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NE Code § 81-1114.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1114.01 - Capital construction project; plan required; contents; revisions required; when; to whom submitted.

81-1114.01.  Capital construction project; plan required; contents; revisions required; when; to whom submitted.Each department and agency of the state prior to submitting a capital construction project request in excess of four hundred thousand dollars shall cause to be prepared a comprehensive capital facilities plan. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, a projection of future programmatic needs, analysis of existing facilities and the utilization of such facilities, and identification of projects to meet those projected programmatic needs, including addition to, or renovation or replacement of, existing space, parking, streets, and utilities. The comprehensive capital facilities plan shall be updated or revised when a major capital construction project requested for funding is not in compliance with such plan or when revisions in projected programmatic needs would significantly affect the comprehensive capital facilities plan. Such plans and any updates or revisions shall be submitted to the state building division and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. The plans and any updates or revisions submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. Such plans and revisions or updates shall be prepared in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the state building division. 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.Source   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 26;   Laws 1998, LB 1129, § 23;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 186.
NE Code § 81-1114.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1114.02 - Capital construction project; state building division; review and comment.

81-1114.02.  Capital construction project; state building division; review and comment.Any state agency, prior to bidding a capital construction project with a total project cost exceeding the limit established by the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 81-1114.01, shall submit proposed construction documents to the state building division for review. The state building division shall review the construction documents and submit comments to the budget division, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the affected agencies. The comments submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. Comments shall include identification of possible cost and design alternatives and a determination whether the construction documents are consistent with approved program statements. The state building division shall, by rules and regulations, establish the elements to be included in the construction documents. Comments and reviews of construction documents shall be completed within thirty days after such documents are submitted to the state building division. No funds shall be expended on actual construction until construction documents have been approved by the state building division. A copy of the approval or disapproval shall be forwarded to the requesting agency, the budget division, and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. The copy submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically.Source   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 27;  Laws 2000, LB 654, § 25;  Laws 2004, LB 819, § 1;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 187.
NE Code § 81-1115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1115 - Department of Administrative Services; budget division; budgetary planning; duties; responsibilities.

81-1115.  Department of Administrative Services; budget division; budgetary planning; duties; responsibilities.The budget division shall undertake such tasks of budgetary planning as are presently done by various departments and agencies of state government under the current biennial system of appropriations, and shall have the following duties and responsibilities:(1) Coordinate the fiscal plans of all state agencies;(2) Develop a long-range framework for program budgeting based on forecasts of revenue and expenditures and review all such forecasts of revenue and expenditures quarterly;(3) Compile and publish annually a summary of the operations and trends under all federal programs in which state agencies have participated or might participate and report on the size and desirability of federal grants and the effectiveness of changes and tax laws on the ability of the state to attract industry; and(4) Make periodic studies of the policies of other states regarding the levels of services being provided by state agencies in this state in comparison with that of other states.Source   Laws 1965, c. 538, § 15, p. 1701;   Laws 1969, c. 804, § 9, p. 3038.
NE Code § 81-1116 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1116 - Information management services division; administrator; qualifications; pay.

81-1116.  Information management services division; administrator; qualifications; pay.The information management services division shall be headed by an administrator. Any person who has successfully completed a four-year program at an accredited four-year college or university and who has not less than four years total experience in information management services, of which not less than one year shall have been experience as the supervisor of an information management entity in government or private enterprise and not less than two years shall have been experience as a systems analyst or with principal responsibility for systems development or supervision, or both, may be appointed information management services administrator by the Chief Information Officer. Successful completion of training courses covering the functions, programming, operations, and systems development aspects of information management equipment may be accounted as experience in direct proportion to the number of weeks of course work completed. The rate of pay for the information management services administrator shall be fixed by the Chief Information Officer subject to availability of appropriations. The information management services administrator shall have the power to select and manage such staff and supervise the operation of such equipment as he or she may require.Source   Laws 1965, c. 518, § 16, p. 1701;   Laws 1967, c. 595, § 4, p. 2028;   Laws 1967, c. 593, § 5, p. 2019;   Laws 1969, c. 804, § 10, p. 3038;   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 35;  Laws 2006, LB 921, § 3.
NE Code § 81-1116.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1116.01 - Budget allowance; expend; restriction.

