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NE Code § 84-304.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-304.02 - Auditor; audit, financial, accounting, or retirement system plan reports; written review; copies; disposition.

84-304.02.  Auditor; audit, financial, accounting, or retirement system plan reports; written review; copies; disposition.The Auditor of Public Accounts, or a person designated by him or her, may prepare a written review of all audit, accounting, or financial reports required to be filed by a political subdivision of the state with the Auditor of Public Accounts and of public retirement system plan reports required to be submitted to the Auditor of Public Accounts pursuant to sections 2-3228, 12-101, 14-567, 14-1805.01, 14-2111, 15-1017, 16-1017, 16-1037, 18-814, 19-3501, 23-1118, 23-3526, 71-1631.02, 79-987, and 84-304 and cause one copy of such written review to be mailed to the political subdivision involved and one copy to the accountant who prepared the report. Such written review shall specifically set forth wherein the audit, accounting, financial, or retirement system plan report fails to comply with the applicable minimum standards and the necessary action to be taken to bring the report into compliance with such standards. The Auditor of Public Accounts may, upon continued failure to comply with such standards, refuse to accept for filing an audit, accounting, financial, or retirement system plan report or any future report submitted for filing by any political subdivision.Source   Laws 1974, LB 922, § 2;   Laws 1993, LB 310, § 16;  Laws 2011, LB474, § 13;  Laws 2015, LB539, § 9;  Laws 2017, LB415, § 46;  Laws 2019, LB492, § 45.
NE Code § 84-304.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-304.03 - Auditor; establish minimum standards.

84-304.03.  Auditor; establish minimum standards.The Auditor of Public Accounts shall establish minimum standards for all persons identified as auditors or who conduct audits of any agency of state government or of any political subdivision. Such standards shall be established to achieve the goal of assuring a proper level of competency in auditing and shall be distributed to all agencies of state government and all political subdivisions. No agency of state government or political subdivision shall employ any person as an auditor who fails to meet such minimum standards.Source   Laws 1979, LB 414, § 6;   Laws 1984, LB 932, § 4;   Laws 1993, LB 579, § 5;   Laws 1995, LB 509, § 3;  Laws 2000, LB 692, § 11.
NE Code § 84-305.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-305.02 - Prohibited acts; penalty.

84-305.02.  Prohibited acts; penalty.Any person who willfully fails to comply with section 84-305 or 84-305.01, who otherwise willfully obstructs or hinders the conduct of an audit, examination, or related activity by the Auditor of Public Accounts, or who willfully misleads or attempts to mislead any person charged with the duty of conducting such audit, examination, or related activity shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.Source  Laws 2021, LB369, § 2.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 84-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306 - Transferred to section 81-1170.

84-306.  Transferred to section 81-1170.
NE Code § 84-306.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.01 - Transferred to section 81-1174.

84-306.01.  Transferred to section 81-1174.
NE Code § 84-306.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.02 - Transferred to section 81-1175.

84-306.02.  Transferred to section 81-1175.
NE Code § 84-306.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.03 - Transferred to section 81-1176.

84-306.03.  Transferred to section 81-1176.
NE Code § 84-306.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.04 - Transferred to section 81-1171.

84-306.04.  Transferred to section 81-1171.
NE Code § 84-306.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.05 - Transferred to section 81-1177.

84-306.05.  Transferred to section 81-1177.
NE Code § 84-306.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.06 - Transferred to section 81-1178.

84-306.06.  Transferred to section 81-1178.
NE Code § 84-306.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.07 - Transferred to section 81-1179.

84-306.07.  Transferred to section 81-1179.
NE Code § 84-306.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.08 - Transferred to section 81-1180.

84-306.08.  Transferred to section 81-1180.
NE Code § 84-306.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-306.09 - Transferred to section 81-1181.

84-306.09.  Transferred to section 81-1181.
NE Code § 84-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-307 - Transferred to section 81-1107.02.

84-307.  Transferred to section 81-1107.02.
NE Code § 84-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-308 - Transferred to section 81-1107.03.

84-308.  Transferred to section 81-1107.03.
NE Code § 84-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-309 - Transferred to section 81-1172.

84-309.  Transferred to section 81-1172.
NE Code § 84-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-310 - Transferred to section 81-1173.

84-310.  Transferred to section 81-1173.
NE Code § 84-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-312 - Auditor; oath; power to administer.

84-312.  Auditor; oath; power to administer.The Auditor of Public Accounts shall have power to administer all oaths or affirmations required by law, in matters pertaining to the duties of his office, and may do and perform all acts or duties authorized to be performed by notaries public by the laws of the state, subject, however, to such restrictions as are provided by law for notaries.Source   R.S.1866, c. 4, § 13, p. 24;   R.S.1913, § 5554;   C.S.1922, § 4856;   C.S.1929, § 84-312;   R.S.1943, § 84-312.
NE Code § 84-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-313 - Transferred to section 81-1107.04.

