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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-1511 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-1511
View Statute 68-1511
Status: in_force

The department may, by agreement with the head of the family or disabled person, provide support pursuant to sections 68-1501 to 68-1519 (1) directly to the family or the disabled person, or (2) directly to qualified programs and services. The department shall assist each family or disabled person receiving support under sections 68-1501 to 68-1519 in locating qualified programs and services. The family or the disabled person may be required to be responsible for contracting for those programs and services which the department approves and shall furnish the department a copy of each contract. The family or the disabled person may compensate the providers of such programs and services directly. Providers of programs and services shall be required to comply with all standards established by the department for participation pursuant to sections 68-1501 to 68-1519 .

Laws 1981, LB 389, § 11.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1309 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1309
View Statute 28-1309
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits the offense of refusing to yield a party line if he willfully refuses to relinquish a telephone party line, consisting of a subscriber line telephone circuit with two or more main telephone stations connected therewith, each having a distinctive ring or telephone number, after he has been requested to do so to permit another to place a call, in an emergency in which property or human life is in jeopardy and the prompt summoning of aid is essential, unless such party line is already being used for another such emergency call, or willfully interferes with such an emergency message, or requests the use of such a party line by falsely stating that the same is needed for any such purpose, knowing the statement to be false.

(2) Refusal to yield a party line is a Class III misdemeanor.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 293.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2319 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2319
View Statute 38-2319
Status: in_force

To renew a license to practice as a nurse practitioner, the applicant shall have:

(1) Documentation of a minimum of two thousand eighty hours of practice as a nurse practitioner within the five years immediately preceding renewal. These practice hours shall fulfill the requirements of the practice hours required for registered nurse renewal. Practice hours as an advanced practice registered nurse prior to July 1, 2007, shall be used to fulfill the requirements of this section; and

(2) Proof of current certification in the specific nurse practitioner clinical specialty area by an approved certification program.

Laws 1981, LB 379, § 21;

Laws 1983, LB 472, § 6;

Laws 1984, LB 724, § 21;

Laws 1986, LB 926, § 56;

Laws 1988, LB 1100, § 105;

Laws 1993, LB 536, § 71;

Laws 1996, LB 414, § 36;

Laws 2000, LB 1115, § 52;

Laws 2002, LB 1021, § 58;

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 103;

Laws 2005, LB 256, § 65;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-1724;

Laws 2007, LB185, § 10;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 811.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5804 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5804
View Statute 44-5804
Status: in_force

If an insurer utilizes the services of a third-party administrator, the payment to the third-party administrator of any charges and premiums by or on behalf of any policyholder, contract holder, certificate holder, or subscriber shall be deemed to have been received by the insurer, and the payment of return of premiums or claim payments forwarded by the insurer to the third-party administrator shall not be deemed to have been paid to the policyholder, contract holder, certificate holder, subscriber, or claimant until the payment is received by the policyholder, contract holder, certificate holder, subscriber, or claimant. Nothing in this section shall limit any right of the insurer against the third-party administrator resulting from the failure of the third-party administrator to make payments to the insurer, policyholders, contract holders, certificate holders, subscribers, or claimants.

Laws 1992, LB 1006, § 79.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-1201 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1201
View Statute 37-1201
Status: in_force

Sections 37-1201 to 37-12,110 shall be known and may be cited as the State Boat Act. It is the policy of this state to promote safety for persons and property in and connected with the use, operation, and equipment of vessels and to promote uniformity of laws relating thereto.

Laws 1978, LB 21, § 1;

Laws 2004, LB 560, § 3;

Laws 2009, LB49, § 3;

Laws 2009, LB202, § 1;

Laws 2011, LB667, § 8;

Laws 2017, LB263, § 2;

Laws 2025, LB97, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-2607 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-2607
View Statute 48-2607
Status: in_force

(1) The Secretary of State may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a registration for conduct that would have justified denial of registration under subsection (2) of section 48-2606 .

(2) The Secretary of State may deny, suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration or licensure only after proper notice and an opportunity for a hearing. The Administrative Procedure Act applies to the Nebraska Uniform Athlete Agents Act.

Laws 2009, LB292, § 7.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-144 — NE Code / Chapter 68 / Section 68-144
View Statute 68-144
Status: in_force

If any person shall become chargeable in any county in which he or she has not established a legal settlement at the time of applying for aid, he or she shall be duly taken care of by the proper authority of the county where he or she may be found. It shall be the duty of the clerk of the county board to send a notice by mail to the clerk of the county board of the county in which such poor person has a legal settlement that such person has become chargeable as a poor person, and requesting the authorities of such county to promptly remove such poor person and to pay the expense accrued in taking care of him or her.