81-1116.01.  Budget allowance; expend; restriction.No department, commission, board or agency of state government may spend any money beyond its budget allowance without specific authority from the Legislature.Source  Laws 1967, c. 367, § 3, p. 959.
NE Code § 81-1116.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1116.02 - Information management services division; purpose.

81-1116.02.  Information management services division; purpose.The purpose of the information management services division is to provide centralized, coordinated, and efficient information management services to all state agencies and to prevent unnecessary duplication of information management operations and applications in state government.Source   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 35;   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 36.
NE Code § 81-1117.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1117.01 - Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund; created; use.

81-1117.01.  Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund; created; use.The Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund is created. The fund shall be used for the purpose of coordinating and expediting the payment of the salary and wages of the officers and employees of the various departments and agencies of the state. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator.Each officer, agency, board, or commission of the state shall prepare its payroll in accordance with policies, procedures, and schedules established by the director.The director may debit the appropriate programs and funds of each of the agencies, boards, and commissions of the state for the total amount of the payroll based upon the input provided by the agencies and credit the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund with an identical amount. The director shall make payments from the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund by warrant or by electronic funds transfer for the net amount of salaries or wages due each individual and to payroll-deduction vendors according to schedules established by the director. The director may make payments from the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund to the federal government if required by federal regulations for the federal share of retirement accounts for terminating employees pursuant to section 84-1321. Payroll records provided by the director shall disclose all expenditures and payroll deductions attributable to each payroll.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1467, § 1;   Laws 1984, LB 933, § 16;   Laws 1986, LB 930, § 3;   Laws 1989, LB 255, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 311, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 28.
NE Code § 81-1117.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1117.02 - Computer file data; release prohibited; written approval for release excepted; public records excepted.

81-1117.02.  Computer file data; release prohibited; written approval for release excepted; public records excepted.(1) Neither the information management services administrator, the Chief Information Officer, nor any employee of such administrator or officer shall release or permit the release of any data maintained in computer files to any person or persons without the express written approval of both the agency primarily responsible for collection and maintenance of such data and the employee to whom such data pertains, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.(2) Any data which is a public record in its original form shall remain a public record when maintained in computer files and shall be provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst pursuant to section 50-420 and shall be made available to the Auditor of Public Accounts solely for use in the performance of audits prescribed by law.Source   Laws 1975, LB 472, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 414, § 4;   Laws 1979, LB 193, § 1;   Laws 1998, LB 924, § 38;  Laws 2006, LB 921, § 5.
NE Code § 81-1117.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1117.03 - Computer file data; release; violations; penalties.

81-1117.03.  Computer file data; release; violations; penalties.Any public official or employee who shall violate the provisions of section 81-1117.02 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and shall be subject to removal from office or discharge in the discretion of the Governor or agency head as appropriate.Source   Laws 1975, LB 472, § 3;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 304.
NE Code § 81-1117.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1117.04 - Computer file data; public records defined.

81-1117.04.  Computer file data; public records defined.Except as otherwise provided by law, public records shall mean all papers, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, reports, maps, plans, photographs, sound recordings, or other documents, regardless of physical form, including records produced by or for use with electronic or mechanical data processing devices, and which have been or shall be created or received by any agency or its lawful successor or official thereof in the exercise of his office or in the conduct, transaction, or performance of any business, duty, or function pursued in accordance with law, but shall not include library or museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience or reference, and stock of publications and reproduced documents.Source  Laws 1975, LB 472, § 4.
NE Code § 81-1117.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1117.05 - State employee; payment of wages; methods authorized.

