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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3297 - District; recreation area; regulate real and personal property; violation; penalty.

2-3297.
District; recreation area; regulate real and personal property; violation; penalty.
(1) A district may provide for the protection, use, or removal of any public real or personal property in a recreation area and may regulate or prohibit the construction or installation of any privately owned structure in a recreation area. Except as otherwise provided in section 2-3290.01, a district may close all or any portion of a recreation area to any form of public use or access with the erection of appropriate signs, without the adoption and promulgation of formal written rules and regulations.
(2) Any person who, without the permission of the district, damages, destroys, uses, or removes any public real or personal property in a recreation area, constructs or installs any privately owned structure in a recreation area, or enters or remains upon all or any portion of a recreation area when appropriate signs or public notices prohibiting such activity have been erected or displayed shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 861, § 9;
Laws 2006, LB 1113, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3299 - District; recreation area; permit sales; violation; penalty.

2-3299.
District; recreation area; permit sales; violation; penalty.
(1) A district may permit the sale, trade, or vending of any goods, products, or commodities of any type in a recreation area.
(2) Any person who sells, trades, or vends any goods, products, or commodities of any type in a recreation area when not permitted by the district shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 861, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,100 - District; recreation area; regulate vehicle traffic; violation; penalty.

2-32,100.
District; recreation area; regulate vehicle traffic; violation; penalty.
A district may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing vehicle traffic in a recreation area as provided in the Nebraska Rules of the Road. Any person who violates any such rule or regulation shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 861, § 12;
Laws 1993, LB 370, § 1.
Cross References
Nebraska Rules of the Road, see section 60-601.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,101 - District; recreation area; enforcement; procedures; expenditure of funds for services or contracts, authorized.

2-32,101.
District; recreation area; enforcement; procedures; expenditure of funds for services or contracts, authorized.
(1) Any law enforcement officer, including, but not limited to, any Game and Parks Commission conservation officer, local police officer, member of the Nebraska State Patrol, or sheriff or deputy sheriff, is authorized to enforce sections 2-3292 to 2-32,100 and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such sections. A district shall not employ law enforcement personnel and shall be prohibited from expending any funds for such purpose except as provided in subsection (2) of this section. Each district shall provide a copy of its rules and regulations to the appropriate law enforcement officer. Any law enforcement officer may arrest and detain any person committing a violation of the rules and regulations in a recreation area or committing any misdemeanor or felony as provided by the laws of this state.
(2) A district may expend funds to enter into agreements pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act for the services of certified law enforcement personnel or to contract for the services of private security services to patrol and protect district-owned or district-managed recreation areas and to assist law enforcement officers in enforcing sections 2-3292 to 2-32,100 and any rules and regulations adopted and promulgated pursuant to such sections.
Source
Laws 1984, LB 861, § 13;
Laws 1998, LB 922, § 391;
Laws 2010, LB817, § 1.
Cross References
Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,102 - Natural resources; agreements with other states; authorized.

2-32,102.
Natural resources; agreements with other states; authorized.
The State of Nebraska may enter into agreements for the purpose of providing interstate cooperation and coordination in matters relating to natural resources with two or more of the following states: South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. These states have cultural, economic, social, agricultural, and natural resources similarities as evidenced by such states' (1) past affiliations in interstate organizations such as the Old West Regional Commission and the Missouri River Basin Commission and (2) identity as reclamation states in the Upper and Lower Regions of the United States Bureau of Reclamation.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,103 - Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council; authorized.

2-32,103.
Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council; authorized.
For purposes of fostering interstate cooperation and coordination between the states listed in section 2-32,102 on matters relating to natural resources, when two or more of such states agree to participate in any agreement pursuant to section 2-32,102, Nebraska may participate in the formation of a Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council, which is hereby authorized.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,104 - Council; member states; costs; how shared.

2-32,104.
Council; member states; costs; how shared.
Each state participating in the Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council shall pay an equal and proportionate share of money to (1) establish the council, (2) provide for the council's operations and overhead, (3) cover the expense of the member states' participating representatives who are not elected officials or state employees whose expenses are otherwise covered by the states, and (4) carry out the council's purposes.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,105 - Council; membership.

