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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-1525 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-1525
View Statute 32-1525
Status: in_force

(1) No person shall conduct an exit poll, a public opinion poll, or any other interview with voters on election day seeking to determine voter preference within twenty feet of the entrance of any polling place or, if inside the polling place or building, within one hundred feet of any voting booth.

(2)(a) No poll watcher shall interfere with any voter in the preparation or casting of such voter's ballot or prevent any election worker from performing the worker's duties.

(b) A poll watcher shall not provide assistance to a voter as described in section 32-918 unless selected by the voter to provide assistance as provided in section 32-918 .

(c) A poll watcher shall not do any electioneering or disseminate any information or materials advertising or advocating for or against any ballot measure while engaged in observing at a polling place.

(d) A poll watcher shall maintain a distance of at least eight feet from the sign-in table, the sign-in register, the polling booths, the ballot box, and any ballots which have not been cast, except that if the polling place is not large enough for a distance of eight feet, the judge of election shall post a notice of the minimum distance the poll watcher must maintain from the sign-in table, the sign-in register, the polling booths, the ballot box, and any ballots which have not been cast. The posted notice shall be clearly visible to the voters and shall be posted prior to the opening of the polls on election day. The minimum distance shall not be determined to exclude a poll watcher from being in the polling place.

(3)(a) No counting watcher or observer shall prevent any election worker from performing the worker's duties.

(b) A counting watcher or observer shall maintain a distance of at least eight feet from any ballots, ballot boxes, sign-in registers, and vote counting devices, except that if the counting location is not large enough for a distance of eight feet, the election commissioner or county clerk shall post a notice of the minimum distance the counting watcher or observer must maintain from any ballots, ballot boxes, sign-in registers, and vote counting devices. The posted notice should be clearly visible to the counting watcher or observer and shall be posted prior to the counting board convening. The minimum distance shall not be determined to exclude a counting watcher or observer from being in the counting location except as provided in subsection (4) of section 32-1013 .

(4) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 424;

Laws 2020, LB1055, § 18;

Laws 2024, LB287, § 62;

Laws 2025, LB521, § 78.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1805 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1805
View Statute 66-1805
Status: in_force

(1) The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to govern its proceedings and with regard to the mode and manner of all investigations, tests, audits, inspections, filings, and hearings. The commission may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing matters in the State Natural Gas Regulation Act and in furtherance of the act, including, but not limited to:

(a) Procedures and requirements for applications for rate and tariff changes;

(b) Requirements for jurisdictional utilities to maintain and make available to the public and the commission records and information;

(c) Requirements and procedures regarding customer billings and meter readings;

(d) Requirements regarding availability of meter tests;

(e) Requirements regarding billing adjustments for meter errors;

(f) Procedures and requirements for handling customer disputes and complaints;

(g) Procedures and requirements regarding temporary service, changes in location of service, and service interruptions;

(h) Standards and procedures to ensure nondiscriminatory credit policies;

(i) Procedures, requirements, and record-keeping guidelines regarding deposit policies;

(j) Procedures, requirements, and record-keeping guidelines regarding customer refunds;

(k) Policies for refusal of natural gas service;

(l) Policies for disconnection and transfer of natural gas service;

(m) Customer payment plans for delinquent bills;

(n) Requirements regarding advertising;

(o) The assessment and taxation of costs and fees;

(p) Procedures, requirements, and policies regarding the preservation, confidentiality, and disclosure of records in the possession of the commission; and

(q) Reporting requirements for transactions involving affiliated interests of jurisdictional utilities.

(2) The commission may:

(a) Confer with officers of other states and officers of the United States on any matter pertaining to the commission's official duties;

(b) Enter into and establish fair and equitable cooperative agreements or contracts with or act as an agent or licensee for the United States, or any official, agency, or instrumentality thereof, or any similar commission of another state, for the purpose of carrying out the commission's duties and to that end receive and disburse any contributions, grants, or other financial assistance as a result of or pursuant to such agreements or contracts; and

(c) Make joint investigations, hold joint hearings within or outside the state, and issue joint or concurrent orders in conjunction or concurrence with such official, agency, instrumentality, or commission.

(3) The Attorney General, when requested, shall give the commission such counsel and advice as the commission may from time to time require. The Attorney General shall aid and assist the commission in all judicial hearings, suits, and proceedings in which the commission requests the Attorney General's assistance.

