Chapter 81 — STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
2,602 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1524 Accumulation of junk; investigation; removal; notice.
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The department of health of a city, or the director, as the case may be, shall have the power to investigate all complaints of violations of section 81-1523 and, if either the department or director finds that the property owner or person in lawful possession of the property has …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1525 Accumulation of junk; failure to remove; violation; penalty.
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Any property owner or person in lawful possession of property who fails or refuses to remove an accumulation of junk as directed by the director pursuant to section 81-1524 shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1526 Rules and regulations; provisions applicable; exceptions.
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(1) All rules and regulations adopted by the council and all hearings and other proceedings of the director, and judicial review thereof, shall be subject to the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. (2) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require a hearing pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1527 Records and information; confidential use.
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(1) Any records or other information furnished to or obtained by the department concerning one or more air, water, or land contaminant sources, which records or information, as certified by the owner or operator and determined by the director to relate to methods or processes ent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1528 Act; political subdivision exempt; when; council; rules and regulations.
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(1) The Environmental Protection Act shall not apply in any political subdivision which provides for the control of air, water, or land pollution by resolution, ordinance, or regulation not inconsistent with the substantive provisions of the Environmental Protection Act or any ru…
Repealed. Laws 1986, LB 491, § 40.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1529 Act, how construed.
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Nothing in the Environmental Protection Act shall be construed to: (1) Grant to the department any jurisdiction or authority with respect to air contamination existing solely within commercial and industrial plants, works, or shops or private property appurtenant thereto; (2) Aff…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-153 Materiel division; powers and duties; enumerated.
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The materiel division shall have the power and duty to: (1) Purchase or contract for, in the name of the state, the personal property required by the using agencies and the state; (2) Sell and dispose of personal property that is not needed by the state or its using agencies as p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-153.01 Materiel Division Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Materiel Division Revolving Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the materiel division of the Department of Administrative Services. The fund shall consist of (a) fees paid for printing, copying, central supply, and mailing services provided to state agencie…
Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 152, § 12.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1974, LB 1029, § 10.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1531.01 Act, how construed.
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Nothing in the Environmental Protection Act shall be construed to apply to any wells or holes covered by sections 57-901 to 57-922.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1531.02 Uranium mining; department; regulatory duties; prohibited methods; enforcement.
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(1) The department shall recommend an appropriate regulatory policy for controlling uranium mining to be presented to the council and the Legislature by January 1, 1986. The department shall evaluate all reasonable regulatory options for addressing the impacts on air, land, and w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1532 Environmental Protection Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-1501 to 81-1532 shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Protection Act.
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 1234, § 24.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1534 Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-1534 to 81-1566 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1535 Legislative declaration; litter and recycling program.
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The Legislature declares that the protection of the public health, safety, and well-being, the maintenance of the economic productivity and environmental quality of the state, and the conservation of natural resources require the implementation of a comprehensive litter and recyc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1536 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 81-1537 to 81-1548.04 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1537 Department, defined.
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Department shall mean the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1538 Council, defined.
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Council shall mean the Environmental Quality Council.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1539 Fund, defined.
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Fund shall mean the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Fund.
Repealed. Laws 2024, LB461, § 53.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 73-818.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1540 Director, defined.
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Director shall mean the Director of Water, Energy, and Environment.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1541 Litter, defined.
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Litter shall mean all waste material susceptible to being dropped, deposited, discarded, or otherwise disposed of by any person upon any property in the state, but not including the wastes of primary processes of farming or manufacturing. Waste material as used in this section sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1542 Manufacturer, defined.
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Manufacturer shall mean any person engaged in a business activity who has annual gross proceeds in this state of at least one hundred thousand dollars resulting from the sale of tangible personal property which the person has made, produced, manufactured, processed, or fabricated…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1543 Person, defined.
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Person shall mean any natural person, political subdivision, government agency, public or private corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, association, firm, or individual proprietorship.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1544 Public place, defined.
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Public place shall mean any place or area in the state that is used or held out for use by the public, whether owned or operated by public or private interests.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1545 Recycling, defined.
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Recycling shall mean the process of separating, cleaning, treating, and reconstituting waste or other discarded materials for the purpose of recovering and reusing the resources contained therein.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1546 Recycling center, defined.
