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NE Code § 84-203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-203 - Attorney General; actions by or against the state; duties.

84-203.  Attorney General; actions by or against the state; duties.The Attorney General is authorized to appear for the state and prosecute and defend, in any court or before any officer, board or tribunal, any cause or matter, civil or criminal, in which the state may be a party or interested. If the Director-State Engineer shall have drawn any plans or specifications for the construction of bridges or other public structures for any county in this state, and such plans shall have been adopted by any such county and bids let thereon, and the same constructed by any person, corporation or association, and suit is brought against such county, person, corporation or association for damages on account of the infringement of any alleged United States patent, in any court, state or federal, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to intervene in said suit in behalf of the state and defend it, or, if intervention cannot be had, then the Attorney General shall take charge of the suit for such county, person, corporation or association, and defend it, or he may employ counsel to do so, and the fee of such counsel and other expenses shall be paid from appropriations made to the office of the Attorney General.Source   Laws 1919, c. 205, § 3, p. 904;   C.S.1922, § 4836;   C.S.1929, § 84-203;   R.S.1943, § 84-203. Annotations  Attorney General is not authorized to enter voluntary appearance of state in workmen's compensation case. Anstine v. State, 137 Neb. 148, 288 N.W. 525 (1939). Assistant attorney general does not have authority to sign informations. Lower v. State, 106 Neb. 666, 184 N.W. 174 (1921). Voluntary appearance by the Attorney General on behalf of the state and his failure to object to the jurisdiction of the court could not bind state. McShane v. Murray, 106 Neb. 512, 184 N.W. 147 (1921). Attorney General has no general authority to appear in suits against state in federal court and consent to waiver of state's immunity from suit. O'Connor v. Slaker, 22 F.2d 147 (8th Cir. 1927).
NE Code § 84-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-204 - Attorney General; power in counties concurrent with county attorney.

84-204.  Attorney General; power in counties concurrent with county attorney.The Attorney General and the Department of Justice shall have the same powers and prerogatives in each of the several counties of the state as the county attorneys have in their respective counties.Source   Laws 1919, c. 205, § 4, p. 905;   C.S.1922, § 4837;   C.S.1929, § 84-204;   R.S.1943, § 84-204. Annotations  Attorney General has same authority to prosecute exceptions in the Supreme Court as the county attorney. State v. Hutter, 145 Neb. 798, 18 N.W.2d 203 (1945). Attorney General has right to invoke judgment of appellate court by writ of error to State Board of Equalization upon order reducing assessments entered by board. State ex rel. Sorensen v. State Board of Equalization and Assessment, 123 Neb. 259, 242 N.W. 609 (1932), 243 N.W. 264 (1932). Assistant attorney general has no authority to make and sign information in his own name, and information so signed is nullity. Lower v. State, 106 Neb. 666, 184 N.W. 174 (1921).
NE Code § 84-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-206 - Deputy attorney general; bond or insurance; powers and duties; compensation.

84-206.  Deputy attorney general; bond or insurance; powers and duties; compensation.The Attorney General shall appoint a deputy attorney general, who shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201. A copy of the appointment shall be deposited in the office of the Secretary of State. The deputy may do and perform, in the absence of the Attorney General, all the acts and duties that may be authorized and required to be performed by the Attorney General. The Attorney General shall be responsible for all acts of such deputy. The deputy shall receive a salary of such amount as shall be fixed by the Attorney General, to be paid on a monthly basis by warrant of the Director of Administrative Services on the State Treasurer. The salary of the deputy attorney general and each full-time assistant attorney general shall be not less than twenty thousand dollars.Source   Laws 1887, c. 84, § 1, p. 629;   R.S.1913, § 5542;   Laws 1919, c. 205, § 6, p. 907;   Laws 1921, c. 107, § 2, p. 379;   C.S.1922, § 4839;   C.S.1929, § 84-206;   Laws 1943, c. 228, § 1, p. 775;   R.S.1943, § 84-206;   Laws 1947, c. 346, § 4, p. 1092;   Laws 1951, c. 338, § 8, p. 1119;   Laws 1953, c. 355, § 1, p. 1132;   Laws 1955, c. 347, § 1, p. 1066;   Laws 1957, c. 220, § 1, p. 759;   Laws 1959, c. 451, § 1, p. 1503;   Laws 1963, c. 535, § 1, p. 1680;   Laws 1973, LB 246, § 2;   Laws 1978, LB 653, § 38;  Laws 2004, LB 884, § 48.  Cross References   For bonding provisions, see Chapter 11.  For other provisions as to deputy state officers, see Chapter 84, article 8. Annotations  Attorney General has power to designate an assistant attorney general to appear in his stead in trial of a criminal cause, and it is not necessary that the assistant be a bonded deputy under above section. Carlsen v. State, 127 Neb. 11, 254 N.W. 744 (1934). Assistant attorney general has no power to make and sign information in his own name, and information so signed is a nullity. Lower v. State, 106 Neb. 666, 184 N.W. 174 (1921). Prohibition against creation of new executive department does not prevent the appointment of deputy. In re Appropriations for Deputies, Etc., 25 Neb. 662, 41 N.W. 643 (1889).
NE Code § 84-206.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-206.01 - Attorney General; actions relating to boundary lines; duty.