Laws 2003, LB 790, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-1212 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-1212
View Statute 23-1212
Status: in_force

For purposes of sections 23-1212 to 23-1222 , unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) County attorney shall mean the county attorney of a county in this state whether such position is elective or appointive and regardless of whether such position is full time or part time;

(2) Deputy county attorney shall mean an attorney employed by a county in this state for the purpose of assisting the county attorney in carrying out his or her responsibilities regardless of whether such position is full time or part time;

(3) Council shall mean the Nebraska County Attorney Standards Advisory Council;

(4) Attorney General shall mean the Nebraska Attorney General;

(5) Commission shall mean the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice; and

(6) Continuing legal education, including instruction providing a working knowledge of electronic speed measurement principles and instruction on the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children, shall mean that type of legal education, including instruction providing a working knowledge of electronic speed measurement principles and instruction on the investigation and prosecution of crimes against children, which has application to and seeks to maintain and improve the skills of the county attorney and deputy county attorney in carrying out the responsibilities of his or her office or position.

Laws 1980, LB 790, § 1;

Laws 1990, LB 1246, § 1;

Laws 2009, LB671, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-3210 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 13-3210
13-3210
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

Laws 2016, LB1012, § 10;

R.S.Supp.,2016, § 18-3210;

Laws 2017, LB625, § 10;

Laws 2019, LB124, § 1.

Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-507 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-507
View Statute 9-507
Status: in_force

(1) Lottery shall mean a gambling scheme in which (a) participants pay or agree to pay something of value for an opportunity to win, (b) winning opportunities are represented by tickets differentiated by sequential enumeration, (c) the winners are to be determined by a random drawing of the tickets or by the method set forth in section 9-511.01 , and (d) the holders of the winning tickets are to receive something of value.

(2) Lottery shall not include (a) any raffle, (b) any gambling scheme which uses any mechanical, computer, electronic, or video gaming device which has the capability of awarding something of value, free games redeemable for something of value, or tickets or stubs redeemable for something of value, (c) any activity authorized or regulated under the Nebraska Bingo Act, the Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, the Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, the Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, the State Lottery Act, section 9-701 , or Chapter 2, article 12, or (d) any activity prohibited under Chapter 28, article 11.

Laws 1986, LB 1027, § 165;

Laws 1991, LB 849, § 54;

Laws 1993, LB 138, § 12;

Laws 2000, LB 1086, § 20.

Nebraska Bingo Act, see section 9-201 .

Nebraska County and City Lottery Act, see section 9-601 .

Nebraska Lottery and Raffle Act, see section 9-401 .

Nebraska Pickle Card Lottery Act, see section 9-301 .

State Lottery Act, see section 9-801 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7205 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7205
View Statute 44-7205
Status: in_force

The director may recognize accreditation by one or more nationally recognized private accrediting entities, with established and maintained standards, as evidence of meeting some or all of the requirements of the Quality Assessment and Improvement Act. A recognized accrediting entity shall make available to the director its current standards to demonstrate that the entity's standards meet or exceed this state's requirements. The health carrier may provide the director with documentation that a managed care plan has been accredited by the entity.

Laws 1998, LB 1162, § 55.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1110 — NE Code / Chapter 13 / Section 13-1110
View Statute 13-1110
Status: in_force

The Department of Economic Development shall furnish advice and information in connection with a project when requested to do so by a county or municipality.

Laws 1961, c. 54, § 10, p. 207;

Laws 1969, c. 104, § 1, p. 479;

R.S.1943, (1983), § 18-1623.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-404 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-404
View Statute 30-404
Status: in_force

The judge of the county court, upon the complaint under oath of any personal representative, may cite any person who has been entrusted by such personal representative with any part of the estate of the deceased person to appear before such court and may require such person to render under oath a full account of any money, goods, chattels, bonds, accounts, or other papers belonging to such estate which have come into his or her possession, in trust for such personal representative, and of his or her proceedings thereon. If a person so cited refuses to appear and render such account, the court may proceed against such person as provided in section 30-403 .

Laws 1978, LB 650, § 26;

R.S.1943, (2008), § 30-3004;

Laws 2015, LB43, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-177 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-177
View Statute 60-177
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 60-171 to 60-177 shall be construed to require the actual repair of a wrecked, damaged, or destroyed vehicle to be designated as salvage.

