Chapter 72, PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS, AND FUNDS
330 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-303 Mineral rights; lease; limitations; term.
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Any qualified person or association desiring a prospector's right shall make application, giving the designation of the land by legal description, to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, with the proper fees, and the board shall issue a lease therefor. If the applicant is an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-304 Mineral rights; development operations; reports; when.
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The owner of the lease shall be required, in the case of potash, salines, silica, volcanic ash, sand, gravel, clay, fuller's earth, and tripoli, to report within thirty days after the issuance of such lease, and to begin construction of necessary works or the installation of nece…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-305 Mineral rights; lease; forfeiture; grounds.
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Failure to progress with due diligence, or failure to make reports regularly as provided, or special reports when requested, or the filing of a statement which is untrue as to material facts, will subject the lease to forfeiture, and the termination of the rights of the lessee up…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-306 Minerals; discovery; report required; delay in development; powers of board.
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Upon the discovery of potash or other minerals or substances in commercial quantities, the lessee shall report the same to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds within thirty days, together with a statement showing how soon facilities necessary for production and marketing may…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-307 Mineral rights; lease; renewal; when authorized; terms.
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The lessee may have a right to the renewal of the lease upon the same terms as provided in section 72-303, so long as such minerals or other valuable substances are produced in paying quantities; Provided, such leases shall in no instance contain any provision abridging the right…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-308 Mineral rights; lease; terms; rights and duties of lessee.
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A mineral prospector's lease shall be issued to the highest and best bidder. The lease issued shall provide that the royalty shall be not less than five percent, in addition to the rent to be determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds after examination and report by t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-309 Mineral rights; lease; bids; award; how made.
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Where two or more applications are received for the same land, the rights thereon may be awarded to the legally qualified applicant making the highest and best bid, to be determined by taking into consideration both the bonus and royalty, the award being made after proper legal n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-310 Mineral rights; lease; entry by state; when authorized.
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The right of the state, or its authorized agents, to enter upon its own lands, and to remove therefrom any substances necessary for road construction, or in structures of public buildings, or other public or general purposes, shall not be denied or abridged by any lease granted h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-311 Mineral rights; lease; assignment; unauthorized transfers.
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No assignment shall be valid unless it has the approval of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds and has been recorded in the office of the board, and, if the grantee is otherwise legally disqualified, approval by the board, or recording, will not make such assignment valid. A…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-312 Alkali, potash, or saline lakes partly on state land; joint operation; failure to agree; effect.
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Alkali, potash, or saline lakes, ponds, or marshes, located partly upon state lands and partly upon private lands, shall be measured, tested, and analyzed by the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska which shall report to the Board of Educational Lands an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-313 Violations; penalty.
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Any person operating pumps, or providing channels, or altering natural conditions in any way, by which the waters and valuable substances upon or in public lands and waters of the state are taken, drained or removed, without first securing approval of the Board of Educational Lan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-314 Rules; power of Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
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Rules may be adopted by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds found necessary for carrying out the purposes and provisions of sections 72-301 to 72-314, and such rules, where not in conflict with said sections, shall have the same force and effect.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-407 Federal forts; preservation, restoration and development board; membership.
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Upon filing, with the Governor, a petition signed by one hundred qualified electors of any county wherein is situated in whole or in part an abandoned federal fort suitable for preservation as a historical site for memorial and state park purposes, praying for the creation and es…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-408 Preservation, restoration and development board; trustees; term; qualifications.
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The term of office of the trustees on the board shall be for a period of three years, except the first trustees on the board, who shall be appointed by the Governor as follows: One trustee for one year, one trustee for two years, and one trustee for three years. Each of the trust…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-409 Board; minute book; vacancies; how filled.
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The board shall keep a minute book of its proceedings, which shall be open at all reasonable times to public inspection. Vacancies appearing on the board shall be filled by the county board in like manner as regular appointments to the board are made.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-410 Board; office; records; organization; officers; meetings.