84-313.  Transferred to section 81-1107.04.
NE Code § 84-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-314 - Auditor; deputy; bond or insurance; compensation; duties; qualifications.

84-314.  Auditor; deputy; bond or insurance; compensation; duties; qualifications.The Auditor of Public Accounts shall have the power to appoint a deputy, who shall give a bond or equivalent commercial insurance policy to the State of Nebraska (1) with good and sufficient surety, (2) in the amount required by section 11-119, (3) to be approved by the Governor, and (4) deposited with the Secretary of State. When so appointed the deputy may do and perform in the absence of the auditor such acts herein authorized and required of the auditor, as the auditor may authorize him or her to do, subject to the same restrictions. The deputy auditor shall receive a salary of such amount as shall be fixed by the Auditor of Public Accounts, to be paid monthly by warrant of the auditor on the State Treasurer. The deputy auditor shall have had not less than five years' experience either as an auditor or in an executive capacity involving responsibility for directing the work of others engaged in governmental accounting or auditing, or both, and in addition shall be a certified public accountant.Source   R.S.1866, c. 4, § 15, p. 24;   R.S.1913, § 5556;   Laws 1921, c. 107, § 3, p. 379;   C.S.1922, § 4858;   C.S.1929, § 84-314;   R.S.1943, § 84-314;   Laws 1945, c. 254, § 1, p. 793;   Laws 1947, c. 347, § 1, p. 1093;   Laws 1949, c. 308, § 1, p. 1025;   Laws 1951, c. 338, § 9, p. 1119;   Laws 1953, c. 356, § 1, p. 1133;   Laws 1957, c. 393, § 1, p. 1357;   Laws 1959, c. 451, § 2, p. 1503;   Laws 1963, c. 536, § 1, p. 1681;   Laws 1975, LB 377, § 1;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 49.  Cross References   For bond approval provisions, see Chapter 11, article 2.  For other provisions as to deputy auditor of public accounts, see Chapter 84, article 8.
NE Code § 84-315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-315 - Auditor; seal; evidentiary effect.

84-315.  Auditor; seal; evidentiary effect.The Auditor of Public Accounts shall keep a seal of office for the authentication of all papers, writings and documents required to be certified by him, and copies, so authenticated and certified, of all papers and documents lawfully deposited in his office, shall be received in evidence as the original.Source   R.S.1866, c. 4, § 16, p. 24;   R.S.1913, § 5557;   C.S.1922, § 4859;   C.S.1929, § 84-315;   R.S.1943, § 84-315. Annotations Bond history was competent evidence to prove village board proceedings. Belza v. Village of Emerson, 159 Neb. 651, 68 N.W.2d 272 (1955).
NE Code § 84-316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-316 - Auditor of Public Accounts; powers; employees; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.

84-316.  Auditor of Public Accounts; powers; employees; prohibited acts; violation; penalty.(1) The Auditor of Public Accounts may decide not to include in any document that will be a public record the names of persons providing information to the Auditor of Public Accounts.(2) No employee of the State of Nebraska or any of its political subdivisions who provides information to the Auditor of Public Accounts shall be subject to any personnel action, as defined in section 81-2703, in connection with his or her employment as a result of providing such information.(3) Any person exercising his or her supervisory or managerial authority to recommend, approve, direct, or otherwise take or affect personnel action in violation of subsection (2) of this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall be subject to personnel action up to and including dismissal from employment with the state or political subdivision.Source Laws 2015, LB539, § 13.
NE Code § 84-321 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-321 - Auditor of Public Accounts Cash Fund; created; use.

84-321.  Auditor of Public Accounts Cash Fund; created; use.There is hereby created in the office of the Auditor of Public Accounts a cash fund to be known as the Auditor of Public Accounts Cash Fund. The fund shall be used for payment for services performed by the Auditor of Public Accounts for state agencies, political subdivisions, and grantees of federal funds disbursed by a receiving agency for which he or she is entitled to reimbursement on a contractual or other basis for such reimbursement.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1283, § 1;   Laws 1976, LB 759, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB151, § 11.
NE Code § 84-322 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-322 - Performance audits; authorized; report.

84-322.  Performance audits; authorized; report.The Auditor of Public Accounts, when expressly authorized by a majority vote of the members of the Legislative Performance Audit Committee, may conduct performance audits of state executive branch offices, state agencies, state bureaus, state boards, state commissions, the state library, societies and associations supported by the state, state institutions, state colleges, and the University of Nebraska. The auditor shall issue the performance audit report to the Governor, the appropriate standing committee of the Legislature, and the Legislative Performance Audit Committee. The report submitted to the committees of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.Source  Laws 2003, LB 607, § 21;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 223.
NE Code § 84-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-401 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; records of state lands; duty to keep.

