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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1807 - Mandated project charge, defined.

70-1807.
Mandated project charge, defined.
Mandated project charge means a charge paid by customers of a public entity to pay or reimburse the public entity for mandated project costs, including any adjustment of the charge pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 70-1812, or financing costs.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1808 - Mandated project costs, defined.

70-1808.
Mandated project costs, defined.
Mandated project costs means capital costs incurred or to be incurred by a public entity with respect to a mandated project, including the payment of debt service on mandated project bonds, either directly or through a power participation or purchase agreement, and any related operating expenses.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1809 - Public entity, defined.

70-1809.
Public entity, defined.
Public entity means a municipality, a registered group of municipalities, a public power district, a public power and irrigation district, an electric cooperative, an electric membership association, a joint entity formed under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, a joint public agency formed under the Joint Public Agency Act, an agency formed under the Municipal Cooperative Financing Act, or any other governmental entity.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 9.
Cross References
Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
Municipal Cooperative Financing Act, see section 18-2401.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1810 - Related operating expenses, defined.

70-1810.
Related operating expenses, defined.
Related operating expenses means any necessary operating expenses of a project or system required to be paid from the mandated project charge by an order of a court pursuant to 11 U.S.C. 928(b), as such section existed on January 1, 2006.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1813 - Issuance of mandated project bonds; authorized; proceeds; use.

70-1813.
Issuance of mandated project bonds; authorized; proceeds; use.
(1) A public entity has the authority to issue mandated project bonds, including refunding bonds, in one or more series. A public entity also may create a mandated project bond issuer pursuant to section 70-1818 to issue mandated project bonds. Mandated project charges to which the public entity may at any time be entitled shall be pledged, without any necessity for specific authorization of the pledge by the public entity, to the mandated project bonds. Each such series of mandated project bonds shall be secured by and payable from a first lien on mandated project charges pledged for such purpose. Any separate consensual lien or security interest shall be created in accordance with and governed by the Nebraska Governmental Unit Security Interest Act. The proceeds of such bonds shall be applied exclusively to payment of mandated project costs and financing costs and, in the case of proceeds of refunding bonds, the retirement or defeasance of mandated project bonds.
(2) The public entity and any successor or assignee of the public entity shall be obligated to impose and collect the mandated project charges in amounts sufficient to pay debt service on the mandated project bonds as due. The pledge of mandated project charges shall be irrevocable, and the state, the public entity, or any successor or assignee of the public entity may not reduce, impair, or otherwise adjust mandated project charges, except that the public entity and any successor or assignee thereof shall implement the periodic adjustment method established by the authorizing resolution pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 70-1812. Revenue from mandated project charges shall be deemed special revenue and shall not constitute revenue of the public entity for purposes of any pledge of revenue, receipts, or other income that such public entity has made or will make for the security of debt other than the mandated project bonds to which the revenue from the mandated project charges is expressly pledged.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 13;
Laws 2015, LB141, § 7.
Cross References
Nebraska Governmental Unit Security Interest Act, see section 10-1101.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1814 - Mandated project charges; use.

70-1814.
Mandated project charges; use.
Mandated project charges shall be applied exclusively for the purpose of paying mandated project costs, including any adjustments of such charges pursuant to subdivision (1)(d) of section 70-1812, and financing costs.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1815 - Public entity; discretionary actions.

70-1815.
Public entity; discretionary actions.
A public entity undertaking a mandated project is not required to pay or reimburse the costs of the mandated project with mandated project charges, and such public entity is not required to issue mandated project bonds. The use of mandated project charges and issuance of mandated project bonds are elective actions wholly within the discretion of the public entity.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 15.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1816 - Public entity collecting mandated project charges; billing explanation required.

70-1816.
Public entity collecting mandated project charges; billing explanation required.
A public entity collecting mandated project charges shall annually provide its customers with a concise explanation of mandated project charges billed to customers. Such explanation may be by billing insert, website information, or other appropriate means.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1817 - Act and grants of power; how construed.

70-1817.
Act and grants of power; how construed.
The Public Entities Mandated Project Charges Act and all grants of power and authority in the act shall be liberally construed to effectuate their purpose, and all incidental powers necessary to carry into effect the provisions of the act are expressly granted to and conferred upon public entities.
Source
Laws 2006, LB 548, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1818 - Creation of mandated project bond issuer; procedure; board of directors.

