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Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - DRY BEAN COMMISSION › Title 84 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISION RULES › Section 84-1-002 - Quorum

Current through June 17, 2024
No action may be taken by the commission unless a quorum is
				  present. A quorum shall consist of five members. Five affirmative votes shall
				  be necessary to adopt, amend or repeal any rule and regulation of the
				  commission; terminate appointment of an at-large member; and to change the
				  assessment rate. On any other motion before the commission, the concurrence of
				  a majority of those present shall be sufficient.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - DRY BEAN COMMISSION › Title 84 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISION RULES › Section 84-1-003 - Officers

Current through June 17, 2024
The officers of the commission shall be: Chairperson,
				  Vice-chairperson, Secretary/Treasurer. Officers shall be elected annually at
				  the first regular meeting after June 1st or whenever
				  a vacancy occurs. The Secretary/Treasurer shall be bonded in accordance with
				  the Office of Risk Management policy.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - DRY BEAN COMMISSION › Title 84 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISION RULES › Section 84-1-004 - Rate

Current through June 17, 2024
Pursuant to the provision of
Neb
.
Rev
.
Stat
.
§
										2-3755
,
				  beginning August 1, 2015, the fee imposed by this section shall be fifteen
				  cents per hundredweight.. Beginning January 1, 2017, the commission may,
				  whenever it determines that the fees provided by this section are yielding more
				  or less than is required to carry out the intent and purposes of the act,
				  reduce or increase such fees for a period as it shall deem justifiable, but not
				  less than one year and not to exceed twenty-four cents per hundredweight.
				  Two-thirds of the fee levied under this section shall be paid by the grower at
				  the time of sale or delivery and shall be collected by the first purchaser. The
				  first purchaser shall pay the remaining one-third of the fee. No dry beans
				  shall be subject to the fee more than once.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - DRY BEAN COMMISSION › Title 84 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISION RULES › Section 84-1-005 - Hearings

Current through June 17, 2024
005.1
General
				Provision
.
The board may conduct public hearings for any purpose
				  consistent with its responsibilities, including but not limited to the
				  adoption, amendment or repeal of rules and regulations and providing growers of
				  dry beans the opportunity to offer ideas suggestions relative to commission
				  policy.
005.2
Notice
.
Notice shall be given of all public hearings held by the
				  commission. The notice shall be published at least once either in a newspaper
				  of general circulation in the area affected by the business of the hearing or
				  in a newspaper of general circulation in the state, and the publication shall
				  be made at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. Such notice shall
				  contain information as to the date, time, place and purpose of the
				  hearing.
005.3
Procedure
.
The chairperson, vice-chairperson or a designated member
				  shall serve as hearing officer. The hearing officer may appoint a hearing
				  examiner to assist in the conduct of the hearing. The hearing officer or
				  examiner, shall among other things, open the proceedings enter into the record
				  the notice of hearing, take appearances, receive exhibits, answer questions or
				  call upon other persons present to answer questions, and close the proceedings.
				  No person shall be required to be sworn in prior to presenting any evidence,
				  which may consist of oral or written comments and any documents. All persons
				  presenting evidence shall state their name, address, and organization they
				  represent, if any. All evidence is to be directed at the business of the
				  hearing and may be excluded by the hearing officer or examiner if cumulative,
				  repetitive, or irrelevant.
005.4
Record
.
A record shall be made of the hearing, with the evidence
				  presented being a part thereof. It may consist of written statements and any
				  other documents, along with tape recordings or oral evidence. The record may be
				  held open for a designated period of time at the discretion of the hearing
				  officer for submission of any evidence not available at the time of hearing,
				  pursuant to statue.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - DRY BEAN COMMISSION › Title 84 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISSION › Chapter 1 - DRY BEAN RESOURCES COMMISION RULES › Section 84-1-006 - Refunds of Overpayment of Fees

