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NE Code § 84-1326.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1326.01 - Retirement system; member; employee status changed to behavioral health region or community mental health center; benefits retained; application; immediate participation; when.

84-1326.01.  Retirement system; member; employee status changed to behavioral health region or community mental health center; benefits retained; application; immediate participation; when.(1) Any state employee who is a member of the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska and whose status is changed by the Legislature to that of an employee of a behavioral health region or an employee of a community mental health center shall, upon application to the Public Employees Retirement Board, obtain full and immediate vesting in any prior service retirement benefits and any future service retirement benefits which have accrued to the date of transfer. Such employee may not withdraw the amount in his employee account prior to his retirement and still receive such vested benefits.(2) Any employee shall be eligible for immediate participation in the retirement program available to the employee in the political subdivision of the State of Nebraska to which such employee is transferred with no minimum period of service required, if the minimum age requirement and length of service, with either the State of Nebraska or the political subdivision, total the requirements of the retirement system to which the employee is transferred.Source   Laws 1975, LB 189, § 9;   Laws 1976, LB 794, § 1;  Laws 2004, LB 1083, § 144.
NE Code § 84-1326.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1326.03 - Transferred to section 81-1328.02.

84-1326.03.  Transferred to section 81-1328.02.
NE Code § 84-1326.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1326.04 - Transferred to section 81-1328.03.

84-1326.04.  Transferred to section 81-1328.03.
NE Code § 84-1327 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1327 - Retirement system; false or fraudulent actions; prohibited acts; penalty; denial of benefits.

84-1327.  Retirement system; false or fraudulent actions; prohibited acts; penalty; denial of benefits.Any person who, knowing it to be false or fraudulent, presents or causes to be presented a false or fraudulent claim or benefit application, any false or fraudulent proof in support of such a claim or benefit, or false or fraudulent information which would affect a future claim or benefit application to be paid under the retirement system for the purpose of defrauding or attempting to defraud the retirement system shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. The retirement board shall deny any benefits that it determines are based on false or fraudulent information and shall have a cause of action against the member to recover any benefits already paid on the basis of such information.Source   Laws 1963, c. 532, § 27, p. 1676;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 317;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 76.
NE Code § 84-1328 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1328 - Retirement benefits; declared additional to benefits under federal Social Security Act.

84-1328.  Retirement benefits; declared additional to benefits under federal Social Security Act.The retirement allowances and benefits shall be in addition to benefits and allowances payable under the provisions of the federal Social Security Act.Source  Laws 1963, c. 532, § 28, p. 1677. Cross References  For other provisions relating to social security, see Chapter 68, article 6.
NE Code § 84-1329 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329 - Limitation of actions.

84-1329.  Limitation of actions.Every claim and demand under the State Employees Retirement Act and against the retirement system or the retirement board shall be forever barred unless the action is brought within two years of the time at which the claim accrued.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1076, § 42.
NE Code § 84-1329.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329.01 - Transferred to section 84-1504.

84-1329.01.  Transferred to section 84-1504.
NE Code § 84-1329.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329.02 - Transferred to section 84-1505.

84-1329.02.  Transferred to section 84-1505.
NE Code § 84-1329.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329.03 - Transferred to section 84-1506.

84-1329.03.  Transferred to section 84-1506.
NE Code § 84-1329.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329.04 - Retirement system contributions, property, and rights; how treated.

84-1329.04.  Retirement system contributions, property, and rights; how treated.All contributions to the retirement system, all property and rights purchased with the contributions, and all investment income attributable to the contributions, property, or rights shall be held in trust by the State of Nebraska for the exclusive benefit of members and their beneficiaries and shall only be used to pay benefits to such persons and to pay administrative expenses according to the provisions of the State Employees Retirement Act.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 74.
NE Code § 84-1329.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1329.05 - Termination of system or contributions; effect.

84-1329.05.  Termination of system or contributions; effect.Upon termination or partial termination of the retirement system or upon complete discontinuance of contributions under the retirement system, the rights of all affected members to the amounts credited to the members' accounts shall be nonforfeitable.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 75.
NE Code § 84-1330 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1330 - Elected officials and employees having regular term; act, when operative.

84-1330.  Elected officials and employees having regular term; act, when operative.The provisions of the State Employees Retirement Act pertaining to elected officials or other employees having a regular term of office shall be interpreted as to effectuate its general purpose and to take effect as soon as the same may become operative under the Constitution of the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1963, c. 532, § 30, p. 1677;  Laws 2009, LB188, § 17.
NE Code § 84-1330.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1330.01 - State Employees Retirement Fund; elected officials and employees having a regular term; sections, when operative.