70-1818.
Creation of mandated project bond issuer; procedure; board of directors.
A public entity may create, by a duly adopted resolution of its governing body, a mandated project bond issuer. A mandated project bond issuer is a body politic and corporate, not an agency of the state but an independent instrumentality exercising essential public functions, and has the powers and duties set forth in section 70-1819. The chairperson of the governing body of the creating public entity shall appoint a three-person board of directors from among the governing body's members, and such board of directors shall govern the mandated project bond issuer.
Source
Laws 2015, LB141, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1904 - C-BED project developer; electric supplier; negotiation; power purchase agreement; development of project; restriction on transfer; eligibility for net energy billing; approval or certification; notice of change in ownership.

70-1904.
C-BED project developer; electric supplier; negotiation; power purchase agreement; development of project; restriction on transfer; eligibility for net energy billing; approval or certification; notice of change in ownership.
(1) A C-BED project developer and an electric supplier are authorized to negotiate in good faith mutually agreeable power purchase agreement terms.
(2) A qualified owner or any combination of qualified owners may develop a C-BED project with an equity partner that is not a qualified owner.
(3) Except for an inherited interest, the transfer of the interest of a qualified owner in a C-BED project to any person other than another qualified owner or other qualified owners is prohibited during the initial ten years of the power purchase agreement.
(4) A C-BED project that is operating under a power purchase agreement is not eligible for any applicable net energy billing.
(5) A C-BED project shall be subject to approval by the Nebraska Power Review Board in accordance with Chapter 70, article 10, or shall receive certification as a qualifying facility in accordance with the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 U.S.C. 2601 et seq., with written notice of such certification provided to the Nebraska Power Review Board.
(6) A C-BED project developer shall notify any electric supplier that has a power purchase agreement with the C-BED project if there is a change in project ownership which makes the project no longer eligible as a C-BED project.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 4;
Laws 2008, LB916, § 2;
Laws 2009, LB561, § 4;
Laws 2014, LB402, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB736, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1905 - Electric supplier; duties.

70-1905.
Electric supplier; duties.
An electric supplier shall:
(1) Consider mechanisms to encourage the aggregation of C-BED projects located in the same general geographical area; and
(2) Require any qualified owner to provide sufficient security to assure performance under the power purchase agreement.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 5;
Laws 2008, LB916, § 3;
Laws 2016, LB736, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1906 - Construction of new renewable generation facilities; electric supplier; governing body; duties.

70-1906.
Construction of new renewable generation facilities; electric supplier; governing body; duties.
The governing body of an electric supplier that has determined a need to construct new renewable generation facilities shall take reasonable steps to determine if one or more C-BED projects are available and are technically, economically, and operationally feasible to provide some or all of the identified generation need.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 6;
Laws 2016, LB736, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1907 - C-BED project developer; provide notices.

70-1907.
C-BED project developer; provide notices.
To the extent feasible, a C-BED project developer shall provide, in writing, notice of incentives pursuant to the Rural Community-Based Energy Development Act for local ownership and local participation in a C-BED project to each property owner on whose property a turbine will be located and to the elected governing body of each municipality or political subdivision in which a turbine will be located.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 7;
Laws 2008, LB916, § 4;
Laws 2015, LB412, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1908 - Sections; how construed.

70-1908.
Sections; how construed.
Nothing in sections 70-1901 to 70-1907 shall be construed to obligate an electric supplier to enter into a power purchase agreement under a C-BED project.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 8;
Laws 2016, LB736, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-1909 - Electric supplier; limit on eminent domain.

70-1909.
Electric supplier; limit on eminent domain.
An electric supplier as defined in section 70-1001.01 may agree to limit its exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire a C-BED project and any related facilities if such electric supplier enters into a contract to purchase output from such C-BED project for a term of ten years or more.
Source
Laws 2007, LB629, § 9;
Laws 2014, LB402, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2001 - Legislative findings.

70-2001.
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to:
(1) Encourage customer-owned renewable energy resources;
(2) Stimulate the economic growth of this state;
(3) Encourage diversification of the energy resources used in this state; and
(4) Maintain low-cost, reliable electric service.
Source
Laws 2009, LB436, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2004 - Customer-generator; inspection required; notice to local distribution utility; ownership of credits.

