80-1001. Service providers; intake forms and interviews; question regarding military service; departments; duties. The Department of Health and Human Services and Department of Veterans’ Affairs shall work jointly to encourage service providers in their respective departments and in other state and local agencies and departments to ask the question “Have you or a family member […]
80-101. County veterans service committee; members; term; compensation; vacancy, how filled; bond; expenses. (1) Each county board shall appoint a county veterans service committee of five members, such choice to be made from a list of eligible veterans recommended by the recognized veterans organizations within the county. Such list shall contain not less than three […]
80-102. County veterans service committee; meetings; relief; persons entitled; determination; payment; tax; amount authorized. (1)(a) The county veterans service committee shall meet at least once each year or on call of the chairperson or of any three members of the committee. It shall determine the amount it considers necessary for providing aid, including food, shelter, […]
80-102.01. County veterans service committee; acceptance of gifts, devises, and bequests. The county veterans service committee shall have power to accept gifts, devises, and bequests of real and personal property to carry out the purposes for which such county veterans service committee was established and to the extent of the powers conferred upon such committee […]
80-103. County veterans service committee; members; removal from office; filling of vacancy. The county board may at any time remove any member of the county veterans service committee for neglect of duty, maladministration, or upon recommendation of all recognized veterans organizations in the county and appoint another veteran in the place of the member thus […]
80-104. Veterans; burial by county veterans service committee; when authorized; surviving relatives may conduct funeral. Except for cremated remains disposed of as provided in section 71-1382.01, it shall be the duty of the county veterans service committee to cause to be decently interred the body of any person who has been discharged or otherwise separated […]
80-105. Veterans; graves; headstones. The grave of any deceased person described in section 80-104 shall be marked by a headstone containing the name of the deceased and the organization to which he or she belonged or in which he or she served. The county veterans service committee, upon the death and burial of any such […]
80-106. Veterans; burial expenses; payment. The expenses of burial under section 80-104 shall be paid by the county in which such veteran maintained his or her legal residence at time of death. The county board of such county is authorized and directed to audit the account and pay the expenses in similar manner as other […]
80-107. Veterans graves, markers; furnish, when. (1) The county boards of the several counties in this state shall, upon the application of the county veterans service committee, procure for and furnish to such committee some suitable and appropriate metal marker for the grave of each and every person described in subsection (2) of this section, […]
80-108. Veterans graves; petition for markers. In all petitions to the county boards the petitioners shall state the names of veterans buried and the number of such graves in the townships, precincts or municipalities at the time of petitioning. Source Laws 1909, c. 135, § 2, p. 484; R.S.1913, § 7162; C.S.1922, § 6808; C.S.1929, […]
80-201. Memorials; authority to erect. All counties, townships, cities, and villages of Nebraska may erect or aid in the erection of statues, monuments, or other memorials commemorating the services of the members of the armed forces of the United States of America to be located upon the public lands or within the public buildings within […]
80-202. Memorials; erection; plans; publication; tax authorized; limitation. The board of supervisors or commissioners of any county, the electors of any township at the annual or special township meeting, or the commissioners, council, or trustees of any city or village may by proper resolution, motion, or ordinance decide to erect or aid in the erection […]
80-203. Memorials; ordinance to erect; referendum; effect. No money shall be so raised or expended, as provided in section 80-202, until the expiration of twenty days after the passage or adoption of such resolution, motion, or ordinance authorizing the same, and if within that time a petition shall be filed with said supervisors or commissioners […]
80-204. Memorial; erection; initiative petition; effect. Whenever there shall be filed with any board of supervisors or commissioners of the county, or the commissioners, council or trustees of the city or village, a petition signed by ten percent of the voters of such county, city or village asking for the erection, or aid for the […]
80-205. Elections; laws governing. Propositions submitted to a vote of the people under sections 80-203 and 80-204 shall be submitted in like manner on the ballot as under the general initiative and referendum law. Source Laws 1919, c. 254, § 5, p. 1032; C.S.1922, § 6816; C.S.1929, § 80-205; R.S.1943, § 80-205.
80-206. POW/MIA flag; display; when; conditions. (1) Upon the request of any veterans organization, any other group, or any person, a POW/MIA flag may be displayed on or near the State Capitol, the Governor’s Mansion, or any courthouse, city or village hall, schoolhouse, or other public administrative building in this state. Such flag shall be […]
80-301. Transferred to section 80-315.
80-301.01. Act, how cited. Sections 80-301.01 to 80-337 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Veterans Services Act. Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 1; Laws 2018, LB827, § 1.
80-301.02. Transferred to section 80-326.
80-301.03. Terms, defined. For purposes of the Nebraska Veterans Services Act: (1) Department means the Department of Veterans’ Affairs; (2) Director means the Director of Veterans’ Affairs; and (3) Veterans homes means the homes listed in section 80-315. Source Laws 2017, LB340, § 2.
