Chapter 81 — STATE ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENTS
2,602 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1985, LB 27, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 892, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1998, LB 892, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 708, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1635 Nebraska Energy Settlement Fund; established; source of funds; investment.
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There is hereby established in the state treasury a fund, to be known as the Nebraska Energy Settlement Fund and referred to in sections 81-1635 to 81-1641 as the fund, to be administered by the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment as the representative of the Governor. T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1636 Fund; plan for disbursement.
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The Governor or the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment as representative of the Governor shall develop a plan for the disbursement of the money credited to the fund for submission to the United States Department of Energy. The plan shall be in accordance with the specif…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1637 Predisbursement plan; contents; hearing.
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(1) The Governor shall submit electronically a predisbursement plan to the Legislature if in session or the Executive Board of the Legislative Council if the Legislature is not in session. (2) The predisbursement plan shall generally outline the uses and beneficiaries of proposed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1638 Department of Water, Energy, and Environment; duties; political subdivision; application for disbursement.
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(1) The Department of Water, Energy, and Environment shall, as the representative of and under the direction of the Governor, be the administrative agency for the selection of projects pursuant to section 81-1636, allocation of funds to the projects, and monitoring of the uses of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1639 Disbursement of funds; requirements.
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No money shall be disbursed or expended from the fund unless: (1) The disbursement is pursuant to an appropriation by the Legislature; (2) The provisions of section 81-1636 have been complied with in regard to the project for which funds are being disbursed; and (3) The use for w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-164 Central mailing room; equipment required.
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The materiel division, under the direction of the Director of Administrative Services, shall operate and maintain a central mailing room. The central mailing room shall be equipped with postage metering machines and postal handling equipment for the purpose of metering official m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1640 Fund; proposed uses; hearing.
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The Department of Water, Energy, and Environment shall conduct a public hearing on the proposed uses of the fund in the manner and to the extent required by specifications and guidelines of the applicable federal court order and any applicable federal law or regulations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1641 Disbursement of funds; sections applicable.
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Sections 81-1635 to 81-1641 shall apply to the disbursement of all funds which are subject to sections 81-1635 to 81-1641 except for funds appropriated by Legislative Bill 432, Ninetieth Legislature, First Session, 1987. Sections 81-1636 and 81-1637 shall not apply to any funds w…
Transferred to section 81-1183.
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Transferred to section 81-1184.
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Transferred to section 81-1185.
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Transferred to section 81-1186.
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Transferred to section 81-1187.
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Transferred to section 81-1188.
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Transferred to section 81-1189.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-165 Official outgoing mail to be metered; members of Legislature, when exempt.
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Beginning July 1, 1943, all official outgoing mail of each state officer, department, commission, board, bureau, court or other agency, occupying quarters in the Capitol Building in Lincoln, Nebraska, or in any state building which may hereafter be located adjacent thereto, shall…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-166 Postage records; requirements.
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The materiel division shall keep an accurate record of the postage used by each state officer, department, commission, board, bureau, court, or other agency and charge such state officer, department, commission, board, bureau, court, or other agency with the exact amount of posta…
Repealed. Laws 2022, LB1012, § 33.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-168 Central mailing room; employees; hours staggered.
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The materiel division under the direction of the Director of Administrative Services shall stagger the hours of employees in the central mailing room so that the central mailing room is open until the last mail departs from the Capitol Building.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-169 Rules and regulations; authority of materiel division.
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The materiel division under the direction of the Director of Administrative Services may make such reasonable rules and regulations as may be deemed necessary for the administration of sections 81-164 to 81-171.
Repealed. Laws 1963, c. 508, § 15.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1701 Act; purpose; applicability.
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The purpose of the Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act is to provide managerial control over competitive negotiations by the state for acquisition of professional architectural, engineering, landscape architecture, or land surveying services. The act does not apply …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1702 Act, how cited.
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Sections 81-1701 to 81-1721 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1703 Definitions; sections applicable.
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For purposes of sections 81-1701 to 81-1721, unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions found in sections 81-1704 to 81-1710 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1704 Professional services, defined.
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Professional services shall mean those services within the scope of the practice of architecture, professional engineering, landscape architecture, or professional land surveying as defined by the laws of the state, or those performed by any architect, professional engineer, land…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1705 Agency, defined.
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Agency shall mean each board, commission, bureau, council, department, officer, division, the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska state colleges, or other administrative office or unit of state government.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1706 Firm, defined.
