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NE Code § 75-140 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-140 - Orders; enforcement; petition; notice.

75-140.  Orders; enforcement; petition; notice.Whenever any person violates or disobeys an order issued by the commission which has been finally established, the commission or any person interested in such order may petition to the district court of Lancaster County alleging violation or disobedience thereof. The court may determine the matter on such notice to the person complained of as the court deems reasonable. The notice may be served on such person as the court directs.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 40, p. 1369;   Laws 1989, LB 78, § 12;   Laws 1993, LB 42, § 12;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 53.
NE Code § 75-141 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-141 - Order; proceeding to enforce; duty of Attorney General.

75-141.  Order; proceeding to enforce; duty of Attorney General.Whenever any petition authorized by section 75-140 is filed or is prosecuted by the commission or by its direction, the Attorney General shall prosecute the petition at the request of the commission, and the costs and expenses on the part of the commission of any such prosecution shall be paid out of the appropriations for the expenses of the commission.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 41, p. 1370;   Laws 1993, LB 42, § 14;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 54.
NE Code § 75-142 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-142 - Order; enforcement; procedure.

75-142.  Order; enforcement; procedure.The court shall proceed to determine the matter speedily as a court of equity and without the formal pleadings and proceedings applicable to ordinary suits in equity but in such manner as to do justice in the premises. To this end, the court may direct and prosecute, in such manner and by such persons as it may appoint, all such inquiries as the court may think needful to enable it to form a just judgment in the matter of such petition.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 42, p. 1370;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 55.
NE Code § 75-143 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-143 - Order; appeal; effect; attorney's fees.

75-143.  Order; appeal; effect; attorney's fees.The commission and any person interested in the court's decision may appeal to the Court of Appeals under the rules provided by law as to security for an appeal to the Court of Appeals, except that in no case shall security for an appeal be required when the appeal is taken by the commission. An appeal to the Court of Appeals shall not operate to stay or supersede the order of the court or the issuance of execution thereon, and the court may in every such matter order the payment of such costs and attorney's fees as it deems reasonable.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 43, p. 1370;   Laws 1991, LB 732, § 136;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 56.
NE Code § 75-144 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-144 - Order; violation; injunction; penalty.

75-144.  Order; violation; injunction; penalty.(1) If it appears to the court after a hearing that an order of the commission has been violated or disobeyed, the court may issue an injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, to restrain the person from further continuing such violation or disobedience of the order and enjoining disobedience to the order.(2) In case of any disobedience of any injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, the person to whom it was directed shall be guilty of contempt of court. The court may issue a writ of attachment or other process of the court incident or applicable to an injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise, against the person to pay any sum of money, not exceeding, for each such person, the sum of one thousand dollars for every day after a day to be named in the order that the person fails to obey the injunction or other proper process, mandatory or otherwise.(3) The money shall, when paid, be disposed of according to law. The payment of the money may, without prejudice to any other motive covering the same, be enforced by attachment or order in the nature of a writ of execution, in like manner as if the money had been recovered by final decree in personam in such court.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 44, p. 1370;   Laws 1993, LB 42, § 15;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 57.
NE Code § 75-146 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-146 - Common carrier other than a railroad; consolidation or increase in stock; jurisdiction of commission.

75-146.  Common carrier other than a railroad; consolidation or increase in stock; jurisdiction of commission.The capital stock of any common carrier other than a railroad shall not be increased for any purpose except after public notice for sixty days. No common carrier other than a railroad shall consolidate its stock, property, franchise, or earnings, in whole or in part, with any other competing common carrier without permission of the commission, and in no case shall any consolidation take place except on public notice of at least thirty days to all stockholders as provided in the rules of the commission.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 46, p. 1371;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 59.
NE Code § 75-148 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-148 - Common carrier; issuance of securities; conditions.

