Chapter 2, AGRICULTURE
724 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1607 County extension work; counties may join; joint board; duties.
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(1) Whenever two or more counties which have complied with the provisions of sections 2-1601 to 2-1608 desire to unite for the purpose of continuance, support, and management of extension work, they may do so. The participating county organizations shall form a joint board to dir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1608 Joint county extension organizations; employees; retirement system; organizations; duties.
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Whenever two or more county extension organizations have united as provided in section 2-1607 for the purpose of support and management of extension work, county extension employees jointly employed by the participating extension organizations shall be considered persons employed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1813 Act, how cited.
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Sections 2-1813 to 2-1825 may be cited as the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1814 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act: (1) Department means the Department of Agriculture; (2) Director means the Director of Agriculture; (3) Commercial potato growing area means a geographic area in which potatoes are produced and offered for sale in commercial qua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1815 Seed potatoes; when exempt from act.
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The provisions of sections 2-1813 to 2-1825 shall not include seed potatoes officially designated by law as Nebraska Certified.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1816 Inspection fee; estimate, how obtained; compulsory potato inspection; establishment; termination.
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Any person, for the purpose of obtaining information relative to the cost of potato inspection and grading services for a designated area, may request in writing that an estimate be prepared by the director of the costs of such a service. The director may establish an estimated i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1817 Petition; contents; prima facie evidence.
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A petition filed pursuant to section 2-1816 shall be prima facie evidence that (1) it has been properly circulated, (2) the signatures thereon are genuine, (3) the signatures thereon reflect the correct representation of the number of acres specified, (4) the land described there…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1818 Potato inspection; director; powers.
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The director is empowered to make all arrangements to implement the inspection service or terminate existing inspection service following entry of an order establishing or terminating such services and to this extent he is authorized to appoint persons or designate agents as may …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1819 Director; rules and regulations; cooperate; agreements.
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The director may promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions, purposes, and intent of sections 2-1813 to 2-1825; and is authorized to cooperate with the United States Department of Agriculture, the University of Nebraska Institute of Agriculture and Nat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1820 Director; provide for inspection and grading services; expense.
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The director may, upon written request of any potato grower, provide for inspection and grading services for commercial shipments of potatoes in areas where compulsory inspection and grading are not in force. In all such cases, the inspection and grading service shall be at the e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1821 Inspection; certificate; grades used.
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An official certificate evidencing official inspection and designating the grade of potatoes inspected shall be issued by the appointed inspector or agent of the director to the person or persons for whom the inspection and grading service was completed. All inspections shall be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1822 Inspection; grade; appeal; procedure.
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Any person having a direct financial interest, who is dissatisfied with the grade established by inspection under the Nebraska Potato Inspection Act, may appeal to the director in writing for reinspection. Such appeal shall be made within ten days after inspection and before ship…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1823 Compulsory inspection and grading; special permits; application; issuance.
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In any area designated for compulsory inspection and grading by order of the director pursuant to the provisions of sections 2-1813 to 2-1825, special permits may be issued authorizing shipment of uninspected potatoes when an official inspection cannot be made. Application to the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1824 Department; official inspection and grade legend; adopt.
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The department may adopt an official Nebraska inspection and grade legend, assign official inspection numbers to persons or establishments under inspection and require that such numbers be exclusive to them, and otherwise control the use of the official Nebraska legend. United St…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-1825 Violations; penalties.
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(1) Any person, firm, corporation, limited liability company, association, or officer or member thereof who (a) destroys or alters any official certificate, (b) ships or attempts to ship any potatoes out of any designated area where compulsory inspection is maintained without fir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2001 Formation; name; title.
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Any agricultural association formed for the purpose of developing and improving some form of agriculture in this state which files with the Secretary of State a copy of its constitution and bylaws, shall be declared a corporation under the name and title designated in such consti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2002 Annual statement; contents; filing.
