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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.01 - Accounting division; purpose.

81-1110.01.
Accounting division; purpose.
The purpose of the accounting division is to prescribe, coordinate, and administer a centralized, uniform state accounting and payroll system and personnel information system, to establish and enforce accounting policies and procedures for all state agencies, boards, and commissions, to monitor and enforce state expenditure limitations established by approved state appropriations and budget allotments, and to administer the federal Social Security Act for the state and the state's political subdivisions.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.03 - Accounting Administrator; prepare schedule of fees.

81-1110.03.
Accounting Administrator; prepare schedule of fees.
The Accounting Administrator at the direction of the Director of Administrative Services shall prepare a schedule of fees to assess agencies for accounting services performed by the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fees shall be adequate to cover actual and necessary expenses associated with providing the services.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 325, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.04 - Accounting Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.04.
Accounting Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
The Accounting Division Revolving Fund is created. The fund shall consist of (1) accounting assessments received from state agencies, boards, and commissions, (2) interest earnings credited and transferred to the fund, (3) payments received for services rendered by the accounting division, and (4) rebate revenue transferred to the fund from certain state purchasing card programs. The fund shall be used for payment of administrative expenses of the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator. Any money in the 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.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 325, § 2;
Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 27.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.05 - Accounting division assessment payments; procedure.

81-1110.05.
Accounting division assessment payments; procedure.
The state agencies, boards, and commissions shall make the accounting division assessment payments to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund pursuant to sections 81-1110.03 and 81-1110.04 to the Department of Administrative Services no later than August 1 of each year, or in four equal payments to be made no later than August 1, October 1, February 1, and April 1 of each year, at the discretion of the Accounting Administrator of the Department of Administrative Services.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 325, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.06 - State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.06.
State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund; created; use; investment.
The State Purchasing Card Distributive Fund is created. All rebates received by the state from any purchasing card programs entered into by the State of Nebraska, except for rebates received from separate purchasing card programs entered into solely by the University of Nebraska, shall be credited to the fund. The fund may consist of purchasing card and travel card payments and deposits received from state agencies, boards, commissions, and political subdivisions, plus any rebate revenue received on behalf of the program by the accounting division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund may be used for the purpose of coordinating and expediting payments to vendors related to any purchasing card programs administered by the accounting division and the required distribution of any rebate revenue, after covering expenses. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator. The accounting division shall deduct from the total program rebates of any state-sponsored purchasing card program an amount necessary to cover the full cost of operating the purchasing card program. After deducting the full cost of operating the purchasing card program from the total program rebates, with the exception of existing purchasing card programs, the remaining rebate funds shall be distributed on an annual basis by the Accounting Administrator based on a combination of volume performance and speed of pay performance among the following entities: (1) The University of Nebraska; (2) the accounting division, on behalf of the remainder of state government; and (3) any political subdivisions participating in any state-sponsored purchasing card program. The Accounting Administrator is authorized to distribute through the fund or through a vendor contractual agreement the remaining program rebates, after covering expenses. On a monthly basis the accounting division shall administratively transfer all interest earnings credited to the fund to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund within ten days after the end of each month. On an annual basis the accounting division shall administratively transfer from the fund to the Accounting Division Revolving Fund all rebate revenue to which the accounting division is entitled plus an amount necessary to cover the full cost of operating the purchasing card program. All costs of operating the purchasing card program shall be paid through the Accounting Division Revolving Fund.
Any money in the 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.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 2.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1110.07 - Accounting Division Cash Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1110.07.
Accounting Division Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
There is hereby created the Accounting Division Cash Fund. The fund shall be administered by the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall consist of funds transferred from the State Building Renewal Assessment Fund and the Building Renewal Allocation Fund. The Accounting Division Cash Fund shall be used to finance the consolidation, implementation, operation, and migration of the state's existing enterprise resourcing planning (ERP) platform, the human resource management platform, an eProcurement platform, and other financial record-keeping platforms to an off-premise software driven platform or platforms. Any money in the 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.
Source
Laws 2017, LB331, § 15.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1111.01 - Director of Administrative Services; preaudits authorized.

