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NE Code § 72-2213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2213 - Office space; determination of use; maintenance of building.

72-2213.  Office space; determination of use; maintenance of building.(1) The office space in the State Capitol or any other state office building occupied by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, or Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, including the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court and courtrooms, shall remain under the control of such constitutional officer or Chief Justice. The Executive Board of the Legislative Council shall determine its office space requirements in the State Capitol and may occupy such office space as it requires except as provided in this subsection.(2) After the determination by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the administrator, with the advice of the commission, shall determine the space needs of all other departments and agencies of the state located in the State Capitol and assign the remaining office space. The determination of such needs shall be based on the following considerations: (a) The availability of space within the State Capitol as provided in this section; (b) the desirability of locating all divisions and other organizational subunits of each department and agency of the state in physical proximity to the office of its head; (c) the degree to which the convenience of the public may be served by assignment of various areas within the State Capitol; (d) the interdependence of functions and operating procedures of the various agencies; (e) applicable standards governing office requirements; and (f) the availability of appropriations with which to finance renovations, remodeling, and movement of equipment necessary to accommodate any proposed assignment or reassignment of area.(3) The office shall have responsibility for provision and replacement of lighting, lighting fixtures, heating, cooling and ventilation, and janitorial, custodial, and all other building services, including care and custody of the State Capitol and capitol grounds, as may now be provided by law.(4) Responsibility for employment and supervision of custodial workers for areas of the State Capitol occupied by the Legislature, the courts, and executive departments and agencies shall be in accordance with such agreements as may be defined by authorized representatives of the three branches. All funds for improvements, remodeling, renovation, partitioning, or replacement of major fixtures, including carpeting, flooring, provision of drapes, lighting fixtures, and lamps, within any area of the State Capitol shall be at the disposal of the administrator.Source Laws 2004, LB 439, § 13.
NE Code § 72-2214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2214 - Administrator; policies and guidelines; required.

72-2214.  Administrator; policies and guidelines; required.The administrator, with the advice of the commission, shall establish policies and guidelines for the implementation of the approved Capitol Landscape Restoration Master Plan on and around the capitol grounds, for site development in and around the State Capitol and capitol grounds, and for use of the State Capitol's preservation and adaptive-use spaces, including the adoption of a document of standards.Source Laws 2004, LB 439, § 14.
NE Code § 72-2215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2215 - Flags of Indian tribes; display in State Capitol; powers and duties.

72-2215.  Flags of Indian tribes; display in State Capitol; powers and duties.(1)(a) The Clerk of the Legislature shall cause to be displayed within the Warner Legislative Chamber flags representing the four federally recognized tribes with headquarters in Nebraska: the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Santee Sioux Nation, and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.(b) The Commission on Indian Affairs shall obtain such flags, as well as poles and bases, through donations from the tribes. The Commission on Indian Affairs shall be responsible for replacing such flags, poles, and bases.(c) The Clerk of the Legislature shall approve placement locations within the Warner Legislative Chamber. The size, proportion, and placement of such flags shall be similar to that of the flag of the United States and the flag of the State of Nebraska.(2)(a) The State Capitol Administrator shall cause to be displayed in the Memorial Chamber on the fourteenth floor of the State Capitol the flags of any Indian tribes with historic and regional connections to Nebraska.(b) The Commission on Indian Affairs shall designate the tribes with historic and regional connections to Nebraska and the flags to be displayed under subdivision (2)(a) of this section. The Commission on Indian Affairs shall obtain such flags, as well as poles and bases, through donations from the tribes. The Commission on Indian Affairs shall be responsible for replacing such flags, poles, and bases.(c) The Nebraska Capitol Commission shall approve placement locations in the Memorial Chamber.Source Laws 2020, LB848, § 11.
NE Code § 72-2301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2301 - Act, how cited.

72-2301.  Act, how cited.Sections 72-2301 to 72-2310 shall be known and may be cited as the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act.Source  Laws 2005, LB 217, § 1;  Laws 2018, LB1000, § 3.
NE Code § 72-2302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2302 - Purpose of act.