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The board shall maintain its office or principal place of business in the office of the county clerk of the county where its treasurer has his or her office and shall hold its meetings, which shall be open to the public, in the district courtroom of such county. The minute book o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-411 Board; trustees; oath.
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All trustees comprising the board shall take an oath in writing in such form as the county attorney of the county shall provide and approve, faithfully to execute the duties and trusts committed to their care and management, and to dispose of the funds and income and corpus of su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-412 Boards; powers and duties.
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The boards created and governed by sections 72-407 to 72-420 shall be bodies corporate and politic, and may sue and be sued, may contract or be contracted with; may acquire, hold, mortgage, and convey property, real or personal, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of acquirin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-413 Forts; federal aid; acceptance.
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Full and complete acceptance and assent is made and given by the State of Nebraska to all and every one of the terms and conditions set forth in the Acts of Congress which offer aid to the state for the agencies of the state government, including boards created by section 72-407,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-414 Board; employees; compensation.
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The board of trustees shall have power to pass bylaws for the regulation of its business and affairs, and in such bylaws shall provide for the appointment or employment of such agents, servants and employees, subject to the order of the board, as it may find necessary or expedien…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-415 Board; secretary; duties.
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The secretary of the board shall keep the minutes of the board and shall perform such other services as may be required by him of the board, and may receive such compensation as may be fixed by the board from time to time.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-416 Board; treasurer; bond.
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The treasurer of the county in which the board has its principal place of business and operates, shall act as treasurer of the board ex officio, and he shall receive such compensation for such services as may be fixed from time to time by the board. He shall be liable on his offi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-417 Board; records; audits.
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The board shall keep full and complete minutes of all transactions occurring at its meetings, such minutes to be kept in a well-bound book, which shall be open to the inspection of the public at all reasonable times, and the board shall also keep a well-bound book or books in whi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-418 Board; legal counsel.
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The county attorney of the county in which the board operates shall act as legal advisor for the board without extra compensation; Provided, the board may employ from time to time for special pieces of legal work additional counsel, whenever it deems such employment necessary for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-419 Board; expenses; payment.
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The trustees composing the board shall serve without compensation but may appropriate and disburse sufficient of the funds in their control by filing a request for such trust funds, to be ordered, sworn to, and allowed by the trustees as other requests for payment from such count…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-420 Board; bond; fund; created; disbursements; how made.
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The trustees composing the board shall each give a surety bond in the sum of one thousand dollars running to the county as obligee, conditioned upon the faithful performance of their duties and responsibilities as provided in sections 72-407 to 72-420 and under the bylaws adopted…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-501 Saline lands; lease.
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All the saline lands of which the title is vested in the state shall be leased by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-502 Rental; accrues to temporary school fund.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall place all money received for rental of saline lands in the temporary school fund of the state, subject to the law governing such temporary school fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-502.01 Rentals; previous use validated.
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The use heretofore made by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds of rentals received from saline lands, by placing them in the temporary instead of the permanent school fund, is validated and approved.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-503 Lease; default; forfeiture; effect.
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If the lessee defaults in the payment of his interest or rental for more than one year, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds may cause notice to be given and a forfeiture declared as provided by law regulating the leasing of school lands, and when so forfeited the land shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-504 Lease; terms; appraisal; when.
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(1) All leases shall be made at a rental of six percent on the appraised value, payable annually in advance. The lessee shall pay the appraised value of the improvements on such land, which amount shall be immediately paid to the owner or owners of the improvements. Applications …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-607 National monuments; concurrent jurisdiction with United States; when effective.
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(1) Concurrent jurisdiction over crimes and offenses under the laws of the state shall be ceded to the United States over and within all the lands dedicated to national park purposes in the following tracts: (a) The Scottsbluff National Monument; (b) The Agate Fossil Beds Nationa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701 State capital; location.
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The city of Lincoln is declared to be the permanent seat of government of the State of Nebraska, at which all the public offices of the state shall be kept and at which all the sessions of the Legislature shall be held.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.01 Nebraska Emergency Seat of State Government Act; act, how cited.
