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NE Code § 85-161 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-161 - Nebraska Forest Service; mission; core programs; duties.

85-161.  Nebraska Forest Service; mission; core programs; duties.The Nebraska Forest Service is acknowledged within the University of Nebraska. The State Forester appointed pursuant to section 85-162.01 shall be the administrative head of the Nebraska Forest Service and shall report to the vice chancellor of the Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources.The mission of the Nebraska Forest Service is to provide education and services to the people of Nebraska for the protection, utilization, and enhancement of the state's tree and forest resources. In carrying out its mission, the Nebraska Forest Service shall provide education and services covering all aspects of planting, protection, care, and utilization of the state's tree and forest resources and shall provide fire protection to all rural land in cooperation with the state's rural fire protection districts.The Nebraska Forest Service shall provide education and services through four core programs: (1) The Rural Forestry Assistance Program; (2) the Urban and Community Forestry Program; (3) the Forest Health Program; and (4) the Rural Fire Prevention and Control Program.In carrying out its mission, the Nebraska Forest Service shall work cooperatively with all federal, state, and local entities to maximize services and funding. The Nebraska Forest Service shall work cooperatively with the natural resources districts to coordinate services and funding for the core programs.Source Laws 2004, LB 917, § 1.
NE Code § 85-162 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162 - Nebraska Forest Service; legislative intent.

85-162.  Nebraska Forest Service; legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska from the General Fund the money necessary to fund the core programs and services of the Nebraska Forest Service. Such appropriations shall be for the sole purpose of carrying out such programs.Source Laws 2004, LB 917, § 2.
NE Code § 85-162.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162.01 - State Forester; appointment; duties.

85-162.01.  State Forester; appointment; duties.There is hereby created within the University of Nebraska the office of State Forester. The State Forester shall be appointed by the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, shall be responsible, subject to the direction of the Board of Regents, for all forestry education and services of the University of Nebraska, and shall have general supervision in the State of Nebraska of (1) all educational work in forestry, including but not limited to demonstrations, publications and mass media information, and (2) service programs relating to forestry and forestation, including but not limited to tree distribution and planting, wildland fire control, development, protection and use of forest resources, and other programs promoting forestry and forestation.Source   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 1, p. 1974;   R.S.1943, (1981), § 85-163.02.
NE Code § 85-162.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162.02 - State Forester; powers.

85-162.02.  State Forester; powers.Subject to the general direction of the Board of Regents, the State Forester shall (1) administer tree distribution programs, (2) develop and implement plans for the prevention and suppression of forest, brush and grassland fires on both public and private lands, (3) develop and implement plans for flood control and soil erosion work on forest lands of the state, (4) develop and implement plans for the protection of forest resources on both public and private lands from insect, disease and other natural pests, (5) carry on technical assistance programs with forest landowners, including growing, harvesting and marketing of wood products, (6) carry on technical assistance programs with forest product processors in the production, utilization and marketing of wood products, including but not limited to forest surveys, feasibility studies, management and marketing clinics, and (7) carry on educational programs in all phases of forestry in the state.Source   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 2, p. 1974;   R.S.1943, (1981), § 85-163.03.
NE Code § 85-162.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162.03 - State Forester; cooperate with other agencies.

85-162.03.  State Forester; cooperate with other agencies.In carrying out sections 85-162.01 to 85-162.05, the State Forester shall cooperate with (1) any agency or bureau of the United States, including, but not limited to, the Forest Service, the Natural Resources Conservation Service, the Farm Service Agency, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, and the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation, (2) any agency or bureau of the State of Nebraska or its political subdivisions, including, but not limited to, the Game and Parks Commission, the Department of Natural Resources, the State Fire Marshal, the Department of Agriculture, the Adjutant General, the Department of Economic Development, and the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska, and (3) any incorporated municipality of the state or any political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, rural fire districts, natural resources districts, and weed control districts.Source   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 3, p. 1975;   Laws 1977, LB 510, § 9;   R.S.1943, (1981), § 85-163.04;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 411;  Laws 1999, LB 403, § 8;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 253.
NE Code § 85-162.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162.04 - State Forester; personnel; employment.

