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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-3701 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 19-3701
19-3701
Status: in_force

All ordinances for the government of any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village, adopted by the voters of such city or village after submission to them by either initiative or referendum petition, shall become immediately effective thereafter. No ordinance for the government of any such city or village except as provided in sections 16-405 and 17-613 , which has been adopted by such city or village without submission to the voters of such city or village, shall go into effect until fifteen days after the passage of such ordinance.

Laws 1897, c. 32, § 12, p. 234;

R.S.1913, § 5237;

Laws 1915, c. 96, § 1, p. 238;

C.S.1922, § 4436;

C.S.1929, § 18-512;

R.S.1943, § 18-130;

Laws 1971, LB 282, § 3;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 208.

For other provisions applicable to ordinances of cities of the first and second class and villages, see sections 16-247 , 16-403 to 16-405 , 17-613 to 17-616 , and 19-604 .

Immediate publication of notice of creation of paving district was proper. Freeman v. City of Neligh, 155 Neb. 651, 53 N.W.2d 67 (1952).

Immediate publication of notice of creation of paving district was proper. Freeman v. City of Neligh, 155 Neb. 651, 53 N.W.2d 67 (1952).

The provisions of this section that "no ordinance for the government of any city shall go into effect until thirty days after the passage of the same" does not apply to issuing a liquor license. Enos v. Hanff, 98 Neb. 245, 152 N.W. 397 (1915).

The provisions of this section that "no ordinance for the government of any city shall go into effect until thirty days after the passage of the same" does not apply to issuing a liquor license. Enos v. Hanff, 98 Neb. 245, 152 N.W. 397 (1915).

An ordinance adopted by the voters under the initiative statute does not "go into effect" until thirty days after it is adopted. Eyre v. Doerr, 97 Neb. 562, 150 N.W. 625 (1915).

An ordinance adopted by the voters under the initiative statute does not "go into effect" until thirty days after it is adopted. Eyre v. Doerr, 97 Neb. 562, 150 N.W. 625 (1915).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1128 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1128
View Statute 38-1128
Status: in_force

(1) No person owning, operating, or conducting any place where dental work of any kind is done or contracted for shall employ or permit any unlicensed dentist to practice dentistry in such place.

(2) No person shall coerce or attempt to coerce a licensed dentist to practice dentistry in any manner contrary to the standards of acceptable and prevailing practice of the dental profession. Any dentist subjected to such coercion or attempted coercion has a cause of action against the person and may recover his or her damages and reasonable attorney's fees.

(3) Violation of this section by a health care professional regulated pursuant to the Uniform Credentialing Act may be considered evidence of an act of unprofessional conduct.

Laws 1927, c. 167, § 89, p. 478;

C.S.1929, § 71-1208;

R.S.1943, § 71-190;

Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 12;

R.S.Supp.,2006, § 71-190;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 461.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-701 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-701
46-701
Status: in_force

Sections 46-701 to 46-756 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act.

Laws 1975, LB 577, § 24;

Laws 1981, LB 146, § 12;

Laws 1982, LB 375, § 22;

Laws 1984, LB 1071, § 15;

Laws 1986, LB 894, § 31;

Laws 1991, LB 51, § 8;

Laws 1994, LB 480, § 27;

R.S.Supp.,1994, § 46-674;

Laws 1996, LB 108, § 7;

Laws 2003, LB 619, § 9;

R.S.Supp.,2003, § 46-656.01;

Laws 2004, LB 962, § 41;

Laws 2006, LB 1226, § 19;

Laws 2009, LB477, § 3;

Laws 2014, LB1098, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3518.01 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-3518.01
View Statute 71-3518.01
Status: in_force

(1) All rules and regulations adopted prior to December 1, 2008, under the Radiation Control Act shall continue to be effective to the extent not in conflict with the changes made by Laws 2007, LB 463.

(2) All licenses or other forms of approval issued prior to December 1, 2008, in accordance with the Radiation Control Act shall remain valid as issued for purposes of the changes made by Laws 2007, LB 463, unless revoked or otherwise terminated by law.

(3) Any suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, which was lawfully commenced prior to December 1, 2008, under the Radiation Control Act shall be subject to the provisions of the act as they existed prior to December 1, 2008.

