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NE Code § 49-1423 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1423 - Gift, defined.

49-1423.  Gift, defined.Gift shall mean a payment, subscription, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given therefor. Gift shall not include a campaign contribution otherwise reported as required by law, a commercially reasonable loan made in the ordinary course of business, a gift received from a relative, a breakfast, luncheon, dinner, or other refreshments consisting of food and beverage provided for immediate consumption, or the occasional provision of transportation within the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 23;  Laws 2000, LB 1021, § 3.
NE Code § 49-1424 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1424 - Government body, defined.

49-1424.  Government body, defined.Government body shall mean an authority, department, commission, committee, council, board, bureau, division, office, legislative body, or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or of one or more political subdivisions thereof or a school district, state college, state university, or other state-supported institution of higher education.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 24.
NE Code § 49-1425 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1425 - Immediate family, defined.

49-1425.  Immediate family, defined.Immediate family shall mean a child residing in an individual's household, a spouse of an individual, or an individual claimed by that individual or that individual's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 25.
NE Code § 49-1426 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1426 - Income, defined.

49-1426.  Income, defined.Income shall mean any money or thing of value received, or to be received as a claim on future services, whether in the form of a fee, salary, expense, allowance, forbearance, forgiveness, interest, dividend, royalty, rent, capital gain, or any other form of recompense then constituting income under the Internal Revenue Code.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 26.
NE Code § 49-1427 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1427 - Independent committee, defined.

49-1427.  Independent committee, defined.Independent committee shall mean a committee other than a candidate, ballot question, or political party committee.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 27;   Laws 1980, LB 535, § 4.
NE Code § 49-1428 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1428 - Independent expenditure, defined.

49-1428.  Independent expenditure, defined.Independent expenditure shall mean an expenditure as defined in section 49-1419 by a person if the expenditure is not made at the direction of, under the control of, or with the cooperation of another person and if the expenditure is not a contribution to a committee.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 28;   Laws 1997, LB 420, § 16.
NE Code § 49-1429 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1429 - Influencing, defined.

49-1429.  Influencing, defined.Influencing shall mean promoting, supporting, affecting, modifying, opposing, or delaying by any means, including the providing of or use of information, statistics, studies, or analyses.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 29.
NE Code § 49-1430 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1430 - In-kind contribution or expenditure, defined.

49-1430.  In-kind contribution or expenditure, defined.In-kind contribution or expenditure shall mean a contribution as defined in section 49-1415 or expenditure as defined in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section 49-1419, other than money.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 30.
NE Code § 49-1431 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1431 - Legislative action, defined.

49-1431.  Legislative action, defined.Legislative action shall mean introduction, sponsorship, support, opposition, consideration, debate, voting, passage, defeat, approval, veto, delay, or an official action by an official in the executive branch or an official in the legislative branch on a bill, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment, report, or any matter pending or proposed in a committee or the Legislature.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 31.
NE Code § 49-1432 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1432 - Loan, defined.

49-1432.  Loan, defined.Loan shall mean a transfer of money, property, or anything of ascertainable monetary value in exchange for an obligation, conditional or not, to repay in whole or part.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 32.
NE Code § 49-1433 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1433 - Lobbying, defined.

49-1433.  Lobbying, defined.Lobbying shall mean the practice of promoting or opposing for another person, as defined in section 49-1438, the introduction or enactment of legislation or resolutions before the Legislature or the committees or the members thereof, and shall also include the practice of promoting or opposing executive approval of legislation or resolutions.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 33.
NE Code § 49-1433.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1433.01 - Major out-of-state contributor, defined.

49-1433.01.  Major out-of-state contributor, defined.Major out-of-state contributor means a corporation, union, industry association, trade association, or professional association which is not organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska and which makes contributions or expenditures totaling more than ten thousand dollars in any calendar year in connection with one or more elections.Source   Laws 1997, LB 49, § 6;  Laws 2013, LB79, § 4;  Laws 2014, LB946, § 23.
NE Code § 49-1434 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1434 - Principal, lobbyist, defined.

