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NE Code § 80-331 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-331 - Norfolk Veterans' Home.

80-331.  Norfolk Veterans' Home.There is hereby established near Norfolk, Nebraska, on the site of the Norfolk Regional Center and further described as follows:Beginning at a point located approximately one thousand nine hundred twenty feet east of, and approximately nine hundred sixty feet south of the northwest corner of section thirteen, township twenty-four north, range one west in Madison County and thence five hundred feet south along the west curb line of Service Street, thence five hundred feet west, thence five hundred feet north, thence five hundred feet east to the place of beginning; and building number twenty-three located approximately six hundred ninety feet south and three hundred ninety-five feet east of the southeast corner of the above described lot; a facility to be known as the Norfolk Veterans' Home.Source   Laws 1963, c. 496, § 1, p. 1586;   Laws 1972, LB 1246, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1996), § 80-309;   Laws 1997, LB 396, § 20.
NE Code § 80-332 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-332 - Employees of Division of Veterans' Homes of Department of Health and Human Services; transfer; how treated.

80-332.  Employees of Division of Veterans' Homes of Department of Health and Human Services; transfer; how treated.On and after July 1, 2017, positions of employment in the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services related to the powers, duties, and functions transferred pursuant to the Nebraska Veterans Services Act are transferred to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs. For purposes of the transition, employees of the division shall be considered employees of the department and shall retain their rights under the state personnel system or pertinent bargaining agreement, and their service shall be deemed continuous. This section does not grant employees any new rights or benefits not otherwise provided by law or bargaining agreement or preclude the department or the director from exercising any of the prerogatives of management set forth in section 81-1311 or as otherwise provided by law. This section is not an amendment to or substitute for the provisions of any existing bargaining agreements.Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 12.
NE Code § 80-333 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-333 - Contracts and other documents; how treated.

80-333.  Contracts and other documents; how treated.On and after July 1, 2017, whenever the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services is referred to or designated by any contract or other document in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs pursuant to the Nebraska Veterans Services Act, such reference or designation shall apply to such department. All contracts entered into by the division prior to July 1, 2017, in connection with the duties and functions transferred to the department are hereby recognized, with the department succeeding to all rights and obligations under such contracts. Any cash funds, custodial funds, gifts, trusts, grants, and any appropriations of funds from prior fiscal years available to satisfy obligations incurred under such contracts shall be transferred and appropriated to the department for the payments of such obligations. All documents and records transferred, or copies of the same, may be authenticated or certified by the department for all legal purposes.Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 13.
NE Code § 80-334 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-334 - Existing suits and proceedings; how treated.

80-334.  Existing suits and proceedings; how treated.No suit, action, or other proceeding, judicial or administrative, lawfully commenced prior to July 1, 2017, or which could have been commenced prior to that date, by or against the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services, or the director or any employee thereof in such director's or employee's official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his or her official duties, shall abate by reason of the transfer of duties and functions from the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs.Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 14.
NE Code § 80-335 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-335 - Law; how construed.

80-335.  Law; how construed.On and after July 1, 2017, unless otherwise specified, whenever any provision of law refers to the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services in connection with duties and functions transferred to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, such law shall be construed as referring to the department.Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 15.
NE Code § 80-336 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-336 - Property; funds; appropriations; effect of transfer.

80-336.  Property; funds; appropriations; effect of transfer.On July 1, 2017, all items of property, real and personal, including office furniture and fixtures, books, documents, and records of the Division of Veterans’ Homes of the Department of Health and Human Services pertaining to the duties and functions transferred to the Department of Veterans’ Affairs pursuant to the Nebraska Veterans Services Act shall become the property of the department.On July 1, 2017, any federal, cash, canteen, and trust funds remaining in the following program classifications shall be transferred from Agency No. 25, the Department of Health and Human Services, to Agency No. 28, the Department of Veterans' Affairs: Program No. 510, Veterans' Home System Administration; Program No. 519, Grand Island Veterans' Home; Program No. 520, Norfolk Veterans' Home; Program No. 521, Western Nebraska Veterans' Home; and Program No. 522, Eastern Nebraska Veterans' Home.Any appropriation and salary limit provided in any legislative bill enacted by the One Hundred Fifth Legislature, First Session, to Agency No. 25, Department of Health and Human Services, in the following program classification, shall be null and void, and any such amounts are hereby appropriated to Agency No. 28, Department of Veterans' Affairs: Program No. 519, Nebraska Veterans' Homes. Any financial obligations of the Department of Health and Human Services for Program No. 519, Nebraska Veterans' Homes, that remain unpaid as of June 30, 2017, and that are subsequently certified as valid encumbrances to the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services pursuant to sections 81-138.01 to 81-138.04, shall be paid by the Department of Veterans' Affairs from the unexpended balance of appropriations existing in such program classification on June 30, 2017.Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 16.
NE Code § 80-337 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-337 - Money or personal property to credit of member of veterans home; claim; disposition; procedure.