70-2004.
Customer-generator; inspection required; notice to local distribution utility; ownership of credits.
(1) A customer-generator shall request an inspection from the State Electrical Division pursuant to subsection (1) of section 81-2124 or subsection (1) of section 81-2125 and shall provide documentation of the completed inspection to the local distribution utility prior to interconnection with the local distribution system.
(2) A customer-generator is responsible for notifying the local distribution utility of its intent to install a qualified facility at least sixty days prior to its installation and is responsible for all costs associated with the qualified facility.
(3) A local distribution utility shall not be required to interconnect with a qualified facility that fails to meet or maintain the local distribution utility's requirements for safety, reliability, and interconnection.
(4) A customer-generator owns the renewable energy credits of the electricity its qualified facility generates.
Source
Laws 2009, LB436, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2005 - Annual net metering report; contents.

70-2005.
Annual net metering report; contents.
Beginning March 1, 2010, and on each March 1 thereafter, each local distribution utility shall produce and publish on its website, or if no website is available, in its main office, and provide to the Nebraska Power Review Board an annual net metering report that shall include the following information:
(1) The total number of qualified facilities;
(2) The total estimated rated generating capacity of qualified facilities;
(3) The total estimated net kilowatt-hours received from customer-generators; and
(4) The total estimated amount of energy produced by the customer-generators.
Source
Laws 2009, LB436, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2102 - Legislative findings.

70-2102.
Legislative findings.
The Legislature finds that the public has an interest in the uninterrupted generation and transmission of electricity by public power suppliers in this state. The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to protect facilities and infrastructure used in the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity from damage as a result of knowingly unlawful and malicious acts.
Source
Laws 2009, LB238, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2103 - Public power supplier, defined.

70-2103.
Public power supplier, defined.
For purposes of the Public Power Infrastructure Protection Act, public power supplier means a public power district organized under Chapter 70, article 6, a public power and irrigation district, a municipality, a registered group of municipalities, an electric cooperative, an electric membership association, a joint entity formed under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, a joint public agency formed under the Joint Public Agency Act, an agency formed under the Municipal Cooperative Financing Act, or any other governmental entity providing electric service.
Source
Laws 2009, LB238, § 5.
Cross References
Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
Municipal Cooperative Financing Act, see section 18-2401.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2104 - Prohibited acts; penalty.

70-2104.
Prohibited acts; penalty.
A person shall be guilty of a Class IV felony if he or she willfully and maliciously:
(1) Damages, injures, or destroys or attempts to damage, injure, or destroy:
(a) Any machine, appliance, facility, or apparatus owned by a public power supplier that is used for generating electricity; or
(b) Any facility or electric wire owned by a public power supplier that is used for the purpose of conducting, transforming, transmitting, or distributing electricity or any pole, bracket, insulator, or other appliance or apparatus owned by a public power supplier that supports or carries any electric wire owned by a public power supplier; or
(2) Does any act for the purpose of interrupting the generation, transmission, or distribution of electricity by a public power supplier.
Source
Laws 2009, LB238, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations › 70-2105 - Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty.

70-2105.
Nuclear electrical generating facility; nuclear fuel; prohibited acts; penalty.
(1) A person shall be guilty of a Class II felony if he or she willfully and maliciously (a) destroys or causes or attempts to cause damage or loss to a nuclear electrical generating facility or its components, including the electrical transmission lines or switching equipment used in direct connection with such a facility, or (b) takes, steals and carries away, or removes, alters, or otherwise renders unusable or unsafe the spent or unspent nuclear fuel used or stored in a nuclear electrical generating facility or nuclear storage facility.
(2) This section shall be construed to cover acts and omissions of persons employed at such nuclear facilities, persons otherwise rightfully upon the premises of such nuclear facilities, and all other persons. This section does not apply to acts or omissions carried out in accordance with official rules or directives relating to plant operation or within the scope of responsibility of judgment delegated to persons employed at such nuclear facilities.
Source
Laws 2009, LB238, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-202 - Barbering, defined.

71-202.
Barbering, defined.
Any one or any combination of the following practices, when done upon the human body by the use of chemical products for cosmetic or grooming purposes and not for the treatment of disease or physical or mental ailments, on any person, other than a member of the immediate family, shall constitute the practice of barbering: (1) Shaving or trimming the beard or cutting the hair; (2) dressing, arranging, styling, curling, waving, straightening, and relaxing of the hair by chemical or mechanical means; (3) giving face and scalp massages or treatment with oils, creams, lotions, or other preparations either by hand, mechanical appliances, or electrical appliances, including the applying of chemical and toiletry preparations, antiseptics, powders, oils, clays, or lotions to scalp, face, neck, or upper part of the body; (4) patterning, fitting, cleaning, styling, coloring, waving, or other similar work upon hair pieces or wigs; and (5) shampooing, bleaching, coloring, rinsing, hair weaving, or similar work upon the hair.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 2, p. 427;
C.S.1929, § 71-2002;
R.S.1943, § 71-202;
Laws 1965, c. 417, § 2, p. 1329;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 4;
Laws 1973, LB 5, § 1;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 2;
Laws 1993, LB 226, § 2.
Annotations
Licensed cosmetologist cutting hair of a lady customer of beauty parlor is not a barber within the definition of this section. Lane v. State, 120 Neb. 302, 232 N.W. 96 (1930).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-202.01 - Terms, defined.