Current through June 17, 2024
Any first purchaser or grower who would like to receive
				  reimbursement for overpayment of fees must submit a written application for the
				  same to the commission no later than 60 days after the date of the alleged
				  overpayment. Said application shall state the following:
006.1 The name and address of the
				grower.
006.2 The name and address
				of the first purchaser.
006.3 The
				date and the payment of the overpaid fee.
006.4 The amount of fee paid.
006.5 The actual number of hundredweight of
				dry beans subject to the fee.
006.6
				Signature of person requesting the refund, and proof of the assessment must be
				attached thereto.
Reimbursement will be pursuant to statute.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-001 - Purpose

Current through June 17, 2024
The purpose of these rules and regulations is to aid the
				  Nebraska Department of Economic Development in the administration of Nebraska
				  Job Training Grants authorized in Section
				  81-1201.21
				  and Sections
				  81-1202
				  through
				  81-1210
				  of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
001.01 Definition
001.01A
A Job Training Grant
-
				shall mean a qualifying business with a qualifying project as defined in
				Section 001.02, or any of the six Nebraska Community Colleges Areas.
001.01B
Grant Recipient
- shall
				mean a qualifying business with a qualifying project as defined in Section
				001.02, or any of the six Nebraska Community Colleges Areas.
001.01C
Trainee
- shall mean an
				individual being trained in an eligible project for a new full-time permanent
				position or an individual being retrained who is in a full-time permanent
				position.
001.01D
Full-Time
				Permanent Position
-shall mean a job which is created for an individual
				working an average of 35 or more hours a week for one year.
001.01E
Department
- shall mean
				the Department of Economic Development.
001.01F
Average Project Wage
-
				shall mean average starting wage of all positions to be added or
				retrained.
001.01G
Local
				Prevailing Wage
- shall mean average wage of all occupation openings as
				reported by the Nebraska Department of Labor's "Nebraska Survey of Hourly Wage
				Rates" for the relevant Job Service area, which will be available for review
				from the Department of Economic Development.
001.01H
Diversification
- shall
				mean that the business qualifies under the definition in 001.02
				below.
001.01I
Export-Oriented
- shall mean the business has either actual sales
				or has the potential to sell its goods or services in a market outside of
				Nebraska.
001.01J
Business
				Plan
- shall mean a business training plan.
001.01K
Program Schedule
- shall
				mean the business must have, in written form, a description and an outline of
				the schedule for the training that will be provided for each position that will
				be trained with grant funds.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-003 - Eligible Businesses

Current through June 17, 2024
Eligible businesses are for-profit businesses subject to
				  Nebraska State tax, or non-profit businesses, engaged in any of the
				  following:
003.01 The conducting of
				research, development, or testing for scientific, agricultural, animal
				husbandry, food product, or industrial purposes;
003.02 The performance of data processing,
				telecommunication, insurance, or financial services;
003.03 The assembly, fabrication,
				manufacture, or processing of tangible personal property;
003.04 The storage, warehousing,
				distribution, or transportation of tangible personal property;
003.05 The sale of tangible personal property
				if more than twenty percent of the total sales are in any combination of the
				following:
003.05A Sales for resale (wholesale
				sales), or
003.05B Sales of
				tangible personal property assembled, fabricated, manufactured, or processed by
				the seller, or
003.05C Sales of
				tangible personal property used by the purchaser in any of the activities
				included Sections 3.01 through 3.10 of these rules and regulations.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-004 - Job Training Cash Fund & Job Training Cash Fund Account Projects

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department may use the Job Training Cash Fund or the Job
				  Training Cash Fund Account to provide grants to Eligible Businesses for any of
				  the following purposes:
(a) to
				provide reimbursements for job training activities, including employee
				assessment, preemployment training, on-the-job training, training equipment
				costs, and other reasonable costs related to helping industry and business
				locate or expand in Nebraska;
(b)
				to provide upgrade skills training of the existing labor force necessary to
				adapt to new technology or the introduction of new product lines; or
(c) to provide grants pursuant to Section
				81-1210.02
				of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
004.01
				Project Eligibility
A grant may be provided to an Eligible Business with funding
				  from the Job Training Cash Fund or the Job Training Cash Fund Account for the
				  purposes identified in Section 004 of these rules and regulations, if the
				  project meets all of the following requirements:
004.01A The project must create jobs or, due
				to new processes or purchases of new technology or equipment, require
				retraining of existing positions in order to retain those positions in
				Nebraska.
004.01B The average wage
				level of all jobs created or retrained through the project must equal or exceed
				the Local Prevailing Wage.
004.01C
				The jobs created must Diversify the local economy;
004.01D The goods or services produced by the
				business must be Export-Oriented.
004.01E Seventy-five percent of the jobs
				created must be Full-Time Permanent Positions.
004.01F All jobs must be created and trained
				within three calendar years from the date the project is approved by the
				Department.
004.01G All jobs must
				be retained for at least two years after completion of the project.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-005 - Job Training Subaccount Projects