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Sections 72-701.01 to 72-701.06 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Emergency Seat of State Government Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.02 Attack, defined.
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As used in sections 72-701.01 to 72-701.06, the term attack means any action or series of actions by an enemy of the United States, causing, or which may cause substantial injury or damage to civilian persons or property in the United States in any manner, whether by sabotage, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.03 Emergency seat of state government; temporary location; designation.
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Whenever, due to an emergency resulting from the effects of an enemy attack or the imminent threat thereof, it becomes imprudent, inexpedient or impossible to conduct the affairs of the state government at the permanent seat of state government in the city of Lincoln, the Governo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.04 Emergency seat of government; temporary location; validity of official acts.
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During such time as such temporary location or locations shall remain the emergency seat of state government, all official acts done or performed thereat by or on the part of any officer, office, department, division, commission, court or board, or any other agency or authority o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.05 Emergency seat of state government; designation, when; plans and preparations; Governor; adopt; purchase of real estate prohibited; exception.
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(1) The official designation of the location or locations of the emergency seat of state government, and the removal thereto of the government of the state, shall in no event precede: (a) The inception of an attack; or (b) the inception of a strategic or tactical warning period d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-701.06 Sections, how construed; precedence over other laws.
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The provisions of sections 72-701.01 to 72-701.06, in the event they shall be employed, shall control and take precedence over any provision of any other law to the contrary or in conflict therewith; Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as contravening, suspending, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-703 Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility; location.
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A Department of Correctional Services adult correctional facility of the state shall be located upon a reservation in the city of Lincoln or upon lands belonging to the state and adjacent to the city of Lincoln.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-723 State Capitol; monuments and memorials; permanent fixtures; removal with consent of Legislature.
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All monuments and memorials now fixed to the building or the grounds of the State Capitol shall be regarded as permanent fixtures, and shall not be removed without the consent of the Legislature.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-724 Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission; created; members; appointment; administration.
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(1) There is hereby created a Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission, which shall consist of seven members, six of whom shall be appointed by the Governor. The Director of the Nebraska State Historical Society shall be the seventh member of the commission and shall serve as secretary o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-725 Nebraska Hall of Fame; location.
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The Nebraska Hall of Fame shall be located in the State Capitol and other locations as approved by the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-726 Nebraska Hall of Fame; purpose.
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The purpose of the Nebraska Hall of Fame shall be to bring to public attention and to recognize officially those people who, in their lives, have achieved prominence and who were outstanding Nebraskans. For the purpose of this section Nebraskans shall mean those (1) who were born…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-727 Rules and regulations.
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The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to establish criteria of eligibility for inclusion in the Nebraska Hall of Fame and to establish standards for the creation, design, size, configuration, and placement of busts or other appropri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-728 Persons named to Nebraska Hall of Fame; limitations; Nebraskans awarded Medal of Honor; plaque.
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(1) This subsection shall not apply to subsections (2) and (3) of this section. The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission shall not name more than one person to the Nebraska Hall of Fame during each five-year period beginning on and after January 1, 2005. During the first two years of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-729 Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission; powers.
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The Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission shall have power: (1) To contract for the making and placing of busts or other appropriate objects commemorating the persons chosen to be placed in the State Capitol or other location as approved by the commission. No busts or other appropriat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-729.01 Hall of Fame Trust Fund; created; use; investment.
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There is hereby created the Hall of Fame Trust Fund to be administered by the Nebraska Hall of Fame Commission for the purpose of the creation, design, size, configuration, and placement of busts or other appropriate objects as authorized in section 72-729. Deposits to such fund …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-730 State Capitol Restoration Fund; created; investment.
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The State Capitol Restoration Fund is created. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-801 Public buildings; cost; limitation; use; change prohibited.
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Any public building that is erected or repaired and for which an appropriation is made by the Legislature shall be constructed or repaired in a complete manner within the limits of such appropriation. Except as provided in sections 72-811 to 72-818 and 79-11,109, no building shal…