84-1330.01.  State Employees Retirement Fund; elected officials and employees having a regular term; sections, when operative.The provisions of sections 84-1309, 84-1317, and 84-1330.01 pertaining to elected officials or other employees having a regular term of office shall be so interpreted as to effectuate their general purpose and to take effect as soon as the same may become operative under the Constitution of the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1967, c. 619, § 3, p. 2075.
NE Code § 84-1331 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1331 - Act, how cited.

84-1331.  Act, how cited.Sections 84-1301 to 84-1331 shall be known and may be cited as the State Employees Retirement Act.Source   Laws 1963, c. 532, § 31, p. 1677;   Laws 1984, LB 751, § 12;   Laws 1991, LB 549, § 73;   Laws 1994, LB 833, § 53;   Laws 1995, LB 501, § 13;   Laws 1996, LB 847, § 50;   Laws 1996, LB 1076, § 43;   Laws 1997, LB 623, § 45;   Laws 1997, LB 624, § 42;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 77;  Laws 1999, LB 687, § 6;  Laws 2002, LB 407, § 62;  Laws 2002, LB 687, § 32;  Laws 2009, LB188, § 18;  Laws 2019, LB34, § 27.
NE Code § 84-1332 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1332 - City or county employee changed by Legislature to state employee; vesting of prior service retirement benefits; application; vested benefits.

84-1332.  City or county employee changed by Legislature to state employee; vesting of prior service retirement benefits; application; vested benefits.(1) Any city or county employee who is a member under a city or county employees retirement system, including retirement systems authorized by section 23-1118, and whose status as a city or county employee is changed by the Legislature to that of a state employee shall, upon application to the Public Employees Retirement Board and to the city or county or to the county board of a county having a retirement system authorized by section 23-1118, obtain full and immediate vesting in any prior service retirement benefits and any future service retirement benefits which have been accrued to the date of transfer, except that the employee may withdraw the amount in his or her employee account prior to his or her retirement as provided in section 84-1321. Each employee's service as a city or county employee, after he or she has attained the minimum age required under the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska and has completed two years of service, shall be credited as though it were participation in the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska for purposes of calculating the termination benefits established by section 84-1321. Such service shall be counted as state service for purposes of calculating entitlement to retirement benefits under section 84-1319.(2) Any city or county employee whose status as a city or county employee is or has been changed by the Legislature to that of a state employee shall be eligible for immediate participation in the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska with no minimum period of service required if the minimum age requirement of the State Employees Retirement System of the State of Nebraska is satisfied, or if the minimum age requirement is not satisfied on the date of transfer, the employee shall be eligible to participate at the date he or she satisfies the minimum age requirement.Source   Laws 1973, LB 573, § 1;   Laws 1983, LB 604, § 27;   Laws 1984, LB 13, § 86;   Laws 1986, LB 325, § 22;   Laws 1986, LB 311, § 38;   Laws 1987, LB 549, § 13.
NE Code § 84-1333 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1333 - County employee changed by law to judge; vesting of prior service retirement benefits; vested benefits.

84-1333.  County employee changed by law to judge; vesting of prior service retirement benefits; vested benefits.Any county employee who is a member under a county employees retirement system and whose status as a county employee is changed by the Legislature to that of a judge shall, upon application to the Public Employees Retirement Board and to the county, obtain full and immediate vesting in any prior service retirement benefits and any future service retirement benefits which have been accrued to the date of transfer, except that the employee may not withdraw the amount in his employee account prior to his retirement and still receive such vested benefits. Any such employee shall be eligible for immediate participation in the Nebraska Retirement Fund for Judges.Source  Laws 1973, LB 573, § 2.
NE Code § 84-1407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1407 - Act, how cited.

84-1407.  Act, how cited.Sections 84-1407 to 84-1414 shall be known and may be cited as the Open Meetings Act.Source Laws 2004, LB 821, § 34.
NE Code § 84-1408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1408 - Declaration of intent; meetings open to public.

