Chapter 51, LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
90 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-415 Official list of publications; publish; contents.
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The Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse shall publish and distribute regularly to contracting depository libraries, other libraries, state agencies and legislators, an official list of state publications with an annual cumulation. The official list shall provide a record of each …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-416 Current state publications; furnish.
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Upon request by the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, records officers of state agencies shall furnish the clearinghouse with a complete list of their current state publications.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-417 Distribution of state publications; restriction.
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The Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse shall not engage in general public distribution of either state publications or lists of publications. Sections 51-411 to 51-418 shall not affect the distribution of state publications distributed by state agencies, except that the agencies…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-418 Interlibrary loan service; provide.
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The Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse shall provide access to local, state, federal and other governmental publications to state agencies and legislators and through interlibrary loan service to citizens of the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-501 Museums; local governmental subdivisions; establishment; tax levy; limitation; authorization by election; discontinuance.
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(1) The city council of any city, the board of trustees of any incorporated village, the county board of any county, and the electors of any township at their annual town meeting shall have the power to establish a museum for the use of the inhabitants of such city, village, coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-502 Museums; city or village; establishment; museum board; members; terms; vacancy, how filled.
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A city or village may establish and maintain a museum pursuant to sections 51-501 to 51-513 when approved by at least fifty-one percent of the votes cast at the election by the electors of the city or village voting on the proposition. Notwithstanding the provisions of any home r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-503 Museums; county or township; establishment; museum board; members; terms; vacancies, how filled; compensation.
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When the electors of any county or of any township shall have voted to establish and maintain a museum, the county board of such county or the township board of such township shall appoint a museum board of not less than five but not more than nine members, no member of which sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-504 Museums; trustees; officers; appointment; meetings; quorum.
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The trustees of any city, village, county, or township museum shall immediately after their appointment meet and organize by electing from their number a president, secretary and such other officers as may be necessary. Three members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-505 Museums; board; powers.
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The museum board shall have the power to make and adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own guidance and for the government of the museum as it may deem expedient and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 51-501 to 51-512. The board shall have power to empl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-506 Museums; board; finances; care of building.
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The museum board shall have exclusive control of expenditures, of all money collected or donated to the credit of the museum fund, of the renting or construction of a museum building and the supervision, care, and custody of the grounds, rooms, or buildings constructed, leased, o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-507 Museums; funds; disbursement; acquisition from private sources; kept separate and apart; manner of disbursement.
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All taxes levied or collected shall be kept for the use of the museum, separate and apart from other funds of the city, village, county, or township. They shall be drawn upon and paid out by the treasurer of such city, village, county, or township upon vouchers signed by the pres…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-508 Museums; public use; admission charges; rules and regulations.
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Every museum supported by public tax shall be open to the use of the public, subject to such reasonable regulations and admission charges as the museum board may adopt to render such museum of the greatest use to the public. The board may exclude from the use of the museum any pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-509 Museums; board; report; contents.
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Except where a contract is entered into for the use of a museum already established, the museum board shall, on or before the second Monday in June in each year, make a report to the city council, village board, or to the county or township board as to the condition of its trust …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-510 Museums; gifts and devises; title in trust; revenue bonds; payment.
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Any person may make gifts or devises of money, lands, or other property to or for the benefit of any public museum. The title to property so donated or devised may be made to and shall vest in the museum board of such museum and their successors in office, and the board shall the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-511 Museum; conveyance of real estate or other property; procedure; applicability of section.
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The museum board may, by resolution of the majority of the board, direct the sale, conveyance, or disposition of any real estate or other property owned by the museum board or by the museum upon such terms and conditions as the museum board deems in the best interest of the museu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-512 Museums; property; exempt from execution and taxation.
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The property of any public museum, including the museum property of a contracting party set forth in a contract with a city or village for the use of a museum already established, shall be exempt from execution and taxation, as is other public property.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-513 Museums; revenue bonds; purpose; issuance; payable; sale; refunding.
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The city council of any city, the board of trustees of any incorporated village, the county board of any county and the electors of any township at their annual town meeting, who have established a museum pursuant to the provisions of sections 51-501 to 51-503, shall have the pow…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 51-701 to 51-712 shall be known and may be cited as the Museum Property Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-702 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Museum Property Act: (1) Claimant means a person who files a notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum as provided in section 51-706; (2) Claimant's address means the most recent address as shown on a notice of intent to preserve…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-703 Notice; contents.
