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NE Code § 72-258.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-258.03 - School lands; sale; appraised value.

72-258.03.  School lands; sale; appraised value.For purposes of sales of educational lands at public auction, appraised value is the value as determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.Source  Laws 2000, LB 1010, § 1;  Laws 2007, LB166, § 2;  Laws 2009, LB166, § 3;  Laws 2011, LB210, § 3;  Laws 2012, LB800, § 1.
NE Code § 72-259 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259 - School lands; sale; proceeds; disposition.

72-259.  School lands; sale; proceeds; disposition.(1) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall deposit the proceeds of the sales of educational lands with the State Treasurer for the benefit of the various funds as provided in this section.(2) The proceeds of the sales of common school and saline educational lands shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the benefit of the permanent school fund of the state.(3) The proceeds of the sales of university educational trust lands shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the benefit of the Permanent Endowment Fund referred to in section 85-123.(4) The proceeds of the sales of state college educational trust lands shall be deposited with the State Treasurer for the benefit of the endowment fund referred to in section 85-317.Source   Laws 1921, c. 81, § 3, p. 295;   C.S.1922, § 5217;   C.S.1929, § 72-237;   R.S.1943, § 72-259;   Laws 1996, LB 1205, § 4.  Cross References  Permanent school fund, see Article VII, sections 5 and 9, Constitution of Nebraska.
NE Code § 72-259.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.01 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; request for annexation; filing.

72-259.01.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; request for annexation; filing.When any educational lands abutting on and adjacent to any city of the first or second class that are needed for the expansion of such city have been subdivided into lots for the purpose of sale, as provided by section 72-257, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds may cause a plat of such subdivision to be filed in the office of the clerk of the city together with a resolution of the board requesting annexation of the tract to the city.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 1, p. 868.
NE Code § 72-259.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.02 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; contents; certification.

72-259.02.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; contents; certification.Such plat shall accurately describe all subdivisions of such tract or parcel of land, numbering the same by progressive numbers and giving the dimensions in length and breadth thereof, and the breadth and courses of all streets and alleys established therein, and shall be certified to by the State Surveyor.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 2, p. 868.
NE Code § 72-259.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.03 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; vote.

72-259.03.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; vote.The city council shall, at the next regular meeting thereof after the filing of such plat, as required by section 72-259.01, and request for annexation, vote upon the question of such annexation. The vote thereon shall be spread upon the records of such city.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 3, p. 868.
NE Code § 72-259.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.04 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; ordinance; contents.

72-259.04.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; ordinance; contents.If a majority of all members of the council vote for such annexation, an ordinance shall be prepared and passed by the council declaring the annexation of such territory to the corporate limits of the city and extending the limits thereof accordingly. Such ordinance shall designate the name of the addition and the names of the streets therein.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 4, p. 869.
NE Code § 72-259.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.05 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; filings required.

72-259.05.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; filings required.There shall be filed forthwith, in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, (1) a plat of such territory certified by the State Surveyor, (2) a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds approving the same and requesting the annexation, and (3) a copy of the ordinance declaring such annexation, certified under the seal of the city. Thereupon, such annexation of such adjacent territory shall be deemed complete, and the territory included and described in the plat shall be deemed and held to be a part of the city.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 5, p. 869.
NE Code § 72-259.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.06 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; dedication of streets and alleys.

72-259.06.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; dedication of streets and alleys.The filing of such plat and proceedings in the office of the register of deeds shall constitute a dedication of the streets and alleys contained therein so long as the same shall be used for such public purposes.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 6, p. 869.
NE Code § 72-259.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.07 - School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; sale; taxes; when.

72-259.07.  School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; sale; taxes; when.The lands included in the territory so annexed shall not be subject to any taxes or special assessments so long as the same remain the property of the state, but upon sale and delivery of a deed by the state to the purchaser the lands so conveyed shall forthwith be placed upon the tax list and shall be included in the next annual assessment.Source  Laws 1953, c. 259, § 7, p. 869.
NE Code § 72-259.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-259.08 - School lands; subdivide; plat; filing; dedication of streets and alleys.

