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NE Code § 20-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-208 - Invasion of privacy; death of subject; effect.

20-208.  Invasion of privacy; death of subject; effect.The right of action for invasion of privacy created by sections 20-201 to 20-211 and 25-840.01, with the single exception of the action arising out of exploitation of a person's name or likeness in section 20-202, shall not be deemed to survive the death of the subject of any such invasion of privacy.Source  Laws 1979, LB 394, § 8.
NE Code § 20-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-209 - Libel, slander, or invasion of privacy; one cause of action.

20-209.  Libel, slander, or invasion of privacy; one cause of action.No person shall have more than one cause of action for damages for libel or slander or invasion of privacy or any other tort founded upon any single publication, exhibition, or utterance, such as any one issue of a newspaper or book or magazine or any one presentation to an audience or any one broadcast over radio or television or any one exhibition of a motion picture. Recovery in any action shall include all damages for any such tort suffered by the plaintiff in all jurisdictions.Source  Laws 1979, LB 394, § 9. Cross References  Defamatory statements, civil actions authorized, see sections 25-839 to 25-840.02.Annotations This section prevents multiple recoveries from a single publication, but it does not force a plaintiff to elect among libel, slander, and invasion of privacy with respect to the claim a plaintiff advances resulting from a single publication by the defendant. Bojanski v. Foley, 18 Neb. App. 929, 798 N.W.2d 134 (2011).
NE Code § 20-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-210 - Judgment; bar against other actions.

20-210.  Judgment; bar against other actions.A judgment in any jurisdiction for or against the plaintiff upon the substantive merits of any action for damages founded upon a single publication, exhibition, or utterance as described in section 20-209 shall bar any other action for damages by the same plaintiff against the same defendant founded upon the same publication, exhibition, or utterance.Source  Laws 1979, LB 394, § 10.
NE Code § 20-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-211 - Invasion of privacy; statute of limitations.

20-211.  Invasion of privacy; statute of limitations.An action for invasion of privacy must be brought within one year of the date the cause of action arose.Source  Laws 1979, LB 394, § 11.
NE Code § 20-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-301 - Act, how cited.

20-301.  Act, how cited.Sections 20-301 to 20-344 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Fair Housing Act.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 23, p. 553;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-125;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 15.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-302 - Civil rights; policy of state.

20-302.  Civil rights; policy of state.It is the policy of the State of Nebraska that there shall be no discrimination in the acquisition, ownership, possession, or enjoyment of housing throughout the State of Nebraska in accordance with Article I, section 25, of the Constitution of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 1, p. 539;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-105;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 3.
NE Code § 20-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-303 - Definitions, where found.

20-303.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act, the definitions found in sections 20-304 to 20-317 shall be used.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 4;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 16.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-304 - Aggrieved person, defined.

20-304.  Aggrieved person, defined.Aggrieved person shall include any person who:(1) Claims to have been injured by a discriminatory housing practice; or(2) Believes that he or she will be injured by a discriminatory housing practice that is about to occur.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 5.
NE Code § 20-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-305 - Commission, defined.

20-305.  Commission, defined.Commission shall mean the Equal Opportunity Commission.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 6.
NE Code § 20-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-306 - Complainant, defined.

20-306.  Complainant, defined.Complainant shall mean the person, including the commission, who files a complaint under section 20-326.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 7.
NE Code § 20-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-307 - Conciliation, defined.

20-307.  Conciliation, defined.Conciliation shall mean the attempted resolution of issues raised by a complaint or by the investigation of a complaint through informal negotiations involving the aggrieved person, the respondent, and the commission.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 8.
NE Code § 20-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-308 - Conciliation agreement, defined.

20-308.  Conciliation agreement, defined.Conciliation agreement shall mean a written agreement setting forth the resolution of the issues in conciliation.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 9.
NE Code § 20-308.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-308.01 - Disability, defined.

