Chapter 81 — STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
2,602 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.37 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Emergency Management Act and the policy of the state are to: (1) Reduce the vulnerability of people and communities of this state to damage, injury, and loss of life and property resulting from natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, civi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.38 Act, how construed.
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Nothing in the Emergency Management Act shall be construed to: (1) Interfere with the course or conduct of a labor dispute, except that actions otherwise authorized by the act or other laws may be taken when necessary to forestall or mitigate imminent or existing danger to public…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.39 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Emergency Management Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Civil defense emergency means an emergency declared by the President of the United States or Congress pursuant to applicable federal law finding that an attack upon the United States has occu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.40 Governor; powers and duties.
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(1) The Governor shall be responsible for meeting the dangers to the state and people presented by disasters, emergencies, and civil defense emergencies, and in the event of disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency beyond local control, he or she may assume direct operatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.41 Agency; Adjutant General; powers and duties.
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(1) The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall be maintained in the office of the Adjutant General. The Adjutant General shall be the director of the agency, shall administer the Emergency Management Act subject to the direction and control of the Governor, and shall receive …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.42 Governor's Emergency Program; established.
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(1) The Legislature recognizes that, while appropriations are adequate to meet the normal needs, the necessity exists for anticipating and making advance provision to care for the unusual and extraordinary burdens imposed on the state and its political subdivisions by disasters, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.43 Prevention measures; procedure.
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(1) In addition to prevention measures included in the state, city, village, county, and interjurisdictional emergency operations plans, the Governor shall consider on a continuing basis steps that could be taken to prevent or reduce the harmful consequences of disasters, emergen…
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 43, § 54.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.45 Agency; weather conditions; continuously apprise.
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The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall keep continuously apprised of weather conditions which present danger of precipitation or other climatic activity severe enough to constitute a disaster or emergency.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.46 Local government; Governor; powers; duties; performance of functions.
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(1) The elected officers of local governments shall be responsible for ensuring that emergency management services are provided to their citizens and for coordinating emergency operations in their respective jurisdictions. (2) Each local government shall be within the jurisdictio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.47 Interjurisdictional emergency management arrangement; Governor findings.
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(1) If the Governor finds that two or more adjoining counties would be better served by an interjurisdictional emergency management arrangement than by maintaining separate emergency management organizations and services, the Governor may delineate by order or regulation an inter…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.48 Emergency management aid and assistance; mutual aid arrangements; interjurisdictional emergency management agreement.
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(1) The director or coordinator of each city, village, county, or interjurisdictional emergency management organization shall, in collaboration with other public and private entities within this state, develop or cause to be developed mutual aid arrangements for reciprocal emerge…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.49 Local government, school district, or educational service unit appropriations.
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Each local government, school district, or educational service unit shall have the power to make appropriations in the manner provided by law for making appropriations for the ordinary expenses of such local government, school district, or educational service unit for the payment…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.50 Local emergency; declared; principal executive officer of a local government; effect; interjurisdictional emergency management organization.
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(1) A local emergency may be declared only by the principal executive officer of a local government who finds that conditions defined as a disaster or an emergency exist or by a person who by resolution has been authorized and designated by the governing board of a local governme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.51 Local government; school district; educational service unit; emergency expenditures; vote of governing body; when.
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(1)(a) In the event of a disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency, each local government may make emergency expenditures, enter into contracts, and incur obligations for emergency management purposes regardless of existing statutory limitations and requirements pertaining …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.52 State emergency response teams; establish; team leader; appointment; duties.
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Upon orders of the Governor, the Adjutant General is authorized to establish such number of state emergency response teams as may be necessary to reinforce emergency management organizations in stricken areas and with due consideration of the plans of the federal government and o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.53 State emergency response teams; personnel; powers; duties; rights; immunities; compensation; expenses.
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Personnel of state emergency response teams while on duty, whether within or without the state, shall: (1) If they are employees of the state, have the powers, duties, rights, privileges, and immunities and receive the compensation incidental to their employment; (2) if they are …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.54 State emergency response teams; employees; expenses; political subdivisions; reimbursement by state; rental of equipment; payment; damages.
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(1) The state shall reimburse a political subdivision for (a) the compensation paid and expenses of employees of such political subdivision while serving as members of a state emergency response team as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177, (b) all payments for death, disabili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.55 Immunity from liability for activities; covered by Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act; licenses, not required; emergency management worker; powers, duties, immunities, privileges.
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(1) All functions provided for in the Emergency Management Act and all other activities relating to emergency management are hereby declared to be governmental functions. The United States, the state, any political subdivision thereof, any other agencies of the United States, the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.56 Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact; withdrawal; recognition of credential, when; other agreements or compacts; approval.
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(1) The State of Nebraska hereby withdraws from the Interstate Civil Defense and Disaster Compact pursuant to Article 13 of such compact. (2) If any person holds a license, certificate, or other permit issued by any state or political subdivision thereof evidencing the meeting of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.57 Persons within the state; conduct; personal services; compensation for property; claim; file.
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(1) Each person within this state shall conduct himself or herself and keep and manage his or her affairs and property in ways that will reasonably assist and will not unreasonably detract from the ability of the state and the public successfully to meet disasters, emergencies, o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.58 Emergency management; supplies and services from federal government; funds; disposition.
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Whenever the federal government or any agency or officer thereof offers to the state or, through the state, to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of disaster response and emergency manag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.59 Emergency management; supplies and services from private entities; funds; disposition.