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Each of such associations shall file with the Secretary of State prior to February 1 of each year an annual statement for the previous calendar year. The statement shall contain (1) a list of its members, (2) names and addresses of its officers, and (3) an itemization of its rece…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2003 Annual report; failure to file; effect.
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Any association formed as provided by section 2-2001 failing to file the annual statement as provided in section 2-2002 shall cease to exist as such.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2004 Filing fee; waived.
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No fee of any kind shall be required by the Secretary of State for any filings made under sections 2-2001 and 2-2002.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2101 Nebraska Rural Rehabilitation Corporation; dissolved; acceptance of federal law.
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The State of Nebraska hereby accepts the provisions of Public Law 499, enacted by the Eighty-first Congress of the United States, and entitled An Act to provide for the liquidation of the trusts under the transfer agreements with the state rural rehabilitation corporations, and f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2102 Director of Agriculture; agent.
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The State of Nebraska hereby designates the Director of Agriculture as the sole agent to represent the State of Nebraska in the administration of any funds made available under the provisions of the federal act specified in section 2-2101.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2103 Director; authority.
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The Director of Agriculture, on behalf of the State of Nebraska, is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods of time as may be mutually agreeable, to accept, administer, expen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2104 Director; powers; agreements authorized.
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The Director of Agriculture, on behalf of the State of Nebraska, is specifically authorized to agree that: (1) The State of Nebraska and the Director of Agriculture as its agent will abide by the determinations and apportionments of the Secretary of Agriculture of the United Stat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2105 Director; agreements with federal government; execute.
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The Director of Agriculture is further authorized to enter into an agreement or agreements with the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States to use the assets and funds received under sections 2-2101 to 2-2107 to carry out the provisions of the Bankhead-Jones Farm Tenant Act…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2106 Director; reports.
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The Director of Agriculture shall make reports to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, in such form, and containing such information, as the secretary may from time to time reasonably require. The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, upon request, shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2107 Director; notice of acceptance.
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The State of Nebraska shall transmit, through the Director of Agriculture, to the Secretary of Agriculture of the United States notice of acceptance of the provisions of the federal act specified in section 2-2101, and accompany such acceptance with a certified copy of sections 2…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-219 State, district, and county fairs; prohibited activities; penalty; exceptions; sale of liquor, when.
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No person shall be permitted to exhibit or conduct indecent shows or dances or to engage in any gambling or other games of chance or horseracing, either inside the enclosure where any state fair or district or county agricultural society fair is being held or within forty rods th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220 State, district, and county fairs; offenders; illegal devices; obstructions; penalties.
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The president of any district or county agricultural society, a marshal, or any police officer appointed by the Nebraska State Fair Board shall be empowered to arrest, or cause to be arrested, any person or persons engaged in violating section 2-219. He or she may seize, or cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220.01 State and county fairs; carnival companies, booking agencies, and shows; contracts; security required.
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All carnival companies, booking agencies, or shows that enter into any contract with the Nebraska State Fair Board, any county agricultural society, or any county fair board may be required, within thirty days after the execution of the contract, to either deposit cash or a certi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220.02 State and county fairs; carnival companies, booking agencies, and shows; security; action for damages.
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The Nebraska State Fair Board, county agricultural society, or county fair board may bring suit upon the deposit or bond required by section 2-220.01 in the county where such contract was to have been performed to recover any damages sustained by reason of breach of contract or f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220.03 State and county fairs; carnival companies, booking agencies, and shows; security; failure to execute and file; violation; penalty.
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Each officer, owner, or manager of any carnival company, booking agency, or show who willfully fails to cause cash, certified check, or bond to be executed and filed as required by section 2-220.01, or who willfully fails to cause the receipt or certificate to be filed as provide…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-220.04 State and county fairs; carnival companies, booking agencies, and shows; cash deposit; certified check; return; when.
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If cash or certified check is deposited with the Nebraska State Fair Board, a county agricultural society, or a county fair board under section 2-220.01, such deposit shall be returned to the person or company making the deposit within sixty days after the completion of the last …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-221 County fairs; county powers.