Laws 2007, LB463, § 1215.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-311.06 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-311.06
View Statute 28-311.06
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section, hazing means any activity by which a person intentionally or recklessly endangers the physical or mental health or safety of an individual for the purpose of initiation into, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership with any organization. Such hazing activity includes whipping, beating, branding, an act of sexual penetration, an exposure of the genitals of the body done with intent to affront or alarm any person, a lewd fondling or caressing of the body of another person, forced and prolonged calisthenics, prolonged exposure to the elements, forced consumption of any food, liquor, beverage, drug, or harmful substance not generally intended for human consumption, prolonged sleep deprivation, or any brutal treatment or the performance of any unlawful act which endangers the physical or mental health or safety of any person or the coercing of any such activity.

(2) It is unlawful to commit the offense of hazing. Any person who commits the offense of hazing is guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.

(3) If the offense of hazing is committed for the purpose of initiation into, admission into, affiliation with, or continued membership with an organization of student members operating under the sanction of a postsecondary educational institution and such offense is committed by members of such organization, such organization shall be punished by a fine of not more than ten thousand dollars. Such organization shall not include the alumni organization or any corporation which owns the house or real estate of such organization.

Laws 1994, LB 1129, § 2;

Laws 2016, LB710, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-349 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-349
View Statute 23-349
Status: in_force

All inventory statements required in sections 23-346 and 23-347 shall be filed with the county clerk as a public record, and shall be open to the inspection of the public.

Laws 1939, c. 28, § 2, p. 141;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-759;

R.S.1943, § 23-349.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-647 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-647
View Statute 60-647
Status: in_force

Pedestrian shall mean any person afoot.

Laws 1993, LB 370, § 143.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 10-120 — NE Code / Chapter 10 / Section 10-120
View Statute 10-120
Status: in_force

When the county board of any county issues bonds to refund the bonded indebtedness of any precinct in the State of Nebraska, and in case an exchange of said refunding bonds cannot be effected, the county board is hereby authorized to sell said refunding bonds from time to time, in such sums as may be necessary to create a fund for the redemption of the outstanding bonds aforesaid and pay interest on such bonds to the date of redemption. The money realized from the sale of said refunding bonds shall not be expended or used for any other purpose than for refunding said outstanding bonds and interest on the bonds.

Laws 1885, c. 9, § 1, p. 95;

R.S.1913, § 385;

C.S.1922, § 302;

C.S.1929, § 11-121;

R.S.1943, § 10-120;

Laws 1983, LB 421, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-968 — NE Code / Chapter 17 / Section 17-968
View Statute 17-968
Status: in_force

If a majority of the votes cast at an election called under section 17-967 are in favor of the proposition, the city council or village board of trustees shall cause to be prepared and shall issue the bonds in accordance with the petition and notice of election. The bonds shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk or chairperson of the village board of trustees and village clerk and shall be attested by the respective seals. The city clerk or village clerk shall enter upon the records of the city council or village board of trustees, the petition, bond, notice, and call for the election, canvass of the vote, the number, amount, and interest, and the date at which each bond issued shall become payable.

Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, p. 156;

Laws 1971, LB 534, § 22;

Laws 2001, LB 420, § 18;

Laws 2017, LB133, § 299.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-825 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-825
View Statute 18-825
Status: in_force

(1) The board may negotiate and enter into written contracts with the employees of a regional metropolitan transit 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 such authority shall continue in their respective positions and at their respective compensation for three months after any such acquisition. Thereafter, the board shall exercise its discretion as to retention of and compensation of all classes, except that the terms and conditions of any existing collective-bargaining agreement between any passenger transportation company acquired by such authority and its employees shall be recognized and accepted by the board.

(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to amend, alter, modify, or affect in any way whatsoever the provisions of any collective-bargaining agreement or the employment relationship between the authority and any of its officers or other employees, whether or not such employees are members of a collective-bargaining unit, including, but not limited to, the terms of any deferred compensation, pension, or retirement plans.

Laws 2019, LB492, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-1562 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-1562
View Statute 71-1562
Status: in_force

No agency or political subdivision of the state or a municipality shall require compliance with local codes or standards for the construction of or the installation of structural, plumbing, heating, or electrical systems in a modular housing unit which are different from those established by the commission pursuant to the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act. An agency or political subdivision of this state or a municipality may prescribe reasonable and necessary requirements of the site development for modular housing units in accordance with local standards. Site development is defined for the purposes of such act as those local development requirements including, but not limited to, foundations, site utility requirements and their connections to the modular housing units, zoning and subdivision regulations, and fire control provisions.

Laws 1976, LB 248, § 8;

Laws 1984, LB 822, § 8;

Laws 1998, LB 1073, § 96.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-108 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-108
View Statute 45-108
Status: in_force

When in any law, or in any instrument in writing specifying a rate of interest, no period of time is mentioned for which such rate is to be calculated, it shall be deemed to be by the year.