81-1111.01.
Director of Administrative Services; preaudits authorized.
For agencies with fewer than seven full-time employees, preaudits shall be conducted by the accounting bureau or by a state agency authorized by the Director of Administrative Services to conduct its own preaudits. The Director of Administrative Services may authorize departments and agencies that have seven or more full-time employees to perform their own preaudits, subject to monitoring by the accounting bureau. The preaudits shall be performed in accordance with the provisions of subdivisions (3)(a) through (f) of section 81-1111.
Source
Laws 1999, LB 432, § 1;
Laws 2014, LB974, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1111.04 - Department of Administrative Services; Accounting Administrator; administratively establish funds.

81-1111.04.
Department of Administrative Services; Accounting Administrator; administratively establish funds.
(1) The Accounting Administrator may administratively establish cash and revolving funds to (a) account for gifts, bequests, or devises when no cash fund exists and (b) account for specific, one-time, nonfederal sources of revenue.
(2) All cash or revolving funds administratively created by the Accounting Administrator shall exist for a maximum of two fiscal years after the date of establishment. Prior to the end of two fiscal years, the expending agency shall notify the Accounting Administrator of its intentions to (a) lapse the balance of the administrative cash or revolving fund to the General Fund or (b) permanently establish the fund in statute.
(3) In addition, the Accounting Administrator may administratively establish federal funds, trust funds, and distributive funds as necessary.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 1194, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1112 - Department of Administrative Services; budget administrator; qualifications; compensation.

81-1112.
Department of Administrative Services; budget administrator; qualifications; compensation.
The budget division shall be headed by an administrator subject to the supervision of the Director of Administrative Services. The director may appoint as budget administrator any person who has successfully completed a four-year program in an accredited college or university and who has not less than three years experience involving responsibility for the management or control or review of finances or of management, or both. Eight years of responsible experience in the management, review, or control of finances of governmental agencies or of private enterprises may be substituted for the educational and experience requirements set forth in this section. The compensation of the budget administrator shall be fixed by the director subject to the availability of appropriations. The budget and planning administrator shall have the duties, powers and responsibility to staff and maintain and shall oversee such bureau.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 538, § 12, p. 1698;
Laws 1967, c. 593, § 4, p. 2018;
Laws 1969, c. 804, § 6, p. 3035.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1113.01 - State budgets; department and agency budget requests; budget forms and instructions; when distributed; additional forms.

81-1113.01.
State budgets; department and agency budget requests; budget forms and instructions; when distributed; additional forms.
The forms and procedures required pursuant to subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 81-1113 shall only be prepared and distributed after:
(1) The final draft of the proposed budget forms and budget instructions have been provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst and an opportunity provided for recommendations from that office;
(2) The budget administrator and Legislative Fiscal Analyst have met and discussed the recommended changes; and
(3) A revised final draft of all proposed forms and instructions has been provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
If the budget administrator is unable to accommodate any recommended changes, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be allowed to submit additional forms for the collection of information. Such forms shall be included as an attachment to the forms required by the Department of Administrative Services. All such forms shall be completed and submitted as a part of the budget submission and amendment process described in subdivisions (1) and (2) of section 81-1113.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 526, § 4;
Laws 2016, LB1092, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1114 - Department of Administrative Services; building division; powers, duties, and responsibilities.