84-401.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; records of state lands; duty to keep.The records appertaining to all public lands of the state shall be kept in the office of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds at the seat of government.Source   Laws 1877, § 4, p. 173;   R.S.1913, § 5559;   C.S.1922, § 4863;   C.S.1929, § 84-402;   R.S.1943, § 84-401. Cross References  Conveyances of real estate, custody after recording, see section 72-108.
NE Code § 84-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-402 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; seal.

84-402.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; seal.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall procure a seal with proper devices and the words Nebraska State Land Office included thereon, which seal shall be used by it officially in all matters pertaining to its office wherein a seal is required.Source   Laws 1877, § 3, p. 173;   R.S.1913, § 5567;   C.S.1922, § 4871;   C.S.1929, § 84-410;   R.S.1943, § 84-402;   Laws 1971, LB 653, § 11.
NE Code § 84-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-404 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; receipt.

84-404.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; receipt.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall, as custodian thereof, receive from the Surveyor General of the United States for the State of Nebraska, or from any other authorized officer or agent of the United States having the care, custody and safekeeping of the same, all the field notes, maps, charts, records, and all other papers appertaining or in any manner connected to or with the land titles within the State of Nebraska, including all surveys of lands within the state made under or by authority of the United States.Source   Laws 1889, c. 84, § 1, p. 567;   R.S.1913, § 5560;   C.S.1922, § 4864;   C.S.1929, § 84-403;   R.S.1943, § 84-404.
NE Code § 84-405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-405 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; custody.

84-405.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; custody.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds, as such custodian, shall provide for and safely keep in its office all the surveys, field notes, maps, charts, records, and all other papers mentioned in section 84-404, the same as other public records are kept in its office.Source   Laws 1889, c. 84, § 3, p. 568;   R.S.1913, § 5561;   C.S.1922, § 4865;   C.S.1929, § 84-404;   R.S.1943, § 84-405.
NE Code § 84-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-406 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; inspection.

84-406.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; field notes of Surveyor General of the United States; inspection.The Commissioner of the General Land Office or any Surveyor General or deputy surveyor general or any agent or authority of the United States, or any county surveyor of Nebraska, shall at all times have free access to the surveys, field notes, maps, charts, records, and other papers as provided for in sections 84-404 and 84-405, the reception and safekeeping of which is herein provided for, and which shall be received from the United States under the authority of any Act of Congress.Source   Laws 1889, c. 84, § 4, p. 568;   R.S.1913, § 5562;   C.S.1922, § 4866;   C.S.1929, § 84-405;   R.S.1943, § 84-406.
NE Code § 84-407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-407 - State Surveyor; deputy surveyors; duties; compensation.

84-407.  State Surveyor; deputy surveyors; duties; compensation.(1) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall appoint a competent and experienced land surveyor to be known and designated as the State Surveyor. He or she shall take charge under the supervision of the board of the field notes, maps, charts, and records of the United States surveys and perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the board. He or she shall also provide technical assistance, support, and advice to the various counties, cities, and other governmental bodies in Nebraska in their endeavors to produce and maintain cadastral or other geo-referenced maps.(2) The board may, when in its judgment there is need of expediting the execution of surveys applied or petitioned for and of expediting the settlement of the disputes referred to in section 84-410, appoint one or more competent experienced deputy land surveyors.(3) Each of the deputy surveyors shall make such surveys as may be assigned him or her and report his or her work together with all necessary notes and maps to the board. Upon approval of his or her report and accompanying documents by the board, the same shall be used in all respects as though made by the chief State Surveyor. Each deputy appointed under the provisions of this section, except as otherwise provided in section 84-407.01, shall be entitled to compensation as determined by the board and necessary expenses for the time actually engaged in service, to be paid to the State Treasurer by the parties applying for or petitioning for a survey or resurvey, and parties interested in any dispute over surveys or boundaries.Source   Laws 1903, c. 105, § 1, p. 576;   Laws 1909, c. 137, § 1, p. 485;   R.S.1913, § 5563;   Laws 1919, c. 54, § 1, p. 157;   C.S.1922, § 4867;   C.S.1929, § 84-406;   Laws 1941, c. 188, § 1, p. 757;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 84-406;   R.S.1943, § 84-407;   Laws 1947, c. 348, § 1, p. 1094;   Laws 1951, c. 340, § 1, p. 1124;   Laws 1953, c. 357, § 1, p. 1134;   Laws 1957, c. 395, § 1, p. 1359;   Laws 1959, c. 452, § 1, p. 1505;   Laws 1965, c. 569, § 1, p. 1857;   Laws 1982, LB 127, § 12;   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 51.
NE Code § 84-407.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-407.01 - Deputy surveyor; private employment; no additional fees; cost of plat and field notes.

