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NRECA Legislative Conference Key Issues

NREA Key Issues

Net Metering

Understanding Net Metering

Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency

2017 Key Bills

Bill Number	Bill Title	NREA Position	Bill Summary
LB 27	Change state agency contracts and duties of the Auditor of Public Accounts	Monitor
LB 52	Adopt the Modern Tax Act	Oppose
LB 55	Change a duty of landowners relating to the frequency of mowing roadside weeds	Monitor
LB 67	Adopt the Fair Repair Act	Monitor
LB 72	Provide for governmental unit bond priority under the Nebraska Governmental Unit Security Interest Act and rename the act	Monitor
LB 85	Provide a requirement for persons seeking appointive or elective office and to provide a duty for the Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission	Monitor
LB 87	Redefine a qualified facility and authorize local distribution utilities to waive certain requirements relating to net metering	Oppose	Summary
LB 127	Change notice requirements under Open Meetings Act	Oppose
LB 143	Provide a duty to carry exception for public power district motor vehicle or trailer registration certificates	Monitor
LB 147	Change workers' compensation provisions relating to waiting time, termination of compensation, and attorney's fees	Monitor
LB 173	Prohibit discrimination based upon sexual orientation and gender identity	Monitor
LB 181	Provide for reimbursement to employees for certain medical examinations under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Monitor
LB 203	Change provisions relating to maximum annual unemployment benefits and disqualification for benefits	Monitor
LB 232	Provide a property tax exemption for property leased to the state or a governmental subdivision	Monitor
LB 305	Adopt the Paid Family Medical Leave Insurance Act	Monitor
LB 319	Provide for confidentiality of and access to certain injury reports under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Support
LB 325	Exempt certain purchases of energy star qualified products from sales and use taxes	Support
LB 352	Adopt the Wind, Solar, and Fuel Cell Business Financing Act	Monitor
LB 354	Adopt the Wage Disclosure Act	Monitor
LB 365	Change provisions relating to access to public records and provide for fees	Support
LB 373	Change and eliminate revenue and taxation provisions	Monitor
LB 389	Adopt the Small Wireless Facilities Act	Monitor	Summary
LB 392	Adopt the Wind Friendly Counties Act	Neutral
LB 408	Provide for a drug formulary under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Support
LB 412	Provide duties for the state investment officer relating to investment in energy-related companies or funds	Monitor
LB 420	Adopt the Fair Chance Hiring Act	Monitor
LB 429	Provide for virtual net metering	OPPOSE	Summary
LB 430	Change powers and duties of the Department of Health and Human Services under the Radiation Control Act	Monitor
LB 451	Change various provisions relating to elections as prescribed	Monitor
LB 455	Update references to the National Electrical Code	Monitor
LB 459	Change provisions relating to governance of the statewide one-call notification center and provide for the establishment of best practices	Monitor
LB 471	Provide for enforcement of the prohibition against using a handheld wireless communication device as a primary action	Monitor
LB 473	Require rest periods for employees	Monitor
LB 482	Adopt the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act	Monitor
LB 494	Provide for withholding public records relating to energy infrastructure	Support	Summary
LB 504	Provide for a moratorium on industrial development of wind energy projects and for a task force study as prescribed	Monitor
LB 510	Provide a restriction on installment contracts for the purchase of real or personal property by political subdivisions	Oppose
LB 527	Provide for subpoena of records in certain cases	Monitor
LB 547	State legislative findings and change provisions relating to eminent domain and review by the Nebraska Power Review Board	Oppose	Summary
LB 584	Change provisions relating to mowing of weeds along road	Monitor
LB 598	Require consideration of certain factors by the Commission of Industrial Relations when establishing wage rights	Monitor
LB 609	Provide fee schedules under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Support
LB 610	Adopt the Community Solar Energy Economic Development Act	Monitor	Summary
LB 625	Change the Property Assessed Clean Energy Act	Monitor
LB 626	Adopt the Shared Community Solar Act	Oppose	Summary
LB 646	Provide for an extreme weather preparedness task force and strategic action plan	Monitor
LB 657	Adopt the Retail Electricity Transparency Act	Oppose	Summary
LB 660	Adopt the Nebraska Retail Electricity Choice Act and remove a restriction on the sale or delivery of retail electricity by a private electric supplier	Oppose	Summary
LB 664	Prohibit a political subdivision from using taxes or fees to employ a lobbyist	Monitor