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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-613 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-613
View Statute 28-613
Status: in_force

(1) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit as consideration for knowingly violating or agreeing to violate a duty of fidelity to which he or she is subject as:

(a) Agent or employee; or

(b) Trustee, guardian, or other fiduciary; or

(c) Lawyer, physician, accountant, appraiser, or other professional advisor; or

(d) Officer, director, partner, limited liability company member, manager, or other participant in the direction of the affairs of an incorporated or unincorporated association; or

(e) Duly elected or appointed representative or trustee of a labor organization or employee of a welfare trust fund; or

(f) Arbitrator or other purportedly disinterested adjudicator or referee.

(2) A person who holds himself or herself out to the public as being engaged in the business of making disinterested selection, appraisal, or criticism of commodities, property, or services commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit to alter, modify, or change his or her selection, appraisal, or criticism.

(3) A person commits a Class I misdemeanor if he or she confers or offers or agrees to confer any benefit the acceptance of which would be an offense under subsection (1) or (2) of this section.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 135;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 177;

Laws 1994, LB 884, § 54.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 31-1015 — NE Code / Chapter 31 / Section 31-1015
View Statute 31-1015
Status: in_force

Obstruction shall mean any wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, or other analogous structure or matter which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting debris carried by such water, or that is placed where the natural flow of the water would carry such structure or matter downstream to the damage or detriment of either life or property. Obstruction shall not include a dam designed to store or divert water for which permission for construction has been obtained from the Chief Water Officer pursuant to the Safety of Dams and Reservoirs Act.

Laws 1983, LB 35, § 15;

Laws 1993, LB 626, § 3;

Laws 2000, LB 900, § 77;

Laws 2005, LB 335, § 72;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 56.

Safety of Dams and Reservoirs Act, see section 46-1601 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 35-1301 — NE Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1301
View Statute 35-1301
Status: in_force

Sections 35-1301 to 35-1330 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act.

Laws 1999, LB 849, § 1;

Laws 2001, LB 808, § 5.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 43-1245 — NE Code / Chapter 43 / Section 43-1245
View Statute 43-1245
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in section 43-1241 or by other law of this state, if a court of this state has jurisdiction under the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act because a person seeking to invoke its jurisdiction has engaged in unjustifiable conduct, the court shall decline to exercise its jurisdiction unless:

(1) the parents and all persons acting as parents have acquiesced in the exercise of jurisdiction;

(2) a court of the state otherwise having jurisdiction under sections 43-1238 to 43-1240 determines that this state is a more appropriate forum under section 43-1244 ; or

(3) no court of any other state would have jurisdiction under the criteria specified in sections 43-1238 to 43-1240 .

(b) If a court of this state declines to exercise its jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, it may fashion an appropriate remedy to ensure the safety of the child and prevent a repetition of the unjustifiable conduct, including staying the proceeding until a child custody proceeding is commenced in a court having jurisdiction under sections 43-1238 to 43-1240 .

(c) If a court dismisses a petition or stays a proceeding because it declines to exercise its jurisdiction pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, it may assess against the party seeking to invoke its jurisdiction necessary and reasonable expenses including costs, communication expenses, attorney's fees, investigative fees, expenses for witnesses, travel expenses, and child care during the course of the proceedings, unless the party from whom fees are sought establishes that the assessment would be clearly inappropriate. The court may not assess fees, costs, or expenses against this state unless authorized by law other than the act.

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 20.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-1308 — NE Code / Chapter 19 / Section 19-1308
View Statute 19-1308
Status: in_force

Sections 19-1305 to 19-1308 are supplementary to existing statutes and confer upon and give to cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages powers not heretofore granted, and sections 19-1305 to 19-1308 shall not be construed as repealing or amending any existing statute.

Laws 1945, c. 38, § 4, p. 194;

Laws 2019, LB193, § 110.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1251 — NE Code / Chapter 28 / Section 28-1251
View Statute 28-1251
Status: in_force

(1) It shall be unlawful for any person, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation to conduct fire alarm tests and fire alarm inspections without prior written certification by the State Fire Marshal as to the qualifications of such persons conducting such tests and inspections.

(2) The State Fire Marshal shall formulate reasonable guidelines to determine qualifications for fire alarm inspectors and shall administer an examination pursuant to such guidelines prior to certification of applicants.

(3) The State Fire Marshal may charge a fee of no more than two hundred dollars to cover costs of administering such examinations and issuing certifications.

(4) Unlawful testing or inspection of fire alarms is a Class III misdemeanor.