85-162.04.  State Forester; personnel; employment.In carrying out sections 85-162.01 to 85-162.05, the Board of Regents may employ such personnel to work under the State Forester as it shall deem necessary or advisable.Source   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 4, p. 1975;   R.S.1943, (1981), § 85-163.05;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 412;  Laws 2005, LB 39, § 1.
NE Code § 85-162.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-162.05 - Board of Regents; State Forester; duties.

85-162.05.  Board of Regents; State Forester; duties.The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, with the advice of the State Forester, shall (1) prescribe and implement procedures relating to the implementation and administration of sections 85-162.01 to 85-162.05 and (2) enter into any arrangements and activities it may deem desirable in implementing and carrying out the intent and purposes contemplated by legislation of the federal government calling for state cooperation in the promotion of desirable practices of forestry, forestation, forest management, harvesting, processing, and marketing of forest products, control of forest pests, insects, and disease, prevention and suppression of wildland fires, watershed management, and windbreak establishment and care.Source   Laws 1967, c. 585, § 5, p. 1975;   R.S.1943, (1981), § 85-163.06;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 413.
NE Code § 85-163 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163 - Conservation and Survey Division; creation; duties.

85-163.  Conservation and Survey Division; creation; duties.There is hereby created the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska, which shall include the following state surveys: Soil, geological, water and water power, forest, road materials, and industrial. The Conservation and Survey Division shall perform the duties hereinafter defined:(1) Survey and describe the natural resources of the state, including soil, water, water power, potash, forests, road materials, and cement;(2) Study the climate, physical features, geology, and mineral resources of the state;(3) Study and describe the operations, production, and importance of the leading industries of the state;(4) Investigate and report upon conservation problems of the state;(5) Study the water-bearing formations of the state, and assist the citizens in locating water supplies;(6) Secure and preserve the logs of wells drilled in the state, and preserve specimens from each stratum, member, or formation penetrated in said drillings, and inspect such drillings at any time during their progress, and require the person or persons in charge of drilling or prospecting to submit full data in regard to the specimens and logs of the wells;(7) Prepare and show lantern slides or pictures, including motion pictures, of the state's resources, industries, institutions and development, to be used for educational and industrial purposes within the state and for publicity purposes without the state, and secure and distribute other educational films and slides in Nebraska for educational purposes;(8) Compile and record, or publish information with reference to, the state's resources, industries and development, and when called upon so to do by an interested party, investigate and report upon oil, mineral, and gas structures and properties situated outside the state and leases or interests therein or thereon being sold or offered for sale in Nebraska. In cases or propositions wherein said investigations show that mineral, oil, or gas properties are misrepresented, or that fraud is practiced in selling same, their officers or agents shall be notified by the Conservation and Survey Division, and if they continue to so operate the same in Nebraska after said notice is given, the division shall report its findings to the Attorney General for action; and(9) Serve the citizens as an information bureau in regard to the resources, industries, and development of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1921, c. 16, § 1, p. 101;   C.S.1922, § 6773;   C.S.1929, § 85-163;   R.S.1943, § 85-163;   Laws 1949, c. 314, § 1, p. 1032;   Laws 1975, LB 355, § 1.
NE Code § 85-163.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163.02 - Transferred to section 85-162.01.

85-163.02.  Transferred to section 85-162.01.
NE Code § 85-163.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163.03 - Transferred to section 85-162.02.

85-163.03.  Transferred to section 85-162.02.
NE Code § 85-163.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163.04 - Transferred to section 85-162.03.

85-163.04.  Transferred to section 85-162.03.
NE Code § 85-163.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163.05 - Transferred to section 85-162.04.

85-163.05.  Transferred to section 85-162.04.
NE Code § 85-163.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-163.06 - Transferred to section 85-162.05.

85-163.06.  Transferred to section 85-162.05.
NE Code § 85-164 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-164 - Conservation and Survey Division; powers; director; expenses.

85-164.  Conservation and Survey Division; powers; director; expenses.The Conservation and Survey Division is given police power and authority for the purpose of carrying into effect and performing the duties defined in section 85-163. The Board of Regents shall appoint a chief or director of the division, who shall direct the work of the division, subject to the approval of the regents. All expenses incurred in carrying out any of the provisions of sections 85-163 to 85-165 shall be subject to the approval of the regents of the University of Nebraska, and paid out of appropriations made from time to time by the Legislature.Source   Laws 1921, c. 16, § 2, p. 102;   C.S.1922, § 6774;   C.S.1929, § 85-164.
NE Code § 85-165 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-165 - Conservation and Survey Division; agreements with federal departments.