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(1) In addition to any other information prescribed for a particular notice, each notice given to the lender or claimant pursuant to the Museum Property Act shall contain the following information: (a) The lender's or claimant's name as appropriate; (b) The lender's last-known ad…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-704 Acquisition of title to loaned property; when.
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Subject to any existing security interest in the property, a museum may acquire title to property on permanent loan or loaned for a specified term that has expired if: (1) The museum gives written notice that the museum is terminating the loan of the property; (2) The notice that…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-705 Acquisition of title to undocumented property; when.
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Subject to any existing security interest in the property, a museum may acquire title to undocumented property held by the museum for at least seven years as follows: (1) The museum must give notice as provided in subsection (3) of section 51-703 that the museum is asserting titl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-706 Preservation of interest in loaned property; notice; contents.
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(1) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in property on loan to a museum filed pursuant to the Museum Property Act shall be in writing and contain all of the following information: (a) A description of the property adequate to enable the museum to identify the property; (b)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-707 Conservation measures; authorized; effect.
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(1) Unless there is a written loan agreement to the contrary, a museum may apply conservation measures to loaned property if immediate action is required to protect the property on loan or to protect other property in the custody of the museum, or the property on loan has become …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-708 Limitation of actions; liability.
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(1) An action shall not be brought against a museum for damages because of injury to or loss of property loaned to the museum more than one year from the date the museum gives the lender or claimant notice of the injury or loss or ten years from the date of the injury or loss, wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-709 Obligations to lender or claimant.
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In order to take title pursuant to the Museum Property Act, a museum has the following obligations to a lender or claimant: (1) The museum shall retain all written records regarding the property for at least twenty-five years after the date of taking title pursuant to the act; (2…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-710 Records; maintenance and retention.
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Beginning on July 19, 1996, a museum shall at a minimum maintain and retain the following records, either as originals or accurate copies, for a period of not less than twenty-five years: (1) A notice of intent to preserve an interest in property, if any; (2) The loan agreement, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-711 Lender or claimant; duty to notify museum; when.
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(1) The lender or claimant of property on loan to a museum shall notify the museum of a change of address or change in ownership of the property. Failure to notify the museum of these changes may result in the lender's or claimant's loss of rights in the property. (2) The lender …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-712 Death of owner of property; effect.
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Loaned property in the possession of a museum at the time of the owner's death which would otherwise escheat to the state shall not so escheat but shall become the property of the museum to which it is loaned.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-801 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds and declares that public libraries are vital to the quality of life in Nebraska communities and that public libraries provide access to information resources for the personal, educational, and vocational needs of the citizens. The Legislature further finds t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-802 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 51-801 to 51-811: (1) Basic public library services includes, but is not limited to, free loan of circulating print and nonprint materials from the local collection and general reference and information services; (2) Local governing authority means the go…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-803 Intracounty public library federation; establishment; board; members; terms; expenses.
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(1) Upon the request of two or more local governing authorities within a county, the county board may establish a public library federation. (2) The county board shall appoint seven residents of the county to the public library federation board. At least four members of the publi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-804 Intercounty public library federation; establishment; board; members; terms; expenses.
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(1) Upon the request of two or more local governing authorities within each of two or more adjoining counties, the county boards may jointly establish a public library federation. (2) Each county board shall appoint two residents of the county to the public library federation boa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-805 Public library federation board; powers and duties.
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(1) The public library federation board shall be responsible for the general governance of the public library federation, but affiliated libraries shall retain governance of all aspects of local library operations. The board shall make and adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-806 Public library federation fund; establishment.
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Upon the establishment of a public library federation and a public library federation board, each participating county board shall establish a public library federation fund to be supported from the general fund of each participating local governing authority or from a public lib…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-807 Affiliation with federation.
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The local governing authority of each existing public library within a county participating in a public library federation shall either choose to affiliate with the federation or shall choose to exempt itself from the federation. A county, city, village, or township public librar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-808 Annual report.
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The public library federation board shall submit an annual report of activities and operations to the Nebraska Library Commission and to the participating local governing authorities.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-809 Title to property; exempt from taxation; when.
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The title to property, equipment, and library materials of a public library federation acquired with funds of the public library federation shall be vested in the participating local governing authorities as reflected by an agreement entered into before the formation of the feder…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-810 Withdrawal of affiliation.
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An affiliate of a public library federation may, by a two-thirds majority vote of the local governing authority, withdraw from affiliation with the federation after giving one year's notice.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 51-811 Dissolution.
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A public library federation may, by a two-thirds majority vote of the library federation board, be dissolved after one year's notice. In the event of the dissolution of a public library federation, the participating local governing authorities shall determine the disposition of a…