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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-204 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-204
View Statute 17-204
Status: in_force

Every village trustee, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Nebraska and faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of his or her office. Every village board of trustees appointed by the county board shall meet within twenty days, organize, and appoint the officers required by law. All trustees elected to office shall qualify and meet on the first regular meeting of the village board of trustees in December thereafter, organize, elect a chairperson of the board of trustees, and appoint the officers required by law. The village board of trustees shall, by ordinance, fix the time and place of holding its stated meetings and may be convened at any time by the chairperson.

Laws 1879, § 43, p. 203;

Laws 1913, c. 216, § 1, p. 646;

R.S.1913, § 5054;

C.S.1922, § 4226;

C.S.1929, § 17-204;

R.S.1943, § 17-204;

Laws 1974, LB 897, § 1;

Laws 1995, LB 194, § 4;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 65.

This section authorized chairman to convene the village board at special meeting for purpose of passing a liquor license. Vogel v. Rawley, 85 Neb. 600, 123 N.W. 1037 (1909).

This section authorized chairman to convene the village board at special meeting for purpose of passing a liquor license. Vogel v. Rawley, 85 Neb. 600, 123 N.W. 1037 (1909).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-3022 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-3022
View Statute 8-3022
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided by subsection (2) of this section, a digital asset depository shall, before transacting any business, pledge or furnish a surety bond to the director to cover costs likely to be incurred by the director in a liquidation or conservatorship of the digital asset depository. The amount of the surety bond or pledge of assets under subsection (2) of this section shall be determined by the director in an amount sufficient to defray the costs of a liquidation or conservatorship.

(2) In lieu of a bond, a digital asset depository may irrevocably pledge specified assets equivalent to a bond under subsection (1) of this section. Any assets pledged to the director under this subsection shall be held in a state or nationally chartered bank, trust company, federal reserve bank, or savings and loan association having a principal or branch office in this state, excluding affiliated institutions. All costs associated with pledging and holding such assets are the responsibility of the digital asset depository.

(3) Assets pledged to the director shall not include money and shall be of the same nature and quality as those required under section 8-210 .

(4) The digital asset depository shall have the right, with the approval of the director, to substitute other securities for those deposited and shall be required to do so on written order of the director made for good cause shown. The digital asset depository shall pay the fees prescribed in section 8-602 for pledging and substitution of securities. So long as the digital asset depository so depositing shall continue to be solvent and is not in violation of the Nebraska Financial Innovation Act, such digital asset depository shall be permitted to receive the interest or dividends on such deposit.

(5) Surety bonds shall run to the State of Nebraska and shall be approved under the terms and conditions required under section 8-110 .

(6) The director may by order or rules and regulations establish additional investment guidelines or investment options for purposes of the pledge or surety bond required by this section.

(7) In the event of a liquidation or conservatorship of a digital asset depository pursuant to section 8-3027 , the director may, without regard to priorities, preferences, or adverse claims, reduce the surety bond or assets pledged under this section to cash as soon as practicable and utilize the cash to defray the costs associated with the liquidation or conservatorship.

(8) Income from assets pledged under subsection (2) of this section shall be paid to the digital asset depository no less than annually, unless a liquidation or conservatorship takes place.

(9) Upon evidence that the amount of the current surety bond or pledged assets is insufficient, the director may require a digital asset depository to increase its surety bond or pledged assets by providing not less than thirty days' written notice to the digital asset depository.

Laws 2021, LB649, § 22;

Laws 2023, LB92, § 36.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 61-204 — NE Code / Chapter 61 / Section 61-204
View Statute 61-204
Status: in_force

(1) The Chief Water Officer of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the duties of the Chief Water Officer except to the extent such power is statutorily granted to the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission. The Chief Water Officer shall administer rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the commission.

(2) The rules, regulations, and orders of the Director of Water Resources, the Department of Water Resources, the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission, the Director of Natural Resources, and the Department of Natural Resources shall remain in effect unless changed or eliminated by the Chief Water Officer or the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment, as determined by their respective duties or by the commission to the extent such power is statutorily granted to the commission.

Laws 1957, c. 365, § 22, p. 1241;

R.S.1943, (1998), § 46-704;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 4;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 330.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 27-707 — NE Code / Chapter 27 / Section 27-707
View Statute 27-707
Status: in_force

The testimony of an expert witness regarding eyewitness identification and memory may be admitted in any criminal or civil proceeding pursuant to the rules governing admissibility of evidence set forth in the Nebraska Evidence Rules.

