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NE Code § 81-520.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-520.04 - Land-management burning; permit; issuance; when.

81-520.04.  Land-management burning; permit; issuance; when.The fire chief of a local fire department may waive an open burning ban under subsection (1) of section 81-520.01 by issuing a permit for land-management burning only if the land-management burning is to be conducted in accordance with section 81-520.05.Source   Laws 1994, LB 408, § 4;  Laws 2011, LB248, § 3.
NE Code § 81-520.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-520.05 - Land-management burning; application for permit; plan; contents; fire chief; duties.

81-520.05.  Land-management burning; application for permit; plan; contents; fire chief; duties.(1) A landowner, tenant, or other landowner's agent of the land where land-management burning is proposed shall file an application for a permit and a plan for conducting such burning. The plan shall include:(a) The name of the landowner of the land on which land-management burning is to occur;(b) The name of the person who will supervise the land-management burning if such person is different than the landowner;(c) The land-management objective to be accomplished;(d) A map showing the areas to be burned, including natural and manmade firebreaks;(e) Procedures to be used to confine the fire in boundary areas without preexisting firebreaks;(f) A list of equipment that will be on hand;(g) The types and conditions of the vegetative matter to be burned on the land and in adjacent areas;(h) Identification of roads and habitations that may be affected by smoke;(i) A description of weather conditions believed to be required to safely and successfully conduct the land-management burning, including wind speed and direction, temperature, and relative humidity; and(j) Such other information as may be prescribed by the fire chief of a local fire department.(2) The fire chief of a local fire department shall evaluate each plan to determine its compliance with subsection (1) of this section. If a plan fails to comply with all provisions of such subsection, a permit for land-management burning shall not be issued.(3) The fire chief of a local fire department shall issue a permit for land-management burning if (a) the plan complies with subsection (1) of this section and (b) the fire chief determines that land-management burning conducted in accordance with the plan would be conducted with due regard for the safety of people and property outside the burning areas. No permit shall be valid for more than thirty days.Source   Laws 1994, LB 408, § 5;  Laws 2011, LB248, § 4.
NE Code § 81-521 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-521 - Fire insurance companies; reports to State Fire Marshal required; copies mailed to fire department of certain cities.

81-521.  Fire insurance companies; reports to State Fire Marshal required; copies mailed to fire department of certain cities.Every fire insurance company authorized to transact business in this state is required to report to the State Fire Marshal, through the secretary or other officer of the company designated by the board of directors for that purpose, all fire losses on property insured in any such company, giving the date of fire, the amount of probable loss, the character of property destroyed or damaged, and the supposed cause of the fire, together with the amount of insurance carried by such company. Such report shall be mailed to the State Fire Marshal within thirty days after notice of loss is received by such company. Each company is also required to report the amount of loss adjusted on each fire to the State Fire Marshal within thirty days after adjustment is made. Such report shall be in addition to any, and not in lieu of any, report or reports such companies may be required to make by any law of this state to the Director of Insurance; Provided, that in the case of a fire of suspicious origin a preliminary report shall be made immediately through some officer of the insurance company showing the name of the assured, the date of fire, location, occupancy, and such facts and circumstances as shall come to his knowledge, tending to establish the cause or origin of the fire; and provided further, that copies of the reports required by this section concerning any city of the metropolitan, primary, or first class shall be mailed by the insurance company concerned to the fire department of such city.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 20, p. 487;   C.S.1929, § 81-5520;   R.S.1943, § 81-521;   Laws 1965, c. 550, § 1, p. 1799.
NE Code § 81-522 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-522 - Fires; failure of city or county authorities to investigate and report; penalty.

81-522.  Fires; failure of city or county authorities to investigate and report; penalty.Any officer referred to in section 81-506 who neglects to comply with any of the requirements of sections 81-501.01 to 81-531 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 21, p. 488;   C.S.1929, § 81-5521;   R.S.1943, § 81-522;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 289.
NE Code § 81-523 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-523 - State Fire Marshal; office; support and maintenance; tax on fire insurance companies; rate.

