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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 20-343 — NE Code / Chapter 20 / Section 20-343
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Status: in_force

(1) Whenever the Attorney General has reasonable cause to believe that any person or group of persons is engaged in a pattern or practice of resistance to the full enjoyment of any of the rights granted by the Nebraska Fair Housing Act or that any group of persons has been denied any of the rights granted by the act and such denial raises an issue of general public importance, the Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court.

(2)(a) The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court for appropriate relief with respect to a discriminatory housing practice referred to the Attorney General by the commission under section 20-337 . The action may be commenced not later than the expiration of eighteen months after the date of the occurrence or the termination of the alleged discriminatory housing practice.

(b) The Attorney General may commence a civil action in any appropriate district court for appropriate relief with respect to breach of a conciliation agreement referred to the Attorney General by the commission under section 20-329 . The action may be commenced not later than the expiration of ninety days after the referral of the alleged breach under such section.

(3) The Attorney General, on behalf of the commission or other party at whose request a subpoena is issued under section 20-334 , may enforce the subpoena in appropriate proceedings in the district court for the county in which the person to whom the subpoena was addressed resides, was served, or transacts business.

(4)(a) In a civil action under subsection (1) or (2) of this section, the court:

(i) May award such temporary relief, including a permanent or temporary injunction, a restraining order, or any other order against the person responsible for a violation of the act as is necessary to assure the full enjoyment of the rights granted by the act;

(ii) May award such other relief as the court deems appropriate, including monetary damages to persons aggrieved; and

(iii) May, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the respondent:

(A) In an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for a first violation; and

(B) In an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for any subsequent violation.

(b) In a civil action under this section, the court may allow the prevailing party, other than the state, reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The state shall be liable for such fees and costs to the same extent as a private person.

(5) Upon timely application, any person may intervene in a civil action commenced by the Attorney General under subsection (1) or (2) of this section which involves an alleged discriminatory housing practice with respect to which such person is an aggrieved person or a conciliation agreement to which such person is a party. The court may grant such appropriate relief to any such intervening party as is authorized to be granted to a plaintiff in a civil action under section 20-342 .

Laws 1991, LB 825, § 44.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2413 — NE Code / Chapter 18 / Section 18-2413
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Status: in_force

Power project shall mean any plant, works, system, facilities, and real and personal property of any nature whatsoever, together with all parts thereof and appurtenances thereto, used or useful in the generation, production, transmission, conservation, transformation, distribution, purchase, sale, exchange, or interchange of electric power and energy, or any interest therein or right to capacity thereof, any energy conservation system or device for reducing the energy demands or any interest therein, and the acquisition of energy sources or fuel of any kind, for any such purposes, including, without limitation, facilities for the acquisition, transformation, collection, utilization, and disposition of nuclear fuel or solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, or wind energy and the acquisition or construction and operation of facilities for extracting fuel including agricultural ethyl alcohol from natural deposits or agricultural products, for converting it for use in another form, for burning it in place, or for transportation and storage.

Laws 1981, LB 132, § 13;

Laws 2020, LB858, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 35-1008 — NE Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1008
View Statute 35-1008
Status: in_force

A rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation, if it provides benefits pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of section 35-1005 , shall maintain proof of insurance coverage that meets the requirements of the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act or shall maintain satisfactory proof of the ability to pay such compensation to ensure adequate coverage for all firefighters. Sufficient documentation of satisfactory proof of the ability to pay such compensation to ensure adequate coverage for all firefighters shall be required and shall comply with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the State Fire Marshal. Such coverage shall remain in effect until thirty-six months after the rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation no longer has any firefighters who could qualify for benefits under the act.

Laws 2021, LB432, § 7.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-603 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-603
View Statute 38-603
Status: in_force

For purposes of the Certified Nurse Midwifery Practice Act and elsewhere in the Uniform Credentialing Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 38-604 to 38-610 apply.