Laws 1977, LB 38, § 283;

Laws 1982, LB 928, § 23;

Laws 1993, LB 121, § 184;

Laws 2025, LB434, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 37-319 — NE Code / Chapter 37 / Section 37-319
View Statute 37-319
Status: in_force

If the commission desires to close to the taking of fish by any means, any lake, pond, or stream or designated portion thereof frequented by fish, or any lake, pond, or stream or designated portion thereof which it has stocked with fish, it shall cause notice thereof to be posted in at least two places on such lake, pond, or stream. Such notice shall designate as nearly as practicable the lake, pond, or stream or designated portion to be closed and shall state that on and after a date stated in the notice it shall be unlawful to take fish in such lake, pond, or stream.

Laws 1929, c. 112, IV, § 5, p. 422;

C.S.1929, § 37-405;

Laws 1933, c. 70, § 1, p. 309;

Laws 1941, c. 72, § 5, p. 303;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 37-405;

R.S.1943, § 37-405;

Laws 1957, c. 139, § 11, p. 470;

R.S.1943, (1993), § 37-405;

Laws 1998, LB 922, § 77.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-1737 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-1737
View Statute 8-1737
Status: in_force

It shall not be necessary to refute the existence of any of the exemptions of the Commodity Code in any complaint, information, or indictment or any writ or proceeding brought under the code, and the burden of proof of any such exemption shall be upon the party claiming the same.

Laws 1987, LB 575, § 37.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 30-2341 — NE Code / Chapter 30 / Section 30-2341
View Statute 30-2341
Status: in_force

The intention of a testator as expressed in his will controls the legal effect of his dispositions. The rules of construction expressed in the succeeding sections of this part apply unless a contrary intention is indicated by the will.

Laws 1974, LB 354, § 63, UPC § 2-603.

The intention of a testator as expressed in her will controls the legal effect of her dispositions. In re Estate of Akerson, 309 Neb. 470, 960 N.W.2d 719 (2021).

The intention of a testator as expressed in her will controls the legal effect of her dispositions. In re Estate of Akerson, 309 Neb. 470, 960 N.W.2d 719 (2021).

The cardinal rule in construing a will is to ascertain and effectuate the testator's intent if such intent is not contrary to the law. In re Estate of Barger, 303 Neb. 817, 931 N.W.2d 660 (2019).

The cardinal rule in construing a will is to ascertain and effectuate the testator's intent if such intent is not contrary to the law. In re Estate of Barger, 303 Neb. 817, 931 N.W.2d 660 (2019).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1529.02 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1529.02
View Statute 66-1529.02
Status: in_force

(1) The department may undertake remedial actions in response to a release first reported after July 17, 1983, and on or before June 30, 2028, with money available in the fund if:

(a) The responsible person cannot be identified or located;

(b) An identified responsible person cannot or will not comply with the remedial action requirements; or

(c) Immediate remedial action is necessary, as determined by the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment, to protect human health or the environment.

(2) The department may pay the costs of a third-party claim meeting the requirements of subdivision (2)(f) of section 66-1525 with money available in the fund if the responsible person cannot or will not pay the third-party claim.

(3) Reimbursement for any damages caused by the department or a person acting at the department's direction while investigating or inspecting or during remedial action on property other than property on which a release or suspected release has occurred shall be considered as part of the cost of remedial action involving the site where the release or suspected release occurred. The costs shall be reimbursed from money available in the fund. If such reimbursement is deemed inadequate by the party claiming the damages, the party's claim for damages caused by the department shall be filed as provided in section 76-705 .

(4) All expenses paid from the fund under this section, court costs, and attorney's fees may be recovered in a civil action in the district court of Lancaster County. The action may be brought by the county attorney or Attorney General at the request of the director against the responsible person. All recovered expenses shall be deposited into the fund.

Laws 1991, LB 409, § 19;

Laws 1993, LB 3, § 41;

Laws 1993, LB 237, § 4;

Laws 1998, LB 1161, § 35;

Laws 1999, LB 270, § 5;

Laws 2001, LB 461, § 6;

Laws 2004, LB 962, § 108;

Laws 2008, LB1145, § 4;

Laws 2012, LB873, § 4;

Laws 2016, LB887, § 4;

Laws 2019, LB302, § 82;

Laws 2020, LB858, § 17;

Laws 2024, LB867, § 10;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 367.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-725 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-725
46-725
Status: in_force

(1) When determining whether to designate or modify the boundaries of a management area or to require a district which has established a management area, a purpose of which is protection of water quality, to adopt an action plan for the affected area, the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment shall consider:

(a) Whether contamination of ground water has occurred or is likely to occur in the reasonably foreseeable future;

(b) Whether ground water users, including, but not limited to, domestic, municipal, industrial, and agricultural users, are experiencing or will experience within the foreseeable future substantial economic hardships as a direct result of current or reasonably anticipated activities which cause or contribute to contamination of ground water;

(c) Whether methods are available to stabilize or reduce the level of contamination;

(d) Whether, if a management area has been established which includes the affected area, the controls adopted by the district pursuant to section 46-739 as administered and enforced by the district are sufficient to address the ground water quality issues in the management area; and

(e) Administrative factors directly affecting the ability to implement and carry out regulatory activities.