72-2302.  Purpose of act.It is the purpose of the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act to allow local governmental units which cooperate with other governmental units to issue bonds to finance joint projects which may be serviced by property taxes, regardless of the restrictions on the issuance of debt contained in other statutory provisions, home rule charters, or the limitations in section 77-3442, for the acquisition, construction, financing, operation, and ownership of (1) public buildings and related improvements to real estate, recreational facilities and related improvements, flood control and storm water drainage, and street and road construction and improvements and (2) information technology for libraries operated by counties, municipalities, school districts, educational service units, and community colleges.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 2.
NE Code § 72-2303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2303 - Terms, defined.

72-2303.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act:(1) Bond measure means a resolution or ordinance which authorizes bonds to be issued and sold in accordance with the act and which sets the terms of such bonds;(2) Joint project means a project financed and operated by at least two or more qualified public agencies cooperating as a joint entity or joint public agency for (a) any public building or buildings and related improvements to real estate, including parking facilities, any recreational facilities and related improvements to real estate, any flood control and storm water drainage, and any street and road construction and improvements and related fixtures and (b) any item of hardware or software used in providing for the delivery of information, including the purchasing of upgrades or related improvements to information technology for the operation of libraries operated by counties, municipalities, school districts, educational service units, and community colleges; and(3) Qualified public agency means any city, village, municipal county, community college, county, educational service unit, rural or suburban fire protection district, hospital district, school district, and sanitary and improvement district.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 3.
NE Code § 72-2305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2305 - Public buildings, recreational facilities, drainage, streets, and roads; bonds; amount authorized.

72-2305.  Public buildings, recreational facilities, drainage, streets, and roads; bonds; amount authorized.For joint projects described in subdivision (2)(a) of section 72-2303, the principal amount of bonds which may be issued by a qualified public agency under the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall not exceed five million dollars as to the total principal amount of such bonds which may be outstanding at any time, and the annual amounts due by reason of such bonds from each qualified public agency shall not exceed five percent of the restricted funds of the obligated qualified public agency in the year prior to issuance. The principal amount of bonds of qualified public agencies in the aggregate issued for any one such joint project shall not exceed five million dollars.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 5.
NE Code § 72-2306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2306 - Information technology for libraries; bonds; amount authorized.

72-2306.  Information technology for libraries; bonds; amount authorized.For joint projects described in subdivision (2)(b) of section 72-2303, the principal amount of bonds which may be issued by a qualified public agency under the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars for cities of the metropolitan and primary classes, one hundred thousand dollars for counties, cities of the first class, school districts, educational service units, and community colleges, and fifty thousand dollars for cities of the second class and villages, as to the total principal amount of such bonds which may be outstanding at any time, and the annual amounts due by reason of such bonds from each qualified public agency shall not exceed five percent of the restricted funds of the obligated qualified public agency in the year prior to issuance. The principal amount of bonds of a qualified public agency in the aggregate issued for any one such joint project shall not exceed two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for cities of the metropolitan and primary classes and one hundred thousand dollars for counties, cities of the first class, cities of the second class, villages, school districts, educational service units, and community colleges.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 6.
NE Code § 72-2307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2307 - Taxes authorized.

72-2307.  Taxes authorized.Any qualified public agency which has issued bonds in accordance with the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall levy and collect taxes on all the taxable property within the territory of the qualified public agency, in addition to all other taxes, for the purpose of paying the principal and interest of such bonds as the principal and interest become due. Taxes levied for such purposes shall not be subject to the limitations in section 77-3442. The levying of taxes to pay such bonds for any county shall be subject to the constitutional limitation upon levying taxes by a county.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 7.
NE Code § 72-2308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2308 - Act; how construed; bonds; applicability of other provisions.

