2008 Bills

Nebraska Legislative Bills can be view at the
NebraskaLegislature.gov website at:

http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/web/public/home

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Number	Primary Introducer	Description	PCAN	POAN	NSA
LB740	Fulton	Change provisions relating to authorized emergency vehicles	Opposed	Opposed	Opposed
LB766	Cornett	Regulate scrap metal recycling	Support	Support	Support
LB770	Cornett	Exclude military retirement benefits from taxation	Support	Support	No Position
LB772	Hudkins	Provide for state payment for county and district court courtroom security	Support	Support	Support
LB781	Rogert	Change the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act	Support	Support	No Position
LB782	Howard	Allow disclosure of child abuse and neglect information	Opposed	Opposed	No Position
LB786	Howard	Regulate traffic approaching or passing a stopped authorized emergency vehicle	Support	Support	Support
LB787	Gay	Create degrees of offenses of assault on an emergency services provider or a health care provider	Support	Support	Support
LB793	Burling	Change which county pays for costs of emergency protective custody and proceedings	Support	Support	Support
LB794	McGill	Change provisions relating to the criminal responsibility of intoxicated persons and the insanity defense	Support	Support	No Position
LB810	Kruse	Adopt the Alcoholic Liquor Liability Act	Support	Support	No Position
LB812	Kruse	Provide for primary enforcement of occupant protection system laws	Support	Support	No Position
LB826	Christensen	Change the Concealed Handgun Permit Act to provide a residency exception for members of the armed forces	Support	Support	No Position
LB840	McDonald	Regulate Salvia divinorum and Salvinorin A under the Uniform Controlled Substances Act	Support	Support	No Position
LB844	Karpisek	Change certain drug and alcohol penalty provisions	Support	Support	Support
LB867	Adams	Provide that vehicles removed from private property under a municipal ordinance are abandoned	Support	Support	No Position
LB901	Johnson	Provide immunity for emergency management workers as prescribed	Support	Support	Support
LB909	Pirsch	Provide for aggregation of amounts for certain forgery crimes	Support	Support	No Position
LB934	Ashford	Change provisions relating to use of a deadly weapon by a felon	Support	Support	Support
LB958	Ashford	Change provisions relating to firearms	No Position	Support	Support
LB994	Johnson	Extend termination date of the Behavioral Health Oversight Commission	Support	Support	No Position
LB1007	Dierks	Change budget and tax levy limits	Support	Neutral	No Position
LB1018	Synowiecki	Adopt the Children's Behavioral Health Transformation and Prioritization Appropriations Act	Opposed	Neutral	No Position
LB1054	Karpisek	Create the offense of unlawful sexual intercourse	Support	Support	No Position
LB1077	Rogert	Provide for collection of DNA samples upon arrest for certain offenses	Support	Support	No Position
LB1097	Pahls	Authorize federal law enforcement agencies to obtain undercover drivers' licenses and license plates	Support	Support	Support
LB1106	Pirsch	Create offense of intimidation by electronic communication device	Support	Support	No Position
LR224	Fulton	Encourage law enforcement agencies in Nebraska to enter into a Memoranda of Agreement with the Secretary of Homeland Security to perform immigration law enforcement functions	Neutral	Neutral	Neutral
		NOTES
	LB740	Will increase the probability to police pursuits
	LB766	A similar ordinance in Lincoln has reduced thefts of recyclable metals
	LB770	Military veterans deserve this exemption
	LB772	Courtrooms need adequate security
	LB782	Bill allows for non-law enforcement personnel to release info, this may jeopardize an ongoing criminal investigation
	LB786	This is an officer safety issue
	LB787	Should create additional protections for emergency/health workers
	LB793	Transfers the financial obligation to the county of residence, may avoid moving patients
	LB794	Holds persons who use illegal drugs or alcohol to excess accountable for the behavior
	LB810	Makes those who sell/serve alcohol accountable for behavior of the clientele
	LB812	Will improve traffic safety by reducing deaths and injuries
	LB826	Will support with an amendment that provides mental health information during licensing
	LB840	There is an increasing use of Salvia divinorum
	LB844	Marijuana use creates a public safety concerns, its penalties should be more that a parking ticket
	LB867	This is an order/maintenance issue. Provides an option for the efficient removal of junk/abandoned vehicles
	LB901	Emergency managers are required to make decisions under fire
	LB909	This makes sense. It provides the mechanism to enhance punishment to chronic offenders who are trying to stay under the radar of serious felony charges.
	LB934	We believe that a convicted felon should not be allowed to possess a knife
	LB958	provides for a statewide study and review of firearm incidents
	LB994	continues the oversight of the mental health crisis
	LB1007	LIDS have an adverse effect on public safety
	LB1018	We are concerned that this will do to juveniles what LB1083, mental health reform did to patients
	LB1054	This addresses sexual assaults committed to "drugged" victims
	LB1077	Sex Offenders have a high recidivism rate, DNA collection is important
	LB1097	We have supported undercover plates/license for federal employees for many years. Especially, during a time when our very way of life is threatened by terrorism
	LB1106	text messaging is widely used and becoming a method to communicate threats
	LR224	This is a very complex issued, too complex for a short note. It should be thoroughly studied and discussed before reaching a decision

LB 371 update 12/12/07

Hello Fellow POAN members,

Here is the news regarding the retirement bill LB 371. There will be a Legislative Retirement Committee Hearing in Lincoln on December 14, 2007 at 1:30PM....at the State Capitol Building. If possible it would be a good showing for any Officers attending the hearing, to wear their uniforms.   If that is not possible please know you are invited as well..no matter what the dress... I know this is short notice but things have moved very quickly..and the Actuary study is finished and will be turned over to the Senators at that time by the Company that did the Actuary Study.. There will also be testimony from the Actuary person that was in charge of the study as well.. If you could please get the word out regarding the hearing date and time...and should anyone from your department plan on attending please let me know how many so I and Andy Backman might have an idea on numbers...if possible?  Any other questions please let me know and thanks for your help and time.

~ Sgt. Kim Christensen, York Police Department

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