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NE Code § 81-2,162.27 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,162.27 - Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund; created; use; transfers; investment.

81-2,162.27.  Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund; created; use; transfers; investment.(1) All money received under the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act and the Agricultural Liming Materials Act shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund, which fund is hereby created. Money so received shall be used by the department for defraying the expenses of administering the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act and the Agricultural Liming Materials Act. The fund may also be used to defray costs incurred by the department directly related to administrative and budgetary support of the Healthy Soils Task Force pursuant to sections 2-401 to 2-404, except that no more than ten thousand dollars may be expended by the department from the fund for such purpose. Until January 1, 2020, the fund may also be used to defray all reasonable and necessary costs related to the implementation of the Nebraska Hemp Farming Act. The Department of Agriculture shall document all costs incurred for such purpose. The budget administrator of the budget division of the Department of Administrative Services may transfer a like amount from the Nebraska Hemp Program Fund to the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund no later than October 1, 2022. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature. The State Treasurer shall transfer two hundred seventy-five thousand dollars from the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund to the General Fund on or before June 30, 2019, on such dates and in such amounts as directed by the budget administrator of the budget division of the Department of Administrative Services.(2) Any unexpended balance in the Fertilizers and Soil Conditioners Administrative Fund at the close of any biennium shall, when reappropriated, be available for the uses and purposes of the fund for the succeeding biennium. 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 1975, LB 333, § 22;   Laws 1986, LB 258, § 32;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 99;  Laws 2001, LB 329, § 14;  Laws 2003, LB 157, § 4;  Laws 2015, LB93, § 9;  Laws 2018, LB945, § 18;  Laws 2019, LB243, § 5;  Laws 2019, LB657, § 23.  Cross References   Agricultural Liming Materials Act, see section 2-4301.  Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska Hemp Farming Act, see section 2-501.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-2,162.28 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,162.28 - Preemption of local law.

81-2,162.28.  Preemption of local law.The Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated thereunder shall supersede and preempt any ordinance, rule, regulation, or resolution enacted by any political subdivision of the state regarding the regulation of fertilizer and soil conditioners. No political subdivision shall prohibit or in any other manner regulate any matter relating to the registration, labeling, or sale of fertilizer and soil conditioners. No political subdivision shall prohibit or in any other manner regulate any matter relating to the storage, transportation, distribution, notification of use, or use that is in addition to or in conflict with the Nebraska Commercial Fertilizer and Soil Conditioner Act and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated thereunder. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or otherwise limit the authority of any city or county to adopt and enforce zoning regulations or any natural resources district to enforce the Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act.Source Laws 2009, LB263, § 3.Cross References  Nebraska Ground Water Management and Protection Act, see section 46-701.
NE Code § 81-2,163 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,163 - State agricultural resources, industries, and development; department; publications; powers.

81-2,163.  State agricultural resources, industries, and development; department; publications; powers.(1) The Department of Agriculture may provide information in reference to the state's agricultural resources, industries, and development and may assemble data relating to such resources, industries, and development. The department may publish the facts ascertained and may charge for departmental publications an amount not to exceed the cost of collecting, publishing, and distributing such information for the purposes of sections 81-201, 81-2,163, and 81-2,164.03.(2) The Department of Agriculture may cooperate with the federal government, farm industry groups or associations, and any other person in assembling and disseminating information relating to agricultural products produced throughout the state.Source   Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. III, art. XXI, § 1, p. 545;   C.S.1922, § 7640;   C.S.1929, § 81-2501;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,163;   Laws 1986, LB 795, § 1;  Laws 2018, LB135, § 1.
NE Code § 81-2,164.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,164.03 - Agricultural Products Marketing Information Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