71-202.01.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Barber Act, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) Barber shall mean any person who engages in the practice of any act of barbering;
(2) Barber pole shall mean a cylinder or pole with alternating stripes of red, white, and blue or any combination of them which run diagonally along the length of the cylinder or pole;
(3) Barber shop shall mean (a) an establishment or place of business properly licensed as required by the act where one or more persons properly licensed are engaged in the practice of barbering or (b) a mobile barber shop. Barber shop shall not include barber schools or colleges;
(4) Barber school or college shall mean an establishment properly licensed and operated for the teaching and training of barber students;
(5) Board shall mean the Board of Barber Examiners;
(6) Manager shall mean a licensed barber having control of the barber shop and of the persons working at or employed by the barber shop;
(7) License shall mean a certificate of registration issued by the board;
(8) Barber instructor shall mean a teacher of the barber trade as provided in the act;
(9) Assistant barber instructor shall mean a teacher of the barbering trade registered as an assistant barber instructor as required by the act;
(10) Mobile barber shop shall mean a self-contained, self-supporting, enclosed mobile unit licensed under the act as a mobile site for the performance of the practice of barbering by persons licensed under the act;
(11) Registered or licensed barber shall mean a person who has completed the requirements to receive a certificate as a barber and to whom a certificate has been issued;
(12) Secretary of the board shall mean the director appointed by the board who shall keep a record of the proceedings of the board;
(13) Student shall mean a person attending an approved, licensed barber school or college, duly registered with the board as a student engaged in learning and acquiring any and all of the practices of barbering, and who, while learning, performs and assists any of the practices of barbering in a barber school or college; and
(14) Postsecondary barber school or college shall mean an establishment properly licensed and operated for the teaching and training of barber students who have successfully completed high school or its equivalent as determined by successfully passing a general educational development test prior to admittance.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 5;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 3;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 15;
Laws 1993, LB 226, § 3;
Laws 2011, LB46, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB842, § 1;
Laws 2018, LB731, § 79;
Laws 2020, LB755, § 24.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-203 - Barbering; exemptions.

71-203.
Barbering; exemptions.
The following persons are exempt from the Barber Act while in the proper discharge of their professional or occupational duties: (1) Persons authorized by the laws of this state to practice medicine and surgery; (2) commissioned medical or surgical officers of the United States military services; (3) registered or licensed practical nurses; and (4) persons engaged in operating or employed in cosmetology establishments, except that nothing contained in this section shall authorize a cosmetologist to perform barbering as defined in section 71-202 in any licensed barber shop.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 3, p. 428;
Laws 1929, c. 154, § 2, p. 534;
C.S.1929, § 71-2003;
R.S.1943, § 71-203;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 3, p. 1316;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 6;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 4;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 86;
Laws 2018, LB731, § 80.
Annotations
Provisions of this section regulating haircutting and providing for a certificate of registration are exclusive in nature. Lane v. State, 120 Neb. 302, 232 N.W. 96 (1930).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-204 - Barber; certificate; qualifications required.

71-204.
Barber; certificate; qualifications required.
A person is qualified to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering (1) who has a diploma showing graduation from high school or an equivalent education as determined by passing a general education development test; (2) who is at least seventeen years of age; (3) who has completed one thousand eight hundred hours of training in a barber school or college; (4) who has graduated from a barber school or college approved by the Board of Barber Examiners; and (5) who has passed an examination conducted by the Board of Barber Examiners to determine his or her fitness to practice barbering.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 4, p. 428;
Laws 1929, c. 154, § 3, p. 535;
C.S.1929, § 71-2004;
R.S.1943, § 71-204;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 4, p. 1317;
Laws 1965, c. 417, § 3, p. 1330;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 16;
Laws 1984, LB 900, § 1;
Laws 1986, LB 318, § 143;
Laws 2018, LB731, § 81.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-207.01 - Barber school; application to open; fee.