84-206.01.  Attorney General; actions relating to boundary lines; duty.The Attorney General shall commence, prosecute, or defend all actions relating to Nebraska's boundary line which affect the rights and interests of Nebraska landowners whose land is being taxed by Nebraska political subdivisions on or after September 13, 1997. The Attorney General shall also take any other action that is required in his or her judgment to protect all rights and interests of such landowners.Source  Laws 1997, LB 588, § 1.
NE Code § 84-207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-207 - Attorney General; actions involving use of waters of interstate streams; duty.

84-207.  Attorney General; actions involving use of waters of interstate streams; duty.It shall be the duty of the Attorney General of the state to commence, prosecute and defend any and all actions affecting the rights of Nebraska water users in interstate streams as against appropriators in any other state, and to take such steps as in his judgment are required to protect any and all interests of appropriators of water within this state in such cases.Source   Laws 1915, c. 223, § 1, p. 492;   C.S.1922, § 4841;   C.S.1929, § 84-208;   R.S.1943, § 84-207. Annotations Attorney General was authorized to maintain action to compel irrigation district to refrain from using water for irrigation purposes without complying with statute regulating same. State ex rel. Sorensen v. Mitchell Irrigation District, 129 Neb. 586, 262 N.W. 543 (1935).
NE Code § 84-208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-208 - Attorney General; actions involving use of waters in interstate streams; special counsel; expense.

84-208.  Attorney General; actions involving use of waters in interstate streams; special counsel; expense.The Attorney General is authorized to employ such assistance and incur such expenses as shall be necessary in any such actions.Source   Laws 1915, c. 223, § 2, p. 492;   C.S.1922, §§ 4842, 4843;   C.S.1929, § 84-209;   R.S.1943, § 84-208.
NE Code § 84-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-209 - Attorney General; actions against members of Legislature; defense; when authorized.

84-209.  Attorney General; actions against members of Legislature; defense; when authorized.It shall be the duty of the Attorney General, when requested by resolution of the Legislature, to appear for, and prosecute or defend any action instituted or now pending in any of the courts of this state against any member of the Legislature for, or on account of, any words spoken, or any act or thing done, in the course of legislative procedure, or with relation to any act, measure, resolution, report, speech or debate, or other matter had or transacted by the Legislature, or in connection therewith.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 9, § 1, p. 67;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 84-211;   R.S.1943, § 84-209.
NE Code § 84-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-210 - Attorney General; actions against members of Legislature; defense when Attorney General disqualified.

84-210.  Attorney General; actions against members of Legislature; defense when Attorney General disqualified.When the nature of the action referred to in section 84-209 is such that the Attorney General is disqualified by law from appearing therein and defending the same, then, in that event, it shall be the duty of the Governor of the state to appoint special counsel to appear and defend such action in like manner as the Attorney General might do, if qualified.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 9, § 2, p. 68;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 84-212;   R.S.1943, § 84-210.
NE Code § 84-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-211 - Attorney General; antitrust division; violations of federal antitrust laws; duties.

