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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1904 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1904
View Statute 28-1904
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) Covered offense means:

(i) Assault in the first degree, section 28-308 ;

(ii) Assault in the second degree, section 28-309 ;

(iii) Assault in the third degree, section 28-310 ;

(iv) Terroristic threats, section 28-311.01 ;

(v) Stalking, section 28-311.03 ;

(vi) Violation of a harassment protection order, section 28-311.09 ;

(vii) False imprisonment in the first degree, section 28-314 ;

(viii) False imprisonment in the second degree, section 28-315 ; and

(ix) Attempt, conspiracy, solicitation, being an accessory to, aiding and abetting, aiding the consummation of, or compounding a felony with any of the other offenses in subdivision (1)(a) of this section as the underlying offense; and

(b) Protected conduct means conduct that is lawful under local, state, and federal law and consists of:

(i) The free exercise of religion;

(ii) Speech, orally or in writing in print or digital form, on a matter of public interest or concern;

(iii) Petitioning any local, state, or federal government entity for redress of grievances; or

(iv) Peaceably assembling.

(2) Any person who commits a covered offense shall be punished by the imposition of the next higher penalty classification than the penalty classification prescribed for the covered offense if:

(a) The person committing the offense is an agent of a foreign principal who acts knowingly at the direction of, on behalf of, or under the influence of such foreign principal; and

(b) The person committed the offense with the intent to:

(i) Coerce another person to act on behalf of a foreign principal;

(ii) Coerce another person to leave the United States or cause another person to leave the United States;

(iii) Cause another person to forebear from engaging in protected conduct; or

(iv) Retaliate against another person for engaging in protected conduct.

(3) If an offense is punishable as a Class I misdemeanor, the enhanced penalty under this section is a Class IV felony.

(4) The allegations supporting an enhancement under this section shall be set forth in the indictment or information, and it shall be the burden of the prosecuting attorney to prove such allegations beyond a reasonable doubt to the judge or jury in the state's case in chief.

Laws 2025, LB644, § 17.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-162 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-162
View Statute 20-162
Status: in_force

For purposes of sections 20-161 to 20-166 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Complaint shall mean any oral or written allegation by a person with a developmental disability or a mentally ill individual, the parent or guardian of such persons, a state agency, or any other responsible named individual or entity to the effect that the person with developmental disabilities or the mentally ill individual is being subjected to injury or deprivation with regard to his or her health, safety, welfare, rights, or level of care;

(2) Developmental disability shall mean a severe chronic mental or physical disability as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq., as amended;

(3) Facility for mentally ill individuals shall mean any place within Nebraska where a mentally ill individual is an inpatient or a resident and that is organized to provide treatment, shelter, food, care, or supervision including, but not limited to, those facilities described in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and sections 71-1901 to 71-1916 , 83-107.01 , and 83-108 ;

(4) Facility for persons with developmental disabilities shall mean a facility or a specified portion of a facility designed primarily for the delivery of one or more services to persons with one or more developmental disabilities including, but not limited to, those facilities described in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act and sections 71-1901 to 71-1916 , 83-107.01 , and 83-108 whenever a person with a developmental disability is residing in such facility;

(5) Mentally ill individual shall mean an individual who has a significant mental illness or emotional impairment as determined by a mental health professional qualified under the laws, rules, and regulations of this state and who is an inpatient or resident in a facility for mentally ill individuals;

(6) Protection and advocacy system shall mean the entity designated pursuant to the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq., as amended;

(7) Records shall mean all information and data obtained, collected, or maintained by a facility for persons with developmental disabilities or a facility for mentally ill individuals in the course of providing services to such persons which are reasonably related to the complaint to be investigated; and

(8) Services for persons with developmental disabilities shall mean services as defined in the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. 6000 et seq., as amended.

Laws 1988, LB 697, § 2;

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 63;

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 50.

Health Care Facility Licensure Act, see section 71-401 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-2717 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2717
View Statute 8-2717
Status: in_force

(1) A licensee adding or replacing any key individual shall:

(a) Provide notice in a manner prescribed by the director within fifteen days after the date the key individual's appointment became effective; and

(b) Provide the information required by section 8-2712 within forty-five days of the date after the key individual's appointment.

(2) Within ninety days after the date on which the notice provided pursuant to this section was determined to be complete, the director may issue a notice of disapproval of an added or replacement key individual if the director determines that, given the competence, experience, character, or integrity of the individual, permitting the individual to be a key individual of such licensee would not be in the best interest of the public or the customers of the licensee.

