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NE Code § 72-1302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1302 - Leases; required.

72-1302.  Leases; required.All departments, boards, and commissions of the State of Nebraska, except the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, the Department of Correctional Services, the Department of Health and Human Services, and the University of Nebraska shall cease operating any farm lands except as landlords under written leases by March 1, 1968, as provided in sections 72-1304 and 72-1305.Source   Laws 1967, c. 461, § 2, p. 1431;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 12;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 788.  Cross References  Purpose of sections 72-1302 to 72-1304, see section 83-901.
NE Code § 72-1303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1303 - Capital improvements; prohibited; exceptions.

72-1303.  Capital improvements; prohibited; exceptions.No capital improvements shall be made to any farm land owned by the State of Nebraska, its departments, boards or commissions, except that this provision shall not apply to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, the Department of Correctional Services, the Department of Health and Human Services, or the University of Nebraska or projects where the only purpose of the capital improvement would be soil and water conservation.Source   Laws 1967, c. 461, § 3, p. 1431;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 13;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 789.
NE Code § 72-1304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1304 - Lease; cash rent; term; rules and regulations; cancellation of lease.

72-1304.  Lease; cash rent; term; rules and regulations; cancellation of lease.All publicly owned farm lands not classified as school or saline lands, or lands of the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, or the University of Nebraska shall be subject to lease at a fixed annual cash rental for a term of not more than ten years. The department, commission, or board shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary in the leasing of such lands and to prescribe such terms and conditions of the lease as it shall deem necessary to protect the interests of the state. All departments, boards, or commissions, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Correctional Services, and the University of Nebraska shall adopt and enforce a soil conservation program based on a conservation plan as developed by the local natural resources district. Failure of the lessee to utilize the land for the purpose for which the land was leased or to observe and carry out soil conservation requirements as provided in the rules and regulations of the department, commission, or board shall be cause for cancellation of the lease.Source   Laws 1967, c. 461, § 4, p. 1432;   Laws 1969, c. 597, § 1, p. 2451;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 14;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 790.
NE Code § 72-1305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1305 - Application for lease; affidavit; contents; deposit for rental; sealed bids; when.

72-1305.  Application for lease; affidavit; contents; deposit for rental; sealed bids; when.Applications to lease any such publicly owned farm lands shall be made to the department, commission, or board having charge thereof. Each such application shall contain an affidavit that the applicant desires to lease and operate such land for the applicant's own use and benefit, that the applicant will not sublease or otherwise dispose of the same without the written approval of the department, commission, or board, and will commit no waste or damage on the land nor permit others to do so. If two or more applicants apply to lease the same land, the department, commission, or board having charge of the same shall grant the lease to the applicant who, after investigation or hearing, appears to have the best qualifications according to the rules and regulations of such department, commission, or board; Provided, that the order of the filing of the application shall be given no consideration in the granting of such lease. Each application shall be accompanied by the amount due as rental for the first year for which the application is made. If, after due diligence and effort to lease such land upon application, the department, commission, or board is unable to lease part or all of the same according to its rules and regulations, it may at a stated time and after due notice receive sealed bids on a fixed cash rental basis and lease such land on the highest offer if, in the judgment of such department, commission, or board, it is for the best interest of the state to accept such bid.Source   Laws 1967, c. 461, § 5, p. 1432;   Laws 1969, c. 597, § 2, p. 2451.
NE Code § 72-1306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1306 - Virgin prairie; legislative findings.

72-1306.  Virgin prairie; legislative findings.The Legislature finds that:(1) Examples of Nebraska's prairie soil in a condition which existed before the state was settled during the early part of the nineteenth century are becoming increasingly rare;(2) Such virgin prairie is an important tool for scientists who seek to determine the highest and best use of Nebraska's soil resources;(3) Such virgin prairie is an important part of botanical and zoological studies offered by institutions of learning in this state; and(4) It is in the public interest that such virgin prairie which has been used as an educational tool by an educational institution of this state in suitable quantities be preserved and protected.Source  Laws 1981, LB 58, § 1.
NE Code § 72-1307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1307 - Virgin prairie; preservation; sale; conditions.

