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NE Code § 73-506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-506 - State agency contracts for services; requirements.

73-506.  State agency contracts for services; requirements.State agency contracts for services shall be subject to the following requirements:(1) Payments shall be made when contractual deliverables are received or in accordance with specific contractual terms and conditions;(2) State agencies shall not enter into contracts for services with an unspecified or unlimited duration, and no contract for services shall be amended to extend the duration of the contract for a period of more than fifty percent of the initial contract term. Following the adoption of any amendment to extend the contract for a period of fifty percent or less of the initial contract term, no further extensions of the original contract shall be permitted. This subdivision does not prohibit the exercise of any renewal option expressly provided in the original contract;(3) State agencies shall not structure contracts for services to avoid any of the requirements of sections 73-501 to 73-510; and(4) State agencies shall not enter into contracts for services in excess of fifteen million dollars unless the state agency has complied with section 73-510.Source  Laws 2003, LB 626, § 6;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 9;  Laws 2017, LB151, § 5.
NE Code § 73-507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-507 - Exceptions.

73-507.  Exceptions.(1) Subject to review by the Director of Administrative Services, the division shall provide procedures to grant limited exceptions from sections 73-504, 73-508, and 73-509 for:(a) Sole source contracts, emergency contracts, and contracts for services when the price has been established by the federal General Services Administration or competitively bid by another state or group of states, a group of states and any political subdivision of any other state, or a cooperative purchasing organization on behalf of a group of states; and(b) Other circumstances or specific contracts when any of the requirements of sections 73-504, 73-508, and 73-509 are not appropriate for or are not compatible with the circumstances or contract. The division shall provide a written rationale which shall be kept on file when granting an exception under this subdivision.(2) The following types of contracts for services are not subject to sections 73-504, 73-508, 73-509, and 73-510:(a) Contracts for services subject to the Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act;(b) Contracts for services subject to federal law, regulation, or policy or state statute, under which a state agency is required to use a different selection process or to contract with an identified contractor or type of contractor;(c) Contracts for professional legal services and services of expert witnesses, hearing officers, or administrative law judges retained by state agencies for administrative or court proceedings;(d) Contracts involving state or federal financial assistance passed through by a state agency to a political subdivision;(e) Contracts with a value of fifteen million dollars or less with direct providers of medical, behavioral, or developmental health services, child care, or child welfare services to an individual;(f) Agreements for services to be performed for a state agency by another state or local government agency or contracts made by a state agency with a local government agency for the direct provision of services to the public;(g) Agreements for services between a state agency and the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska state colleges, the courts, the Legislature, or other officers or state agencies established by the Constitution of Nebraska;(h) Department of Insurance contracts for financial or actuarial examination, for rehabilitation, conservation, reorganization, or liquidation of licensees, and for professional services related to residual pools or excess funds under the agency's control;(i) Department of Transportation contracts for all road and bridge projects;(j) Nebraska Investment Council contracts; and(k) Contracts under section 57-1503.Source  Laws 2003, LB 626, § 7;  Laws 2011, First Spec. Sess., LB4, § 5;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 10;  Laws 2014, LB974, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 250.  Cross References  Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act, see section 81-1702.
NE Code § 73-508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-508 - Preapproval; required; when.

73-508.  Preapproval; required; when.Except as provided in section 73-507, all proposals for sole source contracts for services in excess of fifty thousand dollars shall be preapproved by the division except in emergencies. In case of an emergency, contract approval by the state agency director or his or her designee is required. A copy of the contract and state agency justification of the emergency shall be provided to the Director of Administrative Services within three business days after contract approval. The state agency shall retain a copy of the justification with the contract in the state agency files. The Director of Administrative Services shall maintain a complete record of such sole source contracts for services.Source  Laws 2003, LB 626, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB256, § 3;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 11.
NE Code § 73-509 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-509 - Pre-process; required; when; procedure.

73-509.  Pre-process; required; when; procedure.Each proposed contract for services in excess of fifty thousand dollars which requests services that are now performed or have, within the year immediately preceding the date of the proposed contract, been performed by a state employee covered by the classified personnel system or by any labor contract shall use a pre-process prescribed by the division. The pre-process shall include evaluation of the displacement of the employee of the state agency or position held by the employee of the state agency within the preceding year and of the disadvantages of such a contract for services against the expected advantages, whether economic or otherwise. Documentation of each evaluation shall be maintained in the contract file by the state agency.Source  Laws 2003, LB 626, § 9;  Laws 2012, LB858, § 12.
NE Code § 73-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-601 - Act, how cited.