85-165.  Conservation and Survey Division; agreements with federal departments.The Conservation and Survey Division may enter into such agreements with federal departments as may be necessary to carry on cooperative surveys and investigations in the state, the agreements to be subject to the approval of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1921, c. 16, § 3, p. 103;   C.S.1922, § 6775;   C.S.1929, § 85-165.
NE Code § 85-167 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-167 - Bessey Memorial Fund; Board of Regents; duties.

85-167.  Bessey Memorial Fund; Board of Regents; duties.The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall carry into effect the purposes of sections 85-167 to 85-171.Source   Laws 1917, c. 239, § 2, p. 577;   C.S.1922, § 6780;   C.S.1929, § 85-170;   R.S.1943, § 85-167;  Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 29.
NE Code § 85-168 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-168 - Bessey Memorial Fund; purpose; amount; investment.

85-168.  Bessey Memorial Fund; purpose; amount; investment.There is appropriated out of any money in the treasury belonging to the General Fund, and not otherwise appropriated, for the creation of the Bessey Memorial Fund the sum of four thousand dollars. The fund shall be and constitute a perpetual memorial fund evidencing the high esteem in which the people of this state hold the memory of the late Professor Charles E. Bessey, who for more than thirty years was closely identified with our state university as professor of botany, Dean of its agricultural college, Dean of Deans, and repeatedly for years its acting chancellor. He was a conspicuous figure in American science and education, one of the great teachers of his age whose work and spirit have been the inspiration of thousands of students, a leader in the development of scientific agriculture, and the value of whose life and service to Nebraska and the West cannot be estimated in terms of money. Any money in the 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 1917, c. 239, § 3, p. 577;   C.S.1922, § 6781;   C.S.1929, § 85-171;   R.S.1943, § 85-168;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 125, p. 2426;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 151.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 85-169 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-169 - Bessey Memorial Fund; gifts; bequests; acceptance.

85-169.  Bessey Memorial Fund; gifts; bequests; acceptance.The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to accept for the Bessey Memorial Fund gifts and bequests of money or property, whether absolutely or subject to reservation of the income thereof either for a stated period, for the life of the donor, or for the life or lives of other persons designated.Source   Laws 1917, c. 239, § 4, p. 578;   C.S.1922, § 6782;   C.S.1929, § 85-172;   R.S.1943, § 85-169;  Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 30.
NE Code § 85-170 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-170 - Bessey Memorial Fund; investment; disbursement.

85-170.  Bessey Memorial Fund; investment; disbursement.The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall from time to time invest and reinvest the Bessey Memorial Fund, as well as all unused increase or accumulations thereof, and all additions to the fund which may hereafter be made, in the same kind of securities as is now or may hereafter be authorized for investment of funds pursuant to section 72-1246. In all cases hereunder, money shall be paid out by the State Treasurer only on the direction of the Board of Regents, as in cases for the payment of expenses of the university, on appropriation duly made, and all unused funds, together with such securities, shall be in the custody of the State Treasurer.Source   Laws 1917, c. 239, § 5, p. 578;   C.S.1922, § 6783;   C.S.1929, § 85-173;   R.S.1943, § 85-170;   Laws 1947, c. 353, § 1, p. 1104;   Laws 1969, c. 584, § 126, p. 2427;  Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 31.
NE Code § 85-171 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-171 - Bessey Memorial Fund; income; use.

85-171.  Bessey Memorial Fund; income; use.The Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska shall, as the Bessey Memorial Fund is collected, cause to be paid and distributed the income derived from the fund annually to such other of the widows and dependents of deceased professors as shall then have acceptably served the university for a period of at least twenty-five years. In the selection of beneficiaries among whom distribution of the surplus shall be made, the Board of Regents shall exercise its best judgment, taking into consideration all the facts and circumstances of the case.Source   Laws 1917, c. 239, § 6, p. 578;   C.S.1922, § 6784;   C.S.1929, § 84-174;   R.S.1943, § 85-171;  Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 32.
NE Code § 85-173 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-173 - Defunct postsecondary institution; records; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; depository.