81-1114.
Department of Administrative Services; building division; powers, duties, and responsibilities.
The building division shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
(1) Shall prepare, for submittal to the Governor and to the office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, analyses of the cost of every desired land and building acquisition, new building construction, either underway or proposed, major repair or remodeling of new, newly acquired, or existing buildings, and each and every structural improvement to land, utilities, roads, walks, and parking lots, costing four hundred thousand dollars or more, but excluding right-of-way projects of the Department of Transportation. The analyses submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. The Department of Administrative Services shall adjust the dollar amount in this section every four years beginning January 1, 2002, to account for inflationary and market changes. The adjustment shall be based on percentage changes in a construction cost index and any other published index relevant to operations and utilities costs, as selected by the department;
(2) Shall record the relationship between the proposed capital facilities and the individual or departmental agencies' operating programs with particular attention to needs of immediate or future operations of the department or agency submitting such plan;
(3) Shall make recommendations to the Governor, the committee of the Legislature which shall from time to time have responsibility for preparing recommendations for appropriations, and the individual department or agency concerned, on the probable costs of such acquisition, construction, repair, or remodeling. The recommendations submitted to the committee shall be submitted electronically; and
(4) Shall require the submission by each department and agency of the state of copies of all written contracts for acquisition, construction, repair, or remodeling, including federal contracts, before such contracts are executed by the executive officer of the state authorized to execute such contracts, and shall maintain copies of such contracts on file for inspection by the Legislative Fiscal Analyst.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 538, § 14, p. 1699;
Laws 1967, c. 594, § 2, p. 2024;
Laws 1969, c. 804, § 8, p. 3036;
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 25;
Laws 1998, LB 1129, § 22;
Laws 2003, LB 410, § 10;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 185;
Laws 2017, LB339, § 288.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1114.01 - Capital construction project; plan required; contents; revisions required; when; to whom submitted.

81-1114.01.
Capital construction project; plan required; contents; revisions required; when; to whom submitted.
Each department and agency of the state prior to submitting a capital construction project request in excess of four hundred thousand dollars shall cause to be prepared a comprehensive capital facilities plan. Such plan shall include, but not be limited to, a projection of future programmatic needs, analysis of existing facilities and the utilization of such facilities, and identification of projects to meet those projected programmatic needs, including addition to, or renovation or replacement of, existing space, parking, streets, and utilities. The comprehensive capital facilities plan shall be updated or revised when a major capital construction project requested for funding is not in compliance with such plan or when revisions in projected programmatic needs would significantly affect the comprehensive capital facilities plan. Such plans and any updates or revisions shall be submitted to the state building division and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. The plans and any updates or revisions submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. Such plans and revisions or updates shall be prepared in accordance with rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the state building division. The Department of Administrative Services shall adjust the dollar amount in this section every four years beginning January 1, 2002, to account for inflationary and market changes. The adjustment shall be based on percentage changes in a construction cost index and any other published index relevant to operations and utilities costs, as selected by the department.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 26;
Laws 1998, LB 1129, § 23;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 186.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1114.02 - Capital construction project; state building division; review and comment.

81-1114.02.
Capital construction project; state building division; review and comment.
Any state agency, prior to bidding a capital construction project with a total project cost exceeding the limit established by the Department of Administrative Services in accordance with section 81-1114.01, shall submit proposed construction documents to the state building division for review. The state building division shall review the construction documents and submit comments to the budget division, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the affected agencies. The comments submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. Comments shall include identification of possible cost and design alternatives and a determination whether the construction documents are consistent with approved program statements. The state building division shall, by rules and regulations, establish the elements to be included in the construction documents. Comments and reviews of construction documents shall be completed within thirty days after such documents are submitted to the state building division. No funds shall be expended on actual construction until construction documents have been approved by the state building division. A copy of the approval or disapproval shall be forwarded to the requesting agency, the budget division, and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. The copy submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 27;
Laws 2000, LB 654, § 25;
Laws 2004, LB 819, § 1;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 187.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1115 - Department of Administrative Services; budget division; budgetary planning; duties; responsibilities.