(2) If the director determines that no such area should be established, he or she shall issue an order declaring that no management area shall be designated.

(3) If the director determines that a management area shall be established, that the boundaries of an existing management area shall be modified, or that the district shall be required to adopt an action plan, he or she shall consult with relevant state agencies and with the district or districts affected and determine the boundaries of the area, taking into account the effect on political subdivisions and the socioeconomic and administrative factors directly affecting the ability to implement and carry out local ground water management, control, and protection. The report by the director shall include the specific reasons for the creation of the management area or the requirement of such an action plan and a full disclosure of the possible causes.

(4) When the boundaries of an area have been determined or modified, the director shall issue an order designating the area as a management area, specifying the modified boundaries of the management area, or requiring such an action plan. Such an order shall include a geographic and stratigraphic definition of the area. Such order shall be published in the manner provided in section 46-744 .

Laws 1986, LB 894, § 6;

Laws 1991, LB 51, § 10;

Laws 1993, LB 3, § 19;

R.S.1943, (1993), § 46-674.07;

Laws 1996, LB 108, § 45;

R.S.1943, (1998), § 46-656.39;

Laws 2004, LB 962, § 65;

Laws 2019, LB302, § 34;

Laws 2025, LB317, § 224.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-7603 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-7603
View Statute 44-7603
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangement Act:

(1) Certificate of registration means a document issued by the director authorizing a multiple employer welfare arrangement to offer a health benefit plan that is not fully insured;

(2) Covered individual means (a) an employee who is covered by a health benefit plan provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement in which the employer is participating or (b) a self-employed individual who is covered by a health benefit plan provided through a multiple employer welfare arrangement. Covered individual includes a dependent of an employee or self-employed individual as defined under the terms of the health benefit plan;

(3) Director means the Director of Insurance;

(4) Fully insured health benefit plan means a health benefit plan which provides for health benefits, all of which are guaranteed under a contract or policy of insurance issued by an insurance company licensed to transact the business of insurance in this state;

(5) Health benefit plan means an employee welfare benefit plan to the extent that it provides any hospital, surgical, or medical expense benefits to covered individuals directly or through insurance, reimbursement, or otherwise. Health benefit plan does not include (a) accident-only, disability income, hospital confinement indemnity, dental, or credit insurance, (b) coverage issued as a supplement to liability insurance, (c) medicare or insurance provided as a supplement to medicare, (d) insurance arising from workers' compensation provisions, (e) automobile medical payment insurance, (f) any other specific limited coverage, or (g) insurance under which benefits are payable with or without regard to fault and which is statutorily required to be contained in any liability insurance policy;

(6) Multiple employer welfare arrangement means a multiple employer welfare arrangement as defined by 29 U.S.C. 1002, as such section existed on January 1, 2002, if the multiple employer welfare arrangement is sponsored by an association of employers that offers a health benefit plan that is not fully insured. Such association of employers may include self-employed individuals;

(7) Participating employer means an employer or self-employed individual that participates in a multiple employer welfare arrangement; and

(8) Self-employed individual means an individual who:

(a) Has an ownership interest in a trade or business in Nebraska, regardless of whether the trade or business is incorporated or unincorporated;

(b) Earns wages or self-employment income from the trade or business; and

(c) Works at least twenty hours per week or eighty hours per month providing personal services to the trade or business or earns annual income from the trade or business in an amount that is no less than the individual's and any covered dependent's annual cost for health benefit plan coverage under the multiple employer welfare arrangement.

Laws 2002, LB 1139, § 3;

Laws 2020, LB1014, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-716 — NE Code / Chapter 16 / Section 16-716
View Statute 16-716
Status: in_force

The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall not have on deposit in any bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution at any time more than the amount insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plus the maximum amount of the bond given by the bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution if the bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution gives a surety bond, nor in any bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution giving a personal bond, more than the amount insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plus one-half of the amount of the bond of such bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution, and the amount so on deposit any time with any such bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution shall not in either case exceed the amount insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plus the paid-up capital stock and surplus of such bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution.

