Chapter 2, AGRICULTURE
724 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1227 Simulcast; license; agreement between tracks; sections applicable; wagering; how conducted.
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(1) The commission may authorize and approve one or more applications by any racetrack issued a license under sections 2-1201 to 2-1223 for a license to provide the simulcast of horseraces for wagering purposes from a track operated by the applicant which is conducting a race to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1228 Interstate simulcast facility license; application.
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Any racetrack issued a license under sections 2-1201 to 2-1223 (1) conducting primarily quarterhorse races in the year immediately preceding the year for which application is made or (2) conducting primarily thoroughbred horseraces in the year immediately preceding the year for w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1229 Interstate simulcast facility license; issuance; agreement between tracks.
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(1) The commission may authorize and approve an application for an interstate simulcast facility license by any receiving track within the state to receive the interstate simulcast of horseraces for parimutuel wagering purposes from any track located outside of the state. In dete…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1243 Horseracing industry participants; legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that the horseracing industry is an important facet of economic and recreational development in Nebraska. Breeders, owners, and trainers are an important and integral part of the live horseracing industry in Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1244 Horseracing industry participant, defined.
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For purposes of sections 2-1243 to 2-1246, horseracing industry participant shall mean an individual who currently holds a valid license for purposes of conducting horseracing from the State Racing and Gaming Commission and who owns, trains, cares for, or rides horses stabled at …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1245 Horseracing industry participants; rights.
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(1) A horseracing industry participant shall be entitled to reasonable treatment from those licensed to conduct thoroughbred race meets. (2) Private property belonging to a horseracing industry participant at a racetrack facility shall not unlawfully be converted, seized, damaged…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1246 Rules and regulations; sections; how construed.
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(1) The State Racing and Gaming Commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations which provide for dismissal, license revocation or suspension, fines, or other suitable penalties necessary to enforce sections 2-1243 to 2-1245. (2) Nothing in such sections shall affect …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1247 Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Horse Racing with Pari-Mutuel Wagering.
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The Interstate Compact on Licensure of Participants in Horse Racing with Pari-Mutuel Wagering is hereby enacted into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein, in the form substantially as follows: ARTICLE I. PURPOSES Section 1. Purposes. The purpo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1301 Refunding of bonded indebtedness; section, how construed.
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Any corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska if created not for private gain or profit and under legal restrictions which preclude it from being organized for private gain or profit, and if organized and existing for the purpose …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1302 Refunding debentures; form.
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Said refunding debentures shall be in substantially the form as provided in section 2-111, Compiled Statutes of Nebraska, 1929.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-15,122 Natural Resources Water Quality Fund; created; use; investment.
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There is hereby created the Natural Resources Water Quality Fund. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund for the uses and purposes of section 2-15,123 such money as is specifically appropriated, such funds, fees, donations, gifts, services, or devises or bequests of real or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-15,123 Natural Resources Water Quality Fund; allocation; programs; rules and regulations.
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(1) The Natural Resources Water Quality Fund shall be allocated by contractual agreement with natural resources districts for the purpose of funding programs listed in subsection (2) of this section. A natural resources district receiving an allocation shall provide a one hundred…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1501 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 2-1501 to 2-15,123, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commission means the Nebraska Natural Resources Commission; (2) State means the State of Nebraska; (3) Agency of this state means the government of this state and any subdivision, agency, or instru…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1504 Nebraska Natural Resources Commission; creation; functions; membership; selection; terms; vacancy.
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(1) The Nebraska Natural Resources Commission is established. The commission shall advise the department as requested by the Chief Water Officer and shall perform such other functions as are specifically conferred on the commission by law. The commission shall have no jurisdictio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1505 Commission; organization; compensation of members.
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The commission shall designate a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and such other officers as it may desire and may, from time to time, change such designation. A majority of the commission shall constitute a quorum, and the concurrence of a majority in any matter within their dut…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1506 Water Sustainability Fund; goals; legislative findings.