49-1434.  Principal, lobbyist, defined.(1) Principal means a person who authorizes a lobbyist to lobby in behalf of that principal.(2) Lobbyist means a person who is authorized to lobby on behalf of a principal and includes an officer, agent, attorney, or employee of the principal whose regular duties include lobbying.(3) Principal or lobbyist does not include:(a) A public official or employee of a branch of state government, except the University of Nebraska, or an elected official of a political subdivision who is acting in the course or scope of his or her office or employment;(b) Any publisher, owner, or working member of the press, radio, or television while disseminating news or editorial comment to the general public in the ordinary course of business;(c) An employee of a principal or lobbyist whose duties are confined to typing, filing, and other types of clerical office work;(d) Any person who limits his or her activities (i) to appearances before legislative committees and who so advises the committee at the time of his or her appearance whom he or she represents or that he or she appears at the invitation of a named member of the Legislature or at the direction of the Governor or (ii) to writing letters or furnishing written material to individual members of the Legislature or to the committees thereof;(e) Any individual who does not engage in lobbying for another person as defined in section 49-1438; or(f) An employee of a political subdivision whose regular employment duties do not ordinarily include lobbying activities as long as such employee is not additionally compensated for such lobbying activities, other than his or her regular salary, and is not reimbursed for any lobbying expenditures except his or her travel, lodging, and meal expenses and the meal expenses for members of the Legislature.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 34;   Laws 1979, LB 162, § 2;   Laws 1991, LB 232, § 3;  Laws 2006, LB 940, § 3.
NE Code § 49-1435 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1435 - Nonministerial, defined.

49-1435.  Nonministerial, defined.Nonministerial shall mean an action other than an action which a person performs in a prescribed manner under prescribed circumstances in obedience to the mandate of legal authority, without the exercise of personal judgment regarding whether to take the action.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 35.
NE Code § 49-1436 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1436 - Official in the executive branch, defined.

49-1436.  Official in the executive branch, defined.Official in the executive branch shall mean an official holding a state executive office as provided in Article IV, Constitution of Nebraska, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Tax Commissioner, the heads of such other executive departments as set forth in the Constitution or as may be established by law, a deputy thereto, or a member of any state board or commission. This includes an individual who is elected or appointed and has not yet taken, or an individual who is nominated for appointment to, any of the offices enumerated in this section.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 36.
NE Code § 49-1437 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1437 - Official in the legislative branch, defined.

49-1437.  Official in the legislative branch, defined.Official in the legislative branch shall mean a member or member-elect of the Legislature, a member of an official body established by and responsible to the Legislature, or employee thereof other than an individual employed by the state in a clerical or nonpolicymaking capacity.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 37.
NE Code § 49-1438 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1438 - Person, defined.

49-1438.  Person, defined.Person shall mean a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or other organization or group of persons acting jointly.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 38;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 306.
NE Code § 49-1439 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1439 - Political merchandise, defined.

49-1439.  Political merchandise, defined.Political merchandise shall mean goods such as bumper stickers, pins, hats, beverages, literature, or other items sold by a person at a fundraiser or to the general public for publicity or for the purpose of raising funds to be used in supporting or opposing a candidate for nomination for or election to an elective office or in supporting or opposing the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 39.
NE Code § 49-1440 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1440 - Political party, defined.

49-1440.  Political party, defined.Political party shall mean a political party which has a right under law to have the names of its candidates listed on the ballot in a general election.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 40.
NE Code § 49-1441 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1441 - Political party committee, defined.

49-1441.  Political party committee, defined.Political party committee shall mean a state central, district, or county committee of a political party which is a committee.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 41.
NE Code § 49-1442 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1442 - Public employee, defined.

49-1442.  Public employee, defined.Public employee shall mean an employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 42.
NE Code § 49-1443 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1443 - Public official, defined.

49-1443.  Public official, defined.Public official shall mean an official in the executive branch, an official in the legislative branch, or an elected or appointed official in the judicial branch of the state government or a political subdivision thereof; any elected or appointed member of a school board; and an elected or appointed member of a governing body of a state institution of higher education.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 43.
NE Code § 49-1443.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1443.01 - Relative, defined.