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Counties in the State of Nebraska are hereby authorized to establish and maintain county fair boards, to purchase, hold, and improve real estate for the purpose of holding county fairs, to convey the same, to levy and collect taxes for such purposes, and to do all other things ne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-221.01 County fairs; joint fairs; permitted.
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The boards of county agricultural societies and county fair boards of two or more adjoining counties may hold joint fairs at one location. Such authority shall not disturb their right to purchase, hold, and improve real estate for that purpose, to convey the same, to levy and col…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-222 County fair; election to establish.
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Any county may accept the provisions of and proceed under sections 2-221 to 2-231 by resolution duly adopted by the county board. The resolution shall indicate whether the membership of the county fair board to be established under such sections would be elected or appointed purs…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-223 County fair; bonds; special tax.
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In any county accepting the provisions of sections 2-221 to 2-231, an elected county fair board or the county board for an appointed county fair board may propose the issuance of bonds or levy a special tax for the purchase and improvement of real estate for county fair purposes …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-224 County fair board; membership.
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(1) If the membership of the county fair board to be established under sections 2-221 to 2-231 is to be appointed, the county board shall appoint from the residents of the county a county fair board, consisting of nine members who shall in the first instance be appointed as follo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-225 County fair board; officers; employees.
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The county fair board shall select a president, vice president, and treasurer from its own number. The county fair board shall select a county fair secretary who may be a member of the county fair board or may be selected from among other persons. The county fair board may employ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-226 County fair board; expenses of members; compensation of secretary.
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The members of the county fair board, other than the secretary if he or she is selected from the board members, shall receive no pay for their services but shall be paid all necessary expenses. The secretary shall receive such salary payable at such times as the county fair board…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-227 County fair board; rules and regulations; fair management; duties.
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The county fair board may adopt from time to time, and when adopted shall publish, such bylaws, rules and regulations as it may deem necessary, and shall publish a premium list, and shall do all things necessary and proper for the successful management of the fair.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-228 County fair board; report.
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If the county fair board is appointed by the county board, the county fair board shall report in writing to the county board as directed by the county board showing a complete statement and report of its actions. The report shall be kept in the office of the county clerk and shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-229 County fair; tax levy; amount; collection; budget statement.
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(1) During the month of November each year, each appointed county fair board shall prepare and submit to the county board an estimate, itemized as far as possible, of the amount of money which is necessary to be collected by taxation for the support and management of the fair for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-229.01 County fair; additional tax levy; amount.
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Pursuant to a request by an elected county fair board, the county board of any county may levy an additional levy of three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable valuation, or any part thereof, for the purpose of capital construction on and renovation, repai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-230 County fair; county aid; restriction.
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Whenever any county shall have established a county fair under the provisions of sections 2-221 to 2-231, no money shall be paid by the county to any other society or association maintaining a fair within the county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 2-2301 to 2-2321 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Wheat Resources Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2302 Nebraska Wheat Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board; created; members.
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There is hereby established the Nebraska Wheat Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board. Members shall be appointed by the Governor to the board pursuant to section 2-2305.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Wheat Resources Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Board means the Nebraska Wheat Development, Utilization, and Marketing Board; (2) Commercial channels means the sale of wheat for any use when the buyer resells or intends to resell any s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2304 Board; membership; qualifications; appointment; districts enumerated.
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(1) The board shall be composed of seven members who shall (a) be citizens of Nebraska, (b) be at least twenty-one years of age, (c) have been actually engaged in growing wheat in this state for a period of at least five years, and (d) derive a substantial portion of their income…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2305 Board; transitional provisions; vacancy; how filled; term.
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The member serving former district 1 will assume the role of serving new district 1 on February 28, 2002, and his or her term shall expire on June 30, 2004. The member serving former district 2 will assume the role of serving new district 2 on February 28, 2002, and his or her te…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 2-2306 Board; voting members; expenses.
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All voting members of the board shall be entitled to expenses as provided for in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177 while attending meetings of the board or while engaged in the performance of official responsibilities as determined by the board.