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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-3004 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-3004
View Statute 71-3004
Status: in_force

(1) The Division of Behavioral Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall establish a mental health first aid training program, using contracts through the behavioral health regions, to help the public identify and understand the signs of a mental illness or substance abuse problem or a mental health crisis and to provide the public with skills to help a person who is developing or experiencing a mental health or substance abuse problem or a mental health crisis and to de-escalate crisis situations if needed. The training program shall provide an interactive mental health first aid training course administered by the state's regional behavioral health authorities. Instructors in the training program shall be certified by a national authority for Mental Health First Aid USA or a similar organization. The training program shall work cooperatively with local entities to provide training for individuals to become instructors.

(2) The mental health first aid training program shall be designed to train individuals to accomplish the following objectives as deemed appropriate considering the trainee's age:

(a) Help the public identify, understand, and respond to the signs of mental illness and substance abuse;

(b) Emphasize the need to reduce the stigma of mental illness; and

(c) Assist a person who is believed to be developing or has developed a mental health or substance abuse problem or who is believed to be experiencing a mental health crisis.

Laws 2014, LB901, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1357 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1357
View Statute 28-1357
Status: in_force

(1) For purposes of this section:

(a) Novelty lighter means a mechanical or electrical device that is typically used for lighting cigarettes, cigars, or pipes, that has only one button or function, and that (i) is designed to resemble a cartoon character, a toy, a gun, a watch, a musical instrument, a vehicle, an animal, a food or beverage container, or a similar item, (ii) plays musical notes, or (iii) has flashing lights; and

(b) Novelty lighter does not include:

(i) A lighter manufactured prior to January 1, 1980;

(ii) A lighter incapable of being fueled or lacking a device necessary to produce combustion or a flame; or

(iii) A standard disposable or refillable lighter that is printed or decorated with a logo, label, decal, artwork, or heat shrinkable sleeve.

(2) It shall be unlawful to sell at retail, offer for retail sale, or distribute for retail sale or promotion in this state a novelty lighter manufactured on or after July 18, 2014, without a child safety feature.

(3) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.

(4) This section does not apply to the transportation of novelty lighters through the state or the storage of novelty lighters in a warehouse or distribution center in this state that is closed to the public for purposes of retail sales.

Laws 2014, LB403, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-237 — NE Code / Chapter 49 / Section 49-237
View Statute 49-237
Status: in_force

When the Legislature calls a special state election to submit a proposed amendment to the Constitution to the electors on a date other than the statewide primary election as provided in section 32-401 , the Legislature shall appropriate to the Secretary of State sufficient funds to pay all expenses of such election. The county clerk or election commissioner in each county shall certify to the Secretary of State all expenses incurred in conducting such election. The Secretary of State shall transmit payment for such expenses to the county clerks or election commissioners who shall then pay the expenses incurred in their counties.

Laws 1969, c. 260, § 3, p. 1003;

Laws 1997, LB 526, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-1211 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-1211
View Statute 37-1211
Status: in_force

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section and sections 37-1249 and 37-1250 , every motorboat on the waters of this state shall be numbered and no person shall operate or give permission for the operation of any vessel on such waters unless the vessel is numbered in accordance with the State Boat Act or in accordance with the laws of another state if the commission has by regulation approved the numbering system of such state and unless the certificate of number awarded to such vessel is in full force and effect and the identifying number set forth in the certificate of number is displayed and legible on each side of the forward half of the vessel.

(2) The owner of each motorboat may operate or give permission for the operation of such vessel for thirty days from the date the vessel was acquired in anticipation of the vessel being numbered. A duly executed bill of sale, certificate of title, or other satisfactory evidence of the right of possession of the vessel as prescribed by the Department of Motor Vehicles must be available for inspection at all times from the operator of the vessel.

(3) The owner or his or her invitee who operates a personal watercraft on any body of water (a) which is entirely upon privately owned land owned by only one person or one family and, if leased, leased by only one person or one family, (b) which does not connect by any permanent or intermittent inflow or outflow with other water outside such land, and (c) which is not operated on a commercial basis for profit may operate any personal watercraft on such body of water without complying with subsection (1) of this section.