75-148.  Common carrier; issuance of securities; conditions.A common carrier may issue stock, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, payable at periods of more than twelve months after the date thereof, when necessary for the acquisition of property, the construction, completion, extension, or improvement of facilities, the improvement or maintenance of its service, or the discharge or lawful refunding of its obligations if the common carrier first secures from the commission an order authorizing such issue and the amount thereof and stating that in the opinion of the commission the use of the capital to be secured by the issue of such stock, bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness is reasonably required for the purposes of the carrier. A common carrier may issue notes or other evidence of indebtedness for proper corporate purposes and not in violation of any provision of law, payable in periods of not more than twelve months, without such consent if no such note is, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, refunded by any issue of such stock or bonds, or by any evidence of indebtedness running more than twelve months, without the consent of the commission. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the security issuances of common carriers who are under the control of a federal regulatory agency.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 48, p. 1372;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 60.
NE Code § 75-149 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-149 - Consolidation; securities; issuance; limitation.

75-149.  Consolidation; securities; issuance; limitation.The capital stock of a corporation formed by the merger or consolidation of two or more other corporations, shall not exceed the sum of the capital stock of the corporations so merged or consolidated at par value thereof, or such sum and any additional sum actually paid in cash; nor shall any contract, or consolidation or lease be capitalized in the stock of any corporation whatsoever; nor after October 19, 1963, shall any corporation issue any bonds against or as a lien upon any contract for consolidation or merger.Source  Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 49, p. 1373.
NE Code § 75-150 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-150 - Securities; issuance; fees; expenses.

75-150.  Securities; issuance; fees; expenses.No order authorizing the issuance of securities shall become operative until the applicant pays to the commission fees as follows: Upon applications totaling not more than twenty-five thousand dollars, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars; and upon applications totaling more than twenty-five thousand dollars, the fee shall be twenty-five dollars for the first twenty-five thousand dollars, one dollar per one thousand dollars for the next seventy-five thousand dollars, and twenty-five cents per one thousand dollars for all amounts in excess of one hundred thousand dollars, except that the total fee shall in no case exceed the sum of two thousand five hundred dollars. The fee shall be computed on the par value principal amount of the stock, or in the case of no par stock, on the declared or offering price, whichever is greater. The commission shall remit the fees received to the State Treasurer for credit to the General Fund. The actual and necessary expenses of the commission incurred in investigating the application to sell securities shall be paid by the applicant, who may be required by the commission to deposit in advance a sum sufficient therefor. Any balance thereof shall be returned to the applicant.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 50, p. 1373;   Laws 1969, c. 605, § 1, p. 2466;   Laws 1982, LB 928, § 57;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 61.
NE Code § 75-151 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-151 - Securities; violation; penalty.

75-151.  Securities; violation; penalty.Any common carrier which violates any of the provisions of sections 75-146 to 75-150 or which fails, omits, or neglects to obey, observe, or comply with any order, direction, or requirement of the commission under the provisions of such sections shall forfeit to the State of Nebraska a sum not to exceed five thousand dollars for each and every offense. Each violation of any such order or direction or requirement of such sections shall be a separate and distinct offense, and in case of a continuing violation, each day's continuance thereof shall be a separate and distinct offense. Each officer and agent of any common carrier who violates or procures, aids, or abets any violation by any such common carrier of any of the provisions of sections 75-146 to 75-150, who fails to obey, observe, and comply with any order of the commission or any provision of an order of the commission under the terms of such sections, or who procures, aids, or abets any such common carrier in its failure to obey, observe, and comply with any such order or provision shall be guilty of a Class III felony.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. I, § 51, p. 1373;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 199;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 62.
NE Code § 75-152 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-152 - Common carriers; consignor; designation of means and routing of shipment.

75-152.  Common carriers; consignor; designation of means and routing of shipment.When transportation is involved in connection with the sale of personal property and the price at which such personal property is sold is a delivered price at destination, the consignor may determine the means of transportation to be used and the routing of the shipment.Source   Laws 1965, c. 444, § 1, p. 1413;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 63.
NE Code § 75-153 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-153 - Common carriers; consignee; designation of means and routing of shipment; exception.