73-601.  Act, how cited.Sections 73-601 to 73-605 shall be known and may be cited as the Transparency in Government Procurement Act.Source Laws 2014, LB371, § 1.
NE Code § 73-602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-602 - Legislative findings and declaration.

73-602.  Legislative findings and declaration.(1) The Legislature finds that:(a) Transparency in public procurement is an important tool to deter corruption and to maintain the public's trust in government contracting;(b) Taxpayers deserve to know how and where their tax dollars are being spent;(c) The economy and general welfare of this state and its people and the economy and general welfare of the United States are inseparably linked to the preservation and development of manufacturing industries in this state, as well as all the other states of this nation; and(d) Recognizing such link, it should be the policy of this state that, whenever possible, taxpayer dollars be reinvested with its individual and employer taxpayers in order to foster job retention and growth and to ensure a broad and healthy tax base for future investments vital to the state's infrastructure.(2) The Legislature declares that it shall be the policy of this state that the Department of Administrative Services shall quantify the portion of its procurement spending that is reinvested with taxpayers in this state and the nation.Source Laws 2014, LB371, § 2.
NE Code § 73-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-603 - Department of Administrative Services; report; contents.

73-603.  Department of Administrative Services; report; contents.(1) The Department of Administrative Services shall create an annual report that includes:(a) The total number and value of contracts awarded by the department;(b) The total number and value of contracts awarded by the department to contractors within this state;(c) The total number and value of contracts awarded by the department to foreign contractors; and(d) The total number of contracts awarded by the department for which a preference was given under section 73-101.01.(2) The first such report created pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be submitted to the Governor and the Legislature on or before September 1, 2015, and shall include the information specified in such subsection from FY2014-15. Subsequent reports shall be submitted on or before September 1 each year thereafter and shall include the required information from the most recent fiscal year ending prior to such date. The reports submitted to the Legislature and the Governor shall be submitted electronically. Each annual report shall be made available to the public through publication on the department's website on or before September 1 of each year.Source Laws 2014, LB371, § 3.
NE Code § 73-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-604 - Certain contracts; contractor; provide information.

73-604.  Certain contracts; contractor; provide information.Beginning on July 1, 2014, each contract awarded by the Department of Administrative Services shall require that the contractors provide to the department any and all information needed for compliance with section 73-603.Source Laws 2014, LB371, § 4.
NE Code § 73-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 73 - Public Lettings and Contracts|73-605 - Act; applicability.

73-605.  Act; applicability.The Transparency in Government Procurement Act applies only to contracts awarded by the Department of Administrative Services on and after July 1, 2014, and does not apply to the Office of the Nebraska Capitol Commission.Source Laws 2014, LB371, § 5.
NE Code § 74-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-307 - Roads, streams, or canals; crossings; conditions.

74-307.  Roads, streams, or canals; crossings; conditions.Any railroad may construct and carry its tracks across, over, or under any road, railroad, canal, stream, or watercourse when it may be necessary in the construction thereof. In such cases, the railroad shall construct its railroad crossings so as to not unnecessarily impede the travel, transportation, or navigation upon the road, railroad, canal, stream, or watercourse so crossed. The railroad may change the channel of any stream or watercourse whenever it may be necessary in the location, construction, or use of its road if it does not change the general course of the stream or watercourse or materially impair its usefulness.Source   R.S.1866, c. 25, § 86, p. 219;   R.S.1913, § 5944;   C.S.1922, § 5282;   C.S.1929, § 74-305;   R.S.1943, § 74-307;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 2.  Annotations  Omission of word necessary in instruction to jury was not prejudicial. Sawyer v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co., 99 Neb. 294, 156 N.W. 504 (1916). It is the duty of a railroad company when its right-of-way passes over a stream to so construct its roadbed as to carry off the waters of that stream. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Andreesen, 62 Neb. 456, 87 N.W. 167 (1901). A railroad corporation, though authorized by law to construct its road across a stream, must do so with due regard for the rights of adjacent landowners, and is liable for damage to adjacent land if its bridge is so constructed as to cause water and ice to gorge and overflow such land. McCleneghan v. Omaha & R. V. R. R. Co., 25 Neb. 523, 41 N.W. 350 (1889), 13 A.S.R. 508 (1889). Legislature may put the burden of repair of viaducts crossing several railroads upon one of the companies or apportion it among all as it sees fit. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co. v. State of Nebraska ex rel. City of Omaha, 170 U.S. 57 (1898).
NE Code § 74-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-308 - Real estate; acquisition; damages; procedure.