Laws 1983, LB 604, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1825 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1825
View Statute 14-1825
Status: in_force

The board may deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, and general working conditions. All employees of all classes serving any passenger transportation company at the time of its acquisition by the authority shall continue in their respective positions and at their respective compensations for three months after any such acquisition. Thereafter, the board shall exercise its discretion as to retention of and compensation of employees of all classes; Provided, the terms and conditions of any existing collective-bargaining agreement between any passenger transportation company, acquired by the authority, and its employees shall be recognized and accepted by the board.

Laws 1957, c. 23, § 25, p. 175.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1809 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1809
View Statute 14-1809
Status: in_force

Bonds issued by the authority under the Transit Authority Law are hereby made securities in which the state and all political subdivisions of the state, their officers, boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. Such bonds or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officers or agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.

Laws 1957, c. 23, § 9, p. 167;

Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 9;

Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-1725.01 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-1725.01
View Statute 21-1725.01
Status: in_force

(1) Upon receiving an application to establish a new credit union, a public hearing shall be held on each application. Notice of the filing of the application shall be published by the department for three weeks in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in the county where the applicant proposes to operate the credit union. The date for hearing the application shall be not less than thirty days after the last publication of notice of hearing and not more than ninety days after filing the application unless the applicant agrees to a later date. Notice of the filing of the application shall be sent by the department to all financial institutions located in the county where the applicant proposes to operate.

(2) When application is made to establish a branch of a credit union, the director shall hold a hearing on the matter if he or she determines, in his or her discretion, that the condition of the applicant credit union warrants a hearing. If the director determines that the condition of the credit union does not warrant a hearing, the director shall notify the applicant credit union of such and the applicant credit union shall publish a notice, in a form prescribed by the director, of the filing of the application in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the proposed branch would be located. The applicant credit union shall submit to the director (a) an affidavit of publication from the newspaper showing that the notice was published and (b) proof that the credit union has paid the expense of publication. If the director receives any substantive objection to the proposed credit union branch within fifteen days after publication of such notice, he or she shall hold a hearing on the application. Notice of a hearing held pursuant to this subsection shall be published for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the proposed branch would be located. The date for hearing the application shall be not less than thirty days after the last publication of notice of hearing and not more than ninety days after the filing of the application unless the applicant agrees to a later date.

(3) The director may, in his or her discretion, hold a public hearing on amendments to a credit union's articles of association or bylaws which are brought before the department.

(4) The expense of any publication required by this section shall be paid by the applicant but payment shall not be a condition precedent to approval by the director.

Laws 2002, LB 957, § 17;

Laws 2003, LB 217, § 30;

Laws 2005, LB 533, § 30;

Laws 2010, LB890, § 13;

Laws 2016, LB751, § 7;

Laws 2025, LB251, § 22.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6101 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6101
View Statute 44-6101
Status: in_force

Sections 44-6101 to 44-6121 shall be known and may be cited as the Insurers Demutualization Act.

Laws 1993, LB 583, § 41;

Laws 1997, LB 52, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2914.01 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2914.01
View Statute 25-2914.01
Status: in_force

(1) Any verbal, written, or electronic communication made in or in connection with matters referred to a restorative justice program which relates to the controversy or dispute undergoing restorative justice and agreements resulting from the restorative justice program, whether made to the restorative justice facilitator, the staff of an approved center, a party, or any other person attending the restorative justice program, shall be confidential and privileged.

(2) No admission, confession, or incriminating information obtained from a juvenile in the course of any restorative justice program that is conducted in conjunction with proceedings under the Dispute Resolution Act or as directed by a court, including, but not limited to, school-based disciplinary proceedings, juvenile diversion, court-ordered detention, or probation, shall be admitted into evidence against such juvenile, except as rebuttal or impeachment evidence, in any future adjudication hearing under the Nebraska Juvenile Code or in any criminal proceeding. Such admission, confession, or incriminating information may be considered by a court at sentencing or by a juvenile court during disposition proceedings.

(3) Confidential communications and materials are subject to disclosure when all parties to the restorative justice program agree in writing to waive confidentiality regarding specific verbal, written, or electronic communications relating to the restorative justice program or the agreement.