Laws 2020, LB881, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-847.01 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-847.01
View Statute 39-847.01
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall transfer monthly thirty-two thousand dollars from the share of the Department of Transportation of the Highway Trust Fund and thirty-two thousand dollars from the counties' share of the Highway Trust Fund which is allocated to bridges to the State Aid Bridge Fund.

Laws 1973, LB 87, § 3;

Laws 1986, LB 599, § 4;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 115.

Highway Trust Fund, see section 39-2215 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-2601 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-2601
View Statute 60-2601
Status: in_force

As used in sections 60-2602 to 60-2607 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Major component part shall mean an engine, with or without accessories, a transmission, cowl, door, frame, body, rear clip, or nose;

(2) Nose shall mean that portion of the body of a vehicle from the front to the firewall when acquired or transferred as a complete unit;

(3) Frame shall mean that portion of a vehicle upon which other components are affixed, such as the engine, body, or transmission;

(4) Body shall mean that portion of a vehicle which determines its shape and appearance and is attached to the frame; and

(5) Rear clip shall mean two or more of the following, all dismantled from the same vehicle: A quarter panel or fender, floor panel assembly, or trunk lid or gate.

Laws 1983, LB 234, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6138 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6138
View Statute 44-6138
Status: in_force

(1)(a) No director, officer, employee, or agent of the mutual insurer and no other person shall receive any fee, commission, or other valuable consideration whatsoever, other than his or her usual regular salary and compensation, for in any manner aiding, promoting, or assisting in a plan of reorganization except as set forth in the plan of reorganization approved by the director.

(b) Subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall not prohibit a management-incentive compensation program which is contained in the plan of reorganization and approved by the director to be adopted upon reorganization to the reorganized stock insurer or prohibit such a program to be later adopted by the reorganized stock insurer.

(c) All fees, commissions, compensation, and valuable consideration described in this subsection shall be subject to the restrictions on salary, compensation, and emoluments in section 44-213 .

(2) Subdivision (1)(a) of this section shall not be deemed to prohibit the payment of reasonable fees and compensation to attorneys, accountants, actuaries, and investment bankers for services performed in the independent practice of their professions even though any such person is also a member of the board of directors of the mutual insurer.

Laws 1997, LB 740, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6907 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6907
View Statute 44-6907
Status: in_force

Group health plan means an employee welfare benefit plan as defined by 29 U.S.C. 1002 to the extent that the plan provides any hospital, surgical, or medical expense benefits to employees or their dependents, as defined under the terms of the plan, directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise.

Laws 1997, LB 862, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1574 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1574
View Statute 71-1574
Status: in_force

The purposes of the Nebraska Housing Agency Act are:

(1) To remedy the shortage of decent, safe, and sanitary housing affordable to persons of low and moderate income, to provide opportunities to secure such housing to all such persons, to preserve existing supplies of such housing, and to create, administer, and operate programs to increase and maintain access to decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing and home ownership upon terms affordable to such persons;

(2) To encourage the development, redevelopment, rehabilitation, and preservation of safe, livable neighborhoods containing housing that is affordable to persons of low and moderate income, including mixed-income developments, and to reduce where feasible high residential concentrations of impoverished persons;

(3) In connection with the provision of affordable housing and related activities authorized under the act, to eliminate or ameliorate conditions of blight and physical deterioration in public facilities and the residential infrastructure;

(4) To provide housing, rental, and other assistance to persons of low and moderate income and assistance to properties and entities in accordance with the provisions of the act and, subject to standards and procedures adopted by the local housing agency, to authorize the provision by local housing agencies of supportive services and programs of every kind and description to advance the social, educational, and economic well-being and the economic and social self-sufficiency of persons receiving housing assistance under the act so as to create wholesome living environments, eliminate long-term poverty, encourage gainful employment, develop social and economic self-sufficiency, including living independently of housing assistance, and enhance personal responsibility on the part of such persons;

(5) To increase intergovernmental cooperation and the use of consortia and intergovernmental partnerships for the development of affordable housing and suitable neighborhoods;

(6) To encourage the use of entrepreneurial methods and approaches and to stimulate and increase private sector initiatives and joint public-private sector initiatives by local housing agencies in carrying out the purposes and provisions of the act;

(7) To increase the availability, from both public and private sector sources, of financing for the purchase of dwellings and the financing for home improvements, repairs, and rehabilitation at rates and upon terms that are affordable to persons of low or moderate income and to increase the availability of sources of equity and other financing for the development and operation by local housing agencies and private sector entities of decent, safe, and sanitary rental housing that is affordable to persons of low and moderate income; and

(8) In carrying out the purposes described in this section, to vest in local housing agencies reasonable responsibility, authority, and discretion.