81-523.  State Fire Marshal; office; support and maintenance; tax on fire insurance companies; rate.(1) For the purpose of maintaining the office of the State Fire Marshal and such other fire prevention activities as the Governor may direct, every foreign and alien insurance company including nonresident attorneys for subscribers to reciprocal insurance exchanges shall, on or before March 1, pay a tax to the Director of Insurance of three-fourths of one percent of the gross direct writing premiums and assessments received by each of such companies during the preceding calendar year for fire insurance business done in this state.(2) For the purpose set forth in subsection (1) of this section, every domestic insurance company including resident attorneys for subscribers to reciprocal insurance exchanges shall, on or before March 1, pay a tax to the Director of Insurance of three-eighths of one percent of the gross direct writing premiums and assessments received by each of such companies during the preceding calendar year for fire insurance business done in this state.(3) The term fire insurance business, as used in subsections (1), (2), and (4) of this section, shall include, but not be limited to, premiums of policies on fire risks on automobiles, whether written under floater form or otherwise.(4) Return premiums on fire insurance business, subject to the fire insurance tax, in accordance with subsections (1) and (2) of this section, may be deducted from the gross direct writing premiums for the purpose of the tax calculations provided for by subsections (1) and (2) of this section. In the case of mutual companies and assessment associations, the dividends paid or credited to policyholders or members in this state shall be construed to be return premiums.(5) Any tax collected pursuant to subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the General Fund.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 22, p. 488;   C.S.1929, § 81-5522;   Laws 1933, c. 82, § 1, p. 330;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 81-5522;   R.S.1943, § 81-523;   Laws 1949, c. 281, § 1, p. 977;   Laws 1953, c. 332, § 1, p. 1091;   Laws 1957, c. 376, § 1, p. 1316;   Laws 1979, LB 212, § 1;  Laws 2003, LB 408, § 4;  Laws 2004, LB 1091, § 14;  Laws 2007, LB322, § 24. Annotations Under former statute, fund created under its provisions could be paid out on proper warrants without legislative appropriation. State ex rel. Ridgell v. Hall, 99 Neb. 89, 155 N.W. 228 (1915), affirmed on rehearing 99 Neb. 95, 156 N.W. 16 (1916).
NE Code § 81-524 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-524 - State Fire Marshal; office; salaries; expenses; payment.

81-524.  State Fire Marshal; office; salaries; expenses; payment.The State Fire Marshal shall keep on file in his office an itemized statement of all salaries and expenses incurred by his office, and shall approve all vouchers issued therefor, before they are submitted to the Director of Administrative Services for payment, which shall be allowed and paid in the same manner as other claims against the state.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 23, p. 489;   C.S.1929, § 81-5523;   R.S.1943, § 81-524.
NE Code § 81-525 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-525 - State Fire Marshal; records public; exceptions.

81-525.  State Fire Marshal; records public; exceptions.All records on file in the State Fire Marshal's office shall be public, except any testimony, correspondence, or other matter taken in an investigation or an inspection by, or in a report to, the State Fire Marshal under the provisions of the Nebraska Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1969 and sections 81-501.01 to 81-531 and 81-5,151 to 81-5,157 which he or she in his or her discretion may withhold from the public.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 24, p. 489;   C.S.1929, § 81-5524;   R.S.1943, § 81-525;   Laws 1969, c. 763, § 12, p. 2892;   Laws 1993, LB 348, § 82.  Cross References  Nebraska Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1969, see section 81-552.
NE Code § 81-526 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-526 - State Fire Marshal; investigations; duty of county attorney to act.

81-526.  State Fire Marshal; investigations; duty of county attorney to act.The county attorney of any county, upon request of the State Fire Marshal, or his or her deputies or assistants, shall (1) assist such officers in the investigation of any fire which, in their opinion, is of suspicious origin and (2) act as attorney for such officers in all court proceedings in connection with the enforcement of the Petroleum Products and Hazardous Substances Storage and Handling Act when, in the exercise of a reasonable discretion, the county attorney shall determine that the evidence is sufficient to justify the bringing of such court proceedings.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 25, p. 489;   C.S.1929, § 81-5525;   R.S.1943, § 81-526;   Laws 1945, c. 228, § 1, p. 675;   Laws 1986, LB 217, § 13;  Laws 2017, LB371, § 1.  Cross References  Petroleum Products and Hazardous Substances Storage and Handling Act, see section 81-15,117.
NE Code § 81-527 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-527 - State Fire Marshal; schools; exits; fire drills.