2-32,105.
Council; membership.
The Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council shall consist of the following members:
(1) One senator appointed in the manner prescribed by the senate of such state, except that two senators may be appointed by the Governor of the State of Nebraska from the Unicameral Legislature of the State of Nebraska;
(2) One member of the house of representatives appointed in the manner prescribed by the house of representatives of such state;
(3) The director or head of the principal state agency that coordinates and regulates matters relating to natural resources in each state;
(4) The director or head of the principal state agency that conducts geological and ground water research, investigations, and monitoring in each state; and
(5) One member appointed by the Governor of each state who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,106 - Council; duties.

2-32,106.
Council; duties.
The duties of the Missouri Basin Natural Resources Council shall be to:
(1) Collect and disseminate information on natural resources including studies, research, and policies between the states;
(2) Engender cooperation among and between the states on matters and issues relating to natural resources;
(3) Promote greater understanding and public awareness of the issues relating to natural resources in the states; and
(4) Make recommendations to the governors and legislatures of the states on matters relating to natural resources of mutual interest and concern in and between the states.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,108 - Council; funding authorized; Governor; duty.

2-32,108.
Council; funding authorized; Governor; duty.
For purposes of sections 2-32,102 to 2-32,108 there is hereby authorized an initial amount of fifty thousand dollars for the State of Nebraska to enter into agreements with the states listed in section 2-32,102 and to carry out the purpose and intent of sections 2-32,102 to 2-32,108 if such sum is matched by at least two other states listed in section 2-32,102. It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds authorized by this section shall be appropriated to the Governor, who shall be responsible for the implementation of sections 2-32,102 to 2-32,108.
Source
Laws 1985, LB 705, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,109 - Flood control improvement corridor; board; adopt or amend map.

2-32,109.
Flood control improvement corridor; board; adopt or amend map.
The board, upon its own motion or upon a petition filed with the district by at least five owners of land within the district and after a public hearing, may adopt or amend flood control improvement corridor maps which show the watercourses as defined in section 31-202 within the district or the reaches of watercourses which the district in the future may determine to improve with levees or other flood control improvements. The maps shall show the corridors of land on either side of the centerlines of the watercourses which the board determines should be reserved for the future construction, operation, or maintenance of flood control improvements and shall show the approximate location of the corridors on each parcel of land traversed.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,110 - Flood control improvement corridor; hearing on adoption or amendment of map; notice.

2-32,110.
Flood control improvement corridor; hearing on adoption or amendment of map; notice.
At least ten days prior to the district's public hearing on the adoption or amendment of any flood control improvement corridor map, the district shall publish, in a newspaper of general circulation within the district, a notice of the public hearing together with a diagram showing the general location and width of each flood control improvement corridor which is proposed to be adopted or amended. The notice shall identify the place within the district where the detailed flood control improvement corridor maps which are proposed to be adopted or amended are available for public inspection. At least fifteen days prior to the public hearing, the district shall send such notice of public hearing and copies of the flood control improvement corridor map by certified mail to the owner of each parcel of land traversed by the corridor at the address shown for such owner on the county tax records.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,111 - Flood control improvement corridor; map; filing, recording, and indexing required.

2-32,111.
Flood control improvement corridor; map; filing, recording, and indexing required.
The district shall file a copy of each adopted or amended flood control improvement corridor map, together with a copy of the board resolution adopting or amending such map and containing the legal descriptions of all parcels of land traversed, with the county, city, or village officer responsible for the receipt of requests for the issuance of building permits for each county, city, and village traversed by the flood control improvement corridors depicted upon the map. The district shall also record each adopted or amended flood control improvement corridor map and each board resolution adopting or amending such map with the register of deeds of each county traversed by such corridors. A notice of the existence of the map and board resolution shall be indexed against all parcels of land included in whole or in part on such map and, in addition, shall indicate to the landowner where the map may be reviewed.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,112 - Flood control improvement corridor; building permit; issuance; procedure.