Laws 1999, LB 105, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 22-133 — NE Code / Chapter 22 / Section 22-133
View Statute 22-133
Status: in_force

The county of Furnas shall contain that territory described as townships one, two, three and four, north, of ranges twenty-one, twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four and twenty-five, west.

G.S.1873, c. 12, § 63, p. 224;

R.S.1913, § 846;

C.S.1922, § 748;

C.S.1929, § 25-135;

R.S.1943, § 22-133.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 3-302 — NE Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3-302
View Statute 3-302
Status: in_force

(1) It is hereby found that an airport hazard endangers the lives and property of the users of an airport and occupants of land in its vicinity and also, if of the obstruction type, in effect reduces the size of the area available for the landing, takeoff, and maneuvering of aircraft, thus tending to destroy or impair the utility of the airport and the public investment therein.

(2) Accordingly, it is hereby declared that (a) the creation or establishment of an airport hazard is a public nuisance and an injury to the community served by the airport in question, (b) it is necessary in the interest of the public health, public safety, and general welfare that the creation or establishment of airport hazards be prevented, and (c) the prevention of airport hazards should be accomplished, to the extent legally possible, by the exercise of the police power, without compensation.

(3) It is further declared that both the prevention of the creation or establishment of airport hazards and the elimination, removal, alteration, mitigation, or marking and lighting of existing airport hazards are public purposes for which political subdivisions may raise and expend public funds and acquire land or property interests therein.

Laws 1945, c. 233, § 2, p. 683;

Laws 2013, LB140, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-3824 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-3824
View Statute 44-3824
Status: in_force

Any corporation organized under sections 44-3801 to 44-3826 neglecting to file the annual statement in the form and within the time provided by section 44-3823 shall forfeit one hundred dollars for each day during which such neglect continues, and, upon notice by the director to that effect, its authority to do business in this state shall cease while such default continues.

Laws 1982, LB 139, § 24.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 12-512.05 — NE Code / Chapter 12 / Section 12-512.05
View Statute 12-512.05
Status: in_force

Every cemetery association shall, before selling or disposing of any interment space or lots, establish a minimum perpetual care and maintenance guarantee fund of not less than two thousand five hundred dollars in cash to be administered by the trustee or trustees of the perpetual care trust fund selected as provided in section 12-512.03 .

Laws 1955, c. 18, § 3, p. 92;

Laws 1967, c. 39, § 1, p. 169;

Laws 2014, LB863, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1804 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1804
View Statute 2-1804
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Nebraska to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by conserving, developing, and promoting the state's potato industry. The Department of Agriculture shall be the agency of the State of Nebraska for such purpose. In connection therewith and in furtherance thereof, such department shall have the power, among other things, to: (1) Adopt and devise a program of education to promote better practices and methods in the production, storage, grading, and transportation of potatoes grown within the state; (2) disseminate information to landowners and to producers and shippers of potatoes that will enable them to increase the yield and improve the quality of potatoes; (3) undertake, at such times and in such manner as the department shall determine, an active advertising campaign to acquaint the general public with the high quality and the desirability of the use of potatoes grown in the State of Nebraska; (4) encourage and foster research designed to determine new and better methods of improving the yield and quality of Nebraska potatoes and of converting potatoes to various commercial and industrial uses; (5) enter into such contracts as may be necessary in carrying out the purposes of the Nebraska Potato Development Act and the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act; (6) pay inspection and grading fees prescribed by the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act; and (7) conduct, in addition to the things enumerated, any other work for the improvement of Nebraska potatoes.

Laws 1945, c. 4, § 4, p. 70;

Laws 1969, c. 20, § 1, p. 185;

Laws 1987, LB 20, § 1.

Termination Date: July 1, 2026

Nebraska Potato Inspection Act, see section 2-1813 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-1322 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1322
View Statute 39-1322
Status: in_force

The department may acquire additional real property by gift, agreement, purchase, exchange, or condemnation if such additional real property is needed for the purpose of moving and establishing thereon buildings, structures, or other appurtenances which are situated on real property required by the department for highway purposes. When found to be in the public interest, the department is authorized to provide replacement real property, either lands or facilities, or both, for property in public ownership acquired as a result of a highway or highway-related project which will provide equivalent utility, for that acquired for the project. The department shall have authority to make agreements for the exchange of property, to make allowances for differences in the value of the properties being exchanged, and to move or pay the cost of moving buildings, structures, or other appurtenances.