72-259.08.  School lands; subdivide; plat; filing; dedication of streets and alleys.Whenever the Board of Educational Lands and Funds determines, considering all relevant factors, that it would be in the best interests of the educational trust to do so, it may subdivide and plat any tract prior to offering it for sale. Such plats shall be prepared as prescribed in section 72-259.02 and shall be filed in the office of the register of deeds and such filing shall constitute a dedication of the streets and alleys shown therein so long as the same are used for such purposes.Source  Laws 1973, LB 145, § 4.
NE Code § 72-261 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-261 - School lands; acquisition by Game and Parks Commission; procedure; approval by Governor.

72-261.  School lands; acquisition by Game and Parks Commission; procedure; approval by Governor.The Game and Parks Commission is authorized to acquire title by condemnation to not more than one section or six hundred forty acres of educational lands in any calendar year for parks, recreation areas, or wildlife management areas, or any combination of these uses. The commission shall employ the procedure set forth in sections 72-213 to 72-224 to acquire such title, except that the determination of the value of the lands to be acquired shall be in the manner provided by section 72-224.03 and the value of any leasehold interests to be acquired shall be determined as provided by section 72-224.02. The Governor shall approve all such acquisitions as provided in section 37-303.Source   Laws 1935, c. 81, § 1, p. 270;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-243;   R.S.1943, § 72-261;   Laws 1963, c. 420, § 1, p. 1346;   Laws 1965, c. 433, § 3, p. 1382;   Laws 1998, LB 922, § 407.
NE Code § 72-262 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-262 - Resurvey of school lands; Grant and Hooker Counties; acceptance.

72-262.  Resurvey of school lands; Grant and Hooker Counties; acceptance.The State of Nebraska hereby adopts the Dixon and Alt survey of the school lands included in the survey made in accordance with the special Act of Congress entitled, An act providing for the resurvey of Grant and Hooker Counties in the State of Nebraska, approved August 9, 1894, as the true and correct survey of the school lands belonging to the State of Nebraska included in that survey, and hereby adopts the lines, corners and monuments made under the above special Act of Congress for Grant and Hooker Counties, Nebraska, as the true, correct and legal boundary lines of the school lands included in that survey.Source   Laws 1915, c. 230, § 1, p. 534;   C.S.1922, § 5210;   C.S.1929, § 72-230;   R.S.1943, § 72-262.
NE Code § 72-263 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-263 - Resurvey of school lands; Morrill County; acceptance.

72-263.  Resurvey of school lands; Morrill County; acceptance.The resurvey made by the United States Government of school sections sixteen and thirty-six, in townships twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three north, of range forty-seven, west of the sixth principal meridian, in Morrill County, Nebraska, and known as tracts numbers sixty-three and sixty-four in township twenty-one; tracts numbers sixty-five and sixty-six in township twenty-two, and tracts numbers seventy-eight and seventy-nine in township twenty-three, which surveys have been approved by the Commissioner of the General Land Office, are accepted and adopted as the true and correct lines, corners, monuments and boundaries of such school sections.Source   Laws 1929, c. 184, § 1, p. 647;   C.S.1929, § 72-240;   R.S.1943, § 72-263.
NE Code § 72-266 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-266 - Board of Educational Lands and Funds; authority to sell personal property.

72-266.  Board of Educational Lands and Funds; authority to sell personal property.The state Board of Educational Lands and Funds may sell, at either public or private sale, and convert into money, articles of personal property acquired by the common school fund through bequest, gift, escheat or forfeiture to the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1943, c. 155, § 1, p. 565;   R.S.1943, § 72-266.
NE Code § 72-267 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-267 - School lands; Cherry County; designation; subdivision; improvements; sale.

72-267.  School lands; Cherry County; designation; subdivision; improvements; sale.The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 34, north, range 27, west of the sixth principal meridian; section 32 and lots 1 and 2, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 33, and the west half of section 33, township 34, north, range 27, west of the sixth principal meridian; all in Cherry County, Nebraska, title to which is vested in the State of Nebraska, shall be leased by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds in the same manner as is provided for the leasing of the common school lands of the state; Provided, that the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 34, north, range 27, west of the sixth principal meridian, Cherry County, Nebraska, together with all improvements thereon, may be sold by the board at public auction, as provided by section 72-258, and may be subdivided for the purpose of sale in such manner as the board may determine.Source  Laws 1953, c. 257, § 1, p. 866.
NE Code § 72-268 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-268 - School lands; Cherry County; funds; deposit; transfer.