Laws 1879, § 9, p. 115;

R.S.1913, § 3354;

C.S.1922, § 2842;

C.S.1929, § 45-109;

R.S.1943, § 45-108.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-808 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-808
View Statute 38-808
Status: in_force

An applicant for licensure to practice chiropractic who has met the education and examination requirements in section 38-807 , who passed the examination more than three years prior to the time of application for licensure, and who is not practicing at the time of application for licensure shall present proof satisfactory to the department that he or she has within the three years immediately preceding the application for licensure completed continuing competency requirements approved by the board pursuant to section 38-145 .

Laws 2007, LB463, § 249.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-211 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-211
View Statute 16-211
Status: in_force

A city of the first class by ordinance may regulate levees, depots, depot grounds, and places for storing freight and goods, and provide for and regulate the passage of railways through the streets and public grounds of the city, reserving the rights of all persons injured thereby.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XV, p. 248;

R.S.1913, § 4827;

C.S.1922, § 3995;

C.S.1929, § 16-212;

R.S.1943, § 16-211.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-514.04 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-514.04
View Statute 71-514.04
Status: in_force

(1) Information concerning any patient or test results obtained under section 71-514.03 shall be maintained as confidential by the health care facility that received or tested the patient, the patient's attending physician, the health care provider, and the provider agency except as provided by section 71-503.01 and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such section. Such information shall not be made public upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery proceedings, or otherwise except as provided by such section.

(2) The information described in subsection (1) of this section may be released with the written consent of the patient or, if the patient is deceased or incapable of giving informed consent, with the written consent of his or her next of kin, legal guardian, or personal representative of his or her estate.

Laws 1994, LB 819, § 10.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-406.01 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-406.01
View Statute 37-406.01
Status: in_force

(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, when a Nebraska resident at least sixteen years of age applies for an annual hunting permit or annual fishing permit, the commission shall distribute a brochure provided by an organ and tissue procurement organization approved by the Department of Health and Human Services containing a description and explanation of the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to each person applying for a permit who has not previously provided a response under subsection (2) of this section. If the application for a permit is made through the Internet, a link to an electronic copy of the brochure shall be provided.

(2) The application for an annual hunting permit or annual fishing permit shall contain the following question: Do you wish to include your name in the Donor Registry of Nebraska and donate your organs and tissues at the time of your death? The commission shall record such response in an electronic database if the permit applicant is at least sixteen years of age and indicates on the application whether he or she wishes to be an organ and tissue donor. Submitting an application indicating that the permit applicant wishes to be a donor shall constitute an authorization under subsection (b) of section 71-4828 .

(3) A person may change his or her status as a donor by (a) Internet access to the Donor Registry of Nebraska, (b) telephone request to the registry, or (c) other methods approved by the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska. The commission shall provide information on its website on how a person may change such person's donor status.

(4) The commission shall electronically transfer to the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska the first and last name, date of birth, gender, address, city, state, zip code, email address if provided, date of registration, and the unique user identification number of each person who agreed to make an anatomical gift under subsection (2) of this section.

(5) An anatomical gift made through the process described in subsection (2) of this section shall be considered made at the time the application is submitted regardless of when the information described in subsection (4) of this section is transferred.

(6) No person shall obtain information about an applicant's response as described in subsection (2) of this section except to facilitate the donation process. General statistical information may be provided upon request to the federally designated organ procurement organization for Nebraska.

(7) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.

Laws 2022, LB1082, § 2.

Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act, see section 71-4824 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4606 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4606
View Statute 30-4606
Status: in_force

A powerholder may not transfer a power of appointment. If a powerholder dies without exercising or releasing a power, the power lapses.

Laws 2021, LB501, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 26-118 — NE Code / Chapter 26 / Section 26-118
View Statute 26-118
Status: in_force

(1) Any person, except the petitioner, who knowingly violates a protection order issued pursuant to the Protection Orders Act, after service or notice as described in subsection (4) of section 26-114 , or a valid foreign protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-123 or 26-124 , shall be guilty of an offense and punished as provided in this section.

(2) For a violation involving a domestic abuse protection order, a sexual assault protection order, a valid foreign domestic abuse protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-123 , or a valid foreign sexual assault protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-124 , a violation of this section is a Class I misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class IV felony for any second or subsequent offense.

(3) For a violation of a harassment protection order or a valid foreign harassment protection order recognized pursuant to section 26-124 , a violation of this section is a Class II misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class I misdemeanor for any second or subsequent offense.

