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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1474.01 Political material; disclaimer requirements; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except for an individual or individuals acting independently utilizing their own personal resources or as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the person who pays for the production, distribution, or posting of a billboard, placard, poster, pamphlet, or other printed m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1474.02 Dissemination of message by telecommunication or electronic means; requirements.
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(1) Any person who makes an expenditure reportable under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act to disseminate by any means of telecommunication a prerecorded message or a recorded message relating to a candidate or ballot question shall include, immediately pre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1474.03 Campaign advertisement; dissemination; applicability; requirements.
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(1) This section applies to any election for the following elective offices: Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, member of the Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, member of the State Board o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1475 Contribution; intermediary or agent of contributor; disclosure; violation; penalty.
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Any person who accepts a contribution, other than by written instrument, on behalf of another and acts as the intermediary or agent of the person from whom the contribution was accepted shall disclose to the recipient of the contribution the intermediary's own name and address an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1476 Lottery contractor; legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that in sponsoring a lottery, the state undertakes a unique enterprise which can succeed only if the public has confidence in the integrity of the lottery and the process by which government decisions relating to the lottery are made. The Legislature finds t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1476.01 Lottery contractor; contributions and expenditures prohibited; penalty.
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(1) A person who is awarded a contract by the Director of the Lottery Division as a lottery contractor for a major procurement as defined in section 9-803 may not make a contribution to or an independent expenditure for a candidate for a state elective office during the term of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1476.02 Lottery contractor contribution; receipt prohibited; penalty.
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(1) No person, including a candidate or candidate committee, shall accept or receive any contribution prohibited by section 49-1476.01. A person who knowingly or intentionally accepts any such contribution shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. (2) Any person, including a ca…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1477 Contributions from persons other than committee; information required; violation; penalty.
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No person shall receive a contribution from a person other than a committee unless, for purposes of the recipient person's record-keeping and reporting requirements, the contribution is accompanied by the name and address of each person who contributed more than one hundred dolla…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1478 Expenditure; limitations; reports required; violations; penalty.
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(1) An expenditure shall not be made, other than for overhead or normal operating expenses, by an agent or an independent contractor, including an advertising agency, on behalf of or for the benefit of a person unless the expenditure is reported by the committee as if the expendi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1478.01 Late independent expenditure; reports required; late filing fee.
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(1) An independent committee, including a separate segregated political fund, which makes a late independent expenditure shall report the expenditure to the commission by filing within two days after the date of the expenditure the committee's full name and street address, the am…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1479 Contributions made for transfer or in behalf of a committee; unlawful; exceptions; penalty.
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(1) Except as provided by subsections (3) and (4) of section 49-1479.01, a contribution shall not be made by a person to another person with the agreement or arrangement that the person receiving the contribution will then transfer that contribution to a particular candidate comm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1479.01 Earmarked contribution; requirements; report; late filing fee; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any contribution by a person made on behalf of or to a candidate or committee, including contributions which are in any way earmarked or otherwise directed to the candidate or committee through an intermediary or agent, shall be considered to be a contribution from the person…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1479.02 Major out-of-state contributor; report; contents; applicability; late filing fee.
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(1) A major out-of-state contributor shall file with the commission an out-of-state contribution report. An out-of-state contribution report shall be filed on a form prescribed by the commission within ten days after the end of the calendar month in which a person becomes a major…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1479.03 Foreign national; ballot question committee; prohibited acts; fines; administrative fees; exception.
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(1) It shall be unlawful for a foreign national, directly or indirectly, to make a contribution to a ballot question committee or for a ballot question committee to solicit, accept, or receive such a contribution. (2) It shall be unlawful for a foreign national to directly or ind…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1480 Lobbyist; registration; application; contents; Chinese military company; disclosure, required; civil penalty.
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(1) Every person employed, retained, or authorized as a lobbyist shall, before commencing any lobbying activity: (a) File an application with the Clerk of the Legislature for registration as a lobbyist, and if the clerk is satisfied that the application has been properly prepared…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1480.01 Application for registration; fee; collection; registration renewal.
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(1) The Clerk of the Legislature shall collect a fee of three hundred dollars for an application for registration by a lobbyist for each principal if the lobbyist receives or will receive compensation for such lobbying. Except as provided by section 49-1434, a lobbyist who receiv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1481 List of registered lobbyists and principals; print in Legislative Journal; additional information; when.