80-337.  Money or personal property to credit of member of veterans home; claim; disposition; procedure.Any claim to money or personal property in the hands of the department to the credit of a member of a veterans home shall be disposed of as provided in sections 83-153 to 83-156.Source Laws 2018, LB827, § 2.
NE Code § 80-401.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.04 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; jurisdiction; State Department of Education; functions.

80-401.04.  Department of Veterans' Affairs; jurisdiction; State Department of Education; functions.The Department of Veterans' Affairs shall have jurisdiction over the administration and supervision of all phases of activities under the on-the-job and apprenticeship training, on-the-farm training, and flight training programs for veterans carried on pursuant to Public Law 77 of the Ninetieth Congress, 38 U.S.C. chapter 34, and all amendments thereto, except the State Department of Education shall be the state agency for approving and certifying all educational or training institutions, as defined in Public Law 77 above mentioned, and related training in connection therewith.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 5, p. 930;   Laws 1969, c. 754, § 4, p. 2839.
NE Code § 80-401.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.05 - Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool; board of directors; Department of Insurance; duties.

80-401.05.  Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool; board of directors; Department of Insurance; duties.The Board of Directors of the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool and the Department of Insurance shall work closely with the Department of Veterans' Affairs to ensure the Veterans' Aid Income Fund and various federal benefits are utilized along with the Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool as resources for veterans and their families.Source  Laws 1992, LB 835, § 3. Cross References  Comprehensive Health Insurance Pool Act, see section 44-4201.
NE Code § 80-401.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.06 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; appointment; qualifications.

80-401.06.  Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; appointment; qualifications.There is hereby created the Veterans' Advisory Commission, which shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Governor. No person shall be eligible to receive appointment as a member unless he or she (1) has been a resident of the State of Nebraska for at least five years immediately prior to his or her appointment, (2) has served in the armed forces of the United States during the dates set forth in section 80-401.01 and was discharged or otherwise separated with a characterization of honorable from such service, and (3) is a member of a recognized veterans organization. Such membership shall be certified to the Governor annually by the department adjutant of the recognized veterans organization. The Governor shall appoint one member of the Veterans' Advisory Commission from each of the three congressional districts in the state as the districts were constituted on January 1, 1962, and the fourth and fifth members shall be selected at large.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 7, p. 930;   Laws 1953, c. 326, § 2, p. 1079;   Laws 1961, c. 282, § 6, p. 827;   Laws 1967, c. 563, § 2, p. 1857;   Laws 1969, c. 754, § 5, p. 2839;  Laws 2005, LB 54, § 32.  Cross References  For qualification of members, see section 80-410.
NE Code § 80-401.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.07 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; tenure of office.

80-401.07.  Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; tenure of office.The terms of office of the members of the Veterans' Advisory Commission initially appointed shall expire on March 1 of the years 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951 and 1952, as designated by the Governor in making the respective appointments. As the terms of members expire, the Governor shall, on or before March 1 of each year, appoint or reappoint a member of the commission for a term of five years to succeed the member whose term expires. Each member shall serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. In case of a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term of a member, the appointment shall be made only for the remainder of the term.Source  Laws 1947, c. 306, § 8, p. 931.
NE Code § 80-401.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.08 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; chairperson; expenses.

80-401.08.  Veterans' Advisory Commission; members; chairperson; expenses.The members of the Veterans' Advisory Commission shall annually appoint one of its members as chairperson and one as secretary. The members of the commission shall each qualify by taking and subscribing an oath of office. No member shall receive any salary for his or her services, but each shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred by him or her in performing his or her duties as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 9, p. 931;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 167;   Laws 1983, LB 369, § 4;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 100.
NE Code § 80-401.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.09 - Veterans' Advisory Commission; duties; meetings.

