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NE Code § 35-1006 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1006 - Benefits; maximum amount.

35-1006.  Benefits; maximum amount.The combined total of all benefits received by any firefighter pursuant to subdivisions (1)(a) and (b) of section 35-1005 during his or her lifetime shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 5.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 35-1007 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1007 - Firefighter; cessation of status; eligibility for benefits; rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation; responsible for payment of premiums or other costs.

35-1007.  Firefighter; cessation of status; eligibility for benefits; rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation; responsible for payment of premiums or other costs.A firefighter shall remain eligible for benefits pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of section 35-1005 for thirty-six months after the formal cessation of the firefighter's status as a firefighter. If a firefighter has a physical examination during the thirty-six months of eligibility that reveals evidence of cancer, the firefighter shall be eligible for benefits under subsections (1) and (2) of section 35-1005 even if such benefits are paid after the thirty-six-month eligibility period ends. The rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation for which such firefighter served shall be responsible for payment of all premiums or other costs associated with benefits that may be provided under subsections (1) and (2) of section 35-1005 throughout the duration of the firefighter's coverage.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 6.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 35-1008 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1008 - Benefits; proof of insurance coverage or ability to pay; documentation.

35-1008.  Benefits; proof of insurance coverage or ability to pay; documentation.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.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 7.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 35-1009 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1009 - Reports; requirements.

35-1009.  Reports; requirements.(1) Any rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, village, or nonprofit corporation that has had a firefighter file a claim for or receive cancer benefits under the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act shall report such claims filed, claims paid, and types of claims to the State Fire Marshal. On or before December 1, 2023, and on or before December 1 of each year thereafter, the State Fire Marshal shall submit electronically an annual report to the Legislature and Governor stating the number of firefighters who have filed claims pursuant to the act and the number of firefighters who have received benefits under the act.(2) If the firefighters in a fire department are being provided cancer benefits under the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act, the fire chief of such fire department, or his or her designee, shall submit an annual report to the governing body of the rural or suburban fire protection district, airport authority, city, or village served by such fire department listing the total number of fire suppression incidents occurring during the most recently completed calendar year. Such report shall be submitted on or before February 15, 2023, and on or before February 15 of each year thereafter.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 8.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 35-1010 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1010 - Rules and regulations.

35-1010.  Rules and regulations.The State Fire Marshal may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the Firefighter Cancer Benefits Act.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 9.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 35-1101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1101 - Fire Recognition Day; designation.

35-1101.  Fire Recognition Day; designation.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.Source  Laws 1997, LB 347, § 2. Cross References  State Fire Day, see section 79-705.
NE Code § 35-1201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1201 - Act, how cited.

35-1201.  Act, how cited.Sections 35-1201 to 35-1207 shall be known and may be cited as the Mutual Finance Assistance Act.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 1.
NE Code § 35-1202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1202 - Mutual finance organization, defined.

35-1202.  Mutual finance organization, defined.For purposes of the Mutual Finance Assistance Act, mutual finance organization means a group of rural or suburban fire protection districts, cities, or villages which enter into an agreement pursuant to section 35-1204 to cooperate for purposes of financing operational and equipment needs for fire protection, emergency response, or training within their joint areas of operation.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 2.
NE Code § 35-1203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1203 - Mutual Finance Assistance Fund; created; use; investment.

35-1203.  Mutual Finance Assistance Fund; created; use; investment.The Mutual Finance Assistance Fund is created. The fund shall be used to provide assistance to rural or suburban fire protection districts and mutual finance organizations which qualify under the Mutual Finance Assistance Act. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 3. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 35-1204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1204 - Mutual finance organization; creation by agreement; tax levy.

35-1204.  Mutual finance organization; creation by agreement; tax levy.(1) A mutual finance organization may be created by agreement among its members pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act. The agreement shall:(a) Have a duration of three years;(b) Require that each member of the mutual finance organization levy the same agreed-upon property tax rate within their boundaries for one out of the three tax years covered by the agreement. The members need not levy such agreed-upon property tax rate during the same year;(c) Require that all members of the mutual finance organization levy no more than such agreed-upon property tax rate for the remaining tax years covered by the agreement; and(d) Contain a statement of the agreed-upon maximum property tax rate.(2) The property tax rates described in subsection (1) of this section shall be levied for the purpose of jointly funding the operations of all members of the mutual finance organization. All such property tax rates shall exclude levies for bonded indebtedness and lease-purchase contracts in existence on July 1, 1998.(3) The changes made to this section by Laws 2020, LB1130, do not affect eligibility for funding pursuant to the Mutual Finance Assistance Act that is to be paid on or before May 1, 2021.Source   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 4;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 70;  Laws 2019, LB63, § 3;  Laws 2020, LB1130, § 1.  Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
NE Code § 35-1206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1206 - Distributions from fund; amount; disqualification; when.