Laws 1984, LB 761, § 3;

Laws 1999, LB 828, § 160;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-1740;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 215.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-4402 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-4402
View Statute 44-4402
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Risk Retention Act is to regulate the formation and operation of risk retention groups in this state formed under the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986 and to regulate the operation of purchasing groups in this state formed under the federal Liability Risk Retention Act of 1986.

Laws 1987, LB 514, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1246 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1246
View Statute 14-1246
Status: in_force

Title to all real and personal property and to a bridge constructed by a joint bridge commission and all appurtenances and incidents to such bridge shall vest in the political subdivisions cooperating as tenants in common in the same proportion as the contributions made to the joint fund as provided in section 14-1245 . In the event of the inability of the governing bodies of the political subdivisions cooperating or the joint bridge commission to agree, the specific controversy may be submitted to arbitration in such manner as may be agreed upon by the parties.

Laws 1929, c. 176, § 22, p. 630;

C.S.1929, § 14-1222;

R.S.1943, § 14-1246;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 279.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1201 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1201
View Statute 38-1201
Status: in_force

Sections 38-1201 to 38-1239 shall be known and may be cited as the Emergency Medical Services Practice Act.

Laws 1997, LB 138, § 1;

Laws 2003, LB 242, § 128;

R.S.1943, (2003), § 71-5172;

Laws 2007, LB463, § 485;

Laws 2018, LB1034, § 8;

Laws 2020, LB1002, § 11;

Laws 2024, LB910, § 1;

Laws 2024, LB1355, § 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-408 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-408
View Statute 42-408
Status: in_force

Nothing in sections 42-402 to 42-407 shall be construed to constitute a legal separation of a prior legal marriage according to the laws of this state wherein a license was secured and a ceremony performed by some person empowered by law to perform such marriage ceremony of any Indian of whole or mixed blood residing in the state.

Laws 1913, c. 68, § 8, p. 203;

R.S.1913, § 1614;

C.S.1922, § 1563;

C.S.1929, § 42-408;

R.S.1943, § 42-408;

Laws 1999, LB 8, § 2.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 44-6113 — NE Code / Chapter 44 / Section 44-6113
View Statute 44-6113
Status: in_force

If the name of a mutual insurer converting to a stock insurer pursuant to the Insurers Demutualization Act includes the word mutual, the new stock insurer may continue to use the word mutual in its name if (1) the name includes a word or words that identify the new stock insurer as a stock insurer and (2) the director finds that the continued use of the word mutual in its name is not likely to mislead or deceive the public.

Laws 1993, LB 583, § 53.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 38-1431 — NE Code / Chapter 38 / Section 38-1431
View Statute 38-1431
Status: in_force

(1) An assistant funeral director may assist a funeral director licensed pursuant to the Funeral Directing and Embalming Practice Act with one or more of the principal functions of funeral directing, including the operation and management of a licensed funeral establishment. Such principal functions shall include, but not be limited to, conducting funeral services, arranging interments, working with families on funeral arrangements, and performing daily management and all permitted necessary funeral activities related to the operation of a licensed funeral establishment. The assistant funeral director shall perform all work under the supervision and control of the licensed funeral director.

(2) An assistant funeral director shall not engage in any aspect of the practice of embalming a dead human body. An assistant funeral director found to be in violation of this subsection shall have any collaborative agreement in Nebraska immediately terminated and employment in Nebraska as an assistant funeral director immediately terminated.

Laws 2025, LB332, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 64-101.01 — NE Code / Chapter 64 / Section 64-101.01
View Statute 64-101.01
Status: in_force

The written examination required by section 64-101 shall be developed and administered by the Secretary of State and shall consist of questions relating to laws, procedures, and ethics for notaries public. All applicants for commission as a notary public on and after July 16, 2004, shall be required to take and pass the examination prior to being commissioned.