2-32,112.
Flood control improvement corridor; building permit; issuance; procedure.
A building permit shall be required for all structures within an adopted flood control improvement corridor if the actual cost of the structure will exceed one thousand dollars.
Upon the filing of a request for a building permit for a structure on a parcel of land located within a flood control improvement corridor, the officer responsible for issuance of building permits shall give the district notice of the filing of the request for a building permit. The officer shall not issue a permit for a period of sixty days from the date of mailing such notice to the district unless the district waives the time period in writing.
Within the sixty-day period, the district may file with the officer and send by certified mail to the landowner a statement of the district's intent to negotiate with the owner of the land involved. Upon the filing and mailing of such a statement of intent, the district shall be allowed six months for negotiations with the landowner.
At the end of the six-month period, if the landowner has not withdrawn the application for a permit, the permit shall be issued if it meets all other applicable codes, ordinances, and laws.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 19.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,113 - Flood control improvement corridor; acquisition of rights-of-way; sections; how construed.

2-32,113.
Flood control improvement corridor; acquisition of rights-of-way; sections; how construed.
Nothing in sections 2-32,109 to 2-32,112 shall be deemed a condition precedent to the acquisition of rights-of-way by purchase or by eminent domain.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 20.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,114 - Flood control improvement corridor; building permit requirement; applicability of sections.

2-32,114.
Flood control improvement corridor; building permit requirement; applicability of sections.
Sections 2-32,109 to 2-32,112 shall only apply in counties, cities, or villages which have a requirement that a building permit be obtained prior to construction of a structure whether the requirement is adopted before, on, or after July 16, 1994.
Source
Laws 1994, LB 480, § 21.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-32,115 - Immediate temporary stay imposed by natural resources district; department; powers and duties.

2-32,115.
Immediate temporary stay imposed by natural resources district; department; powers and duties.
(1) Whenever a natural resources district imposes an immediate temporary stay for one hundred eighty days in accordance with subsection (2) of section 46-707, the department may place an immediate temporary stay without prior notice or hearing on the issuance of new surface water natural-flow appropriations for one hundred eighty days in the area, river basin, subbasin, or reach of the same area included in the natural resources district's temporary stay, except that the department shall not place a temporary stay on new surface water natural-flow appropriations that are necessary to alleviate an emergency situation involving the provision of water for human consumption or public health or safety.
(2) The department shall hold at least one public hearing on the matter within the affected area within the period of the one-hundred-eighty-day temporary stay, with the notice of hearing given as provided in section 46-743, prior to making a determination as to imposing a stay or conditions in accordance with section 46-234 and subsection (11) of section 46-714. The department may hold the public hearing in conjunction with the natural resources district's hearing.
(3) Within forty-five days after a hearing pursuant to this section, the department shall decide whether to exempt from the immediate temporary stay the issuance of appropriations for which applications were pending prior to the declaration commencing the stay but for which the application was not approved prior to such date, to continue the stay, or to allow the issuance of new surface water appropriations.
Source
Laws 2007, LB701, § 16;
Laws 2009, LB483, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3326 - Legislative intent.

2-3326.
Legislative intent.
(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to encourage the formation of a private nonprofit corporation which meets the criteria of the federal Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq., as a qualified state soybean board to continue Nebraska's soybean industry development program and to take over from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board the duties of the qualified state soybean board under the federal act.
(2) It is the intent of the Legislature that a smooth transition of Nebraska's soybean development program from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board to the private nonprofit corporation be made.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 434, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3328 - Private nonprofit corporation; transfer of program; conditions; Director of Agriculture; duties.

