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NE Code § 39-1363 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1363 - Preservation of historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains; agreements; funds; payment.

39-1363.  Preservation of historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains; agreements; funds; payment.To more effectually preserve the historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains of the state, the department is authorized to enter into agreements with the appropriate agencies of the state charged with preserving historical, archaeological, and paleontological remains to have these agencies remove and preserve such remains disturbed or to be disturbed by highway construction and to use highway funds, when appropriated, for this purpose. This authority specifically extends to highways which are part of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways as defined in the Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956, Public Law 627, 84th Congress, and the use of state funds on a matching basis with federal funds therein.Source   Laws 1959, c. 178, § 1, p. 649;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 133.
NE Code § 39-1364 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1364 - Plans, specifications, and records of highway projects; available to public, when.

39-1364.  Plans, specifications, and records of highway projects; available to public, when.The department shall, upon the request of any citizen of this state, disclose to such citizen full information concerning any highway construction, alteration, maintenance, or repair project in this state, whether completed, presently in process, or contemplated for future action, and permit an examination of the plans, specifications, and records concerning such project, except that any information received by the department as confidential by the laws of this state shall not be disclosed. Any person who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of this section shall be guilty of official misconduct. By the provisions of this section, the officials of the department will not be required to furnish information on the right-of-way of any proposed highway until such information can be made available to the general public.Source   Laws 1959, c. 179, § 1, p. 650;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 134.
NE Code § 39-1365 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1365 - State highway system; development; legislative findings.

39-1365.  State highway system; development; legislative findings.The Legislature finds and declares that the highways of the state are of the utmost importance to future development within the state and that the following actions are necessary for such development: (1) The accelerated completion of all improvement and expansion projects on the Nebraska segments of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; (2) the accelerated completion of improvement projects on state highways with geometric and capacity deficiencies; (3) the resurfacing of highways to protect pavement integrity; (4) the accelerated completion of the expressway system, as such system was designated on January 1, 2016, prior to June 30, 2033; and (5) the general upgrading of the state highway system concerning driving surfaces and surfaced shoulders.Source   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 23;  Laws 2016, LB960, § 26.
NE Code § 39-1365.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1365.01 - State highway system; plans; department; duties; priorities.

39-1365.01.  State highway system; plans; department; duties; priorities.The department shall be responsible for developing a specific and long-range state highway system plan. The department shall annually formulate plans to meet the state highway system needs of all facets of the state and shall assign priorities for such needs. The department shall, on or before December 1 of each year, present such plans and the report required in section 39-1365.02 to the Legislature. The plans shall be referred to the appropriate standing committees of the Legislature for review. The department shall consider the preservation of the existing state highway system asset as its primary priority except as may otherwise be provided in state or federal law. In establishing secondary priorities, the department shall consider a variety of factors, including, but not limited to, current and projected traffic volume, safety requirements, economic development needs, current and projected demographic trends, and enhancement of the quality of life for all Nebraska citizens. The state highway system plan shall include the designation of those portions of the state highway system which shall be expressways.Source   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 24;  Laws 2010, LB821, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 135;  Laws 2021, LB579, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 39-1365.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1365.02 - State highway system; federal funding; maximum use; department; report on system needs and planning procedures.

39-1365.02.  State highway system; federal funding; maximum use; department; report on system needs and planning procedures.(1) The department shall apply for and make maximum use of available federal funding, including discretionary funding, on all highway construction projects which are eligible for such assistance.(2) The department shall transmit electronically to the Legislature, by December 1 of each year, a report on the needs of the state highway system, the department's planning procedures, and the progress being made on the expressway system. Such report shall include:(a) The criteria by which highway needs are determined;(b) The standards established for each classification of highways;(c) An assessment of current and projected needs of the state highway system, such needs to be defined by category of improvement required to bring each segment up to standards. Projected fund availability shall not be a consideration by which needs are determined;(d) Criteria and data, including factors enumerated in section 39-1365.01, upon which decisions may be made on possible special priority highways for commercial growth;(e) A review of the department's procedure for selection of projects for the annual construction program, the five-year planning program, and extended planning programs. The review shall include a statement of all state highway projects under construction, other than any part of the expressway system, and the estimated cost of each project;(f) A review of the progress being made toward completion of the expressway system, as such system was designated on January 1, 2016, and whether such work is on pace for completion prior to June 30, 2033. The review shall include a statement of the amount of money spent on the expressway system, as of the date of the report, and the number of miles of the expressway system yet to be completed and expected milestone dates for other expressway projects, including planning, permitting, designing, bid letting, and required funding for project completion;(g) A review of the Transportation Infrastructure Bank Fund and the fund's component programs under sections 39-2803 to 39-2807. This review shall include a listing of projects funded and planned to be funded under each of the three component programs; and(h) A review of the outcomes of the Economic Opportunity Program, including the growth in permanent jobs and related income and the net increase in overall business activity.Source   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 25;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 40;  Laws 2016, LB960, § 27;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 136;  Laws 2021, LB579, § 2.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 39-1367 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1367 - Freeways; declaration of legislative intent.