75-153.  Common carriers; consignee; designation of means and routing of shipment; exception.Where transportation is involved in the sale of personal property and the price at which such property is sold is determined f.o.b. shipping point, the consignee may determine the means of transportation to be used and the routing of the shipment, except that if the consignor has not received written shipping instructions from the consignee designating a specific carrier a reasonable time prior to the making of the shipment, the consignor may determine the means of transportation to be used and the routing of the shipment.Source   Laws 1965, c. 444, § 2, p. 1413;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 64.
NE Code § 75-154 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-154 - Common carriers; consignor; violation of shipping instructions; damages.

75-154.  Common carriers; consignor; violation of shipping instructions; damages.If, under section 75-153, a consignor of personal property violates written shipping instructions given by the consignee to the consignor a reasonable time prior to the making of the shipment, the consignor shall be liable for actual damages to the consignee or any public carrier injured by the failure of the consignor to comply with the written shipping instructions given the consignor by the consignee.Source   Laws 1965, c. 444, § 3, p. 1413;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 65.
NE Code § 75-155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-155 - Violations; general penalty.

75-155.  Violations; general penalty.Unless a more specific criminal penalty is provided, any person who knowingly and willfully violates Chapter 75 or 86, any rule, regulation, or order of the commission, or any term or condition of any permit or certificate issued by the commission is guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor. Each day of such violation constitutes a separate offense.Source   Laws 1965, c. 446, § 2, p. 1416;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 200;   Laws 1989, LB 78, § 13;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 66;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 492.
NE Code § 75-157 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-157 - Hearing; order; requirements.

75-157.  Hearing; order; requirements.Any hearing held pursuant to section 75-156 shall be held pursuant to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the Public Service Commission. Every decision and order rendered by the commission after the hearing is held shall be in writing and accompanied by findings of facts and conclusions of law. The decision or order shall be sent to the parties by certified or registered mail.Source  Laws 1995, LB 424, § 19.
NE Code § 75-158 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-158 - Unpaid civil penalty; how treated.

75-158.  Unpaid civil penalty; how treated.A civil penalty assessed pursuant to section 75-156 and unpaid shall constitute a debt to the State of Nebraska which may be collected in the manner of a lien foreclosure or sued for and recovered in a proper form of action in the name of the state in the district court of Lancaster County. Any civil penalty collected shall be transmitted within thirty days from receipt to the State Treasurer for credit to the permanent school fund.Source  Laws 1995, LB 424, § 20.
NE Code § 75-159 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-159 - Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

75-159.  Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash Fund; created; use; investment.(1) The Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash Fund is created. The fund shall consist of fees collected under the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act and fees collected pursuant to the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles.(2) Money credited to the fund shall be used by the Public Service Commission for the purposes of administering the Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act and the Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles.(3) Transfers from the fund to the General Fund may be made at the direction of the Legislature. Any money in the Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash 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.(4) On July 1, 2010, the State Treasurer shall transfer any money in the Modular Housing Units Cash Fund and any money in the Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles Cash Fund to the Public Service Commission Housing and Recreational Vehicle Cash Fund.Source Laws 2010, LB849, § 36.Cross References   Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.  Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.  Nebraska Uniform Standards for Modular Housing Units Act, see section 71-1555.  Uniform Standard Code for Manufactured Homes and Recreational Vehicles, see section 71-4601.
NE Code § 75-160 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-160 - Wireless telecommunications service; registry for complaints regarding lack of appropriate coverage; use.

