20-131.01. Full and equal enjoyment of housing accommodations; statement of policy. It is the intent of the Legislature that persons with disabilities shall be entitled to full and equal access to all housing accommodations offered for rent, lease, or compensation in this state. Source Laws 1975, LB 83, § 1; Laws 1980, LB 932, § […]
20-131.02. Housing accommodations; terms, defined. For purposes of sections 20-131.01 to 20-131.04, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Housing accommodations means any real property which is used or occupied or is intended, arranged, or designed to be used or occupied as the home, residence, or sleeping place of one or more human beings. Housing accommodations […]
20-131.03. Housing accommodations; modification; not required. Nothing in sections 20-131.01 to 20-131.04 shall require any person who rents, leases, or provides housing accommodations for compensation to modify such person’s property in any way to accommodate the special needs of any lessee. Source Laws 1975, LB 83, § 3.
20-131.04. Service animal; access to housing accommodations; terms and conditions. Every person with a disability who has a service animal or obtains a service animal shall have full and equal access to all housing accommodations with such animal as prescribed in sections 20-131.01 to 20-131.04. Such person shall not be required to pay extra compensation […]
20-132. Full and equal enjoyment of accommodations. All persons within this state shall be entitled to a full and equal enjoyment of any place of public accommodation, as defined in sections 20-132 to 20-143, without discrimination or segregation on the grounds of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, or ancestry. Source Laws 1969, c. […]
20-133. Places of public accommodation, defined. As used in sections 20-132 to 20-143, unless the context otherwise requires, places of public accommodation shall mean all places or businesses offering or holding out to the general public goods, services, privileges, facilities, advantages, and accommodations for the peace, comfort, health, welfare, and safety of the general public […]
20-134. Discriminatory practices; violation; penalty. Any person who directly or indirectly refuses, withholds from, denies, or attempts to refuse, withhold, or deny, to any other person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges, or who segregates any person in a place of public accommodation on the basis of race, creed, color, sex, religion, […]
20-135. Prohibited acts; violation; penalty. Any person who aids, abets, incites, compels, or coerces any activity prohibited by the provisions of sections 20-132 to 20-143, or who attempts to do so, shall be guilty of discriminatory practice and shall be subject to the penalties of sections 20-132 to 20-143. Source Laws 1973, LB 112, § […]
20-136. Retaliation; discrimination; violation; penalty. Retaliation or discrimination, in any manner, against any person who has opposed any activity prohibited by the provisions of sections 20-132 to 20-143 or who has testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in any investigation, proceeding, or hearing conducted pursuant to sections 20-132 to 20-143 shall be discriminatory practice […]
20-137. Religious preference; not violation of discriminatory practice. Any place of public accommodation owned by or operated on behalf of a religious corporation, association, or society which gives preference in the use of such place to members of the same faith as that of the administering body shall not be guilty of discriminatory practice. Source […]
20-138. Private club or establishment not open to public; applicability of sections. The provisions of sections 20-132 to 20-143 shall not apply to a private club or other establishment not in fact open to the public, except to the extent that the facilities of such establishments are made available to the customers or patrons of […]
20-139. Nebraska Fair Housing Act, free speech, and public accommodations law; administered by Equal Opportunity Commission; powers. The Nebraska Fair Housing Act and sections 20-123, 20-124, and 20-132 to 20-143 shall be administered by the Equal Opportunity Commission, except that the State Fire Marshal shall administer the act and sections as they relate to accessibility […]
20-140. Unlawful discriminatory practice; complaint; file with commission; contents; resolution of complaint; confidential; violation; penalty. Any person claiming to be aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice may by himself, his agent, or his attorney file with the commission a verified complaint in writing which shall state the name and address of the person alleged to […]
20-141. Failure to eliminate unlawful practice by conference, conciliation, and persuasion; written notice; hearing; procedure. (1) In case of failure to eliminate any unlawful practice by informal methods of conference, conciliation, and persuasion, the commission shall cause to be issued and served in the name of the commission a written notice, together with a copy […]
20-142. Appeal; procedure; attorney’s fees; failure to appeal; effect. (1) Any party to a proceeding before the commission aggrieved by any decision and order of the commission and directly affected thereby may appeal the decision and order, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act. (2) In any action or proceeding […]
20-143. Violations; penalty. Any person or place of public accommodation who or which shall willfully resist, prevent, impede, or interfere with the commission or any of its members or representatives in the performance of duty under sections 20-132 to 20-143, or shall willfully violate an order of the commission shall, upon conviction thereof, be imprisoned […]
20-144. Finding by Legislature. The Legislature finds: (1) That the policy of the State of Nebraska is to insure the free flow of news and other information to the public, and that those who gather, write, or edit information for the public or disseminate information to the public may perform these vital functions only in […]
20-145. Terms, defined. For purposes of the Free Flow of Information Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Federal or state proceeding shall include any proceeding or investigation before or by any federal or state judicial, legislative, executive, or administrative body; (2) Medium of communication shall include, but not be limited to, any newspaper, magazine, […]
20-146. Procuring, gathering, writing, editing, or disseminating news or other information; not required to disclose to courts or public. No person engaged in procuring, gathering, writing, editing, or disseminating news or other information to the public shall be required to disclose in any federal or state proceeding: (1) The source of any published or unpublished, […]
20-147. Act, how cited. Sections 20-144 to 20-147 shall be known and may be cited as the Free Flow of Information Act. Source Laws 1973, LB 380, § 4.