20-308.01.  Disability, defined.Disability has the same meaning as in 42 U.S.C. 12102, as such section existed on January 1, 2021.Disability shall not include current, illegal use of or addiction to a controlled substance as defined in section 28-401.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 14;   R.S.1943, (2012), § 20-313;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 17.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-309 - Discriminatory housing practice, defined.

20-309.  Discriminatory housing practice, defined.Discriminatory housing practice shall mean an act that is unlawful under section 20-318, 20-319, 20-320, 20-321, or 20-344.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 10.
NE Code § 20-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-310 - Dwelling, defined.

20-310.  Dwelling, defined.Dwelling shall mean any building, structure, or portion thereof which is occupied as or designed or intended for occupancy as a residence for one or more families and any vacant land which is offered for sale or lease for the construction or location thereon of any such building, structure, or portion thereof.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 2, p. 539;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-106;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 11.
NE Code § 20-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-311 - Familial status, defined.

20-311.  Familial status, defined.Familial status shall mean one or more minors being domiciled with:(1) A parent or another person having legal custody of such individual; or(2) The designee of a parent or other person having legal custody, with the written permission of the parent or other person.The protections afforded against discrimination on the basis of familial status shall apply to any person who is pregnant or is in the process of securing legal custody of any minor.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 12.
NE Code § 20-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-312 - Family, defined.

20-312.  Family, defined.Family shall include a single individual.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 13.
NE Code § 20-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-313 - Transferred to section 20-308.01.

20-313.  Transferred to section 20-308.01.
NE Code § 20-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-314 - Person, defined.

20-314.  Person, defined.Person shall include one or more individuals, corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, associations, labor organizations, legal representatives, mutual companies, joint-stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, and fiduciaries.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 15;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 147.
NE Code § 20-315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-315 - Rent, defined.

20-315.  Rent, defined.Rent shall include lease, sublease, let, and otherwise grant for consideration the right to occupy premises not owned by the occupant.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 16.
NE Code § 20-316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-316 - Respondent, defined.

20-316.  Respondent, defined.Respondent shall mean:(1) The person or other entity accused in a complaint of a discriminatory housing practice; and(2) Any other person or entity identified in the course of investigation and notified as required with respect to respondents so identified under section 20-326.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 17.
NE Code § 20-317 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-317 - Restrictive covenant, defined.

20-317.  Restrictive covenant, defined.Restrictive covenant shall mean any specification limiting the transfer, rental, or lease of any housing because of race, creed, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, familial status, or ancestry.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 18;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 18.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-318 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-318 - Unlawful acts enumerated.

20-318.  Unlawful acts enumerated.Except as exempted by section 20-322, it shall be unlawful to:(1) Refuse to sell or rent after the making of a bona fide offer, refuse to negotiate for the sale or rental of or otherwise make unavailable or deny, refuse to show, or refuse to receive and transmit an offer for a dwelling to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex;(2) Discriminate against any person in the terms, conditions, or privileges of sale or rental of a dwelling or in the provision of services or facilities in connection therewith because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex;(3) Make, print, publish, or cause to be made, printed, or published any notice, statement, or advertisement with respect to the sale or rental of a dwelling that indicates any preference, limitation, or discrimination based on race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex or an intention to make any such preference, limitation, or discrimination;(4) Represent to any person because of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex that any dwelling is not available for inspection, sale, or rental when such dwelling is in fact so available;(5) Cause to be made any written or oral inquiry or record concerning the race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex of a person seeking to purchase, rent, or lease any housing;(6) Include in any transfer, sale, rental, or lease of housing any restrictive covenants or honor or exercise or attempt to honor or exercise any restrictive covenant pertaining to housing;(7) Discharge or demote an employee or agent or discriminate in the compensation of such employee or agent because of such employee's or agent's compliance with the Nebraska Fair Housing Act; and(8) Induce or attempt to induce, for profit, any person to sell or rent any dwelling by representations regarding the entry or prospective entry into the neighborhood of a person or persons of a particular race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 3, p. 540;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 64;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-107;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 19;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 19.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-320 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-320 - Transaction related to residential real estate; discriminatory practices prohibited.