80-401.09.  Veterans' Advisory Commission; duties; meetings.The Veterans' Advisory Commission shall be empowered to investigate the handling of veterans affairs under the jurisdiction of the Director of Veterans' Affairs, and to make recommendations and report to the Governor or the director on such matters. The commission shall also act as an appeal board, to whom recourse can be had by any individual or post of a recognized veterans organization from any decision made by the Director of Veterans' Affairs or any of his agents or deputies, on a claim for aid from the Nebraska Veterans' Aid Fund. The majority decision of the appeal board shall be final and shall govern in all matters presented to it upon which a hearing is had. The Veterans' Advisory Commission shall meet at least twice each year, or on call of the chairman or three members of the commission.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 10, p. 931;   Laws 1969, c. 754, § 6, p. 2840.
NE Code § 80-401.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.10 - Director; seal; adopt; rules and regulations; fiscal year.

80-401.10.  Director; seal; adopt; rules and regulations; fiscal year.The director shall, within thirty days after the creation of the Department of Veterans' Affairs, adopt a seal and make such rules and regulations for its administration, not inconsistent herewith, as he or she may deem expedient. He or she may, from time to time, amend such rules and regulations. The fiscal year of the department shall conform to the fiscal year of the state.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 11, p. 932;   Laws 1981, LB 545, § 28.
NE Code § 80-401.11 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-401.11 - Department of Veterans' Affairs; offices; employees.

80-401.11.  Department of Veterans' Affairs; offices; employees.Suitable offices shall be provided for the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the State Capitol. It may maintain necessary offices at such other places in the state as it may designate and may incur the necessary expense for office furniture, stationery, printing and other incidental or necessary expenses. It may employ such clerical and other employees and assistants as it may deem necessary for the proper transaction of its business.Source  Laws 1947, c. 306, § 12, p. 932. Cross References   Annual property inventory, requirement, see section 81-1118.02.  Basic workweek, see sections 84-1001 to 84-1005.  Qualifications of personnel, see section 80-410.
NE Code § 80-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-402 - Veterans aid; conscientious objectors denied relief.

80-402.  Veterans aid; conscientious objectors denied relief.No benefit shall accrue to, and none of the provisions of sections 80-401 to 80-405 shall apply to conscientious objectors who availed themselves of the privilege of any exemption from military duty.Source   Laws 1921, c. 40, § 1, p. 181;   C.S.1922, § 6206;   Laws 1923, c. 126, § 1, p. 311;   Laws 1927, c. 194, § 1, p. 552;   C.S.1929, § 80-401;   R.S.1943, § 80-402.
NE Code § 80-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-403 - Veterans relief; persons eligible; disbursements.

80-403.  Veterans relief; persons eligible; disbursements.(1) All money disbursed through the Director of Veterans' Affairs shall be expended by him or her in furnishing food, shelter, fuel, transportation, wearing apparel, or medical or surgical aid or in assisting with the funeral expenses of discharged veterans who come within one of the classes described in subsection (2) or (3) of this section.(2) Such aid shall be provided upon application to veterans as defined in section 80-401.03, their widows, widowers, spouses, and their children age eighteen or younger or until age twenty-three if attending school full time, and at any age if the child was permanently incapable of self-support at age eighteen (a) who are legal residents of this state on the date of such application and (b) who may be in need of such aid.(3) In cases in which an eligible veteran or widow or widower dies leaving no next of kin to apply for payment of expenses of last illness and burial, a recognized veterans organization or a county veterans service officer may apply, on behalf of the deceased, for assistance in paying such expenses. All such payments shall be made by the director. There may be expended, for purposes other than those set forth in this section, such sum or sums as may be specifically appropriated by the Legislature for such purposes.Source   Laws 1921, c. 40, § 2, p. 182;   C.S.1922, § 6207;   Laws 1923, c. 126, § 2, p. 312;   Laws 1927, c. 194, § 2, p. 554;   C.S.1929, § 80-402;   R.S.1943, § 80-402;   Laws 1945, c. 221, § 2, p. 660;   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 13, p. 932;   Laws 1951, c. 305, § 1, p. 999;   Laws 1963, c. 498, § 1, p. 1589;   Laws 1967, c. 562, § 2, p. 1854;   Laws 1967, c. 561, § 3, p. 1851;   Laws 1969, c. 754, § 7, p. 2840;   Laws 1971, LB 336, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 113;   Laws 1997, LB 441, § 2;  Laws 1999, LB 227, § 1;  Laws 2008, LB904, § 1;  Laws 2015, LB305, § 1.
NE Code § 80-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-404 - Gifts, power to accept; property, exemption from tax.