2-3328.
Private nonprofit corporation; transfer of program; conditions; Director of Agriculture; duties.
(1) If a private nonprofit corporation as described in section 2-3326 (a) is formed, (b) submits to the Director of Agriculture on or before August 1, 1995, copies of its articles of incorporation and bylaws which the director determines comply with subsection (1) of section 2-3327, (c) provides to the director written documentation showing that the corporation has been certified by the United Soybean Board as a qualified state soybean board, and (d) provides to the Director of Administrative Services a contractual guarantee that the corporation accepts and agrees to pay out of any funds available to it all existing and future liabilities of the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board which have not been extinguished prior to October 1, 1995, including unpaid bills and claims for goods and services, claims for refunds of fees and assessments, accrued salaries and benefits, unemployment compensation claims, and claims relating to wrongful action, and upon compliance with sections 2-3326 to 2-3328, the transfer of Nebraska's soybean industry development program from the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board to the private nonprofit corporation shall be arranged.
(2) The Director of Agriculture shall complete the review of the articles and bylaws not later than September 1, 1995. Upon determining that the articles and bylaws contain the items required by section 2-3327, the director shall so notify the corporation in writing and shall send a copy of the articles and bylaws to the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 434, § 4;
Laws 2000, LB 692, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3330 - Private nonprofit corporation; designation.

2-3330.
Private nonprofit corporation; designation.
On October 1, 1995, if all provisions of sections 2-3326 to 2-3328 have been complied with, the private nonprofit corporation shall become the qualified state soybean board for Nebraska for the purposes of the federal Soybean Promotion, Research, and Consumer Information Act of 1990, 7 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 434, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3331 - State Treasurer; transfer of funds.

2-3331.
State Treasurer; transfer of funds.
The State Treasurer shall transfer any funds remaining in or accruing to the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund on or after October 1, 1995, to the private nonprofit corporation. Such transfers shall be in payment of any contract between the Soybean Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board and the corporation which provides for the corporation to carry out the responsibilities and programs of the board under the Nebraska Soybean Resources Act. The State Treasurer shall make such transfers only if sections 2-3326 to 2-3328 have been complied with.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 434, § 7;
Laws 2000, LB 692, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3402 - Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing; created.

2-3402.
Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing; created.
There is hereby established a Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing in the Department of Agriculture.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3404 - Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee; members.

2-3404.
Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee; members.
(1) With the exception of the ex officio members, the duly elected directors of Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc. shall serve as an advisory committee to be known as the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee who shall advise the director on matters relevant to the poultry and egg industry.
(2) The ex officio members shall be designated by the committee. Ex officio members may include, but not be limited to:
(a) The director;
(b) Vice chancellor, University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources;
(c) Chairperson, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska;
(d) Extension Poultry Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Nebraska;
(e) General Manager, Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc.; and
(f) A representative of a consumer organization.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 4;
Laws 1990, LB 856, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3405 - Committee; members; compensation; expenses.

2-3405.
Committee; members; compensation; expenses.
Members of the committee shall receive no salary, but shall be paid a per diem of twenty-five dollars for each day they are actually and necessarily engaged in the transaction of business, together with expenses incurred while on official business as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 5;
Laws 2020, LB381, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3406 - Committee; chairman; meetings.

2-3406.
Committee; chairman; meetings.
The President of Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc. shall be chairman of the committee. The committee shall meet at least once every three months and at such other times as called by the chairman, the director, or by any three members of the committee.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3407 - Department; powers.

2-3407.
Department; powers.
It is hereby declared to be the public policy of the State of Nebraska to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the poultry and egg industry and the economy of the areas producing poultry and eggs. The department shall be the agency of the State of Nebraska for such purpose. In connection with and in furtherance of such policy and purpose, such department, only upon the approval of a majority of the committee, may:
(1) Formulate the general policies and programs of the State of Nebraska respecting the discovery, promotion, and development of markets and industries for the utilization of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof;
(2) Adopt and devise a program of education and publicity;
(3) Cooperate with local, state, regional, or national organizations, whether public or private, in carrying out the purposes of the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and to enter into such agreements as may be necessary;
(4) Adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to promptly and effectively enforce the act;
(5) Conduct, in addition, any other program that would enhance the image of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof. Such programs may include, but not be limited to, consumer education, research, information, advertising, promotion, and market development of poultry, eggs, and the products thereof;
(6) Make refunds for overpayment of fees according to rules and regulations adopted by the department;
(7) Appoint the head of the Division of Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing and assistants as may be necessary to carry out the intent and purposes of the act;
(8) Develop a biennial budget with fiscal year estimates of requirements to conduct the affairs of the division;
(9) Establish annually the fees to be collected; and
(10) Establish an administrative office, suitable for the furtherance of the intent and purposes of the act, with Nebraska Poultry Industries, Inc.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 7;
Laws 1986, LB 258, § 6;
Laws 1991, LB 358, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3408 - Commercially sold eggs and turkeys; fee; how computed and assessed.