Laws 1978, LB 21, § 11;

Laws 1995, LB 376, § 1;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 394;

Laws 2009, LB202, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 54-1709 — NE Code / Chapter 54 / Section 54-1709
View Statute 54-1709
Status: in_force

Every dealer required to be licensed under the provisions of sections 54-1701 to 54-1711 shall keep such records and accounts as shall fully and correctly disclose all purchases, sales or transfers involving livestock transactions consummated in connection with his business. The records pertaining to such business shall also disclose the true ownership of such business by stockholders or otherwise and shall contain such information as the director or State Veterinarian may prescribe including the manner in which such records shall be kept. Every licensee shall, during all reasonable times, permit authorized employees and agents of the department to have access to and to copy any or all records relating to his business.

Laws 1969, c. 447, § 9, p. 1498.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 29-3922 — NE Code / Chapter 29 / Section 29-3922
View Statute 29-3922
Status: in_force

For purposes of the County Revenue Assistance Act:

(1) Chief counsel means an attorney appointed to be the primary administrative officer of the commission pursuant to section 29-3928 ;

(2) Commission means the Commission on Public Advocacy;

(3) Commission staff means attorneys, investigators, and support staff who are performing work for the capital litigation division, appellate division, DNA testing division, and major case resource center;

(4) Contracting attorney means an attorney contracting to act as a public defender pursuant to sections 23-3404 to 23-3408 ;

(5) Court-appointed attorney means an attorney other than a contracting attorney or a public defender appointed by the court to represent an indigent person;

(6) Indigent defense services means legal services provided to indigent persons by an indigent defense system in capital cases, felony cases, misdemeanor cases, juvenile cases, mental health commitment cases, child support enforcement cases, and paternity establishment cases;

(7) Indigent defense system means a system of providing services, including any services necessary for litigating a case, by a contracting attorney, court-appointed attorney, or public defender;

(8) Indigent person means a person who is indigent and unable to obtain legal counsel as determined pursuant to subdivision (3) of section 29-3901 ; and

(9) Public defender means an attorney appointed or elected pursuant to sections 23-3401 to 23-3403 .

Laws 1995, LB 646, § 4;

Laws 2001, LB 335, § 3;

Laws 2001, LB 659, § 15;

Laws 2009, LB154, § 2;

Laws 2015, LB268, § 27;

Referendum 2016, No. 426.

Note: The changes made to section 29-3922 by Laws 2015, LB 268, section 27, have been omitted because of the vote on the referendum at the November 2016 general election.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-151 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-151
View Statute 46-151
Status: in_force

The cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property and constructing the works and improvements provided for in the Irrigation District Act shall be wholly paid out of the construction fund, or in the bonds of the irrigation district at their par value, after having first advertised the same for sale as provided in section 46-1,100 , and having received no bids therefor of ninety-five percent or upwards of their face value. In case such bonds or the money raised by their sale is insufficient for the purposes for which the bonds were issued, additional bonds may be issued, after submission of the question at a general or special election to the electors of the district. In case of the issuance of additional bonds, the lien for taxes for the payment of the interest and principal of such issue shall be a subsequent lien to any prior bond issue. However, the provisions of this section shall not apply where the cost and expense of purchasing and acquiring property and constructing the works and improvements provided for in the Irrigation District Act are covered by contract between the district and the United States. In lieu of the issuance of additional bonds, the board of directors may provide for the completion of the irrigation system of the district by the levy of an assessment therefor in the same manner in which levy of an assessment is made for the other purposes provided in the Irrigation District Act.

Laws 1895, c. 70, § 24, p. 287;

Laws 1899, c. 78, § 2, p. 334;

Laws 1913, c. 37, § 1, p. 131;

R.S.1913, § 3482;

Laws 1915, c. 69, § 8, p. 179;

C.S.1922, § 2882;

C.S.1929, § 46-127;

R.S.1943, § 46-151;

Laws 2015, LB561, § 9.

