Chapter 50 — LEGISLATURE
325 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2003 Public Counsel; established; powers and duties; appointment.
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The office of Public Counsel is hereby established to exercise the authority and perform the duties under the Office of Public Counsel Act. The Public Counsel shall be appointed by the Legislature, with the vote of two-thirds of the members required for approval of such appointme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2004 Public Counsel; qualifications.
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The Public Counsel shall be a person well equipped to analyze problems of law, administration, and public policy and during such person's term of office shall not be actively involved in partisan affairs. No person may serve as Public Counsel within two years of the last day on w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2005 Public Counsel; term; removal; vacancy; salary.
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The Public Counsel shall serve for a term of six years, unless removed for cause as determined by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Legislature or, if the Legislature is not in session, by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Legislative Council. If the office of Public …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2006 Public Counsel; personnel; appointment; compensation; authority.
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(1) The Public Counsel may select, appoint, and compensate as the Public Counsel sees fit, within the amount available by appropriation, such assistants and employees as the Public Counsel deems necessary to discharge the responsibilities under the Office of Public Counsel Act. T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2007 Public Counsel; powers; enumerated.
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The Public Counsel shall have the power to: (1) Investigate, on complaint or on the Public Counsel's own motion, any administrative act of any administrative agency; (2) Prescribe the methods by which complaints are to be made, received, and acted upon; determine the scope and ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2008 Public Counsel; particular administrative acts; review.
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(1) In selecting matters for attention, the Public Counsel shall particularly review an administrative act that might be: (a) Contrary to law or regulation; (b) Unreasonable, unfair, oppressive, or inconsistent with the general course of an administrative agency's judgments; (c) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2009 Public Counsel; complaint; investigation; decision; notify complainant.
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(1) The Public Counsel may receive a complaint from any person concerning an administrative act. The Public Counsel shall conduct a suitable investigation into the things complained of unless the Public Counsel believes that: (a) The complainant has another remedy available which…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-201 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature hereby finds and declares (1) that the Constitution of Nebraska, by expressly providing for the legislative branch of government, implies the powers and the duty to provide the means, accessories, and instrumentalities to carry into effect the purposes for which t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2010 Public Counsel; complaint; conclusion or recommendation; consult with agency or person.
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Before announcing a conclusion or recommendation that expressly or impliedly criticizes an administrative agency or any person, the Public Counsel shall consult with such agency or person.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2011 Public Counsel; agency; information; recommendations.
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(1) If, having considered a complaint and whatever material the Public Counsel deems pertinent, the Public Counsel is of the opinion that an administrative agency should (a) consider the matter further, (b) modify or cancel an administrative act, (c) alter a regulation or ruling,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2012 Public Counsel; conclusions; report; inclusions.
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The Public Counsel may report conclusions and suggestions by transmitting them to the Governor, the Legislature or any of its committees, the press, and others who may be concerned. When publishing an opinion adverse to an administrative agency, the Public Counsel shall include a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2013 Public Counsel; reports; time; contents.
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(1) In addition to whatever reports the Public Counsel may make from time to time, the Public Counsel shall no later than February 15 of each year report to the Clerk of the Legislature and to the Governor concerning the exercise of the Public Counsel's functions during the prece…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2014 Public Counsel; public officer or employee; acted to warrant criminal proceedings; refer to proper authorities.
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If the Public Counsel has reason to believe that any public officer or employee has acted in a manner warranting criminal or disciplinary proceedings, the Public Counsel shall refer the matter to the appropriate authorities.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2015 Public Counsel; proceedings, opinion, expression; not reviewable by court; not subject to testify or produce evidence.
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(1) No proceeding, opinion, or expression of the Public Counsel shall be reviewable in any court. Neither the Public Counsel nor any member of the Public Counsel's staff shall be required to testify or produce evidence in any judicial or administrative proceeding concerning matte…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2016 Violations; penalty; state employee; complaint; effect; witness; agency counsel; powers.
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(1) A person who willfully obstructs or hinders the proper exercise of the Public Counsel's functions, or who willfully misleads or attempts to mislead the Public Counsel's inquiries, shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor. No employee of the State of Nebraska who files a comp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2017 Confidential information or confidential records; sharing; restrictions; grounds for dismissal.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided by law, any confidential information or confidential records shared with the office of Public Counsel shall remain confidential and shall not be shared by an employee of the office with any person who is not an employee of the office, including an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2018 Subpoenas; request of Public Counsel; Executive Board of the Legislative Council; powers and duties; litigation; appeal; fees and expenses.
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(1) At the request of the Public Counsel, the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, by a majority vote, may issue subpoenas in connection with a specific inquiry or investigation undertaken pursuant to the Office of Public Counsel Act to compel the production of records and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-202 Members; expenses allowed; when.
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Each member of the Legislature shall be allowed necessary expenses incurred while performing in the official capacity as a member of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-203 Expenses; Executive Board of the Legislative Council; powers and duties.
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The Executive Board of the Legislative Council shall adopt policies to carry out section 50-202. The policies shall allow each member of the Legislature to receive per diem expenses based upon ordinary and necessary business expenses as permitted by section 162 of the Internal Re…
Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 2026, LB716, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-401 Legislative Council; members; functions.
