Chapter 50, LEGISLATURE
184 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-101 Members; credentials; filing; officers pro tempore.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall file the certificates presented by members, and make a roll of the members who thus appear to be elected. The persons thus appearing to be elected members shall proceed to elect such other officers as may be required for the time being.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-102 Members; credentials committee; report; when waived.
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(1) When the Legislature is temporarily organized it shall elect a committee of five by ballot, which committee shall examine and report upon the credentials of those claiming to be elected members, and, when such report is made, those reported as elected shall proceed to the per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-103 Oaths; members may administer.
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Any member may administer oaths in the Legislature, and while acting on a committee may administer oaths on the business of such committee.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-104 Speech; legislative privilege.
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No member of the Legislature shall be questioned in any other place for any speech or words spoken in debate in the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-105 Contempt, defined; punishment.
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The Legislature has power and authority to punish as a contempt by fine or imprisonment, or either of them, the offense of knowingly arresting a member in violation of his privilege; of assaulting or threatening to assault a member, or threatening to do him any harm, in person or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-106 Contempt; imprisonment; maximum sentence.
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Imprisonment for contempt of the Legislature shall not be for more than six hours, and shall be in the jail of the county in which the Legislature may be sitting.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-107 Contempt; maximum fine.
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Should a fine be imposed for any offense mentioned in section 50-105, it shall not exceed fifty dollars.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-108 Contempt; fines and imprisonment; how effected.
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Fines and imprisonment shall be only by virtue of an order of the Legislature, entered on its journal stating the grounds therefor. Imprisonment shall be effected by a warrant, under the hand of the presiding officer for the time being, countersigned by the Clerk of the Legislatu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-109 Contempt; fines; collection.
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Fines shall be collected by virtue of a similar warrant, directed to any proper officer of the county in which the offender has property, and executed in the same manner as executions for fines issued by courts of justice, and the proceeds shall be paid into the state treasury.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-110 Contempt; punishment; effect on other proceedings.
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Punishment for contempt, as provided in sections 50-105 to 50-109, is no bar to any other proceedings, civil or criminal, for the same offense.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-111 Legislature; officers; how selected.
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The officers of the Legislature shall consist of a speaker, chief clerk, assistant clerk, sergeant at arms, and such other officers as may be deemed necessary for the proper transaction of business, to be elected by the Legislature upon the recommendation of the Executive Board o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-112 Officers and employees; salaries; how fixed.
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There shall be paid to each of the several officers, except the speaker, named in section 50-111 for their official services such salaries as shall be fixed by the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, unless otherwise directed by the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-113 Presiding officer; duties.
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It shall be the duty of the presiding officer of the Legislature to preside over the Legislature, to keep and maintain order during the session thereof, and to do and perform the duties devolving on him by general parliamentary usage, and the rules adopted by the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114 Clerk; duties; official records of the Legislature; audio and video recordings; restrictions on use.
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(1) It shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Legislature to attend the sessions of the Legislature, to call the roll, to read the journals, bills, memorials, resolutions, petitions, and all other papers or documents necessary to be read in the Legislature, to keep a correct journ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114.01 Clerk; daily journal; prepare; compile after session.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall prepare a daily journal of the proceedings of the Legislature. The Legislative Journal shall be compiled by the clerk after each regular session of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114.02 Clerk; charges; authorized.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall be authorized to make such charges, subject to the approval of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, to recover costs and expenses of (1) copying files and records in the clerk's possession, (2) preparing certificates, (3) handling and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114.03 Clerk; reports; list; distribution; establish requirements for reports.
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(1) The Clerk of the Legislature shall periodically prepare and distribute electronically to all members of the Legislature a list of all reports received from state agencies, boards, and commissions. Such lists shall be prepared and distributed to each legislator no less frequen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114.04 Clerk; reports; period retained.