20-320.  Transaction related to residential real estate; discriminatory practices prohibited.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person or other entity whose business includes engaging in transactions related to residential real estate to discriminate against any person in making available such a transaction or in the terms or conditions of such a transaction because of race, color, religion, sex, disability, familial status, or national origin.(2) For purposes of this section, transaction related to residential real estate shall mean any of the following:(a) The making or purchasing of loans or providing other financial assistance:(i) For purchasing, constructing, improving, repairing, or maintaining a dwelling; or(ii) Secured by residential real estate; or(b) The selling, brokering, or appraising of residential real property.(3) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a person engaged in the business of furnishing appraisals of real property from taking into consideration factors other than race, color, religion, national origin, sex, disability, or familial status.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 21;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 21.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-321 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-321 - Multiple listing service; other service, organization, or facility; discriminatory practices prohibited.

20-321.  Multiple listing service; other service, organization, or facility; discriminatory practices prohibited.It shall be unlawful to deny any person access to or membership or participation in any multiple listing service, real estate brokers organization, or other service, organization, or facility relating to the business of selling or renting dwellings or to discriminate against any person in the terms or conditions of such access, membership, or participation on account of race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, or sex.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 5, p. 542;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 66;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-109;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 22;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 22.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-323 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-323 - Affirmative action required; cooperation with commission.

20-323.  Affirmative action required; cooperation with commission.All executive departments, state agencies, and independent instrumentalities exercising essential public functions, including any state agency having regulatory or supervisory authority over financial institutions, shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner affirmatively to further the purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act and shall cooperate with the commission to further such purposes.Source  Laws 1991, LB 825, § 24.
NE Code § 20-324 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-324 - Equal Opportunity Commission; educational and conciliatory activities; programs of compliance and enforcement.

20-324.  Equal Opportunity Commission; educational and conciliatory activities; programs of compliance and enforcement.The commission shall conduct such educational and conciliatory activities as in the commission's judgment will further the purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act. The commission shall call conferences of persons in the housing industry and other interested persons to acquaint them with the act and suggested means of implementing it and shall endeavor with their advice to work out programs of voluntary compliance and of enforcement. The commission shall consult with local officials and other interested parties to learn the extent, if any, to which housing discrimination exists in their locality and whether and how local enforcement programs might be utilized to combat such discrimination in connection with or in place of the commission's enforcement of the act. The commission shall issue reports on such conferences and consultations as it deems appropriate.Source   Laws 1969, c. 120, § 8, p. 543;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 20-112;   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 25.
NE Code § 20-325 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-325 - Commission; duties.

20-325.  Commission; duties.The commission shall:(1) Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices in representative urban, suburban, and rural communities throughout the state;(2) Publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from such studies, including an annual report to the Legislature to be submitted electronically:(a) Specifying the nature and extent of progress made statewide in eliminating discriminatory housing practices and furthering the purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act, obstacles remaining to achieving equal housing opportunity, and recommendations for further legislative or executive action; and(b) Containing tabulations of the number of instances and the reasons therefor in the preceding year in which:(i) Investigations have not been completed as required by subdivision (1)(b) of section 20-326;(ii) Determinations have not been made within the time specified in section 20-333; and(iii) Hearings have not been commenced or findings and conclusions have not been made as required by section 20-337;(3) Cooperate with and render technical assistance to state, local, and other public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices;(4) Electronically submit an annual report to the Legislature and make available to the public data on the age, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, familial status, and sex of persons and households who are applicants for, participants in, or beneficiaries or potential beneficiaries of programs administered by the commission. In order to develop the data to be included and made available to the public under this subdivision, the commission shall, without regard to any other provision of law, collect such information relating to those characteristics as the commission determines to be necessary or appropriate;(5) Adopt and promulgate rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the members of the commission, regarding the investigative and conciliation process that provide for testing standards, fundamental due process, and notice to the parties of their rights and responsibilities; and(6) Have authority to enter into agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development in cooperative agreements under the Fair Housing Assistance Program. The commission shall further have the authority to enter into agreements with testing organizations to assist in investigative activities. The commission shall not enter into any agreements under which compensation to the testing organization is partially or wholly based on the number of conciliations, settlements, and reasonable cause determinations.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 26;  Laws 2005, LB 361, § 25;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 20;  Laws 2021, LB540, § 24.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 20-326 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-326 - Discriminatory housing practice; complaint; procedure; investigation.

