Chapter 49 — LAW
420 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1423 Gift, defined.
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Gift shall mean a payment, subscription, advance, forbearance, rendering, or deposit of money, services, or anything of value, unless consideration of equal or greater value is given therefor. Gift shall not include a campaign contribution otherwise reported as required by law, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1424 Government body, defined.
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Government body shall mean an authority, department, commission, committee, council, board, bureau, division, office, legislative body, or other agency in the executive, legislative, or judicial branch of state government or of one or more political subdivisions thereof or a scho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1425 Immediate family, defined.
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Immediate family shall mean a child residing in an individual's household, a spouse of an individual, or an individual claimed by that individual or that individual's spouse as a dependent for federal income tax purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1426 Income, defined.
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Income shall mean any money or thing of value received, or to be received as a claim on future services, whether in the form of a fee, salary, expense, allowance, forbearance, forgiveness, interest, dividend, royalty, rent, capital gain, or any other form of recompense then const…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1427 Independent committee, defined.
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Independent committee shall mean a committee other than a candidate, ballot question, or political party committee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1428 Independent expenditure, defined.
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Independent expenditure shall mean an expenditure as defined in section 49-1419 by a person if the expenditure is not made at the direction of, under the control of, or with the cooperation of another person and if the expenditure is not a contribution to a committee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1429 Influencing, defined.
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Influencing shall mean promoting, supporting, affecting, modifying, opposing, or delaying by any means, including the providing of or use of information, statistics, studies, or analyses.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1430 In-kind contribution or expenditure, defined.
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In-kind contribution or expenditure shall mean a contribution as defined in section 49-1415 or expenditure as defined in subsections (1), (2), and (3) of section 49-1419, other than money.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1431 Legislative action, defined.
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Legislative action shall mean introduction, sponsorship, support, opposition, consideration, debate, voting, passage, defeat, approval, veto, delay, or an official action by an official in the executive branch or an official in the legislative branch on a bill, resolution, amendm…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1432 Loan, defined.
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Loan shall mean a transfer of money, property, or anything of ascertainable monetary value in exchange for an obligation, conditional or not, to repay in whole or part.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1433 Lobbying, defined.
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Lobbying shall mean the practice of promoting or opposing for another person, as defined in section 49-1438, the introduction or enactment of legislation or resolutions before the Legislature or the committees or the members thereof, and shall also include the practice of promoti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1433.01 Major out-of-state contributor, defined.
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Major out-of-state contributor means a corporation, union, industry association, trade association, or professional association which is not organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska and which makes contributions or expenditures totaling more than ten thousand dollars in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1434 Principal, lobbyist, defined.
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(1) Principal means a person who authorizes a lobbyist to lobby in behalf of that principal. (2) Lobbyist means a person who is authorized to lobby on behalf of a principal and includes an officer, agent, attorney, or employee of the principal whose regular duties include lobbyin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1435 Nonministerial, defined.
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Nonministerial shall mean an action other than an action which a person performs in a prescribed manner under prescribed circumstances in obedience to the mandate of legal authority, without the exercise of personal judgment regarding whether to take the action.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1436 Official in the executive branch, defined.
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Official in the executive branch shall mean an official holding a state executive office as provided in Article IV, Constitution of Nebraska, including Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Tax Commission…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1437 Official in the legislative branch, defined.
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Official in the legislative branch shall mean a member or member-elect of the Legislature, a member of an official body established by and responsible to the Legislature, or employee thereof other than an individual employed by the state in a clerical or nonpolicymaking capacity.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1438 Person, defined.
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Person shall mean a business, individual, proprietorship, firm, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, syndicate, business trust, labor organization, company, corporation, association, committee, or other organization or group of persons acting jointly.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1439 Political merchandise, defined.
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Political merchandise shall mean goods such as bumper stickers, pins, hats, beverages, literature, or other items sold by a person at a fundraiser or to the general public for publicity or for the purpose of raising funds to be used in supporting or opposing a candidate for nomin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1440 Political party, defined.
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Political party shall mean a political party which has a right under law to have the names of its candidates listed on the ballot in a general election.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1441 Political party committee, defined.
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Political party committee shall mean a state central, district, or county committee of a political party which is a committee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1441.01 Preliminary activity, defined.
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Preliminary activity includes conducting a poll or focus group, drafting proposed language, making telephone calls, sending or receiving electronic mail, and traveling in connection with a ballot question.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1442 Public employee, defined.
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Public employee shall mean an employee of the state or a political subdivision thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1443 Public official, defined.
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Public official shall mean an official in the executive branch, an official in the legislative branch, or an elected or appointed official in the judicial branch of the state government or a political subdivision thereof; any elected or appointed member of a school board; and an …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1443.01 Relative, defined.
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Relative shall mean any person related to another by blood or marriage to the third degree of consanguinity, including a foster parent, foster child, stepparent, stepchild, and adopted children and their adoptive parents.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1444 State elective office, defined.
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State elective office shall mean the office of Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Auditor of Public Accounts, State Treasurer, Attorney General, member of a board or commission with one or more election districts of more than one county, and member of the Legislat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1445 Candidate for office; candidate committee; slate or team; committee; when formed; violation; penalty.
