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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6506 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6506
View Statute 44-6506
Status: in_force

(1) A pet insurer may issue policies that exclude coverage on the basis of one or more preexisting conditions with appropriate disclosure to the consumer. The pet insurer has the burden of proving that the preexisting condition exclusion applies to the condition for which a claim is being made.

(2)(a) A pet insurer may issue policies that impose waiting periods upon effectuation of the policy that do not exceed thirty days for illness or orthopedic conditions not resulting from an accident. Waiting periods for accidents are prohibited.

(b) A pet insurer utilizing a waiting period shall include a provision in such pet insurer's policy that allows the waiting period to be waived upon completion of a medical examination. The pet insurer may require that:

(i) The examination be conducted by a veterinarian;

(ii) The examination include certain specific elements as long as such elements do not unreasonably restrict a consumer's ability to waive the waiting period; and

(iii) The examination and any required elements be documented and provided to the pet insurer.

(c) The pet insurer shall clearly and prominently disclose if the policy includes a waiting period and any requirements applicable to the waiting period to consumers prior to the policy purchase.

(3) A pet insurer shall not require a veterinary examination of the covered pet for the insured to have such insured's policy renewed.

(4) If a pet insurer includes any prescriptive, wellness, or noninsurance benefits in the policy form, then such benefits shall be considered part of the policy and the pet insurer shall follow all applicable laws, rules, and regulations related to such benefits.

(5) A consumer's eligibility to purchase a pet insurance policy shall not be based on participation, or lack of participation, in a separate wellness program.

Laws 2023, LB296, § 6.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-634 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-634
View Statute 71-634
Status: in_force

The department shall charge and collect the same fee as prescribed in subsection (1) of section 71-612 for each proceeding under sections 71-630 and 71-635 to 71-644 . All fees so collected shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Health and Human Services Cash Fund. The department shall collect the fees required by section 71-612 for a certified copy of the amended record. All fees for a certified copy shall be handled as provided in section 71-612 .

If a certificate is amended pursuant to sections 71-630 and 71-635 to 71-644 as the result of an error committed by the department in the issuance of such certificate, the department may waive any fee required under this section.

Laws 1947, c. 234, § 5, p. 741;

Laws 1953, c. 244, § 1, p. 834;

Laws 1959, c. 323, § 9, p. 1184;

Laws 1965, c. 418, § 11, p. 1340;

Laws 1965, c. 419, § 5, p. 1344;

Laws 1971, LB 245, § 2;

Laws 1973, LB 483, § 11;

Laws 1978, LB 671, § 1;

Laws 1983, LB 617, § 18;

Laws 1991, LB 703, § 33;

Laws 1992, LB 1019, § 57;

Laws 1995, LB 406, § 36;

Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 543;

Laws 2001, LB 209, § 18;

Laws 2004, LB 1005, § 61;

Laws 2006, LB 994, § 90;

Laws 2007, LB296, § 437.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-1411 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-1411
View Statute 57-1411
Status: in_force

The Public Service Commission Pipeline Regulation Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the commission. The fund shall be used by the commission to carry out the Major Oil Pipeline Siting Act. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Public Service Commission Pipeline Regulation Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

Laws 2011, First Spec. Sess., LB1, § 12;

Laws 2025, LB264, § 137.

Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269 .

Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4064 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4064
View Statute 44-4064
Status: in_force

(1) Before any license or appointment is issued or renewed under the Insurance Producers Licensing Act or before any appointment is terminated, the person requesting such license shall pay or cause to be paid to the director the following fee or fees, if applicable, as established by the director:

(a) For each insurance producer license, a fee not to exceed one hundred dollars;

(b) For each annual appointment, a fee not to exceed ten dollars;

(c) For each termination of an appointment, a fee not to exceed ten dollars;

(d) A late renewal fee not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars;

(e) A reinstatement fee not to exceed one hundred seventy-five dollars; and

(f) For each business entity license, a fee not to exceed fifty dollars.

(2) If a licensed person (a) desires to add a line or lines of insurance to his or her existing license, (b) seeks to change any other information contained in the license for any reason, or (c) applies for a duplicate license, such person shall pay to the director a fee established by the director to cover the expense of replacing the license.

(3) The director shall not prorate fees imposed pursuant to subsection (1) of this section and shall not refund fees to any person in the event of a license denial. The director may refund fees paid pursuant to this section if the payment has been made in error.