72-1307.  Virgin prairie; preservation; sale; conditions.When any agency or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, except the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, owns land with virgin prairie as described in section 72-1306, such agency or political subdivision may take action to establish the location and boundaries of such virgin prairie or a part thereof that may be preserved and protected. Such action shall be taken only after holding a public hearing with at least one week's advance notice of such hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the virgin prairie is located. Any such agency or political subdivision which has established the location and boundaries of such virgin prairie and which decides to sell such land may require the purchaser to enter into a covenant to continue to preserve and protect the area established as virgin prairie, and such covenant by its terms shall run with the title to the land binding future owners. In the event such covenant to preserve and protect the area as virgin prairie should lapse or be declared invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, the agency or political subdivision which sold the land or its successor in interest shall be afforded first option to repurchase the land, at the current market value to be determined as if the covenant were valid and enforceable.Source  Laws 1981, LB 58, § 2.
NE Code § 72-1308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1308 - Virgin prairie; sale; when allowed.

72-1308.  Virgin prairie; sale; when allowed.No sale authorized under sections 72-1306 to 72-1308 shall take place after July 1, 1983.Source  Laws 1981, LB 58, § 3.
NE Code § 72-1401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1401 - Purpose of sections.

72-1401.  Purpose of sections.The purposes of sections 72-1401 to 72-1408 are (1) to permit the state and cities, villages, and counties to make the most efficient use of their powers by enabling them to cooperate with each other in providing services and facilities, and (2) to permit cities, villages, and counties to assist the state by making available to the state, at no greater cost to the state than the cost thereof to the municipality, buildings and facilities, or portions thereof, thereby enabling the state better to serve the inhabitants of such cities, villages, and counties and the surrounding region thereof or better to serve the public of the state at large.Source   Laws 1967, c. 464, § 1, p. 1435;   Laws 1974, LB 914, § 5.
NE Code § 72-1402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1402 - Municipality, defined.

72-1402.  Municipality, defined.For the purposes of sections 72-1401 to 72-1408 municipality shall mean any city, village, or county of this state.Source   Laws 1967, c. 464, § 2, p. 1435;   Laws 1974, LB 914, § 6.
NE Code § 72-1404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1404 - Municipality; state; agreement; Governor; approval.

72-1404.  Municipality; state; agreement; Governor; approval.The State of Nebraska is hereby authorized to enter into agreements with a municipality providing for the supplying by such municipality to the state of buildings or other facilities or portions thereof in such municipality or the zoning area authorized by law for the municipality. No such agreement shall be entered into unless (1) the Legislature shall theretofore specify the municipality and in general terms the type of building or facility or portion thereof to which such agreement shall pertain, and (2) in the event that any such agreement shall deal in whole or in part with the provision of services or facilities with regard to which an officer or agency of the state government has constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a condition precedent to the entry into force, be submitted to the state officer or agency for such power or control and shall be approved or disapproved by him or it within all matters of his or its jurisdiction. Each such agreement shall be approved by the Governor, shall be executed in the name and on behalf of the state and shall be signed by the Governor.Source  Laws 1967, c. 464, § 4, p. 1437.
NE Code § 72-1406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1406 - Municipality; state; agreement; condition precedent; appropriation by Legislature; failure to appropriate; effect.

72-1406.  Municipality; state; agreement; condition precedent; appropriation by Legislature; failure to appropriate; effect.It shall be a condition precedent to any agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of sections 72-1401 to 72-1408, whether or not such condition be specified in any such agreement, that the state shall incur no liability under such agreement unless an appropriation shall have been made by the Legislature for the payment of any sums to become due and payable by the state under such agreement, in which event the state shall be liable thereunder only for the period for which an appropriation has been lawfully made, and that the continued effectiveness of such agreement shall be subject to the condition that appropriations shall be made from time to time by the Legislature for the payment of any sums to become due and payable by the state thereunder thereafter, in which event the state shall be liable thereunder only for the respective period or periods for which such an appropriation or appropriations have been lawfully made. In the event that the Legislature shall fail prior to the commencement of the term of the agreement to make an appropriation for the payment of sums which would otherwise become due and payable by the state thereunder, the effectiveness of the agreement shall thereupon immediately terminate, or in the event that the Legislature shall fail thereafter to make appropriations for the payment of sums which would otherwise become due and payable thereunder by the state, such agreement shall immediately terminate upon the last day of any period for which an appropriation has been lawfully made by the Legislature. The provisions of this section shall not prohibit the entering into of any agreement authorized by sections 72-1401 to 72-1408 prior to the making of any such appropriation, but the state shall not incur any liability thereunder thereby.Source  Laws 1967, c. 464, § 6, p. 1441.
NE Code § 72-1407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1407 - Actions by state; liability; sections, how construed.