(3) A notice of disapproval shall contain a statement of the basis for disapproval and shall be sent to the licensee and the disapproved individual. A licensee may appeal a notice of disapproval within thirty days after receipt of such notice of disapproval. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.

(4) If the notice provided pursuant to this section is not disapproved within ninety days after the date on which the notice was determined to be complete, the key individual is deemed approved.

Laws 2013, LB616, § 17;

Laws 2025, LB474, § 22.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-302.01 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-302.01
View Statute 48-302.01
Status: in_force

Section 48-302 shall not be construed to apply to the employment of any child solely as a caddy on any golf course or place where golf is played.

Laws 1961, c. 237, § 1, p. 700;

Laws 1987, LB 35, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2512 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2512
View Statute 30-2512
Status: in_force

An adjudication rendered in any jurisdiction, which has an applicable provision of law similar in reciprocal effect to this provision, in favor of or against any personal representative of the estate is as binding on the local personal representative as if he were a party to the adjudication.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 218, UPC § 4-401.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 48-679 — NE Code / Chapter 48 / Section 48-679
View Statute 48-679
Status: in_force

An individual is eligible to receive short-time compensation with respect to any week only if the individual is monetarily eligible for unemployment compensation, not otherwise disqualified for unemployment compensation, and:

(1) During the week, the individual is employed as a member of an affected unit under an approved short-time compensation plan, which was approved prior to that week, and the plan is in effect with respect to the week for which short-time compensation is claimed;

(2) Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Employment Security Law relating to availability for work and actively seeking work, the individual is available for the individual's usual hours of work with the short-time compensation employer, which may include, for purposes of this section, participating in training to enhance job skills that is approved by the commissioner such as employer-sponsored training or training funded under the federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act, 29 U.S.C. 3101 et seq.; and

(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an individual covered by a short-time compensation plan is deemed unemployed in any week during the duration of such plan if the individual's remuneration as an employee in an affected unit is reduced based on a reduction of the individual's usual weekly hours of work under an approved short-time compensation plan.

Laws 2014, LB961, § 20;

Laws 2017, LB172, § 82.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.08 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-412.08
View Statute 18-412.08
Status: in_force

The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that cities and villages of this state be empowered to participate jointly and in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state in the establishment and operation of facilities for the generation or transmission of electric power and energy in order to achieve economies and efficiencies in meeting the future electric energy needs of the people of the State of Nebraska. In furtherance of such end and in addition to, but not in substitution for, any other powers granted such cities and villages of this state, each city or village which owns or operates electrical facilities shall have and may exercise such power and authority to plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, improve, and decommission electric generation or transmission facilities located in this state jointly and in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state, and each city or village shall have and may exercise such power and authority with respect to electric generation or transmission facilities located outside this state jointly or in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state. The powers granted under this section may be exercised with respect to any electric generation or transmission facility jointly with the powers granted under any other provisions of sections 18-412.07 to 18-412.09 and 70-628.02 to 70-628.04 .

Laws 1976, LB 1005, § 2;

Laws 1997, LB 658, § 2;

Laws 2004, LB 969, § 8;

Laws 2021, LB163, § 26.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3979 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3979
2-3979
Status: in_force

The classification of raw milk for manufacturing purposes shall be based on sight and odor and quality control tests for somatic cells, bacterial content, sediment content, and drug residues. Classification shall be either acceptable, probational, or reject.

Laws 1969, c. 5, § 4, p. 72;

R.S.1943, (1976), § 81-263.90;

Laws 1980, LB 632, § 15;

Laws 1981, LB 333, § 1;

Laws 1986, LB 900, § 13;

Laws 1993, LB 268, § 2;

Laws 2001, LB 198, § 8;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 2-3915;

Laws 2007, LB111, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 58-211.01 — NE Code / Chapter 58 / Section 58-211.01
View Statute 58-211.01
Status: in_force

First-time homebuyer shall mean a low-income or moderate-income person who has had no present ownership interest in his or her principal residence at any time during the three-year period ending on the date a mortgage loan financed by the authority is received.

Laws 1991, LB 253, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1420 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1420
View Statute 66-1420
Status: in_force

(1) The department may require information as it deems necessary on any report, return, or other statement under the agreement.

(2) The department may require any of the reports, returns, or other filings due from any licensees to be filed electronically.