35-1206.  Distributions from fund; amount; disqualification; when.(1)(a) Rural and suburban fire protection districts or mutual finance organizations which qualify for assistance under section 35-1205 shall receive ten dollars times the assumed population of the fire protection district or mutual finance organization as calculated in subsection (3) of such section plus the population of any city of the first class that is part of the district or mutual finance organization, not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars for any one district or mutual finance organization;(b) Each village or city of the second class that is a member of a mutual finance organization which qualifies for assistance under section 35-1205 shall receive ten thousand dollars; and(c) Each rural or suburban fire protection district which qualifies for assistance under section 35-1205 shall receive ten thousand dollars, regardless of whether such district is a member in a mutual finance organization which qualifies for assistance under section 35-1205.(2) If the district or mutual finance organization is located in more than one county and meets the threshold for qualification in subsection (1) or (2) of section 35-1205 in one of such counties, the district or mutual finance organization shall receive assistance under this section for all of its assumed population, including that which is assumed population in counties for which the threshold is not reached by the district or mutual finance organization.(3) If a mutual finance organization qualifies for assistance under this section and one or more rural or suburban fire protection districts or cities or villages fail to levy a tax rate that complies with subsection (1) of section 35-1204, as required under the mutual finance organization agreement, the mutual finance organization shall be disqualified for assistance in the following year and each subsequent year until the year following any year for which all districts and cities and villages in the mutual finance organization levy a tax rate that complies with subsection (1) of section 35-1204, as required by a mutual finance organization agreement.Source   Laws 1998, LB 1120, § 6;  Laws 1999, LB 141, § 8;  Laws 2019, LB63, § 4;  Laws 2021, LB664, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021   Note: The Revisor of Statutes, as authorized by section 49-705(1)(g), has corrected a manifest clerical error in Laws 2021, LB664, section 1, by changing two references to section 32-1205 which should have been section 35-1205 in subdivision (1)(c) of section 35-1206.
NE Code § 35-1301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1301 - Act, how cited.

35-1301.  Act, how cited.Sections 35-1301 to 35-1330 shall be known and may be cited as the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act.Source  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 1;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 5.
NE Code § 35-1309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1309 - Service award benefit program; authorized.

35-1309.  Service award benefit program; authorized.(1) After March 1, 2000, any city of the first class, city of the second class, village, rural fire protection district, or suburban fire protection district which relies in whole or in part upon a volunteer department for emergency response services may adopt a service award benefit program as provided in the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act.(2) No city, village, or fire protection district shall be required to adopt a service award benefit program. Nothing in the act shall be construed to mandate the creation of a service award benefit program in any city, village, or fire protection district. The act shall not be construed to prohibit any city, village, or fire protection district from ending or eliminating any service award benefit program after its adoption, except that a city, village, or fire protection district may not end its program or its responsibility under its program with regard to any year of service completed prior to such elimination.(3) Each service award benefit program shall include provisions governing the procedures to be followed in the tallying, recording, verifying, and auditing of points earned by volunteers and provisions which provide for the collection of such other information regarding participants as may be needed to facilitate administration of the program.Source  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 9;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 7;  Laws 2002, LB 1110, § 2;  Laws 2011, LB121, § 1.
NE Code § 35-1312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1312 - Service award benefit payments; when; section; how construed.

35-1312.  Service award benefit payments; when; section; how construed.(1) Except as provided in section 35-1313, service award benefits provided under a service award benefit program shall be paid to a participant only upon the date he or she reaches the age of sixty-five or upon the first day of the first year of service after the first year of service in which such participant was not on the certification list of his or her volunteer department, whichever is later, if the participant has been an active emergency responder, active rescue squad member, or active volunteer firefighter for the number of years of service specified by the city, village, or fire protection district administering the service award benefit program.(2) Upon the completion of the specified years of service as determined by the city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district, the participant shall have a nonforfeitable interest in the annual accounts of all years of service in which such participant is listed on the certification list. Such interest is equivalent to a proportionate equal share with all other participants listed on the certification list for a year of service in (a) the principal amount of all contributions deposited into the annual account for such year of service and (b) all income derived therefrom.(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district from establishing a vesting schedule under which a stated proportion of a participant's interest in his or her annual accounts becomes nonforfeitable upon completion of a specified number of years of service, subject to sections 35-1313, 35-1323, and 35-1329.Source  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 12;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 11;  Laws 2005, LB 268, § 2.
NE Code § 35-1314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1314 - Participant; failure to qualify; forfeiture.