81-2,164.03.  Agricultural Products Marketing Information Cash Fund; created; use; investment.The Director of Agriculture is hereby authorized to receive voluntary gifts and contributions from the federal government, private agencies, farm industry associations, individuals, and any other person, or to collect fees or charges for services or publications from any source, including, but not limited to, the federal government, state governments, public agencies, and private entities or individuals for the purpose of defraying the expenses of carrying out subdivision (3) of section 81-201 and sections 81-2,163 and 81-2,164.03. All advances so received shall be credited to the Agricultural Products Marketing Information Cash Fund, which fund is hereby created. Disbursements from such fund shall be made upon vouchers approved by the director and warrants issued thereon as provided by law. All money received from the federal government, local government agencies, private research agencies, farm industry associations, individuals, or any other person, which are reimbursements for expenditures made, shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Agricultural Products Marketing Information Cash 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 1953, c. 337, § 3, p. 1110;   Laws 1955, c. 335, § 1, p. 1047;   Laws 1965, c. 8, § 48, p. 117;   Laws 1974, LB 888, § 2;   Laws 1986, LB 795, § 3;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 100;  Laws 2018, LB135, § 2.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 81-2,165 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,165 - Beekeeping; inspections; rules and regulations; duties of department and director.

81-2,165.  Beekeeping; inspections; rules and regulations; duties of department and director.The department is authorized to enforce the Nebraska Apiary Act. The director may make or cause to be made all necessary examinations and inspections and adopt and promulgate such rules, regulations, and orders as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the department under the act.The department within its authority and funding appropriated to carry out the purposes of the act may take all measures necessary to prevent the introduction, spread, or dissemination of any and all contagious or infectious diseases, parasites, or pests of honeybees and to bring or cause to be brought actions and proceedings in the name of the people of the State of Nebraska to fulfill its duties under the act.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 1, p. 76;   C.S.1929, § 81-2701;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,165;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 1, p. 1752;   Laws 1967, c. 583, § 1, p. 1964;   Laws 1971, LB 403, § 1;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 42;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 2;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 1.
NE Code § 81-2,165.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,165.01 - Act, how cited.

81-2,165.01.  Act, how cited.Sections 81-2,165 to 81-2,180 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Apiary Act.Source   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 54;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 3.
NE Code § 81-2,165.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,165.02 - Beekeeping; legislative intent; responsibility for education.

81-2,165.02.  Beekeeping; legislative intent; responsibility for education.It is the intent of the Legislature that the department is not responsible for education regarding good beekeeping practices and education intended to aid in the protection of the apicultural interests in the state from bee diseases, parasites, or pests.It is further the intent of the Legislature that the University of Nebraska provide such education in accordance with the transfer of appropriations to the university for this purpose.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 1.
NE Code § 81-2,166 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,166 - Terms, defined.

81-2,166.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Apiary Act, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Abandoned apiary shall mean any apiary not regularly attended in accordance with good beekeeping practices and which constitutes a disease, parasite, or pest hazard to the beekeeping industry;(2) Apiary shall mean any place where one or more colonies of bees or nuclei of bees are located;(3) Bee equipment shall mean hives, supers, frames, veils, gloves, or any other apparatus, tool, machine, vehicle, or device used in the handling, moving, or manipulating of bees, honey, wax, or hives, including containers of honey or wax which may be used in any apiary or in transporting bees and their products and apiary supplies;(4) Beekeeping shall mean the moving, raising, and producing of bees, beeswax, and honey which is an agricultural pursuit;(5) Bees shall mean any stage of the common honeybee, Apis mellifera L;(6) Colony shall mean the aggregate of worker bees, drones, the queen, and developing young bees living together as a family unit in a hive or other dwelling;(7) Department shall mean the Department of Agriculture;(8) Director shall mean the Director of Agriculture or his or her designated representative, employee, or authorized agent;(9) Disease shall mean American foulbrood, European foulbrood, chalkbrood, sacbrood, paralysis, or any other abnormal condition of egg, larva, pupa, or adult stages of bees;(10) Exotic disease, parasite, or pest shall mean any disease, parasite, or pest not known to be established in this state;(11) Hive shall mean a frame hive, box hive, box, barrel, log gum, skep, or any other receptacle or container, natural or artificial, or any part thereof, which is used or employed as a domicile for bees;(12) Nuclei shall mean a small mass of bees and combs of brood used in forming a new colony;(13) Parasite shall mean any harmful organism living in or on bees, including, but not limited to, Varroa jacobsoni, Acarapis woodi, and Tropilaelaps clareae; and(14) Pest shall mean any harmful subspecies of the honeybee Apis mellifera, including, but not limited to, Apis mellifera scutellata.Words used in the act shall be construed to import either the plural or singular, as the case demands.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 2, p. 76;   C.S.1929, § 81-2702;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,166;   Laws 1961, c. 426, § 1, p. 1331;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 3, p. 1754;   Laws 1967, c. 583, § 2, p. 1965;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 2;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 43;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 4;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 2.
NE Code § 81-2,167 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,167 - Beekeeping; department; inspection; purpose; violations.

