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NE LB542

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/22/2025

Primary Sponsor

Robert Dover

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Origin

Legislature

109th Legislature

AI Summary

  • Requires the state to pay costs when utility facilities must be relocated for federal-aid highway construction projects, regardless of any existing rules, permits, agreements, franchises, or other authorizations to the contrary
  • Expands the definition of "qualifying utility facility" to include facilities located along any highway, state highway system road, or road/street/right-of-way under county, city, or village authority
  • Adds commercial broadband supplier facilities and community antenna television service facilities to the definition of "utility facility"
  • Removes the previous $5 million cap on state payments for utility relocations and eliminates the July 1, 1993 cutoff date for such payments
  • Amends sections 14-2113 and 39-1304.02 of Nebraska's Reissue Revised Statutes

Legislative Description

Change and eliminate payment provisions for road construction costs relating to utility facilities

Last Action

Title printed. Carryover bill

1/7/2026

Committee Referrals

Transportation and Telecommunications1/24/2025

Full Bill Text

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