2-3408.
Commercially sold eggs and turkeys; fee; how computed and assessed.
(1) There shall be paid to the director a fee of not to exceed five cents per case upon all commercial eggs sold through commercial channels to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. The fee for commercial eggs produced in this state shall be paid by the egg producer who owns the eggs and shall be collected and remitted to the director by the first purchaser. The fee for commercial eggs produced outside of this state and sold in this state to retailers, wholesalers, distributors, or food purveyors shall be paid to the director by the person importing such eggs into the state. Under the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, no eggs shall be subject to the fee more than once.
(2) There shall be paid to the director a fee of not to exceed three cents per turkey grown in the State of Nebraska and sold through commercial channels. The fee shall be paid by the turkey producer and shall be collected by the first purchaser. Under the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, no turkeys shall be subject to the fee more than once.
(3) The director may, subject to the approval of a majority of the members of the advisory committee, whenever he or she determines that the fees provided by this section are yielding more than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, reduce such fees for such period as the director shall deem justified. In the event that the director, after reducing such fees, finds that sufficient revenue is not being produced by such reduced fees, he or she may restore in full or in part such fees to such rates as will in his or her judgment produce sufficient revenue to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 8;
Laws 1984, LB 991, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3409 - Fees; deducted; when.

2-3409.
Fees; deducted; when.
The fee, provided for by the provisions of section 2-3408, shall be deducted, as provided by sections 2-3401 to 2-3416, whether such poultry and eggs are stored in this state or any other state. Any fees remitted to the director may be refunded by the director upon the written application of any producer for a refund of the amount deducted by the first purchaser. The application for refund shall be submitted to the director within sixty days from the date of assessment of fees and shall have attached thereto proof of the fee deduction claim by the applicant.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3410 - First purchaser; deduct fees; maintain records; public inspection; statement.

2-3410.
First purchaser; deduct fees; maintain records; public inspection; statement.
(1) The first purchaser, at the time of settlement, shall deduct the poultry and egg fees as provided in section 2-3408 and shall maintain records as specified in the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. Such records shall be open for inspection and audit by authorized representatives of the department during normal business hours observed by the purchaser.
(2) The purchaser shall render and have on file with the department a statement of the number of poultry or cases of eggs purchased in Nebraska in accordance with the rules and regulations promulgated under sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. At the time the statement is filed, the purchaser shall pay and remit to the department the fees as provided for in section 2-3408.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3411 - Director; annual report; contents; public record.

2-3411.
Director; annual report; contents; public record.
The director shall make an annual report, at least thirty days prior to January 1 of each year, showing all income and expenses and any other facts relevant to sections 2-3401 to 2-3416. The report shall be available to the public.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3412 - Director; power to exempt purchasers; when; eggs exempt from act.

2-3412.
Director; power to exempt purchasers; when; eggs exempt from act.
(1) The director may exempt from the provisions of section 2-3408 and subsection (2) of section 2-3410 first purchasers whose annual average weekly volume is less than twenty-five thirty-dozen cases per week whenever the administrative cost of collecting and processing the fees received from such sources exceeds the amount of income derived therefrom.
(2) Eggs utilized for the production of baby chicks shall be exempt from sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 12;
Laws 1977, LB 183, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3413 - Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund; created; administration; department; accept funds.