Laws 2004, LB 315, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2803 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-2803
View Statute 23-2803
Status: in_force

A county board which, by a majority vote of its members, elects to serve as the county board of corrections shall meet as the county board of corrections within sixty days after such election and shall meet at least once every sixty days thereafter. Such board of corrections shall hear arguments and make recommendations for the maintenance, supervision, control, and direction of the county jail and correctional facilities.

A county board which, by a majority vote of its members, elects to serve as the county board of corrections may elect to dissolve the county board of corrections by a majority vote of its members. Such election to dissolve the county board of corrections shall be made at least sixty days before the beginning of the fiscal year in which the sheriff would resume responsibility for the jail.

Laws 1974, LB 782, § 3;

Laws 1979, LB 396, § 4;

Laws 1984, LB 394, § 4.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 3-510 — NE Code / Chapter 3 / Section 3-510
View Statute 3-510
Status: in_force

Bonds of authorities are hereby made securities in which all public officers and bodies of this state, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, and all other political subdivisions of this state, all insurance companies and associations and other persons carrying on an insurance business, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks, and savings associations, including savings and loan associations, building and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all administrators, guardians, executors, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital, in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are also hereby made securities which may be deposited with and shall be received by all public officers and bodies of this state, all municipalities and municipal subdivisions, and other political subdivisions of this state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of this state is now or may hereafter be authorized.

Laws 1957, c. 9, § 10, p. 123.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1103 — NE Code / Chapter 66 / Section 66-1103
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Status: in_force

When the subsurface or mineral estate has been severed from the overlying surface estate, ownership of the right to develop and produce geothermal resources shall derive from the subsurface or mineral estate, except that no such right shall attach to subsurface or mineral estates granted prior to July 17, 1982, unless the document conveying the subsurface or mineral estate specifically granted the right to develop and produce geothermal resources.

Laws 1982, LB 708, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3529 — NE Code / Chapter 23 / Section 23-3529
23-3529
Status: in_force

Whenever it shall be conducive to the public health and welfare, a local hospital district may be established in the manner and having the powers and duties provided in sections 23-3528 to 23-3552 .

Laws 1959, c. 83, § 1, p. 375;

R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.20.

County board is given power to determine if proposed district will be conducive to public health and welfare. Syfie v. Tri-County Hospital Dist., 186 Neb. 478, 184 N.W.2d 398 (1971).

County board is given power to determine if proposed district will be conducive to public health and welfare. Syfie v. Tri-County Hospital Dist., 186 Neb. 478, 184 N.W.2d 398 (1971).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 7-208 — NE Code / Chapter 7 / Section 7-208
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Status: in_force

The Commission on Public Advocacy may solicit and receive donations from law schools, corporations, nonprofit organizations, bar associations, bar foundations, law firms, individuals, or other sources for purposes of the Legal Education for Public Service and Rural Practice Loan Repayment Assistance Act. The donations shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Legal Education for Public Service and Rural Practice Loan Repayment Assistance Fund.

Laws 2008, LB1014, § 26;

Laws 2014, LB907, § 8.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-190 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-190
View Statute 8-190
Status: in_force

Whenever any bank refuses or neglects to deliver possession of its affairs, assets, or property of whatever nature to the department or to any person ordered or appointed to take charge of such bank according to the Nebraska Banking Act, the director shall make an application to the district court of the county in which the main office of such bank is located or to any judge of such court for an order placing the department or such person in charge thereof and of its affairs and property. If the judge of the district court having jurisdiction is absent from the district at the time such application is to be made, any judge of the Court of Appeals or Supreme Court may grant such order, but the petition and order of possession shall be immediately transmitted to the clerk of the district court of the county in which the main office of such bank is located.