71-207.01.
Barber school; application to open; fee.
Application for authority to open a new barber school shall be made to the Board of Barber Examiners, on forms to be prescribed by the board, and shall be accompanied by the fee prescribed in section 71-219.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 8, p. 1318.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-207.02 - Barber school; application for certificate of registration; proof required; factors to be considered in passing on application.

71-207.02.
Barber school; application for certificate of registration; proof required; factors to be considered in passing on application.
Every applicant for a certificate of registration to operate a new barber school shall offer proof sufficient to the board that the establishment of such new barber school will not be detrimental to the public welfare. In considering whether the establishment of a new barber school will be detrimental to the public welfare the board shall consider the need for barber school facilities or additional barber school facilities, as the case may be, in the community where the proposed barber school is to be located, giving particular consideration to:
(1) The economic character of the community;
(2) The adequacy of existing barber shops and barber schools in that community;
(3) The ability of the community to support the proposed barber school;
(4) The character of adjacent communities and the extent to which the establishment of the proposed barber school would draw patrons from such adjacent communities; and
(5) The social and economic effect of the establishment of a barber school on the community where it is proposed to be located, and on the adjacent communities.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 9, p. 1318.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208 - Barber school or college; requirements for approval; course of instruction; standards set by rules and regulations.

71-208.
Barber school or college; requirements for approval; course of instruction; standards set by rules and regulations.
The Legislature finds that, through licensing of barber schools, the Board of Barber Examiners approves barbering programs which lead to a certificate or diploma in Nebraska. No barber school or college shall be approved by the board unless (1)(a) a barber school or college that operates as a postsecondary barber school or college requires, as a prerequisite to admission, high school graduation or its equivalent as determined by successfully passing a general educational development test or (b) a barber school or college that does not operate as a postsecondary barber school or college requires, as a prerequisite to graduation from such school or college, high school graduation or its equivalent as determined by successfully passing a general educational development test, (2) as a prerequisite to graduation it requires a course of instruction of not less than one thousand eight hundred hours, to be completed in not more than ten hours in any one working day, and (3) the barber school or college meets the standards of the Barber Act and any rules and regulations of the board. Such course of instruction shall include scientific fundamentals for barbering, hygiene, massaging, sterilization, haircutting, and shaving, except that when a barber school or college is a part of a high school accredited by the State Board of Education or the University of Nebraska, the Board of Barber Examiners shall provide in its rules and regulations that credit in the barber school or college shall be given for hours spent and courses pursued in the high school and that credit shall be given for courses in barbering taken in high school prior to formal enrollment in such barber school or college.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 6, p. 429;
Laws 1929, c. 154, § 5, p. 536;
C.S.1929, § 71-2008;
R.S.1943, § 71-208;
Laws 1945, c. 166, § 1(1), p. 532;
Laws 1957, c. 294, § 3, p. 1054;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 10, p. 1319;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 9;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 6;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 87;
Laws 1999, LB 272, § 21;
Laws 2016, LB842, § 2;
Laws 2018, LB731, § 82.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.01 - Barber school or college; payment of wages, commissions, or gratuities forbidden; operation of barber shop in connection with school or college, prohibited.

71-208.01.
Barber school or college; payment of wages, commissions, or gratuities forbidden; operation of barber shop in connection with school or college, prohibited.
No school or college of barbering shall be approved by the Board of Barber Examiners which shall pay any wages, commissions, or gratuities of any kind to barber students for barber work while in training or while enrolled as students in such school or college. No barber shop shall be operated by or in connection with any barber school or college.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 166, § 1(2), p. 533;
Laws 1957, c. 294, § 4, p. 1054;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 10;
Laws 2011, LB46, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.03 - Barber school; services; performed by regularly enrolled students.

71-208.03.
Barber school; services; performed by regularly enrolled students.
All barbering services performed in a barber school shall be entirely performed by regularly enrolled students.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 12, p. 1320.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.04 - Barber school or college; bond; conditions; exceptions.

