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NE Code § 81-1108.55 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1108.55 - Competitive bids; award to lowest responsible bidder; elements considered; procurement reports.

81-1108.55.  Competitive bids; award to lowest responsible bidder; elements considered; procurement reports.All purchases, leases, or contracts which by law are required to be based on competitive bids pursuant to section 81-1108.16 shall be made to the lowest responsible bidder, taking into consideration the best interests of the state, the quality or performance of the property proposed to be supplied, its conformity with specifications, the purposes for which required, and the times of delivery. In determining the lowest responsible bidder, in addition to price, the following elements shall be given consideration:(1) The ability, capacity, and skill of the bidder to perform the contract required;(2) The character, integrity, reputation, judgment, experience, and efficiency of the bidder;(3) Whether the bidder can perform the contract within the time specified;(4) The quality of performance of previous contracts;(5) The previous and existing compliance by the bidder with laws relating to the contract;(6) The life-cost of the property in relation to the purchase price and specific use of the item;(7) The performance of the property, taking into consideration any commonly accepted tests and standards of product usability and user requirements;(8) Energy efficiency ratio as stated by the bidder for alternative choices of appliances or equipment;(9) The information furnished by each bidder, when deemed applicable by the State Building Administrator, concerning life-cycle costs between alternatives for all classes of equipment, evidence of expected life, repair and maintenance costs, and energy consumption on a per-year basis; and(10) Such other information as may be secured having a bearing on the decision to award the contract.Reports regarding procurements made pursuant to this section shall be provided to the Department of Environment and Energy. Such reports shall be in the form and contain such information as the Department of Environment and Energy may require.All political subdivisions may follow the procurement principles set forth in this section if they are deemed applicable by the official authorized to make purchases for such political subdivision.Source   Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 25;  Laws 2019, LB302, § 104.
NE Code § 81-1108.56 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1108.56 - State building division or employee; financial or beneficial personal interest forbidden; gifts and rebates prohibited; violations; penalty.

81-1108.56.  State building division or employee; financial or beneficial personal interest forbidden; gifts and rebates prohibited; violations; penalty.Neither the state building division nor any employee under its direction shall be financially interested, or have any beneficial personal interest, directly or indirectly, in the purchase or leasing of any real property nor in any firm, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or association furnishing real property. No such person shall receive or accept directly or indirectly from any person, firm, limited liability company, or corporation submitting any bid or to whom a contract may be awarded, by rebate, gift, or otherwise, any money or other thing of value whatsoever, or any promise, obligation, or contract for future reward, or compensation. Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a Class IV felony and shall be subject to forfeiture of his or her office or position.Source   Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 26;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 537.
NE Code § 81-1108.57 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1108.57 - Centralization and coordination of real property; legislative intent.

81-1108.57.  Centralization and coordination of real property; legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to centralize and coordinate the real property resources owned and leased by the state. Currently many state buildings are left vacant by agencies as new leases are signed and agencies' missions change. Without centralized authority and expertise to allocate, maintain, and renovate current buildings, the state will continue to lease more space from outside sources, thus increasing state expenditures. To facilitate the goal of centralized authority, the changes proposed by Laws 1992, LB 1241, are required.Source  Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 1.
NE Code § 81-1109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1109 - Director of Administrative Services; technical assistance to Governor; reports to Governor.

81-1109.  Director of Administrative Services; technical assistance to Governor; reports to Governor.The Director of Administrative Services shall be responsible to the Governor for provision of technical assistance, advice, and information concerning the financial and administrative operations of all agencies of the state, for provision of technical assistance and advice on the preparation of the Governor's budget, otherwise referred to in sections 11-119, 81-106, 81-1101 to 81-1118, 81-1121, 81-1170.01, 81-1170.02, and 84-304 as the executive budget, and for administration of the approved budget within the limits of appropriations provided except as otherwise provided by law. He or she shall be responsible to the Governor for the provision of current reports of the financial condition of the state and each of its departments and agencies and for the provision of timely recommendations for dealing with financial, management, and organizational problems affecting the administration of the business of the state and its departments and agencies.Source   Laws 1965, c. 538, § 9, p. 1696;   Laws 1995, LB 15, § 3.
NE Code § 81-1110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110 - Department of Administrative Services; accounting division; Accounting Administrator; qualifications; compensation.

81-1110.  Department of Administrative Services; accounting division; Accounting Administrator; qualifications; compensation.The Director of Administrative Services may appoint as accounting division head any person who shall have successfully completed a four-year course with a major field of concentration in accounting at an accredited college or university and who shall have had not less than three years responsible 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.The compensation of the accounting division head, who shall be designated as the Accounting Administrator, shall be fixed by the Director of Administrative Services subject to availability of appropriations.Source   Laws 1965, c. 538, § 10, p. 1696;   Laws 1969, c. 804, § 4, p. 3033.
NE Code § 81-1110.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.01 - Accounting division; purpose.