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department may use the Job Training Subaccount to provide
				  grants to Eligible Businesses for training employees and potential employees of
				  Eligible Businesses that (a) employ twenty-five or fewer employees on the
				  application date, (b) employ, or train for potential employment, residents of
				  rural areas of Nebraska, or (c) are located in or employ, or train for
				  potential employment, residents of High-Poverty Areas. The Job Training
				  Subaccount shall also be used as provided in the Teleworker Job Creation Act
				  and as provided in section
				  81-1210.02
				  of the Nebraska Revised Statutes.
005.01 Project Eligibility
A grant may be provided to an Eligible Business with funding
				  from the Job Training Subaccount for the purposes identified in Section 005 of
				  these rules and regulations, if the project meets all of the following
				  requirements:
005.01A If the Eligible
				Business has established a program under which residents of rural areas or High
				Poverty Areas are trained for employment or potential employment; the program
				must be designed to fill a minimum of four positions in rural areas and a
				minimum of eight positions in High-Poverty Areas for such Eligible
				Business.
005.01B The wage level of
				the positions available or to be created must meet the Local Prevailing
				Wage.
005.01C The positions
				available or to be created must Diversify the local economy.
005.01D A minimum of seventy-five percent of
				the positions available or to be created must be Full-Time Permanent
				Positions.
005.01E The Eligible
				Business must provide a match of a minimum of twenty-five percent of the value
				of the Job Training Grant, either monetarily or through in-kind services, as
				part of the training for each individual trained.
005.01F Any new position created must be
				hired and trained within three calendar years.
005.01G The number of individuals trained
				must not exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the number of positions that
				will be available at the time of application.
005.01H The goods or services produced by the
				Eligible Business must be Export-Oriented.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-006 - Disbursements

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department will disburse Job Training Grant funds on a
				  reimbursement basis. The Department may establish limitations on disbursement
				  requests, or may establish a disbursement schedule in the Job Training Grant
				  contract between the Department and the Eligible Business.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-007 - Performance Reports

Current through June 17, 2024
An Eligible Business awarded a Job Training Grant shall
				  provide annual performance reports to the Department and a final performance
				  report upon the completion of the project or program. The due dates, schedule
				  for submission, and required content of annual performance reports and final
				  performance reports may be established by the Department, and may be included
				  in the Job Training Grant contract between the Department and the Eligible
				  Business.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-008 - Monitoring

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department may monitor the progress of Job Training Grant
				  projects. As deemed necessary, the Department may conduct a site audit and
				  review business and employee records pertaining to Job Training Grant
				  projects.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-009 - Non-Compliance & Penalties

Current through June 17, 2024
For all Job Training Grants, the following events are events
				  of Non-Compliance. Should an event of Non-Compliance occur, the Eligible
				  Business will be subject to penalties as follows:
009.01 If an Eligible Business that receives
				the Job Training Grant creates and retains fewer positions than stated in the
				Business Plan or the Job Training Grant contract between the Department and the
				Eligible Business, the following repayment plan will apply:
(a) If less than fifty percent of the
				positions are created or retained, the Eligible Business shall repay one
				hundred percent of the grant;
(b)
				If fifty percent or more but less than seventy percent of the positions are
				created and retained, the Eligible Business shall repay fifty percent of the
				grant;
(c) If seventy percent or
				more but less than ninety percent of the positions are created or retained, the
				Eligible Business shall repay twenty-five percent of the grant;
(d) If ninety percent or more of the
				positions are created or retained, no repayment shall be required.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1A - Rules and Regulations Concerning the Administration of the Nebraska Job Training Grant Program › Section 85-1A-010 - Repayments Credited to Job Training Cash Fund