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(1) A candidate shall form a candidate committee upon raising, receiving, or expending more than five thousand dollars in a calendar year. (2) A candidate committee may consist of one member with the candidate being the member. (3) A person who is a candidate for more than one of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1446 Committee; treasurer; depository account; contributions and expenditures; requirements; reports; commingling funds; violations; penalty.
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(1) Each committee shall have a treasurer who is a qualified elector of this state. A candidate may appoint himself or herself as the candidate committee treasurer. (2) Each committee shall designate one account in a financial institution in this state as an official depository f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1446.01 Committee; certain expenditure of funds authorized.
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(1) No committee, other than a political party committee, may expend funds except to make an expenditure, as defined in subsection (1), (2), or (3) of section 49-1419, or as provided in section 49-1446.03 or 49-1469.06. (2) A candidate committee of an officeholder may make expend…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1446.02 Committee; certain expenditure of funds; prohibited.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, no committee shall expend funds for the purchase or payment of: (1) Clothes or medical or dental expenses of a candidate or the members of his or her immediate family; (2) Installment…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1446.03 Committee; expenditure of funds; authorized.
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Except as otherwise provided in the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, any committee may, in addition to the expenditures set forth in section 49-1446.01, make expenditures for: (1) The necessary continued operation of the campaign office or offices of the cand…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1446.04 Candidate committee; loans; restrictions; civil penalty.
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(1) A candidate committee shall not accept more than fifteen thousand dollars in loans prior to or during the first thirty days after formation of the candidate committee. (2) After the thirty-day period and until the end of the term of the office to which the candidate sought no…
Repealed. Laws 2001, LB 242, § 27.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 49-1474.02.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1447 Committee treasurer; statements or reports; duties; committee records; violation; penalty.
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(1) The committee treasurer shall keep detailed accounts, records, bills, and receipts necessary to substantiate the information contained in a statement or report filed pursuant to sections 49-1445 to 49-1479.02 or rules and regulations adopted and promulgated under the Nebraska…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1448 Commission; rules; purpose.
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The commission shall promulgate rules for the withdrawal of funds from a committee account for petty cash expenditures and for keeping records of the withdrawals.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1449 Committee; statement of organization; filing; procedure; late filing fees.
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(1) Each committee shall file a statement of organization pursuant to this section and pay a registration fee pursuant to section 49-1449.01 with the commission. Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, such statement of organization shall be filed and fee paid withi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1449.01 Committee; statement of organization; registration fee; failure to perfect filing; effect.
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(1) At the time that each committee files its statement of organization pursuant to section 49-1449, the committee shall pay to the commission a registration fee of one hundred fifty dollars. The filing of a statement of organization is not perfected unless accompanied by the reg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1450 Committee; statement of organization; contents, enumerated.
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The statement of organization required by section 49-1449 shall include the following information: (1) The name, street address, and telephone number, if any, of the committee. The committee address may be the home address of the candidate or treasurer of the committee; (2) The n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1451 Statement of organization; change; late filing fee.
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When any of the information required in a statement of organization is changed, such change shall be reported when the next campaign statement is required to be filed. Any person who fails to report a change to the commission under this section shall pay to the commission a late …
Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 230, § 4.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1453 Committee; dissolution; procedure.
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(1) A committee may be dissolved by the filing of a statement of dissolution with the commission, the payment of all fees, penalties, and interest which may be owed, and complying with the rules and regulations of the commission for dissolution of committees. Except as otherwise …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1454 Committee; campaign statement; filing; period covered.
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Any committee which supports or opposes a candidate or the qualification, passage, or defeat of a ballot question shall file a legibly printed or typed campaign statement pursuant to sections 49-1459 and 49-1461. The period covered by a campaign statement is the period beginning …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1455 Committee campaign statement; contents.
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(1) The campaign statement of a committee, other than a political party committee, shall contain the following information: (a) The filing committee's name, address, and telephone number and the full name, residential and business addresses, and telephone numbers of its committee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1456 Committee account; income; how treated; loans.
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(1) Any income received by a committee on an account consisting of funds or property belonging to the committee shall not be considered a contribution to the committee but shall be reported as income. Any interest paid by a committee shall be reported as an expenditure. (2) A loa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1457 Political party committee; campaign statement; contents, enumerated; contribution and expenditure information.
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(1) The campaign statement filed by a political party committee shall contain the following information: (a) The full name and street address of each person from whom contributions totaling more than two hundred fifty dollars in value are received in a calendar year, the amount, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1458 Late contribution; how reported; late filing fee.
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(1) A committee which receives a late contribution shall report the contribution to the commission by filing a report within two days after the date of its receipt. The report may be filed by hand delivery, facsimile transmission, express delivery service, or any other written me…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1459 Campaign statements; filing schedule; statement of exemption.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, campaign statements as required by the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act shall be filed according to the following schedule: (a) A first preelection campaign statement shall be filed not later than the t…
Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 230, § 4.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1461 Ballot question committee; campaign statement; filing dates; certification by committee's treasurer; required.
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(1) In addition to the campaign statements required to be filed pursuant to sections 49-1459 and 49-1462, a ballot question committee shall file a campaign statement as required by the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act according to the following schedule: (a) T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 49-1461.01 Ballot question committee; surety bond; requirements; violations; penalty.
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(1) A ballot question committee shall file with the commission a surety bond running in favor of the State of Nebraska with surety by a corporate bonding company authorized to do business in this state and conditioned upon the payment of all fees, penalties, and interest which ma…