81-527.  State Fire Marshal; schools; exits; fire drills.It shall be the duty of the State Fire Marshal and his or her deputies and assistants to require teachers of public and private schools and educational institutions to conduct regular fire drills in accordance with such rules and regulations as he or she may adopt and promulgate and to keep all doors and exits unlocked during school hours.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 26, p. 489;   C.S.1929, § 81-5526;   R.S.1943, § 81-527;   Laws 1988, LB 893, § 16.  Cross References  For instruction on fire prevention in schools, see section 79-706.
NE Code § 81-528 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-528 - State Fire Marshal Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

81-528.  State Fire Marshal Cash Fund; created; use; investment.(1) The State Fire Marshal Cash Fund is created. Money collected pursuant to subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund. The fund shall be used to pay for costs incurred in the general operations program of the State Fire Marshal's office, except that transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. The State Fire Marshal Cash Fund shall be administered by the State Fire Marshal. 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.(2) All money received from inspection contracts, penalties, fees, or forfeitures, except fines collected under sections 81-501.01 to 81-531 and 81-5,151 to 81-5,157, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund.(3) All fees assessed pursuant to section 81-505.01 for services performed by the State Fire Marshal's office shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the fund.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 27, p. 489;   C.S.1929, § 81-5527;   R.S.1943, § 81-528;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 97, p. 2407;   Laws 1973, LB 120, § 1;   Laws 1983, LB 498, § 8;   Laws 1993, LB 348, § 83;   Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 99;  Laws 2004, LB 1091, § 15;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 65. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-529 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-529 - Sections, how construed.

81-529.  Sections, how construed.It is declared that sections 81-501.01 to 81-531 and 81-5,151 to 81-5,157 are in nature necessary for the public safety, health, peace, and welfare and shall be liberally construed.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 28, p. 490;   C.S.1929, § 81-5528;   R.S.1943, § 81-529;   Laws 1993, LB 348, § 84.
NE Code § 81-530 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-530 - Mechanical Safety Inspection Fund; created; use; investment.

81-530.  Mechanical Safety Inspection Fund; created; use; investment.The Mechanical Safety Inspection Fund is created. All fees collected by the State Fire Marshal pursuant to the Nebraska Amusement Ride Act and the Conveyance Safety Act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Mechanical Safety Inspection Fund. Fees so collected shall be used for administering the provisions of the Nebraska Amusement Ride Act and the Conveyance Safety Act. Any money in the Mechanical Safety Inspection 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. Money in the Mechanical Safety Inspection Fund may be transferred to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature.Source  Laws 2007, LB265, § 24;  Laws 2017, LB331, § 46;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 81-405;  Laws 2019, LB301, § 81.  Cross References   Conveyance Safety Act, see section 81-5,210.  Nebraska Amusement Ride Act, see section 81-5,190.  Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-531 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-531 - Fire chiefs; local officers; fire reports; compensation; mileage.

81-531.  Fire chiefs; local officers; fire reports; compensation; mileage.(1) There shall be paid to the chiefs of fire departments and mayors of cities who do not receive to exceed fifty dollars annually as compensation for their services as such chiefs or mayors, to chairpersons of the village boards, to the township clerks of every organized township, and to county commissioners in counties not under township organization, who are required by section 81-506 to report fires to the State Fire Marshal, the sum of one dollar for each fire reported to the satisfaction of the State Fire Marshal, and, in addition thereto, mileage at the rate allowed by the provisions of section 81-1176 for each mile traveled from the officers' domicile to and from the place of fire when such mileage is compulsory to investigate the cause of fire by county commissioners or sheriffs but not by fire chiefs. This allowance shall be paid by the State Fire Marshal at the close of each fiscal year out of any funds provided for the use of the office of the State Fire Marshal.(2) All chiefs of fire departments who receive a stated salary and devote their entire time to the duties of their respective fire departments, and those mayors of cities who receive a stated salary exceeding fifty dollars as such officers, shall be precluded from receiving any extra allowance for the report mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.Source   Laws 1925, c. 183, § 30, p. 490;   C.S.1929, § 81-5530;   Laws 1933, c. 96, § 16, p. 396;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 81-5530;   R.S.1943, § 81-531;   Laws 1957, c. 70, § 9, p. 301;   Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 34.
NE Code § 81-532 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-532 - Firefighters; report regarding; contents.

81-532.  Firefighters; report regarding; contents.The State Fire Marshal shall create a report regarding firefighters including the (1) type of department, including fire and rescue and fire only, (2) number of firefighters, including paid, paid per call, and unpaid, (3) department classification, including all paid departments, all volunteer departments, and all combination paid and volunteer departments, and (4) number of fire stations.Source  Laws 2021, LB432, § 16.   Operative Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 81-538 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-538 - Violations; penalty.