Laws 2001, LB 51, § 18;

Laws 2008, LB855, § 27.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-4807 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-4807
View Statute 2-4807
Status: in_force

(1) At least thirty days prior to the initiation of a proceeding on an agricultural debt in excess of forty thousand dollars, a creditor, except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, shall provide written notice directly to the borrower of the availability of mediation and the address and telephone number of the farm mediation service in the service area of the borrower.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to creditors subject to the federal Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 if such act and the rules and regulations adopted and promulgated thereunder require otherwise.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall not apply if a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the time delay required would cause the creditor to suffer irreparable harm because there are reasonable grounds to believe the borrower may dissipate or divert collateral.

Laws 1988, LB 664, § 7.

While creditors subject to this section are required to provide notice of the availability of mediation, participation in mediation is optional. First Nat. Bank North Platte v. Cardenas, 299 Neb. 497, 909 N.W.2d 79 (2018).

While creditors subject to this section are required to provide notice of the availability of mediation, participation in mediation is optional. First Nat. Bank North Platte v. Cardenas, 299 Neb. 497, 909 N.W.2d 79 (2018).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-160 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-160
View Statute 43-160
Status: in_force

The existence of any agreement or agreements of the kind specified in section 43-158 shall not operate to impair the validity of any relinquishment or any decree of adoption entered by a court of the State of Nebraska. The violation of the terms of any agreement or agreements of the kind specified in section 43-158 shall not operate to impair the validity of any relinquishment or any decree of adoption entered by a court of competent jurisdiction. The parties to an exchange-of-information contract shall have the authority to bring suit in a court of competent jurisdiction for the enforcement of any agreement entered into pursuant to section 43-158 .

Laws 1988, LB 301, § 6;

Laws 1998, LB 1041, § 16.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-2405 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-2405
View Statute 43-2405
Status: in_force

(1) An eligible applicant may apply to the coalition for a grant under the Commission Grant Program in a manner and form prescribed by the commission for funds made available from the Commission Grant Program or the federal act. The application shall include a comprehensive juvenile services plan. Grants shall be awarded to eligible applicants at least annually within the limits of available funds until programs are available statewide.

(2) Eligible applicants may give consideration to contracting with private nonprofit agencies for the provision of programs.

Laws 1990, LB 663, § 5;

Laws 1992, LB 447, § 9;

Laws 1997, LB 424, § 3;

Laws 2000, LB 1167, § 44;

Laws 2001, LB 640, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-5609 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-5609
View Statute 44-5609
Status: in_force

(1) A reinsurer shall not engage the services of any person, firm, association, or corporation to act as a reinsurance intermediary-manager on its behalf unless such person, firm, association, or corporation is licensed as required by subsection (2) of section 44-5603 .

(2) The reinsurer shall annually obtain a copy of statements of the financial condition of each reinsurance intermediary-manager which such reinsurer has engaged prepared by an independent certified public accountant in a form acceptable to the director.

(3) If a reinsurance intermediary-manager establishes loss reserves, the reinsurer shall annually obtain the opinion of an independent actuary attesting to the adequacy of loss reserves established for losses incurred and outstanding on business produced by the reinsurance intermediary-manager. The opinion shall be in addition to any other required loss reserve certification.

(4) Binding authority for all retrocessional contracts or participation in reinsurance syndicates shall rest with an officer of the reinsurer who is not affiliated with the reinsurance intermediary-manager.

(5) Within thirty days of termination of a contract with a reinsurance intermediary-manager, the reinsurer shall provide written notification of such termination to the director.

(6) A reinsurer shall not appoint to its board of directors, any officer, director, employee, controlling shareholder, or subproducer of its reinsurance intermediary-manager. This subsection shall not apply to relationships governed by the Insurance Holding Company System Act or the Producer-Controlled Property and Casualty Insurer Act.

Laws 1992, LB 1006, § 63.

Insurance Holding Company System Act, see section 44-2120 .

Producer-Controlled Property and Casualty Insurer Act, see section 44-5701 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.01 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-412.01
View Statute 18-412.01
Status: in_force

Whenever any city or village in this state contracts with a public power district or an agency of the United States Government to operate, renew, replace, and add to the electric distribution, transmission, or generation system of the city or village and in the performance of the contract the public power district or the United States Government agrees to comply with the laws relating to bidding for contracts entered into by public power districts or the United States Government, the city or village shall not be required to advertise for or take bids for such renewals, replacements, or additions.

