Chapter 75 — PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION
316 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-501 Common carrier, declaration; commission jurisdiction; rules and regulations; validity.
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Any person who transports, transmits, conveys, or stores liquid or gas by pipeline for hire in Nebraska intrastate commerce shall be a common carrier subject to commission regulation. The commission shall adopt, promulgate, and enforce reasonable rules and regulations establishin…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-502 Pipeline carriers; powers.
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Pipeline carriers which are declared common carriers under section 75-501, pipeline carriers approved under the Major Oil Pipeline Siting Act, and pipeline carriers for which the Governor approves a route under section 57-1503 may store, transport, or convey any liquid or gas, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-503 Pipeline carriers; tapping pipeline; commission may authorize.
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Upon written application of any person who operates or proposes to operate any refinery in this state, after hearing, if in the judgment of the commission the public good shall require, the commission shall enter an order authorizing the tapping of any pipeline at or near any poi…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 414, § 137.
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Transferred to section 86-128.
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Transferred to section 86-130.
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Transferred to section 86-161.
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Transferred to section 86-131.
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Transferred to section 86-132.
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Transferred to section 86-140.
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Transferred to section 86-141.
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Transferred to section 86-162.
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Transferred to section 86-133.
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Transferred to section 86-135.
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Transferred to section 86-136.
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Transferred to section 86-137.
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Transferred to section 86-138.
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Transferred to section 86-156.
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Transferred to section 86-160.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-701 Public Service Commission; jurisdiction denied.
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The commission shall have no jurisdiction over the rates, tolls, rents, and charges of districts organized under sections 70-601 to 70-672.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-702 Transmission lines; intersections between railroads and highways; jurisdiction of commission.
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The commission shall have general supervision over any and all wires for transmitting electric current, or any other wire whatsoever, which crosses under or over any railroad track in this state at public highway crossings.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-703 Intersections between railroads and highways; rules and regulations.
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The commission shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations prescribing the manner in which the wires specified in section 75-702 will cross such railroad tracks in this state at public highway crossings.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-704 Intersections between railroads and highways; prohibited acts.
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It shall be unlawful for any person to place any wire across any railroad track in this state at public highway crossings except in such manner as may be prescribed by the commission as provided in section 75-703.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-705 Intersections between railroads and highways; crossing; commission may prescribe changes; cost.
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The commission shall, either by personal examination or otherwise, obtain information where the railroad track at public highway crossings is crossed by wires strung over the track contrary to or not in compliance with the rules prescribed by the commission, as contemplated by se…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-706 Intersections between railroads and highways; crossing of wires; clearance.
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If any wire crosses over railroad track, in no case shall the commission prescribe a less clearance than twenty-five feet above the rails under the most unfavorable conditions of temperature and loading for all wires except electric wires for trolley cars, and such wires shall no…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-707 Intersections between railroads and highways; crossing of wires; regulation.
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The commission shall regulate the crossing of wires across railroad rights-of-way at public highways within the state, except that when the crossing entity is a railroad operator, the owners shall attempt to agree upon the terms and conditions of such crossing, and if such agreem…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-708 Wires; violation; penalty; enforcement.
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Any person who strings or maintains any wire across any railroad right-of-way in this state at a different height or in a different manner than that prescribed by the commission, shall forfeit and pay to the State of Nebraska the sum of one hundred dollars for each separate perio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-709 Electric lines; clearance from other lines.
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All lines constructed for the transmission of electric current, including telephone and telegraph lines, on the public highways or in other places in this state, except as provided in section 75-724, shall provide sufficient clearance between such lines and existing properly cons…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-710 Electric line; construction or voltage increase; application required, when.
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If the voltage of any electric line described in section 75-709 will exceed fifteen thousand volts and such line will be within one-quarter mile of any existing electrical or communication line of any other person or signal line of any railroad or if the voltage of such electric …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-711 Application to construct line or increase voltage; notice; hearing.
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Upon application being filed pursuant to section 75-710, the commission shall notify all parties who own or operate electrical or communication lines or railroad signal lines and who are likely to be affected by the construction of the electrical lines to appear at a public heari…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-712 Electric line paralleling or intersecting certain telephone lines; inductive interference; effect.
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Notwithstanding any provisions of sections 75-709 to 75-711, whenever electric lines which parallel or intersect one-wire ground return telephone lines are constructed, maintained and operated in accordance with recognized standard engineering specifications, the owner of the ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-713 Construction near airports; application; when.
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Any public utility, public power district, or other governmental subdivision or any person in this state, before engaging in the construction or alteration of any overhead wire, cable, or pipeline, the height of which is greater than five feet above the elevation of an airport wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-714 Construction near airports; application; notice; hearing; waiver; rules and regulations by Director of Aeronautics.
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Upon the filing of an application by any applicant for permission to construct or alter any overhead wire, cable, or pipeline as provided in section 75-713, the commission shall notify the Director of Aeronautics of the filing of the application and the date that it will be heard…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-715 Construction near airports; notice of hearing; to whom; objections.
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The Director of Aeronautics shall notify the owners of and persons operating upon any licensed airport affected by any application filed pursuant to section 75-713 and in the notice shall state the time and place of the hearing. The director may appear at the hearing and make obj…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-716 Division of Aeronautics; file list of airports with commission.
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The Division of Aeronautics of the Department of Transportation shall at all times maintain on file in the office of the commission a list of the airports currently licensed by the division setting forth the legal description of the real property thus used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-717 Construction near airports; hearing; order.
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The commission shall determine from the evidence presented at the hearing held pursuant to section 75-714 whether the applicant has made adequate allowance for the proper glide angles for the landing of aircraft at the airport concerned and shall determine, in conformity with the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-718 Transmission, telephone, or telegraph lines; commission may vacate side of highway, when.
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If a transmission, telephone, or telegraph carrier proposes to construct a line under the provisions of sections 75-709 to 75-724 on a highway both sides of which are occupied by telephone and telegraph lines or transmission lines, the commission shall order one side of the highw…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-719 Specified electrical transmission lines; construction requirements; applications; exceptions; line extension; delayed application; procedure.
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An electrical transmission line for which application is required under section 75-710 will have complied with all the requirements of section 75-710 when built in accordance with the order and specifications of the commission for the construction of a line giving reasonable prot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-720 Proposed construction; electrical lines; application, notice, or hearing; unnecessary; when.
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Provisions of law requiring filing of applications with the commission and other procedures for proposed construction of any electrical line pursuant to section 75-711 need not be complied with when the electric transmission carrier has given written notice by certified mail, wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-721 Construction; operation; commission may regulate.
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The commission may prohibit the construction of any line found to be in violation of the terms of section 75-709. After the hearing provided for in section 75-711, the commission shall make such order and prescribe such terms and conditions for the location, construction, and ope…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-722 Procedure; appeal; provisions applicable.
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Commission hearings concerning the provisions of sections 75-709 to 75-724 shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. Any appeals therefrom shall be in accordance with section 75-136.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-723 Transmission, telephone, and telegraph lines; violations; penalty.
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Any person who violates any of the provisions of sections 75-709 to 75-724 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-724 Lines in cities or villages; exempt.
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The provisions of sections 75-709 to 75-724 shall not apply to any line within the limits of any incorporated city or village.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 75-801 Prior license, certificate, permit, authorization; remain in force until their expiration; rights of parties not affected.
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No license, certificate, permit, or other authorization in force on October 19, 1963, shall be invalidated by the passage of sections 75-101 to 75-801, but all such shall remain in force until their expiration under the terms of the law in effect at the time of their original iss…