Chapter 86 — TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND TECHNOLOGY

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Repealed. Laws 2019, LB298, § 25.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-567 Intergovernmental Data Services Program Revolving Fund; created; use; investment.
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The Intergovernmental Data Services Program Revolving Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the division. The fund shall consist of fees paid for services provided to state agencies, political subdivisions, or other governmental or private entities by the division an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-568 Miscellaneous cash and revolving funds; authorized.
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The budget division of the Department of Administrative Services shall administratively create such cash and revolving funds as may be required to properly account for the receipt of charges for use of applications and the payment of expenses for operation of the system. It is th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-569 Findings and intent.
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(1) The Legislature finds that Geographic Information Systems are a computer-based technology that captures, stores, analyzes, and displays information about the earth's surface from geographically referenced systems, that an interest in the systems is rapidly increasing at all l…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-570 Geographic Information Systems Council; created; members; appointment; terms; expenses.
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(1) The Geographic Information Systems Council is hereby created and shall consist of: (a) The Chief Information Officer or his or her designee, the chief executive officer or designee of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the director or designee of the Department …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-571 Council; officers; advisory committees; meetings; expenses.
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(1) The Geographic Information Systems Council shall elect a chairperson from its members and such other officers as the council deems necessary. (2) As the need arises, advisory committees may be established by the council from various levels of government, industry, or the gene…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-572 Council; duties.
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The Geographic Information Systems Council shall: (1) Make recommendations to the Legislature and the Nebraska Information Technology Commission for program initiatives and funding. The recommendations submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically; (2) Establish …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-573 Council; report.
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The Geographic Information Systems Council shall provide a report of its activities to the Nebraska Information Technology Commission for inclusion in the biannual progress report submitted to the Governor and the Legislature by the commission pursuant to section 86-518.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-574 Dark fiber, defined.
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For purposes of sections 86-574 to 86-578, dark fiber means any unused fiber optic cable through which no light is transmitted or any installed fiber optic cable not carrying a signal.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-575 Agency or political subdivision; dark fiber; disposition; powers.
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(1) Any agency or political subdivision of the state may: (a) Own dark fiber; (b) Sell dark fiber pursuant to section 86-576; and (c) Lease or license dark fiber pursuant to section 86-577. (2) Any agency or political subdivision which sells, leases, or licenses its dark fiber pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-576 Agency or political subdivision; dark fiber; sale.
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Any agency or political subdivision of the state may sell its dark fiber by any method, including auction, sealed bid, or public sale, which it deems to be most advantageous to the public. The sales agreement may require that the agency or political subdivision be solely responsi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-577 Agency or political subdivision; dark fiber; lease or license.
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(1) For purposes of this section: (a) Enforceable commitment means a binding legal agreement between an Internet service provider and the federal government or this state by which the Internet service provider receives a grant of federal or state funds in exchange for the Interne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-578 Dark fiber; violation; procedure; appeal.
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In an original action concerning a violation of any provision of sections 86-574 to 86-578 by an agency or political subdivision of the state, the Public Service Commission shall have the jurisdiction set forth in section 75-132.01. After all administrative remedies before the Pu…
Repealed. Laws 2023, LB818, § 45.
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Repealed. Laws 2020, LB992, § 17.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Repealed. Laws 2005, LB 645, § 11.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-593 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 86-593 to 86-598: (1) Broadband services means the offering of a capability for high-speed broadband telecommunications capability at a speed or bandwidth in excess of two hundred kilobits per second that enables users to originate and receive high-qualit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-594 Agency or political subdivision of state; limitation on power.
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(1) Except as provided in the Educational Service Units Act and sections 79-1319, 81-1120.01 to 81-1120.28, 85-401 to 85-411, 85-1501 to 85-1542, and 86-575, an agency or political subdivision of the state that is not a public power supplier shall not provide on a retail or whole…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-595 Public power supplier; limitation on retail services.