74-308.  Real estate; acquisition; damages; procedure.Any railroad may purchase and use real estate for a price to be agreed upon with the owners thereof and may acquire the same through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   R.S.1866, c. 25, § 95, p. 223;   R.S.1913, § 5945;   C.S.1922, § 5283;   C.S.1929, § 74-306;   R.S.1943, § 74-308;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 113, p. 501;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 3.  Annotations  Although railroads are private corporations, they have been given the statutory authority to acquire land through eminent domain. Railroads are required to exercise their eminent domain power in accordance with Nebraska's general eminent domain statutes, set forth at sections 76-701 to 76-726. Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Chaulk, 262 Neb. 235, 631 N.W.2d 131 (2001). An attempt to agree with owner is condition precedent to condemnation. Higgins v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 157 Neb. 652, 61 N.W.2d 213 (1953). Taxation of costs in eminent domain proceedings by railroad company contrasted with procedure under other statutes. Kennedy v. Department of Roads & Irrigation, 150 Neb. 727, 35 N.W.2d 781 (1949). The fact that negotiations for purchase of a tract of land failed because of disagreement is sufficient to show that the parties were unable to agree and to authorize ascertainment of damages by condemnation. Rogers v. Cosgrave, 98 Neb. 608, 153 N.W. 569 (1915). The fact that by statute the railroad company may condemn land for a right-of-way if the parties are unable to agree will be considered with evidence tending to show that a contract for the purchase of such land is inequitable and not to be specifically enforced. Rice v. Lincoln & N. W. R. R. Co., 88 Neb. 307, 129 N.W. 425 (1911). Statutory provisions for the ascertainment of damages to a landowner whose property is taken by eminent domain apply only when real estate is taken or appropriated by the railroad company. Republican V. R. R. Co. v. Fellers, 16 Neb. 169, 20 N.W. 217 (1884). The mode provided for assessing damages for right-of-way does not apply where property is damaged but no portion thereof is taken. Burlington & M. R. R. Co. v. Reinhackle, 15 Neb. 279, 18 N.W. 69 (1883), 48 Am. R. 342 (1883). Provisions of this section for ascertaining damages apply only where property is taken. Where property is damaged, relief must be sought in an action for damages. Omaha Horse Ry. Co. v. Cable Tram-Way Co. of Omaha, 32 F. 727 (Cir. Ct., D. Neb. 1887).
NE Code § 74-424 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-424 - Transferred to section 81-2801.

74-424.  Transferred to section 81-2801.
NE Code § 74-548 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-548 - Shipments; weighing; certificates.

74-548.  Shipments; weighing; certificates.The owner, consignor, or consignee of any carload lots of grain, coal, merchandise, or other property in course of transportation over any railroad within the state, transporting the same for hire, may request in writing any agent of the operators of such railroad to weigh any such carloads of grain, coal, merchandise, or other property in course of transportation. Upon such a request being received, it shall become the duty of the operators of such railroad to weigh the car or cars designated in such written request, together with their contents, upon such track scale as may be designated in such written request, over which such car or cars in the regular course of transit will thereafter pass, and deliver to the person making such request a written certificate showing the name and number of the car so weighed, the date of the taking of such weight, and the place where weighed, with the number of pounds of gross and net weights, after deducting the tare marked on the car from such gross weight. The certificate so executed and delivered shall be admissible evidence against such railroad in any legal proceeding, thereafter instituted or then pending against any such railroad weighing and transporting the property contained in such car or cars, of all the facts stated in such certificate.Source   Laws 1907, c. 88, § 3, p. 307;   R.S.1913, § 6007;   C.S.1922, § 5352;   C.S.1929, § 74-535;   R.S.1943, § 74-548;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 5.
NE Code § 74-549 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-549 - Shipments; stations without scales; weighing.

74-549.  Shipments; stations without scales; weighing.Wherever any carload lot of merchandise, coal, grain, or other property is delivered for transportation for hire to any railroad within this state, consigned to any person at a station on the line of the railroad or upon any other railroad within this state, where no track scale is located and maintained, and such car in the course of transit will not pass a track scale on the line of such connecting railroad, it shall immediately become the duty of such initial railroad to cause the same to be weighed in the manner required by section 74-548 on the track scale located nearest the station to which such car is consigned and to stamp upon the waybill for such car all of the matters required to be set out in the certificate provided for in such section. Where coal, grain, merchandise, or other property in carload lots is consigned to stations where track scales are located and the consignee requests the same to be weighed, the weights shall be taken, both gross and tare, with the car uncoupled, on such track scales at the point of destination.Source   Laws 1907, c. 88, § 4, p. 308;   R.S.1913, § 6008;   C.S.1922, § 5353;   C.S.1929, § 74-536;   R.S.1943, § 74-549;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 6.
NE Code § 74-550 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-550 - Shipments; failure to weigh; penalty.