Expense of engineer for survey and plans is preliminary and payable out of construction fund. Willow Springs Irr. Dist. v. Wilson, 74 Neb. 269, 104 N.W. 165 (1905).

Expense of engineer for survey and plans is preliminary and payable out of construction fund. Willow Springs Irr. Dist. v. Wilson, 74 Neb. 269, 104 N.W. 165 (1905).

Construction fund must be provided before indebtedness incurred for construction. Lincoln & Dawson County Irr. Dist. v. McNeal, 60 Neb. 613, 83 N.W. 847 (1900).

Construction fund must be provided before indebtedness incurred for construction. Lincoln & Dawson County Irr. Dist. v. McNeal, 60 Neb. 613, 83 N.W. 847 (1900).

Amendment of 1899 was valid. Baltes v. Farmers Irr. Dist., 60 Neb. 310, 83 N.W. 83 (1900).

Amendment of 1899 was valid. Baltes v. Farmers Irr. Dist., 60 Neb. 310, 83 N.W. 83 (1900).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2213 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2213
View Statute 30-2213
Status: in_force

The Supreme Court shall have authority to establish rules to carry into effect the provisions of this code so that its administration, proceedings, and practice shall be uniform.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-4704 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-4704
View Statute 43-4704
Status: in_force

(1) Every child placed by the department in a foster family home or child-care institution shall be entitled to access to reasonable opportunities to participate in age or developmentally appropriate extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and social activities.

(2) A child in foster care shall not be required, by virtue of his or her status as a child in foster care, to meet any more requirements for a driver's license under the Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act than any other child applying for the same license.

Laws 2016, LB746, § 4;

Laws 2017, LB225, § 11;

Laws 2020, LB219, § 2.

Motor Vehicle Operator's License Act, see section 60-462 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-3909 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-3909
View Statute 30-3909
Status: in_force

A court of this state has jurisdiction to appoint a guardian or issue a protective order for a respondent if:

(1) This state is the respondent's home state;

(2) On the date the petition is filed, this state is a significant-connection state and:

(a) The respondent does not have a home state or a court of the respondent's home state has declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is a more appropriate forum; or

(b) The respondent has a home state, a petition for an appointment or order is not pending in a court of that state or another significant-connection state, and, before the court makes the appointment or issues the order:

(i) A petition for an appointment or order is not filed in the respondent's home state;

(ii) An objection to the court's jurisdiction is not filed by a person required to be notified of the proceeding; and

(iii) The court in this state concludes that it is an appropriate forum under the factors set forth in section 30-3912 ;

(3) This state does not have jurisdiction under either subdivision (1) or (2) of this section, the respondent's home state and all significant-connection states have declined to exercise jurisdiction because this state is the more appropriate forum, and jurisdiction in this state is consistent with the constitutions of this state and the United States; or

(4) The requirements for special jurisdiction under section 30-3910 are met.

Laws 2011, LB157, § 13.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-1612 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-1612
View Statute 46-1612
Status: in_force

Days, for purposes of establishing deadlines, means calendar days, including Sundays and holidays.

Laws 2005, LB 335, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-909 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-909
View Statute 37-909
Status: in_force

(1) There is hereby created a fund to be known as the Youth Conservation Corps Fund.

(2) All money made available to the Youth Conservation Corps Fund under the provisions of the federal Youth Conservation Corps Act, as amended, and all money made available for matching purposes by state appropriations shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to such fund.

(3) Money in the fund shall be used by the Game and Parks Commission pursuant to the federal Youth Conservation Corps Act, as amended, and also Public Law 93-408 , 93rd Congress, for financing project costs thereunder.

(4) The commission may make grants-in-aid to political subdivisions of this state from money available in the Youth Conservation Corps Fund upon such terms and in such amounts as the commission determines.

(5) Any money in the 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 1975, LB 600, § 2;

Laws 1995, LB 7, § 105;

R.S.1943, (1996), § 81-815.51;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 370.

Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269 .

Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-115 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-115
View Statute 42-115
Status: in_force

It shall be lawful for every religious society to join together in marriage such persons as are of the society, according to the rites and customs of the society to which they belong. The clerk or keeper of the minutes, proceedings, or other book of the religious society in which such marriage shall be had, or if there be no such clerk or keeper of the minutes, then the moderator or person presiding in such society, shall make out and transmit to the county clerk of the county a certificate of the marriage, and the same shall be recorded in the same manner as is provided in sections 42-108 to 42-112 .

R.S.1866, c. 34, § 15, p. 256;

R.S.1913, § 1554;

C.S.1922, § 1503;

C.S.1929, § 42-115;

R.S.1943, § 42-115;

Laws 1986, LB 525, § 11.

Marriage solemnized under this section is valid. Collins v. Hoag & Rollins, 122 Neb. 805, 241 N.W. 766 (1932).

Marriage solemnized under this section is valid. Collins v. Hoag & Rollins, 122 Neb. 805, 241 N.W. 766 (1932).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 60-2409 — NE Code / Chapter 60 / Section 60-2409
View Statute 60-2409
Status: in_force

Anyone towing a vehicle pursuant to sections 60-2401 to 60-2411 shall take reasonable steps to ascertain that the person causing the vehicle to be towed is the owner or tenant of the lot from which the vehicle is to be towed.

Laws 1979, LB 348, § 9;

Laws 2010, LB1065, § 9.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-908 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-908
View Statute 44-908
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise authorized in the Privacy of Insurance Consumer Information Act, a licensee shall not, directly or through an affiliate, disclose any nonpublic personal financial information about a consumer to a nonaffiliated third party other than as described in the initial notice that the licensee provided to that consumer under section 44-904 unless:

(a) The licensee has provided to the consumer a clear and conspicuous revised notice that accurately describes its policies and practices;

(b) The licensee has provided to the consumer a new opt out notice;

(c) The licensee has given the consumer a reasonable opportunity, before the licensee discloses the information to the nonaffiliated third party, to opt out of the disclosure; and

(d) The consumer does not opt out.

(2) When a licensee is required to deliver a revised privacy notice by this section, the licensee shall deliver it according to section 44-909 .

Laws 2001, LB 52, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 45-356 — NE Code / Chapter 45 / Section 45-356
View Statute 45-356
Status: in_force

(1) No licensee shall receive any security agreement or assignment of salary or wages signed in blank. All blank spaces shall be filled in with ink or typewritten or printed with the proper names and amounts showing the name of the person by whom the individual making the conveyance or assignment is employed. No assignment or order for wages is valid if it contains an amount in excess of the sum borrowed together with the interest and charges as provided in the Nebraska Installment Loan and Sales Act.

(2) No assignment of or order for wages to secure a loan or advancement is valid when made by a married man or woman unless the written consent of the wife or husband to the making of such loan is attached thereto.

(3) No licensee shall take a power of attorney, or any instrument signed by an attorney in fact and not personally, or any instrument signed in which blanks are left to be filled after execution.

Laws 2016, LB778, § 7;

Laws 2025, LB474, § 77.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 71-435 — NE Code / Chapter 71 / Section 71-435
View Statute 71-435
Status: in_force

(1) Except as otherwise provided in the Health Care Facility Licensure Act, licenses issued pursuant to the act shall expire one year after the date of issuance or on uniform annual dates established by the department.

(2) Licenses shall be issued only for the premises and persons named in the application and shall not be transferable or assignable. Licenses, license record information, and inspection reports shall be made available by the licensee for public inspection upon request and may be displayed in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises.

Laws 2000, LB 819, § 35.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-3992 — NE Code / Chapter 2 / Section 2-3992
2-3992
Status: in_force

(1) The director or his or her duly authorized agent shall have access during regular business hours to any milking facility or dairy plant for which a permit is held in which milk is used or stored for use in the manufacture, processing, packaging, or storage of milk or milk products or to enter any vehicle being used to transport or hold such milk or milk products for the purpose of inspection and to secure specimens or samples of any milk or milk product after paying or offering to pay for such sample or specimen. The director may analyze and inspect samples of raw milk and dairy products.