72-268.  School lands; Cherry County; funds; deposit; transfer.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall place all money received for rental of the land, described in section 72-267, in the temporary school fund and all money received from the sale of the land, authorized to be sold by section 72-267, in the permanent school fund. All money now in the hands of the State Treasurer, received heretofore for the rental of such lands, shall be transferred to the temporary school fund.Source  Laws 1953, c. 257, § 2, p. 866.
NE Code § 72-269 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-269 - School lands; Dawes County; transfer to Game and Parks Commission.

72-269.  School lands; Dawes County; transfer to Game and Parks Commission.The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is authorized and directed to sell section thirty-six, township thirty-two north, range forty-nine, west of the sixth principal meridian, Dawes County, Nebraska, reserving mineral, oil, and gas rights, to the Game and Parks Commission on payment of forty thousand dollars. All mineral extraction and exploration on such land shall be conducted in a manner approved by both the Board of Educational Lands and Funds and the Game and Parks Commission.Source  Laws 1967, c. 463, § 1, p. 1434.
NE Code § 72-270 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-270 - Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; sections applicable.

72-270.  Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; sections applicable.Agreements involving the production of wind or solar energy on lands under the control of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall be regulated by sections 72-270 to 72-274.Source  Laws 2010, LB235, § 1;  Laws 2012, LB828, § 11.
NE Code § 72-271 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-271 - Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; terms, defined.

72-271.  Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; terms, defined.For purposes of sections 72-270 to 72-274:(1) Agreement means (a) for purposes of a solar energy system, a solar agreement as defined in section 66-909 and (b) for purposes of a wind energy conversion system, a wind agreement as defined in section 66-909.04;(2) Board means the Board of Educational Lands and Funds;(3) Lessee means any individual, corporation, or other entity that enters into an agreement with the board;(4) Solar energy means radiant energy, direct, diffuse, or reflected, received from the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy; and(5) Wind energy has the definition found in section 66-909.01.Source  Laws 2010, LB235, § 2;  Laws 2012, LB828, § 12.
NE Code § 72-272 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-272 - Production of wind energy or solar energy; agreements; board; powers.

72-272.  Production of wind energy or solar energy; agreements; board; powers.The board may authorize agreements for the use of any school or public lands belonging to the state and under its control for exploration and development of wind energy or solar energy for such durations and under such terms and conditions as the board shall deem appropriate, except that such agreements shall comply with sections 66-901 to 66-914. In making such determinations, the board shall consider comparable arrangements involving other lands similarly situated and any other relevant factors bearing upon such agreements.Source  Laws 2010, LB235, § 3;  Laws 2012, LB828, § 13.
NE Code § 72-273 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-273 - Wind energy or solar energy agreement; prior lease; effect on rights; compensation for damages.

72-273.  Wind energy or solar energy agreement; prior lease; effect on rights; compensation for damages.(1) If an agreement relating to wind energy or solar energy is authorized by the board on land already being leased for agricultural or other purposes by a prior lessee, the existing rights of the prior lessee shall not be impaired, and the board shall reduce the rental amount due from such prior lessee in proportion to the amount of land that is removed from use as a result of the agreement.(2) A lessee for agricultural or other purposes shall be compensated for all damages to personal property owned by such lessee or to growing crops, including grass, caused by operations under a concurrent agreement regarding such land for wind energy or solar energy purposes, and the board shall require the lessee under the agreement to provide such insurance and indemnity agreements which the board determines are necessary for the protection of the state and its lessees.(3) If an agreement relating to wind energy or solar energy is authorized by the board on land concurrently being leased for agricultural purposes, the lessee for agricultural purposes shall have priority as to the use of the water on the land, but lessees for other purposes, including parties to agreements relating to wind energy or solar energy, shall be allowed reasonable use of the water on the land.Source  Laws 2010, LB235, § 4;  Laws 2012, LB828, § 14.
NE Code § 72-274 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-274 - Wind energy or solar energy agreement; rules and regulations.

72-274.  Wind energy or solar energy agreement; rules and regulations.The board may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper to regulate the agreements relating to wind energy or solar energy exploration and development on school and public lands pursuant to sections 72-270 to 72-274 and to prescribe such terms and conditions, including bonds, as it shall deem necessary in order to protect the interests of the state and its lessees.Source  Laws 2010, LB235, § 5;  Laws 2012, LB828, § 15.
NE Code § 72-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-301 - State lands, lakes, and rivers; mineral rights; reserved to state; exception.