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(1) The goals of the Water Sustainability Fund are to: (a) Provide financial assistance to programs, projects, or activities that increase aquifer recharge, reduce aquifer depletion, and increase streamflow; (b) remediate or mitigate threats to drinking water; (c) promote the goa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1507 Water Sustainability Fund; distribution; allocation; natural resources district; eligibility; report.
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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature that the Water Sustainability Fund be equitably distributed statewide to the greatest extent possible for the long term and give priority funding status to projects which are the result of federal mandates. (2) Distributions to assist munic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1508 Commission; rank and score applications for funding; criteria.
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The commission shall rank and score applications for funding based on criteria that demonstrate the extent to which a program, project, or activity: (1) Remediates or mitigates threats to drinking water; (2) Meets the goals and objectives of an approved integrated management plan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1509 Application; form; contents; Chief Water Officer; duties; state participation; request.
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(1) Applicants for funds may file an application with the department for a grant or loan from the Water Sustainability Fund. Applications for grants to the department itself shall be filed by the department. Each application shall be filed in such manner and form and be accompani…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1510 Program, project, or activity; funding request; Chief Water Officer; powers; findings; conflict of interest.
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(1) Each program, project, or activity for which funding is requested, whether such request has as its origin an application or the action of the department itself, shall be reviewed as provided in sections 2-1506 to 2-1513 by the Chief Water Officer prior to the approval of any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1511 Chief Water Officer; recommendations; agreement; contents; loan; repayment period; successor; contract; lien; filing.
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(1) The Chief Water Officer shall make recommendations based upon his or her review of the criteria set forth in section 2-1510 of whether an application should be considered further or rejected and the form of allocation he or she deems appropriate. The commission shall act in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1512 Department; powers; Water Sustainability Fund; use.
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In order to develop Nebraska's water resources, the department, using the process provided for in subsection (4) of section 2-1509, and with the approval of the commission, may acquire interests in water and related land resources projects in the name of the state utilizing the W…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1513 Water Sustainability Fund; legislative analysis.
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The Appropriations Committee of the Legislature shall, beginning with the FY2023-25 biennial budget review process, conduct a biennial analysis of the financial status of the Water Sustainability Fund, including a review of the committed and uncommitted balance of the fund and th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1568 Department; data bank; establish; maintain; administer; available to other agencies.
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The department shall maintain and administer a data bank in the field of soil and water resources in the State of Nebraska. The collection of basic data and necessary interpretations of these data in the area of soil and water resources by agencies, departments, and political sub…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1569 Basic data, defined.
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For purposes of section 2-1568, basic data means recorded observations, calculations, or other information concerning: (1) Climatological, meteorological, hydrologic, hydraulic, topographic, and geologic conditions and phenomena, including soils and land use, as these relate to o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1575 Act, how cited.
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Sections 2-1575 to 2-1585 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1576 Legislative intent.
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The Legislature recognizes and hereby declares that it is the public policy of this state to properly conserve, protect, and utilize the water and related land resources of the state, to better utilize surface waters and available precipitation, to encourage ground water recharge…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1577 Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to be administered by the department. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund such money as is (a) transferred to the fund by the Legislature, (b) paid to the state as fees, deposits, payments, and rep…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1578 Commission; rules and regulations.
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The commission shall adopt and promulgate appropriate rules and regulations necessary for the administration of the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1579 Fund; grants; conditions; acceptance, how construed.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, expenditures may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund as grants to individual landowners of not to exceed seventy-five percent of the actual cost of eligible projects and practices for soil and water …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1580 Fund; erosion and sediment control payments; conditions.
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Payments may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to owners of private land which is being converted to urban use for the purpose of controlling erosion and sediment loss from construction and development. As a condition for receiving any funds pursuant to t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1581 Fund; payments to reduce consumptive use of water; conditions.
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Payments may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to the owners of private land for the purpose of adopting or implementing practices or measures to reduce the consumptive use of water in river basins in which an interstate agreement, compact, or decree coul…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1583 Fund; land diversion payments; authorized.
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Expenditures may be made from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund to individual landowners as land diversion payments for the purpose of encouraging alternate cropping patterns which, when implemented, will assure a longer conservation practice construction period. No s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1584 Department; assistance from local, state, or federal agencies.
