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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1405 - Ballot question, defined.

49-1405.
Ballot question, defined.
(1) Ballot question shall mean any question which is submitted or which is intended to be submitted to a popular vote at an election, including, but not limited to, a question submitted or intended to be submitted by way of initiative, referendum, recall, or judicial retention, whether or not it qualifies for the ballot.
(2) Ballot question shall also mean any question which has been submitted to a popular vote at an election as a result of legislative action or adoption of a resolution by a political subdivision to place an issue or issues on the ballot.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 5;
Laws 1991, LB 534, § 1;
Laws 1998, LB 632, § 2;
Laws 2009, LB626, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1406 - Ballot question committee, defined.

49-1406.
Ballot question committee, defined.
Ballot question committee shall mean any committee acting in support of, or in opposition to, the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question but which does not receive contributions or make expenditures or contributions for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the action of the voters for or against the nomination or election of a candidate.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1407 - Business, defined.

49-1407.
Business, defined.
Business shall mean any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, sole proprietorship, firm, enterprise, franchise, association, organization, self-employed individual, holding company, joint-stock company, receivership, trust, activity, or entity.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 7;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 304.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1408 - Business with which the individual is associated or business association, defined.

49-1408.
Business with which the individual is associated or business association, defined.
Business with which the individual is associated or business association shall mean a business: (1) In which the individual is a partner, limited liability company member, director, or officer; or (2) in which the individual or a member of the individual's immediate family is a stockholder of closed corporation stock worth one thousand dollars or more at fair market value or which represents more than a five percent equity interest or is a stockholder of publicly traded stock worth ten thousand dollars or more at fair market value or which represents more than ten percent equity interest. An individual who occupies a confidential professional relationship protected by law shall be exempt from this section. This section shall not apply to publicly traded stock under a trading account if the filer reports the name and address of the stockbroker.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 8;
Laws 1986, LB 548, § 12;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 305;
Laws 1994, LB 884, § 67.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1409 - Candidate, defined.

49-1409.
Candidate, defined.
(1) Candidate shall mean an individual: (a) Who files, or on behalf of whom is filed, a fee, affidavit, nomination papers, or nominating petition for an elective office; (b) whose nomination as a candidate for elective office by a political party caucus, committee, or convention is certified to the appropriate filing official; (c) who is an officeholder who is the subject of a recall vote; or (d) who receives a contribution, makes an expenditure, or gives consent for another person to receive a contribution or make an expenditure with a view to bringing about the individual's nomination or election to an elective office, whether or not the specific elective office for which the individual will seek nomination or election is known at the time the contribution is received or the expenditure is made. An elected officeholder shall, if eligible under law, be considered to be a candidate for reelection to that same office for the purposes of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act only.
(2) Candidate shall not include any individual who is a candidate within the meaning of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, 2 U.S.C. 431, as such section existed on January 1, 2006.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 9;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 1;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1410 - Candidate committee, defined.

49-1410.
Candidate committee, defined.
Candidate committee shall mean the committee designated in a candidate's filed statement of organization as that individual's candidate committee. A candidate committee shall be presumed to be under the control and direction of the candidate named in the same statement of organization, except that the candidate for Lieutenant Governor shall not have a separate candidate committee but shall be included in the candidate committee with the candidate for Governor of the same political party.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 10;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 2;
Laws 2001, LB 768, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1413 - Committee, defined.

49-1413.
Committee, defined.
(1) Committee shall mean (a) any combination of two or more individuals which receives contributions or makes expenditures of more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the action of the voters for or against the nomination or election of one or more candidates or the qualification, passage, or defeat of one or more ballot questions or (b) a person whose primary purpose is to receive contributions or make expenditures and who receives or makes contributions or expenditures of more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year for the purpose of influencing or attempting to influence the action of the voters for or against the nomination or election of one or more candidates or the qualification, passage, or defeat of one or more ballot questions, except that an individual, other than a candidate, shall not constitute a committee.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in section 49-1445, a committee shall be considered formed and subject to the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act upon raising, receiving, or spending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year as prescribed in this section.
(3) A corporation, labor organization, industry, trade, or professional association, limited liability company, or limited liability partnership is not a committee if it makes expenditures or provides personal services pursuant to sections 49-1469 to 49-1469.08.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 13;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 3;
Laws 1983, LB 230, § 1;
Laws 1987, LB 480, § 2;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 2;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 4;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 2;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 21.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1414 - Compensation, defined.