72-1407.  Actions by state; liability; sections, how construed.In the event that the state shall be the sole occupier of any building furnished by the municipality or the sole user of a facility furnished by the municipality, the municipality shall not be liable in tort, contract or otherwise for actions by the state solely by reason of the fact that legal ownership, or title, to such building or facility may be in such municipality; Provided, that the provisions of this section shall not be deemed or construed in any way to affect any rights of holders of bonds of a municipality issued to finance such building or facility or the obligations of the municipality to the holders of such bonds.Source  Laws 1967, c. 464, § 7, p. 1442.
NE Code § 72-1408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1408 - Municipality; state; joint facility; agreement authorized.

72-1408.  Municipality; state; joint facility; agreement authorized.Whenever any municipality has entered into an agreement with the state pursuant to the provisions of section 72-1405, the state may construct a building or facility for its use which may be used, operated and maintained jointly with the building or facility of the municipality made available to the state as authorized herein, and the state and the municipality are authorized to enter into an agreement for that purpose.Source  Laws 1967, c. 464, § 8, p. 1442.
NE Code § 72-1409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1409 - State of Nebraska; power to lease or sublease.

72-1409.  State of Nebraska; power to lease or sublease.The State of Nebraska is hereby empowered to enter into a lease or sublease, as lessor or sublessor, with any public body corporate or any political subdivision of the State of Nebraska relating to any building or other facility which is or has been the subject of an agreement pursuant to the provisions of section 72-1405.Source  Laws 1974, LB 945, § 1.
NE Code § 72-1410 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1410 - Municipality; state; agreement; provisions.

72-1410.  Municipality; state; agreement; provisions.Any agreement entered into between the state and a municipality pursuant to the provisions of sections 72-1401 to 72-1408 may provide for the following:(1) The subleasing by the State of Nebraska to any public body corporate or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska of a portion of the space in the building or other facility with respect to which the agreement has been made; and(2) The leasing by such municipality to any public body corporate or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska of a portion of the space in the building or other facility with respect to which the agreement has been made.Source  Laws 1974, LB 945, § 2.
NE Code § 72-1411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1411 - Municipality; power to lease.

72-1411.  Municipality; power to lease.Any municipality is hereby empowered to enter into a lease, as lessor, with any public body corporate or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska relating to any building or other facility which is the subject of an agreement pursuant to the provisions of section 72-1405.Source  Laws 1974, LB 945, § 3.
NE Code § 72-1412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1412 - Political subdivision; power to lease; with whom; when.

72-1412.  Political subdivision; power to lease; with whom; when.Any public body corporate or political subdivision of the State of Nebraska is hereby empowered to enter into a lease or sublease, as lessee or sublessee, with the State of Nebraska or any municipality relating to any building or other facility which is or has been the subject of an agreement pursuant to the provisions of section 72-1405.Source  Laws 1974, LB 945, § 4.
NE Code § 72-1501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1501 - Terms, defined.

72-1501.  Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 72-1501 to 72-1503, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Agency shall mean the State of Nebraska or any agency, commission, department, division, or office thereof, including the University of Nebraska and the state colleges;(2) Account shall mean any amount of money owed to any agency by a political subdivision;(3) Delinquent, as it applies to accounts, shall mean any account, not the subject of a bona fide dispute or litigation, that is not paid on or before the date specified by statute, rule, regulation, agreement, or court order, or the prior notice of the agency that payment of such account is now due;(4) Political subdivision shall mean any city, village, township, district, county, or other political subdivision of the State of Nebraska;(5) Director shall mean the Director of Administrative Services; and(6) State aid payment shall mean any money appropriated from the General Fund for payment to a political subdivision.Source  Laws 1982, LB 931, § 1.
NE Code § 72-1502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1502 - Delinquent accounts; how collected.