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Firm shall mean any individual, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, association, or other legal entity permitted by law to practice architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, or land surveying in the state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1707 Compensation, defined.
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Compensation shall mean the total amount paid by the agency for professional services.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1708 Agency official, defined.
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Agency official shall mean any elected or appointed officeholder, employee, consultant, person in the category of other personal service, or any other person receiving compensation from a state agency.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1709 Project, defined.
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Project shall mean that fixed capital outlay, study, or planning activity, except renewal work as defined in section 81-173, described in the public notice of a state agency.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-171 Delivery of mail to mailing room for unofficial business; violation; penalty.
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It shall be unlawful to deliver any mail to any state mailing room, to be metered and dispatched, or to deposit in the United States mail any envelope, metered by a postage metering machine of the State of Nebraska, for any purpose or upon any business other than the dispatch of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1710 Continuing contract, defined.
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Continuing contract shall mean a contract for professional services entered into in accordance with the procedures of sections 81-1701 to 81-1721 between an agency and a firm whereby the firm provides professional services to the agency for work of a specified nature as outlined …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1711 Department of Administrative Services; Department of Transportation; project; procedures.
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The Department of Administrative Services shall, with the advice of each agency, prescribe by administrative rules procedures for the determination of a project under its jurisdiction. The Department of Transportation shall prescribe such procedures for highway construction proje…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1712 Project; professional services required; notice; qualifications and performance data; statements; certification; procedures; Department of Administrative Services; adopt.
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(1) Public notice shall be given by each agency, in a uniform and consistent manner, when professional services are required to be contracted for a project whose basic construction cost is estimated by the agency to be more than four hundred thousand dollars and for professional …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1713 Project; professional services; qualifications; agency; evaluation; selection; considerations.
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(1) For each proposed project, the agency or a committee designated by the agency shall evaluate current statements of qualifications and performance data of firms as are on file with the agency, together with those that may be submitted by firms regarding the proposed project, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1714 Sections, how construed.
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Nothing in sections 81-1701 to 81-1721 shall be construed to prohibit continuing contracts between firm and agency.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1715 Professional services; agency; negotiate contract; procedure; failure to contract; effect.
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(1) The agency or the committee designated by the agency shall negotiate a contract with the most qualified firm for professional services at compensation which the agency determines is fair and reasonable. In making such determination, the agency or committee designated by the a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1716 Professional services; contract; contingent fees; prohibited; penalty.
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(1) Each contract for professional services entered into by the agency shall contain a prohibition against contingent fees as follows: The architect, or professional land surveyor, professional engineer, or landscape architect, as applicable, warrants that he or she has not emplo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1717 Agency contract for professional services; prohibited acts; penalty.
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Any firm, other than a bona fide employee working solely for an architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or landscape architect, who offers, agrees, or contracts to solicit or secure agency contracts for professional services for any other company or firm for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1718 Professional services; contract; improper action; penalty.
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Any architect, professional engineer, professional land surveyor, or landscape architect, or any group, company, or firm who shall offer to pay, or pay, any fee, commission, percentage, gift, or other consideration contingent upon, or resulting from, the award or making of any ag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1719 Professional services; contract; agency official; conflict of interest; penalty.
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Any agency official who offers to solicit or secure, or solicits or secures, a contract for professional services and to be paid, or is paid, any fee, commission, percentage, gift, or any other consideration contingent upon the award or making of such a contract for professional …
Repealed. Laws 1963, c. 508, § 15.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1720 Professional services; selection process; notice; when not required.
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Notwithstanding any other provision of sections 81-1701 to 81-1721, there shall be no public notice requirement or utilization of the selection process as provided in sections 81-1701 to 81-1721 for projects in which the agency is able to reuse existing drawings, specifications, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-1721 Existing contracts; validity; unaffected.
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Nothing in sections 81-1701 to 81-1721 shall affect the validity of any contracts in existence on July 22, 1978.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-173 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Deferred Building Renewal Act and sections 85-106 and 85-304, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Renewal work means any (a) deferred or preventive maintenance projects that will restore facilities and utility systems as closely as practicable to their …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-174 Task Force for Building Renewal; established; purpose; consultants; appointment; how selected.
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There is hereby established the Task Force for Building Renewal to carry out the Deferred Building Renewal Act. The Director of Administrative Services shall appoint an administrator as the chief officer of the task force. The administrator shall retain not more than four consult…