84-211.  Attorney General; antitrust division; violations of federal antitrust laws; duties.It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to institute and prosecute such proceedings as may be necessary for the State of Nebraska and its political subdivisions when there are violations of state and federal antitrust laws. Such proceedings shall be for the state and its political subdivisions as their interest may appear, and may be prosecuted in the name of the State of Nebraska. No later than June 30, 1974, the Attorney General shall establish within the Department of Justice an antitrust division to which he shall assign one or more assistants, as the work may require. It shall be the primary duty of such division to enforce the laws against monopolies, illegal trusts and other unlawful combinations in restraint of trade, and it shall investigate complaints of violations of such laws, subject to the availability of appropriations for that purpose. To assist the division, the Attorney General shall have authority to call on all agencies of this state, and the political subdivisions thereof, for such assistance as they may be in a position to provide, including but not limited to the furnishing of records and information relating to transactions entered into by them which the Attorney General believes pertain to his antitrust investigations.Source   Laws 1969, c. 826, § 1, p. 3133;   Laws 1974, LB 1028, § 4.  Cross References  Antitrust actions, see section 59-829.
NE Code § 84-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-212 - Attorney General; antitrust matters; powers; duties; damages; proof; distribution.

84-212.  Attorney General; antitrust matters; powers; duties; damages; proof; distribution.The Attorney General shall have and retain all his common-law powers with respect to dealing with antitrust matters, and all related statutes of this state shall be deemed to be supplementary to such powers. He shall have authority to bring civil actions in the name of the state against anyone found violating either state or federal antitrust laws, and may recover treble damages in such actions. Such actions may also be brought as parens patriae of the citizens of this state with respect to damages personally sustained by such citizens, and he may recover the aggregate damages sustained by the citizens of this state, without separately proving the individual claims of each such citizen. Proof of such damages may be based on statistical sampling methods, the pro rata allocation of excess profits to sales occurring within this state, or such other reasonable system of estimating aggregate damages as the court in its discretion may permit. He shall distribute, allocate, or otherwise pay out of the funds so recovered to each citizen of the state a pro rata portion of the fund attributable to his respective claim for damages, less litigation and administrative costs, and any balance remaining after the payment of such individual claims and the costs of litigation and other administrative costs shall be placed in a fund to be distributed to the common schools of this state.Source  Laws 1974, LB 1028, § 5.
NE Code § 84-214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-214 - Antitrust matters; labor of human beings; exempt.

84-214.  Antitrust matters; labor of human beings; exempt.Anything in sections 59-821, 59-828, 59-829, and 84-211 to 84-214 to the contrary notwithstanding the labor of human beings shall not be construed to be an article of commerce or commodity of business and shall be exempt from the provisions of sections 59-821, 59-828, 59-829, and 84-211 to 84-214.Source  Laws 1974, LB 1028, § 7.
NE Code § 84-215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-215 - Act of Legislature; Attorney General opinion, unconstitutional; refusal to implement by state officer; action to determine validity.

84-215.  Act of Legislature; Attorney General opinion, unconstitutional; refusal to implement by state officer; action to determine validity.When the Attorney General issues a written opinion that an act of the Legislature is unconstitutional and any state officer charged with the duty of implementing the act, in reliance on such opinion, refuses to implement the act, the Attorney General shall, within ten working days of the issuance of the opinion, file an action in the appropriate court to determine the validity of the act. In any such action filed under the provisions of this section, the Attorney General may sue as defendant any person having a litigable interest in the matter or in lieu thereof may sue the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State is named as defendant, it shall be his duty to defend such action and to support the constitutionality of the act of the Legislature and for such purpose is authorized to employ special counsel. Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, no such action need be brought by the Attorney General if there is pending in any court of the state a legal action for the purpose of testing the constitutionality of the act. Any person having a litigable interest may be joined in the action or may intervene in the action, but shall not be deemed a necessary party in order to determine the validity of the act.Source  Laws 1977, LB 46, § 1. Annotations  It is doubtful that a letter from the Attorney General, disapproving proposed rules as beyond the authority of the board proposing them and stating that the authorizing statute is an excessive delegation of legislative authority, is "a written opinion that an act of the Legislature is unconstitutional". Therefore, the board's failure to act even if the failure is in reliance on such a letter, does not fulfill the requirements of this section. State ex rel. Neb. Nurses Assn. v. State Board of Nursing, 205 Neb. 792, 290 N.W.2d 453 (1980). Mere failure to act because of an opinion letter of the Attorney General does not constitute refusal to act in reliance upon a written opinion as required by this section. State ex rel. Neb. Nurses Assn. v. State Board of Nursing, 205 Neb. 792, 290 N.W.2d 453 (1980). When a board fails to promulgate rules required by statute and such failure is the result of an Attorney General's letter disapproving proposed rules as beyond the authority of the board and based upon an excessive delegation of legislative authority, the conditions of this section are not necessarily met. State ex rel. Neb. Nurses Assn. v. State Board of Nursing, 205 Neb. 792, 290 N.W.2d 453 (1980).
NE Code § 84-216 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-216 - State agency; failure or refusal to implement statute; action by Attorney General; when; costs.