(4) This section shall not apply if:

(a) A party brings an action against the restorative justice facilitator or approved center;

(b) The communication was made in furtherance of a crime or fraud;

(c) The communication is required to be reported under section 28-711 and is a new allegation of child abuse or neglect which was not previously known or reported; or

(d) This section conflicts with other legal requirements.

Laws 2019, LB595, § 15.

Nebraska Juvenile Code, see section 43-2,129 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-703 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-703
View Statute 57-703
Status: in_force

The taxes levied by section 57-702 shall be levied upon the value of the resources severed, and shall be paid at the rate of three percent of the value of nonstripper oil and natural gas, except that oil produced from properties producing stripper oil shall be subject to a two percent severance tax. The value of oil and natural gas shall be computed immediately after such severance at the place where the same were severed.

Laws 1955, c. 219, § 3, p. 611;

Laws 1981, LB 257, § 1;

Laws 1983, LB 228, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1602 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-1602
View Statute 2-1602
Status: in_force

Cooperative extension work shall consist of the giving of practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics and imparting information on such subjects through field and home demonstrations, 4-H clubs, public meetings, publications, and otherwise. The work shall be carried on in each county under the direction of the executive board of the extension organization in the county in such manner as may be mutually agreed upon by the executive board of such county provided for in section 2-1603 and the Regents of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, through their duly appointed extension representatives.

Laws 1939, c. 1, § 2, p. 53;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 2-2002;

R.S.1943, § 2-1602;

Laws 1991, LB 663, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-706 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-706
View Statute 17-706
Status: in_force

The city council of a city of the second class and the village board of trustees shall adopt a budget statement pursuant to the Nebraska Budget Act, to be termed "The Annual Appropriation Bill", in which the city or village may appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of such municipality.

Laws 1879, § 86, p. 225;

R.S.1913, § 5184;

C.S.1922, § 4371;

C.S.1929, § 17-569;

R.S.1943, § 17-706;

Laws 1967, c. 78, § 2, p. 249;

Laws 1972, LB 1423, § 1;

Laws 1993, LB 734, § 26;

Laws 1995, LB 194, § 6;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 219.

Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501 .

Contract by city council for repairing and rebuilding city hall involving sum in excess of that authorized by vote of people is void. Moore v. City of Central City, 118 Neb. 326, 224 N.W. 690 (1929).

Contract by city council for repairing and rebuilding city hall involving sum in excess of that authorized by vote of people is void. Moore v. City of Central City, 118 Neb. 326, 224 N.W. 690 (1929).

Where proposition to issue bonds to fund indebtedness incurred without appropriation therefor is approved by majority of voters, action of city authorities is ratified and indebtedness is validated. State ex rel. City of Tekamah v. Marsh, 108 Neb. 835, 189 N.W. 381 (1922).

Where proposition to issue bonds to fund indebtedness incurred without appropriation therefor is approved by majority of voters, action of city authorities is ratified and indebtedness is validated. State ex rel. City of Tekamah v. Marsh, 108 Neb. 835, 189 N.W. 381 (1922).

This section does not apply to borrowed money on hand for a specific purpose, sanctioned by majority of the legal voters, as such sanction is an appropriation. State ex rel. Fuller v. Martin, 27 Neb. 441, 43 N.W. 244 (1889).

This section does not apply to borrowed money on hand for a specific purpose, sanctioned by majority of the legal voters, as such sanction is an appropriation. State ex rel. Fuller v. Martin, 27 Neb. 441, 43 N.W. 244 (1889).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-1206 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-1206
View Statute 42-1206
Status: in_force

(1) A program participant may request that state and local agencies use the address designated by the Secretary of State as the program participant's substitute address. When creating a new public record, a state or local agency which has a bona fide statutory, tax situs, or administrative requirement for the participant's residence address may request that the participant verbally provide the agency with such residence address if the agency has the capability to use such address for such bona fide purpose without permanently entering it into the agency's records. If the agency does not have such capability, it shall accept the address designated by the Secretary of State as a program participant's substitute address, unless the Secretary of State determines that:

(a) The state or local agency has a bona fide statutory, tax situs, or administrative requirement for the use of the address which would otherwise be confidential under the Address Confidentiality Act; and

(b) The address will be used only for such bona fide statutory, tax situs, or administrative requirement.

(2) The Secretary of State shall forward all first-class mail to each program participant's substitute address.

Laws 2003, LB 228, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2803 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-2803
38-2803
Status: in_force

Accredited hospital or clinic means a hospital or clinic approved by the board.