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department will remit repayments of Job Training Grants
				  due to non-compliance to the State Treasurer for credit to the Job Training
				  Cash Fund.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-001 - Scope and Authority

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department of Economic Development, under authority of,
				  and in compliance with, Sections
				  13-201
				  through
				  13-208 of the
				  Nebraska Revised Statutes, promulgates the following Community Development
				  Assistance Act Rules and Regulations.
001.01 Business Firm
Business firm means any business entity including a
				  corporation, fiduciary, sole proprietorship, partnership, or corporation having
				  an election in effect under subchapter S of the Internal Revenue Code subject
				  to the state income or franchise tax imposed by section
				  77-2715,
				  77-2734.02
				  or an insurance company paying a tax in this state pursuant to section
				  44-150,
				  77-908,
				  77-909, or a
				  financial institution paying the tax imposed pursuant to sections
				  77-3801
				  to
				  77-3807;
001.02 Community Services
Community Services means any type of the following in a
				  community development area:
(a)
				employment training;
(b) human
				services;
(c) medical services;
(d) physical facility and
				neighborhood development services;
(e) recreational services or activities;
(f) educational services;
(g) crime prevention activities,
				including, but not limited to, (1) the instruction of any individual in the
				community development area that enables him or her to acquire vocational
				skills, (2) counseling and advice, (3) emergency sendees, (4) community, youth,
				day care, and senior centers, (5) in-home services, (6) home improvement
				services and programs, (7) and any legal enterprise which aids in the
				prevention or reduction of crime; or
(h) purchasing shares of stock in the
				business development corporation formed to provide debt and equity fiaandng in
				the target area identified in 001.11 below;
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-002 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
Only those organizations which meet the criteria below are
				  eligible applicants.
002.01 Act
Act shall mean the Community Development Assistance
				  Act;
002.02 Application
Application shall mean the proposal submitted by a Community
				  Betterment Organization seeking to have a program or project certified for Tax
				  Credit status under the Act.
002.03 Area of Chronic Economic Distress
Area of Chronic Economic Distress shall mean an area of the
				  state which meets any of the following conditions:
(a) An unemployment rate which exceeds the
				statewide average unemployment rate;
(b) A per capita income below the statewide
				average per capita income; or
(c) A
				population loss between the two most recent federal decennial
				censuses.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-003 - Eligible Applicants under the Act

Current through June 17, 2024
Any Community Betterment Organization which provides
				  Community Assistance or Community Services in a Community Development Area may
				  submit an Application seeking to have a program or project certified for Tax
				  Credit status under the Act.
003.01
				Business Firms
Any business firm or financial institution which contributes
				  employment training assistance, human services, medical services, physical
				  facility and neighborhood development services, recreational services and
				  activities, or the purchase of shares in the business development corporation
				  formed to provide debt and equity financing in the target area identified in
				  001.11 may apply for tax credits.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-004 - Content of the Application

Current through June 17, 2024
Proposals mil be submitted to the Department for evaluation
				  as to tax credit status. Proposals must include the following:
004.01 The Application must include all of
				the following:
004.01A A description of the
				project or program to be conducted, including and the Community Assistance or
				Community Services that will be provided as a result of the project or
				program.
004.01B A description of
				the Community Development Area, including the geographical location and
				boundaries of the Community Development Area.
004.01C Evidence that the program or project
				addresses at least one (1) of the following priorities established by the
				Department:
(a) the program or project
				substantially contributes to self-help effort by building the capacity of
				residents of the area to be served in addressing locally defined objectives;
(b) the program or project will
				result in the provision of essential services to low and moderate income
				persons which are not adequately being provided in the affected neighborhood
				and for which there are no other readily available resources; or
(c) the program or project tangibly
				contributes to the development of lasting cooperation and partnership efforts
				of area organizations and businesses.
004.01D The estimated amount to be required
				for completion of the program or project, including:
(1) a proposed budget for the program or
				project with information on personnel and administrative overhead
				costs;
(2) the amount of Tax
				Credits requested for the year of Application; and
(3) the amount of contributions pledged
				and/or anticipated from Individuals or Business Firms eligible for Tax Credits,
				and other sources of funding for the program or project.
004.01E The annual estimated amount required
				for an ongoing program, including a proposed annual budget with information on
				personnel and administrative overhead costs, and the amount of Tax Credits
				anticipated to be sought in future years.
004.01F A description of the Community
				Betterment Organization's plans and capacity for implementing the program or
				project and continuing the program or project.
004.01G Documentation that the Application
				was reviewed by the appropriate Subdivision of Local Government, including any
				comments on the Application provided by the Subdivision of Local Government;
				and information regarding whether the Application is consistent with any
				community development plan that may exist for the area in which the Community
				Betterment Organization will provide Community Services or Community
				Assistance.
004.01H If the
				Community Betterment Organization is recognized by the Internal Revenue Service
				of the United States Department of the Treasury as an organization to which
				contributions are tax deductible, documentation of such recognition.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-005 - Evaluation of Application; Certification of Program or Project