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The Clerk of the Legislature shall retain the reports received from state agencies, boards, and commissions for three years after the date of receipt of such reports after which time the clerk may dispose of such reports.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-114.05 Clerk of the Legislature Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Clerk of the Legislature Cash Fund is hereby created. The fund shall consist of funds received by the Clerk of the Legislature pursuant to sections 49-1480.01 and 49-1482. The fund shall be used by the Clerk of the Legislature to perform the duties required by sections 49-148…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-115 Assistant clerk; duties.
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The assistant clerk shall be under the control and direction of the Clerk of the Legislature, and shall assist him in the proper discharge of his duties, and shall do and perform such other service as may be directed by the Legislature or by the Executive Board of the Legislative…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1153 Legislative districts; division; population figures and maps; basis; numbers; boundaries; established by maps; Clerk of Legislature; Secretary of State; duties.
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(1) The State of Nebraska is hereby divided into forty-nine legislative districts. Each district shall be entitled to one member in the Legislature. The Legislature adopts the official population figures and maps from the 2020 Census Redistricting (Public Law 94-171) TIGER/Line S…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1154 Legislative districts; change; when operative.
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The changes made to this section and section 50-1153 by Laws 2021, LB3, One Hundred Seventh Legislature, First Special Session, shall become operative on October 1, 2021. The members of the Legislature from the even-numbered districts shall be nominated at the primary election in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-116 Sergeant at arms; duties; display of state banner.
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It shall be the duty of the sergeant at arms to enforce the attendance of absent members, when directed properly so to do; to arrest all members or other persons, when lawfully authorized so to do; to keep and preserve order during the sessions of the Legislature; to convey to th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-117 Digital Internet archive of closed-captioned video coverage of the Legislature; policies and procedures; requirements.
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(1) The Legislative Council, through the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, shall develop and maintain a publicly accessible, digital Internet archive of closed-captioned video coverage of the Legislature, including floor debate and public committee hearings indexed by l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 50-1201 to 50-1216 shall be known and may be cited as the Legislative Performance Audit Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1202 Legislative findings and declarations; purpose of act.
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(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that pursuant to section 50-402 it is the duty of the Legislative Council to do independent assessments of the performance of state government organizations, programs, activities, and functions in order to provide information to impro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1203 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Legislative Performance Audit Act: (1) Agency means any department, board, commission, or other governmental unit of the State of Nebraska acting or purporting to act by reason of connection with the State of Nebraska, including the Office of Probation Adminis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1204 Legislative Audit Office; established; Legislative Auditor; duties.
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(1) The Legislative Audit Office is established within the Division of Legislative Oversight. The office shall conduct performance audits. The Legislative Auditor shall be appointed by the Director of Legislative Oversight with approval from the chairperson of the Executive Board…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1205 Committee; duties.
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The committee shall: (1) Adopt, by majority vote, procedures consistent with the Legislative Performance Audit Act to govern the business of the committee and the conduct of performance audits; (2) Ensure that performance audits undertaken by the office are not undertaken based o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1205.01 Performance audits; standards.
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(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, performance audits done under the terms of the Legislative Performance Audit Act shall be conducted in accordance with the generally accepted government auditing standards for performance audits contained in the G…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1206 Performance audits; tax incentive performance audit; how initiated; procedure.
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(1) Requests for performance audits may be made by the Governor, any other constitutional officer of the State of Nebraska, any member of the Legislature, the Director of Legislative Oversight, the Legislative Auditor, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, or the Director of Research o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1207 Performance audits; criteria.
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The committee may develop criteria to be used to screen requests for performance audits. The committee shall consult with the Legislative Auditor in the application of the screening criteria.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1208 Performance audit; committee; duties; office; duties.
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(1) The committee shall, by majority vote, adopt requests for performance audit. The committee chairperson shall notify each requester of any action taken on his or her request. (2) Before the office begins a performance audit, it shall notify in writing the agency director, the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1209 Tax incentive performance audits; schedule; contents.
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(1) Tax incentive performance audits shall be conducted by the office pursuant to this section on the following tax incentive programs: (a) The Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act; (b) The ImagiNE Nebraska Act; (c) The Nebraska Advantage Microenterprise Tax Credit Act; (d) The Nebras…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1210 Report of findings and recommendations; distribution; confidentiality; agency response.
