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NE Code § 72-240.21 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-240.21 - Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; value; announcement; sale price in addition; deposit; lien.

72-240.21.  Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; value; announcement; sale price in addition; deposit; lien.(1) When the land is put up for sale, the minimum sale price shall be determined as in section 72-258.(2) At the time of sale or lease, but prior to the commencement of bidding, a representative of the board shall announce to all present the value to the land of the permitted improvements and growing crops for which the purchaser of the land or lease must pay the lessee as determined under sections 72-240.10 to 72-240.23 and 72-258 or by agreement and shall clearly state that the payment for these permitted improvements and growing crops shall be in addition to the price paid for the land or the lease.(3) In making the publications required by section 72-233 or 72-258, the board shall include in those publications the determined value to the land of the permitted improvements and growing crops owned by the lessee of the land and shall clearly indicate that this amount is to be paid in addition to the price paid for the land or the lease.(4) When the land is sold, the purchaser shall be instructed by the board that he or she must, within thirty days of the date of the sale, deposit the amount of value of the permitted improvements with the county treasurer of the county wherein the land is situated with instructions to the treasurer that the money be paid to the lessee upon notification of issuance of the deed or lease. The state shall have a lien upon the funds so paid to the amount of any unpaid rent and interest on such lands due and owing to the state from the former lessee.Source   Laws 1967, c. 467, § 12, p. 1455;   Laws 1969, c. 591, § 1, p. 2442;   Laws 1971, LB 413, § 11;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 37.
NE Code § 72-240.22 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-240.22 - Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; separate improvements; disagreement on value; appraisal.

72-240.22.  Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; separate improvements; disagreement on value; appraisal.The permitted improvements and growing crops covered by sections 72-240.10 to 72-240.23 and 72-258 shall be deemed to be separate permitted improvements and if the board and the lessee agree as to the value of some permitted improvements but disagree as to the value of others, only those on which they do not agree need be appraised under the appraisal provisions of sections 72-240.10 to 72-240.23 and 72-258.Source   Laws 1967, c. 467, § 13, p. 1455;   Laws 1971, LB 413, § 12;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 38.
NE Code § 72-240.23 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-240.23 - Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; lease of land; value of improvements and crops; new lessee; payment.

72-240.23.  Permitted improvements and growing crops of lessee; lease of land; value of improvements and crops; new lessee; payment.If land is not sold under the provisions of sections 72-240.10 to 72-240.23, 72-257, and 72-258 and is leased according to section 72-258.01, the new lessee shall pay to the old lessee the value of his or her permitted improvements as determined for sale purposes.Source   Laws 1967, c. 467, § 14, p. 1455;   Laws 1971, LB 413, § 13;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 39.
NE Code § 72-240.25 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-240.25 - School lands; lessee; relinquish interest; notice.

72-240.25.  School lands; lessee; relinquish interest; notice.Any lessee of educational lands may, subject to the approval of the board, relinquish his interest in such lease as of the following December 31 by notice to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds on or before November 30 of that year. The notice must be in writing signed and acknowledged by the lessee, and delivered to the office of the board.Source  Laws 1974, LB 894, § 5.
NE Code § 72-240.26 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-240.26 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; Nebraska Investment Council; annual report; contents.

72-240.26.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; Nebraska Investment Council; annual report; contents.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds and the Nebraska Investment Council shall jointly report annually to the Clerk of the Legislature, and such report shall contain anticipated future actions by the board as well as actions already taken. The report submitted to the Clerk of the Legislature shall be submitted electronically. The board's portion of the report shall include (1) with reference to each tract of land sold pursuant to section 72-201.01: (a) The legal description; (b) the unique characteristics of the land being sold; (c) the appraised value; (d) the sale price; (e) the amount of funds received in the calendar year covered by the report from the sale; (f) the disposition of the funds; (g) the total number of acres of any unsold educational lands remaining under the general management and control of the board by county; (h) the total appraised value of unsold land; and (i) the percentage of the investment portfolio remaining in real estate, including all nonagricultural real estate and (2) the corresponding information for any land that has been acquired or traded. The council's portion of the report shall include a cost-benefit analysis which considers the land being sold versus the anticipated investment potential of proceeds resulting from the sale. The cost-benefit analysis model used shall be consistent with the standards of the investment industry at the time of the proposed sale. Each member of the Legislature shall receive an electronic copy of such report by making a request for it to the chairperson of the board.Source   Laws 1974, LB 894, § 6;   Laws 1979, LB 322, § 31;   Laws 1996, LB 1205, § 2;  Laws 2000, LB 1010, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB782, § 129.
NE Code § 72-241 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-241 - School lands; leases; assignments; validity; recording.

