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NE Code § 2-32,115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-32,115 - Immediate temporary stay imposed by natural resources district; department; powers and duties.

2-32,115.  Immediate temporary stay imposed by natural resources district; department; powers and duties.(1) Whenever a natural resources district imposes an immediate temporary stay for one hundred eighty days in accordance with subsection (2) of section 46-707, the department may place an immediate temporary stay without prior notice or hearing on the issuance of new surface water natural-flow appropriations for one hundred eighty days in the area, river basin, subbasin, or reach of the same area included in the natural resources district's temporary stay, except that the department shall not place a temporary stay on new surface water natural-flow appropriations that are necessary to alleviate an emergency situation involving the provision of water for human consumption or public health or safety.(2) The department shall hold at least one public hearing on the matter within the affected area within the period of the one-hundred-eighty-day temporary stay, with the notice of hearing given as provided in section 46-743, prior to making a determination as to imposing a stay or conditions in accordance with section 46-234 and subsection (11) of section 46-714. The department may hold the public hearing in conjunction with the natural resources district's hearing.(3) Within forty-five days after a hearing pursuant to this section, the department shall decide whether to exempt from the immediate temporary stay the issuance of appropriations for which applications were pending prior to the declaration commencing the stay but for which the application was not approved prior to such date, to continue the stay, or to allow the issuance of new surface water appropriations.Source  Laws 2007, LB701, § 16;  Laws 2009, LB483, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3326 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3326 - Legislative intent.

2-3326.  Legislative intent.(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the formation of a private nonprofit corporation which meets the criteria of the federal Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq., as a qualified state soybean board to continue Nebraska's soybean industry development program and to take over from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board the duties of the qualified state soybean board under the federal act.(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that a smooth transition of Nebraska's soybean development program from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board to the private nonprofit corporation be made.Source  Laws 1995, LB 434, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3328 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3328 - Private nonprofit corporation; transfer of program; conditions; Director of Agriculture; duties.

2-3328.  Private nonprofit corporation; transfer of program; conditions; Director of Agriculture; duties.(1) If a private nonprofit corporation as described in section 2-3326 (a) is formed, (b) submits to the Director of Agriculture on or before August 1, 1995, copies of its articles of incorporation and bylaws which the director determines comply with subsection (1) of section 2-3327, (c) provides to the director written documentation showing that the corporation has been certified by the United Soybean Board as a qualified state soybean board, and (d) provides to the Director of Administrative Services a contractual guarantee that the corporation accepts and agrees to pay out of any funds available to it all existing and future liabilities of the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board which have not been extinguished prior to October 1, 1995, including unpaid bills and claims for goods and services, claims for refunds of fees and assessments, accrued salaries and benefits, unemployment compensation claims, and claims relating to wrongful action, and upon compliance with sections 2-3326 to 2-3328, the transfer of Nebraska's soybean industry development program from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board to the private nonprofit corporation shall be arranged.(2) The Director of Agriculture shall complete the review of the articles and bylaws not later than September 1, 1995. Upon determining that the articles and bylaws contain the items required by section 2-3327, the director shall so notify the corporation in writing and shall send a copy of the articles and bylaws to the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board.Source   Laws 1995, LB 434, § 4;  Laws 2000, LB 692, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3330 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3330 - Private nonprofit corporation; designation.

2-3330.  Private nonprofit corporation; designation.On October 1, 1995, if all provisions of sections 2-3326 to 2-3328 have been complied with, the private nonprofit corporation shall become the qualified state soybean board for Nebraska for the purposes of the federal Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.Source  Laws 1995, LB 434, § 6.
NE Code § 2-3331 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3331 - State Treasurer; transfer of funds.

2-3331.  State Treasurer; transfer of funds.The State Treasurer shall transfer any funds remaining in or accruing to the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund on or after October 1, 1995, to the private nonprofit corporation. Such transfers shall be in payment of any contract between the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board and the corporation which provides for the corporation to carry out the responsibilities and programs of the board under the Nebraska Soybean Resources Act. The State Treasurer shall make such transfers only if sections 2-3326 to 2-3328 have been complied with.Source   Laws 1995, LB 434, § 7;  Laws 2000, LB 692, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3401 - Act, how cited.

2-3401.  Act, how cited.Sections 2-3401 to 2-3416 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3402 - Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing; created.

2-3402.  Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing; created.There is hereby established a Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing in the Department of Agriculture.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3404 - Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee; members.

2-3404.  Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee; members.(1) With the exception of the ex officio members, the duly elected directors of Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc. shall serve as an advisory committee to be known as the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee who shall advise the director on matters relevant to the poultry and egg industry.(2) The ex officio members shall be designated by the committee. Ex officio members may include, but not be limited to:(a) The director;(b) Vice chancellor, University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources;(c) Chairperson, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska;(d) Extension Poultry Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska;(e) General Manager, Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc.; and(f) A representative of a consumer organization.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 4;   Laws 1990, LB 856, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3405 - Committee; members; compensation; expenses.