Current through June 17, 2024
005.01 The
				Department will review all Applications based on the following criteria:
005.01A Extent and severity to which an area
				is experiencing chronic economic distress;
005.01B Extent to which the proposed program
				or project will reduce chronic economic distress of the area;
005.01C Extent to which the proposed program
				or project addresses the priorities established by the Department;
005.01D Demonstrated capacity and performance
				of the Community Betterment Organization to execute the proposed program or
				project;
005.01E The involvement of
				residents of the affected area in the planning of the proposed program or
				project and the extent to which they will be involved in its
				implementation;
005.01F Extent to
				which private sector contributions have been committed to the proposed program
				or project, contingent upon approval of the program or project by the
				Department;
005.01G Proposals
				submitted subsequent to the first year will be evaluated on performance of the
				prior year's program or project, other resources developed, and continued
				need.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-006 - Eligible Contributions

Current through June 17, 2024
006.01 Eligible
				Contributions
Eligible contributions generally include contributions of
				  money, property, or services to, or for the use of, a Community Betterment
				  Organization for a project or program that has been certified for Tax Credit
				  Status by the Department.
006.02 The Department will not authorize more
				than $25,000 of tax credits for any single project during any single fiscal
				year.
006.03 The Department will
				not authorize more than $100,000 of tax credits for the targeted area as
				identified in section 001.11 during the fiscal year.
006.04 The Department reserves the option to
				waive any policies and procedures (except those mandated by statute) to
				redirect additional tax credits to the target area as identified in section
				001.11 as need may dictate.
006.05
				The minimum, eligible contribution amount for CDAA tax credit is $25.
006.06 Tax credits will not be given to a
				business firm whose contributions are granted for activities that are a part of
				its normal course of business.
006.07 Any tax credit balance may be carried
				over and applied against the business firm's tax liability for the next five
				years immediately succeeding the tax year in which the credit was first
				allowed.
006.08 No credit will be
				given for any funds expended or contributions received prior to the date of
				approval by the Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-008 - Documentation and Valuation of Contributions