Laws 1909, c. 10, § 56, p. 94;

R.S.1913, § 336;

Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XVI, § 57, p. 709;

C.S.1922, § 8037;

C.S.1929, § 8-185;

Laws 1933, c. 18, § 47, p. 159;

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 8-185;

R.S.1943, § 8-176;

Laws 1963, c. 29, § 90, p. 170;

Laws 1987, LB 2, § 12;

Laws 1991, LB 732, § 12;

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 17;

Laws 2017, LB140, § 87.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1573 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1573
View Statute 25-1573
Status: in_force

The judge may also, by order, appoint the sheriff of the proper county, or other suitable person, a receiver of the property of the judgment debtor, in the same manner and with the like authority as if the appointment were made by the court. The judge may also, by order, forbid a transfer or other disposition of the property of the judgment debtor, not exempt by law, and any interference therewith.

R.S.1867, Code § 542, p. 489;

R.S.1913, § 8121;

C.S.1922, § 9057;

C.S.1929, § 20-1575;

R.S.1943, § 25-1573.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1250 — NE Code / Chapter 14 / Section 14-1250
View Statute 14-1250
Status: in_force

Any city in an adjoining state which has been properly authorized by the laws of that state or the United States, may exercise in the State of Nebraska any and all of the powers granted in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 to cities in Nebraska, subject to the conditions and requirements of such sections.

Laws 1929, c. 176, § 26, p. 632;

C.S.1929, § 14-1226;

R.S.1943, § 14-1250;

Laws 2022, LB800, § 283.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 21-225 — NE Code / Chapter 21 / Section 21-225
View Statute 21-225
Status: in_force

(MBCA 2.07) (a) Unless the articles of incorporation provide otherwise, the board of directors of a corporation may adopt bylaws to be effective only in an emergency defined in subsection (d) of this section. The emergency bylaws, which are subject to amendment or repeal by the shareholders, may make all provisions necessary for managing the corporation during the emergency, including:

(1) Procedures for calling a meeting of the board of directors;

(2) Quorum requirements for the meeting; and

(3) Designation of additional or substitute directors.

(b) All provisions of the regular bylaws consistent with the emergency bylaws remain effective during the emergency. The emergency bylaws are not effective after the emergency ends.

(c) Corporate action taken in good faith in accordance with the emergency bylaws:

(1) Binds the corporation; and

(2) May not be used to impose liability on a corporate director, officer, employee, or agent.

(d) An emergency exists for purposes of this section if a quorum of the corporation's directors cannot readily be assembled because of some catastrophic event.

Laws 2014, LB749, § 25.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1712 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-1712
View Statute 25-1712
Status: in_force

Where several actions are brought on one bill of exchange, promissory note, or other obligation or instrument in writing, against several parties, who might have been joined as defendants in the same action, no costs shall be recovered by the plaintiff in more than one of such actions, if the parties proceeded against in the other actions were, at the commencement of the previous action, openly within the state.

R.S.1867, Code § 624, p. 504;

R.S.1913, § 8171;

C.S.1922, § 9122;

C.S.1929, § 20-1712;

R.S.1943, § 25-1712.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 35-1101 — NE Code / Chapter 35 / Section 35-1101
View Statute 35-1101
Status: in_force

The second Saturday in May is designated and shall be known as Fire Recognition Day, and exercises appropriate for the subject and day may be exercised by any fire department.

Laws 1997, LB 347, § 2.

State Fire Day, see section 79-705 .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-704 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-704
View Statute 42-704
Status: in_force

(a) Remedies provided by the Uniform Interstate Family Support Act are cumulative and do not affect the availability of remedies under other law or the recognition of a foreign support order on the basis of comity.

(b) The Uniform Interstate Family Support Act does not:

(1) Provide the exclusive method of establishing or enforcing a support order under the law of this state; or

(2) Grant a tribunal of this state jurisdiction to render judgment or issue an order relating to child custody or visitation in a proceeding under the act.

Laws 1993, LB 500, § 4;

Laws 2003, LB 148, § 45;

Laws 2015, LB415, § 4.

Under this section, a defendant has both common-law and statutory remedies available to contest the validity of an income withholding order issued by another state. Harvey v. Harvey, 6 Neb. App. 524, 575 N.W.2d 167 (1998).