49-1414.
Compensation, defined.
Compensation shall mean anything of monetary value received or to be received from a person, whether in the form of a fee, salary, forbearance, forgiveness, or any other form of recompense.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1415 - Contribution, defined.

49-1415.
Contribution, defined.
(1) Contribution shall mean a payment, gift, subscription, assessment, expenditure, contract, payment for services, dues, advance, forbearance, loan, donation, pledge or promise of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value to a person, made for the purpose of influencing the nomination or election of a candidate, or for the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question. An offer or tender of a contribution is not a contribution if expressly and unconditionally rejected or returned.
(2) Contribution shall include the purchase of tickets or payment of an attendance fee for events such as dinners, luncheons, rallies, testimonials, and similar fundraising events; an individual's own money or property other than the individual's homestead used on behalf of that individual's candidacy; and the granting of discounts or rebates by broadcast media and newspapers not extended on an equal basis to all candidates for the same office.
(3) Contribution shall not include:
(a) Volunteer personal services provided without compensation, or payments of costs incurred of less than two hundred fifty dollars in a calendar year by an individual for personal travel expenses if the costs are voluntarily incurred without any understanding or agreement that the costs shall be, directly or indirectly, repaid;
(b) Amounts received pursuant to a pledge or promise to the extent that the amounts were previously reported as a contribution; or
(c) Food and beverages, in the amount of not more than fifty dollars in value during a calendar year, which are donated by an individual and for which reimbursement is not given.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 15;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 3;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 22.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1416 - Election, defined.

49-1416.
Election, defined.
Election shall mean a primary, general, special, or other election held in this state or a convention or caucus of a political party held in this state to nominate a candidate. Election shall include a vote on a ballot question.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 16;
Laws 1997, LB 49, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1417 - Elective office, defined.

49-1417.
Elective office, defined.
Elective office shall mean a public office filled by an election, except for federal offices. A person who is appointed to fill a vacancy in a public office which is ordinarily elective holds an elective office.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1419 - Expenditure, defined.

49-1419.
Expenditure, defined.
(1) Expenditure shall mean a payment, donation, loan, pledge, or promise of payment of money or anything of ascertainable monetary value for goods, materials, services, or facilities in assistance of, or in opposition to, the nomination or election of a candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question. An offer or tender of an expenditure is not an expenditure if expressly and unconditionally rejected or returned.
(2) Expenditure shall include a contribution or a transfer of anything of ascertainable monetary value for purposes of influencing the nomination or election of any candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question.
(3) Expenditure shall not include:
(a) An amount paid pursuant to a pledge or promise to the extent the amount was previously reported as an expenditure;
(b) An expenditure for communication by a person strictly with the person's paid members or shareholders;
(c) An expenditure for communication on a subject or issue if the communication does not support or oppose a ballot question or candidate by name or clear inference;
(d) An expenditure by a broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, or other periodical or publication for any news story, commentary, or editorial in support of or opposition to a candidate for elective office or a ballot question in the regular course of publication or broadcasting; or
(e) An expenditure for nonpartisan voter registration activities. This subdivision shall not apply if a candidate or a group of candidates sponsors, finances, or is identified by name with the activity. This subdivision shall apply to an activity performed pursuant to the Election Act by an election commissioner or other registration official who is identified by name with the activity.
(4) Expenditure for purposes of sections 49-1480 to 49-1492.01 shall mean an advance, conveyance, deposit, distribution, transfer of funds, loan, payment, pledge, or subscription of money or anything of value and any contract, agreement, promise, or other obligation, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure. Expenditure shall not include payments for transportation by lobbyists or the cost of communicating positions from a principal to a lobbyist or from a lobbyist to a principal.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 19;
Laws 1979, LB 162, § 1;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 567;
Laws 1997, LB 49, § 5;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 5.
Cross References
Election Act, see section 32-101.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1420 - Filed, filer, and filing official; defined.