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There is hereby created a Legislative Council, hereinafter referred to as council, which shall consist of all of the members of the Legislature. It shall be the function of the Legislative Council to consider legislative policies between sessions of the Legislature and carry out …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-401.01 Legislative Council; executive board; members; selection; powers and duties.
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(1) The Legislative Council shall have an executive board, to be known as the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, which shall consist of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and six members of the Legislature, to be chosen by the Legislature at the commencement of each regu…
Repealed. Laws 1986, LB 993, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1986, LB 993, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1995, LB 509, § 8.
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Repealed. Laws 2024, LB908, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-402 Legislative Council; office; duties.
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The Legislative Council shall occupy and maintain offices in the State Capitol. It shall be the duty of the council: (1) To collect information concerning the government and general welfare of the state; (2) To examine the effects of previously enacted statutes and recommend amen…
Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 898, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-404 Legislative Council; executive board; special committees; civil or criminal actions; exempt; when.
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The executive board shall have power and authority to appoint committees of the Legislative Council and assign subjects to them for study and reports. No member of the Legislature shall be liable in any civil or criminal action whatever for words spoken at an authorized committee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-405 Legislative Council; duties; investigations; studies.
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It shall be the duty of the council (1) to investigate and study the possibilities for consolidation in state government for elimination of all unnecessary activities and of all duplication in office personnel and equipment and of the coordination of departmental activities or of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-406 Legislature; power of inquiry; Legislative Council; Legislative Oversight Committee; committees; public hearings; oaths; subpoenas; books and records; examination; litigation; appeal.
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(1) It is within the inherent power of the Legislature, including the Legislative Council, the Legislative Oversight Committee, and any standing committee of the Legislature, to secure needed information in order to legislate, hold hearings, and administer oaths, as the council o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-406.01 Subpoena; renewal; procedure; rules; legislative authority; referencing; not justiciable.
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(1)(a) If a member of the Legislature, the Public Counsel, the Inspector General of Nebraska Child Welfare, the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System, or the Legislative Auditor presents a newly constituted Legislature with a subpoena issued pursuant to section 50…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-407 Legislative Council; committees; subpoenas; enforcement; refusal to testify; procedure.
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(1) In case of disobedience on the part of any person, including a representative of a state agency or political subdivision, to comply with any subpoena issued pursuant to section 50-406 or in case of the refusal of any witness to testify on any matters regarding which the witne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-408 Legislative Council; committees; witnesses; fees.
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Each witness who appears before the Legislative Council, the Legislative Oversight Committee, any standing committee, or any special legislative investigative or oversight committee by subpoena of such council or committee, other than a state officer or employee, shall receive fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-409 Legislative Council; state and local governments; cooperation.
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Each officer, board, commission, or department of state government or any local government shall make such studies for and furnish information to the Legislative Council, including any division established within the Legislative Council, as the council may require and as can be m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-410 Legislative Council; meetings; quorum.
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The council shall meet at least once in each biennium. One meeting of the entire council shall be held at the call of the chairperson of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council not less than thirty nor more than sixty days prior to the next regular session of the Legislatu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-411 Legislative Council; message from Governor.
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The Governor shall have the right to send a message to the session of the council convening next after the adjournment of each session of the Legislature, and may, from time to time, send additional messages containing his recommendations and explaining the policy of the administ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-412 Legislative Council; library facilities; receipt and use of funds.
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The Legislative Council and Legislature shall have access to all library reference facilities maintained by state agencies. The council is authorized to accept and use any funds made available to it through the terms of any cooperative agreement that it may make with any agency w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-413 Legislative Council; minutes of meetings; reports.
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The Legislative Council shall keep complete minutes of its meetings and shall submit electronically periodical reports to the members of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-414 Legislative Council; recommendations; publication.
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The recommendations of the council shall be completed and made public at least thirty days prior to any regular session of the Legislature at which such recommendations are to be submitted. A copy of said recommendations shall be mailed to the address of each member of the Legisl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-415 Legislative Council; members; employees; expenses.
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(1) The members of the council shall be compensated for actual expenses incurred while attending sessions of the council, and the members of any committee of the council shall be compensated for actual expenses incurred while on business of the committee. (2) Employees of the Leg…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-416 Legislative Research Office; Director of Research; powers and duties.
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(1) The Legislative Research Office is established within the Legislative Council. The office shall provide nonpartisan public policy and legal research for members of the Legislature and their staffs and maintain a legislative reference library for the use of members of the Legi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-416.01 Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee; members.
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The Legislature shall select five of its members who shall serve, together with the chairperson of the Appropriations Committee, as the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee. The Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee shall be a standing committee of the Legislature. The chairpers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-417 Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee; public retirement systems; existing or proposed; duties.
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The Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee shall study any legislative proposal, bill, or amendment, other than an amendment proposed by the Committee on Enrollment and Review, affecting any public retirement system, existing or proposed, established by the State of Nebraska or an…
Repealed. Laws 2006, LB 1019, § 23.
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