72-301.  State lands, lakes, and rivers; mineral rights; reserved to state; exception.All common school, university, normal, saline or other public lands, lakes, lake beds, river beds and channels, belonging to the state or under its control, and all lands which may hereafter be so owned, and all of such lands which have heretofore been sold or conveyed by the state or by its authority, in the conveyance of which there has been reserved mineral or other valuable substances therein, are reserved to the state, as well as lands that may hereafter be sold, and lands hereafter acquired by the state and, except as to oil and gas which are controlled by the provisions of sections 72-901 to 72-911, shall be included within the provisions of sections 72-301 to 72-314, and shall be open to the prospecting for and development of minerals, potash and other valuable substances upon conditions provided in sections 72-301 to 72-314.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 1, p. 43;   C.S.1922, § 5219;   C.S.1929, § 72-301;   Laws 1943, c. 164, § 13, p. 583;   R.S.1943, § 72-301. Annotations  Reservation of oil rights did not apply to contracts of sale entered into prior to enactment of this act. Pfeifer v. Ableidinger, 166 Neb. 464, 89 N.W.2d 568 (1958). This article is constitutional as against contentions that it violates sections 11, 13, and 15 of Article III of the Constitution and the fourteenth amendment to the federal Constitution. Briggs v. Neville, 103 Neb. 1, 170 N.W. 188 (1918).
NE Code § 72-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-302 - Mineral rights; who may acquire.

72-302.  Mineral rights; who may acquire.Any person or association of persons, corporate or otherwise, desiring to obtain the right to prospect for and develop the minerals or valuable substances upon or in any of the public lands or waters of the state, except oil and gas, may do so under the provisions of sections 72-301 to 72-314. It shall be unlawful to prospect upon or in any of such public lands or waters without a lease or for anyone to interfere with the functions and duties of the state surveys having in charge the investigations of the natural resources of the state. The Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska at the request of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall make investigations and reports concerning state lands.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 2, p. 43;   C.S.1922, § 5220;   C.S.1929, § 72-302;   Laws 1943, c. 164, § 14, p. 584;   R.S.1943, § 72-302;   Laws 1969, c. 592, § 1, p. 2444;   Laws 1974, LB 811, § 17;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 44.
NE Code § 72-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-303 - Mineral rights; lease; limitations; term.

72-303.  Mineral rights; lease; limitations; term.Any qualified person or association desiring a prospector's right shall make application, giving the designation of the land by legal description, to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, with the proper fees, and the board shall issue a lease therefor. If the applicant is an individual, the application shall include the applicant's social security number. The board may exercise discretionary power, and be guided by best public policy in granting leases, and may adopt rules, regulations, or resolutions necessary to expedite production, and to best preserve the interests and integrity of the state, and to prevent control by monopolies and alien enemies. No person shall be permitted to enter for such mineral purposes more than one section of land, and no development company or association shall be permitted to acquire in the aggregate more than ten thousand acres of state land by assignment or otherwise. Leases shall be for a term of not to exceed three years, subject to renewal as provided in section 72-307.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 3, p. 44;   C.S.1922, § 5221;   C.S.1929, § 72-303;   R.S.1943, § 72-303;   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 200;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 45.
NE Code § 72-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 72 - Public Lands, Buildings, and Funds|72-304 - Mineral rights; development operations; reports; when.

72-304.  Mineral rights; development operations; reports; when.The owner of the lease shall be required, in the case of potash, salines, silica, volcanic ash, sand, gravel, clay, fuller's earth, and tripoli, to report within thirty days after the issuance of such lease, and to begin construction of necessary works or the installation of necessary machinery, for the physical development of the area, within ninety days after the issuance of a lease. In the case of minerals, substances not above enumerated, and coal, the lessee shall report within six months after issuance of the lease, and begin development operations within one year from the date of the lease. The lessee shall make reports to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds showing the progress of the work on or before December 1 of each year.Source   Laws 1918, Thirty-sixth Spec. Sess., c. 7, § 4, p. 44;   C.S.1922, § 5222;   C.S.1929, § 72-304;   Laws 1943, c. 164, § 15, p. 584;   R.S.1943, § 72-304;  Laws 1999, LB 779, § 46.