2-3413.
Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund; created; administration; department; accept funds.
(1) The State Treasurer is hereby directed to establish in the treasury of the State of Nebraska a fund to be known as the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Fund, to which shall be credited all fees collected by the department pursuant to the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act. After appropriation, the Director of Administrative Services shall, upon receipt of proper vouchers approved by the director, issue warrants on such fund including refund payments authorized by section 2-3409 and the State Treasurer shall pay the warrants out of the money credited to such 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.
(2) The department may accept grants, contributions, or other funds from any private or federal, state, or other public source to be used to administer the Nebraska Poultry and Egg Resources Act and to conduct programs under such act.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 13;
Laws 1984, LB 991, § 3;
Laws 1995, LB 7, § 17.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3414 - Hearing before Legislature's Committee on Agriculture; when; purpose.

2-3414.
Hearing before Legislature's Committee on Agriculture; when; purpose.
The director shall request a hearing by the Legislature's Committee on Agriculture when petitioned by either fifteen percent of the egg or turkey producers or any number of producers representing thirty percent of the eggs or turkeys upon which fees are being collected to determine whether or not there is need to amend or repeal sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3415 - Committee; research or development; limitation on authority.

2-3415.
Committee; research or development; limitation on authority.
The Poultry and Egg Development, Utilization, and Marketing Committee shall not be authorized to set up research or development units or agencies of its own, but shall limit its activity to cooperation and contracts with the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources and other proper local, state, regional, or national organizations, public or private, in carrying out the purposes of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 15.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3416 - Violations; penalties.

2-3416.
Violations; penalties.
Any person violating any of the provisions of sections 2-3401 to 2-3416 shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 514, § 16;
Laws 1977, LB 41, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3601 - Act, how cited.

2-3601.
Act, how cited.
Sections 2-3601 to 2-3635 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Corn Resources Act.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 1;
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3602 - Intent and purpose of act.

2-3602.
Intent and purpose of act.
It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Nebraska to protect and foster the health, prosperity, and general welfare of its people by protecting and stabilizing the corn industry and the economy of the areas producing corn. The Corn Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board shall be the agency of the State of Nebraska for such purpose. In connection with and in furtherance of such purpose, it is declared to be in the interest of the public welfare of the state that the producers of corn be permitted and encouraged to develop, carry out, and participate in programs of research, education, market development, and promotion. It is the purpose of the Nebraska Corn Resources Act to provide the authorization and to prescribe the necessary procedures whereby corn producers in this state may finance programs to achieve the activities expressed in the act.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 2;
Laws 2012, LB1057, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3603 - Definitions, where found.

2-3603.
Definitions, where found.
For purposes of the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 2-3604 to 2-3610 shall be used.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 3;
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3605 - Grower, defined.

2-3605.
Grower, defined.
Grower shall mean any landowner personally engaged in growing corn, a tenant of the landowner personally engaged in growing corn, and both the owner and tenant jointly and shall include a person, partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation, cooperative, trust, sharecropper, and other business unit, device, and arrangement.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 5;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 72.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3606 - First purchaser, defined.

2-3606.
First purchaser, defined.
First purchaser shall mean any person, public or private corporation, association, partnership, or limited liability company buying, accepting for shipment, or otherwise acquiring the property in or to corn from a grower, and shall include a mortgagee, pledgee, lienor, or other person, public or private, having a claim against the grower, when the actual or constructive possession of such corn is taken as part payment or in satisfaction of such mortgage, pledge, lien, or claim.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 6;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 73.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3607 - Commercial channels, defined.

2-3607.
Commercial channels, defined.
Commercial channels shall mean the sale of corn for any use, to any commercial buyer, dealer, processor, cooperative, or to any person, public or private, who resells any corn or product produced from corn.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3608 - Delivered or delivery, defined.

2-3608.
Delivered or delivery, defined.
Delivered or delivery shall mean receiving corn for any use, except for storage, and includes receiving corn for consumption, for utilization, or as a result of sale in the State of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3611 - Board; members.

2-3611.
Board; members.
The board shall be composed of nine members who (1) are citizens of Nebraska, (2) are at least twenty-one years of age, (3) have been actually engaged in growing corn in this state for a period of at least five years, and (4) derive a substantial portion of their income from growing corn.
The Director of Agriculture, the vice chancellor of the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, and the president of the Nebraska Corn Growers Association shall be ex officio members of the board but shall have no vote in board matters.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3612 - Board; vacancy; how filled.