81-1115.
Department of Administrative Services; budget division; budgetary planning; duties; responsibilities.
The budget division shall undertake such tasks of budgetary planning as are presently done by various departments and agencies of state government under the current biennial system of appropriations, and shall have the following duties and responsibilities:
(1) Coordinate the fiscal plans of all state agencies;
(2) Develop a long-range framework for program budgeting based on forecasts of revenue and expenditures and review all such forecasts of revenue and expenditures quarterly;
(3) Compile and publish annually a summary of the operations and trends under all federal programs in which state agencies have participated or might participate and report on the size and desirability of federal grants and the effectiveness of changes and tax laws on the ability of the state to attract industry; and
(4) Make periodic studies of the policies of other states regarding the levels of services being provided by state agencies in this state in comparison with that of other states.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 538, § 15, p. 1701;
Laws 1969, c. 804, § 9, p. 3038.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1116 - Information management services division; administrator; qualifications; pay.

81-1116.
Information management services division; administrator; qualifications; pay.
The information management services division shall be headed by an administrator. Any person who has successfully completed a four-year program at an accredited four-year college or university and who has not less than four years total experience in information management services, of which not less than one year shall have been experience as the supervisor of an information management entity in government or private enterprise and not less than two years shall have been experience as a systems analyst or with principal responsibility for systems development or supervision, or both, may be appointed information management services administrator by the Chief Information Officer. Successful completion of training courses covering the functions, programming, operations, and systems development aspects of information management equipment may be accounted as experience in direct proportion to the number of weeks of course work completed. The rate of pay for the information management services administrator shall be fixed by the Chief Information Officer subject to availability of appropriations. The information management services administrator shall have the power to select and manage such staff and supervise the operation of such equipment as he or she may require.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 518, § 16, p. 1701;
Laws 1967, c. 595, § 4, p. 2028;
Laws 1967, c. 593, § 5, p. 2019;
Laws 1969, c. 804, § 10, p. 3038;
Laws 1998, LB 924, § 35;
Laws 2006, LB 921, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1116.01 - Budget allowance; expend; restriction.

81-1116.01.
Budget allowance; expend; restriction.
No department, commission, board or agency of state government may spend any money beyond its budget allowance without specific authority from the Legislature.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 367, § 3, p. 959.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1116.02 - Information management services division; purpose.

81-1116.02.
Information management services division; purpose.
The purpose of the information management services division is to provide centralized, coordinated, and efficient information management services to all state agencies and to prevent unnecessary duplication of information management operations and applications in state government.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 35;
Laws 1998, LB 924, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1117.01 - Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund; created; use.

81-1117.01.
Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund; created; use.
The Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund is created. The fund shall be used for the purpose of coordinating and expediting the payment of the salary and wages of the officers and employees of the various departments and agencies of the state. The fund shall be administered by the Accounting Administrator.
Each officer, agency, board, or commission of the state shall prepare its payroll in accordance with policies, procedures, and schedules established by the director.
The director may debit the appropriate programs and funds of each of the agencies, boards, and commissions of the state for the total amount of the payroll based upon the input provided by the agencies and credit the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund with an identical amount. The director shall make payments from the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund by warrant or by electronic funds transfer for the net amount of salaries or wages due each individual and to payroll-deduction vendors according to schedules established by the director. The director may make payments from the Imprest Payroll Distributive Fund to the federal government if required by federal regulations for the federal share of retirement accounts for terminating employees pursuant to section 84-1321. Payroll records provided by the director shall disclose all expenditures and payroll deductions attributable to each payroll.
Source
Laws 1972, LB 1467, § 1;
Laws 1984, LB 933, § 16;
Laws 1986, LB 930, § 3;
Laws 1989, LB 255, § 1;
Laws 1995, LB 311, § 1;
Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 28.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1117.02 - Computer file data; release prohibited; written approval for release excepted; public records excepted.

81-1117.02.
Computer file data; release prohibited; written approval for release excepted; public records excepted.
(1) Neither the information management services administrator, the Chief Information Officer, nor any employee of such administrator or officer shall release or permit the release of any data maintained in computer files to any person or persons without the express written approval of both the agency primarily responsible for collection and maintenance of such data and the employee to whom such data pertains, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) Any data which is a public record in its original form shall remain a public record when maintained in computer files and shall be provided to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst pursuant to section 50-420 and shall be made available to the Auditor of Public Accounts solely for use in the performance of audits prescribed by law.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 472, § 2;
Laws 1979, LB 414, § 4;
Laws 1979, LB 193, § 1;
Laws 1998, LB 924, § 38;
Laws 2006, LB 921, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1117.03 - Computer file data; release; violations; penalties.