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(1)(a) Upon completion of a performance audit, the office shall prepare a report of its findings and recommendations for action. Except as provided in subdivision (b) of this subsection, the Legislative Auditor shall provide the office's report concurrently to the committee, Dire…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1211 Committee; review materials; reports; public hearing; procedure.
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(1) The committee shall review the office's report, the agency's response, the Legislative Auditor's summary of the agency's response, and the Legislative Fiscal Analyst's opinion prescribed in section 50-1210. The committee may amend and shall adopt or reject each recommendation…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1212 Written implementation plan; duties.
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(1) Within forty business days following the release of the audit report, the agency shall provide to the committee a written implementation plan describing the action planned and timeframe for accomplishment of each of the recommendations contained in the audit report, except th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1213 Office; access to information and records; agency duties; prohibited acts; grounds for dismissal; proceedings; not reviewable by court; committee or office employee; privilege; working papers; not public records.
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(1) The office shall have access to any and all information and records, confidential or otherwise, of any agency, in whatever form they may be, including, but not limited to, direct access to all agency databases containing relevant program information or data, unless the office…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1214 Names not included in documents, when; state employee; how treated; prohibited act; violation; penalty.
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(1) By majority vote, the committee may decide not to include in any document that will be a public record the names of persons providing information to the office or committee. (2) No employee of the State of Nebraska who provides information to the committee or office shall be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1215 Violations; penalty.
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Any person who willfully fails to comply with the provisions of section 50-1213 or who otherwise willfully obstructs or hinders the conduct of a performance audit or preaudit inquiry or who willfully misleads or attempts to mislead any person charged with the duty of conducting a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1216 Subpoenas; request of Legislative Auditor; Legislative Oversight Committee; powers and duties; litigation; appeal; fees and expenses; witness; counsel.
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(1) At the request of the Legislative Auditor, and after receiving prior approval by a majority vote of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the committee may issue subpoenas in connection with a performance audit being conducted by the office to compel the production …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-123.01 Members; salary.
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Each member of the Legislature shall receive a salary in an amount equal to the maximum authorized by the Constitution of Nebraska. Such salary shall be paid in equal monthly installments.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-125 Legislature; special session; how convened; notice.
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Whenever ten or more members of the Legislature shall lodge with the Secretary of State a positive statement in writing, over their signatures respectively, setting forth the purpose or purposes for which said Legislature is convened, requesting that the Legislature meet in speci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-126 Legislature; convening; failure of Secretary of State or Governor to act; penalty.
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Any Secretary of State or any Governor who shall refuse or neglect punctually to perform the duties enjoined upon them or either of them, by section 50-125, shall be deemed guilty of an act of malfeasance which works a forfeiture of office. Upon complaint of any legislator or ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-128 Legislature; make appropriations.
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Beginning in 1987, the Legislature shall make appropriations for the expenses of state government during the regular session held in each odd-numbered year for the biennium beginning July 1 of such year and ending June 30 of the next succeeding odd-numbered year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1301 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds that state government actions have produced an increase in the numbers of boards, commissions, and similar entities that support, advise, direct, or administer various state programs. The process has evolved without sufficient legislative and executive overs…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1302 Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee; report.
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(1) Every four years, beginning in 2008, the Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee of the Legislature shall prepare and publish a report pertaining to boards, commissions, and similar entities created by law that are made part of or are placed in the executive branc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1303 Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee; conduct evaluation.
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(1) The Government, Military and Veterans Affairs Committee of the Legislature may randomly select and conduct an evaluation of any board, commission, or similar entity. An evaluation conducted by the committee shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a) A review of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1304 Duty to furnish information; subpoenas; report and evaluation assistance.
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(1) All agencies, boards, commissions, and departments of the state shall furnish such information, reports, aid, services, and assistance as may be requested by any standing committee of the Legislature in the performance of its duties. A standing committee may issue subpoenas a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-1401 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) State government has significant challenges to face. An ever-changing global economy, an aging population, outmigration of educated young people, and constantly expanding needs for services, among other issues, require that the Legisla…