Laws 2005, LB 276, § 77.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-321 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-321
View Statute 31-321
Status: in_force

When the members of the board of supervisors, by order entered of record, have agreed upon a location or route for the ditch or ditches and formulated a plan for the other improvements contemplated, then the board in behalf of such district, shall have the right to acquire and if need be condemn any real estate, easement, or franchise, whether the same be within the limits of such district or outside its boundaries, that may be necessary for a right-of-way over or upon which to construct and maintain the ditches, dikes, drains, and other works contemplated by any of the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369 . The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724 .

Laws 1905, c. 161, § 12, p. 618;

R.S.1913, § 1816;

C.S.1922, § 1763;

C.S.1929, § 31-420;

R.S.1943, § 31-321;

Laws 1951, c. 101, § 72, p. 479.

District is given power to acquire easements for rights-of-way. County of Johnson v. Weber, 160 Neb. 432, 70 N.W.2d 440 (1955).

District is given power to acquire easements for rights-of-way. County of Johnson v. Weber, 160 Neb. 432, 70 N.W.2d 440 (1955).

District is given the power of eminent domain to acquire rights-of-way whether within or without the district. Latham v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 100 Neb. 173, 158 N.W. 923 (1916).

District is given the power of eminent domain to acquire rights-of-way whether within or without the district. Latham v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 100 Neb. 173, 158 N.W. 923 (1916).

This and following section are constitutional. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Pawnee County v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 96 Neb. 1, 146 N.W. 1055 (1914).

This and following section are constitutional. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Pawnee County v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 96 Neb. 1, 146 N.W. 1055 (1914).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-4042 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-4042
View Statute 30-4042
Status: in_force

The following optional form may be used by an agent to certify facts concerning a power of attorney.

AGENT'S CERTIFICATION AS TO THE VALIDITY OF POWER OF ATTORNEY AND AGENT'S AUTHORITY

State of ...............................................

[County] of ............................................

I, ..................................................... (Name of Agent), certify under penalty of perjury that ................................. (Name of Principal) granted me authority as an agent or successor agent in a power of attorney dated .............................. .

I further certify that to my knowledge:

(1) the Principal is alive and has not revoked the Power of Attorney or my authority to act under the Power of Attorney and the Power of Attorney and my authority to act under the Power of Attorney have not terminated;

(2) if the Power of Attorney was drafted to become effective upon the happening of an event or contingency, the event or contingency has occurred;

(3) if I was named as a successor agent, the prior agent is no longer able or willing to serve; and

(4) ....................................................

........................................................

........................................................

(Insert other relevant statements)

SIGNATURE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENT

.......................................... ................ Agent's Signature Date .......................................... Agent's Name Printed .......................................... .......................................... Agent's Address .......................................... Agent's Telephone Number This document was acknowledged before me on ............... , (Date) by ..................................... . (Name of Agent) .......................................... (Seal, if any) Signature of Notary My commission expires: ................... This document prepared by: ..........................................

Laws 2012, LB1113, § 42.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1816 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 38-1816
38-1816
Status: in_force

(1) Nothing in the Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Act shall be construed to permit a licensed dietitian nutritionist or a licensed nutritionist to practice any other profession regulated under the Uniform Credentialing Act.

(2) Nothing in the Medical Nutrition Therapy Practice Act shall require assisted-living facilities or nursing facilities to provide medical nutrition therapy, unless otherwise required by law, or employ or consult with licensed dietitian nutritionists or licensed nutritionists, so long as any medical nutrition therapy provided in such facilities is provided under an exemption listed under section 38-1812 .

Laws 1988, LB 557, § 9;

Laws 1994, LB 853, § 1;

Laws 1995, LB 406, § 29;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1,293;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 638;

Laws 2023, LB227, § 51.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-675 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-675
View Statute 60-675
Status: in_force

Truck-tractor shall mean any motor vehicle designed and primarily used for drawing other vehicles and not so constructed as to carry a load other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and load so drawn.

Laws 1993, LB 370, § 171.

The classification of a vehicle as a truck-tractor under this section, is not changed by the addition of a box to the vehicle if the design and primary use of the vehicle is to draw other vehicles, and any load carried by the truck-tractor, other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load so drawn, is merely incidental to its primary use. State v. Speicher & Herrick, 203 Neb. 535, 279 N.W.2d 162 (1979).