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(1) On the fourth legislative day of each legislative session, the Clerk of the Legislature shall insert the following in the Legislative Journal: (a) A list of the names of all lobbyists whose registration is then in effect; (b) The name of the principal in whose behalf the lobb…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1482 Lobbyists and principals; registration fees; disbursement.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall charge a fee pursuant to section 49-1480.01 for each application for registration by a lobbyist for each principal. Such fees when collected shall be remitted to the State Treasurer. One-half of such fees shall be credited to the Nebraska Accoun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1483 Lobbyist and principal; file separate statements; when; contents.
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(1) Every lobbyist who is registered or required to be registered shall, for each of his or her principals, file electronically a separate statement for each calendar quarter with the Clerk of the Legislature within thirty days after the end of each calendar quarter. Every princi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1483.02 Statement; exemption from filing.
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By rule and regulation, the commission may provide for other criteria for an exemption from the filing of the quarterly statement by lobbyists and principals, pursuant to section 49-1483, if the commission finds all of the following: (1) That strict adherence to the Nebraska Poli…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1483.03 Lobbyist or principal; special report required; when; late filing fee.
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(1) Any lobbyist or principal who receives or expends more than five thousand dollars for lobbying purposes during any calendar month in which the Legislature is in session shall, within fifteen days after the end of such calendar month, file electronically a special report discl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1484 Clerk of the Legislature; refer statements to commission; additional details.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall promptly refer all such statements to the commission which may require the lobbyist or the principal to furnish additional details with respect to the matters which are or should be included in such statements. The Legislature itself may at any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1485 Clerk of the Legislature; furnish summary of lobbyist and principal statements to Legislature and press; public records.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall prepare a summary of the statements filed pursuant to section 49-1483 and, upon request, furnish any member of the Legislature and any member of the press registered with the Legislature a copy of any summary. Each statement shall be public info…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1486 Registration of lobbyists; period valid.
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The registration of a lobbyist shall be valid for a period commencing with the filing of any registration as required by section 49-1480 and ending at the end of the calendar year for which the lobbyist registered unless the registration is renewed as provided by section 49-1480.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1488 Registered lobbyist; statement of activity during regular or special session; when filed.
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Within forty-five days after the completion of every regular or special session of the Legislature, each registered lobbyist shall submit electronically to the Clerk of the Legislature a statement listing the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted, including identification by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1488.01 Statements; late filing fee; reduction or waiver; when.
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(1) Every lobbyist or principal who fails to file a quarterly statement or a statement of activity with the Clerk of the Legislature, pursuant to sections 49-1483 and 49-1488, shall pay to the commission a late filing fee of fifty dollars for each day any of such statements are n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1489 Lobbyist; records and documents; preservation required; available to commission; exception.
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Each lobbyist shall obtain and preserve all accounts, bills, receipts, books, papers, and documents necessary to substantiate the statements required to be made pursuant to section 49-1483 for three years after the report containing those items is filed. These records shall be ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1490 Principal or lobbyist; prohibited acts relating to gifts; penalty.
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(1) No principal, lobbyist, or person acting on behalf of either shall within one calendar month give any gifts with an aggregate value of more than fifty dollars to the following: (a) An official or a member of the official's staff in the executive branch of state government; (b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1491 Principal, lobbyist, or person acting on behalf of either; false or misleading statements to public officials; prohibited.
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A principal, lobbyist, or anyone acting on behalf of either, shall not knowingly or willfully make any false or misleading statement or misrepresentation of fact to any public official in the executive or legislative branch of state government.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1492 Lobbying; prohibited practices; violation; penalty.
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(1) No person shall be employed as a lobbyist for compensation contingent in any manner upon the outcome of an administrative or legislative action. (2) No person shall instigate the introduction of legislation for the purpose of obtaining employment in opposition thereto. (3) No…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1492.01 Agency, political subdivision, or publicly funded postsecondary educational institution; gifts; reporting requirements; violations; penalty.
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(1) Any agency, political subdivision, or publicly funded postsecondary educational institution which gives a gift of an admission to a state-owned facility or a state-sponsored industry or event to a public official, a member of a public official's staff, or a member of the imme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1492.02 Chinese military company; consultant; filing and disclosure; required, when; civil penalty.
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(1) Every person employed, retained, or authorized as a consultant for a Chinese military company shall, before commencing any influencing activity in Nebraska for such Chinese military company: (a) File with the commission, on a form prescribed by the commission, information tha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1493 Individuals required to file a statement of financial interests.