(3) The department shall prescribe the formats and procedures for electronic filing. The department shall adopt formats and procedures that are reasonably consistent with the formats and procedures of other states requiring electronic reporting of motor fuel information.

(4) Any person who does not file electronically when required or who fails to use the prescribed formats and procedures shall be considered to have not filed the return, report, or other filing.

Laws 2018, LB177, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-1319 — NE Code / Chapter 70 / Section 70-1319
View Statute 70-1319
Status: in_force

The arbitration board shall seek to complete its hearing on the issues submitted to it within forty-five days after the commencement of the hearing. The arbitration board may extend the time to complete the hearing beyond the forty-five-day period if the board determines that such extension is necessary.

Laws 1979, LB 207, § 19.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1410 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 43-1410
43-1410
Status: in_force

Any judicially approved settlement or order of support made by a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall be binding on the legal representatives of the father or mother in the event of his or her death, to the same extent as other contractual obligations and judicial judgments or decrees.

Laws 1941, c. 81, § 10, p. 325;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 43-710;

R.S.1943, § 13-110;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 13-110.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2324 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-2324
View Statute 23-2324
Status: in_force

Persons who have become members of the retirement system shall not thereafter lose their status as members while they remain employees.

Laws 1965, c. 94, § 24, p. 409.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 64-212 — NE Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64-212
View Statute 64-212
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for a member or shareholder, an appointive officer, elective officer, agent, director, or employee of an insurance company or a credit union who is a notary public to take the acknowledgment of any person to any written instrument executed to or by the insurance company or credit union and to administer an oath to any shareholder, director, elected or appointed officer, employee, or agent of such insurance company or credit union.

Laws 1947, c. 247, § 1, p. 771;

Laws 1949, c. 221, § 1, p. 622;

Laws 1951, c. 253, § 1, p. 873;

Laws 1957, c. 315, § 2, p. 1133;

R.R.S.1943, § 76-217.02;

Laws 1976, LB 622, § 3;

Laws 1976, LB 704, § 1;

Laws 2002, LB 1094, § 15.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-209 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-209
View Statute 21-209
Status: in_force

(MBCA 1.26) (a) If the Secretary of State refuses to file a document delivered for filing, the domestic or foreign corporation may appeal the refusal within thirty days after the return of the document to the district court of Lancaster County. The appeal is commenced by petitioning the court to compel filing the document and by attaching to the petition the document and the Secretary of State's explanation of his or her refusal to file.

(b) The court may summarily order the Secretary of State to file the document or take other action the court considers appropriate.

(c) The court's final decision may be appealed as in other civil proceedings.

Laws 2014, LB749, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-172 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-172
View Statute 23-172
Status: in_force

(1) The county board may adopt by resolution, which shall have the force and effect of law, the conditions, provisions, limitations, and terms of a building or construction code, a plumbing code, an electrical code, a fire prevention code, or any other code relating to building or relating to the erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, placing, or using of any building, structure, automobile trailer, house trailer, or cabin trailer. For this purpose, the county board may adopt any standard code which contains rules or regulations printed as a code in book or pamphlet form by reference to such code or portions thereof without setting forth in the resolution the conditions, provisions, limitations, or terms of such code. When such code or any such standard code or portion thereof is incorporated by reference into such resolution, it shall have the same force and effect as though it had been written in its entirety in such resolution without further or additional publication.

(2) Not less than one copy of such code or such standard code or portion thereof shall be kept for use and examination by the public in the office of the clerk of such county prior to the adoption thereof and as long as such standard code is in effect in such county.

(3) Any building or construction code implemented under this section shall be adopted and enforced as provided in section 71-6406 .

(4) If there is no county resolution adopting a plumbing code in effect for such county, the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code designated by the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard shall apply to all buildings.

(5) Any code adopted and approved by the county board, as provided in this section, or if there is no county resolution adopting a plumbing code in effect for such county, the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code designated by the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard, and the building permit requirements or occupancy permit requirements imposed by such code or by sections 23-114.04 and 23-114.05 , shall apply to all of the county except within the limits of any incorporated city or village and except within an unincorporated area where a city or village has been granted zoning jurisdiction and is exercising such jurisdiction.

(6) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as creating an obligation for the county to inspect plumbing work done within its jurisdiction to determine compliance with the plumbing code.