80-404.  Gifts, power to accept; property, exemption from tax.The Department of Veterans' Affairs may receive or hold in trust testamentary or other gifts, and may purchase or receive gifts of such real estate as may be necessary or advantageous for the carrying out of the provisions of sections 80-401 to 80-405. All property so held or owned by it shall be free from taxation during the period of time it shall be held or used by it for the purpose of furnishing aid to such veterans and their dependents authorized by the provisions of section 80-403.Source   Laws 1921, c. 40, § 3, p. 183;   C.S.1922, § 6208;   C.S.1929, § 80-403;   R.S.1943, § 80-404;   Laws 1945, c. 221, § 3, p. 662;   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 19, p. 933.
NE Code § 80-404.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-404.04 - Commissioner of Education; federal funds; disbursement.

80-404.04.  Commissioner of Education; federal funds; disbursement.The Commissioner of Education shall be entitled to receive any funds made available by the United States Government for the purpose of carrying out the program of approving and certifying educational and training institutions, and related training in connection therewith. Such funds shall be turned over to the State Treasurer, and disbursed upon vouchers approved by the commissioner, and warrants issued as provided by law.Source  Laws 1947, c. 306, § 21, p. 935.
NE Code § 80-405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-405 - Veterans relief; obtaining by fraud; penalty.

80-405.  Veterans relief; obtaining by fraud; penalty.Any person who shall knowingly, by fraudulent representations, obtain or attempt to obtain any payment or aid herein provided for shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1921, c. 40, § 5, p. 183;   C.S.1922, § 6210;   C.S.1929, § 80-405;   R.S.1943, § 80-405;   Laws 1953, c. 326, § 3, p. 1080;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 264.
NE Code § 80-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-406 - County service committee; members; appointment.

80-406.  County service committee; members; appointment.To assist the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the performance of its duties, each county board shall appoint, in each county of the state, a county service committee as provided in section 80-101.Source  Laws 1947, c. 306, § 14, p. 933.
NE Code § 80-407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-407 - County veterans service committee; duties; appointment of county veterans service officer; member of committee ineligible.

80-407.  County veterans service committee; duties; appointment of county veterans service officer; member of committee ineligible.Each county veterans service committee shall cooperate with and assist the Department of Veterans' Affairs in the performance and discharge of its duties and functions. Each such county veterans service committee shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the county board, a county veterans service officer for its county after the applicant has been certified as eligible according to section 80-410 by the Director of Veterans' Affairs. Service officers appointed prior to March 27, 1969, shall also be certified as eligible. The county veterans service committee, in cooperation with the Department of Veterans' Affairs, shall issue a certificate of appointment, and establish a service center for the assistance of veterans, and is authorized to accept, for the purpose of carrying out its program of assistance to veterans, grants of funds from the county, municipalities, veterans, civic, religious, and fraternal organizations and groups, and private citizens. The county boards of the counties involved, after meeting with the affected veterans service committees, are authorized to join two or more counties in the appointment of a county veterans service officer for a given area with the expenses to be shared by the counties involved. The county board and the county veterans service committee shall be authorized to appoint or place any veterans service officer on a part-time basis if such officer's service shall not require forty hours per week. Members of the county veterans service committee shall be ineligible to serve as county veterans service officers or assistant county veterans service officers.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 15, p. 933;   Laws 1961, c. 414, § 1, p. 1242;   Laws 1969, c. 754, § 8, p. 2841;   Laws 1973, LB 220, § 8;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 64;  Laws 2003, LB 83, § 1.
NE Code § 80-408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-408 - County veterans service officer; officers and employees; oath; bond.

80-408.  County veterans service officer; officers and employees; oath; bond.Each county veterans service officer appointed under the provisions of section 80-407 and every other person entrusted with the funds of a county service committee shall qualify by taking the usual oath of office and shall each give bond in the sum of one thousand dollars, with corporate surety, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duty. The premiums for such bonds shall be paid by the county.Source  Laws 1947, c. 306, § 16, p. 934.
NE Code § 80-409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 80 - Servicemembers and Veterans|80-409 - County service committee; offices; tax; levy.

80-409.  County service committee; offices; tax; levy.The county board of each county in this state shall provide, by special levy or out of the general fund of the county, such amount as is necessary for the use of the county service committee to aid and enable such county service committee to carry out and execute its functions, powers, and duties as defined in sections 80-401 to 80-401.11, 80-403, 80-404, 80-404.04, and 80-406 to 80-410 and to pay its expenses. The county board shall provide offices for the county veterans service officer in a location determined by the board.Source   Laws 1947, c. 306, § 17, p. 934;  Laws 2001, LB 10, § 2.