2-3612.
Board; vacancy; how filled.
Except for the position of the at-large member, whenever a vacancy occurs on the board for any reason, the Governor shall appoint an individual to fill such vacancy from the district in which the vacancy exists. If the vacant position is that of the at-large member, the appointment to fill such vacancy shall be made at large by the board.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 12;
Laws 1992, LB 971, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3614 - Board; appointment of members; procedure.

2-3614.
Board; appointment of members; procedure.
Members of the board shall be appointed by the Governor on a nonpartisan basis. Candidates for appointment by the Governor to the initial board may place their names on a candidacy list for the respective district by filing a petition signed by at least fifty growers of such district with the Governor. Candidates for appointment to subsequent boards or to fill a vacancy in either a district or at-large membership position shall file such petitions with the existing board. Qualified individuals residing within their district shall be eligible for nomination as candidates from such district.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 14;
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3615 - Board; membership districts.

2-3615.
Board; membership districts.
One member shall be appointed from each of the following districts:
(a) District 1. The counties of Butler, Saunders, Douglas, Sarpy, Seward, Lancaster, Cass, Otoe, Saline, Jefferson, Gage, Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, and Richardson;
(b) District 2. The counties of Adams, Clay, Fillmore, Franklin, Webster, Nuckolls, and Thayer;
(c) District 3. The counties of Merrick, Polk, Hamilton, and York;
(d) District 4. The counties of Knox, Cedar, Dixon, Dakota, Pierce, Wayne, Thurston, Madison, Stanton, Cuming, Burt, Colfax, Dodge, and Washington;
(e) District 5. The counties of Sherman, Howard, Dawson, Buffalo, and Hall;
(f) District 6. The counties of Hayes, Frontier, Gosper, Phelps, Kearney, Hitchcock, Red Willow, Furnas, and Harlan;
(g) District 7. The counties of Boyd, Holt, Antelope, Garfield, Wheeler, Boone, Platte, Valley, Greeley, and Nance; and
(h) District 8. The counties of Sioux, Dawes, Box Butte, Sheridan, Scotts Bluff, Banner, Kimball, Morrill, Cheyenne, Garden, Deuel, Cherry, Keya Paha, Brown, Rock, Grant, Hooker, Thomas, Blaine, Loup, Arthur, McPherson, Logan, Custer, Keith, Lincoln, Perkins, Chase, and Dundy.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 15.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3616 - Board; meeting; appoint member.

2-3616.
Board; meeting; appoint member.
Within thirty days after the appointment of the initial board, such board shall conduct its first regular meeting. At this meeting, the board shall appoint the ninth member to the board. Such appointment shall be made at large and the appointee shall meet the same qualifications as the other members on the board.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3617 - Board; members; terms.

2-3617.
Board; members; terms.
(1) The initial term of office for members of the appointed board shall be as follows: Three district members shall be appointed for one year; three district members shall be appointed for two years; and two district members shall be appointed for three years. The term of the member appointed at large shall be three years.
(2) Upon completion of the initial term, the term of office for members of the board shall be for three years.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3619 - Board; compensation; expenses.

2-3619.
Board; compensation; expenses.
The voting members of the board, while engaged in the performance of their official duties, shall receive compensation at the rate of twenty-five dollars per day while so serving, including travel time. In addition, members of the board shall receive reimbursement for expenses on the same basis and subject to the same conditions as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 19;
Laws 1981, LB 204, § 11;
Laws 2020, LB381, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3620 - Board; removal of member; grounds.

2-3620.
Board; removal of member; grounds.
A member of the board shall be removable by the Governor for cause. He shall first be given a copy of written charges against him and also an opportunity to be heard publicly. In addition to all other causes, a member ceasing to (1) be a resident of the state, (2) live in the district from which he was appointed, or (3) be actually engaged in growing corn in the state shall be deemed sufficient cause for removal from office.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 20.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3622 - Board; duties and responsibilities.