35-1314.  Participant; failure to qualify; forfeiture.Any participant in a service award benefit program who ceases to be a volunteer or participant and consequently fails to qualify for a service award benefit pursuant to section 35-1312 or 35-1313 shall forfeit all rights to any future distribution of any portion of the principal amount of any contributions made to an annual account for any service year in which such participant was on the certification list and any income derived from such contributions.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 14.
NE Code § 35-1315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1315 - Service award benefit program; annual account.

35-1315.  Service award benefit program; annual account.Each city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall establish an annual account for each year of service in which such program is being conducted. All funds from whatever source furnished for the purpose of providing service award benefits to active emergency responders, active rescue squad members, and active volunteer firefighters participating in the service award benefit program during a year of service shall be placed into the annual account for that year of service.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 15.
NE Code § 35-1316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1316 - Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation.

35-1316.  Annual account; appropriations and contributions; liability; limitation.(1) Each city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall appropriate for the annual account for each year of service in which such program is in existence a sum to be determined by the governing body as sufficient to meet the purposes of the program.(2) The total amount of all contributions from all sources made to any annual account shall not exceed three thousand dollars times the number of participants listed on the certification list for the year of service covered by that annual account. The service award benefit paid to a qualifying participant or beneficiary shall not include in any participant's share of an annual account any contributions made to the annual account for that year of service which are allocable to the participant or beneficiary in excess of the sum of three thousand dollars and any income derived from the investment of those excess sums.(3) No city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program shall incur any obligation or liability with regard to contributions into any annual account under such program beyond the amount of contributions actually appropriated by such local political subdivision for such purpose and actually distributed into such accounts.Source  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 16;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 13.
NE Code § 35-1317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1317 - Service award benefit; how paid; exempt from judicial process.

35-1317.  Service award benefit; how paid; exempt from judicial process.(1) The service award benefit received by a qualifying participant or beneficiary shall, at the option of the recipient, be in the form of an annuity or lump-sum benefit. No portion of any annual account shall be subject to attachment, garnishment, execution, or other judicial process for the satisfaction of a debt or claim against any participant or beneficiary and assignments or transfers of any portion shall be void.(2) The service award benefit paid to a participant or beneficiary qualifying pursuant to section 35-1312 or 35-1313 shall be the participant's or beneficiary's nonforfeitable share of all annual accounts upon the date of his or her qualification for the service award benefit.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 17.
NE Code § 35-1318 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1318 - Eligibility.

35-1318.  Eligibility.Any person who is a paid member of a fire department or other emergency response organization and who receives retirement benefits in consequence of such employment shall not be eligible to participate in any service award benefit program being conducted by the same city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which employs the person or which contracts for emergency response services with the fire department or emergency response organization which employs the person.Source  Laws 1999, LB 849, § 18;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 14.
NE Code § 35-1319 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1319 - Participant; status as volunteer.

35-1319.  Participant; status as volunteer.The participation of a volunteer in any service award benefit program conducted pursuant to the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act and his or her receipt of service award benefits pursuant to such a program shall not for that cause alone alter the relationship of such volunteer to the city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district as being one of a volunteer for purposes of the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 19. Cross References  Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, see section 48-1,110.
NE Code § 35-1322 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1322 - Annexation, merger, or consolidation; established service award benefit program; effect.

35-1322.  Annexation, merger, or consolidation; established service award benefit program; effect.Whenever by reason of annexation, merger, or consolidation a city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program ceases to exist and becomes part of another city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which is conducting a service award benefit program, the annual accounts and certification lists of the city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which has ceased to exist shall be transferred and merged with the annual accounts and certification lists of the other city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district. For purposes of the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act, the prior participation of volunteers in the program of the city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which has ceased to exist up to the date upon which such body ceased to exist shall be treated as if the participation had been in the program of the other city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 22.
NE Code § 35-1323 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 35 - Fire Companies and Firefighters|35-1323 - Annexation, merger, or consolidation; no service award benefit program; effect.

35-1323.  Annexation, merger, or consolidation; no service award benefit program; effect.Whenever by reason of annexation, merger, or consolidation a city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district conducting a service award benefit program ceases to exist and becomes part of another city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district which is not conducting a service award benefit program, each person listed on the certification lists for all years of service completed prior to the date upon which the city, village, or rural or suburban fire protection district ceased to exist shall be deemed to have a nonforfeitable interest in each annual account for the years of service in which he or she was listed, notwithstanding that the person may not have qualified pursuant to sections 35-1312 and 35-1313, and shall be entitled to receive a service award benefit as provided by the provisions of the Volunteer Emergency Responders Recruitment and Retention Act as if he or she had met the qualification requirements of sections 35-1312 and 35-1313.Source Laws 1999, LB 849, § 23.