Chapter 72, PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS, AND FUNDS
330 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-201.01 Plan for sale of educational lands; plan for investment of funds; state investment officer; duties.
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(1) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall prepare a plan for the sale of educational lands over which the board has general management and control on July 19, 1996. The plan shall be submitted to the Education Committee of the Legislature on or before December 1, 1996. T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-201.03 Board of Educational Lands and Funds; branch office; establish.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall have authority to establish and maintain a branch office in the state as the board shall designate.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2010 Niobrara Council; zoning duties.
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The Niobrara Council shall review and approve or reject all zoning regulations, including existing regulations, new regulations, proposed regulations, and variances of any type including variances for use and location, which affect land in the Niobrara scenic river corridor that …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2011 Activities within corridor; limitations.
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(1) Any state or state-assisted activity or undertaking proposed within the Niobrara scenic river corridor shall be consistent with the purpose of the scenic river designation, including the scenic river's free-flowing condition and scenic, geological, biological, agricultural, h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2012 Niobrara Council; zoning jurisdiction.
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The Niobrara Council shall not have zoning jurisdiction outside the boundaries of the Niobrara scenic river corridor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-202 School funds; investments.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall notify the state investment officer of the funds derived from the sale of school lands. Any such funds and the interest therefrom shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-203 School lands; abstracts and records; where kept.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall keep in its office a full and complete abstract of all educational lands of the State of Nebraska, and such other records as are necessary to show the condition of each tract of land from the time title was acquired by the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-204 School lands; classification required; report.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall cause school land to be classified for rental purposes (1) at least once each five years, (2) each time that the land is leased or that an assignment of a lease is made, and (3) when the board deems it to be in the best interest of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205 School lands; changes in valuation; rental schedule; factors.
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All school land shall be subject to lease at fair market rental as determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. When the board deems it expedient to raise or lower the rental and the appraised rental valuation of school lands, the board shall adopt rental schedules acc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205.01 Rental schedules; semiannual rental; file in office of county treasurer; notice.
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After the adoption of new rental schedules according to classification and schedules of valuations, as provided by section 72-205, such schedules together with a tabulation of the valuation and the amount of semiannual rental of each lease shall be filed in the office of the coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205.02 Rental schedules; when effective; petition; hearing.
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Such new rental schedules according to classification and schedules of valuations shall become effective upon the first semiannual rental due date, which is ninety days or more from the date of the filing of the schedules in the office of the county treasurer, unless within forty…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205.03 Rental schedule; objections; petition; hearing; notice; examiner; evidence.
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Upon receipt of a petition bearing the requisite number of signatures as required by section 72-205.02, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall appoint an examiner who shall hold a meeting in the county seat of the county where such school lands are located to take testimo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-205.04 Rental schedule; hearing; examiner; record; board; powers.
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A complete record shall be made of all testimony taken and evidence received at such hearing, which record shall be filed in the office of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. The examiner conducting such hearing shall make, in writing, complete findings and recommendations …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-208 School lands; sale; deed; recording; received in evidence.
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When the Board of Educational Lands and Funds becomes satisfied that full payment has been made on any tract of land sold by the state, the Governor shall issue a deed to the purchaser or his assigns, and all deeds issued by him shall be countersigned by the Secretary of State an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-212 School lands; sale; public auction required.
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No lands now owned or hereafter acquired by the state for educational purposes shall be sold except at public auction.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-213 School lands; eminent domain proceedings.
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Educational lands belonging to the state may be acquired through the exercise of eminent domain proceedings for the special purposes mentioned in sections 72-214 to 72-226.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-214 School lands; acquisition by school district.
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Any school district, in which there may be any educational lands, may acquire for school purposes any portion thereof, not exceeding forty acres.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-215 School lands; acquisition by city or village; when authorized; limitations.
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Any city or village may acquire such educational lands not exceeding forty acres for solid waste disposal areas, sewage disposal purposes, necessary right-of-way for electric transmission lines, or for any other purpose, except park and recreational purposes, for which a city or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-216 School lands; acquisition for airfields and monitor stations.
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The United States of America, or any county, city or village of the State of Nebraska may acquire such educational lands necessary for public use for the development of radio monitor stations, aviation fields, and fields for aerial traffic.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-217 School land within defense project; purchase by United States.
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The United States of America may purchase any educational lands located within the boundaries of any defense project.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-218 School lands; acquisition by United States for water conservation.
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The United States of America may acquire such educational lands, or portions thereof, in subdivisions of not less than forty acres, located within the boundaries of the projects now authorized by the United States of America pursuant to Public Law 848, 76th Congress, entitled An …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-219 School lands; acquisition by county for public purposes.
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The county board of any county, in which there are such educational lands, may acquire for public purposes any portion thereof, not exceeding forty acres.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-220 School lands; acquisition for cemetery purposes.
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Any city, village, cemetery association or corporation for the control of cemeteries, may acquire, for cemetery and burial purposes, any of the educational land, not exceeding in the aggregate forty acres, and may purchase additional adjoining tracts not exceeding ten acres each,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2201 Act, how cited.
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Sections 72-2201 to 72-2216 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska State Capitol Preservation and Restoration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2202 Legislative intent.
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(1) In 1919, the Nebraska State Capitol Commission began the search for an architect to design a new State Capitol to replace the existing structure in Lincoln. New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue was selected as the chief architect, and construction began in April 1922.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2203 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Nebraska State Capitol Preservation and Restoration Act: (1) Administrator means the State Capitol Administrator; (2) Commission means the Nebraska Capitol Commission; and (3) Office means the Office of the Nebraska Capitol Commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2204 Office of the Nebraska Capitol Commission; established; State Capitol Administrator; appointment.