Laws 1941, c. 131, § 19, p. 515;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-159;

R.S.1943, § 23-172;

Laws 1961, c. 87, § 6, p. 302;

Laws 1963, c. 57, § 5, p. 241;

Laws 1967, c. 117, § 12, p. 375;

Laws 1975, LB 410, § 28;

Laws 1993, LB 35, § 1;

Laws 1996, LB 1304, § 3;

Laws 2012, LB42, § 3;

Laws 2014, LB802, § 2;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 212;

Laws 2021, LB131, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-1212 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1212
View Statute 37-1212
Status: in_force

A person engaged in the manufacture or sale of vessels of a type otherwise required to be numbered under the State Boat Act, upon application to the county treasurer of the county in which the applicant resides or the business location of the manufacturer or retailer on forms prescribed by the commission, may obtain certificates of number for use in the testing or demonstrating of such vessels upon payment of a fee of not less than forty dollars and not more than forty-six dollars, as established by the commission pursuant to section 37-327 , for each registration. Certificates of number so issued may be used by the applicant in the testing or demonstrating of vessels by temporary placement of the numbers assigned by such certificate on the vessel so tested or demonstrated. Such temporary placement of numbers shall otherwise be as prescribed by the act.

Laws 1978, LB 21, § 12;

Laws 1993, LB 235, § 35;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 395;

Laws 2001, LB 131, § 1;

Laws 2003, LB 306, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-2228 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-2228
View Statute 38-2228
Status: in_force

(1) In the interest of public safety and consumer awareness, it is unlawful for any person to use the title nurse in reference to himself or herself in any capacity, except individuals who are or have been licensed as a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse. A Christian Science nurse may refer to himself or herself only as a Christian Science nurse.

(2) The terms "nurse", "registered nurse", and "licensed practical nurse" include persons licensed as registered nurses or licensed practical nurses by a state that is a party to the Nurse Licensure Compact. Unless the context otherwise indicates or unless doing so would be inconsistent with the compact, nurses practicing in this state under a license issued by a state that is a party to the compact have the same rights and obligations as imposed by the laws of this state on licensees licensed under the Nurse Practice Act. The department has the authority to determine whether a right or obligation imposed on licensees applies to nurses practicing in this state under a license issued by a state that is a party to the compact, unless that determination is inconsistent with the compact.

Laws 1995, LB 563, § 6;

Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 25;

Laws 2000, LB 523, § 7;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,132.17;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 784.

Nurse Licensure Compact, see sections 71-1795 to 71-1795.02 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 52-1001 — NE Code / Chapter 52 / Section 52-1001
View Statute 52-1001
Status: in_force

(1) Notices of liens upon real property for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be presented in the office of the Secretary of State and may be presented by electronic means. Such notices of liens and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be transmitted by the Secretary of State to and filed in the office of the register of deeds by the register of deeds of the county or counties in which the real property subject to the lien is situated as designated in the notice of lien or certificate or notice affecting the lien. A lien subject to this subsection shall be effective upon real property when filed by the register of deeds as provided in this subsection.

(2) Notices of federal liens upon personal property, whether tangible or intangible, for obligations payable to the United States and certificates and notices affecting the liens shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State and may be filed by electronic means.

Laws 1969, c. 433, § 1, p. 1456;

Laws 1971, LB 89, § 1;

Laws 1988, LB 933, § 3;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 314;

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 84;

Laws 1999, LB 550, § 21.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-530 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-530
View Statute 46-530
Status: in_force

Within thirty days after entering the final order establishing the district, the Chief Water Officer shall enter an order appointing the board of directors named in the petition in accordance with subsection (5) of section 46-516 . After the selection of the original board of directors of a district as provided for in subsection (5) of section 46-516 , their successors shall be elected as provided in section 32-516 . Elections shall be conducted as provided in the Election Act and shall take office on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next succeeding their election. Qualified electors of the municipality or municipalities within the territory which composes the territory of a district shall be qualified electors of such district. A qualified elector of a subdivision may only cast his or her ballot for a director to be elected from such subdivision.

Laws 1947, c. 173, § 9(1), p. 532;

Laws 1975, LB 453, § 55;

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 556;

Laws 1995, LB 99, § 18;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 165.

Election Act, see section 32-101 .

This and succeeding eleven sections provide for election of directors, and define the rights, general powers, and duties of the board of directors. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).

This and succeeding eleven sections provide for election of directors, and define the rights, general powers, and duties of the board of directors. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).