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The individuals listed in subdivisions (1) through (13) of this section shall file with the commission a statement of financial interests as provided in sections 49-1496 and 49-1497 for the preceding calendar year on or before March 1 of each year in which such individual holds s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1494 Candidates for elective office; statement of financial interest; filing; time.
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(1) An individual who files to appear on the ballot for election to an elective office specified in section 49-1493 shall file a statement of financial interests for the preceding calendar year with the commission as provided in this section. (2) Candidates for the elective offic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1495 Individuals appointed to office; statement of financial interests; filing; time; where; public information.
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An individual appointed to an office specified in section 49-1493 shall, before assuming duties, file a statement for the preceding calendar year with the commission. When confirmation is required, the individual shall file a statement of financial interests for the preceding cal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1496 Statement of financial interests; form; contents; enumerated.
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(1) The statement of financial interests filed pursuant to sections 49-1493 to 49-14,104 shall be on a form prescribed by the commission. (2) Individuals required to file under sections 49-1493 to 49-1495 shall file the following information for themselves: (a) The name and addre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1497 Financial institution, defined; irrevocable trust; how treated.
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(1) For purposes of section 49-1496, financial institution means: (a) A bank or banking corporation as defined in section 8-101.03; (b) A federal bank or branch bank; (c) An insurance company providing a loan on an insurance policy; (d) A small loan company; (e) A state or federa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1498 Members of a nonelective governmental body or of a committee or subcommittee of a governmental body; no financial interest in matters before body; exception.
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Unless otherwise provided by law, the majority of the members of a nonelective governmental body, or of a committee or subcommittee of a governmental body, whether that body is elective or not, shall not have a financial interest, either personally or through a member of their im…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499 Legislature; discharge of official duties; potential conflict; actions required.
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(1) A member of the Legislature who would be required to take any action or make any decision in the discharge of his or her official duties that may cause financial benefit or detriment to him or her, a member of his or her immediate family, or a business with which he or she is…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.02 Executive branch; discharge of official duties; potential conflict; actions required.
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(1) An official or employee of the executive branch of state government who would be required to take any action or make any decision in the discharge of his or her official duties that may cause financial benefit or detriment to him or her, a member of his or her immediate famil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.03 Political subdivision; public official or employee; discharge of official duties; potential conflict; actions required; applicability.
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(1)(a) An official of a political subdivision designated in section 49-1493 who would be required to take any action or make any decision in the discharge of his or her official duties that may cause financial benefit or detriment to him or her, a member of his or her immediate f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.04 Political subdivision; employment of family member; when; exception.
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(1) An official or employee of a political subdivision may employ or recommend or supervise the employment of an immediate family member if (a) he or she does not abuse his or her official position as described in section 49-1499.05, (b) he or she makes a full disclosure on the r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.05 Official or employee; abuse of official position.
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An official or employee shall not abuse his or her official position. Abuse of an official position includes, but is not limited to, employing an immediate family member (1) who is not qualified for and able to perform the duties of the position, (2) for any unreasonably high sal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.06 Nebraska Environmental Trust Board; abstention; when.
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Any member of the Nebraska Environmental Trust Board who is also a director of a state agency shall abstain from voting on applications pursuant to the Nebraska Environmental Trust Act which would provide funding primarily to his or her agency.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1499.07 Executive branch; nepotism prohibited; restrictions on supervisors; legislative intent for legislative branch and judicial branch.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Family member means an individual who is the spouse, child, parent, brother, sister, grandchild, or grandparent, by blood, marriage, or adoption, of an official or employee in the executive branch of state government; (b) Nepotism means the a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1701 Constitution of Nebraska; Revisor of Statutes; duties; Secretary of State; review; Clerk of the Legislature; duties.
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(1) Following each statewide election at which an amendment to the Constitution of Nebraska is adopted, the Revisor of Statutes shall compile an updated copy of the Constitution of Nebraska, showing all sections as they exist at that time and including notes after the end of each…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1801 Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act, how cited.
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Sections 49-1801 to 49-1807 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1802 Definitions.
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In the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act: (1) Boundaries of the United States means the geographic boundaries of the United States, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. (2) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1803 Applicability.
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The Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act applies to an unsworn declaration by a declarant who at the time of making the declaration is physically located outside the boundaries of the United States whether or not the location is subject to the jurisdiction of the United State…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1804 Validity of unsworn declaration.
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(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b) of this section, if a law of this state requires or permits use of a sworn declaration, an unsworn declaration meeting the requirements of the Uniform Unsworn Foreign Declarations Act has the same effect as a sworn declaration. (…