81-2,167.  Beekeeping; department; inspection; purpose; violations.In order to carry out its duties under the Nebraska Apiary Act or any rule, regulation, or order made pursuant to the act, the officers and employees of the department may at all reasonable times enter upon any public or private premises for the purpose of inspection for the existence of or for treatment or destruction of any contagious or infectious diseases, parasites, or pests of bees. They shall have free access to all apiaries, structures, bee equipment, or premises where bees, honey, used bee equipment, or comb in apiaries may be. They may open any hive, colony, package, or receptacle of any kind containing or which they have reason to believe contains any bees, comb, bee products, used beekeeping equipment, or anything else which is capable of transmitting diseases, parasites, or pests of bees. They may stop pedestrians, motor cars, and vehicles when they are likely to be carrying, contrary to the act or any rule, regulation, or order established pursuant to the act, any bees, comb, used bee equipment, or anything else which is capable of transmitting diseases, parasites, or pests of bees. They shall have authority to inspect or reinspect at any time or place any bees, bee products, or used bee equipment shipped in or into the state and to treat it as provided in section 81-2,171. It shall be unlawful to deny such access to the officers and employees of the department or to offer any resistance to, thwart, or hinder such officers and employees by misrepresentation or by concealing facts or conditions. They shall have the power to inspect any apiary, honey house, building, or portion of building or container in which honey is stored, graded, or processed and to determine whether or not any insanitary conditions exist. If it is found that insanitary conditions exist or are permitted to exist, the owner or person in charge, after being notified by the department of the insanitary conditions, shall place such apiary, honey house, building, or portion of building or container in a sanitary condition within a reasonable length of time, and any operator or owner of such apiary, honey house, building, or container failing to obey such notice shall be in violation of the act and shall be punished as provided in section 81-2,179. Each apiary not located at the owner's or operator's place of residence shall have posted in a conspicuous place the name and address of the owner.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 3, p. 77;   C.S.1929, § 81-2703;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,167;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 4, p. 1755;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 3;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 44;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 5;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 3.
NE Code § 81-2,168 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,168 - Beekeeping; inspection; notice to owner; University of Nebraska; duties.

81-2,168.  Beekeeping; inspection; notice to owner; University of Nebraska; duties.If upon inspection of any bee colonies in the state the existence of diseases, parasites, or pests are found, the owner or person in charge of the bees, after being notified by the department of the nature of the disease, parasite, or pest shall use the best method of treating such disease, parasite, or pest.Within the appropriation provided, the University of Nebraska shall provide information for beekeepers regarding the best method of preventing or treating such disease, parasite, or pest. When establishing the best method of prevention or treatment, the University of Nebraska shall consider (1) the specific disease, parasite, or pest found, (2) the severity of the infestation, (3) the time of year such disease, parasite, or pest was found, (4) the effectiveness of current control methods, and (5) any other factors deemed necessary by the University of Nebraska to effectively control the disease, parasite, or pest.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 4, p. 78;   C.S.1929, § 81-2704;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,168;   Laws 1957, c. 242, § 59, p. 866;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 4;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 45;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 6.
NE Code § 81-2,169 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,169 - Beekeeping; infected bees or apiaries; nuisance; destruction.

81-2,169.  Beekeeping; infected bees or apiaries; nuisance; destruction.Infected shipments, apiaries in which the existing disease, parasite, or pest cannot be successfully treated, apiaries which are affected by a disease, parasite, or pest amenable to treatment but which have not been treated as provided in section 81-2,168, and apiaries having bees in hives without movable frames or any colonies of bees or shipments of used bee equipment which entered this state illegally are declared to be a public nuisance and menace to the community, and the officers and employees of the department may destroy by burning or otherwise, without any remuneration to the owner, any box hives or infected bees, hives, or used bee equipment found therein.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 5, p. 78;   C.S.1929, § 81-2705;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,169;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 5, p. 1756;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 5;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 46;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 7.
NE Code § 81-2,170 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,170 - Beekeeping; contagion or infection; duty of owner to report to department; quarantine; when; notice; effect.