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Whenever any person, firm, or corporation offers to the state or to any political subdivision thereof services, equipment, supplies, materials, or funds by way of gift, grant, or loan for purposes of disaster response and emergency management, the state, acting through the Govern…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.60 Emergency management; utilization of services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing departments and agencies of state.
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In carrying out the Emergency Management Act, the Governor and the principal executive officers or governing bodies of the political subdivisions of the state shall utilize the services, equipment, supplies, and facilities of existing departments, offices, and agencies of the sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.61 Emergency management organizations; political activities prohibited.
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No emergency management organization established under the Emergency Management Act shall participate in any form of political activity nor shall it be employed directly or indirectly for political purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.62 Emergency management; personnel; advocation of subversive activities against government; prohibited.
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No person shall be employed or associated in any capacity in any emergency management organization established under the Emergency Management Act who advocates or has advocated a change by force or violence in the constitutional form of the government of the United States or in t…
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 43, § 54.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.64 Emergency management organizations; enforce orders, rules, and regulations.
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Every emergency management organization established pursuant to the Emergency Management Act and the officers thereof shall execute and enforce such orders, rules, and regulations as may be made by the Governor under the act. Each such organization shall have available for inspec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.65 Emergency operations; moving of equipment outside limits of local government; law enforcement personnel; powers; insurance.
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The governing body of each local government of this state shall take the necessary action to permit the movement of its emergency equipment and personnel, utility equipment and personnel, or such equipment and personnel as defined in the state, city, village, county, or interjuri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.66 Emergency operations; immunity from liability for licensors of shelter space.
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Any person owning or controlling real estate or other premises who voluntarily and without compensation grants a license or privilege, or otherwise permits the designation or use of the whole or any part or parts of such real estate or premises for the purpose of sheltering perso…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.67 Storm spotter or emergency management worker; training, identification, and credentialing.
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(1) The Nebraska Emergency Management Agency shall develop training, identification, and credentialing standards for a storm spotter or emergency management worker. (2) For purposes of this section, storm spotter means an individual who performs weather spotting services as an em…
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 847, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.69 State of emergency; proclaimed by Governor; powers.
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Whenever the Governor has proclaimed a state of emergency pursuant to section 81-829.40, the Governor shall be authorized: (1) To enter into purchase, lease, or other arrangements with any agency of the United States for temporary housing units to be occupied by disaster, emergen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.70 Temporary housing units; powers of local governments.
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Any local government of this state is expressly authorized to acquire, temporarily or permanently, by purchase, lease, or otherwise, sites required for installation of temporary housing units for disaster, emergency, or civil defense emergency victims and to enter into whatever a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.71 Major disaster; powers of Governor; apply for federal community disaster loans; cancellation of repayment; when.
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Whenever a major disaster has been declared to exist in this state, the Governor shall be authorized: (1) Upon his determination that a local government of the state will suffer a substantial loss of tax and other revenue from a major disaster and has demonstrated a need for fina…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.72 State of emergency; powers of Governor; Adjutant General; duty.
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(1) Whenever a state of emergency has been declared to exist in this state, the Governor is authorized, upon his or her determination that financial assistance is essential to meet related necessary expenses or serious needs of individuals or families adversely affected by a disa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.73 Misstatement concerning financial assistance; penalty.
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Any person who fraudulently or willfully makes a misstatement of fact in connection with an application for financial assistance under the Emergency Management Act shall, upon conviction of each offense, be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor.
Repealed. Laws 1996, LB 43, § 54.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-829.75 References to prior act and agency; how construed.
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On and after July 19, 1996, all references in statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, resolutions, and other documents to the Nebraska Disaster and Civil Defense Act of 1973 shall be construed to mean the Emergency Management Act and all references in statutes, rules, regulatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-830 Office of Homeland Security; created; Director of State Homeland Security; Homeland Security Policy Group; created; members; duties.
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(1) The Office of Homeland Security is created. The Governor shall appoint the Director of State Homeland Security who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor. (2) The purpose of the office is to ensure preparedness by the State of Nebraska in response to or in mitigation of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-831 Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-831 to 81-836 shall be known and may be cited as the Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-832 Act, purpose.
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The purpose of the Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act is to prepare and secure the State of Nebraska in order to minimize the disruptive impact of a potential conflict precipitated by foreign adversaries against allies, democratic countries, and the United States Armed Forces in th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-833 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Pacific Conflict Stress Test Act: (1) Critical infrastructure means systems and assets, whether physical or virtual, so vital to this state or the United States that the incapacity or destruction of such systems and assets would have a debilitating impact on s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-834 Critical procurements; review; report; confidential; unauthorized public disclosure, penalty.
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(1) The Department of Administrative Services shall conduct a review of critical procurements purchased or supplied through a state supply chain or state vendor supply chain and produce a report, which shall be electronically submitted using a secure method to the Governor by Nov…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-835 State-managed funds; audit; report; confidential; unauthorized public disclosure, penalty.
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(1) The Nebraska Investment Council shall conduct an audit of all state-managed funds and produce a report, which shall be electronically submitted using a secure method to the Committee on Pacific Conflict created under section 81-836 and the Governor within one hundred eighty d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-836 Policy of the state; Committee on Pacific Conflict; created; members; meetings; powers; Governor; annual state threat assessment.
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(1) It shall be the policy of the State of Nebraska to: (a) Support the civilian and military command of the United States and its efforts to promote and maintain prosperity, peace, and security for America and its allies; (b) Enhance the defensive posture of this state so as to …
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 381, § 4.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 381, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1997, LB 622, § 137.
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Repealed. Laws 1997, LB 622, § 137.
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[Repealed or reserved.]