84-1408.  Declaration of intent; meetings open to public.It is hereby declared to be the policy of this state that the formation of public policy is public business and may not be conducted in secret.Every meeting of a public body shall be open to the public in order that citizens may exercise their democratic privilege of attending and speaking at meetings of public bodies, except as otherwise provided by the Constitution of Nebraska, federal statutes, and the Open Meetings Act.Source   Laws 1975, LB 325, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 900, § 1071;  Laws 2004, LB 821, § 35. Annotations  Nebraska's public meetings laws do not apply to school board deliberations pertaining solely to disputed adjudicative facts. McQuinn v. Douglas Cty. Sch. Dist. No. 66, 259 Neb. 720, 612 N.W.2d 198 (2000). The primary purpose of the public meetings law is to ensure that public policy is formulated at open meetings. Marks v. Judicial Nominating Comm., 236 Neb. 429, 461 N.W.2d 551 (1990). The public meetings law is broadly interpreted and liberally construed to obtain the objective of openness in favor of the public, and provisions permitting closed sessions must be narrowly and strictly construed. Grein v. Board of Education of Fremont, 216 Neb. 158, 343 N.W.2d 718 (1984). Although a committee was a subcommittee of a natural resources district board, it was not subject to the Open Meetings Act because there was never a quorum of board members in attendance and the committee did not hold hearings, make policy, or take formal action on behalf of the board. Koch v. Lower Loup NRD, 27 Neb. App. 301, 931 N.W.2d 160 (2019). A county board of equalization is a public body whose meetings shall be open to the public. Wolf v. Grubbs, 17 Neb. App. 292, 759 N.W.2d 499 (2009).
NE Code § 84-1415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1415 - Open Meetings Act; requirements; waiver; validity of action.

84-1415.  Open Meetings Act; requirements; waiver; validity of action.No motion, resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance, or formal action made, adopted, passed, or taken at a meeting as defined in section 84-1409 of a public body as defined in such section shall be invalidated because such motion, resolution, rule, regulation, ordinance, or formal action was made, adopted, passed, or taken at a meeting or meetings on or after March 17, 2020, and on or before April 30, 2021, pursuant to a Governor's Executive Order which waived certain requirements of the Open Meetings Act.Source  Laws 2021, LB83, § 15.   Effective Date: April 22, 2021  Cross References  Open Meetings Act, see section 84-1407.
NE Code § 84-1502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1502 - Board; chairperson; secretary; election; meetings; compensation; expenses.

84-1502.  Board; chairperson; secretary; election; meetings; compensation; expenses.(1) Within thirty days after its appointment, the Public Employees Retirement Board shall meet and select a chairperson and secretary. Thereafter, the chairperson and the secretary shall be elected in January of each year.(2) The board shall meet upon call of the chairperson or upon the request of three members of the board filed with the board office. Meetings of the board shall be held in this state and may be held by telecommunication equipment if the requirements of the Open Meetings Act are met.(3) The members of the board, except the state investment officer, shall be paid seventy-five dollars per diem, and all members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties as board members as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1971, LB 987, § 2;   Laws 1986, LB 311, § 39;  Laws 2004, LB 821, § 41;  Laws 2005, LB 503, § 18;  Laws 2019, LB33, § 7;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 136.  Cross References  Open Meetings Act, see section 84-1407.
NE Code § 84-1503.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1503.02 - Board; duties and responsibilities.

84-1503.02.  Board; duties and responsibilities.(1) The appointed members of the Public Employees Retirement Board shall have the responsibility for the administration of the retirement systems pursuant to subdivision (1)(a) of section 84-1503, shall be deemed fiduciaries with respect to the administration of the retirement systems, and shall be held to the standard of conduct of a fiduciary specified in subsection (2) of this section. The nonvoting, ex officio member of the board shall not be deemed a fiduciary.(2) As fiduciaries, the appointed members of the board shall discharge their duties with respect to the retirement systems solely in the interests of the members and beneficiaries of the retirement systems for the exclusive purposes of providing benefits to members and members' beneficiaries and defraying reasonable expenses incurred within the limitations and according to the powers, duties, and purposes prescribed by law at the time such duties are discharged. The appointed members of the board shall not have a duty in their official capacity to seek the enhancement of plan benefits through the legislative process if such benefits are not already contained within the plan documents. The appointed members of the board shall act with the care, skill, prudence, and diligence under the circumstances then prevailing that a prudent person acting in like capacity and familiar with such matters would use in the conduct of an enterprise of a like character and with like aims.Source   Laws 1996, LB 847, § 53;  Laws 2006, LB 1019, § 18.
NE Code § 84-1503.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1503.03 - Director; employ personnel; employees; duties.