72-2308.  Act; how construed; bonds; applicability of other provisions.The Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall be independent of and in addition to any other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska or provisions of home rule charters, and bonds may be issued under the act for any purpose authorized in the act even though other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska or provisions of home rule charters may provide for the issuance of bonds for the same or similar purposes. The act shall not be considered amendatory of or limited by any other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska or provisions of home rule charters, and bonds may be issued under the act without complying with the restrictions or requirements of any other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska or without complying with the restrictions or requirements of home rule charters. Nothing in the act shall prohibit or limit the issuance of bonds in accordance with the provisions of other applicable laws of the State of Nebraska or of home rule charters if the governing body determines to issue such bonds under such other laws or charter, or otherwise limit the provisions of any home rule charter.Source Laws 2005, LB 217, § 8.
NE Code § 72-2309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2309 - Bonds; election; notice.

72-2309.  Bonds; election; notice.(1) In addition to any other borrowing powers provided for by law, a qualified public agency may issue its negotiable bonds subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act to any joint entity as defined in section 13-803 or to any joint public agency as defined in section 13-2503 in connection with any joint project which is to be owned, operated, or financed by the joint entity or joint public agency for the benefit of the qualified public agency. The bonds may be issued only if the second-largest participant in the joint project has a financial contribution in the joint project of at least twenty-five percent of the debt service. No bonds shall be issued on or after April 18, 2018, until the question has been submitted to the qualified electors of each participating qualified public agency at an election called for that purpose as provided in this section and, within each participating qualified public agency, a majority of the qualified electors voting on the question within the participating qualified public agency voted in favor of issuing the same.(2) Each participating qualified public agency shall give notice of the election at least fifty days prior to the election. The question of issuing bonds may be submitted at the statewide primary or general election. The election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act.(3) The question of bond issues, when defeated, shall not be resubmitted in substance for a period of six months from and after the date of such election.Source Laws 2018, LB1000, § 5. Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 72-2310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2310 - Qualified public agencies; statement; contents; certified under oath.

72-2310.  Qualified public agencies; statement; contents; certified under oath.Before the issuance of bonds pursuant to the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act, the qualified public agencies participating in the bond measure shall make a written statement of all proceedings relative to the vote upon the issuance of such bonds and the notice of the election, the manner and time of giving notice, the question submitted, and the result of the canvass of the vote on the proposition pursuant to which it is proposed to issue such bonds, together with a full statement of the taxable valuation and the total bonded indebtedness of the qualified public agencies participating in the bond measure. Such statement shall be certified to under oath.Source Laws 2018, LB1000, § 6.
NE Code § 72-2401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2401 - Ferguson House Fund; created; use; investment.

72-2401.  Ferguson House Fund; created; use; investment.The Ferguson House Fund is created. The fund shall be used by the Nebraska Environmental Trust Board only for the operation, administration, maintenance, restoration, and renovation of the Ferguson House and grounds. Revenue credited to the fund may consist of rental or other income related to the Ferguson House as well as gifts, grants, and bequests. 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 2005, LB 426, § 8. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 72-2501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-2501 - Nebraska Incentives Fund; created; investment.

72-2501.  Nebraska Incentives Fund; created; investment.The Nebraska Incentives Fund is created. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Nebraska Incentives 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 2008, LB914, § 24;  Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 51. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 73-101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-101 - Public lettings; how conducted.

73-101.  Public lettings; how conducted.Whenever the State of Nebraska, or any department or any agency thereof, any county board, county clerk, county highway superintendent, the mayor and city council or commissioner of any municipality, any entity created pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, or the officers of any school district, township, or other governmental subdivision, shall advertise for bids in pursuance of any statutes of the State of Nebraska, on any road contract work or any public improvements work, or for supplies, construction, repairs, and improvements, and in all other cases where bids for supplies or work, of any character whatsoever, are received for the various departments and agencies of the state, and other subdivisions and agencies enumerated in this section, they shall fix not only the day upon which such bids shall be returned, received, or opened, as provided by other statutes, but shall also fix the hour at which such bids shall close, or be received or opened, and they shall also provide that such bids shall be immediately and simultaneously opened in the presence of the bidders, or representatives of the bidders, when the hour is reached for the bids to close. If bids are being opened on more than one contract, the officials having in charge the opening of such bids may, if they deem it advisable, award each contract as the bids are opened. Sections 73-101 to 73-106 shall not apply to the State Park System Construction Alternatives Act or sections 39-2808 to 39-2823.Source   Laws 1923, c. 131, § 1, p. 324;   C.S.1929, § 73-101;   Laws 1935, c. 145, § 1, p. 539;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 73-101;   R.S.1943, § 73-101;   Laws 1959, c. 181, § 18, p. 662;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 84;  Laws 2016, LB960, § 28;  Laws 2018, LB775, § 34.  Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.  State Park System Construction Alternatives Act, see section 37-1701. Annotations City ordinance requiring payment of minimum wage on public contracts did not implement statute. Philson v. City of Omaha, 167 Neb. 360, 93 N.W.2d 13 (1958).
NE Code § 73-101.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-101.01 - Resident bidder, defined; preference.