49-1443.01.  Relative, defined.Relative shall mean any person related to another by blood or marriage to the third degree of consanguinity, including a foster parent, foster child, stepparent, stepchild, and adopted children and their adoptive parents.Source Laws 2000, LB 1021, § 4.
NE Code § 49-1444 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1444 - State elective office, defined.

49-1444.  State elective office, defined.State elective office shall mean the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, member of a board or commission with one or more election districts of more than one county, and member of the Legislature.Source  Laws 1976, LB 987, § 44.
NE Code § 49-1445 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1445 - Candidate for office; candidate committee; slate or team; committee; when formed; violation; penalty.

49-1445.  Candidate for office; candidate committee; slate or team; committee; when formed; violation; penalty.(1) A candidate shall form a candidate committee upon raising, receiving, or expending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.(2) A candidate committee may consist of one member with the candidate being the member.(3) A person who is a candidate for more than one office shall form a candidate committee for an office upon raising, receiving, or expending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year for that office.(4) Two or more candidates who campaign as a slate or team for public office shall form a committee upon raising, receiving, or expending jointly in any combination more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.(5) The fee to file for office shall not be included in determining if a candidate has raised, received, or expended more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.(6) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 45;   Laws 1980, LB 535, § 5;   Laws 1983, LB 230, § 2;   Laws 1987, LB 480, § 3;   Laws 1990, LB 601, § 1;  Laws 1999, LB 416, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 7;  Laws 2013, LB79, § 5;  Laws 2014, LB946, § 24. Annotations Generally, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act requires candidates for elective state office to form candidate committees and file campaign statements with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission once the candidate has raised, received, or expended $5,000 in a calendar year. Nebraska Legislature on behalf of State v. Hergert, 271 Neb. 976, 720 N.W.2d 372 (2006).
NE Code § 49-1446 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446 - Committee; treasurer; depository account; contributions and expenditures; requirements; reports; commingling funds; violations; penalty.

49-1446.  Committee; treasurer; depository account; contributions and expenditures; requirements; reports; commingling funds; violations; penalty.(1) Each committee shall have a treasurer who is a qualified elector of this state. A candidate may appoint himself or herself as the candidate committee treasurer.(2) Each committee shall designate one account in a financial institution in this state as an official depository for the purpose of depositing all contributions which it receives in the form of or which are converted to money, checks, or other negotiable instruments and for the purpose of making all expenditures. Secondary depositories shall be used for the sole purpose of depositing contributions and promptly transferring the deposits to the committee's official depository.(3) No contribution shall be accepted and no expenditure shall be made by a committee which has not filed a statement of organization and which does not have a treasurer. When the office of treasurer in a candidate committee is vacant, the candidate shall be the treasurer until the candidate appoints a new treasurer.(4) No expenditure shall be made by a committee without the authorization of the treasurer or the assistant treasurer. The contributions received or expenditures made by a candidate or an agent of a candidate shall be considered received or made by the candidate committee.(5) Contributions received by an individual acting in behalf of a committee shall be reported promptly to the committee's treasurer not later than five days before the closing date of any campaign statement required to be filed by the committee and shall be reported to the committee treasurer immediately if the contribution is received less than five days before the closing date.(6) A contribution shall be considered received by a committee when it is received by the committee treasurer or a designated agent of the committee treasurer notwithstanding the fact that the contribution is not deposited in the official depository by the reporting deadline.(7) Contributions received by a committee shall not be commingled with any funds of an agent of the committee or of any other person except for funds received or disbursed by a separate segregated political fund for the purpose of supporting or opposing candidates and committees in elections in states other than Nebraska and candidates for federal office, as provided in section 49-1469.06, including independent expenditures made in such elections.(8) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1976, LB 987, § 46;   Laws 1977, LB 41, § 40;   Laws 1980, LB 535, § 6;   Laws 1988, LB 1136, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 587, § 12;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 8;  Laws 2013, LB79, § 6.
NE Code § 49-1446.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446.01 - Committee; certain expenditure of funds authorized.