81-1117.05.  State employee; payment of wages; methods authorized.The Department of Administrative Services may make payments that include, but are not limited to, wages and reimbursable expenses to state employees by electronic funds transfer or a similar means of direct deposit. For purposes of this section, state employee means any person or officer employed by the state who works a full-time or part-time schedule on an ongoing basis.Source  Laws 2001, LB 308, § 1;  Laws 2009, LB167, § 2.
NE Code § 81-1118.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.01 - Materiel administrator; inventory record; state property; powers and duties.

81-1118.01.  Materiel administrator; inventory record; state property; powers and duties.The materiel administrator shall have complete control of all furniture and equipment in the capitol, state laboratory, Governor's Mansion, and all other buildings owned or leased by the State of Nebraska, except telephone and telecommunications equipment and equipment and furniture of the Legislature and the Supreme Court. The materiel administrator shall keep in his or her office a complete record containing an itemized account of all state property, including furniture and equipment under his or her care and control. Such inventory record shall be maintained as a management system to assure efficient utilization of state property with particular emphasis on identification of surpluses. Such system shall be designed so as to provide the materiel administrator with the knowledge of potential surplus property available. The materiel administrator under the authority of the Director of Administrative Services shall have complete control and all powers necessary to assure efficient utilization of state property.Source   Laws 1974, LB 1048, § 38;  Laws 2000, LB 654, § 27.
NE Code § 81-1118.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.02 - All officers, departments, and agencies; state property; inventory; how stamped; action to recover.

81-1118.02.  All officers, departments, and agencies; state property; inventory; how stamped; action to recover.(1) Each executive, department, commission, or other state agency, including the Supreme Court, the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, and the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges, shall annually make or cause to be made an inventory of all property, including furniture and equipment, belonging to the State of Nebraska and in the possession, custody, or control of any executive, department, commission, or other state agency. The inventory shall include property in the possession, custody, or control of each executive, department, commission, or other state agency as of June 30 and shall be completed and filed with the materiel administrator by August 31 of each year.(2) If any of the property of the state, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is lost, destroyed, or unaccounted for by the negligence or carelessness of the executive, department, commission, or other state agency, the administrator shall, with the advice of the Attorney General, take the proper steps to recover such state property or the reasonable value thereof from the executive, department, commission, or other state agency charged with the same and from the person bonding such executive, department, commission, or other state agency, if any.(3) Each such executive, department, commission, or other state agency shall indelibly tag, mark, or stamp all such property belonging to the State of Nebraska, with the following: Property of the State of Nebraska. In the inventory required by subsection (1) of this section, each such executive, department, commission, or other state agency shall state positively that each item of such property has been so tagged, marked, or stamped.Source   Laws 1937, c. 161, § 1, p. 625;   Laws 1939, c. 94, § 1, p. 407;   Laws 1941, c. 144, § 1, p. 573;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-707;   R.S.1943, § 72-707;   Laws 1955, c. 278, § 3, p. 881;   Laws 1957, c. 306, § 1, p. 1112;   Laws 1959, c. 331, § 2, p. 1205;   Laws 1963, c. 418, § 3, p. 1343;   R.R.S.1943, § 72-707;   Laws 1974, LB 1048, § 39;   Laws 1981, LB 545, § 32;   Laws 1984, LB 933, § 17;   Laws 1989, LB 256, § 1;  Laws 2011, LB59, § 3.
NE Code § 81-1118.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.03 - Personal property; purchase or lease; approval; solicitation by Department of Administrative Services; duties.