72-241.  School lands; leases; assignments; validity; recording.An assignment of a school land lease shall not be valid until recorded in the office of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds and shall not be eligible to such record if there are any payments of interest or rental due at the time the assignment is offered for record.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 18, p. 310;   R.S.1913, § 5864;   C.S.1922, § 5200;   Laws 1923, c. 60, § 1, p. 183;   C.S.1929, § 72-220;   Laws 1935, c. 163, § 13, p. 606;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-220;   R.S.1943, § 72-241;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 40.  Annotations  Assignment of school land lease is not valid until recorded in the office of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Kidder v. Wright, 177 Neb. 222, 128 N.W.2d 683 (1964). Assignments of school land leases are permitted, but to be effective against the state must be recorded. State ex rel. Johnson v. Commercial State Bank, 142 Neb. 752, 7 N.W.2d 654 (1943).
NE Code § 72-242 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-242 - School lands; publication of notice; fees.

72-242.  School lands; publication of notice; fees.The publisher of any advertisement in connection with the forfeiture, leasing or sale of any educational lands shall be allowed the fees fixed by law for publishing legal notices, or standard commercial rates when the board elects to use commercial advertising.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 19, p. 310;   R.S.1913, § 5865;   Laws 1921, c. 80, § 3, p. 293;   C.S.1922, § 5201;   Laws 1927, c. 190, § 1, p. 545;   C.S.1929, § 72-221;   Laws 1933, c. 96, § 12, p. 391;   Laws 1941, c. 180, § 3, p. 701;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-221;   R.S.1943, § 72-242;   Laws 1947, c. 235, § 8, p. 750;   Laws 1974, LB 894, § 3.
NE Code § 72-244 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-244 - School lands; adjoining cities or villages; subdivisions; leasing; amount; procedure.

72-244.  School lands; adjoining cities or villages; subdivisions; leasing; amount; procedure.Any portion of the lands of this state governed by sections 72-201 to 72-251, adjoining the site of any city or town, may be subdivided into lots and leased as herein provided. The Board of Educational Lands and Funds, being satisfied that by a division of any such tract into lots, the lease of the same can be made for a greater amount than if leased in tracts of forty acres, as herein provided, shall have the authority to employ the necessary surveyors, and cause such tracts to be subdivided into lots and tracts of such size as they may determine, and a plat of the same shall be made and filed for record in the office of the county clerk. Such lots shall be appraised by the appraisers to be appointed by the board, none of whom shall be occupants of the land to be leased. Tracts of land so subdivided and appraised shall be leased according to the provisions of said sections. The board shall give thirty days' notice of such letting, and publish the same in a newspaper of general circulation published in the county in which said lots are situated. Each notice shall contain a list of the lots to be leased, and the appraised value of each. The leasing of such lots shall take place, on the day appointed, under the direction of the board, and shall be leased to the highest bidder, but in no case for less than six percent of the appraised value. Lots remaining unleased shall be again offered for lease at public auction at such time as the board shall direct, and the board may adjourn the leasing from day to day until all the lots are offered.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 20, p. 311;   R.S.1913, § 5866;   C.S.1922, § 5202;   C.S.1929, § 72-222;   Laws 1935, c. 163, § 15, p. 608;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-222;   R.S.1943, § 72-244.
NE Code § 72-245 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-245 - School lands; waste or trespass; penalty.

72-245.  School lands; waste or trespass; penalty.If any person shall commit waste or trespass, or other injury or damage, or destroy any of the trees upon any of the educational lands of this state referred to in sections 72-201 to 72-251, except as herein authorized, he shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 21, p. 312;   Laws 1909, c. 133, § 2, p. 482;   R.S.1913, § 5867;   C.S.1922, § 5203;   C.S.1929, § 72-223;   Laws 1935, c. 163, § 16, p. 609;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-223;   R.S.1943, § 72-245;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 178.
NE Code § 72-246 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-246 - School lands; leases; covenant required.

72-246.  School lands; leases; covenant required.All leases executed after May 3, 1935, with respect to educational lands shall contain a covenant to the effect that no prairie lands shall be broken without written permission authorized by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.Source   Laws 1935, c. 163, § 16, p. 609;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-223;   R.S.1943, § 72-246;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 41.
NE Code § 72-247 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-247 - School lands; waste or trespass; violations; submission to grand jury.

72-247.  School lands; waste or trespass; violations; submission to grand jury.A judge of the district court shall refer charges made under section 72-245 to the grand jury at each term for investigation, and it shall make presentment of all violations thereof.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 24, p. 312;   R.S.1913, § 5868;   C.S.1922, § 5204;   C.S.1929, § 72-224;   R.S.1943, § 72-247.
NE Code § 72-248 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-248 - School lands; timber; sale; public auction.