81-1110.01.  Accounting division; purpose.The purpose of the accounting division is to prescribe, coordinate, and administer a centralized, uniform state accounting and payroll system and personnel information system, to establish and enforce accounting policies and procedures for all state agencies, boards, and commissions, to monitor and enforce state expenditure limitations established by approved state appropriations and budget allotments, and to administer the federal Social Security Act for the state and the state's political subdivisions.Source  Laws 1981, LB 381, § 36.
NE Code § 81-1110.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.03 - Accounting Administrator; prepare schedule of fees.

81-1110.03.  Accounting Administrator; prepare schedule of fees.The Accounting Administrator at the direction of the Director of Administrative Services shall prepare a schedule of fees to assess agencies for accounting services performed by the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fees shall be adequate to cover actual and necessary expenses associated with providing the services.Source  Laws 1995, LB 325, § 1.
NE Code § 81-1110.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.04 - Accounting Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.04.  Accounting Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.The Accounting Division Revolving Fund is created. The fund shall consist of (1) accounting assessments received from state agencies, boards, and commissions, (2) interest earnings credited and transferred to the fund, (3) payments received for services rendered by the accounting division, and (4) rebate revenue transferred to the fund from certain state purchasing card programs. The fund shall be used for payment of administrative expenses of the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator. 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 1995, LB 325, § 2;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 27.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-1110.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.05 - Accounting division assessment payments; procedure.

81-1110.05.  Accounting division assessment payments; procedure.The state agencies, boards, and commissions shall make the accounting division assessment payments to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund pursuant to sections 81-1110.03 and 81-1110.04 to the Department of Administrative Services no later than August 1 of each year, or in four equal payments to be made no later than August 1, October 1, February 1, and April 1 of each year, at the discretion of the Accounting Administrator of the Department of Administrative Services.Source  Laws 1995, LB 325, § 3.
NE Code § 81-1110.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.06 - State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.06.  State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund; created; use; investment.The State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund is created. All rebates received by the state from any purchasing card programs entered into by the State of Nebraska, except for rebates received from separate purchasing card programs entered into solely by the University of Nebraska, shall be credited to the fund. The fund may consist of purchasing card and travel card payments and deposits received from state agencies, boards, commissions, and political subdivisions, plus any rebate revenue received on behalf of the program by the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund may be used for the purpose of coordinating and expediting payments to vendors related to any purchasing card programs administered by the accounting division and the required distribution of any rebate revenue, after covering expenses. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator. The accounting division shall deduct from the total program rebates of any state-sponsored purchasing card program an amount necessary to cover the full cost of operating the purchasing card program. After deducting the full cost of operating the purchasing card program from the total program rebates, with the exception of existing purchasing card programs, the remaining rebate funds shall be distributed on an annual basis by the Accounting Administrator based on a combination of volume performance and speed of pay performance among the following entities: (1) The University of Nebraska; (2) the accounting division, on behalf of the remainder of state government; and (3) any political subdivisions participating in any state-sponsored purchasing card program. The Accounting Administrator is authorized to distribute through the fund or through a vendor contractual agreement the remaining program rebates, after covering expenses. On a monthly basis the accounting division shall administratively transfer all interest earnings credited to the fund to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund within ten days after the end of each month. On an annual basis the accounting division shall administratively transfer from the fund to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund all rebate revenue to which the accounting division is entitled plus an amount necessary to cover the full cost of operating the purchasing card program. All costs of operating the purchasing card program shall be paid through the Accounting Division Revolving 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.Source Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 2. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-1110.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1110.07 - Accounting Division Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.07.  Accounting Division Cash Fund; created; use; investment.There is hereby created the Accounting Division Cash Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall consist of funds transferred from the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund and the Building Renewal Allocation Fund. The Accounting Division Cash Fund shall be used to finance the consolidation, implementation, operation, and migration of the state's existing enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) platform, the human resource management platform, an eProcurement platform, and other financial record-keeping platforms to an off-premise software driven platform or platforms. 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 2017, LB331, § 15. Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-1111.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1111.01 - Director of Administrative Services; preaudits authorized.

81-1111.01.  Director of Administrative Services; preaudits authorized.For agencies with fewer than seven full-time employees, preaudits shall be conducted by the accounting bureau or by a state agency authorized by the Director of Administrative Services to conduct its own preaudits. The Director of Administrative Services may authorize departments and agencies that have seven or more full-time employees to perform their own preaudits, subject to monitoring by the accounting bureau. The preaudits shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (3)(a) through (f) of section 81-1111.Source  Laws 1999, LB 432, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB974, § 8.
NE Code § 81-1111.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1111.04 - Department of Administrative Services; Accounting Administrator; administratively establish funds.