The classification of a vehicle as a truck-tractor under this section, is not changed by the addition of a box to the vehicle if the design and primary use of the vehicle is to draw other vehicles, and any load carried by the truck-tractor, other than a part of the weight of the vehicle and the load so drawn, is merely incidental to its primary use. State v. Speicher & Herrick, 203 Neb. 535, 279 N.W.2d 162 (1979).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-393 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-393
View Statute 60-393
Status: in_force

Any owner who has two or more motor vehicles or trailers required to be registered under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act may register all such motor vehicles or trailers on a calendar-year basis or on an annual basis for the same registration period beginning in a month chosen by the owner. When electing to establish the same registration period for all such motor vehicles or trailers, the owner shall pay the registration fee, the motor vehicle tax imposed in section 60-3,185 , the motor vehicle fee imposed in section 60-3,190 , and the alternative fuel fee imposed in section 60-3,191 on each motor vehicle for the number of months necessary to extend its current registration period to the registration period under which all such motor vehicles or trailers will be registered. Credit shall be given for registration paid on each motor vehicle or trailer when the motor vehicle or trailer has a later expiration date than that chosen by the owner except as otherwise provided in sections 60-3,104.01 , 60-3,121 , 60-3,122.02 , 60-3,122.04 , 60-3,135.01 , 60-3,163.01 , and 60-3,163.02 . Thereafter all such motor vehicles or trailers shall be registered on an annual basis starting in the month chosen by the owner.

Laws 2005, LB 274, § 93;

Laws 2007, LB570, § 4;

Laws 2011, LB289, § 18;

Laws 2014, LB383, § 2;

Laws 2015, LB220, § 2;

Laws 2016, LB474, § 4;

Laws 2017, LB46, § 2;

Laws 2017, LB263, § 32;

Laws 2019, LB138, § 4;

Laws 2019, LB356, § 3;

Laws 2020, LB944, § 15;

Laws 2021, LB166, § 2;

Laws 2021, LB317, § 2;

Laws 2024, LB140, § 2;

Laws 2025, LB398, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 32-565 — NE Code / Chapter 32 / Section 32-565
View Statute 32-565
Status: in_force

(1) When a vacancy occurs in the representation of the State of Nebraska in the Senate of the United States, the office shall be filled by the Governor. The Governor shall appoint a suitable person possessing the qualifications necessary for senator to fill such vacancy.

(2)(a) If the vacancy occurs on or after August 1 prior to a statewide general election and if the term vacated expires on the following January 3, the appointee shall serve until the following January 3.

(b) If the vacancy occurs on or after August 1 prior to a statewide general election and if the term extends beyond the following January 3, the appointee shall serve until January 3 following the second statewide general election next succeeding the vacancy and at such election a senator shall be elected to serve the unexpired term if any.

(c) If the vacancy occurs at any time not described in subdivision (a) or (b) of this subsection, the appointee shall serve until January 3 following the next statewide general election next succeeding the vacancy and at such election a senator shall be elected to serve the unexpired term if any.

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 161;

Laws 1997, LB 764, § 52;

Laws 2024, LB287, § 23.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-177 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-177
View Statute 21-177
Status: in_force

(RULLCA 1008) (a) After a plan of conversion is approved:

(1) a converting limited liability company shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing articles of conversion, which must be signed as provided in subsection (a) of section 21-119 and must include:

(A) a statement that the limited liability company has been converted into another organization;

(B) the name and form of the organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute;

(C) the date the conversion is effective under the governing statute of the converted organization;

(D) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by the Nebraska Uniform Limited Liability Company Act; and

(E) a statement that the conversion was approved as required by the governing statute of the converted organization; and

(2) if the converting organization is not a converting limited liability company, the converting organization shall deliver to the Secretary of State for filing a certificate of organization, which must include, in addition to the information required by subsection (b) of section 21-117 :

(A) a statement that the converted organization was converted from another organization;

(B) the name and form of that converting organization and the jurisdiction of its governing statute; and

(C) a statement that the conversion was approved in a manner that complied with the converting organization's governing statute.

(b) A conversion becomes effective:

(1) if the converted organization is a limited liability company, when the certificate of organization takes effect; and

(2) if the converted organization is not a limited liability company, as provided by the governing statute of the converted organization.

Laws 2010, LB888, § 77.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2509 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2509
View Statute 18-2509
Status: in_force

Prospective petition shall mean a sample document containing the information necessary for a completed petition, including a sample signature sheet, which has not yet been authorized for circulation.

Laws 1982, LB 807, § 9.