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(1) A public power supplier shall not provide on a retail basis any broadband services, Internet services, telecommunications services, or video services. (2) The provisions of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply to services which a public power supplier was authorized…
Repealed. Laws 2014, LB 658, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-597 Retail or wholesale service; how construed.
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(1) For purposes of sections 86-594 and 86-595, providing a service on a retail or wholesale basis shall not include an agency or political subdivision of the state, whether or not a public power supplier, deploying or utilizing broadband services, Internet services, telecommunic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-598 Sections; how construed.
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Except as otherwise provided in section 86-595, nothing in sections 86-593 to 86-598 shall be construed to restrict or expand any authority of a public power supplier as that authority existed prior to September 4, 2005.
Repealed. Laws 2009, LB 154, § 27.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-601 Telegraph companies; laws governing.
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All associations organized or incorporated under the laws of this state, by and under authority of any other state, or by authority of the United States, whose object and purpose is the transmission, collection, and distribution of dispatches by telegraph, are subject to sections…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-602 Telegraph companies and press associations; statement; filing.
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Every telegraph company and every press association or corporation engaged in the transmission, collection, distribution, or delivery of telegraph dispatches, either for private use or for publication in newspapers, shall file in the office of the Secretary of State a statement, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-603 Certificate of authority; fee; issuance; effect.
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The Secretary of State shall issue a certificate to every company, association, or corporation that has filed the statement required by section 86-602 and has paid a filing fee of five dollars. The certificate conveys authority to such company, association, or corporation to cond…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-604 Telegraph companies and press associations; statement; failure to register; penalty.
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Every telegraph company, and press association or corporation engaged in the transmission, collection, and delivery of telegraph dispatches, that refuses or fails to comply with section 86-602 shall forfeit its right to carry on the collection, transmission, and delivery of dispa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-605 Dispatches; transmission; duties.
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All telegraph companies and press associations or corporations operating telegraph lines in this state shall (1) transmit and forward all dispatches directed to newspapers, private individuals, or public officers with impartiality in the order in which they are received and (2) u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-606 Dispatches; unlawful delay or disclosure; penalty.
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(1) It is unlawful for any officer or employee of any telegraph company, or press association or corporation engaged in the transmission of dispatches, to willfully delay the transmission or delivery of any dispatch, or to willfully divulge the contents of any dispatch entrusted …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-607 Dispatches; rates; violation; penalty.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, it is unlawful for any telegraph company, its agents, or its operators to demand, charge, or receive from any individual, association, or corporation a greater sum for the transmission and delivery of any telegram or message over …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-608 Dispatches; duties; violation; penalty.
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(1) Any telegraph company, and press association or organization engaged in the transmission, collection, distribution, or publication of dispatches, shall afford the same and equal facilities to all publishers of newspapers and shall furnish the dispatches collected by them for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-609 Dispatches; unlawful delay or refusal; nondelivery of notice; violation; penalty.
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(1) It is unlawful for any telegraph company, any press association or organization engaged in the transmission of telegraph dispatches from any place in this state, or the person having the control or management of the company, association, or organization, to refuse to receive …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-610 Dispatches; nondelivery; mistakes; liability.
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Any telegraph company is liable for the nondelivery of dispatches entrusted to its care, for mistakes in transmitting messages made by its employee or agent, and for damages resulting from a failure to perform any other duty required by law. Such telegraph company shall not be ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-611 Digital and electronic signatures and electronic communications authorized; rules and regulations.
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(1) It is the intent of the Legislature to promote economic growth and the efficient operation of business and government in Nebraska through the electronic exchange of information and legally binding electronic transactions. In order to facilitate the electronic exchange of info…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-612 Act, how cited.
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Sections 86-612 to 86-643 shall be known and may be cited as the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-613 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the definitions found in sections 86-614 to 86-629 apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-614 Agreement, defined.
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Agreement means the bargain of the parties in fact as found in their language or inferred from other circumstances and from rules, regulations, and procedures given the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a particular transaction.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-615 Automated transaction, defined.
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Automated transaction means a transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 86-616 Computer program, defined.
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Computer program means a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in an information processing system in order to bring about a certain result.