Current through June 17, 2024
008.01
				Documentation of Contributions
Documentation evidencing contributions made to projects or
				  programs certified for Tax Credit status by the Department must be submitted to
				  the Department, along with Form CDAA 1 - Tax Credit Request Form when
				  requesting a Tax Credit. The Department may request additional documentation,
				  as the facts and circumstances may require (or to substantiate the value of the
				  contribution), but documentation shall generally be as follows:
008.01A Cash contribution - Cash
				contributions may be shown by a photocopy of both sides of the canceled check,
				or proof of electronic funds transfer which includes documentation from the
				bank account of origin and destination. Checks must be made payable to the
				Community Betterment Organization and noted specifically for that project or
				activity, and electronic funds transfers must be into the Community Betterment
				Organization's bank account for the project or program certified for Tax Credit
				Status by the Department.
008.01B
				Contribution of real property - Real property contributions may be shown by the
				deed and documentation of at least one independent appraisal of the real
				property by a real property appraiser credentialed under the Nebraska Real
				Property Appraiser Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§
										76-2201
				to
				76-2250.
008.01C Contribution of Equipment or Supplies
				- Equipment and supply contributions may be shown by copies of invoices signed
				by both the contributor and the Community Betterment Organization receiving the
				equipment or supplies.
008.01D
				Contribution of Services - Service contributions include provision services to
				a Community Betterment Organization that if not provided, the Community
				Betterment Organization would have to pay for, or purchase. Service
				contributions shall be shown by an affidavit submitted by the Individual or
				Business Firm demonstrating the net cost of the donated services (time spent
				providing services times the hourly wage plus other benefits paid to personnel
				providing the services); or (2) documentation of two price quotes obtained by
				the contributor demonstrating the cost of the services provided.
008.01E Contribution of Stock - Stock
				contributions must be converted into cash before the Community Betterment
				Organization receives the donation. Stock contributions may be shown as cash
				contributions as provided in
				008.01A.
008.01F Other Contributions - Other
				contributions may be shown by affidavit (or other signed statement deemed
				acceptable to the Department) identifying the contribution, the value of the
				contribution and how the value was determined, along with other information, as
				may be requested by the Department for the particular situation.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-009 - Approval and Amount of Tax Credits by the Department

Current through June 17, 2024
In order to participate in the CDAA program, the business
				  firm or the community betterment organization shall comply with the following
				  requirements:
009.01 After Individuals
				and Business Firms submit Form CDAA 1 to the Department with adequate
				documentation of the contribution made to the project or program that was
				certified for Tax Credit status by the Department, the Department will transmit
				information to the Tax Commissioner of the Nebraska Department of Revenue
				indicating that a Tax Credit is to be allowed. If Tax Credits are allowed for
				Business Firms pursuant to Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									44-150
				and Neb. Rev. Stat. §
									77-908,
				the Department will also transmit such information to the Nebraska Department
				of Insurance.
009.02 They will take
				affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employees, and that employees
				are treated during employment without regard to their race, age, sex, creed,
				color, or national origin. Such action shall include, but not be limited to,
				employment, upgrading, demotion or transfer; recruitment or recruitment
				advertising; layoff or termination; rates of pay or other forms of
				compensation; and selection for training including apprenticeship.
009.03 They will agree to post in conspicuous
				places available to employees and applicants for employment, notices setting
				forth pro-visions of this section.
009.04 In all solicitations or advertisements
				for employees placed by or on behalf of the business firm, it shall be stated
				that all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
				regard to race, sex creed, color, or national origin.
009.05 They will send to each labor union or
				representative of workers with which he or she has a collective bargaining
				agreement or other contract of understanding a notice advising such labor union
				or worker's representative of the business firm's commitments under this
				section, and shall post copies of the notice in conspicuous places available to
				employees and applicants for employment.
009.06 In the event of the business firm's or
				the community betterment organizations noncompliance with the provisions of
				this section or any of the rules, regulations or orders relating to this
				section, the project may be canceled, terminated or suspended in whole or in
				part and the business firm may be declared ineligible for tax credit.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 1C - Community Development Assistance Act Rules and Regulations › Section 85-1C-010 - Other Requirements and Limitations

Current through June 17, 2024
010.01 Each fiscal
				year the Department will authorize Tax Credits for programs or projects in an
				amount which does not exceed the maximum amount of Tax Credits authorized in
				the Act.
010.02 The Department will
				not authorize more than $50,000 of Tax Credits for any single program or
				project during any single fiscal year.
010.03 The minimum, eligible contribution
				amount for Tax Credits is $50.
010.04 Tax Credits will not be given to a
				Business Firm or Individual for activities that are a part of its normal course
				of business.
010.05 The Tax Credit
				must be claimed on the tax return for the year in which the contribution is
				made by the Business Firm or Individual. Any Tax Credit balance may be carried
				over and applied against the Business Firm's or Individual's tax liability for
				the next five years immediately succeeding the tax year in which the Tax Credit
				was first allowed.
010.06 No Tax
				Credits will be given for any contributions received by the Community
				Betterment Organization prior to the effective date of the written agreement
				between the Department and Community Betterment Organization.
010.07 The maximum Tax Credit for a Business
				Firm or Individual will be determined by the Department, but will be no more
				than forty percent of the total contribution made by the Business Firm or
				Individual during its taxable year to programs or projects approved and/or
				certified for Tax Credit status by the Department.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-001 - Definitions