Laws 1969, c. 78, § 3, p. 410;

Laws 1998, LB 1129, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 57-701 — NE Code / Chapter 57 / Section 57-701
View Statute 57-701
Status: in_force

As used in Chapter 57, article 7, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) Base production level shall mean a property's production for the preceding twelve months divided by the number of producing well production days. Enhanced recovery injection wells may be counted as producing wells to determine the base production level for a property;

(2) Oil shall mean any petroleum product or other oil taken from the earth;

(3) Severed shall mean the taking from the land by any means whatsoever of the natural resources enumerated in Chapter 57, article 7;

(4) Person shall mean any person, firm, concern, receiver, trustee, executor, administrator, agent, institution, association, partnership, limited liability company, company, corporation, or person acting under a declaration of trust or as an operator under a lease agreement or unitization agreement;

(5) Property shall mean the right to produce crude oil or natural gas which arises from a lease, fee, or mineral interest. A property owner may treat as a separate property each separate and distinct producing reservoir subject to the same right to produce crude oil or natural gas if such reservoir is recognized by the Nebraska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission as a producing formation that is separate and distinct from and not in communication with any other producing formation;

(6) Producer shall mean the owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas or both or any person who owns and operates a lease or a unit of producing leases in which other persons own interests, with respect to such well or wells;

(7) Stripper oil shall mean oil produced from a property where the base production level is ten or fewer barrels per day; and

(8) Nonstripper oil shall mean oil produced from a property where the base production level is more than ten barrels per day.

Laws 1955, c. 219, § 1, p. 611;

Laws 1967, c. 351, § 1, p. 932;

Laws 1983, LB 228, § 1;

Laws 1983, LB 224, § 1;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 351.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-504 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-504
View Statute 60-504
Status: in_force

The department shall upon request furnish any person a certified abstract of the operating record of any person subject to the provisions of sections 60-501 to 60-569 , which abstract shall also fully designate the motor vehicles, if any, registered in the name of such person, and, if there shall be no record of any conviction of such person of violating any law relating to the operation of a motor vehicle or of any injury or damage caused by such person, the department shall so certify. Such abstracts shall not be admissible as evidence in any action for damages or criminal proceedings arising out of a motor vehicle accident.

Laws 1949, c. 178, § 4, p. 485.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7211 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7211
View Statute 44-7211
Status: in_force

Whenever a health carrier contracts to have another entity perform the quality assessment or quality improvement functions required by the Quality Assessment and Improvement Act or applicable rules and regulations, the director shall hold the health carrier responsible for monitoring the activities of the entity with which it contracts and for ensuring that the requirements of the act and applicable rules and regulations are met.

Laws 1998, LB 1162, § 61.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-205 — NE Code / Chapter 15 / Section 15-205
View Statute 15-205
Status: in_force

A city of the primary class shall have the power to (1) remove all obstructions from the sidewalk, curbstones, gutters, and crosswalks at the expense of the owners or occupants of the grounds fronting thereon or at the expense of the person placing such obstructions there and (2) regulate the building of bulkheads, cellars, basements, stairways, railways, windows, doorways, awnings, lampposts, awning posts, and all other structures upon or over adjoining excavations through or under the sidewalks of the city.

Laws 1901, c. 16, § 129, VI, p. 128;

R.S.1913, § 4418;

C.S.1922, § 3802;

C.S.1929, § 15-205;

R.S.1943, § 15-205;

Laws 2020, LB1003, § 25.

Allowing and regulating entrances to basements through sidewalks is within reasonable discretion of mayor and council. State ex rel. McNerney v. Armstrong, 97 Neb. 343, 149 N.W. 786 (1914).

Allowing and regulating entrances to basements through sidewalks is within reasonable discretion of mayor and council. State ex rel. McNerney v. Armstrong, 97 Neb. 343, 149 N.W. 786 (1914).

Where boiler room was constructed under proper authority from city, after maintenance for fifteen years, authorities could not have same removed as a nuisance. Tiernan v. Thorp, 88 Neb. 662, 130 N.W. 280 (1911).

Where boiler room was constructed under proper authority from city, after maintenance for fifteen years, authorities could not have same removed as a nuisance. Tiernan v. Thorp, 88 Neb. 662, 130 N.W. 280 (1911).

City must keep streets and walks free of obstructions for entire width. Chapman v. City of Lincoln, 84 Neb. 534, 121 N.W. 596 (1909).