(2) The director or his or her duly authorized agent shall have access during regular business hours to the books and records of any permitholder under the Nebraska Milk Act when such access is necessary to properly administer and enforce such act.

Laws 1969, c. 5, § 33, p. 89;

R.S.1943, (1976), § 81-263.119;

Laws 1980, LB 632, § 42;

Laws 1986, LB 900, § 31;

Laws 1993, LB 268, § 24;

R.S.1943, (1997), § 2-3942;

Laws 2007, LB111, § 28.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2733 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2733
View Statute 30-2733
Status: in_force

Without qualifying any other statutory right to setoff or lien and subject to any contractual provision, if a party is indebted to a financial institution, the financial institution has a right to setoff against the account. The amount of the account subject to setoff is the proportion to which the party is, or immediately before death was, beneficially entitled under section 30-2722 or, in the absence of proof of that proportion, an equal share with all parties.

Laws 1993, LB 250, § 19.

A bank has no right of setoff against the beneficial interest contributed by a nondebtor depositor. Where there is a joint account and proof of net contributions, the amount subject to setoff by the bank is determined by a party's net contribution. Craig v. Hastings State Bank, 221 Neb. 746, 380 N.W.2d 618 (1986).

A bank has no right of setoff against the beneficial interest contributed by a nondebtor depositor. Where there is a joint account and proof of net contributions, the amount subject to setoff by the bank is determined by a party's net contribution. Craig v. Hastings State Bank, 221 Neb. 746, 380 N.W.2d 618 (1986).

If a person has the right to withdraw funds from a joint account and is indebted to the bank where the account is maintained, the bank has a right of setoff against such indebtedness. Craig v. Hastings State Bank, 221 Neb. 746, 380 N.W.2d 618 (1986).

If a person has the right to withdraw funds from a joint account and is indebted to the bank where the account is maintained, the bank has a right of setoff against such indebtedness. Craig v. Hastings State Bank, 221 Neb. 746, 380 N.W.2d 618 (1986).

This section is subject to agreements between a bank and its depositor. A bank may define by contract with its depositor the extent of its power of setoff. Uttecht v. Norwest Bank of Norfolk, 221 Neb. 222, 376 N.W.2d 11 (1985).

This section is subject to agreements between a bank and its depositor. A bank may define by contract with its depositor the extent of its power of setoff. Uttecht v. Norwest Bank of Norfolk, 221 Neb. 222, 376 N.W.2d 11 (1985).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-646 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-646
View Statute 16-646
Status: in_force

In every case of the levy of special taxes by a city of the first class, the special taxes shall be a lien on the property on which levied from date of levy and shall be due and payable to the city treasurer thirty days after such levy when not otherwise provided. At the time of the next certification for general revenue purposes to the county clerk, if not previously paid, the special taxes, except paving, repaving, graveling, macadamizing, and curbing or curbing and guttering shall be certified to the county clerk, placed upon the tax list, collected as other real estate taxes are collected, and paid over to the city treasurer. Paving, repaving, graveling, macadamizing, and curbing, or curbing and guttering taxes may be so certified and collected by the county treasurer at the option of such city.

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 77, p. 288;

Laws 1903, c. 19, § 14, p. 245;

R.S.1913, § 4938;

Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 255;

C.S.1922, § 4106;

Laws 1925, c. 50, § 12, p. 200;

C.S.1929, § 16-635;

R.S.1943, § 16-646;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 104;

Laws 2019, LB194, § 48.

Special assessment was a lien at time of foreclosure, and could have been included in tax foreclosure proceeding. Dent v. City of North Platte, 148 Neb. 718, 28 N.W.2d 562 (1947).

Special assessment was a lien at time of foreclosure, and could have been included in tax foreclosure proceeding. Dent v. City of North Platte, 148 Neb. 718, 28 N.W.2d 562 (1947).