Chapter 72 — PUBLIC LANDS, BUILDINGS, AND FUNDS
520 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-258.02 National System of Interstate and Defense Highways; construction on school lands; sale; procedure.
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Whenever a portion of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways is constructed on school land and an interchange is constructed on such school land, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall offer such land for sale at public auction in such tracts as the board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-258.03 School lands; sale; appraised value.
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For purposes of sales of educational lands at public auction, appraised value is the value as determined by the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259 School lands; sale; proceeds; disposition.
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(1) The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall deposit the proceeds of the sales of educational lands with the State Treasurer for the benefit of the various funds as provided in this section. (2) The proceeds of the sales of common school and saline educational lands shall b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.01 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; request for annexation; filing.
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When any educational lands abutting on and adjacent to any city of the first or second class that are needed for the expansion of such city have been subdivided into lots for the purpose of sale, as provided by section 72-257, the Board of Educational Lands and Funds may cause a …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.02 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; plat; contents; certification.
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Such plat shall accurately describe all subdivisions of such tract or parcel of land, numbering the same by progressive numbers and giving the dimensions in length and breadth thereof, and the breadth and courses of all streets and alleys established therein, and shall be certifi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.03 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; vote.
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The city council shall, at the next regular meeting thereof after the filing of such plat, as required by section 72-259.01, and request for annexation, vote upon the question of such annexation. The vote thereon shall be spread upon the records of such city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.04 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; ordinance; contents.
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If a majority of all members of the council vote for such annexation, an ordinance shall be prepared and passed by the council declaring the annexation of such territory to the corporate limits of the city and extending the limits thereof accordingly. Such ordinance shall designa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.05 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; annexation; filings required.
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There shall be filed forthwith, in the office of the register of deeds of the proper county, (1) a plat of such territory certified by the State Surveyor, (2) a certified copy of the resolution of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds approving the same and requesting the anne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.06 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; dedication of streets and alleys.
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The filing of such plat and proceedings in the office of the register of deeds shall constitute a dedication of the streets and alleys contained therein so long as the same shall be used for such public purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.07 School lands; adjacent to city of the first or second class; sale; taxes; when.
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The lands included in the territory so annexed shall not be subject to any taxes or special assessments so long as the same remain the property of the state, but upon sale and delivery of a deed by the state to the purchaser the lands so conveyed shall forthwith be placed upon th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-259.08 School lands; subdivide; plat; filing; dedication of streets and alleys.
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Whenever the Board of Educational Lands and Funds determines, considering all relevant factors, that it would be in the best interests of the educational trust to do so, it may subdivide and plat any tract prior to offering it for sale. Such plats shall be prepared as prescribed …
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 466, § 12.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2601 Grant program; probation or parole; effect on consideration for award.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, in administering any grant program, a state agency or political subdivision shall not exclude any person from consideration solely because such person, or any person associated with such person, is currently or has previou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-261 School lands; acquisition by Game and Parks Commission; procedure; approval by Governor.
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The Game and Parks Commission is authorized to acquire title by condemnation to not more than one section or six hundred forty acres of educational lands in any calendar year for parks, recreation areas, or wildlife management areas, or any combination of these uses. The commissi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-262 Resurvey of school lands; Grant and Hooker Counties; acceptance.
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The State of Nebraska hereby adopts the Dixon and Alt survey of the school lands included in the survey made in accordance with the special Act of Congress entitled, An act providing for the resurvey of Grant and Hooker Counties in the State of Nebraska, approved August 9, 1894, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-263 Resurvey of school lands; Morrill County; acceptance.
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The resurvey made by the United States Government of school sections sixteen and thirty-six, in townships twenty-one, twenty-two and twenty-three north, of range forty-seven, west of the sixth principal meridian, in Morrill County, Nebraska, and known as tracts numbers sixty-thre…
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 304, § 1.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 304, § 1.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-266 Board of Educational Lands and Funds; authority to sell personal property.
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The state Board of Educational Lands and Funds may sell, at either public or private sale, and convert into money, articles of personal property acquired by the common school fund through bequest, gift, escheat or forfeiture to the State of Nebraska.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-267 School lands; Cherry County; designation; subdivision; improvements; sale.
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The northeast quarter of the southeast quarter of section 31, township 34, north, range 27, west of the sixth principal meridian; section 32 and lots 1 and 2, and the west half of the southeast quarter of section 33, and the west half of section 33, township 34, north, range 27, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-268 School lands; Cherry County; funds; deposit; transfer.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall place all money received for rental of the land, described in section 72-267, in the temporary school fund and all money received from the sale of the land, authorized to be sold by section 72-267, in the permanent school fund. All m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-269 School lands; Dawes County; transfer to Game and Parks Commission.
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The Board of Educational Lands and Funds is authorized and directed to sell section thirty-six, township thirty-two north, range forty-nine, west of the sixth principal meridian, Dawes County, Nebraska, reserving mineral, oil, and gas rights, to the Game and Parks Commission on p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-270 Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; sections applicable.
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Agreements involving the production of wind or solar energy on lands under the control of the Board of Educational Lands and Funds shall be regulated by sections 72-270 to 72-274.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-2701 Nebraska Technology Infrastructure Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Nebraska Technology Infrastructure Cash Fund is created. The fund shall consist of revenue and transfers credited to the fund as authorized by law. Money shall be appropriated from the fund to state agencies for making payments on projects as determined by the Legislature, in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-271 Production of wind or solar energy; agreements; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 72-270 to 72-274: (1) Agreement means (a) for purposes of a solar energy system, a solar agreement as defined in section 66-909 and (b) for purposes of a wind energy conversion system, a wind agreement as defined in section 66-909.04; (2) Board means the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-272 Production of wind energy or solar energy; agreements; board; powers.
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The board may authorize agreements for the use of any school or public lands belonging to the state and under its control for exploration and development of wind energy or solar energy for such durations and under such terms and conditions as the board shall deem appropriate, exc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-273 Wind energy or solar energy agreement; prior lease; effect on rights; compensation for damages.
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(1) If an agreement relating to wind energy or solar energy is authorized by the board on land already being leased for agricultural or other purposes by a prior lessee, the existing rights of the prior lessee shall not be impaired, and the board shall reduce the rental amount du…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-274 Wind energy or solar energy agreement; rules and regulations.
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The board may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as it shall deem necessary and proper to regulate the agreements relating to wind energy or solar energy exploration and development on school and public lands pursuant to sections 72-270 to 72-274 and to prescribe suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-301 State lands, lakes, and rivers; mineral rights; reserved to state; exception.
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All common school, university, normal, saline or other public lands, lakes, lake beds, river beds and channels, belonging to the state or under its control, and all lands which may hereafter be so owned, and all of such lands which have heretofore been sold or conveyed by the sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 72-302 Mineral rights; who may acquire.
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Any person or association of persons, corporate or otherwise, desiring to obtain the right to prospect for and develop the minerals or valuable substances upon or in any of the public lands or waters of the state, except oil and gas, may do so under the provisions of sections 72-…
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.
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 436, § 16.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
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…