81-538.  Violations; penalty.Anyone violating any of the provisions of sections 81-501.01 to 81-531, for which no other specific penalty is provided, shall be deemed guilty of a Class V misdemeanor, and each day's noncompliance shall constitute a separate offense.Source   Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. V, art. XXI, § 14, p. 749;   C.S.1922, § 8158;   C.S.1929, § 81-5537;   R.S.1943, § 81-538;   Laws 1947, c. 313, § 2, p. 950;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 290;   Laws 1980, LB 810, § 1;   Laws 1985, LB 40, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB37, § 4.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 81-542 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-542 - Terms, defined.

81-542.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1969, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) The Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 of the United States shall mean Public Law 90-481, 82 Stat. 720, 90th Congress, S. 1166, enacted August 12, 1968;(2) State Fire Marshal shall mean the officer appointed pursuant to section 81-501.01;(3) Person shall mean any individual, firm, joint venture, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, municipality, cooperative association, or joint-stock association, and includes any trustee, receiver, assignee, or personal representative thereof;(4) Gas shall mean natural gas, flammable gas, or gas which is toxic or corrosive and which is transported in a gaseous form and not in a liquid form;(5) Transportation of gas shall mean the gathering, transmission, or distribution of gas by pipeline or its storage, except that it shall not include any such transportation of gas which is subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act of the United States or the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act or the gathering of gas in those rural locations which lie outside the limits of any incorporated or unincorporated city, village, or any other designated residential or commercial area such as a subdivision, a business or shopping center, a community development, or any similar populated area which the State Fire Marshal may define as a nonrural area; and(6) Pipeline facilities shall include, without limitation, new and existing pipe rights-of-way and any equipment facility or building used in the transportation of gas or the treatment of gas during the course of transportation but rights-of-way as used in the Nebraska Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1969 does not authorize the State Fire Marshal to prescribe the location or routing of any pipeline facility. Pipeline facilities shall not include any facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Power Commission under the Natural Gas Act of the United States or the Interstate Commerce Commission under the Interstate Commerce Act.Source   Laws 1969, c. 763, § 1, p. 2884;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 527.
NE Code § 81-543 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-543 - State Fire Marshal; safety standards for transportation of gas and operation of pipeline facilities; adopt waiver of compliance; conditions.

81-543.  State Fire Marshal; safety standards for transportation of gas and operation of pipeline facilities; adopt waiver of compliance; conditions.(1) After June 12, 1969, and from time to time thereafter, and pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act, the State Fire Marshal shall, by order, establish minimum safety standards for the transportation of gas and pipeline facilities. Such standards may apply to the design, installation, inspection, testing, construction, extension, operation, replacement and maintenance of pipeline facilities. Standards affecting the design, installation, construction, initial inspection, and initial testing shall not be applicable to pipeline facilities in existence on the date such standards are adopted. Such safety standards shall be practicable and designed to meet the need for pipeline safety. In prescribing such standards, the State Fire Marshal shall consider:(a) Relevant available pipeline safety data;(b) Whether such standards are appropriate for the particular type of pipeline transportation;(c) The reasonableness of any proposed standards;(d) The extent to which any such standards will contribute to public safety; and(e) The existing standards established by the United States Secretary of Transportation pursuant to the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 of the United States and the Interstate Commerce Act.(2) Any standards prescribed under this section, and amendments thereto, shall become effective thirty days after the date of issuance of such standards unless the State Fire Marshal, for good cause recited, determines an earlier or later effective date is required as the result of the period reasonably necessary for compliance.(3) The State Fire Marshal shall afford interested persons an opportunity to participate fully in the establishment of such safety standards through submission of written data, views, or arguments with opportunity to present oral testimony and argument.(4) Whenever the State Fire Marshal shall find a particular facility to be hazardous to life or property he shall be empowered to require the person operating such facility to take such steps necessary to remove such hazards.(5) Upon application by any person engaged in the transportation of gas or the operation of pipeline facilities, the State Fire Marshal may, after notice and opportunity for hearing and under such terms and conditions and to such extent as he deems appropriate, waive in whole or in part compliance with any standards established under sections 81-503, 81-505, 81-525, and 81-542 to 81-552, if he determines that a waiver of compliance with such standard is not inconsistent with gas pipeline safety. The State Fire Marshal shall state his reasons for any such waiver.Source  Laws 1969, c. 763, § 2, p. 2886. Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 81-544 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-544 - State Fire Marshal; certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation.

81-544.  State Fire Marshal; certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation.The State Fire Marshal is authorized to make such certifications and reports to the United States Secretary of Transportation as may be required from time to time under the Natural Gas Pipeline Safety Act of 1968 of the United States.Source  Laws 1969, c. 763, § 3, p. 2887.