81-1117.03.
Computer file data; release; violations; penalties.
Any public official or employee who shall violate the provisions of section 81-1117.02 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor and shall be subject to removal from office or discharge in the discretion of the Governor or agency head as appropriate.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 472, § 3;
Laws 1977, LB 39, § 304.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1117.04 - Computer file data; public records defined.

81-1117.04.
Computer file data; public records defined.
Except as otherwise provided by law, public records shall mean all papers, correspondence, memoranda, accounts, reports, maps, plans, photographs, sound recordings, or other documents, regardless of physical form, including records produced by or for use with electronic or mechanical data processing devices, and which have been or shall be created or received by any agency or its lawful successor or official thereof in the exercise of his office or in the conduct, transaction, or performance of any business, duty, or function pursued in accordance with law, but shall not include library or museum material made or acquired and preserved solely for reference purposes, extra copies of documents preserved only for convenience or reference, and stock of publications and reproduced documents.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 472, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1117.05 - State employee; payment of wages; methods authorized.

81-1117.05.
State employee; payment of wages; methods authorized.
The Department of Administrative Services may make payments that include, but are not limited to, wages and reimbursable expenses to state employees by electronic funds transfer or a similar means of direct deposit. For purposes of this section, state employee means any person or officer employed by the state who works a full-time or part-time schedule on an ongoing basis.
Source
Laws 2001, LB 308, § 1;
Laws 2009, LB167, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.01 - Materiel administrator; inventory record; state property; powers and duties.

81-1118.01.
Materiel administrator; inventory record; state property; powers and duties.
The materiel administrator shall have complete control of all furniture and equipment in the capitol, state laboratory, Governor's Mansion, and all other buildings owned or leased by the State of Nebraska, except telephone and telecommunications equipment and equipment and furniture of the Legislature and the Supreme Court. The materiel administrator shall keep in his or her office a complete record containing an itemized account of all state property, including furniture and equipment under his or her care and control. Such inventory record shall be maintained as a management system to assure efficient utilization of state property with particular emphasis on identification of surpluses. Such system shall be designed so as to provide the materiel administrator with the knowledge of potential surplus property available. The materiel administrator under the authority of the Director of Administrative Services shall have complete control and all powers necessary to assure efficient utilization of state property.
Source
Laws 1974, LB 1048, § 38;
Laws 2000, LB 654, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.02 - State property; inventory; how stamped; action to recover.

81-1118.02.
State property; inventory; how stamped; action to recover.
(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, each executive, department, commission, or other state agency, and the Supreme Court, shall annually make or cause to be made an inventory of all property, including furniture and equipment, belonging to the State of Nebraska and in the possession, custody, or control of any executive, department, commission, or other state agency. The inventory shall include property in the possession, custody, or control of each executive, department, commission, or other state agency as of June 30 and shall be completed and filed with the materiel administrator by August 31 of each year.
(2) If any of the property of the state, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, is lost, destroyed, or unaccounted for by the negligence or carelessness of the executive, department, commission, or other state agency, the administrator shall, with the advice of the Attorney General, take the proper steps to recover such state property or the reasonable value thereof from the executive, department, commission, or other state agency charged with the same and from the person bonding such executive, department, commission, or other state agency, if any.
(3) Each such executive, department, commission, or other state agency shall indelibly tag, mark, or stamp all such property belonging to the State of Nebraska, with the following: Property of the State of Nebraska. In the inventory required by subsection (1) of this section, each such executive, department, commission, or other state agency shall state positively that each item of such property has been so tagged, marked, or stamped.
(4) This section does not apply to the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska or the Board of Trustees of the Nebraska State Colleges.
Source
Laws 1937, c. 161, § 1, p. 625;
Laws 1939, c. 94, § 1, p. 407;
Laws 1941, c. 144, § 1, p. 573;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 72-707;
R.S.1943, § 72-707;
Laws 1955, c. 278, § 3, p. 881;
Laws 1957, c. 306, § 1, p. 1112;
Laws 1959, c. 331, § 2, p. 1205;
Laws 1963, c. 418, § 3, p. 1343;
R.R.S.1943, § 72-707;
Laws 1974, LB 1048, § 39;
Laws 1981, LB 545, § 32;
Laws 1984, LB 933, § 17;
Laws 1989, LB 256, § 1;
Laws 2011, LB59, § 3;
Laws 2023, LB705, § 106.
Operative Date: September 2, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.03 - Personal property; purchase or lease; approval; solicitation by Department of Administrative Services; duties.