39-1367.  Freeways; declaration of legislative intent.Recognizing that safe and efficient transportation on modern high-speed highways is a matter of important interest to all the people in the state, the Legislature determines and declares that effective maintenance, operation, and control of freeways is essential to the general welfare of the State of Nebraska and is therefor a matter of statewide concern.The establishment of laws capable of meeting future requirements as well as present demands of safe and efficient transportation is recognized as an urgent problem and a proper objective of highway legislation.It is the intent of the Legislature to consider of paramount importance the convenience and safety of the traveling public.The Legislature hereby determines and declares that sections 39-1337, 39-1339, 39-1367, and 39-1372 are necessary for the preservation of the public health and safety, for promotion of the general welfare, and as a contribution to the national defense.Source   Laws 1961, c. 184, § 1, p. 548;   Laws 1993, LB 370, § 40.
NE Code § 39-1372 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1372 - Freeways; maintenance of approach, exit, and frontage roads; lighting facilities.

39-1372.  Freeways; maintenance of approach, exit, and frontage roads; lighting facilities.(1) The department is charged with the maintenance of any freeway, including approach or exit roads thereto or part thereof whether or not such road is situated within or without the limits of any county, village, or city, including cities of the metropolitan and primary classes, except as hereinafter provided otherwise; Provided, that responsibility for maintenance of frontage roads shall automatically become the responsibility of the county or city in which they are located unless the department contracts to maintain them.(2) The responsibility of the department for the maintenance of approach and exit roads shall end at the point where such roads terminate, merge, or intersect with city streets or county roads, except as hereinafter provided.(3) The department is charged with the maintenance of the separation structure of any bridge situated overhead of a freeway except for ice treatment and removal of snow from such structures; Provided, that the department shall not be liable for the maintenance of the approaches to such separation structures or of anything outside the abutments to such separation structures.(4) The department shall be responsible for construction of lighting facilities upon any part of the roadway of a freeway, including approach or exit roads thereto; Provided, that the maintenance and operation of such lighting facilities located within the limits of any city or village shall become the responsibility of such city or village.(5) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the department from entering into special agreements with cities or villages regarding the reconstruction and maintenance of freeways, including approach or exit roads thereto within the limits of such cities or villages.Source  Laws 1961, c. 184, § 6, p. 552.
NE Code § 39-1390 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1390 - State Recreation Road Fund; created; use; preferences; maintenance; investment.