72-1502.  Delinquent accounts; how collected.Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, delinquent accounts shall be collected in the manner provided by sections 72-1501 to 72-1503.Source  Laws 1982, LB 931, § 2.
NE Code § 72-1503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1503 - Delinquent accounts; agency notify director; withholding of state aid payment; procedure.

72-1503.  Delinquent accounts; agency notify director; withholding of state aid payment; procedure.(1) Each agency shall notify the director of all accounts in an amount, including interest and penalties, in excess of one thousand dollars that have been delinquent for a period of sixty days or more. Such notice shall certify the amount due, any penalties or interest thereon, and the political subdivision responsible for the payment of the account.(2) Upon receipt of the notice required pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the director shall notify the political subdivision of the delinquency and that such amount and any interest and penalties thereon, if not paid within thirty days, shall be withheld from the next state aid payment to such political subdivision and that, if the amount of such next state aid payment is insufficient to pay the account in full, plus interest and penalties thereon, a deduction shall continue to be made from subsequent state aid payments payable to such political subdivision until such time as the account and interest and penalties thereon are paid in full.(3) At the end of the thirty-day period, the director shall contact the reporting agency and verify that the account is still delinquent. If the agency verifies that the account is still delinquent, the director shall notify the State Treasurer of the amount that shall be withheld from state aid payments to the political subdivision and the state aid payments from which such amount shall be withheld.(4) The State Treasurer shall contact the agency in question and upon verification by the agency that the account remains delinquent, shall withhold the specified amounts from the specified state aid payments. The State Treasurer shall then credit the amount withheld to the fund to which the original payment was due.Source  Laws 1982, LB 931, § 3.
NE Code § 72-1601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1601 - Delinquent tax or obligation owed to the state; statements; Director of Administrative Services; duties.

72-1601.  Delinquent tax or obligation owed to the state; statements; Director of Administrative Services; duties.When any person is indebted to the State of Nebraska on account of any tax or other obligation then due and owing to the state, the officer, commission, or other division of state government charged with administration of the law under which such tax or other obligation arose may file with the Director of Administrative Services a statement of the amount so owing and shall at the same time mail a copy of such statement to the person owing such tax or other obligation. When such statement is filed, the director shall withhold an amount, not exceeding the amount of the statement, from any debt then owing by the State of Nebraska to such person and by warrant or other order shall direct the State Treasurer to credit the amount so withheld to the proper fund. If the amount so withheld is not sufficient to satisfy the statement in full, successive statements may be filed with the director whenever the State of Nebraska becomes further indebted to such person. The withholding referred to in this section shall apply solely to money owing by the state.Source   Laws 1959, c. 378, § 1, p. 1318;   R.S.1943, (1986), § 77-2418;   Laws 1989, LB 13, § 3.  Cross References  Tuition assistance program for Nebraska National Guard members, repayment provisions, see section 85-505.01.
NE Code § 72-1701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1701 - Act, how cited.

72-1701.  Act, how cited.Sections 72-1701 to 72-1712 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Small Business Incubator Act.Source  Laws 1990, LB 409, § 1.
NE Code § 72-1702 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1702 - Terms, defined.

72-1702.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Small Business Incubator Act:(1) Business incubation center shall mean a facility in which units of space may be leased by a tenant and in which a tenant has access to business development services as described in section 72-1712;(2) Community board shall mean a board created pursuant to section 72-1704;(3) Public agency shall mean a state agency or commission or a political subdivision which retains ownership or control of one or more public buildings; and(4) Tenant shall mean a sole proprietorship, business partnership, limited liability company, or corporation operating a business for profit and leasing or otherwise occupying space in a business incubation center.Source   Laws 1990, LB 409, § 2;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 461.
NE Code § 72-1703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-1703 - Business incubation centers; designation.

72-1703.  Business incubation centers; designation.Upon receipt of a petition from a community board pursuant to section 72-1705, a public agency may designate, in whole or in part, vacant or partially vacant public buildings as business incubation centers for the purpose of encouraging and assisting the establishment and expansion of small businesses within this state. A community board may lease the building from the public agency.Source  Laws 1990, LB 409, § 3.