85-173.  Defunct postsecondary institution; records; University of Nebraska-Lincoln; depository.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the trustees or officers of any postsecondary institution, upon going out of existence or ceasing to function as a postsecondary institution, may turn over its student records to the central depository maintained by the office of registrar of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as provided in section 85-174.(2) The trustees or officers of any for-profit postsecondary institution as defined in section 85-2403, upon going out of existence or ceasing to function as a postsecondary institution, shall turn over its student records to the central depository maintained by the office of registrar of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln as provided in section 85-174.Source   Laws 1937, c. 179, § 1, p. 709;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-179;   R.S.1943, § 85-173;  Laws 2017, LB512, § 21.
NE Code § 85-174 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-174 - Defunct postsecondary institution; records; duties of registrar.

85-174.  Defunct postsecondary institution; records; duties of registrar.The office of registrar of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is hereby designated the central depository for the records of postsecondary institutions in this state that have ceased to exist or may cease to exist in the future. The registrar of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln shall, where possible, collect the records of such extinct postsecondary institution and have the supervision, care, custody, and control of such records. The registrar having the records of such postsecondary institutions, if any, shall, when requested, prepare transcripts of such records which may at any time become necessary to the former student for further scholastic work at other postsecondary institutions or for certification for teaching or other professional positions. Whenever such transcript is made, and after it has been compared with the original, it shall be certified by the registrar and shall thereafter be considered and accepted as evidence and, for all other purposes, the same as the original could be. For the preparation of such transcript, the registrar may charge a nominal fee for services rendered.Source   Laws 1937, c. 179, § 2, p. 709;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 85-180;   R.S.1943, § 85-174;  Laws 2017, LB512, § 22.
NE Code § 85-176 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-176 - College of Law; state publications; number furnished free.

85-176.  College of Law; state publications; number furnished free.The following publications of the State of Nebraska shall, as they are from time to time issued, be delivered by the respective officer having custody thereof to the library of the College of Law of the University of Nebraska:(1) The opinions of the Nebraska Supreme Court and Court of Appeals in either print or electronic format, or both, as determined by the Supreme Court;(2) Five copies of the Opinions of the Attorney General, five copies of the Blue Book, and two copies each of the reports and recommendations of the Judicial Council and of the reports and recommendations of the Legislative Council;(3) Copies of the session laws and the journal of the Legislature as provided in section 49-506;(4) One copy each of the annual and biennial reports of the state officers who are required by law to make an annual or biennial report; and(5) Statutes issued by the Supreme Court shall be requisitioned by the librarian of the College of Law, allowing ten copies for the library of the College of Law, five copies for the Legal Aid Bureau and the editors and staff of the Nebraska Law Review, one copy each for every full-time member of the law faculty, and no more than fifteen copies for the university libraries, nonlaw faculty, and administrative officers of the university combined.Source   Laws 1947, c. 185, § 1, p. 610;   Laws 1951, c. 345, § 2, p. 1133;   Laws 1961, c. 243, § 4, p. 727;   Laws 1987, LB 572, § 8;   Laws 1995, LB 271, § 9;  Laws 2015, LB301, § 4.
NE Code § 85-177 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 85 - State University, State Colleges, and Postsecondary Education|85-177 - College of Law; state publications; additional copies; requisition.

85-177.  College of Law; state publications; additional copies; requisition.In order to enable the library of the College of Law to augment its collections, the librarian of the College of Law of the University of Nebraska is authorized to requisition from the respective officer having custody thereof up to one hundred copies of the following state publications: Nebraska Reports, Nebraska Appellate Reports, Legislative Journals, Session Laws, replacement volumes and supplements to the Revised Statutes, and Opinions of the Attorney General. The copies of the Legislative Journals and Session Laws may be provided in print or electronic format as the Secretary of State determines, upon recommendation by the Clerk of the Legislature and approval of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council. The opinions of the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeals may be provided in either print or electronic format, or both, as determined by the Supreme Court.Source   Laws 1947, c. 185, § 2, p. 611;   Laws 1951, c. 345, § 3, p. 1133;   Laws 1961, c. 243, § 5, p. 727;   Laws 1995, LB 271, § 10;  Laws 2000, LB 534, § 8;  Laws 2015, LB301, § 5.  Cross References  For other provisions for distribution of publications to College of Law, see sections 24-209, 49-506, and 49-617.