73-101.01.  Resident bidder, defined; preference.When a public contract is to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder, a resident bidder shall be allowed a preference over a nonresident bidder from a state which gives or requires a preference to bidders from that state. The preference shall be equal to the preference given or required by the state of the nonresident bidder. Resident bidder as used in sections 73-101.01 and 73-101.02 shall mean any person, partnership, foreign or domestic limited liability company, association, or foreign or domestic corporation authorized to engage in business in the State of Nebraska and which has met the residency requirement of the state of the nonresident bidder necessary for receiving the benefit of that state's preference law on the date when any bid for a public contract is first advertised or announced or has had a bona fide establishment for doing business within this state for the length of time established by the state of the nonresident bidder necessary for receiving the benefit of that state's preference law on the date when any bid for a public contract is first advertised or announced. Any contract entered into without compliance with sections 73-101.01 and 73-101.02 shall be null and void.Source   Laws 1967, c. 471, § 1, p. 1465;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 462.
NE Code § 73-101.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-101.02 - Resident bidder; preference; exception.

73-101.02.  Resident bidder; preference; exception.The provisions of section 73-101.01 shall not apply to any contract for any project upon which federal funds would be withheld because of the provisions of sections 73-101.01 and 73-101.02.Source  Laws 1967, c. 471, § 2, p. 1466.
NE Code § 73-102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-102 - Fair labor standards; statement of compliance required.

73-102.  Fair labor standards; statement of compliance required.All governing authorities of the State of Nebraska, and governmental subdivisions thereof, and every person acting as purchasing agent for the State of Nebraska, or any governmental subdivision thereof, shall, in awarding contracts for public works, require all contractors bidding on public works to file with such authority a statement that he is complying with, and will continue to comply with, fair labor standards in the pursuit of his business and in the execution of the contract on which he is bidding. The governing authorities shall also require to be written into each and every contract for public works, in addition to such other provisions as are necessary and prescribed by law, a provision that in the execution of such contract fair labor standards shall be maintained; Provided, no agency or department of the State of Nebraska shall make any requirements, because of the provisions of sections 73-101 to 73-104, that will increase the cost to the state of merchandise, materials, supplies or services. This section shall not apply to such governing authorities that prescribe, in the terms of their contracts for public works, provisions governing the hours of labor, rates of pay, and conditions of employment.Source   Laws 1939, c. 55, § 1, p. 227;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 73-102;   R.S.1943, § 73-102. Annotations Fair Labor Standards Act is a general law of statewide application. Niklaus v. Miller, 159 Neb. 301, 66 N.W.2d 824 (1954).
NE Code § 73-103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-103 - Fair labor standards; low bidder; disqualification.

73-103.  Fair labor standards; low bidder; disqualification.A showing in a public hearing by interested parties, to the satisfaction of the awarding authority, that any contractor bidding upon public works, and having filed the statement as required by section 73-102, has not complied with fair labor standards in the pursuit of his business or occupation, shall be the basis for the disqualification of the low bid, in which case the awarding authority shall let the bid to the next lowest responsible bidder.Source   Laws 1939, c. 55, § 2, p. 227;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 73-103;   R.S.1943, § 73-103. Annotations Lowest money bid may not always constitute lowest responsible bid. Day v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 858, 101 N.W.2d 481 (1960).