49-1420.
Filed, filer, and filing official; defined.
(1) Filed shall mean the receipt by the appropriate filing official of a statement or report required to be filed under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act.
(2) Filer shall mean each person required to file a statement or report pursuant to the act.
(3) Filing official shall mean the official designated pursuant to the act to receive required statements and reports.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 20;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1422 - Fundraising event, defined.

49-1422.
Fundraising event, defined.
Fundraising event shall mean an event such as a dinner, reception, testimonial, rally, auction, bingo, or similar affair through which contributions are solicited or received by such means as purchase of a ticket, payment of an attendance fee, donations or chances for prizes, or through purchase of goods or services.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 22.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1423 - Gift, defined.

49-1423.
Gift, defined.
Gift shall mean a payment, subscription, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given therefor. Gift shall not include a campaign contribution otherwise reported as required by law, a commercially reasonable loan made in the ordinary course of business, a gift received from a relative, a breakfast, luncheon, dinner, or other refreshments consisting of food and beverage provided for immediate consumption, or the occasional provision of transportation within the State of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 23;
Laws 2000, LB 1021, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1424 - Government body, defined.

49-1424.
Government body, defined.
Government body shall mean an authority, department, commission, committee, council, board, bureau, division, office, legislative body, or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or of one or more political subdivisions thereof or a school district, state college, state university, or other state-supported institution of higher education.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 24.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1425 - Immediate family, defined.

49-1425.
Immediate family, defined.
Immediate family shall mean a child residing in an individual's household, a spouse of an individual, or an individual claimed by that individual or that individual's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 25.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1426 - Income, defined.

49-1426.
Income, defined.
Income shall mean any money or thing of value received, or to be received as a claim on future services, whether in the form of a fee, salary, expense, allowance, forbearance, forgiveness, interest, dividend, royalty, rent, capital gain, or any other form of recompense then constituting income under the Internal Revenue Code.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 26.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1428 - Independent expenditure, defined.

49-1428.
Independent expenditure, defined.
Independent expenditure shall mean an expenditure as defined in section 49-1419 by a person if the expenditure is not made at the direction of, under the control of, or with the cooperation of another person and if the expenditure is not a contribution to a committee.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 28;
Laws 1997, LB 420, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1430 - In-kind contribution or expenditure, defined.

49-1430.
In-kind contribution or expenditure, defined.
In-kind contribution or expenditure shall mean a contribution as defined in section 49-1415 or expenditure as defined in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section 49-1419, other than money.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 30.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1431 - Legislative action, defined.

49-1431.
Legislative action, defined.
Legislative action shall mean introduction, sponsorship, support, opposition, consideration, debate, voting, passage, defeat, approval, veto, delay, or an official action by an official in the executive branch or an official in the legislative branch on a bill, resolution, amendment, nomination, appointment, report, or any matter pending or proposed in a committee or the Legislature.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 31.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1433 - Lobbying, defined.

49-1433.
Lobbying, defined.
Lobbying shall mean the practice of promoting or opposing for another person, as defined in section 49-1438, the introduction or enactment of legislation or resolutions before the Legislature or the committees or the members thereof, and shall also include the practice of promoting or opposing executive approval of legislation or resolutions.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 33.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1433.01 - Major out-of-state contributor, defined.

49-1433.01.
Major out-of-state contributor, defined.
Major out-of-state contributor means a corporation, union, industry association, trade association, or professional association which is not organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska and which makes contributions or expenditures totaling more than ten thousand dollars in any calendar year in connection with one or more elections.
Source
Laws 1997, LB 49, § 6;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 4;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 23.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1434 - Principal, lobbyist, defined.