Current through June 17, 2024
001.01 Act
The Act means the Microenterprise Development
				  Act.
001.02 Commercial
				Lending Organization
Commercial Lending Institutions means any financial
				  institution defined in subsection (4) of 8-157 of the Nebraska Revised
				  Statutes, 1991.
001.03
				Department
The Department means the Nebraska Department of Economic
				  Development.
001.04 Director
The Director means the Director of the Nebraska Department
				  of Economic Development.
001.05 Microenterprise
Microenterprise means any business whether new or existing
				  with five or fewer employees full time employees and includes startup,
				  homebased and self-employed businesses.
001.06 Microloan Delivery Organization
Microloan Delivery Organizations means any community based
				  or nonprofit program which has developed a viable plan for providing training,
				  access to financing and technical assistance for microenterprise and which
				  meets the criteria and qualification established for the Act.
001.07 Operating Costs
Operating costs means the costs associated with administering
				  a loan, a loan guaranty, a revolving loan program, or providing for business
				  training and technical assistance to a microloan recipient.
001.08 Program
Program means the Microenterprise Partnership
				  Program.
001.09 Statewide
				Microlending Support Organization
A Statewide Microlending Support Organization means any
				  community based or nonprofit organization which has a demonstrated capacity and
				  a plan for providing administering grants or loans to microloan delivery
				  organizations.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-002 - Needs Identified in the Act

Current through June 17, 2024
002.01 Encourage
				Microenterprise entrepreneurship
The Act identifies a need to encourage microenterprise
				  entrepreneurship for microenterprise development.
002.02 Create employment
The Act identifies a need to create employment and
				  employment opportunities in areas of chronic economic distress and in low
				  income urban and rural areas.
002.03 Lack of credit sources
The Act declares that Nebraska's microenterprises often do
				  not have access to commercial sources of credit because of a lack of business
				  experience, training and or collateral to secure business loans, or business
				  records to demonstrate their loan repayment potential.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-003 - Purposes Identified in the Act

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 Creation of
				Microenterprises
The Department is to provide funding which will foster the
				  creation of microenterprises throughout the state.
003.02 Coordinating Office
The Act establishes the Department as the coordinating
				  Office for the facilitation of microlending and microenterprise development in
				  the state. This Office will facilitate the development of a permanent,
				  statewide infrastructure of microlending support organizations to serve
				  Nebraska microenterprise and self employment sectors.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-004 - Eligible Applicants under the Act

Current through June 17, 2024
004.01 Microloan
				Delivery Organization
Any community based or nonprofit program which has developed
				  a viable plan for providing training, access to financing and technical
				  assistance for microenterprises and which meets the criteria and qualifications
				  established for in the Act.
004.02 Regional Microlending Delivery
				Organizations, which provide services throughout a region, a county or several
				units of governments are eligible to receive funding under the Act .
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-005 - Grant Amount

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department will provide up to $25,000 in funds
				  appropriated under this Act for each qualified Microenterprise Delivery
				  Organization. approved by the Evaluation Committee. For any funds used to
				  establish a revolving loan fund or guaranty funds, 50% of such program funds
				  must be used for microloans which do not exceed $10,000.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-006 - Purposes for which Grants made by the Department may be used for as established in the Act

Current through June 17, 2024
006.01 Grants may be
				used to satisfy matching funds requirements for other federal or private grants
				which are made to Microloan Delivery Organizations.
006.02 Grants made by the Department may be
				used to establish a revolving loan fund from which the Microloan Delivery
				Organizations may make loans to microenterprises.
006.03 Grants made by the Department may be
				used to establish a guaranty fund from which the Microloan Delivery
				Organizations may guarantee loans made by commercial lending institutions to
				microenterprises.
006.04 Grants
				made by the Department to Microloan Delivery Organizations may be used to
				provide funding for the operating costs of microloan delivery
				organizations.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-007 - Application Process and Evaluation