81-1118.03.
Personal property; purchase or lease; approval; solicitation by Department of Administrative Services; duties.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all contracts for or leases of personal property shall be subject to the following conditions:
(1) No purchase or lease of property shall be approved until a solicitation for purchase or lease has been made by the Department of Administrative Services. Such solicitation shall be in the form of a public notice of the proposed purchase or lease and a general description of the personal property needed in a paper of general circulation in the area where the agency will be operating or by any other method approved by the materiel administrator;
(2) The Department of Administrative Services shall be the sole and final authority on purchases and leases of personal property by a using agency. In any case when the approval of the Governor is required, the Governor may, in his or her discretion, confer complete authority upon the Department of Administrative Services in the review and approval of purchase and lease proposals;
(3) The Department of Administrative Services shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to (a) develop and implement purchasing and leasing policies and procedures which shall insure economical and efficient operations of state agencies and (b) carry out the provisions of sections 81-145 to 81-162; and
(4) The Director of Administrative Services shall refuse to issue warrants for the disbursement of any funds in payment of contracts or leases which have not been approved according to law.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 359, § 15;
Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 28;
Laws 2000, LB 654, § 28.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.04 - Materiel division; purposes.

81-1118.04.
Materiel division; purposes.
The purposes of the materiel division are to maximize the state's purchasing power through an efficient and standardized state procurement system and centralized office services and supply program and to maximize the utilization of and control the inventory of state-owned equipment.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 40;
Laws 2000, LB 654, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.05 - Materiel division; powers and duties.

81-1118.05.
Materiel division; powers and duties.
The materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services shall:
(1) Establish by rules and regulations a process for resolving complaints from both vendors and state agencies;
(2) Maintain a record and written justification of purchases as follows:
(a) A list of and explanation for emergency purchases;
(b) A list of open market purchases made by the division; and
(c) A list of all purchases waived from the minimum time period requirement between bid advertisement and bid opening; and
(3) Have the authority to enter into joint purchasing agreements with political subdivisions in the state.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.06 - Materiel division; state purchasing bureau; purposes.

81-1118.06.
Materiel division; state purchasing bureau; purposes.
The purposes of the state purchasing bureau created by section 81-1118 are:
(1) To increase public confidence in the procedures followed in public procurement;
(2) To insure the fair and equitable treatment of all persons who deal with the procurement system of this state;
(3) To provide increased economy in state procurement activities and maximize to the fullest extent practicable the purchasing value of the public funds of the state;
(4) To foster effective broad-based competition within the free enterprise system; and
(5) To provide safeguards for the maintenance of a procurement system of quality and integrity.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 31;
Laws 2000, LB 654, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1118.07 - State purchasing bureau; use reverse auction; powers and duties.