49-1434.
Principal, lobbyist, defined.
(1) Principal means a person who authorizes a lobbyist to lobby in behalf of that principal.
(2) Lobbyist means a person who is authorized to lobby on behalf of a principal and includes an officer, agent, attorney, or employee of the principal whose regular duties include lobbying.
(3) Principal or lobbyist does not include:
(a) A public official or employee of a branch of state government, except the University of Nebraska, or an elected official of a political subdivision who is acting in the course or scope of his or her office or employment;
(b) Any publisher, owner, or working member of the press, radio, or television while disseminating news or editorial comment to the general public in the ordinary course of business;
(c) An employee of a principal or lobbyist whose duties are confined to typing, filing, and other types of clerical office work;
(d) Any person who limits his or her activities (i) to appearances before legislative committees and who so advises the committee at the time of his or her appearance whom he or she represents or that he or she appears at the invitation of a named member of the Legislature or at the direction of the Governor or (ii) to writing letters or furnishing written material to individual members of the Legislature or to the committees thereof;
(e) Any individual who does not engage in lobbying for another person as defined in section 49-1438; or
(f) An employee of a political subdivision whose regular employment duties do not ordinarily include lobbying activities as long as such employee is not additionally compensated for such lobbying activities, other than his or her regular salary, and is not reimbursed for any lobbying expenditures except his or her travel, lodging, and meal expenses and the meal expenses for members of the Legislature.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 34;
Laws 1979, LB 162, § 2;
Laws 1991, LB 232, § 3;
Laws 2006, LB 940, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1435 - Nonministerial, defined.

49-1435.
Nonministerial, defined.
Nonministerial shall mean an action other than an action which a person performs in a prescribed manner under prescribed circumstances in obedience to the mandate of legal authority, without the exercise of personal judgment regarding whether to take the action.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1436 - Official in the executive branch, defined.

49-1436.
Official in the executive branch, defined.
Official in the executive branch shall mean an official holding a state executive office as provided in Article IV, Constitution of Nebraska, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Tax Commissioner, the heads of such other executive departments as set forth in the Constitution or as may be established by law, a deputy thereto, or a member of any state board or commission. This includes an individual who is elected or appointed and has not yet taken, or an individual who is nominated for appointment to, any of the offices enumerated in this section.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 36.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1437 - Official in the legislative branch, defined.

49-1437.
Official in the legislative branch, defined.
Official in the legislative branch shall mean a member or member-elect of the Legislature, a member of an official body established by and responsible to the Legislature, or employee thereof other than an individual employed by the state in a clerical or nonpolicymaking capacity.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 37.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1438 - Person, defined.

49-1438.
Person, defined.
Person shall mean a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or other organization or group of persons acting jointly.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 38;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 306.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1439 - Political merchandise, defined.

49-1439.
Political merchandise, defined.
Political merchandise shall mean goods such as bumper stickers, pins, hats, beverages, literature, or other items sold by a person at a fundraiser or to the general public for publicity or for the purpose of raising funds to be used in supporting or opposing a candidate for nomination for or election to an elective office or in supporting or opposing the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1443 - Public official, defined.

49-1443.
Public official, defined.
Public official shall mean an official in the executive branch, an official in the legislative branch, or an elected or appointed official in the judicial branch of the state government or a political subdivision thereof; any elected or appointed member of a school board; and an elected or appointed member of a governing body of a state institution of higher education.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 43.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1443.01 - Relative, defined.

49-1443.01.
Relative, defined.
Relative shall mean any person related to another by blood or marriage to the third degree of consanguinity, including a foster parent, foster child, stepparent, stepchild, and adopted children and their adoptive parents.
Source
Laws 2000, LB 1021, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1444 - State elective office, defined.

49-1444.
State elective office, defined.
State elective office shall mean the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, member of a board or commission with one or more election districts of more than one county, and member of the Legislature.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 44.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1445 - Candidate for office; candidate committee; slate or team; committee; when formed; violation; penalty.