72-248.  School lands; timber; sale; public auction.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds may sell timber on educational lands whenever the board deems it for the best interest of school funds. Said timber shall be sold at public auction in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the board.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 22, p. 312;   R.S.1913, § 5869;   C.S.1922, § 5205;   C.S.1929, § 72-225;   R.S.1943, § 72-248;   Laws 1949, c. 214, § 1, p. 611.
NE Code § 72-249 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-249 - Federal funds; receipt; deposit; how allocated.

72-249.  Federal funds; receipt; deposit; how allocated.The Governor of the state is empowered and directed to receive from the United States all money that may be due or may become due to the state, and it shall be his or her duty to deposit the same without delay in the treasury of the state, taking the State Treasurer's receipts therefor. All money received from the United States, for the particular benefit of any institution, department, or activity under the jurisdiction of the Department of Health and Human Services or the Department of Correctional Services, shall be paid to the particular institution, department, or activity for the benefit of which it was received, as directed by the proper department, and by such institution, department, or activity deposited with the State Treasurer not later than the first day of the month following that in which received.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 31, p. 314;   R.S.1913, § 5871;   Laws 1919, c. 119, § 1, p. 284;   C.S.1922, § 5206;   C.S.1929, § 72-226;   R.S.1943, § 72-249;   Laws 1963, c. 418, § 1, p. 1342;   Laws 1973, LB 563, § 9;   Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 787;  Laws 2007, LB296, § 696. Cross References  Purpose of section, see section 83-901.
NE Code § 72-250 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-250 - Permanent school fund; sale of public lands; credit to state.

72-250.  Permanent school fund; sale of public lands; credit to state.All money that may be received from the United States on account of the five percent fund on cash sale shall be placed to the credit of the permanent school fund of the state.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 30, p. 313;   R.S.1913, § 5872;   C.S.1922, § 5207;   C.S.1929, § 72-227;   R.S.1943, § 72-250.
NE Code § 72-251 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-251 - Permanent school fund; collections on judgments; payable to fund.

72-251.  Permanent school fund; collections on judgments; payable to fund.All money arising from collections on judgments in favor of the state, shall be transferred and paid into the permanent school fund and become a part thereof.Source   Laws 1899, c. 69, § 36, p. 315;   R.S.1913, § 5873;   C.S.1922, § 5208;   C.S.1929, § 72-228;   R.S.1943, § 72-251.
NE Code § 72-253 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-253 - School lands; exchange for federal or other lands; board; powers and duties.

72-253.  School lands; exchange for federal or other lands; board; powers and duties.(1) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is authorized and empowered to enter into agreements with the officers and agents of the United States Government for the exchange of any state educational lands lying within any federal forest or game reserve within this state for other lands of equal areas and value belonging to the United States. The board is authorized to convey any such lands to the United States by deed as provided in section 72-208, upon the execution by the United States Government of a patent to the State of Nebraska for the United States lands so exchanged.(2) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is authorized, upon the written approval of the Governor, to enter into agreements with individuals for the exchange of any state educational lands for other lands of equal areas or value. Before such an exchange shall be made, it shall be shown that the Board of Educational Lands and Funds will likely be benefited by the exchange.Source   Laws 1917, c. 212, § 1, p. 519;   C.S.1922, § 5211;   C.S.1929, § 72-231;   Laws 1931, c. 120, § 1, p. 350;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-231;   R.S.1943, § 72-253;   Laws 1976, LB 626, § 1;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 42.  Annotations State recognizes that it cannot expect United States to bear burden created by outstanding leaseholds. State of Nebraska v. United States, 164 F.2d 866 (8th Cir. 1947).
NE Code § 72-254 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-254 - School and federal lands; exchange; lease; renewal; removal of improvements.

72-254.  School and federal lands; exchange; lease; renewal; removal of improvements.Any lands so received and patented from the United States shall be held as a part of the educational lands of this state, and shall be subject to all existing laws pertaining to such lands; Provided, that such lands, so received in exchange, shall only be subject to lease for terms not exceeding twelve years, with the privilege of renewing for a like term in the option of the board. Such leases may also include the right to the lessee of removing all improvements he may have erected on the land.Source   Laws 1917, c. 212, § 2, p. 519;   C.S.1922, § 5212;   Laws 1925, c. 134, § 1, p. 353;   C.S.1929, § 72-232;   R.S.1943, § 72-254;   Laws 1963, c. 418, § 2, p. 1343.  Annotations Right of lessee to remove all improvements he may have erected is recognized. State v. Platte Valley P. P. & I. Dist., 147 Neb. 289, 23 N.W.2d 300 (1946).
NE Code § 72-255 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-255 - School and federal lands; exchange; lessee's interest; release; condemnation; procedure.