71-208.04.
Barber school or college; bond; conditions; exceptions.
Each barber school or college shall at all times keep and maintain in full force and effect a surety bond with a reputable bonding company licensed to do business in the State of Nebraska for the benefit of all of its students, sufficient in amount to insure to such students a refund of any portion of their tuition paid but not used, in the event that the school or college discontinues operations for any reason prior to the time that the student has completed his or her education at the school or college, except that such requirement shall not apply to (1) a barber school or college operated by a nonprofit organization which neither charges any tuition to its students nor makes any charge to the persons upon whom such work is performed or (2) a barber school or college which participates in the assessment program established under sections 85-1654 to 85-1658 relating to the Tuition Recovery Cash Fund.
Source
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 13, p. 1320;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 12;
Laws 1999, LB 121, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.06 - Registered barber instructor; license; expiration.

71-208.06.
Registered barber instructor; license; expiration.
The license as a registered barber instructor shall be issued on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year effective as of July 1 of each even-numbered year and shall expire as provided in section 71-216. The license application shall include the applicant's social security number.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 14;
Laws 1997, LB 752, § 165;
Laws 2009, LB195, § 55.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.07 - Barber instructor; inactive status; renewal of registration; failure to renew for five years; effect.

71-208.07.
Barber instructor; inactive status; renewal of registration; failure to renew for five years; effect.
Any barber instructor on inactive status or who withdraws from the active practice of barber instructing may renew his or her registration within five years of its expiration date upon the payment of the required restoration fee. Any barber instructor who fails to renew his or her registration for five consecutive years shall be required to successfully complete the examination for issuance of a new registration.
Source
Laws 1975, LB 66, § 4;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 8;
Laws 1993, LB 226, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-208.08 - Barber school or college; cosmetologists; barbers; course hours; credit.

71-208.08.
Barber school or college; cosmetologists; barbers; course hours; credit.
(1) Cosmetologists licensed in the State of Nebraska attending a barber school or college may be given credit of one thousand hours of training applied toward the course hours required for graduation.
(2) Barbers licensed in the State of Nebraska attending a school of cosmetology may be given credit of one thousand hours of training applied toward the course hours required for graduation.
Source
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 7;
Laws 2018, LB731, § 83.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-209 - Examinations; application; fee.

71-209.
Examinations; application; fee.
Each applicant for an examination shall (1) make application to the Board of Barber Examiners on blank forms prepared and furnished by the board, such application to contain the applicant's social security number and proof under the applicant's oath of the particular qualifications of the applicant; (2) furnish to the board two portrait-type photographs of the applicant at least passport size but not to exceed three by five inches showing a sufficient portion of the applicant's face with sufficient clarity so as to permit the Board of Barber Examiners to identify the applicant, each of which photographs shall be signed by the applicant, one such photograph to accompany the application and to be attached thereto, and one to be returned to the applicant, to be presented to the board when the applicant appears for examination; and (3) pay to the board the required fee. The applicant shall not be entitled to the return of the required fee by reason of his or her failure to report for the examination.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 7, p. 429;
C.S.1929, § 71-2009;
R.S.1943, § 71-209;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 14, p. 1320;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 15;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 9;
Laws 1997, LB 752, § 166.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-210 - Examinations; scope; when and where held; reexamination.

71-210.
Examinations; scope; when and where held; reexamination.
The Board of Barber Examiners shall conduct examinations of applicants for certificates of registration to practice as registered barber instructors and registered barbers, not less than four times each year at such time and places as the board may determine. The examination of applicants for certificates of registration as registered barbers shall include both a practical demonstration and a written test, and shall embrace the subjects usually taught in schools of barbering approved by the board. If the applicant fails either the practical demonstration or the written test, reexamination shall be necessary for only the test that was failed. Every student entering a recognized school must have the date of his or her entrance registered with the board.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 8, p. 429;
C.S.1929, § 71-2010;
R.S.1943, § 71-210;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 15, p. 1321;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 10;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-211 - Certificates of registration; kinds; issuance; when authorized.

71-211.
Certificates of registration; kinds; issuance; when authorized.
Whenever the provisions of sections 71-201 to 71-224 have been complied with, the Board of Barber Examiners shall issue a certificate of registration as a registered barber instructor or registered barber, or a certificate of approval of a barber school.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 9, p. 430;
C.S.1929, § 71-2011;
R.S.1943, § 71-211;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 16, p. 1321;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 19.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-211.01 - Licensee; license expired while serving in armed forces; reinstatement; requirements.

71-211.01.
Licensee; license expired while serving in armed forces; reinstatement; requirements.
All licensees provided for in the Barber Act whose valid licenses have expired while serving in the armed forces of the United States may have such licenses reinstated without further examination upon their return from the armed forces and payment of the necessary fees, if the request for reinstatement was made to the board within ninety days after discharge from the armed forces. Any licensee requesting reinstatement must accompany such request with a copy of his or her discharge from the armed forces.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 16;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 88.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-212 - Practice of barbering in another state or country; eligibility to take examination; successive examinations; failure to appear; notice of next regular examination.

