Chapter 72 — PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS, AND FUNDS
520 sections in this chapter.
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.
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 466, § 12.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 466, § 12.
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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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-228 State-owned land occupied by school, church, or cemetery; sale; terms.
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Sales of land made for the special purpose mentioned in section 72-227 shall be for cash, and if there be buildings on such land belonging to the state, such buildings are to be appraised and sold separately.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-229 School lands; sale; county clerk; entry upon tax list.
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Upon the sale of school lands, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds is directed to state the actual purchase price in the deed so that the amount actually paid will be known when the deed is recorded even though the recording is exempt from the documentary stamp tax. The coun…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-230 School and saline lands; sale; when subject to taxation.
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Educational or saline lands sold under the provisions of any law of this state, or such as have been sold, shall not be taxable until the right to a deed shall have become absolute, but the value of the interest of such purchaser shall be taxable, which interest shall be determin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 72-2301 to 72-2310 shall be known and may be cited as the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2302 Purpose of act.
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It is the purpose of the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act to allow local governmental units which cooperate with other governmental units to issue bonds to finance joint projects which may be serviced by property taxes, regardless of the restrictions on the issuance…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act: (1) Bond measure means a resolution or ordinance which authorizes bonds to be issued and sold in accordance with the act and which sets the terms of such bonds; (2) Joint project means a project financed and oper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2304 Bonds authorized; public hearing; notice; election, when required; remonstrance petition.
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(1)(a) This section applies to bonds issued prior to April 18, 2018. (b) In addition to any other borrowing powers provided for by law, a qualified public agency shall have the power to issue its negotiable bonds to any joint entity as defined in section 13-803 or to any joint pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2305 Public buildings, recreational facilities, drainage, streets, and roads; bonds; amount authorized.
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For joint projects described in subdivision (2)(a) of section 72-2303, the principal amount of bonds which may be issued by a qualified public agency under the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall not exceed five million dollars as to the total principal amount of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2306 Information technology for libraries; bonds; amount authorized.
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For joint projects described in subdivision (2)(b) of section 72-2303, the principal amount of bonds which may be issued by a qualified public agency under the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall not exceed two hundred fifty thousand dollars for cities of the met…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2307 Taxes authorized.
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Any qualified public agency which has issued bonds in accordance with the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall levy and collect taxes on all the taxable property within the territory of the qualified public agency, in addition to all other taxes, for the purpose o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2308 Act; how construed; bonds; applicability of other provisions.
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The Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act shall be independent of and in addition to any other provisions of the laws of the State of Nebraska or provisions of home rule charters, and bonds may be issued under the act for any purpose authorized in the act even though oth…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2309 Bonds; election; notice.
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(1) In addition to any other borrowing powers provided for by law, a qualified public agency may issue its negotiable bonds subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act to any joint entity as defined in section 13-803 or to a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-231 School lands; illegal tax; refund.
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Money received by the county treasurers of the several counties within the State of Nebraska on account of taxes wrongfully levied on educational lands of the state held under lease shall be, by the respective county treasurers, repaid without interest to persons who paid the sam…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2310 Qualified public agencies; statement; contents; certified under oath.
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Before the issuance of bonds pursuant to the Public Facilities Construction and Finance Act, the qualified public agencies participating in the bond measure shall make a written statement of all proceedings relative to the vote upon the issuance of such bonds and the notice of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232 School lands; rules and regulations; soil conservation program.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall have authority to adopt such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary in the leasing of school lands and to prescribe such terms and conditions of the lease, not inconsistent with sections 72-205, 72-232 to 72-235, 72-240.02 …
Repealed. Laws 1999, LB 779, § 51.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232.02 School lands; administration costs; payment; cash fund.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall pay the costs of administering the unsold school lands out of receipts from school land income. A cash fund is hereby authorized and the State Treasurer shall, out of the receipts for school land income, deposit in such cash fund tha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232.03 School lands; irrigable; administration costs.
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The cost of administering unsold school lands shall include: (1) The cost of developing irrigable school lands, located within the boundaries of an irrigation district, so that such lands may benefit from irrigation; (2) The cost of accrued tolls and assessments on irrigable scho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232.04 School lands; irrigable; development.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is authorized to and shall take all necessary action for the development of irrigable school lands located within the boundaries of an irrigation district, so that such lands may benefit from irrigation. The cost of such development shall …
Repealed. Laws 1991, LB 13, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232.06 School lands; irrigable; lease; cost of tolls and assessments; collection.
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When any irrigable school lands located within the boundaries of an irrigation district are leased, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall collect with the regular rental an amount sufficient to pay the cost of current tolls and assessments of the irrigation district on s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-232.07 School lands; administration costs; expenditures; Land Improvement Fund; created; purpose; investment.
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The cost of administering unsold school lands shall include expenditures necessary for developing such school lands to their most productive use. All expenditures shall be directed by the board in exercising its responsibility as a trustee over the school land trust and shall not…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-233 School lands; application for lease; manner of leasing; bidding; conditions of lease.
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Applications to lease any school lands shall be made to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds. Each such application shall contain an affidavit that the applicant desires to lease and operate such land for the applicant's own use and benefit and that the applicant will not sub…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-233.01 School lands; lease; bidder; deposit before sale; return of deposit, when; forfeiture, when.
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In order for any person to be eligible to bid on a school land lease, he must file a bank draft, certified check or cash for each lease with the county treasurer of the county in which the land is located prior to the sale, payable to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds, equ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-234 School lands; lease; terms; period of lease.
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The board shall, if the foregoing proceedings appear to be regular, issue to the applicant a lease on the land. Each lease shall contain a covenant or provision (1) that the Board of Educational Lands and Funds may, whenever such board deems it to be for the best interest of the …
Repealed. Laws 2021, LB528, § 74.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-234.02 School lands; lease; assignments; requirements.
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No lease shall be assigned nor the assignment thereof approved by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds unless (1) the person to whom the lease is assigned is a resident of the State of Nebraska or, if a nonresident of the State of Nebraska, owns land adjoining the school land…
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 264, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 264, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-235 School lands; lease; default; notice; forfeiture.
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If any lessee of educational lands fails to perform any of the covenants of the lease or is in default of semiannual rental due the state for a period of sixty days, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds may forfeit the lease of such person. If the lessee is in default in the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-235.01 School lands; forfeited leases; improvements, how treated.
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All right, title, and interest in any and all improvements to a lease forfeited for failure to pay rental pursuant to section 72-235 also shall be forfeited to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds until the rental has been paid in full. The board shall have the authority to o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-236 School lands; lease; notice of delinquency; how given.
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The notice required by section 72-235 shall be given by either registered or certified letter or by publication for three weeks in a newspaper published or of general circulation in the county where the land is located. In serving the notice of delinquency the Board of Educationa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-237 School lands; lease; forfeiture; redemption; when allowed.
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The owner of any lease forfeited as provided in section 72-235 may redeem by paying all delinquencies, fees, and costs of forfeiture at any time before the Board of Educational Lands and Funds completes the advertising of such land for lease at public auction.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-238 School lands; lease; forfeiture; movable improvements; sale; proceeds; disposition.
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Movable improvements on lands reverting to the state through forfeiture shall be sold under the direction of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds at public auction, and the proceeds received therefrom shall inure to the holder of the forfeited lease, after payment has been ma…