72-255.  School and federal lands; exchange; lessee's interest; release; condemnation; procedure.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is further authorized to secure from the holders of any leases of any educational lands lying in any federal forest reserve, surrenders, relinquishments, or cancellation of such leases. If the board and the holder of any such leases cannot agree upon the terms for such surrender, relinquishment, or cancellation, the board may take over the interest of such holder by 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   Laws 1917, c. 212, § 3, p. 520;   C.S.1922, § 5213;   C.S.1929, § 72-233;   R.S.1943, § 72-255;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 111, p. 499;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 43.  Annotations State may condemn leasehold for forest reserve. State of Nebraska v. United States, 164 F.2d 866 (8th Cir. 1947).
NE Code § 72-256 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-256 - School and federal lands; exchange; minimum appraised value.

72-256.  School and federal lands; exchange; minimum appraised value.The appraised value of any state lands exchanged under sections 72-253 to 72-255 shall not be less than seven dollars per acre, and the appraised value of the United States land received therefor shall correspond to this requirement.Source   Laws 1917, c. 212, § 4, p. 520;   C.S.1922, § 5214;   C.S.1929, § 72-234;   R.S.1943, § 72-256.
NE Code § 72-257 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-257 - School lands; expiration of lease; sale; mineral rights; appraisal; limitation on price; contiguous tracts; how treated.

72-257.  School lands; expiration of lease; sale; mineral rights; appraisal; limitation on price; contiguous tracts; how treated.All lands, now owned or hereafter acquired by the state for educational purposes, may be sold at the expiration of the present leases. The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall retain all mineral rights in the land sold. Prior to such sale, the land may be appraised for purposes of sale in the same manner as privately owned land by a certified general real property appraiser appointed by the board and thereafter shall be sold at public sale at not less than the appraised value. When two or more contiguous tracts are under separate leases with different expiration dates, the board may, if it is deemed to be in the best interest of the state, defer the sale of any tract having an earlier lease expiration date and may offer the tract for lease for less than twelve years to coincide with the expiring lease of the contiguous tract, in order that the contiguous lands may eventually be offered for sale on the same date.Source   Laws 1921, c. 81, § 1, p. 294;   C.S.1922, § 5215; C.S.1929, § 72-235;   Laws 1935, c. 163, § 17, p. 609;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-235;   Laws 1943, c. 161, § 1, p. 575;   R.S.1943, § 72-257;   Laws 1949, c. 214, § 2, p. 611;   Laws 1951, c. 239, § 1, p. 846;   Laws 1961, c. 352, § 1, p. 1112;   Laws 1963, c. 419, § 1, p. 1345;   Laws 1965, c. 435, § 2, p. 1386;   Laws 1967, c. 466, § 10, p. 1450;   Laws 1973, LB 145, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1010, § 3;  Laws 2006, LB 778, § 7. Annotations  Section held constitutional. State ex rel. Belker v. Board of Educational Lands & Funds, 184 Neb. 621, 171 N.W.2d 156 (1969). In the event of sale of school land to third person, tenant has a right to compensation for improvements. Banks v. State, 181 Neb. 106, 147 N.W.2d 132 (1966).
NE Code § 72-257.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-257.01 - School lands; priorities for sale; request to sell.

72-257.01.  School lands; priorities for sale; request to sell.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall review and set priorities for the sale of lands covered by leases expiring each year, giving the highest priority to those lands which it determines, considering all relevant factors, can be sold to the best advantage. Any leaseholder or other interested party may request that the land covered by any expiring lease be offered for sale, and the board shall give consideration to such request in deciding whether to offer such land for sale.Source  Laws 1973, LB 145, § 2.
NE Code § 72-258.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-258.01 - School lands; unsold; lease; duration.

72-258.01.  School lands; unsold; lease; duration.If such land should not be sold according to the provisions of sections 72-208, 72-257, 72-257.01, and 72-258, then it shall be offered for lease as the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall provide for a period of not less than three years nor more than eight years as the board, in its discretion, shall determine. No such leased land shall be subsequently offered for sale until the expiration of such lease.Source   Laws 1965, c. 435, § 4, p. 1387;   Laws 1973, LB 145, § 3.  Annotations  Section held constitutional. State ex rel. Belker v. Board of Educational Lands & Funds, 184 Neb. 621, 171 N.W.2d 156 (1969). Where school land is not sold, it can be offered for lease for a six-year period. Banks v. State, 181 Neb. 106, 147 N.W.2d 132 (1966).
NE Code § 72-258.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-258.02 - National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; construction on school lands; sale; procedure.

72-258.02.  National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; construction on school lands; sale; procedure.Whenever a portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways is constructed on school land and an interchange is constructed on such school land, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall offer such land for sale at public auction in such tracts as the board shall determine and sell it at not less than its appraised value. The sale shall be made subject to the rights of leaseholders, if any, and the leaseholder shall be paid for improvements and the value of the leasehold for agricultural purposes. The sale shall be made in accordance with the provisions of section 72-258.Source   Laws 1969, c. 586, § 1, p. 2435;  Laws 2000, LB 1010, § 5.