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NE Code § 76-2502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2502 - Terms, defined.

76-2502.  Terms, defined.(1) For purposes of the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System Act, Nebraska Plane Coordinate System means the system of plane coordinates for designating the geographic position of points on the surface of the earth, within the State of Nebraska, which have been established by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, for defining and stating the geographic positions or locations of points on the surface of the earth, within the State of Nebraska; and(2) For purposes of more precisely defining the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System, the following definition by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey is also adopted:The Nebraska Plane Coordinate System is a Lambert conformal conic projection of the North American Datum of 1983, having standard parallels at north latitudes 40 degrees 00 minutes and 43 degrees 00 minutes along which parallels the scale shall be exact. The origin of coordinates is at the intersection of the meridian 100 degrees 00 minutes west of Greenwich and the parallel 39 degrees 50 minutes north latitude. This origin is given the coordinates. N = 0 meters and E = 500,000 meters.Source   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 64;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1602;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 498.
NE Code § 76-2503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2503 - Plane coordinate values.

76-2503.  Plane coordinate values.The plane coordinate values for a point on the earth's surface used to express the geographic position or location of such point of this system shall consist of two distances expressed in meters and decimals of a meter when using the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System. One of the distances, to be known as the "northing" or "N", shall give the position in a north-and-south direction. The other, to be known as the "easting" or "E", shall give the position in an east-and-west direction. These coordinates shall be made to depend upon and conform to plane rectangular coordinate values for the monumented horizontal control stations of the North American National Geodetic Horizontal Network as published by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey, or its successors, and whose plane coordinates have been computed based on the system described in the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System Act. Any such station may be used for establishing a survey connection to the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System.Source   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 65;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1603;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 499.
NE Code § 76-2504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2504 - Plane coordinates; recording; waiver.

76-2504.  Plane coordinates; recording; waiver.No coordinates based on the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System purporting to define the position of a point on a land boundary shall be presented to be recorded in any public land records or deed records unless such point is within one kilometer of a monumented horizontal control station established in conformity with the standards of accuracy and specifications for first-order or second-order geodetic surveying, as prepared and published by the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee of the United States Department of Commerce. Standards and specifications of the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee, or its successor, in force on the date of the survey shall apply. Publishing existing monumented horizontal control stations, or the acceptance with intent to publish the newly established monumented horizontal control stations, by the National Ocean Service/National Geodetic Survey shall constitute evidence of adherence to the Federal Geodetic Control Subcommittee specifications. The State Surveyor may grant a waiver of the requirements of this section upon submission of evidence that the standards of accuracy and specifications used exceed the requirements of this section.Source   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 66;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1604;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 500.
NE Code § 76-2505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2505 - Use of term; restriction.

76-2505.  Use of term; restriction.The use of the term "Nebraska Plane Coordinate System" on any map, report, survey, or other document shall be limited to coordinates based upon the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System.Source   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 67;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1605;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 501.
NE Code § 76-2506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2506 - Tracts of land; how described.

76-2506.  Tracts of land; how described.Descriptions of tracts of land by reference to subdivisions, lines or corners of the United States public land survey, or other original pertinent surveys, are hereby recognized as the basic and prevailing method for describing tracts of land. Whenever coordinates of the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System are used in descriptions of tracts of land, they shall be construed as being supplementary to descriptions of such subdivisions, lines or corners of the United States public land survey, or such other original pertinent surveys contained in official plats and field notes of record. In the event of any conflict, coordinates of the Nebraska Plane Coordinate System shall not determine the issue, but may be used as collateral facts to show additional evidence.Source   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 68;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1606;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 502.
NE Code § 76-2601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2601 - Act, how cited.

76-2601.  Act, how cited.Sections 76-2601 to 76-2613 may be cited as the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 2.
NE Code § 76-2602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2602 - Terms, defined.

76-2602.  Terms, defined.In the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act:(1) Activity and use limitations means restrictions or obligations created under the act with respect to real property.(2) Agency means the Department of Environment and Energy or any other Nebraska or federal agency that determines or approves the environmental response project pursuant to which the environmental covenant is created.(3) Common interest community means a condominium, cooperative, or other real property with respect to which a person, by virtue of the person's ownership of a parcel of real property, is obligated to pay property taxes or insurance premiums, or for maintenance, or improvement of other real property described in a recorded covenant that creates the common interest community.(4) Environmental covenant means a servitude arising under an environmental response project that imposes activity and use limitations.(5) Environmental response project means a plan or work performed for environmental remediation of real property and conducted:(A) Under a federal or state program governing environmental remediation of real property, including the Petroleum Release Remedial Action Act;(B) Incident to closure of a solid or hazardous waste management unit, if the closure is conducted with approval of an agency; or(C) Under a state voluntary cleanup program authorized by the Remedial Action Plan Monitoring Act.(6) Holder means the grantee of an environmental covenant as specified in subsection (a) of section 76-2603.(7) Person means an individual, corporation, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, public corporation, government, governmental subdivision, agency, or instrumentality, or any other legal or commercial entity.(8) Record, used as a noun, means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in perceivable form.(9) State means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.Source  Laws 2005, LB 298, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB302, § 94.  Cross References   Petroleum Release Remedial Action Act, see section 66-1501.  Remedial Action Plan Monitoring Act, see section 81-15,181.
NE Code § 76-2603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2603 - Nature of rights; subordination of interests.