84-1503.03.  Director; employ personnel; employees; duties.The director of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems shall employ qualified personnel as may be required to carry out the duties and responsibilities required under sections 84-1501 to 84-1513. Such employees shall be deemed state employees and covered by the State Personnel System pursuant to sections 81-1301 to 81-1368 and other personnel rules or regulations. The positions of the internal auditor and the attorney hired by the board pursuant to section 84-1503 shall be classified positions covered by the State Personnel System and shall not be noncovered positions under subsection (2) of section 81-1316. The director shall be exempt from the State Personnel System. All employees shall comply with state accounting regulations and applicable state and federal laws in the discharge of their duties.Source   Laws 1996, LB 847, § 54;   Laws 1997, LB 623, § 48;  Laws 2001, LB 408, § 30;  Laws 2005, LB 364, § 21;  Laws 2005, LB 503, § 21;  Laws 2006, LB 1019, § 19.
NE Code § 84-1503.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1503.04 - Internal auditor; duties and responsibilities.

84-1503.04.  Internal auditor; duties and responsibilities.The duties and responsibilities of the internal auditor employed by the Public Employees Retirement Board shall be consistent with the suggested standards for the professional practice of internal auditing as adopted by the Institute of Internal Auditors and include the following:(1) Prepare a formal written three-year audit plan and work schedule each year and present them to the board;(2) Conduct ongoing reviews of the internal procedures of the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems and recommend improvements to the board;(3) Ensure that the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems' internal accounting and operational controls are appropriate and operating correctly and report inconsistencies to the board;(4) Examine and evaluate system records and operating procedures; verify compliance with established plans, policies, procedures, and control systems; assure compliance with regulatory and statutory conditions; and assure adherence to generally accepted accounting and auditing principles and report inconsistencies to the board;(5) Perform internal auditing functions, including review of contributions received and creditable service granted; review benefit payments for completeness of information, appropriateness, accuracy, and timeliness; verify accuracy of data and financial information reported to the systems' actuary for all applicable plans; and verify accuracy of data and financial information reported to the systems' record keeper for all applicable plans; and(6) Develop standards to be used by independent auditors in their review of the practices and procedures used by various employers to provide for employee participation in the respective retirement systems included in subdivision (1)(a) of section 84-1503.Source Laws 2005, LB 503, § 20.
NE Code § 84-1505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1505 - Deferred compensation; treatment; investment.

84-1505.  Deferred compensation; treatment; investment.(1) All compensation deferred under the plan, all property and rights purchased with the deferred compensation, and all investment income attributable to the deferred compensation, property, or rights shall be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of participants and their beneficiaries by the State of Nebraska until such time as payments shall be paid under the terms of the deferred compensation plan. All such assets held in trust shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.(2) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the funds and securities of the deferred compensation plan and may deposit the funds and securities in any financial institution approved by the Nebraska Investment Council. All disbursements therefrom shall be paid by him or her only upon vouchers duly authorized by the retirement board. The State Treasurer shall furnish annually to the retirement board a sworn statement of the amount of the funds in his or her custody belonging to the deferred compensation plan, which statement shall be as of the calendar year ending December 31 of each year.(3) All compensation deferred under the plan, all property and rights purchased with the deferred compensation, and all investment income attributable to the deferred compensation, property, or rights shall not be subject to garnishment, attachment, levy, the operation of bankruptcy or insolvency laws, or any other process of law whatsoever and shall not be assignable.Source   Laws 1973, LB 428, § 2;   R.S.Supp.,1974, § 84-1329.02;   Laws 1994, LB 460, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 847, § 56;   Laws 1997, LB 623, § 50;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 80;  Laws 2012, LB916, § 44;  Laws 2015, LB40, § 17.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 84-1506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-1506 - Deferred compensation; availability and distribution of funds; Deferred Compensation Fund; created.

84-1506.  Deferred compensation; availability and distribution of funds; Deferred Compensation Fund; created.(1) Under the deferred compensation plan, any amount shall not be available to the participant or beneficiary prior to (a) the calendar year in which the participant attains age seventy and one-half years, (b) when the participant is separated from service with the state, or (c) when the participant has an unforeseeable emergency as determined by the Public Employees Retirement Board. The deferred compensation plan shall meet the minimum distribution requirements of section 457 of the Internal Revenue Code. Distribution shall be made as provided in subsection (2) of this section or sections 84-1509 and 84-1510.(2) For amounts under the deferred compensation plan which are not provided for under an administrative services agreement pursuant to section 84-1509, payments and benefits shall be deposited in the Deferred Compensation Fund which is hereby created. The State Treasurer shall make payments to the employees from the Deferred Compensation Fund.Source   Laws 1973, LB 428, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,1974, § 84-1329.03;   Laws 1979, LB 411, § 2;   Laws 1994, LB 460, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 847, § 57.