81-1118.03.  Personal property; purchase or lease; approval; solicitation by Department of Administrative Services; duties.Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all contracts for or leases of personal property shall be subject to the following conditions:(1) No purchase or lease of property shall be approved until a solicitation for purchase or lease has been made by the Department of Administrative Services. Such solicitation shall be in the form of a public notice of the proposed purchase or lease and a general description of the personal property needed in a paper of general circulation in the area where the agency will be operating or by any other method approved by the materiel administrator;(2) The Department of Administrative Services shall be the sole and final authority on purchases and leases of personal property by a using agency. In any case when the approval of the Governor is required, the Governor may, in his or her discretion, confer complete authority upon the Department of Administrative Services in the review and approval of purchase and lease proposals;(3) The Department of Administrative Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to (a) develop and implement purchasing and leasing policies and procedures which shall insure economical and efficient operations of state agencies and (b) carry out the provisions of sections 81-145 to 81-162; and(4) The Director of Administrative Services shall refuse to issue warrants for the disbursement of any funds in payment of contracts or leases which have not been approved according to law.Source   Laws 1975, LB 359, § 15;   Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 28;  Laws 2000, LB 654, § 28.
NE Code § 81-1118.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.04 - Materiel division; purposes.

81-1118.04.  Materiel division; purposes.The purposes of the materiel division are to maximize the state's purchasing power through an efficient and standardized state procurement system and centralized office services and supply program and to maximize the utilization of and control the inventory of state-owned equipment.Source   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 40;  Laws 2000, LB 654, § 29.
NE Code § 81-1118.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.05 - Materiel division; powers and duties.

81-1118.05.  Materiel division; powers and duties.The materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services shall:(1) Establish by rules and regulations a process for resolving complaints from both vendors and state agencies;(2) Maintain a record and written justification of purchases as follows:(a) A list of and explanation for emergency purchases;(b) A list of open market purchases made by the division; and(c) A list of all purchases waived from the minimum time period requirement between bid advertisement and bid opening; and(3) Have the authority to enter into joint purchasing agreements with political subdivisions in the state.Source  Laws 1981, LB 381, § 30.
NE Code § 81-1118.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.06 - Materiel division; state purchasing bureau; purposes.

81-1118.06.  Materiel division; state purchasing bureau; purposes.The purposes of the state purchasing bureau created by section 81-1118 are:(1) To increase public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;(2) To insure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of this state;(3) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of the public funds of the state;(4) To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and(5) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.Source   Laws 1981, LB 381, § 31;  Laws 2000, LB 654, § 30.
NE Code § 81-1118.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1118.07 - State purchasing bureau; use reverse auction; powers and duties.

81-1118.07.  State purchasing bureau; use reverse auction; powers and duties.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state purchasing bureau created by section 81-1118 may use a reverse auction for the acquisition of goods if the bureau determines that the use of a reverse auction would be advantageous to the state.(2) If the bureau conducts a reverse auction, the bureau shall provide notification of the intent to use the reverse auction process in the bid solicitation documents and, unless the solicitation is canceled, an award shall be made to the bidder determined by the bureau to be the lowest responsible bidder at the close of the bidding process. The bureau may require bidders to register before the opening date and time of the reverse auction.(3) The bureau may contract with a third-party vendor to conduct a reverse auction pursuant to this section.(4) The bureau may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.(5) For purposes of this section, reverse auction means a process in which (a) bidders compete to provide goods in an open and interactive environment, which may include the use of electronic media, (b) bids are opened and made public immediately, and (c) bidders are given opportunity to submit revised bids until the bidding process is complete.Source Laws 2009, LB168, § 1.
NE Code § 81-1119 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments|81-1119 - Real property; purchases authorized.

81-1119.  Real property; purchases authorized.The Department of Administrative Services may purchase real property needed by the state which costs an amount equal to or less than ten percent of the amount set forth in subdivision (1)(a) of section 81-1108.43 as adjusted by subsection (2) of section 81-1108.43 without legislative approval or a specific appropriation for such purchase unless the purchase is made to evade the dollar limitation in this section and additional unapproved purchases will be made which, when considered together, would exceed the dollar limitation.Source   Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 29;  Laws 2017, LB320, § 6.