81-1111.04.  Department of Administrative Services; Accounting Administrator; administratively establish funds.(1) The Accounting Administrator may administratively establish cash and revolving funds to (a) account for gifts, bequests, or devises when no cash fund exists and (b) account for specific, one-time, nonfederal sources of revenue.(2) All cash or revolving funds administratively created by the Accounting Administrator shall exist for a maximum of two fiscal years after the date of establishment. Prior to the end of two fiscal years, the expending agency shall notify the Accounting Administrator of its intentions to (a) lapse the balance of the administrative cash or revolving fund to the General Fund or (b) permanently establish the fund in statute.(3) In addition, the Accounting Administrator may administratively establish federal funds, trust funds, and distributive funds as necessary.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1194, § 7.
NE Code § 81-1112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1112 - Department of Administrative Services; budget administrator; qualifications; compensation.

81-1112.  Department of Administrative Services; budget administrator; qualifications; compensation.The budget division shall be headed by an administrator subject to the supervision of the Director of Administrative Services. The director may appoint as budget administrator any person who has successfully completed a four-year program in an accredited college or university and who has not less than three years experience involving responsibility for the management or control or review of finances or of management, or both. Eight years of responsible experience in the management, review, or control of finances of governmental agencies or of private enterprises may be substituted for the educational and experience requirements set forth in this section. The compensation of the budget administrator shall be fixed by the director subject to the availability of appropriations. The budget and planning administrator shall have the duties, powers and responsibility to staff and maintain and shall oversee such bureau.Source   Laws 1965, c. 538, § 12, p. 1698;   Laws 1967, c. 593, § 4, p. 2018;   Laws 1969, c. 804, § 6, p. 3035.
NE Code § 81-1112.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1112.01 - Budget division; purpose.

81-1112.01.  Budget division; purpose.The purpose of the budget division is to assist the Governor in the preparation of the Governor's state budget recommendations and in the administration of the approved state budget.Source  Laws 1981, LB 381, § 38.
NE Code § 81-1113.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1113.01 - State budgets; department and agency budget requests; budget forms and instructions; when distributed; additional forms.

81-1113.01.  State budgets; department and agency budget requests; budget forms and instructions; when distributed; additional forms.The forms and procedures required pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 81-1113 shall only be prepared and distributed after:(1) The final draft of the proposed budget forms and budget instructions have been provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and an opportunity provided for recommendations from that office;(2) The budget administrator and Legislative Fiscal Analyst have met and discussed the recommended changes; and(3) A revised final draft of all proposed forms and instructions has been provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.If the budget administrator is unable to accommodate any recommended changes, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be allowed to submit additional forms for the collection of information. Such forms shall be included as an attachment to the forms required by the Department of Administrative Services. All such forms shall be completed and submitted as a part of the budget submission and amendment process described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 81-1113.Source   Laws 1978, LB 526, § 4;  Laws 2016, LB1092, § 5.
NE Code § 81-1114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1114 - Department of Administrative Services; building division; powers, duties, and responsibilities.

81-1114.  Department of Administrative Services; building division; powers, duties, and responsibilities.The building division shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:(1) Shall prepare, for submittal to the Governor and to the office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, analyses of the cost of every desired land and building acquisition, new building construction, either underway or proposed, major repair or remodeling of new, newly acquired, or existing buildings, and each and every structural improvement to land, utilities, roads, walks, and parking lots, costing four hundred thousand dollars or more, but excluding right-of-way projects of the Department of Transportation. The analyses submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. The Department of Administrative Services shall adjust the dollar amount in this section every four years beginning January 1, 2002, to account for inflationary and market changes. The adjustment shall be based on percentage changes in a construction cost index and any other published index relevant to operations and utilities costs, as selected by the department;(2) Shall record the relationship between the proposed capital facilities and the individual or departmental agencies' operating programs with particular attention to needs of immediate or future operations of the department or agency submitting such plan;(3) Shall make recommendations to the Governor, the committee of the Legislature which shall from time to time have responsibility for preparing recommendations for appropriations, and the individual department or agency concerned, on the probable costs of such acquisition, construction, repair, or remodeling. The recommendations submitted to the committee shall be submitted electronically; and(4) Shall require the submission by each department and agency of the state of copies of all written contracts for acquisition, construction, repair, or remodeling, including federal contracts, before such contracts are executed by the executive officer of the state authorized to execute such contracts, and shall maintain copies of such contracts on file for inspection by the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.Source   Laws 1965, c. 538, § 14, p. 1699;   Laws 1967, c. 594, § 2, p. 2024;   Laws 1969, c. 804, § 8, p. 3036;   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 25;   Laws 1998, LB 1129, § 22;  Laws 2003, LB 410, § 10;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 185;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 288.