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Recycling center shall mean a central collection point in a community for recyclable materials.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1547 Resource recovery, defined.
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Resource recovery shall mean a system or process for the recovery of materials or energy from waste material.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1548 Source separation, defined.
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Source separation shall mean separation by the public from their general refuse of recyclable material.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1548.01 Wholesaler, defined.
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Wholesaler shall mean any person engaged in business who has annual gross proceeds in this state of at least one hundred thousand dollars resulting from sales at the wholesale level to retailers, other merchants, or industrial, institutional, and commercial users of any tangible …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1548.02 Retailer, defined.
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Retailer shall mean any person engaged in business who has annual gross proceeds in this state of at least one hundred thousand dollars resulting from the sales of tangible personal property for storage, use, or other consumption or from the business of making sales at auction of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1548.03 Tangible personal property, defined.
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Tangible personal property shall mean all tangible personal property except: (1) Gas, electricity, and water delivered through mains, lines, pipes, or channels to purchasers; (2) Food and food products for human or pet consumption sold in bulk form and not packaged or subpackaged…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1548.04 Gross proceeds, defined.
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Gross proceeds shall mean the total receipts from all sales less expenditures for the purchase of any item in this state for the purpose of recycling such item.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1549 Council; adopt rules and regulations.
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In addition to other powers and duties, the council shall have the power to propose and to adopt and promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions, purposes, and intent of the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-155 Materiel administrator; inventory record; state property; powers and duties.
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The materiel administrator shall have complete control of all furniture and equipment in the capitol, state laboratory, Governor's Mansion, and all other buildings owned or leased by the State of Nebraska, except telephone and telecommunications equipment and equipment and furnit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1550 Litter prone activities and areas; litter receptacles; required.
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Litter prone activities and areas shall be required to have appropriate litter receptacles meeting minimum standards established by the department. The council shall, by regulation, determine what are litter prone activities and areas.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1551 Litter receptacles; owner or operator provide and maintain; penalty.
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It shall be the responsibility of any person owning or operating any establishment or public place in which litter receptacles are required by section 81-1550 to procure and place such receptacles at his or her own expense on the premises and to maintain the same in accord with r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1552 Litter receptacle; abuse; misuse; prohibited; violation; penalty.
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(1) No person shall damage, deface, abuse, or misuse any litter receptacle not owned by him or her so as to interfere with its proper function or to detract from its proper appearance. (2) No person shall deposit leaves, clippings, prunings, garden refuse, or household waste mate…
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 79, § 3.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1553.01 Litter problem; surveys; department; grant funds; progress report.
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Prior to April 5, 2007, in order to identify the litter problem more fully and to measure the progress made by the department, the department conducted, or granted funds to enable public or private agencies to conduct, a survey measuring the amount and composition of litter on th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1554 Department; jobs for unemployed; design programs; grant funds.
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In order to provide employment and to establish litter free areas, the department may design programs and grant funds for the use of unemployed persons on a seasonal and part-time basis. In designing such programs, the department shall cooperate and coordinate with federal, other…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1555 Department; encourage effective local littering laws.
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The department shall work toward establishing effective local ordinances and resolutions relating to littering laws.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1556 Act; enforcement; personnel.
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The director may designate trained employees of the department to enforce and administer the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act and all rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act. The director may contract with other state and local governmental agencies having la…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1557 Department; littering laws; appropriate provisions posted.
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The penalties which may be imposed for littering in this state and any provisions of the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act deemed appropriate by the department shall be posted along public highways of this state, at visitor centers, at the entrance to state parks and re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1558 Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Fund; created; use; investment.
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There is hereby created within the state treasury a fund to be known as the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Fund. The proceeds of the fee imposed by sections 81-1559 to 81-1560.02, money received by the department as gifts, donations, or contributions toward the goals sta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1559 Annual litter fee; manufacturer; wholesaler; rate; collection and administration; license; revocation; violation; penalty.
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(1) To aid in defraying the cost of administration of the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act and the Waste Reduction and Recycling Incentive Fund, there shall be collected an annual litter fee equal to one hundred seventy-five dollars for each one million dollars of gros…
Transferred to section 73-819.
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[Repealed or reserved.]