20-326.  Discriminatory housing practice; complaint; procedure; investigation.(1)(a)(i) An aggrieved person may, not later than one year after an alleged discriminatory housing practice has occurred or terminated, file a complaint with the commission alleging such discriminatory housing practice. The commission, on its own initiative, may also file such a complaint.(ii) The complaint shall be in writing and shall contain such information and be in such form as the commission requires.(iii) The commission may also investigate housing practices to determine whether a complaint should be brought under this section.(b) Upon the filing of a complaint:(i) The commission shall serve notice upon the aggrieved person acknowledging such filing and advising the aggrieved person of the time limits and choice of forums provided under the Nebraska Fair Housing Act;(ii) The commission shall, not later than ten days after such filing or the identification of an additional respondent under subsection (2) of this section, serve on the respondent a notice identifying the alleged discriminatory housing practice and advising such respondent of the procedural rights and obligations of respondents under the act, together with a copy of the original complaint;(iii) Each respondent may file, not later than ten days after receipt of notice from the commission, an answer to the complaint; and(iv) Unless it is impracticable to do so, the commission shall investigate the alleged discriminatory housing practice and complete such investigation within one hundred days after the filing of the complaint or, when the commission takes further action under section 20-332 with respect to a complaint, within one hundred days after the commencement of such further action.(c) If the commission is unable to complete the investigation within one hundred days after the filing of the complaint or after the commencement of such further action, the commission shall notify the complainant and respondent in writing of the reasons for not doing so.(d) Complaints and answers shall be under oath and may be reasonably and fairly amended at any time.(2)(a) A person who is not named as a respondent in a complaint but who is identified as a respondent in the course of investigation may be joined as an additional or substitute respondent upon written notice under subdivision (1)(b)(ii) of this section to such person from the commission.(b) The notice shall explain the basis for the commission's belief that the person to whom the notice is addressed is properly joined as a respondent.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 27;  Laws 2004, LB 625, § 1;  Laws 2005, LB 361, § 26.
NE Code § 20-327 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 20 - Civil Rights|20-327 - Complaint; conciliation; conciliation agreement; effect.

20-327.  Complaint; conciliation; conciliation agreement; effect.(1) During the period beginning with the filing of the complaint and ending with the issuance of a charge or a dismissal by the commission, the commission shall, to the extent feasible, engage in conciliation with respect to the complaint.(2) A conciliation agreement shall be an agreement between the complainant and the respondent and shall be subject to the approval of the members of the commission, which approval may not be delegated.(3) A conciliation agreement arising out of such conciliation shall be an agreement between the respondent and the complainant and shall be subject to approval by the commission.(4) A conciliation agreement may provide for binding arbitration of the dispute arising from the complaint. Any such arbitration that results from a conciliation agreement may award appropriate relief, including monetary relief.(5) Each conciliation agreement shall be made public unless the complainant and respondent otherwise agree and the commission determines that disclosure is not required to further the purposes of the Nebraska Fair Housing Act.(6) A conciliation agreement between a respondent and complainant which has been approved by the commission shall not be deemed an adjudication that the respondent has committed a discriminatory housing practice nor shall the conciliation agreement be the subject of an order for relief under section 20-337, unless the conciliation agreement is entered after an adjudication pursuant to an administrative proceeding or a civil action pursuant to state or federal law in which the respondent was found to have committed a discriminatory housing practice.Source   Laws 1991, LB 825, § 28;  Laws 2005, LB 361, § 27.