2-3622.
Board; duties and responsibilities.
The duties and responsibilities of the board shall be prescribed in the authority for the corn program and to the extent applicable shall include the following:
(1) To develop and direct any corn development, utilization, and marketing program. Such program may include a program to make grants and enter into contracts for research, accumulation of data, and construction of ethanol production facilities;
(2) To prepare and approve a budget consistent with limited receipts and the scope of the corn commodity program;
(3) To adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary to enforce the Nebraska Corn Resources Act in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act;
(4) To procure and evaluate data and information necessary for the proper administration and operation of the corn commodity program;
(5) To employ personnel and contract for services which are necessary for the proper operation of the program;
(6) To establish a means whereby any grower of corn has the opportunity at least annually to offer his or her ideas and suggestions relative to board policy for the upcoming year;
(7) To authorize the expenditure of funds and contracting of expenditures to conduct proper activities of the program;
(8) To bond the treasurer and such other persons necessary to insure adequate protection of funds;
(9) To keep minutes of its meetings and other books and records which will clearly reflect all of the acts and transactions of the board, and to keep these records open to examination by any grower-participant during normal business hours;
(10) To prohibit any funds collected by the board from being expended directly or indirectly to promote or oppose any candidate for public office or to influence state legislation. The board shall not expend more than twenty-five percent of its annual budget to influence federal legislation; and
(11) To make refunds for overpayment of fees according to rules and regulations adopted and promulgated by the board.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 22;
Laws 1983, LB 505, § 5;
Laws 1985, LB 60, § 2;
Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 18.
Cross References
Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3623 - Sale of corn; fee; when paid.

2-3623.
Sale of corn; fee; when paid.
There is hereby levied a fee of five-tenths of a cent per bushel upon all corn sold through commercial channels in Nebraska or delivered in Nebraska. The fee shall be paid by the grower at the time of sale or delivery and shall be collected by the first purchaser. Under the Nebraska Corn Resources Act, no corn shall be subject to the fee more than once.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 23;
Laws 1983, LB 505, § 6;
Laws 1987, LB 610, § 2;
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 5;
Laws 2012, LB1057, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3627 - Fees; adjusted by board; when.

2-3627.
Fees; adjusted by board; when.
Until December 31, 1978, the fee levied pursuant to section 2-3623 shall not exceed one-tenth of one cent per bushel. Beginning January 1, 1979, the board may, whenever it shall determine that the fees provided by section 2-3623 are yielding more than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of sections 2-3601 to 2-3635, reduce such fees for such period as it shall deem justified, but not less than one year. If the board, after reducing such fees finds that sufficient revenue is not being produced by such reduced fees, it may restore in full or in part such fees not to exceed four-tenths of a cent per bushel.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3628 - Pledge or mortgage; corn used as security; fee; refund; procedure.

2-3628.
Pledge or mortgage; corn used as security; fee; refund; procedure.
In the case of a pledge or mortgage of corn as security for a loan under the federal price support program or other government agricultural loan programs, the fee shall be deducted from the proceeds of such loan at the time the loan is made. If, within the life of the loan plus thirty days after the collection of a fee for corn that is mortgaged as security for a loan under the federal price support program or other government agricultural loan programs, the grower decides to purchase the corn and use it as feed, the grower shall be entitled to a refund of the checkoff fee previously paid. The refund shall be payable by the board upon the grower's written application to the board for a refund of the amount deducted. Each application for a refund by a grower shall have attached thereto proof of the tax deducted.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 28;
Laws 1996, LB 1336, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3629 - Fee; when assessed.

2-3629.
Fee; when assessed.
The fee, provided for by section 2-3623, shall be deducted, as provided by sections 2-3601 to 2-3635, whether such corn is stored in this state or any other state.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 2 - Agriculture › 2-3630 - Fee; when not applicable.

2-3630.
Fee; when not applicable.
The fee imposed by section 2-3623 shall not apply to the sale of corn to the federal government for the ultimate use of consumption by the people of the United States when the State of Nebraska is prohibited from imposing such fee by the Constitution of the United States and laws enacted pursuant thereto.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 639, § 30.