71-212.
Practice of barbering in another state or country; eligibility to take examination; successive examinations; failure to appear; notice of next regular examination.
A person who (1) is of good moral character and temperate habits, (2) has a diploma showing graduation from high school or its equivalent as determined by successfully passing a general educational development test, and (3) has a license and certificate of registration as a practicing barber from another state or country which has substantially the same requirements for licensing or registering barbers as required by the Barber Act, shall upon payment of the required fee be given an examination by the board at the next regular examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a certificate of registration to practice barbering. If any person fails to pass a required examination, he or she shall be entitled to submit himself or herself for examination by the board at the next examination given by the board. If he or she fails at the third examination, no further examination shall be granted. If an applicant fails to appear when requested for an examination, he or she shall be notified by the board as to the time of the next regular examination, at which he or she shall appear.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 10, p. 430;
Laws 1929, c. 154, § 6, p. 536;
C.S.1929, § 71-2012;
R.S.1943, § 71-212;
Laws 1957, c. 294, § 5, p. 1055;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 17, p. 1321;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 17;
Laws 1972, LB 1183, § 3;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 11;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 89;
Laws 1999, LB 272, § 22.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-215 - Certificate of registration; certificate of approval of schools; how and where displayed.

71-215.
Certificate of registration; certificate of approval of schools; how and where displayed.
Every holder of a certificate of registration shall display it in a conspicuous place within the work area of the barber shop. The certificate of approval of a barber school and certificate of registration as a registered barber instructor employed by the school shall be conspicuously displayed on the premises of the school.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 12, p. 432;
C.S.1929, § 71-2016;
R.S.1943, § 71-215;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 19, p. 1322;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 19.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-216 - Registered barber instructor, assistant barber instructor, or barber; barber school; renewal of registration or license; barber on inactive status; renewal of license; failure to renew for five years; effect.

71-216.
Registered barber instructor, assistant barber instructor, or barber; barber school; renewal of registration or license; barber on inactive status; renewal of license; failure to renew for five years; effect.
Every registered barber instructor and licensed barber who continues in active practice or service shall on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year renew his or her license or registration and pay the required fee. Such license or registration shall be effective as of July 1 of each even-numbered year and shall terminate on June 30 of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
Every registered assistant barber instructor shall, subject to the requirements of section 71-208.02, renew his or her registration on or before its expiration date during the period of its validity established by such section and pay the required fee.
Every barber school shall on or before June 30 of each even-numbered year obtain renewal of its license and pay the required fee. Such renewal shall be effective as of July 1 of each even-numbered year and shall expire on June 30 of the next succeeding even-numbered year.
Any licensed barber, registered barber instructor, registered assistant barber instructor, or barber school which fails to renew his, her, or its license or registration on or before the expiration date may renew such license or registration by payment of the renewal fee and a late renewal fee established by the board within sixty days after such date or such other time period as the board establishes.
Any barber on inactive status or who withdraws from the active practice of barbering may renew his or her license within five years of its expiration date upon the payment of the required restoration fee. Any barber who fails to renew his or her license for five consecutive years shall be required to successfully complete the examination for issuance of a new license.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 13, p. 432;
C.S.1929, § 71-2017;
R.S.1943, § 71-216;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 20, p. 1323;
Laws 1965, c. 417, § 5, p. 1331;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 20;
Laws 1975, LB 66, § 2;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 12;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 20;
Laws 1993, LB 226, § 6;
Laws 2009, LB195, § 56.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-216.01 - Applicant; certificate; examination; failure to pass; effect.

71-216.01.
Applicant; certificate; examination; failure to pass; effect.
A graduate from a school of barbering who fails to pass a satisfactory examination may take the examination next time that the examination is given by the Board of Barber Examiners without being required to take any further course of study. Should the applicant fail the examination a second time, the applicant shall be required to complete a further course of study of not less than five hundred hours to be completed within three months of not more than ten hours in any one working day in a school of barbering approved by the Board of Barber Examiners before the applicant may be permitted to take the examination a third time.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 5A, p. 429;
C.S.1929, § 71-2007;
R.S.1943, § 71-207;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 7, p. 1318;
R.R.S.1943, § 71-207;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 30;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 21.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-217 - Barbering; certificate; denial, suspension, or revocation; grounds.