74-550.  Shipments; failure to weigh; penalty.Any railroad operating in this state and violating any of the provisions of sections 74-548 and 74-549 by neglecting or refusing to furnish weights as provided in section 74-549 shall upon conviction thereof be fined in the sum of one hundred dollars for each and every such violation. The fine shall be recovered by the state in an action in its name upon complaint of any owner, consignor, or consignee of the property which such railroad refuses to weigh, made before any court of competent jurisdiction.Source   Laws 1907, c. 88, § 5, p. 308;   R.S.1913, § 6009;   C.S.1922, § 5354;   C.S.1929, § 74-537;   R.S.1943, § 74-550;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 7.
NE Code § 74-592 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-592 - Track motor cars; headlights; rear light; windshield; equip.

74-592.  Track motor cars; headlights; rear light; windshield; equip.Each railroad shall equip each of its track motor cars used during the period from sunset to sunrise with (1) an electric headlight of such construction either permanent or portable and with sufficient candlepower to render plainly visible at a distance of not less than three hundred feet in advance of such track motor car any track obstruction, landmark, warning sign, or grade crossing and (2) a red rear electric light of such construction and with sufficient candlepower as to be plainly visible at a distance of three hundred feet. Such track motor cars shall be equipped with a shield of sufficient width and height to afford reasonable protection to the employees transported by it, part of which shall be a windshield of transparent shatterproof material.Source   Laws 1949, c. 217, § 1, p. 616;   Laws 1959, c. 336, § 1, p. 1218;   Laws 1993, LB 575, § 52;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 8.
NE Code § 74-593 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-593 - Track motor cars; failure to equip; violation; penalty.

74-593.  Track motor cars; failure to equip; violation; penalty.Any railroad which uses or permits to be used on its line in this state a track motor car in violation of section 74-592 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1949, c. 217, § 2, p. 616;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 185;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 9.
NE Code § 74-594 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-594 - Train, yard, or engine crew; blocking street or highway; liability; exempt.

74-594.  Train, yard, or engine crew; blocking street or highway; liability; exempt.No member of a train crew, yard crew, or engine crew of a railroad shall be held personally responsible or found guilty of violating any state laws or any municipal ordinances regulating or intended to regulate the occupying or blocking of any street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade by trains or passenger or freight cars upon reasonable proof that the occupying or blocking of the street, road, or highway crossing-at-grade was necessary to comply with orders or instructions either written or oral of his or her employer or its officers or supervisory officials. This section shall not relieve the employer or railroad from any responsibility placed upon the employer or railroad by any such state laws or by such municipal ordinances. This section shall be supplemental to any other law.Source   Laws 1967, c. 473, § 1, p. 1468;   R.S.Supp.,1967, § 75-594;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 10.
NE Code § 74-595 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-595 - Litter; duty to remove.

74-595.  Litter; duty to remove.Each railroad shall be responsible for the removal of all litter as defined in section 28-523 on property owned or leased by the railroad which is under a bridge, trestle, or similar structure.Source   Laws 1979, LB 42, § 11;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 11.
NE Code § 74-596 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-596 - Speed limitation ordinance; requirements for enactment.

74-596.  Speed limitation ordinance; requirements for enactment.No speed limitation ordinance which would directly affect the operations of an interstate railroad shall be valid or enforceable unless its adoption is in compliance with this section. Before the first reading of the proposed ordinance, each railroad the operations of which would be directly affected by the ordinance shall be given written notice by United States mail of the proposed ordinance and the date, time, and place of such reading. Such notice shall be given at least ten days prior to the reading. Each affected railroad shall have an opportunity to be heard at the first reading. After enactment, each railroad the operations of which would be directly affected shall be provided a written or printed copy of the ordinance by United States mail.Source   Laws 1981, LB 437, § 1;   Laws 1994, LB 414, § 12.
NE Code § 74-597 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 74 - Railroads|74-597 - Railroad accident or unlawful operation; prohibited law enforcement procedures.

74-597.  Railroad accident or unlawful operation; prohibited law enforcement procedures.In any circumstances involving a railroad accident or the operation of a train in violation of state law or local ordinance, no engineer or other crew member of the train shall be required to furnish a motor vehicle operator's license to any state or local law enforcement officer, nor shall any citation involving the operation of a train be issued against the motor vehicle operator's license of the engineer or any other crew member of the train.Source  Laws 1981, LB 437, § 2.