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping, clearly reflecting the entire operation, management, and business of the district, which shall be kept at the principal place of business of the district. All books, papers, and vouchers shall be subject to public inspection at all reasonable hours.

Laws 1959, c. 83, § 24, p. 382;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.43.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2213.01 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2213.01
View Statute 39-2213.01
Status: in_force

The bonds issued pursuant to section 39-2203.01 shall be special obligations of the state payable solely and only from the State Highway Capital Improvement Fund and any other funds specifically pledged by the commission for such purpose, and neither the members of the commission nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable thereon. Such bonds shall not be a general obligation or debt of the state, and they shall contain on the face thereof a statement to such effect. Such bonds, and the transfer of and the income from any such bonds, shall be exempt from all taxation and assessments in this state. In the resolution authorizing the bonds, the commission may waive the exemption from federal income taxation for interest on the bonds.

Laws 2023, LB727, § 31.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2721 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2721
View Statute 30-2721
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 30-2722 to 30-2726 concerning beneficial ownership as between parties or as between parties and beneficiaries apply only to controversies between those persons and their creditors and other successors, and do not apply to the rights of those persons to payment as determined by the terms of the account. Sections 30-2727 to 30-2733 govern the liability and setoff rights of financial institutions that make payments pursuant to such sections.

Laws 1993, LB 250, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-3210 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-3210
View Statute 13-3210
Status: in_force

(1) Two or more municipalities may enter into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act to jointly create, administer, or create and administer clean energy assessment districts. Notwithstanding subsection (1) of section 13-3204 , the following provisions shall apply to jointly created districts:

(a) Such districts may be separate, overlapping, or coterminous and may be created anywhere within the municipalities that entered into the agreement or within their extraterritorial zoning jurisdictions, except that such districts shall not include any area within the corporate boundaries or extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of any city or village unless such city or village is one of the municipalities that entered into the agreement; and

(b) The agreement shall provide for a governing body for any such district, which shall be made up of members of the governing bodies of the municipalities that entered into the agreement.

(2) If the creation of clean energy assessment districts is implemented jointly by two or more municipalities, a single public hearing held jointly by the cooperating municipalities is sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection (2) of section 13-3204 .

(3) A municipality or municipalities may contract with a third party for the administration of clean energy assessment districts.

Laws 2016, LB1012, § 10;

R.S.Supp.,2016, § 18-3210;

Laws 2017, LB625, § 10;

Laws 2019, LB124, § 1.

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2178 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2178
View Statute 25-2178
Status: in_force

If the statements in the complaint are not denied in the answer or contradicted by the documentary proof exhibited, they shall be taken as true.

R.S.1867, Code § 810, p. 539;

R.S.1913, § 8293;

C.S.1922, § 9246;

C.S.1929, § 20-2178;

R.S.1943, § 25-2178;

Laws 2002, LB 876, § 43.

Uncontroverted statements in petition and answer will be taken as true. Fairley v. Kemper, 174 Neb. 565, 118 N.W.2d 754 (1962).

Uncontroverted statements in petition and answer will be taken as true. Fairley v. Kemper, 174 Neb. 565, 118 N.W.2d 754 (1962).

Court should first enter judgment confirming shares before determining whether or not partition is practicable. Burke v. Cunningham, 42 Neb. 645, 60 N.W. 903 (1894).

Court should first enter judgment confirming shares before determining whether or not partition is practicable. Burke v. Cunningham, 42 Neb. 645, 60 N.W. 903 (1894).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-413 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-413
View Statute 23-413
Status: in_force

To effectively carry out the duties imposed on the commission by the County Civil Service Commission Act, the commission shall have the power to subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and compel the production of books and papers.

Laws 1971, LB 921, § 12;

R.S.1943, (2012), § 23-2512;

Laws 2019, LB411, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-256 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-256
View Statute 15-256
Status: in_force

A city of the primary class may punish disturbance of the peace or good order, clamor, intoxication, drunkenness, fighting, or other violations of the public peace by indecent or disorderly conduct, or blockading any street, sidewalk, way, or space, or interfering with the passing of people.

Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, LVI, p. 141;

R.S.1913, § 4466;

C.S.1922, § 3851;

C.S.1929, § 15-254;

R.S.1943, § 15-256;

Laws 2020, LB1003, § 67.