39-1390.  State Recreation Road Fund; created; use; preferences; maintenance; investment.The State Recreation Road Fund is created. The money in the fund shall be transferred by the State Treasurer, on the first day of each month, to the department and shall be expended by the Director-State Engineer with the approval of the Governor for construction and maintenance of dustless-surface roads to be designated as state recreation roads as provided in this section, except that (1) transfers may be made from the fund to the State Park Cash Revolving Fund at the direction of the Legislature through July 31, 2016, and (2) if the balance in the State Recreation Road Fund exceeds fourteen million dollars on the first day of each month, the State Treasurer shall transfer the amount greater than fourteen million dollars to the Game and Parks State Park Improvement and Maintenance Fund. Except as to roads under contract as of March 15, 1972, those roads, excluding state highways, giving direct and immediate access to or located within state parks, state recreation areas, or other recreational or historical areas, shall be eligible for designation as state recreation roads. Such eligibility shall be determined by the Game and Parks Commission and certified to the Director-State Engineer, who shall, after receiving such certification, be authorized to commence construction on such recreation roads as funds are available. In addition, those roads, excluding state highways, giving direct and immediate access to a state veteran cemetery are state recreation roads. After construction of such roads they shall be shown on the map provided by section 39-1311. Preference in construction shall be based on existing or potential traffic use by other than local residents. Unless the State Highway Commission otherwise recommends, such roads upon completion of construction shall be incorporated into the state highway system. If such a road is not incorporated into the state highway system, the department and the county within which such road is located shall enter into a maintenance agreement establishing the responsibility for maintenance of the road, the maintenance standards to be met, and the responsibility for maintenance costs. Any money in the State Recreation Road 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.Source   Laws 1963, c. 348, § 2, p. 1119;   Laws 1965, c. 225, § 1, p. 649;   Laws 1965, c. 501, § 1, p. 1595;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 42, p. 2369;   Laws 1972, LB 1131, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 36;  Laws 2003, LB 408, § 1;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 20;  Laws 2010, LB749, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB906, § 15;  Laws 2015, LB661, § 30;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 137.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 39-1390.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1390.01 - State Recreation Road Fund; road projects authorized.

39-1390.01.  State Recreation Road Fund; road projects authorized.Section 39-1390 shall not prevent the expenditure of funds from the State Recreation Road Fund on road projects (1)(a) that begin upon or terminate within state highway rights-of-way or (b) that are for intersections, interchanges, or connecting ramps located within state rights-of-way, designed to connect roads of the state highway system to recreation roads, and (2) that are to be constructed as part of a recreation road improvement project.Source  Laws 1988, LB 814, § 1.
NE Code § 39-1391 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1391 - Exterior access roads; interior service roads; plans; reviewed annually; report; contents.

39-1391.  Exterior access roads; interior service roads; plans; reviewed annually; report; contents.The Game and Parks Commission shall develop and file with the Governor and the Legislature a one-year plan and a long-range five-year plan of proposed construction and improvements for all exterior access roads and interior service roads as provided in section 39-1390, based on priority of needs and calculated to contribute to the orderly development of an integrated system of roads with the facilities maintained or managed by the Game and Parks Commission. The first such plan shall be filed on or before January 1, 1974. The plans shall be reviewed and extended annually, on or before January 1 of each year, so that there shall always be a current one-year and five-year plan on file. The plans submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. All plans shall specify the criteria employed in setting the priorities and shall also identify any additional recreation road requirements which may exist but are not reflected in the one-year and five-year plans. The commission shall also, at the time it files such plans and extensions thereof, report the construction and improvements certified during each of the two immediately preceding calendar years.Source   Laws 1973, LB 374, § 1;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 41.
NE Code § 39-1392 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1392 - Exterior access roads; interior service roads; department; develop and file plans with Governor and Legislature; reviewed annually.

39-1392.  Exterior access roads; interior service roads; department; develop and file plans with Governor and Legislature; reviewed annually.The department shall develop and file with the Governor and the Legislature a one-year and a long-range five-year plan of scheduled design, construction, and improvement for all exterior access roads and interior service roads as certified to it by the Game and Parks Commission. The first such plans shall be filed on or before January 1, 1974. The plans shall be reviewed and extended annually, on or before January 1 of each year, so that there shall always be a current one-year and five-year plan on file. The plans submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. The department shall also, at the time it files such plans and extensions thereof, report the design, construction, and improvement accomplished during each of the two immediately preceding calendar years.Source   Laws 1973, LB 374, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 42;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 138.
NE Code § 39-1393 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1393 - Vegetation control program; permits for cutting or trimming of vegetation; fee; applicant; duties.