The city treasurer shall not be liable for any loss sustained by reason of the failure of any such bonded depository whose bond has been duly approved by the mayor as provided in section 16-714 or which has, in lieu of a surety bond, given security as provided in section 16-715 .

Laws 1901, c. 18, § 86, p. 294;

R.S.1913, § 4982;

C.S.1922, § 4151;

C.S.1929, § 16-713;

Laws 1931, c. 28, § 1, p. 116;

Laws 1937, c. 22, § 1, p. 135;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-713;

R.S.1943, § 16-716;

Laws 1981, LB 491, § 1;

Laws 1993, LB 157, § 2;

Laws 1996, LB 1274, § 21;

Laws 2001, LB 362, § 23;

Laws 2002, LB 860, § 1;

Laws 2009, LB259, § 9;

Laws 2016, LB704, § 183;

Laws 2019, LB194, § 82.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-2105 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-2105
View Statute 39-2105
Status: in_force

Jurisdictional responsibility for the various functional classifications of public highways and streets shall be as follows:

(1) The state shall have the responsibility for the design, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of all roads classified under the category of rural highways as interstate, expressway, and major arterial, and the municipal extensions thereof, except that the state shall not be responsible for that portion of a municipal extension which exceeds the design of the rural highway leading into the municipality. When the design of a rural highway differs at the different points where it leads into the municipality, the state's responsibility for the municipal extension thereof shall be limited to the lesser of the two designs. The state shall be responsible for the entire interstate system under either the rural or municipal category and for connecting links between the interstate and the nearest existing state highway system in rural areas, except that if such a connecting link has not been improved and a sufficient study by the Department of Transportation results in the determination that a link to an alternate state highway would provide better service for the area involved, the department shall have the option of providing the alternate route, subject to satisfactory local participation in the additional cost of the alternate route;

(2) The various counties shall have the responsibility for the design, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of all roads classified as other arterial, collector, local, minimum maintenance, and remote residential under the rural highway category;

(3) The various incorporated municipalities shall have the responsibility for the design, construction, reconstruction, maintenance, and operation of all streets classified as expressway which are of a purely local nature, that portion of municipal extensions of rural expressways and major arterials which exceeds the design of the rural portions of such systems, and responsibility for those streets classified as other arterial, collector, and local within their corporate limits; and

(4) Jurisdictional responsibility for all scenic-recreation roads and highways shall remain with the governmental subdivision which had jurisdictional responsibility for such road or highway prior to its change in classification to scenic-recreation made pursuant to this section and sections 39-2103 , 39-2109 , and 39-2113 .

Laws 1969, c. 312, § 5, p. 1121;

Laws 1971, LB 738, § 1;

Laws 1980, LB 873, § 2;

Laws 1983, LB 10, § 4;

Laws 2008, LB1068, § 5;

Laws 2017, LB339, § 146.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 59-1605 — NE Code / Chapter 59 / Section 59-1605
View Statute 59-1605
Status: in_force

It shall be unlawful for any person to lease or sell or contract for sale of goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodities, or services, whether patented or unpatented, for use, consumption, enjoyment, or resale, or fix a price charged therefor, or discount from, or rebate upon, such price, on the condition, agreement, or understanding that the lessee or purchaser thereof shall not use or deal in the goods, wares, merchandise, machinery, supplies, or other commodity or services of a competitor of the lessor or seller, when the effect of such lease, sale, or contract for such sale or such condition, agreement, or understanding may be to substantially lessen competition or tend to create a monopoly in any line of commerce.

Laws 1974, LB 1028, § 12.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1351 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1351
View Statute 66-1351
Status: in_force

The use of seed that is treated, as defined in section 81-2,147.01 , in the production of agricultural ethyl alcohol shall be prohibited if such use results in the generation of a byproduct that is deemed unsafe for livestock consumption or land application.

Laws 2021, LB507, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-689 — NE Code / Chapter 46 / Section 46-689
View Statute 46-689
Status: in_force

Nothing in the Industrial Ground Water Regulatory Act shall be construed to exempt the holder of a permit issued pursuant to section 46-683 from any regulations adopted by a natural resources district pursuant to the Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act for a control area designated before such permit has been granted.

Laws 1981, LB 56, § 15;

Laws 1996, LB 108, § 75.

Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act, see section 46-701 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-903 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-903
View Statute 66-903
Status: in_force

Solar energy shall mean radiant energy, direct, diffuse, or reflected, received from the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy.

Laws 1979, LB 353, § 3.