84-216.  State agency; failure or refusal to implement statute; action by Attorney General; when; costs.When the Attorney General determines, after such investigation as shall be necessary, that any agency of state government charged with the implementation of any act of the Legislature is failing or refusing to implement such act, he shall notify the agency head by letter of such determination. If, within ten working days of the receipt of such letter, it is not established to his satisfaction that steps to implement the act are being expeditiously taken, and there is no valid reason for failing to do so, such as a failure of an appropriation, the Attorney General shall file an action in the appropriate court to compel implementation. In any such action the department head or the agency head shall defend the action. The costs and a reasonable attorney's fee as fixed by the court shall be paid out of the appropriation to the department.Source  Laws 1977, LB 46, § 2.
NE Code § 84-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-217 - Sections; cumulative to existing remedies.

84-217.  Sections; cumulative to existing remedies.Sections 84-215 to 84-217 shall be cumulative to any existing remedies which may exist.Source  Laws 1977, LB 46, § 3.
NE Code § 84-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-218 - Statewide model anonymous reporting protocol for health care providers.

84-218.  Statewide model anonymous reporting protocol for health care providers.On or before July 1, 2019, the Attorney General shall develop and distribute a statewide model anonymous reporting protocol for use by health care providers as provided in section 28-902. Once developed, the statewide model anonymous reporting protocol shall be maintained by the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice.Source Laws 2018, LB1132, § 4.
NE Code § 84-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-219 - Department of Justice Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.

84-219.  Department of Justice Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.There is hereby created the Department of Justice Revolving Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Attorney General and shall consist of funds received from other governmental agencies for the provision of legal services pursuant to agreements with the Department of Justice. Money in the fund shall be used to pay the salaries and related expenses of department staff pursuant to the terms of such agreements.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 1994, LB 1194, § 12;   Laws 1995, LB 7, § 144.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 84-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-302 - Transferred to section 81-1107.01.

84-302.  Transferred to section 81-1107.01.
NE Code § 84-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-303 - Transferred to section 81-1125.01.

84-303.  Transferred to section 81-1125.01.
NE Code § 84-304.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 84 - State Officers|84-304.01 - Auditor; audit, financial, or accounting reports; minimum standards; establish; political subdivisions; failure to file report; late fee; performance audits.

84-304.01.  Auditor; audit, financial, or accounting reports; minimum standards; establish; political subdivisions; failure to file report; late fee; performance audits.(1) It shall be the duty of the Auditor of Public Accounts to establish, by rule and regulation, minimum standards applicable to all audit, financial, or accounting reports or copies of such reports required to be filed with the Auditor of Public Accounts by any political subdivision of the State of Nebraska. Such minimum standards shall be in accordance with sound accounting principles, in conformity with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards, and designed to bring about uniformity in the content and form of such reports within the same type of political subdivision. Audit reports of any political subdivision required to file such reports with the Auditor of Public Accounts shall be prepared in conformity with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards.(2) If a political subdivision required to file a report with the Auditor of Public Accounts fails to file such report by the applicable due date, the Auditor of Public Accounts may assess the political subdivision a late fee of twenty dollars per day for each calendar day the required report remains not filed. Such late fee shall begin on the day following the date the report is due. The total late fee assessed under this subsection shall not exceed two thousand dollars per filing. Of the late fee assessed and collected pursuant to this subsection, the Auditor of Public Accounts shall remit to the State Treasurer for credit to the Auditor of Public Accounts Cash Fund an amount sufficient to reimburse the direct costs of administering and enforcing this subsection, but such amount shall not exceed one hundred dollars from such late fee assessed and collected. The Auditor of Public Accounts shall remit the remainder of any late fee assessed and collected under this subsection to the State Treasurer to be distributed in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.(3) In connection with his or her duties, but at his or her discretion, the Auditor of Public Accounts may conduct performance audits of all political subdivisions receiving more than twenty-five thousand dollars in the audit year in tax funds from the state including all public utilities and all counties, townships, municipalities, cities, villages, districts, authorities, and other public corporations and entities. The performance audits shall be conducted in conformity with generally accepted auditing standards and government auditing standards.Source   Laws 1974, LB 922, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 310, § 15;   Laws 1995, LB 509, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB368, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021