76-2603.  Nature of rights; subordination of interests.(a) Any person, including a person that owns an interest in the real property, may be a holder, except that the State of Nebraska, a municipality, or another unit of local government may not be a holder unless it is the owner of the real property. An environmental covenant may identify more than one holder. The interest of a holder is an interest in real property.(b) A right of an agency under the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act or under an environmental covenant, other than a right as a holder, is not an interest in real property.(c) An agency is only bound by any obligation it expressly assumes in an environmental covenant, but an agency does not assume obligations merely by signing an environmental covenant. Any other person that signs an environmental covenant is bound by the obligations the person assumes in the covenant, but signing the covenant does not change obligations, rights, or protections granted or imposed under law other than the act except as provided in the covenant.(d) The following rules apply to interests in real property in existence at the time an environmental covenant is created or amended:(1) A prior interest is not affected by an environmental covenant unless the person that owns the interest subordinates that interest to the covenant.(2) The act does not require a person that owns a prior interest to subordinate that interest to an environmental covenant or to agree to be bound by the covenant.(3) A subordination agreement may be contained in an environmental covenant covering real property or in a separate record. If the environmental covenant covers commonly owned property in a common interest community, the record may be signed by any person authorized by the governing board of the owners' association.(4) An agreement by a person to subordinate a prior interest to an environmental covenant affects the priority of that person's interest but does not by itself impose any affirmative obligation on the person with respect to the environmental covenant.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 4.
NE Code § 76-2604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2604 - Contents of environmental covenant.

76-2604.  Contents of environmental covenant.(a) An environmental covenant must:(1) State that the instrument is an environmental covenant executed pursuant to the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act;(2) Contain a legally sufficient description of the real property subject to the covenant;(3) Describe the activity and use limitations on the real property;(4) Identify every holder;(5) Be signed by the agency, every holder, and unless waived by the agency every owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant; and(6) Identify the name and location of any administrative record for the environmental response project reflected in the environmental covenant.(b) In addition to the information required by subsection (a) of this section, an environmental covenant may contain other information, restrictions, and requirements agreed to by the persons who signed it, including any:(1) Requirements for notice following transfer of a specified interest in, or concerning proposed changes in use of, applications for building permits for, or proposals for any site work affecting the contamination on, the property subject to the covenant;(2) Requirements for periodic reporting describing compliance with the covenant;(3) Rights of access to the property granted in connection with implementation or enforcement of the covenant;(4) A brief narrative description of the contamination and remedy, including the contaminants of concern, the pathways of exposure, limits on exposure, and the location and extent of the contamination;(5) Limitation on amendment or termination of the covenant in addition to those contained in sections 76-2609 and 76-2610;(6) Rights of the holder in addition to its right to enforce the covenant pursuant to section 76-2611; and(7) Rights to enforce granted to any person.(c) In addition to other conditions for its approval of an environmental covenant, the agency may require that those persons specified by the agency who have interests in the real property have signed the covenant.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 5.
NE Code § 76-2605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2605 - Validity; effect on other instruments.

76-2605.  Validity; effect on other instruments.(a) An environmental covenant that complies with the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act runs with the land.(b) An environmental covenant that is otherwise effective is valid and enforceable even if:(1) It is not appurtenant to an interest in real property;(2) It can be or has been assigned to a person other than the original holder;(3) It is not of a character that has been recognized traditionally at common law;(4) It imposes a negative burden;(5) It imposes an affirmative obligation on a person having an interest in the real property or on the holder;(6) The benefit or burden does not touch or concern real property;(7) There is no privity of estate or contract;(8) The holder dies, ceases to exist, resigns, or is replaced; or(9) The owner of an interest subject to the environmental covenant and the holder are the same person.(c) An instrument that creates restrictions or obligations with respect to real property that would qualify as activity and use limitations except for the fact that the instrument was recorded before September 4, 2005, is not invalid or unenforceable because of any of the limitations on enforcement of interests described in subsection (b) of this section or because it was identified as an easement, servitude, deed restriction, or other interest. The act does not apply in any other respect to such an instrument.(d) The act does not invalidate or render unenforceable any interest, whether designated as an environmental covenant or other interest, that is otherwise enforceable under the law of this state.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 6.
NE Code § 76-2606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2606 - Relationship to other land-use law.

76-2606.  Relationship to other land-use law.The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not authorize a use of real property that is otherwise prohibited by zoning, by law other than the act regulating use of real property, or by a recorded instrument that has priority over the environmental covenant. An environmental covenant may prohibit or restrict uses of real property which are authorized by zoning or by law other than the act.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 7.
NE Code § 76-2607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2607 - Notice.