2-3405.  Committee; members; compensation; expenses.Members of the committee shall receive no salary, but shall be paid a per diem of twenty-five dollars for each day they are actually and necessarily engaged in the transaction of business, together with expenses incurred while on official business as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 5;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 5.
NE Code § 2-3406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3406 - Committee; chairman; meetings.

2-3406.  Committee; chairman; meetings.The President of Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc. shall be chairman of the committee. The committee shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times as called by the chairman, the director, or by any three members of the committee.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 6.
NE Code § 2-3407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3407 - Department; powers.

2-3407.  Department; powers.It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Nebraska to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the poultry and egg industry and the economy of the areas producing poultry and eggs. The department shall be the agency of the State of Nebraska for such purpose. In connection with and in furtherance of such policy and purpose, such department, only upon the approval of a majority of the committee, may:(1) Formulate the general policies and programs of the State of Nebraska respecting the discovery, promotion, and development of markets and industries for the utilization of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof;(2) Adopt and devise a program of education and publicity;(3) Cooperate with local, state, regional, or national organizations, whether public or private, in carrying out the purposes of the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and to enter into such agreements as may be necessary;(4) Adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the act;(5) Conduct, in addition, any other program that would enhance the image of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof. Such programs may include, but not be limited to, consumer education, research, information, advertising, promotion, and market development of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof;(6) Make refunds for overpayment of fees according to rules and regulations adopted by the department;(7) Appoint the head of the Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the act;(8) Develop a biennial budget with fiscal year estimates of requirements to conduct the affairs of the division;(9) Establish annually the fees to be collected; and(10) Establish an administrative office, suitable for the furtherance of the intent and purposes of the act, with Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 7;   Laws 1986, LB 258, § 6;   Laws 1991, LB 358, § 3.
NE Code § 2-3408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3408 - Commercially sold eggs and turkeys; fee; how computed and assessed.

2-3408.  Commercially sold eggs and turkeys; fee; how computed and assessed.(1) There shall be paid to the director a fee of not to exceed five cents per case upon all commercial eggs sold through commercial channels to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. The fee for commercial eggs produced in this state shall be paid by the egg producer who owns the eggs and shall be collected and remitted to the director by the first purchaser. The fee for commercial eggs produced outside of this state and sold in this state to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, or food purveyors shall be paid to the director by the person importing such eggs into the state. Under the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, no eggs shall be subject to the fee more than once.(2) There shall be paid to the director a fee of not to exceed three cents per turkey grown in the State of Nebraska and sold through commercial channels. The fee shall be paid by the turkey producer and shall be collected by the first purchaser. Under the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, no turkeys shall be subject to the fee more than once.(3) The director may, subject to the approval of a majority of the members of the advisory committee, whenever he or she determines that the fees provided by this section are yielding more than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, reduce such fees for such period as the director shall deem justified. In the event that the director, after reducing such fees, finds that sufficient revenue is not being produced by such reduced fees, he or she may restore in full or in part such fees to such rates as will in his or her judgment produce sufficient revenue to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 8;   Laws 1984, LB 991, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3409 - Fees; deducted; when.

2-3409.  Fees; deducted; when.The fee, provided for by the provisions of section 2-3408, shall be deducted, as provided by sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, whether such poultry and eggs are stored in this state or any other state. Any fees remitted to the director may be refunded by the director upon the written application of any producer for a refund of the amount deducted by the first purchaser. The application for refund shall be submitted to the director within sixty days from the date of assessment of fees and shall have attached thereto proof of the fee deduction claim by the applicant.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 9.
NE Code § 2-3410 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3410 - First purchaser; deduct fees; maintain records; public inspection; statement.

2-3410.  First purchaser; deduct fees; maintain records; public inspection; statement.(1) The first purchaser, at the time of settlement, shall deduct the poultry and egg fees as provided in section 2-3408 and shall maintain records as specified in the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. Such records shall be open for inspection and audit by authorized representatives of the department during normal business hours observed by the purchaser.(2) The purchaser shall render and have on file with the department a statement of the number of poultry or cases of eggs purchased in Nebraska in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. At the time the statement is filed, the purchaser shall pay and remit to the department the fees as provided for in section 2-3408.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 10.
NE Code § 2-3411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3411 - Director; annual report; contents; public record.

2-3411.  Director; annual report; contents; public record.The director shall make an annual report, at least thirty days prior to January 1 of each year, showing all income and expenses and any other facts relevant to sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. The report shall be available to the public.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 11.
NE Code § 2-3412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3412 - Director; power to exempt purchasers; when; eggs exempt from act.

2-3412.  Director; power to exempt purchasers; when; eggs exempt from act.(1) The director may exempt from the provisions of section 2-3408 and subsection (2) of section 2-3410 first purchasers whose annual average weekly volume is less than twenty-five thirty-dozen cases per week whenever the administrative cost of collecting and processing the fees received from such sources exceeds the amount of income derived therefrom.(2) Eggs utilized for the production of baby chicks shall be exempt from sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 12;   Laws 1977, LB 183, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3413 - Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund; created; administration; department; accept funds.