49-1446.01.  Committee; certain expenditure of funds authorized.(1) No committee, other than a political party committee, may expend funds except to make an expenditure, as defined in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 49-1419, or as provided in section 49-1446.03 or 49-1469.06.(2) A candidate committee of an officeholder may make expenditures for the payment of installation and use of telephone and telefax machines located in an officeholder's public office and used by such officeholder.(3) Any committee, including a political party committee, may invest funds in investments authorized for the state investment officer in the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a separate segregated political fund from disbursing funds as provided in section 49-1469.06.Source   Laws 1981, LB 134, § 5;   Laws 1988, LB 1136, § 2;   Laws 1988, LB 1174, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 722, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 39;   Laws 1997, LB 49, § 8;  Laws 2002, LB 1086, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 9.  Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
NE Code § 49-1446.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446.02 - Committee; certain expenditure of funds; prohibited.

49-1446.02.  Committee; certain expenditure of funds; prohibited.Notwithstanding any other provision of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, no committee shall expend funds for the purchase or payment of:(1) Clothes or medical or dental expenses of a candidate or the members of his or her immediate family;(2) Installment payments for an automobile owned by a candidate;(3) Mortgage or rental payments for a permanent residence of a candidate;(4) The satisfaction of personal debts, including installment payments on personal loans, except campaign loans subject to reporting required by subsection (2) of section 49-1456;(5) Personal services, including the services of a lawyer or accountant, except campaign services subject to reporting pursuant to the provisions of section 49-1455; or(6) Office supplies, staff, or furnishings for the public office for which an individual is a candidate for nomination or election except as set out in subsection (2) of section 49-1446.01.Source   Laws 1981, LB 134, § 6;   Laws 1992, LB 722, § 2;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 10.
NE Code § 49-1446.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446.03 - Committee; expenditure of funds; authorized.

49-1446.03.  Committee; expenditure of funds; authorized.Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, any committee may, in addition to the expenditures set forth in section 49-1446.01, make expenditures for the following:(1) The necessary continued operation of the campaign office or offices of the candidate or political committee;(2) Social events primarily for the benefit of campaign workers and volunteers or constituents;(3) Obtaining public input and opinion;(4) Repayment of campaign loans incurred prior to election day;(5) Newsletters and other communications for the purpose of information, thanks, acknowledgment, or greetings or for the purpose of political organization and planning;(6) Gifts of acknowledgment, including flowers and charitable contributions, except that gifts to any one individual shall not exceed fifty dollars in any one calendar year;(7) Meals, lodging, and travel by an officeholder related to his or her candidacy and for members of the immediate family of the officeholder when involved in activities related to his or her candidacy;(8) Conference fees, meals, lodging, and travel by an officeholder and his or her staff when involved in activities related to the duties of his or her public office; and(9) In the case of the candidate committee for the Governor, conference fees, meals, lodging, and travel by the Governor, his or her staff, and his or her immediate family, when involved in activities related to the duties of the Governor.Source   Laws 1981, LB 134, § 7;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 11.
NE Code § 49-1446.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446.04 - Candidate committee; loans; restrictions; civil penalty.

49-1446.04.  Candidate committee; loans; restrictions; civil penalty.(1) A candidate committee shall not accept more than fifteen thousand dollars in loans prior to or during the first thirty days after formation of the candidate committee.(2) After the thirty-day period and until the end of the term of the office to which the candidate sought nomination or election, the candidate committee shall not accept loans in an aggregate amount of more than fifty percent of the contributions of money, other than the proceeds of loans, which the candidate committee has received during such period as of the date of the receipt of the proceeds of the loan. Any loans which have been repaid as of such date shall not be taken into account for purposes of the aggregate loan limit.(3) A candidate committee shall not pay interest, fees, gratuities, or other sums in consideration of a loan, advance, or other extension of credit to the candidate committee by the candidate, a member of the candidate's immediate family, or any business with which the candidate is associated.(4) The penalty for violation of this section shall be a civil penalty of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than the amount of money received by a candidate committee in violation of this section if the candidate committee received more than two hundred fifty dollars. The commission shall assess and collect the civil penalty and shall remit the penalty to the State Treasurer for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1995, LB 399, § 2;  Laws 2005, LB 242, § 12;  Laws 2006, LB 188, § 13;  Laws 2013, LB79, § 7.
NE Code § 49-1446.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 49 - Law|49-1446.06 - Transferred to section 49-1474.02.

49-1446.06.  Transferred to section 49-1474.02.