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NebraskaLB294109th Legislature 1st and 2nd Sessionslegislature

Change provisions relating to grants from the County Visitors Improvement Fund

Sponsored By: Tanya Storer

Signed by Governor

Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 1 mixed.

County grants for visitor attractions

The law creates a County Visitors Improvement Fund run by the county with advice from its visitors committee. It gives grants to improve or expand existing attractions, buy or grow exhibits, build new attractions, or plan these projects. Attractions must be in the county and be publicly owned or run by a nonprofit whose main purpose is the attraction. A visitor attraction is a place open to the public with educational, cultural, historic, artistic, recreational, or entertainment value.

Grant limits and bond rules for attractions

A grant in a year cannot be more than the larger of two amounts: the county’s 1% sales‑tax proceeds for the fund or $5,000. The county may approve grants that last up to 20 years. A recipient can pledge those yearly grant payments to secure bonds for the project. Each year of a multi‑year grant must be paid as the contract says. Bonds backed by grant payments are paid only from those payments and are not the county’s debt or a pledge of its taxing power.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Tanya Storer

    Senate

Cosponsors

There are no cosponsors for this bill.

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 159 • No: 0

legislature vote • 4/3/2025

Final Reading

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

legislature vote • 2/21/2025

Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12

legislature vote • 2/21/2025

Vote

Yes: 38 • No: 0 • Other: 11

legislature vote • Unknown

Vote

Yes: 37 • No: 0 • Other: 12

Actions Timeline

  1. Approved by Governor on April 7, 2025

    4/7/2025legislature

  2. Presented to Governor on April 3, 2025

    4/3/2025legislature

  3. President/Speaker signed

    4/3/2025legislature

  4. Passed on Final Reading with Emergency Clause 47-0-2

    4/3/2025legislature

  5. Placed on Final Reading

    3/19/2025legislature

  6. Advanced to Enrollment and Review for Engrossment

    3/11/2025legislature

  7. Placed on Select File

    2/26/2025legislature

  8. Advanced to Enrollment and Review Initial

    2/21/2025legislature

  9. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 adopted

    2/21/2025legislature

  10. Government, Military and Veterans Affairs AM54 filed

    2/7/2025legislature

  11. Placed on General File with AM54

    2/7/2025legislature

  12. Sanders name added

    1/31/2025legislature

  13. Notice of hearing for January 29, 2025

    1/22/2025legislature

  14. Referred to Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee

    1/17/2025legislature

  15. Date of introduction

    1/15/2025legislature

Bill Text

  • Introduced

    1/15/2025

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  • Enrolled / Slip Law

    PDF

  • Final / Enacted

    PDF

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