City must keep streets and walks free of obstructions for entire width. Chapman v. City of Lincoln, 84 Neb. 534, 121 N.W. 596 (1909).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-1075 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-1075
View Statute 44-1075
Status: in_force

A society shall be deemed to have a representative form of government when:

(1) It has a supreme governing body constituted in one of the following ways:

(a) Assembly. The supreme governing body is an assembly composed of delegates elected directly by the members or at intermediate assemblies or conventions of members or their representatives, together with other delegates as may be prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of delegates by mail. The elected delegates shall constitute a majority in number and shall not have less than two-thirds of the votes and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. The assembly shall be elected and meet at least once every four years and shall elect a board of directors to conduct the business of the society between meetings of the assembly. Vacancies on the board of directors between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws; or

(b) Direct election. The supreme governing body is a board composed of persons elected by the members, either directly or by their representatives in intermediate assemblies, and any other persons prescribed in the society's laws. A society may provide for election of the board by mail. Each term of a board member may not exceed four years. Vacancies on the board between elections may be filled in the manner prescribed by the society's laws. Those persons elected to the board shall constitute a majority in number and not less than the number of votes required to amend the society's laws. A person filling the unexpired term of an elected board member shall be considered to be an elected member. The board shall meet at least quarterly to conduct the business of the society;

(2) The officers of the society are elected either by the supreme governing body or by the board of directors;

(3) Only benefit members are eligible for election to the supreme governing body, the board of directors, or any intermediate assembly; and

(4) Each voting member shall have one vote and no vote may be cast by proxy.

Laws 1985, LB 508, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-821 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-821
View Statute 9-821
Status: in_force

The district court of Lancaster County shall have exclusive original jurisdiction of all legal proceedings, except criminal actions, related to the administration, enforcement, or fulfillment of the responsibilities, duties, or functions of the division. An aggrieved party seeking review of an order or decision of the Tax Commissioner shall file an appeal with the district court of Lancaster County within thirty days after the date of such order or decision. All such proceedings shall be considered contested cases pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.

Laws 1991, LB 849, § 21;

Laws 1993, LB 138, § 41.

Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-181 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-181
View Statute 54-181
Status: in_force

Freeze brand means a mark or brand that is created on a live animal in a depigmentation technique, whereby the pigment-producing cells in the skin of an animal are destroyed by the application of intense cold to the skin area.

Laws 1999, LB 778, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 9-1105 — NE Code / Chapter 9 / Section 9-1105
View Statute 9-1105
Status: in_force

For purposes of providing the necessary licensing and regulation of the operation of games of chance by authorized gaming operators within licensed racetrack enclosures pursuant to the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act, the commission shall administer the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act. The commission shall have full jurisdiction over and shall supervise all gaming operations pursuant to the Nebraska Racetrack Gaming Act.

Initiative Law 2020, No. 430, § 5;

Laws 2021, LB561, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-219 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-219
View Statute 37-219
Status: in_force

Economic harm means significant loss, disadvantage, or injury to personal or material resources.

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 29.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-608 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-608
View Statute 60-608
Status: in_force

Approach or exit road shall mean any highway or ramp designed and used solely for the purpose of providing ingress or egress to or from an interchange or rest area of a highway. An approach road shall begin at the point where it intersects with any highway not a part of the highway for which such approach road provides access and shall terminate at the point where it merges with an acceleration lane of a highway. An exit road shall begin at the point where it intersects with a deceleration lane of a highway and shall terminate at the point where it intersects any highway not a part of a highway from which the exit road provides egress.

Laws 1993, LB 370, § 104.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-935 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-935
View Statute 42-935
Status: in_force

(a) A law enforcement officer of this state, upon determining that there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists and that the order has been violated, shall enforce the order as if it were the order of a tribunal of this state. Presentation of a protection order that identifies both the protected individual and the respondent and, on its face, is currently in effect constitutes probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists. For purposes of this section, the protection order may be inscribed on a tangible medium or may have been stored in an electronic or other medium if it is retrievable in perceivable form. Presentation of a certified copy of a protection order is not required for enforcement.

(b) If a foreign protection order is not presented, a law enforcement officer of this state may consider other information in determining whether there is probable cause to believe that a valid foreign protection order exists.

(c) If a law enforcement officer of this state determines that an otherwise valid foreign protection order cannot be enforced because the respondent has not been notified or served with the order, the officer shall inform the respondent of the order, make a reasonable effort to serve the order upon the respondent, and allow the respondent a reasonable opportunity to comply with the order before enforcing the order.

(d) Registration or filing of an order in this state is not required for the enforcement of a valid foreign protection order pursuant to the Uniform Interstate Enforcement of Domestic Violence Protection Orders Act.

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 93.