81-1118.07.
State purchasing bureau; use reverse auction; powers and duties.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the state purchasing bureau created by section 81-1118 may use a reverse auction for the acquisition of goods if the bureau determines that the use of a reverse auction would be advantageous to the state.
(2) If the bureau conducts a reverse auction, the bureau shall provide notification of the intent to use the reverse auction process in the bid solicitation documents and, unless the solicitation is canceled, an award shall be made to the bidder determined by the bureau to be the lowest responsible bidder at the close of the bidding process. The bureau may require bidders to register before the opening date and time of the reverse auction.
(3) The bureau may contract with a third-party vendor to conduct a reverse auction pursuant to this section.
(4) The bureau may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to implement this section.
(5) For purposes of this section, reverse auction means a process in which (a) bidders compete to provide goods in an open and interactive environment, which may include the use of electronic media, (b) bids are opened and made public immediately, and (c) bidders are given opportunity to submit revised bids until the bidding process is complete.
Source
Laws 2009, LB168, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1119 - Real property; purchases authorized.

81-1119.
Real property; purchases authorized.
The Department of Administrative Services may purchase real property needed by the state which costs an amount equal to or less than ten percent of the amount set forth in subdivision (1)(a) of section 81-1108.43 as adjusted by subsection (2) of section 81-1108.43 without legislative approval or a specific appropriation for such purchase unless the purchase is made to evade the dollar limitation in this section and additional unapproved purchases will be made which, when considered together, would exceed the dollar limitation.
Source
Laws 1992, LB 1241, § 29;
Laws 2017, LB320, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120 - Materiel Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.

81-1120.
Materiel Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
(1) There is hereby created the Materiel Division Revolving Fund. The fund shall be administered by the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall consist of (a) fees paid for printing, copying, central supply, and mailing services provided to state agencies and local subdivisions by the division, (b) assessments charged by the materiel administrator to state agencies, boards, and commissions for purchasing services provided by the division, and (c) any money collected pursuant to subdivision (10) of section 81-153. Such assessments shall be adequate to cover actual and necessary expenses that are associated with providing the service and not otherwise covered by the money collected pursuant to subdivision (10) of section 81-153. The fund shall be used to pay for expenses incurred by the division to provide such services.
(2) State agencies, boards, and commissions shall make the materiel division assessment payments to the fund no later than August 1 of each year, or in four equal payments to be made no later than August 1, October 1, February 1, and April 1 of each year, at the discretion of the materiel administrator.
(3) Any money in the 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.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 1194, § 2;
Laws 1995, LB 7, § 119;
Laws 2003, LB 424, § 6;
Laws 2022, LB1037, § 3.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.01 - Communications system; declaration of legislative purpose.

81-1120.01.
Communications system; declaration of legislative purpose.
The Legislature hereby declares that an efficient and reliable communications system is vital to the state during the conduct of regular business of the state and in times of emergency and that substantial economies can be effected by joint use of a consolidated communications system by departments, agencies, and subdivisions of state government. It is, therefor, declared to be the purpose of sections 23-1715, 81-1108.02, 81-1120.01 to 81-1120.03, 81-1120.15 to 81-1120.28, and 81-1423 and the policy of the state to provide for the continual development of an efficient and reliable communications system for joint use by departments, agencies, and subdivisions of state government, to effect maximum practical consolidation and joint use of existing communications facilities and services owned or used by the state, and generally to coordinate all communications functions and activities of state government.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 572, § 1, p. 1879;
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 3;
Laws 1984, LB 1125, § 4;
Laws 1986, LB 965, § 21.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.02 - Terms, defined.

81-1120.02.
Terms, defined.
As used in sections 81-1120.01 to 81-1120.29, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Director means the Director of Communications;
(2) Division means the division of communications of the office of Chief Information Officer;
(3) Communications system means the total communications facilities and equipment owned, leased, or used by all departments, agencies, and subdivisions of state government; and
(4) Communications means any transmission, emission, or reception of signs, signals, writing, images, and sounds or intelligence of any nature by wire, radio, optical, or other electromagnetic systems.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 572, § 2, p. 1880;
Laws 1971, LB 675, § 3;
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 4;
Laws 1984, LB 1125, § 5;
Laws 1986, LB 965, § 22;
Laws 2000, LB 893, § 2;
Laws 2006, LB 921, § 6;
Laws 2011, LB378, § 26.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.03 - Office of Chief Information Officer; division of communications; creation; Director of Communications; appointment; qualifications.