Under this section, a defendant has both common-law and statutory remedies available to contest the validity of an income withholding order issued by another state. Harvey v. Harvey, 6 Neb. App. 524, 575 N.W.2d 167 (1998).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 42-703 — NE Code / Chapter 42 / Section 42-703
View Statute 42-703
Status: in_force

(a) The district court is the tribunal of this state.

(b) The Department of Health and Human Services is the support enforcement agency of this state.

Laws 1993, LB 500, § 3;

Laws 2015, LB415, § 3.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2176 — NE Code / Chapter 25 / Section 25-2176
View Statute 25-2176
Status: in_force

Issues may thereupon be joined and tried between any of the contesting parties, the question of costs on such issues being regulated between the contestants agreeably to the principles applicable to other cases.

R.S.1867, Code § 808, p. 538;

R.S.1913, § 8291;

C.S.1922, § 9244;

C.S.1929, § 20-2176;

R.S.1943, § 25-2176.

Issues may be joined and trial had between any of contesting parties to the suit. Fairley v. Kemper, 174 Neb. 565, 118 N.W.2d 754 (1962).

Issues may be joined and trial had between any of contesting parties to the suit. Fairley v. Kemper, 174 Neb. 565, 118 N.W.2d 754 (1962).
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 67-430 — NE Code / Chapter 67 / Section 67-430
View Statute 67-430
Status: in_force

(1) On application by a judgment creditor of a partner or of a partner's transferee, a court having jurisdiction may charge the transferable interest of the judgment debtor to satisfy the judgment. The court may appoint a receiver of the share of the distributions due or to become due to the judgment debtor in respect of the partnership and make all other orders, directions, accounts, and inquiries the judgment debtor might have made or which the circumstances of the case may require.

(2) A charging order constitutes a lien on the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the partnership. The court may order a foreclosure of the interest subject to the charging order at any time. The purchaser at the foreclosure sale has the rights of a transferee.

(3) At any time before foreclosure, an interest charged may be redeemed:

(a) By the judgment debtor;

(b) With property other than partnership property, by one or more of the other partners; or

(c) With partnership property, by one or more of the other partners with the consent of all of the partners whose interests are not so charged.

(4) The Uniform Partnership Act of 1998 does not deprive a partner of a right under exemption laws with respect to the partner's interest in the partnership.

(5) This section provides the exclusive remedy by which a judgment creditor of a partner or partner's transferee may satisfy a judgment out of the judgment debtor's transferable interest in the partnership.

Laws 1997, LB 523, § 30.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 8-2301 — NE Code / Chapter 8 / Section 8-2301
View Statute 8-2301
Status: in_force

Sections 8-2301 to 8-2313 shall be known and may be cited as the Interstate Trust Company Office Act.

Laws 1998, LB 1321, § 54.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 39-815 — NE Code / Chapter 39 / Section 39-815
View Statute 39-815
Status: in_force

The county board shall have the power and is hereby authorized to make yearly contracts for repairing all bridges and approaches to bridges which are required to be built, repaired, and maintained by the county, at a specified sum per unit quantity in place.

Laws 1905, c. 126, § 5, p. 540;

R.S.1913, § 2960;

C.S.1922, § 2718;

C.S.1929, § 39-805;

R.S.1943, § 39-815.

This section is not applicable to repairing of bridges across irrigation ditches. Dawson County v. Dawson County Irr. Co., 104 Neb. 137, 176 N.W. 78 (1920); Dawson County Irr. Co. v. Dawson County, 103 Neb. 692, 173 N.W. 696 (1919).

This section is not applicable to repairing of bridges across irrigation ditches. Dawson County v. Dawson County Irr. Co., 104 Neb. 137, 176 N.W. 78 (1920); Dawson County Irr. Co. v. Dawson County, 103 Neb. 692, 173 N.W. 696 (1919).