2-3413.  Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund; created; administration; department; accept funds.(1) The State Treasurer is hereby directed to establish in the treasury of the State of Nebraska a fund to be known as the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund, to which shall be credited all fees collected by the department pursuant to the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act. After appropriation, the Director of Administrative Services shall, upon receipt of proper vouchers approved by the director, issue warrants on such fund including refund payments authorized by section 2-3409 and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrants out of the money credited to such fund. 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.(2) The department may accept grants, contributions, or other funds from any private or federal, state, or other public source to be used to administer the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and to conduct programs under such act.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 13;   Laws 1984, LB 991, § 3;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 17. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 2-3414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3414 - Hearing before Legislature's Committee on Agriculture; when; purpose.

2-3414.  Hearing before Legislature's Committee on Agriculture; when; purpose.The director shall request a hearing by the Legislature's Committee on Agriculture when petitioned by either fifteen percent of the egg or turkey producers or any number of producers representing thirty percent of the eggs or turkeys upon which fees are being collected to determine whether or not there is need to amend or repeal sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 14.
NE Code § 2-3415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3415 - Committee; research or development; limitation on authority.

2-3415.  Committee; research or development; limitation on authority.The Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee shall not be authorized to set up research or development units or agencies of its own, but shall limit its activity to cooperation and contracts with the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and other proper local, state, regional, or national organizations, public or private, in carrying out the purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.Source  Laws 1976, LB 514, § 15.
NE Code § 2-3416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3416 - Violations; penalties.

2-3416.  Violations; penalties.Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1976, LB 514, § 16;   Laws 1977, LB 41, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3526 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3526 - Graded Egg Fund; transfer.

2-3526.  Graded Egg Fund; transfer.The State Treasurer shall transfer any money in the Graded Egg Fund to the Pure Food Cash Fund on August 24, 2017.Source Laws 2017, LB134, § 13.
NE Code § 2-3601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3601 - Act, how cited.

2-3601.  Act, how cited.Sections 2-3601 to 2-3635 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Corn Resources Act.Source   Laws 1978, LB 639, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3602 - Intent and purpose of act.

2-3602.  Intent and purpose of act.It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Nebraska to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the corn industry and the economy of the areas producing corn. The Corn Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board shall be the agency of the State of Nebraska for such purpose. In connection with and in furtherance of such purpose, it is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare of the state that the producers of corn be permitted and encouraged to develop, carry out, and participate in programs of research, education, market development, and promotion. It is the purpose of the Nebraska Corn Resources Act to provide the authorization and to prescribe the necessary procedures whereby corn producers in this state may finance programs to achieve the activities expressed in the act.Source   Laws 1978, LB 639, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB1057, § 1.
NE Code § 2-3603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3603 - Definitions, where found.

2-3603.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 2-3604 to 2-3610 shall be used.Source   Laws 1978, LB 639, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 2.
NE Code § 2-3604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3604 - Board, defined.

2-3604.  Board, defined.Board shall mean the Corn Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board.Source  Laws 1978, LB 639, § 4.
NE Code § 2-3605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3605 - Grower, defined.

2-3605.  Grower, defined.Grower shall mean any landowner personally engaged in growing corn, a tenant of the landowner personally engaged in growing corn, and both the owner and tenant jointly and shall include a person, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper, and other business unit, device, and arrangement.Source   Laws 1978, LB 639, § 5;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 72.
NE Code § 2-3606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3606 - First purchaser, defined.

2-3606.  First purchaser, defined.First purchaser shall mean any person, public or private corporation, association, partnership, or limited liability company buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring the property in or to corn from a grower, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the grower, when the actual or constructive possession of such corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim.Source   Laws 1978, LB 639, § 6;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 73.
NE Code § 2-3607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3607 - Commercial channels, defined.

2-3607.  Commercial channels, defined.Commercial channels shall mean the sale of corn for any use, to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative, or to any person, public or private, who resells any corn or product produced from corn.Source  Laws 1978, LB 639, § 7.
NE Code § 2-3608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3608 - Delivered or delivery, defined.

2-3608.  Delivered or delivery, defined.Delivered or delivery shall mean receiving corn for any use, except for storage, and includes receiving corn for consumption, for utilization, or as a result of sale in the State of Nebraska.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 3.
NE Code § 2-3609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3609 - Sale, defined.

2-3609.  Sale, defined.Sale shall include any pledge or mortgage of corn after harvest to any person, public or private.Source  Laws 1978, LB 639, § 9.
NE Code § 2-3610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-3610 - Corn, defined.

2-3610.  Corn, defined.Corn shall not include popcorn or sweet corn.Source  Laws 1978, LB 639, § 10.