49-1445.
Candidate for office; candidate committee; slate or team; committee; when formed; violation; penalty.
(1) A candidate shall form a candidate committee upon raising, receiving, or expending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.
(2) A candidate committee may consist of one member with the candidate being the member.
(3) A person who is a candidate for more than one office shall form a candidate committee for an office upon raising, receiving, or expending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year for that office.
(4) Two or more candidates who campaign as a slate or team for public office shall form a committee upon raising, receiving, or expending jointly in any combination more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.
(5) The fee to file for office shall not be included in determining if a candidate has raised, received, or expended more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year.
(6) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 45;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 5;
Laws 1983, LB 230, § 2;
Laws 1987, LB 480, § 3;
Laws 1990, LB 601, § 1;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 3;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 7;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 5;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 24.
Annotations
Generally, the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act requires candidates for elective state office to form candidate committees and file campaign statements with the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission once the candidate has raised, received, or expended $5,000 in a calendar year. Nebraska Legislature on behalf of State v. Hergert, 271 Neb. 976, 720 N.W.2d 372 (2006).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1446 - Committee; treasurer; depository account; contributions and expenditures; requirements; reports; commingling funds; violations; penalty.

49-1446.
Committee; treasurer; depository account; contributions and expenditures; requirements; reports; commingling funds; violations; penalty.
(1) Each committee shall have a treasurer who is a qualified elector of this state. A candidate may appoint himself or herself as the candidate committee treasurer.
(2) Each committee shall designate one account in a financial institution in this state as an official depository for the purpose of depositing all contributions which it receives in the form of or which are converted to money, checks, or other negotiable instruments and for the purpose of making all expenditures. Secondary depositories shall be used for the sole purpose of depositing contributions and promptly transferring the deposits to the committee's official depository.
(3) No contribution shall be accepted and no expenditure shall be made by a committee which has not filed a statement of organization and which does not have a treasurer. When the office of treasurer in a candidate committee is vacant, the candidate shall be the treasurer until the candidate appoints a new treasurer.
(4) No expenditure shall be made by a committee without the authorization of the treasurer or the assistant treasurer. The contributions received or expenditures made by a candidate or an agent of a candidate shall be considered received or made by the candidate committee.
(5) Contributions received by an individual acting in behalf of a committee shall be reported promptly to the committee's treasurer not later than five days before the closing date of any campaign statement required to be filed by the committee and shall be reported to the committee treasurer immediately if the contribution is received less than five days before the closing date.
(6) A contribution shall be considered received by a committee when it is received by the committee treasurer or a designated agent of the committee treasurer notwithstanding the fact that the contribution is not deposited in the official depository by the reporting deadline.
(7) Contributions received by a committee shall not be commingled with any funds of an agent of the committee or of any other person except for funds received or disbursed by a separate segregated political fund for the purpose of supporting or opposing candidates and committees in elections in states other than Nebraska and candidates for federal office, as provided in section 49-1469.06, including independent expenditures made in such elections.
(8) Any person who violates this section shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 46;
Laws 1977, LB 41, § 40;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 6;
Laws 1988, LB 1136, § 1;
Laws 1993, LB 587, § 12;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 8;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1446.01 - Committee; certain expenditure of funds authorized.

49-1446.01.
Committee; certain expenditure of funds authorized.
(1) No committee, other than a political party committee, may expend funds except to make an expenditure, as defined in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 49-1419, or as provided in section 49-1446.03 or 49-1469.06.
(2) A candidate committee of an officeholder may make expenditures for the payment of installation and use of telephone and telefax machines located in an officeholder's public office and used by such officeholder.
(3) Any committee, including a political party committee, may invest funds in investments authorized for the state investment officer in the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a separate segregated political fund from disbursing funds as provided in section 49-1469.06.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 134, § 5;
Laws 1988, LB 1136, § 2;
Laws 1988, LB 1174, § 1;
Laws 1992, LB 722, § 1;
Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 39;
Laws 1997, LB 49, § 8;
Laws 2002, LB 1086, § 3;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 9.
Cross References
Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1446.02 - Committee; certain expenditure of funds; prohibited.