81-1120.03.
Office of Chief Information Officer; division of communications; creation; Director of Communications; appointment; qualifications.
There is hereby created, within the office of Chief Information Officer, a division of communications to be headed by the Director of Communications. The Chief Information Officer shall appoint as Director of Communications any person who has not less than six years' experience in a position or positions which include responsibility for management, purchase, lease, or control of communications for a private or governmental enterprise. No person shall hold the position of director who is directly or indirectly interested in any communications common carrier or other company engaged in the furnishing of communications services or facilities, but investment in stock of a communications common carrier in an amount determined by the Chief Information Officer to be not significant shall not be considered disqualifying.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 572, § 3, p. 1880;
Laws 1971, LB 675, § 4;
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 5;
Laws 2000, LB 893, § 3;
Laws 2006, LB 921, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.15 - Director of Communications; powers, duties, and responsibilities.

81-1120.15.
Director of Communications; powers, duties, and responsibilities.
The Director of Communications shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:
(1) To provide the Legislature and the Governor technical assistance, advice, and information concerning the financial and administrative operations of the communications systems of all agencies of the state;
(2) To provide the Legislature and the Governor recommendations for dealing with financial, management, and organizational problems affecting the communications systems and services of the state, its departments and agencies. The recommendations submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically;
(3) To make inquiries of the agencies as to their communications charges and prepare cost comparisons to insure that uniformity, efficiency, and equality be achieved within the communications system;
(4) To make recommendations to the agencies pertaining to revisions to internal systems as may be necessary to promote frugality and economy in the communications system; and
(5) To provide services such as system review, system design, feasibility studies, equipment reviews, and for long-range planning and management service within the division of communications.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 6;
Laws 1979, LB 322, § 50;
Laws 1981, LB 545, § 33;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 189.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.16 - Director of Communications; powers and duties; investigation; report.

81-1120.16.
Director of Communications; powers and duties; investigation; report.
It shall be the duty of the director to consult each department, office, board, bureau, commission, or institution in the state for which money is to be appropriated and expended for communications services, equipment, or facilities, including the executive and judicial departments, state colleges, university, and state institutions. The director shall make or cause to be made under his or her supervision an investigation to determine whether the appropriations are being judiciously and economically expended for the purposes for which they were made and shall transmit to the Governor, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, and the expending agency a complete report of each such investigation. The report submitted to the Legislative Fiscal Analyst shall be submitted electronically. In making such investigations he or she shall, at all reasonable times, have access to the offices of all state departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, and institutions and may, for the purpose of obtaining information as to the operation and communications needs thereof, examine the books, papers, and public records therein, and the agencies shall, through their proper officers, furnish such data, information, or statements as may be requested of them.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 7;
Laws 2006, LB 921, § 8;
Laws 2012, LB782, § 190.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 81 - State Administrative Departments › 81-1120.18 - Division of communications; form advisory boards; expenses.

81-1120.18.
Division of communications; form advisory boards; expenses.
The division of communications may form temporary advisory boards to provide advice in the development, management, administration, and operation of a consolidated communications system to meet the communications requirements of all departments and agencies of state government. Board members shall be selected by the division and shall receive no compensation for duties performed as members of a board, but shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred while engaged in the performance of their duties under the provisions of sections 81-1108.02, 81-1120.01 to 81-1120.03, 81-1120.15 to 81-1120.28, and 81-1423 as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 572, § 5, p. 1882;
R.R.S.1943, § 81-1120.05;
Laws 1975, LB 427, § 9;
Laws 1981, LB 204, § 190;
Laws 1981, LB 381, § 32;
Laws 1984, LB 1125, § 6;
Laws 1986, LB 965, § 23;
Laws 2020, LB381, § 110.