84-407.01.  Deputy surveyor; private employment; no additional fees; cost of plat and field notes.Whenever a survey, as provided by section 84-407, is made by a deputy land surveyor who is in the employ of the party requesting the survey, and who is receiving regular compensation from such party while making such survey, such party shall not be required to pay the fees as specified by section 84-407, but shall pay to the State Treasurer the cost of a certified copy of the plat and field notes which shall be based on a fee schedule to be adopted by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.Source  Laws 1957, c. 395, § 2, p. 1360.
NE Code § 84-408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-408 - State Surveyor; duties; surveys; prima facie evidence of correctness.

84-408.  State Surveyor; duties; surveys; prima facie evidence of correctness.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall refer to the State Surveyor all questions or inquiries relating to surveys, grievances or disputes growing out of conflicting surveys of lands or lots. The surveyor shall issue and prepare the advice, instruction and opinion, and issue the same under the approval of the board. In case a survey is petitioned for, he shall perform that duty and report the same with necessary notes and maps to the board. When such notes and maps are so approved, filed and recorded in the office of the county surveyor of the county in which the survey was had, such survey shall be prima facie evidence of the correctness thereof. It shall be the duty of the county surveyor to record and file such notes and maps in the county surveyor's records of the county in which the survey is made; Provided, any person or persons having an interest in the lands affected by such survey may appeal therefrom in the manner provided by law. The surveyor shall also prepare and issue, under the authority and direction of the board, a circular of instructions to the county surveyors of the state for their direction and guidance in the restoration and establishment of lines and preservation of corners in conformity with the laws, rules and regulations governing the surveys of the United States and established rules of surveying; and for the concise and comprehensive preparation and recording of field notes and maps of surveys. He shall also perform such other duties as the board may require.Source   Laws 1903, c. 105, § 2, p. 576;   R.S.1913, § 5564;   C.S.1922, § 4868;   C.S.1929, § 84-407;   R.S.1943, § 84-408;   Laws 1951, c. 340, § 2, p. 1125.  Annotations Retracement survey made by deputy state surveyor was prima facie evidence only of correctness thereof. McShane v. Murray, 106 Neb. 512, 184 N.W. 147 (1921).
NE Code § 84-409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-409 - State Surveyor; surveys; fees; amount; disposition; Surveyors' Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

84-409.  State Surveyor; surveys; fees; amount; disposition; Surveyors' Cash Fund; created; use; investment.There shall be paid to the State Treasurer, for each day the State Surveyor is engaged in making any survey or in settling and disposing of disputes and disagreements, as provided in section 84-410, a per diem rate of compensation as determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds for his or her services and the necessary expenses incurred in making the same. All fees received for the services and expenses of the State Surveyor or deputy surveyors shall be paid into the state treasury and by the State Treasurer placed in a fund to be known as Surveyors' Cash Fund, which fund shall be used in paying the salaries and expenses of deputy surveyors, except as provided in section 84-407.01, in making surveys and for making refunds on deposits. All fees and expenses placed in the Surveyors' Cash Fund for the services and expenses of the State Surveyor, after the payments from the cash fund are made as hereinbefore provided, shall be transferred to the General Fund. Transfers may be made from the Surveyors' Cash Fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Surveyors' Cash Fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.Source   Laws 1903, c. 195, § 3, p. 577;   R.S.1913, § 5565;   Laws 1919, c. 54, § 1, p. 158;   C.S.1922, § 4869;   C.S.1929, § 84-408;   R.S.1943, § 84-409;   Laws 1947, c. 348, § 2, p. 1095;   Laws 1951, c. 340, § 3, p. 1126;   Laws 1953, c. 357, § 2, p. 1135;   Laws 1957, c. 395, § 3, p. 1360;   Laws 1959, c. 452, § 2, p. 1506;   Laws 1965, c. 569, § 2, p. 1858;   Laws 1982, LB 127, § 13;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 90. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 84-409.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-409.01 - Applications for surveys; costs advanced; disposition.

84-409.01.  Applications for surveys; costs advanced; disposition.There shall accompany all applications for surveys, except those from political subdivisions, a sum sufficient to defray the cost of making such surveys as provided by sections 84-407, 84-407.01, and 84-409, and such advance deposits shall be held in the cash fund until the surveys are made.Source  Laws 1957, c. 395, § 4, p. 1360.