49-1446.02.
Committee; certain expenditure of funds; prohibited.
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, no committee shall expend funds for the purchase or payment of:
(1) Clothes or medical or dental expenses of a candidate or the members of his or her immediate family;
(2) Installment payments for an automobile owned by a candidate;
(3) Mortgage or rental payments for a permanent residence of a candidate;
(4) The satisfaction of personal debts, including installment payments on personal loans, except campaign loans subject to reporting required by subsection (2) of section 49-1456;
(5) Personal services, including the services of a lawyer or accountant, except campaign services subject to reporting pursuant to the provisions of section 49-1455; or
(6) Office supplies, staff, or furnishings for the public office for which an individual is a candidate for nomination or election except as set out in subsection (2) of section 49-1446.01.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 134, § 6;
Laws 1992, LB 722, § 2;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1446.03 - Committee; expenditure of funds; authorized.

49-1446.03.
Committee; expenditure of funds; authorized.
Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, any committee may, in addition to the expenditures set forth in section 49-1446.01, make expenditures for the following:
(1) The necessary continued operation of the campaign office or offices of the candidate or political committee;
(2) Social events primarily for the benefit of campaign workers and volunteers or constituents;
(3) Obtaining public input and opinion;
(4) Repayment of campaign loans incurred prior to election day;
(5) Newsletters and other communications for the purpose of information, thanks, acknowledgment, or greetings or for the purpose of political organization and planning;
(6) Gifts of acknowledgment, including flowers and charitable contributions, except that gifts to any one individual shall not exceed fifty dollars in any one calendar year;
(7) Meals, lodging, and travel by an officeholder related to his or her candidacy and for members of the immediate family of the officeholder when involved in activities related to his or her candidacy;
(8) Conference fees, meals, lodging, and travel by an officeholder and his or her staff when involved in activities related to the duties of his or her public office; and
(9) In the case of the candidate committee for the Governor, conference fees, meals, lodging, and travel by the Governor, his or her staff, and his or her immediate family, when involved in activities related to the duties of the Governor.
Source
Laws 1981, LB 134, § 7;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1446.04 - Candidate committee; loans; restrictions; civil penalty.

49-1446.04.
Candidate committee; loans; restrictions; civil penalty.
(1) A candidate committee shall not accept more than fifteen thousand dollars in loans prior to or during the first thirty days after formation of the candidate committee.
(2) After the thirty-day period and until the end of the term of the office to which the candidate sought nomination or election, the candidate committee shall not accept loans in an aggregate amount of more than fifty percent of the contributions of money, other than the proceeds of loans, which the candidate committee has received during such period as of the date of the receipt of the proceeds of the loan. Any loans which have been repaid as of such date shall not be taken into account for purposes of the aggregate loan limit.
(3) A candidate committee shall not pay interest, fees, gratuities, or other sums in consideration of a loan, advance, or other extension of credit to the candidate committee by the candidate, a member of the candidate's immediate family, or any business with which the candidate is associated.
(4) The penalty for violation of this section shall be a civil penalty of not less than two hundred fifty dollars and not more than the amount of money received by a candidate committee in violation of this section if the candidate committee received more than two hundred fifty dollars. The commission shall assess and collect the civil penalty and shall remit the penalty to the State Treasurer for distribution in accordance with Article VII, section 5, of the Constitution of Nebraska.
Source
Laws 1995, LB 399, § 2;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 12;
Laws 2006, LB 188, § 13;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1447 - Committee treasurer; statements or reports; duties; committee records; violation; penalty.

49-1447.
Committee treasurer; statements or reports; duties; committee records; violation; penalty.
(1) The committee treasurer shall keep detailed accounts, records, bills, and receipts necessary to substantiate the information contained in a statement or report filed pursuant to sections 49-1445 to 49-1479.02 or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act.
(2)(a) For any committee other than a candidate committee, the committee treasurer shall be responsible for filing all statements and reports of the committee required to be filed under the act and shall be personally liable subject to section 49-1461.01 for any late filing fees, civil penalties, and interest that may be due under the act as a result of a failure to make such filings.
(b) For candidate committees, the candidate shall be responsible for filing all statements and reports required to be filed by his or her candidate committee under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act. The candidate shall be personally liable for any late filing fees, civil penalties, and interest that may be due under the act as a result of a failure to make such filings and may use funds of the candidate committee to pay such fees, penalties, and interest.
(3) The committee treasurer shall record the name and address of each person from whom a contribution is received except for contributions of fifty dollars or less received pursuant to subsection (2) of section 49-1472.
(4) The records of a committee shall be preserved for five years and shall be made available for inspection as authorized by the commission.
(5) Any person violating this section shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 47;
Laws 1977, LB 41, § 41;
Laws 2000, LB 438, § 2;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 13;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 8.
Annotations
A candidate for an elective state office is responsible for filing all statements and reports required to be filed by his or her candidate committee pursuant to the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act and the Campaign Finance Limitation Act. Nebraska Legislature on behalf of State v. Hergert, 271 Neb. 976, 720 N.W.2d 372 (2006).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1449 - Committee; statement of organization; filing; procedure; late filing fees.