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The Nebraska Capitol Commission shall be the custodian of the State Capitol and capitol grounds. To aid in these duties, the Office of the Nebraska Capitol Commission is established under the Nebraska Capitol Commission. The State Capitol Administrator shall be the head of the of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2205 Administrator; powers and duties.
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(1) The administrator shall have the authority to develop, produce, and distribute books, brochures, pictures, slides, postcards, and other informational or promotional material concerning the State Capitol. The administrator shall have control over money received from the distri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2206 Administrator; qualifications.
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The administrator shall have (1) a bachelor's degree or higher degree in architecture from an accredited college or university and (2) at least five years of administrative experience in historic preservation and planning, design, and construction of major construction projects.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2207 Administrator; bond or insurance.
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Before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his or her office, the administrator shall be bonded or insured as required by section 11-201. The premium shall be paid by the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2209 Administrator; personnel; materiel division; duties.
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The administrator, with the advice of the commission, shall employ all assistants, architects, engineers, janitors, custodians, and caretakers necessary for the efficient and economical discharge of the duties imposed by the Nebraska State Capitol Preservation and Restoration Act…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-221 School lands; acquisition for public highway.
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The Department of Transportation and the county board of any county may acquire land necessary to establish a public highway over or across any educational lands.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-221.01 Established public roads; dedicated to county or Department of Transportation; value; payment.
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All established public roads that have been established for a period of ten years or more on the section line along any side or part of the side of a section owned by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, and on any part of a section that has an established meandering road no…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2210 Office; facilities planning, construction, and administration; powers and duties.
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(1) The office shall have the primary functions and responsibilities of facilities planning, facilities construction, and facilities administration for the State Capitol and capitol grounds and may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the provisions of this sec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2211 Capitol Restoration Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Capitol Restoration Cash Fund is created. The administrator shall administer the fund, which shall consist of money received from the sale of material, rental revenue, private donations, public donations, and transfers as directed by the Legislature from the Capitol Prese…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2212 Motor vehicle parking; rules and regulations; enforcement.
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To promote the public safety and welfare, the State Building Administrator, in consultation with the State Capitol Administrator, shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations governing motor vehicle parking on the approaches to the State Capitol. Such rules and regulations ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2213 Office space; determination of use; maintenance of building.
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(1) The office space in the State Capitol or any other state office building occupied by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, Attorney General, Auditor of Public Accounts, or Chief Justice and judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2214 Administrator; policies and guidelines; required.
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The administrator, with the advice of the commission, shall establish policies and guidelines for the implementation of the approved Capitol Landscape Restoration Master Plan on and around the capitol grounds, for site development in and around the State Capitol and capitol groun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2215 Flags of Indian tribes; display in State Capitol; powers and duties.
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(1)(a) The Clerk of the Legislature shall cause to be displayed within the Warner Legislative Chamber flags representing the four federally recognized tribes with headquarters in Nebraska: the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Santee Sioux Nation, and the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2216 Capitol Preservation, Restoration, and Enhancement Endowment Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Capitol Preservation, Restoration, and Enhancement Endowment Fund is created. The commission shall administer the fund. The fund shall consist of money transferred to the fund by the Legislature and bequests, donations, gifts, grants, or other money received from any fede…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-222 School lands; acquisition by public districts; purposes.
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Any irrigation district, rural water district, public power district or public power and irrigation district, or natural resources district may acquire from the state any educational land, portion thereof, or interest therein for the purpose for which such districts are authorize…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-222.01 School lands; acquisition by certain companies; purposes.
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Any manufacturing company, pipeline company, or telephone or telegraph company, incorporated or qualified to do business in this state, may acquire an easement or right-of-way for the purpose of constructing, replacing, and maintaining pipelines, power pumps, telephone and telegr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-222.02 School lands; easement; acquisition by public districts; procedure.
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Any public body enumerated in section 72-222 may acquire an easement from the state on any educational land when such easement is for the purpose for which such public body is authorized by law to condemn private lands in this state. It shall not be necessary for the acquiring pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-223 School lands; condemnation; mineral rights reserved; lands acquired by Game and Parks Commission; disposition of mineral income.
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The condemnation proceedings provided in sections 72-213 to 72-222 shall not operate to deprive the State of Nebraska of any mineral rights in the lands taken for the special purposes authorized by said sections, and, except as to land acquired by the United States of America, wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-224 Condemnation proceedings; procedure.
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All condemnations of educational lands shall be exercised in the manner set forth in section 72-224.03; Provided, condemnation proceedings may be brought by the United States of America in the district court of the United States of America.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-224.02 Condemnation proceedings; lease; valuation; adjustment; payment.
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If the school land to be taken is held under lease, the fair and reasonable value of the interest of the state as trustee for the public schools in said land so taken shall be ascertained as is provided in section 72-224.03; Provided, if the condemner desiring to acquire such lan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-224.03 Condemnation proceedings; procedure; board; membership; appeal; award; filing; effect.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 72-222.02, any public body that has or hereafter shall be granted by the Legislature the authority to acquire educational lands for public use shall be required to condemn the interest of the state, as trustee for the public schools, in edu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-225 Condemnation proceedings; land under lease contract; interest of owner; value assessed.
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If the land to be taken is held under lease contract, the board of appraisers also shall make a finding as to the interest of the owner in such lease contract, if any, and such value shall be separately assessed.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-226 Condemnation proceedings; damage to state-owned land; assessment.
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Any damage to the land of the state, in addition to the value of the land purchased, shall be assessed and included in the amount to be paid the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-227 State-owned land occupied by school, church, or cemetery; sale; procedure.
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If there is a schoolhouse, cemetery or church building located upon school land or land of the state which has been or may be sold to any individual, corporation or parties, such school district, church or association, with the written consent of the purchaser or occupant, may pu…