39-1393.  Vegetation control program; permits for cutting or trimming of vegetation; fee; applicant; duties.(1) The department shall establish and administer a vegetation control program which may allow permits for the cutting or trimming of vegetation in the vicinity of advertising signs, displays, or devices placed pursuant to section 39-220. A permit issued under this section shall allow the cutting or trimming of vegetation under controlled conditions when such vegetation obstructs or obscures a lawfully placed advertising sign, display, or device. The department may establish criteria for what vegetation may be cut or trimmed. Each permit shall be valid for no more than thirty days and shall only be applicable for one sign, display, or device location.(2) The department may charge a fee in an amount reasonably calculated to defray the cost of administering the vegetation control program and may adjust the fee periodically to ensure continued recovery of administrative costs, except that such fee shall not exceed fifty dollars. The applicant to whom the permit is issued shall furnish the department with a cash deposit or certified check upon a solvent bank or a surety bond in a guaranty company qualified to do business in Nebraska. The deposit, check, or bond shall be in an amount required by the department and shall be furnished on the condition that the sum be forfeited to the state in the event that the conditions of the permit or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the department are violated. The applicant for a permit shall sign a release acknowledging that he or she will assume all risk and liability for any accidents and damages that may occur as a result of the work done as the permitholder. The applicant shall provide proof of liability insurance of at least one million dollars. The permitholder shall be responsible for compensating the state for loss or damage to state property, including, but not limited to, intentional vegetation, and for restoring state property to its preexisting condition as determined in the sole discretion of the department. Permits are subject to all state and federal environmental laws, rules, and regulations. Each approved permit shall grant written consent to encroach onto the state's right-of-way pursuant to section 39-1359.(3) The department may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section.Source Laws 2016, LB1038, § 11.
NE Code § 39-1401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1401 - Terms, defined.

39-1401.  Terms, defined.As used in Chapter 39, articles 14 to 20, except sections 39-1520.01 and 39-1908, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) County board shall mean the board of county commissioners in commissioner-type counties and the board of county supervisors in township counties;(2) Public roads shall mean all roads within this state which have been laid out in pursuance of any law of this state, and which have not been vacated in pursuance of law, and all roads located and opened by the county board of any county and traveled for more than ten years; and(3) County road unit system shall mean the administration of county and township roads as provided in sections 39-1513 to 39-1518.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. I, § 1, p. 508. Annotations  Because Nebraska statutes vest the powers of a county in a “county board,” which term is defined to encompass both boards of supervisors existing under township organization and boards of county commissioners in counties not under township organization, the adoption of township organization does not alter the basic powers of a county. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). Under Nebraska statutes, the broadest designation for a road is that of public road. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
NE Code § 39-1402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1402 - Public roads; supervision by county board.

39-1402.  Public roads; supervision by county board.General supervision and control of the public roads of each county is vested in the county board. The board shall have the power and authority of establishment, improvement, maintenance and abandonment of public roads of the county and of enforcement of the laws in relation thereto as provided by the provisions of Chapter 39, articles 14 to 20, except sections 39-1520.01 and 39-1908.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. I, § 2, p. 509. Annotations  In the case of a road that is located within both a county and a township, the county board and the township board have concurrent authority over that road. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). The exercise of a county’s authority over township roads can supersede a township’s concurrent authority over those same roads. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). The power of general supervision of public roads vested in county boards by this section is neither exclusive nor mandatory. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). Under Nebraska statutes, the general supervision of public roads is vested in both county boards and township boards. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013). With respect to public roads, a county which vacates a road while retaining a right-of-way has a duty to exercise such degree of care as would be exercised by a reasonable county under the same circumstances. Blaser v. County of Madison, 285 Neb. 290, 826 N.W.2d 554 (2013). This section and section 31-740 authorize concurrent authority in a county and a sanitary and improvement district to maintain and improve public roads within the boundaries of the sanitary and improvement district. SID No. 2 of Stanton County v. County of Stanton, 252 Neb. 731, 567 N.W.2d 115 (1997). This section outlines a county's authority over public roads within the county. State ex rel. Scherer v. Madison Cty. Comrs., 247 Neb. 384, 527 N.W.2d 615 (1995). The County Board is vested with general supervision and control of the public roads located in its county as provided in this section. Art-Kraft Signs, Inc. v. County of Hall, 203 Neb. 523, 279 N.W.2d 159 (1979). The statutory definition of public roads makes no distinction between county roads and township roads for the general purpose of this section. Art-Kraft Signs, Inc. v. County of Hall, 203 Neb. 523, 279 N.W.2d 159 (1979).