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The department may request and utilize assistance in the administration of the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund from natural resources districts, from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency of the United States Department of Agriculture, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1585 Long-term agreements; authorized; conditions.
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If the commission determines that more effective soil and water conservation or water quality protection could be achieved if financial assistance from the Nebraska Soil and Water Conservation Fund were available for multiyear implementation of comprehensive conservation plans, t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1586 Statement of purpose.
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The Legislature finds that it is a public purpose of the state to properly develop the water and related land resources of the state and that it is in the public interest (1) to provide financial assistance to programs and projects essential to the development, preservation, and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1587 Nebraska Resources Development Fund; created; reserve fund; administration; investment.
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(1) There is hereby created the Nebraska Resources Development Fund to be administered by the department. The State Treasurer shall credit to the fund, to carry out sections 2-1586 to 2-1595, such money as is (a) appropriated to or transferred into the fund by the Legislature, (b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1588 Fund; allocation; report; projects; costs.
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(1) No money in the Nebraska Resources Development Fund may be reallocated by the commission in accordance with sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 for utilization by the department, by any state office, agency, board, or commission, or by any political subdivision of the state which has t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1589 Fund; allocations, grants, loans; conditions.
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(1) The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing the administration of the Nebraska Resources Development Fund. The commission may make an allocation from the fund as a grant to an agency or political subdivision if the commission determines that such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1590 Department; commission; fund; powers.
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In order to develop Nebraska's land and water resources, the department, with the approval of the commission, may acquire interests in water and related land resources projects in the name of the state utilizing the Nebraska Resources Development Fund. Such use of the fund shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1592 Grant or loan; application; deadline; procedure.
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(1) Any organization qualified to apply for and receive funds from the Nebraska Resources Development Fund may file an application with the department for a grant or loan from such fund. Applications for grants to the department itself shall be filed by the department. Each appli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1593 Program or project; funding; review; approve or reject; procedure.
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Each program or project for which funding is requested, whether such request has as its origin an application or the action of the department itself, shall be reviewed as provided in sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 by the Chief Water Officer prior to the approval of any allocation for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1594 Program or project; costs or acquisition of interest; approval.
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The Chief Water Officer may recommend approval of and the commission may approve grants or loans for program or project costs or acquisition of interests in projects if after investigation and evaluation the Chief Water Officer finds that: (1) The plan does not conflict with any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1595 Application for a grant, loan, or acquisition; agreement; provisions; successor in interest; lien; filing; foreclosure.
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(1) If after review of the recommendation by the Chief Water Officer the commission determines that an application for a grant, loan, acquisition of an interest, or combination thereof pursuant to sections 2-1586 to 2-1595 is satisfactory and qualified to be approved, before the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1601 Agricultural extension work authorized.
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In order to aid in diffusing among the people of Nebraska useful and practical information on subjects relating to agriculture, home economics, and rural life and to encourage the application of the same, there may be inaugurated, in each of the several counties of the State of N…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1602 Extension work; scope.
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Cooperative extension work shall consist of the giving of practical demonstrations in agriculture and home economics and imparting information on such subjects through field and home demonstrations, 4-H clubs, public meetings, publications, and otherwise. The work shall be carrie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1603 County extension society; formation; petition for appropriation.
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For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 2-1601 to 2-1608, there may be created in each county or combination of counties within the State of Nebraska an organization to be created in the following manner: Whenever a number of farm operators of a county or count…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1604 County extension work; funds to aid; referendum; amount.
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If on or before September 1 of any even-numbered year a petition is filed with the county clerk containing the names of twenty percent or more of the farm operators of any county, as determined by the last available federal census, asking the submission to the voters of the quest…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1605 Farm operator, defined; determination of number.
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In sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 the term farm operator shall mean any person who actually manages, and either by his or her own or other's labor, operates a tract of agricultural land of not less than three acres, and whose name appears on the tax rolls of the county as owning prope…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1606 County extension society; annual report; budget.
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The president and secretary of the organization shall on or before January 1 of each year file with the county clerk (1) a report of their work during the preceding year; (2) a sworn itemized statement of expenditures under sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 during the preceding year; and…