49-1449.
Committee; statement of organization; filing; procedure; late filing fees.
(1) Each committee shall file a statement of organization pursuant to this section and pay a registration fee pursuant to section 49-1449.01 with the commission. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, such statement of organization shall be filed and fee paid within ten days after a committee is formed. The commission shall maintain a statement of organization filed by a committee until notified of the committee's dissolution. Any person who fails to file with the commission a statement of organization required by this subsection shall pay to the commission a late filing fee of twenty-five dollars for each day the statement remains not filed in violation of this subsection, not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars.
(2) If the committee is formed within thirty days prior to an election for which the committee exists, the statement of organization shall be filed and registration fee paid within two business days after the committee is formed. Any person who fails to file with the commission a statement of organization required by this subsection shall pay to the commission a late filing fee of one hundred dollars for each day the statement remains not filed in violation of this subsection, not to exceed one thousand dollars.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 49;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 7;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 5;
Laws 2001, LB 242, § 3;
Laws 2003, LB 349, § 1;
Laws 2007, LB527, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1449.01 - Committee; statement of organization; registration fee; failure to perfect filing; effect.

49-1449.01.
Committee; statement of organization; registration fee; failure to perfect filing; effect.
(1) At the time that each committee files its statement of organization pursuant to section 49-1449, the committee shall pay to the commission a registration fee of one hundred dollars. The filing of a statement of organization is not perfected unless accompanied by the registration fee.
(2) A committee which has not perfected its filing of a statement of organization by the date due as specified in section 49-1449 shall not make or receive contributions or expenditures until such time as the filing of the statement of organization is perfected, except that:
(a) A committee may make an expenditure to pay the registration fee; and
(b) A committee may make expenditures for thirty days after the termination of its registration if the expenditures are part of the process of dissolving the committee and the committee dissolves within thirty days after the termination of its registration.
(3) The registration fees collected pursuant to this section shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for credit to the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission Cash Fund.
Source
Laws 2007, LB527, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1450 - Committee; statement of organization; contents, enumerated.

49-1450.
Committee; statement of organization; contents, enumerated.
The statement of organization required by section 49-1449 shall include the following information:
(1) The name, street address, and telephone number, if any, of the committee. The committee address may be the home address of the candidate or treasurer of the committee;
(2) The name, street address, and telephone number, if any, of each person, other than an individual, that is a member of the committee;
(3) The full name, street address, and telephone number, if any, of the treasurer and other principal officers of the committee;
(4) The name and address of the financial institution in which the official committee depository is located, and the name and address of each financial institution in which a secondary depository is or is intended to be located;
(5) The full name of and office sought by each candidate and a brief statement identifying the substance of each ballot question supported or opposed by the committee;
(6) Identification of the committee as a candidate committee, political party committee, independent committee, or ballot question committee if it is identifiable as such a committee; and
(7) Such other information as may be required by the rules and regulations of the commission.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 50.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1451 - Statement of organization; change; late filing fee.

49-1451.
Statement of organization; change; late filing fee.
When any of the information required in a statement of organization is changed, such change shall be reported when the next campaign statement is required to be filed. Any person who fails to report a change to the commission under this section shall pay to the commission a late filing fee of twenty-five dollars for each day the change remains not reported in violation of this section, not to exceed seven hundred fifty dollars.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 51;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 8;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1453 - Committee; dissolution; procedure.