81-2,170.  Beekeeping; contagion or infection; duty of owner to report to department; quarantine; when; notice; effect.(1) It shall be unlawful for any person knowingly to keep in his or her possession, without proper treatment, any colony of bees affected with any bee diseases, parasites, or pests or to expose any diseased or parasitized colony or infected hive or bee equipment so that flying bees may have access to them. Any person who knows that bees owned or controlled by him or her are affected with contagious or infectious diseases, parasites, or pests shall at once report such fact to the department stating all facts known to him or her with reference to the contagion or infection. When it has been determined that contagious or infectious diseases, parasites, or pests have been found in an apiary, such apiary may be quarantined by the department until released by the department. Whenever American foulbrood is found in the apiary, no colony, honey, or bee equipment of any kind shall be removed from the apiary unless under special written permit issued by the department. A notice shall be posted in each yard so quarantined, and written notice shall be sent to the owner or person in charge. Should any state be willing to accept bees or used bee equipment from a quarantined yard of bees in Nebraska, the department may, after all known contagious or infectious diseases, parasites, or pests have been destroyed, issue a special permit allowing bees and used bee equipment to be moved out of the state.(2) If an exotic disease, parasite, or pest is found to have been introduced into this state, the director shall have the authority to quarantine any portion of this state until he or she can determine whether the disease, pest, or parasite has spread and may take action to eradicate or prevent the spread of the exotic disease, parasite, or pest as provided in the Nebraska Apiary Act. Beekeepers affected shall be notified in writing of the quarantine and shall also be notified in writing when the quarantine is released.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 6, p. 79;   C.S.1929, § 81-2706;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,170;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 6, p. 1757;   Laws 1967, c. 583, § 3, p. 1966;   Laws 1976, LB 722, § 1;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 6;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 47;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 8;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 4.
NE Code § 81-2,171 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,171 - Beekeeping; abandoned apiary; seized by department; notice.

81-2,171.  Beekeeping; abandoned apiary; seized by department; notice.Any apiary not regularly attended in accordance with good beekeeping practice and which constitutes a disease, parasite, or pest hazard to the beekeeping industry may be considered an abandoned apiary and may be seized by the department. Any diseased bee equipment may be burned and the remainder may be sold at public auction, with proceeds after the cost of the sale are deducted to be returned to the former owner or his or her estate, except that before burning any such equipment or causing the same to be sold, the department shall give the owner or person in charge thereof a written notice at least ten days prior to the date on which the property will be burned or sold. Such notice shall be given by registered or certified mail or personally served upon the owner or person in charge of such property.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 7, p. 79;   C.S.1929, § 81-2707;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,171;   Laws 1961, c. 426, § 2, p. 1332;   Laws 1965, c. 548, § 7, p. 1758;   Laws 1967, c. 583, § 4, p. 1967;   Laws 1976, LB 722, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 548, § 1;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 7;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 48;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 9;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 5.
NE Code § 81-2,173 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-2,173 - Beekeeping; inspection certificate; procedure.

81-2,173.  Beekeeping; inspection certificate; procedure.(1) The department shall issue certificates stating that an apiary is apparently free from infectious or contagious diseases, parasites, or pests after inspecting the apiary when such apiary is apparently free from such diseases, parasites, and pests and upon payment of the certificate fee provided for in section 81-2,174. Such certificate shall also state the date of inspection and shall continue in force for one year unless revoked for cause.(2) Any person may request an inspection for his or her apiary in order to obtain a certificate.Source   Laws 1929, c. 9, § 9, p. 80;   C.S.1929, § 81-2709;   R.S.1943, § 81-2,173;   Laws 1979, LB 548, § 2;   Laws 1986, LB 1001, § 8;   Laws 1992, LB 366, § 49;   Laws 1994, LB 1071, § 11;  Laws 2002, LB 436, § 26;  Laws 2004, LB 835, § 6.