Laws 1978, LB 675, § 4;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 457;

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 117;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,147.20;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 899.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1349 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1349
View Statute 28-1349
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds that elemental mercury is a persistent and toxic pollutant that accumulates in the environment. The Legislature further finds that each year elemental mercury contained in liquid mercury thermometers can enter the environment and result in human exposure to elemental mercury through accidental spills, breakage, and releases. It is the intent of the Legislature to ban the sale and distribution of liquid mercury thermometers containing elemental mercury to prevent further accidental exposure.

Laws 2003, LB 17, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1236 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1236
View Statute 28-1236
Status: in_force

The Nebraska State Patrol may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations supplemental to sections 28-1213 to 28-1239 necessary or desirable to assure the public safety as well as to provide reasonable and adequate protection of the lives, health, and safety of persons employed in the manufacture, storage, transportation, handling, and use of explosives. The Nebraska State Patrol may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations necessary and proper for the administration of sections 28-1213 to 28-1239 and, together with all other peace officers of the state and its political subdivisions, shall be charged with the enforcement of such sections.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 268;

Laws 1988, LB 893, § 2;

Laws 1989, LB 215, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-818 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-818
View Statute 28-818
Status: in_force

If an order or judgment of injunction be entered, such order or judgment shall contain either a provision directing the person to surrender to the sheriff or police the work, material, conduct or live performance which has been adjudicated to be obscene for seizure and impoundment by the court or to destroy or remove the same from the state. No order or judgment directing such firm, person, corporation or other legal entity to destroy or to remove such work, material, conduct or live performance from the state under such supervision as the court may direct shall issue until after a final judgment has been made as the result of an appeal or in the absence of an appeal. The court shall require satisfactory proof of compliance with such order.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 174.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-312.03 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-312.03
View Statute 32-312.03
Status: in_force

(1) Notwithstanding other deficiencies that may cause an application for registration to be rejected, failure of the applicant to provide his or her Nebraska driver's license number or last four digits of his or her social security number shall not cause the application to be rejected.

(2) If the election commissioner or county clerk is able to verify at least one of the numbers against a record available from the Department of Motor Vehicles bearing the applicant's same name, residence address, and date of birth, that number will be entered into the applicant's voter registration record.

(3) If the applicant's Nebraska driver's license number or the last four digits of the applicant's social security number are confirmed in such a manner, the acknowledgment of registration sent to the registrant pursuant to section 32-322 shall advise the registrant of the number confirmed and the addition of the number to the registrant's voter registration record. The acknowledgment shall advise the registrant to contact the election commissioner or county clerk if the registrant has reason to believe that the number added to his or her voter registration record is incorrect or invalid.

(4) If the applicant for registration does not have a Nebraska driver's license or a social security number or if the applicant's Nebraska driver's license or social security number cannot be confirmed pursuant to subsection (2) of this section, the unique identifying number generated and assigned to the applicant's voter registration record in the voter registration register shall be used to identify the registrant for voter registration purposes.

Laws 2005, LB 566, § 14.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-1411 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-1411
View Statute 39-1411
Status: in_force

The county highway superintendent or some other qualified person designated by the county board shall keep in his or her office a road record which shall include a record of the proceedings in regard to the laying out, establishing, changing, or discontinuing of all roads in the county hereafter established, changed, or discontinued, and a record of the cost and maintenance of all such roads. Such person shall record in the bridge record a record of all county bridges and culverts showing number, location, and description of each, and a record of the cost of construction and maintenance of all such bridges and culverts. If the carrying capacity or weight limit of any bridge is less than the limits set forth in subsections (2), (3), and (4) of section 60-6,294 , the county shall cause to be firmly posted or attached upon such bridge in a conspicuous place at each end thereof a board or metal sign showing the carrying capacity or weight which the bridge will safely carry or bear.

Laws 1957, c. 155, art. I, § 11, p. 511;

Laws 2018, LB310, § 1.

Road record, duties of county clerk, see section 23-1305 .

County held liable for injuries resulting from collapse of bridge where county highway superintendent failed to replace a weight limit sign. Hansmann v. County of Gosper, 207 Neb. 659, 300 N.W.2d 807 (1981).

County held liable for injuries resulting from collapse of bridge where county highway superintendent failed to replace a weight limit sign. Hansmann v. County of Gosper, 207 Neb. 659, 300 N.W.2d 807 (1981).