49-1453.
Committee; dissolution; procedure.
(1) A committee may be dissolved by the filing of a statement of dissolution with the commission, the payment of all fees, penalties, and interest which may be owed, and complying with the rules and regulations of the commission for dissolution of committees. Except as otherwise provided in subsection (2) of this section, no committee shall be dissolved until such statement is filed and such payments are made.
(2) A committee may be dissolved if the commission determines that fees, penalties, and interest owed by a committee are uncollectible.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 53;
Laws 2000, LB 438, § 4;
Laws 2005, LB 242, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1454 - Committee; campaign statement; filing; period covered.

49-1454.
Committee; campaign statement; filing; period covered.
Any committee which supports or opposes a candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question shall file a legibly printed or typed campaign statement pursuant to sections 49-1459 and 49-1461. The period covered by a campaign statement is the period beginning with the day after the closing date of the most recent campaign statement filed and ending with the closing date of the campaign statement due. If the committee filing the campaign statement has not previously filed a campaign statement, the period covered shall begin on the date the person or persons forming the committee raised, received, or spent any money.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 54;
Laws 1980, LB 535, § 9;
Laws 1983, LB 230, § 3;
Laws 1987, LB 480, § 4.
Annotations
The Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act requires candidate committees to file two preelection campaign statements and one postelection campaign statement for both the primary and general elections. Nebraska Legislature on behalf of State v. Hergert, 271 Neb. 976, 720 N.W.2d 372 (2006).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1456 - Committee account; income; how treated; loans.

49-1456.
Committee account; income; how treated; loans.
(1) Any income received by a committee on an account consisting of funds or property belonging to the committee shall not be considered a contribution to the committee but shall be reported as income. Any interest paid by a committee shall be reported as an expenditure.
(2) A loan made or received shall be set forth in a separate schedule providing the date and amount of the loan and, if the loan is repaid, the date and manner of repayment. The committee shall provide the name and address of the lender and any person who is liable directly, indirectly, or contingently on each loan of more than two hundred fifty dollars.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 56;
Laws 1981, LB 134, § 3;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 8;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 10;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 26.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 49 - Law › 49-1457 - Political party committee; campaign statement; contents, enumerated; contribution and expenditure information.

49-1457.
Political party committee; campaign statement; contents, enumerated; contribution and expenditure information.
(1) The campaign statement filed by a political party committee shall contain the following information:
(a) The full name and street address of each person from whom contributions totaling more than two hundred fifty dollars in value are received in a calendar year, the amount, and the date or dates contributed; and if the person is a committee, the name and address of the committee and the full name and street address of the committee treasurer, together with the amount of the contribution and the date received;
(b) An itemized list of all expenditures, including in-kind contributions and expenditures and loans, made during the period covered by the campaign statement which were contributions to a candidate committee of a candidate for elective office or a ballot question committee; or independent expenditures in support of the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question, or in support of the nomination or election of a candidate for elective office or the defeat of any of the candidate's opponents;
(c) The total expenditure by the committee for each candidate for elective office or ballot question in whose behalf an independent expenditure was made or a contribution was given for the election; and
(d) The filer's name, address, and telephone number, if any, and the full name, residential and business addresses, and telephone numbers of the committee treasurer.
(2) A contribution to a candidate or ballot question committee listed under subdivision (1)(b) of this section shall note the name and address of the committee, the name of the candidate and the office sought, if any, the amount contributed, and the date of the contribution.
(3) An independent expenditure listed under subdivision (1)(b) of this section shall note the name of the candidate for whose benefit the expenditure was made and the office sought by the candidate, or a brief description of the ballot question for which the expenditure was made, the amount, date, and purpose of the expenditure, and the full name and address of the person to whom the expenditure was made.
(4) An expenditure listed which was made in support of more than one candidate or ballot question, or both, shall be apportioned reasonably among the candidates or ballot questions, or both.
Source
Laws 1976, LB 987, § 57;
Laws 1999, LB 416, § 9;
Laws 2013, LB79, § 11;
Laws 2014, LB946, § 27.