Current through June 17, 2024
007.01 Application
All eligible Microenterprises and Microenterprise Delivery
				  Organizations will submit an application to the Department for review and
				  approval. The application will be evaluated based upon the criteria established
				  in the Act.
007.02
				Evaluation Committee
Applications will be evaluated by a Departmental committee.
				  This committee will be appointed by the Director, or their designee, and will
				  consist of representatives from the Department, banking industry, regional
				  organizations, councils of governments and others as determined by the
				  Director.
Where funds under this Act are leveraged with non-state funds
				  of a Statewide Microlending Support Organization, the Director may authorize
				  integrating Program procedures and evaluation committee members with that of
				  the Statewide Microlending Delivery Organization.
007.03 Evaluation Criteria
Applications made to the Department by Micro- loan Delivery
				  Organizations may be evaluated based on the following criteria established in
				  the Act.
007.03A The Microloan
				Delivery Organization's plan for providing business development services and
				microloan loans to micro enterprises. This plan must include a comprehensive
				scope of services and coordination of services and loans by the Microloan
				Delivery Organization with commercial lending institutions.
007.03B All geographic areas and regions of
				the state, including both urban and rural communities, neighborhoods should be
				considered.
007.03C The ability of
				the Microloan Delivery Organization to provide for business development in
				areas of chronic economic distress and low income regions of the
				state.
007.03D The ability of the
				Microloan Delivery Organization to provide business training and technical
				assistance to microloan clients.
007.03E The ability of the Microloan Delivery
				Organization to monitor and provide financial oversight of the recipients of
				the microloans.
007.03F The ability
				of the Microloan Delivery Organization to have sufficient sources of operating
				funds presently and in the future.
007.03G The ability of the Microloan Delivery
				Organization to match granted funds. Granted Funds must be matched by nonstate
				funds equivalent in money or in kind equal to each one dollar for each one
				dollar of the grant funds requested. Such matching funds can come from any
				nonstate source, including private foundations, federal or local governments
				sources, quasi-governmental entities or commercial lending institutions, or any
				other funds whose source does not include funds appropriated from the
				Legislature.
007.03H At least fifty
				percent of the microloans must be disbursed by the Microloan Delivery
				Organizations in microloans which do not exceed ten thousand dollars.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-008 - Engage in Contractual Relations

Current through June 17, 2024
The Act enables the Department to engage in the contractual
				  relationship with a Statewide Microlending Support Organization which has the
				  capacity to administer grants subject to the requirements of the Act and where
				  such relationships would leverage additional nonstate support funds
008.01 Funds granted to any Statewide
				Microlending Organizations must be matched by nonstate funds equivalent in
				money or in kind equal to one dollar for each one dollar of grant funds
				requested. Such matching funds can come from any nonstate source, including
				private foundations, federal or local government sources, quasi-governmental
				entities or commercial lending institutions, or any other funds whose source
				does not include funds appropriated from the Legislature.
008.02 The Act requires that no greater than
				10% of the appropriate or contracted funds are to be used by the Department or
				the Statewide Microlending Support Organization for operating and
				administration expenses required for this Program.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-009 - Reporting Requirements

Current through June 17, 2024
The Department will submit an annual report to the Governor
				  and the Legislature on or before January 1 of each year which will include, but
				  not be limited to, a description of the demand for the program from micro
				  enterprises and grant recipients in Nebraska, a listing of the recipients and
				  amount of grants made pursuant to the Microenterprise Development Act in the
				  previous fiscal year, the impact of the grants, a description of the
				  partnership between commercial lending institutions and microloan delivery
				  organization that have resulted from grants made by the program and a
				  evaluation of the program's performance based on the documented goals of the
				  recipients. The Department may require program recipients to provide periodic
				  performance reports to enable the Department to fulfill the requirements of the
				  reports to the Legislature.
Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, DEPARTMENT OF › Title 85 - DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT › Chapter 4 - Microenterprise Development Act › Section 85-4-0010 - Nondiscrimination

Current through June 17, 2024
All recipients of the funds granted under this Act must
				  adhere to all state and federal civil rights rules and regulations. Recipients
				  under this Act must agree that they will not discriminate based upon race, sex,
				  creed, color, age national origin and disability.