76-2607.  Notice.(a) A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided by the persons and in the manner required by the agency to:(1) Each person that signed the covenant;(2) Each person holding a recorded interest in the real property subject to the covenant;(3) Each person in possession of the real property subject to the covenant;(4) Each municipality or other unit of local government in which real property subject to the covenant is located; and(5) Any other person the agency requires.(b) The validity of a covenant is not affected by failure to provide a copy of the covenant as required under this section.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 8.
NE Code § 76-2608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2608 - Recording.

76-2608.  Recording.(a) An environmental covenant, any amendment or termination of the covenant under section 76-2609 or 76-2610, and any subordination agreement must be recorded in every county in which any portion of the real property subject to the covenant is located. For purposes of indexing, a holder shall be treated as a grantee.(b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c) of section 76-2609, an environmental covenant is subject to the laws of this state governing recording and priority of interests in real property.(c) A copy of a document recorded under subsection (a) of this section shall also be provided to the Department of Environment and Energy if the department has not signed the covenant.(d) The department shall make available to the public a listing of all documents under subsection (a) of this section or documents under subsection (c) of this section which have been provided to the department.Source  Laws 2005, LB 298, § 9;  Laws 2019, LB302, § 95.
NE Code § 76-2609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2609 - Duration; amendment by court action.

76-2609.  Duration; amendment by court action.(a) An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is:(1) By its terms limited to a specific duration or terminated by the occurrence of a specific event;(2) Terminated by consent pursuant to section 76-2610;(3) Terminated pursuant to subsection (b) of this section;(4) Terminated by foreclosure of an interest that has priority over the environmental covenant; or(5) Terminated or modified in an eminent domain proceeding, but only if:(A) The agency that signed the covenant is a party to the proceeding;(B) All persons identified in subsections (a) and (b) of section 76-2610 are given notice of the pendency of the proceeding; and(C) The court determines, after hearing, that the termination or modification will not adversely affect human health or the environment.(b) If the agency that signed an environmental covenant has determined that the intended benefits of the covenant can no longer be realized, a court, under the doctrine of changed circumstances, in an action in which all persons identified in subsections (a) and (b) of section 76-2610 have been given notice, may terminate the covenant or reduce its burden on the real property subject to the covenant. The agency's determination or its failure to make a determination upon request is subject to review pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act.(c) Except as otherwise provided in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, an environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired through issuance of a tax deed, foreclosure of a tax lien, or application of the doctrine of adverse possession, prescription, abandonment, waiver, lack of enforcement, or acquiescence, or a similar doctrine.(d) An environmental covenant may not be extinguished, limited, or impaired by application of sections 57-227 to 57-239, 72-301 to 72-314, or 76-288 to 76-298.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 10. Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 76-2610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2610 - Amendment or termination by consent.

76-2610.  Amendment or termination by consent.(a) An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by consent only if the amendment or termination is signed by:(1) The agency;(2) Unless waived by the agency, the current owner of the fee simple of the real property subject to the covenant;(3) Each person that originally signed the covenant, unless the person waived in a signed record the right to consent or a court finds that the person no longer exists or cannot be located or identified with the exercise of reasonable diligence; and(4) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d)(2) of this section, the holder.(b) If an interest in real property is subject to an environmental covenant, the interest is not affected by an amendment of the covenant unless the current owner of the interest consents to the amendment or has waived in a signed record the right to consent to amendments.(c) Except for an assignment undertaken pursuant to a governmental reorganization, assignment of an environmental covenant to a new holder is an amendment.(d) Except as otherwise provided in an environmental covenant:(1) A holder may not assign its interest without consent of the other parties;(2) A holder may be removed and replaced by agreement of the other parties specified in subsection (a) of this section; and(e) A court of competent jurisdiction may fill a vacancy in the position of holder.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 11.
NE Code § 76-2611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2611 - Enforcement of environmental covenant.

76-2611.  Enforcement of environmental covenant.(a) A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief for violation of an environmental covenant may be maintained by:(1) A party to the covenant;(2) The agency;(3) Any person to whom the covenant expressly grants power to enforce;(4) A person whose interest in the real property or whose collateral or liability may be affected by the alleged violation of the covenant; or(5) A municipality or other unit of local government in which the real property subject to the covenant is located.(b) The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not limit the regulatory authority of the agency under law other than the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act with respect to an environmental response project.(c) A person is not responsible for or subject to liability for environmental remediation solely because it has the right to enforce an environmental covenant.(d) The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act does not limit the right of any person to recover damages under any other provision of law.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 12.
NE Code § 76-2612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2612 - Uniformity of application and construction.

76-2612.  Uniformity of application and construction.In applying and construing the Uniform Environmental Covenants Act, consideration must be given to the need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matter among states that enact it.Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 13.
NE Code § 76-2613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2613 - Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

76-2613.  Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.The Uniform Environmental Covenants Act modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, 15 U.S.C. 7001 et seq., but does not modify, limit, or supersede section 101 of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7001(a), or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in section 103 of that act, 15 U.S.C. 7003(b).Source Laws 2005, LB 298, § 14.
NE Code § 76-2701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 76 - Real Property|76-2701 - Act, how cited.

76-2701.  Act, how cited.Sections 76-2701 to 76-2728 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Foreclosure Protection Act.Source Laws 2008, LB123, § 1.