75-160.  Wireless telecommunications service; registry for complaints regarding lack of appropriate coverage; use.(1) The Public Service Commission shall establish and maintain a registry of locations within the State of Nebraska for complaints made to the commission regarding the lack of appropriate coverage for wireless telecommunications service.(2) The commission may utilize the information maintained in the registry only for making any determination related to the granting of funds through any program administered by the commission to support the construction of wireless telecommunications service facilities.(3) For purposes of this section, lack of appropriate coverage means a geographic area where a wireless device is not able to receive a signal from the wireless service provider's network whereby an individual is unable to use a wireless device.(4) The commission shall adopt and promulgate any rules and regulations required to carry out this section.Source Laws 2018, LB994, § 5.
NE Code § 75-161 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-161 - Special party buses; buses providing charter services; distinguishing signs or other indicia.

75-161.  Special party buses; buses providing charter services; distinguishing signs or other indicia.The Public Service Commission shall, in consultation with the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission, adopt and promulgate rules and regulations for signs or other indicia distinguishing between buses providing special party services and buses providing charter services.Source Laws 2020, LB734, § 11.
NE Code § 75-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-201 - Air carrier; exempt from commission regulation.

75-201.  Air carrier; exempt from commission regulation.Any person who transports passengers or property for the public in intrastate commerce by any airborne vehicle shall not be a common carrier subject to commission regulation.Source   Laws 1963, c. 425, art. II, § 1, p. 1374;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 463;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 67.  Annotations Intrastate air carrier regulations are preempted by federal regulations. Pioneer Airways, Inc. v. City of Kearney, 199 Neb. 12, 256 N.W.2d 324 (1977).
NE Code § 75-303.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-303.01 - Nonemergency medical transportation for medicaid clients; contracts authorized.

75-303.01.  Nonemergency medical transportation for medicaid clients; contracts authorized.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services, a medicaid-managed care organization under contract with the department, or another agent working on the department's behalf may contract for nonemergency medical transportation for medicaid clients with a regulated motor carrier holding a designation of authority issued pursuant to subsection (3) of section 75-311 to provide medicaid nonemergency medical transportation services or that has been authorized to provide such services by the commission prior to April 28, 2017.(2) While operating under a designation of authority issued pursuant to subsection (3) of section 75-311, a regulated motor carrier shall comply with (a) the requirements of the Department of Health and Human Services to protect the safety and well-being of department clients, including training, driver standards, background checks, and the provision and quality of service and (b) the rules and regulations adopted, promulgated, and enforced by the commission governing insurance requirements, equipment standards, and background checks.Source   Laws 1993, LB 412, § 4;   Laws 1995, LB 424, § 24;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 791;  Laws 1999, LB 594, § 68;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 697;  Laws 2017, LB263, § 82.
NE Code § 75-303.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 75 - Public Service Commission|75-303.02 - Contracts for transportation; requirements.

75-303.02.  Contracts for transportation; requirements.(1) The Department of Health and Human Services or any agency organized under the Nebraska Community Aging Services Act may contract for the transportation of clients with a contractor which does not hold a certificate or which is not otherwise exempt under section 75-303 only if:(a) The proposed contractor is the individual who will personally drive the vehicle in question;(b) The only compensation to the contractor for the transportation is paid by the department at a rate no greater than that provided for reimbursement of state employees pursuant to section 81-1176 for the costs incurred in the transportation; and(c)(i) There is no regulated motor carrier serving the area in which the client needs transportation, (ii) the regulated motor carrier serving the area is incapable of providing the specific service in question by its own written statement or as determined by the commission upon application of the regulated motor carrier or the department, or (iii) the regulated carrier cannot or will not provide such service at the rate specified in subsection (2) of section 75-303.03.(2) This section does not apply to a regulated motor carrier holding a designation of authority issued pursuant to subsection (3) of section 75-311.Source   Laws 1993, LB 412, § 5;   Laws 1995, LB 424, § 25;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 792;  Laws 1999, LB 594, § 69;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 698;  Laws 2017, LB263, § 83.  Cross References  Nebraska Community Aging Services Act, see section 81-2201.