71-217.
Barbering; certificate; denial, suspension, or revocation; grounds.
The board may either refuse to issue or renew or may suspend or revoke any certificate of registration or approval for any one or a combination of the following causes: (1) Conviction of a felony shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction; (2) gross malpractice or gross incompetency; (3) continued practice by a person knowingly having an infectious or contagious disease; (4) advertising by means of knowingly false or deceptive statements or in violation of section 71-223.02; (5) advertising, practicing, or attempting to practice under a trade name or any name other than one's own; (6) habitual drunkenness or habitual addiction to the use of morphine, cocaine, or other habit-forming drugs; (7) immoral or unprofessional conduct; (8) violation of any of the provisions of sections 71-201 to 71-237 or of any valid regulation promulgated by the board pertaining to service charges, sanitation, and the elimination of unfair practices; and (9) any check presented to the board as a fee for either an original license or renewal license or for examination for license or any other fee authorized in sections 71-201 to 71-237 which is returned to the State Treasurer unpaid.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 14, p. 432;
C.S.1929, § 71-2018;
R.S.1943, § 71-217;
Laws 1945, c. 166, § 2, p. 533;
Laws 1961, c. 388, § 3, p. 1060;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 21, p. 1323;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 22;
Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 482;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 90.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-218 - Certificate; refusal, suspension, or revocation; notice; hearing; powers of board; powers of district court.

71-218.
Certificate; refusal, suspension, or revocation; notice; hearing; powers of board; powers of district court.
The Board of Barber Examiners may not refuse to renew, suspend, or revoke any certificate of registration or approval under the provisions of section 71-217 unless the person accused has been given at least twenty days' notice in writing of the charge against him and a public hearing by the board. Upon the hearing of any such proceeding, the board may administer oaths and may procure, by its subpoena, the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers. Any district court, or any judge of the district court, either in term time or in vacation, upon application either of the accused or of the board may, by order duly entered, require the attendance of witnesses and the production of relevant books and papers before the board in any hearing relating to the refusal, suspension or revocation of certificates of registration or approval.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 15, p. 433;
C.S.1929, § 71-2019;
R.S.1943, § 71-218;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 22, p. 1324;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare › 71-219 - Barbering fees; set by board; enumerated.

71-219.
Barbering fees; set by board; enumerated.
The board shall set the fees to be paid:
(1) By an applicant for an examination to determine his or her fitness to receive a license to practice barbering or a registration as a barber instructor and for the issuance of the license or registration;
(2) By an applicant for registration as an assistant barber instructor;
(3) For the renewal of a license to practice barbering and for restoration of an inactive license;
(4) For the renewal of a registration to practice as a barber instructor and for the restoration of an inactive registration;
(5) For renewal of a registration to practice as an assistant barber instructor;
(6) For late renewal of a license issued under the Barber Act;
(7) For an application for a license to establish a barber shop or barber school and for the issuance of a license;
(8) For the transfer of license or change of ownership of a barber shop or barber school;
(9) For renewal of a barber license, barber instructor registration, barber shop license, or barber school license;
(10) For an application for a temporary license to conduct classes of instruction in barbering;
(11) For an affidavit for purposes of reciprocity or for issuance of a certification of licensure for purposes of reciprocity;
(12) For an application for licensure without examination pursuant to section 71-239.01 and for the issuance of a license pursuant to such section;
(13) For the sale of listings or labels; and
(14) For a returned check because of insufficient funds or no funds.
Source
Laws 1927, c. 163, § 16, p. 433;
Laws 1929, c. 154, § 8, p. 537;
C.S.1929, § 71-2020;
Laws 1933, c. 121, § 1, p. 490;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-2020;
R.S.1943, § 71-219;
Laws 1953, c. 238, § 6, p. 827;
Laws 1957, c. 294, § 7, p. 1056;
Laws 1963, c. 409, § 23, p. 1324;
Laws 1965, c. 417, § 6, p. 1332;
Laws 1971, LB 1020, § 21;
Laws 1972, LB 1183, § 4;
Laws 1975, LB 66, § 3;
Laws 1978, LB 722, § 14;
Laws 1983, LB 87, § 23;
Laws 1993, LB 226, § 7;
Laws 2009, LB195, § 57;
Laws 2022, LB705, § 3.
Annotations
Repeal of former act was valid. Day v. Walker, 124 Neb. 500, 247 N.W. 350 (1933).