Laws 1955, c. 148, § 22, p. 427;

Laws 1979, LB 568, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7314 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7314
View Statute 44-7314
Status: in_force

Any health carrier who violates a cease and desist order of the director under section 44-7313 may after notice and hearing and upon order of the director be subject to:

(1) A monetary penalty of not more than thirty thousand dollars for each violation, not to exceed an aggregate penalty of one hundred fifty thousand dollars; and

(2) Suspension or revocation of the health carrier's certificate of authority.

Laws 1998, LB 1162, § 79.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-193 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-193
View Statute 46-193
Status: in_force

As soon as practicable after the organization of any such district, the board of directors shall, by a resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of its proposed operation in which it shall state (1) what constructed works or other property it proposes to purchase and the cost of purchasing the same and (2) what construction work it proposes to do and how it proposes to raise the funds for carrying out such plan. For the purpose of ascertaining the cost of any such construction work, the board shall cause such surveys, examinations, and plans to be made as will demonstrate the practicability of such plan and furnish the proper basis for an estimate of the costs of carrying out the same. All such surveys, examinations, maps, plans, and estimates shall be made under the direction of a competent irrigation engineer and certified by the engineer. The board shall then submit a copy of the same to the Chief Water Officer of the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment within ninety days thereafter, who shall file a report upon the same with the board, which report shall contain such matters as in the judgment of the Chief Water Officer may be desirable.

Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 561;

Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 529;

R.S.1913, § 3469;

C.S.1922, § 2869;

C.S.1929, § 46-113;

R.S.1943, § 46-193;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 90;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 65.

Refusal of district court to validate issue of bonds of irrigation district was sustained, because feasible plan of irrigation was not presented. Kinnan v. France, 113 Neb. 99, 202 N.W. 452 (1925).

Refusal of district court to validate issue of bonds of irrigation district was sustained, because feasible plan of irrigation was not presented. Kinnan v. France, 113 Neb. 99, 202 N.W. 452 (1925).

District may employ engineer to survey and make plans. Such work is preliminary and paid out of construction fund. Willow Springs Irr. Dist. v. Wilson, 74 Neb. 269, 104 N.W. 165 (1905).

District may employ engineer to survey and make plans. Such work is preliminary and paid out of construction fund. Willow Springs Irr. Dist. v. Wilson, 74 Neb. 269, 104 N.W. 165 (1905).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2743 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2743
View Statute 30-2743
Status: in_force

(a) If other assets of the estate are insufficient, a transfer resulting from a right of survivorship, POD designation or TOD registration under sections 30-2734 to 30-2745 is not effective against the estate of a deceased owner to the extent needed to pay claims against the estate, statutory allowances to the surviving spouse and children, taxes, and expenses of administration.

(b) A surviving owner or beneficiary who receives registered or reregistered securities or securities accounts or proceeds thereof after the death of a party is liable to account to the personal representative of the decedent for a proportionate share of the amount received to which the decedent, immediately before death, was beneficially entitled, to the extent necessary to discharge the amounts described in subsection (a) of this section remaining unpaid after application of the decedent's estate. A proceeding to assert the liability for claims against the estate and statutory allowances may not be commenced unless the personal representative has received a written demand by the surviving spouse, a creditor, a child, or a person acting for a child of the decedent. The proceeding must be commenced within one year after the death of the decedent.

(c) A surviving owner or beneficiary against whom a proceeding to account is brought may join as a party to the proceeding a surviving owner or beneficiary under sections 30-2734 to 30-2745 of any other security or securities account of the decedent or proceeds thereof or a surviving party or beneficiary of any account under sections 30-2716 to 30-2733 .

(d) Sums recovered by the personal representative must be administered as a part of the decedent's estate. This section does not affect the protection from claims of the personal representative or estate of a deceased owner provided in section 30-2741 for an issuer or registering entity that makes payment in accordance with the terms of the security registration.

Laws 1993, LB 250, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-323 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-323
View Statute 13-323
Status: in_force

The election commissioner or county clerk shall give notice of the submission of the question of imposing a tax under section 13-319 not more than thirty days nor less than ten days before the election, by publication one time in one or more newspapers published in or of general circulation in the municipality or county in which the question is to be submitted. This notice is in addition to any other notice required under the Election Act.

Laws 1996, LB 1177, § 10;

Laws 1997, LB 269, § 9.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-705 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-705
View Statute 58-705
Status: in_force

The Department of Economic Development shall use the Affordable Housing Trust Fund to finance loans, grants, subsidies, credit enhancements, and other financial assistance for community affordable housing projects and for expenses of the department as appropriated by the Legislature for administering the fund.

Laws 1996, LB 1322, § 15.