Laws 2025, LB80, § 18.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-401 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-401
View Statute 57-401
Status: in_force

Administrators and executors of the estates of deceased persons, trustees of trust estates, conservators of estates of persons unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability, and the guardians of estates of minors and incompetent persons are hereby authorized to enter into contracts with pipeline companies, corporations, individuals, partnerships, or limited liability companies for the construction, operation, and maintenance of pipelines for the transmission of oil or gas and to sell and dispose of an easement under the contract for such purposes, upon and across the lands, or any interest therein, belonging to the estates of deceased persons, beneficiaries of a trust, estates of persons unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability, and estates of minors and incompetents, upon such terms and conditions that the administrators, executors, trustees, conservators, or guardians of such persons may deem reasonable and equitable, and for the best interest of the estates of deceased persons, minors, persons unfit by reason of infirmities of age or physical disability, and incompetents and the beneficiaries of a trust.

Laws 1951, c. 186, § 1, p. 692;

Laws 1955, c. 217, § 1, p. 608;

Laws 1967, c. 350, § 4, p. 930;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 349.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-346 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-346
View Statute 23-346
Status: in_force

The Auditor of Public Accounts shall establish a uniform system of inventory statements for all county officers and such system, when established, shall be installed and used by all county officers.

Laws 1939, c. 28, § 1, p. 139;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 26-758;

R.S.1943, § 23-346.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2502 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-2502
View Statute 13-2502
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of the Joint Public Agency Act to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their taxing authority and other powers by enabling them to cooperate with other governmental units on a basis of mutual advantage and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of local communities.

Laws 1999, LB 87, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2703.01 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-2703.01
View Statute 69-2703.01
Status: repealed

If the amendments to subdivision (2)(b)(ii) of section 69-2703 made by Laws 2004, LB 944, are held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional, then the changes made by Laws 2004, LB 944, shall be deemed repealed and subdivision (2)(b)(ii) of section 69-2703 shall be deemed to be in the form as it existed prior to such amendments. Neither a holding of unconstitutionality nor an implied repeal of the amendment shall affect, impair, or invalidate any other portion of section 69-2703 or the application of such section to any other person or circumstance and those remaining portions of section 69-2703 shall at all times continue in full force and effect.

Laws 2004, LB 944, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3706 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-3706
View Statute 29-3706
Status: in_force

All pleadings, evidence admitted, orders, judgments, and memoranda of findings and conclusions made in the proceedings held pursuant to sections 29-3701 to 29-3704 shall be made a part of the official record of the underlying criminal case. The court may direct that the medical and psychiatric records not received into evidence at such proceedings be kept confidential and not be available for public inspection.

Laws 1981, LB 213, § 8.

This section does not regulate the release of trial records, but merely makes all pleadings, evidence, and orders related to a review hearing part of the official record in the underlying case. State v. Cribbs, 237 Neb. 947, 469 N.W.2d 108 (1991).

This section does not regulate the release of trial records, but merely makes all pleadings, evidence, and orders related to a review hearing part of the official record in the underlying case. State v. Cribbs, 237 Neb. 947, 469 N.W.2d 108 (1991).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 69-2429 — NE Code / Chapter 69 / Section 69-2429
View Statute 69-2429
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Concealed Handgun Permit Act:

(1) Concealed handgun means a handgun that is entirely obscured from view. If any part of the handgun is capable of being seen or observed by another person, it is not a concealed handgun;

(2) Handgun means any firearm with a barrel less than sixteen inches in length or any firearm designed to be held and fired by the use of a single hand;

(3) Peace officer means any town marshal, chief of police or local police officer, sheriff or deputy sheriff, the Superintendent of Law Enforcement and Public Safety, any officer of the Nebraska State Patrol, any member of the National Guard on active service by direction of the Governor during periods of emergency or civil disorder, any Game and Parks Commission conservation officer, and all other persons with similar authority to make arrests;

(4) Permitholder means an individual holding a current and valid permit to carry a concealed handgun issued pursuant to the Concealed Handgun Permit Act; and

(5) Proof of training means an original document or certified copy of a document, supplied by an applicant, that certifies that he or she either:

(a) Within the previous three years, has successfully completed a handgun training and safety course approved by the Nebraska State Patrol pursuant to section 69-2432 ; or

(b) Is a member of the active or reserve armed forces of the United States or a member of the National Guard and has had handgun training within the previous three years which meets the minimum safety and training requirements of section 69-2432 .

Laws 2006, LB 454, § 3;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 1177;

Laws 2018, LB1034, § 49;

Laws 2023, LB77, § 16.