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NRECA Legislative Conference Key Issues

NREA Key Issues

Net Metering

Understanding Net Metering

Renewable Energy/Energy Efficiency

2017/2018 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 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
	2018 LEGISLATION
LB 693	Regulate and create criminal offenses regarding the use of unmanned aircraft systems	Monitor	SUMMARY
LB 722	Provide a renewable energy electric power generation requirement for certain public power and irrigation districts	OPPOSE
LB 723	Change net metering provisions by redefining qualified facility and increasing the rated capacity limit as prescribed	OPPOSE	SUMMARY
LB 729	Allow claims arising out of misrepresentation or deceit under the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act and State Tort Claims Act	Monitor
LB 740	Provide for registration and licensing of metropolitan utilities district motor vehicles and trailers as prescribed	Monitor
LB 752	Limit the authority of certain political subdivisions to acquire rights-of-way	OPPOSE
LB 755	Change rules for operation of all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles	SUPPORT
LB 757	Change provisions of the Credit Report Protection Act and the Financial Data Protection and Consumer Notification of Data Security Breach Act of 2006	Monitor
LB 763	Prohibit obstruction of a public power district employee	SUPPORT	SUMMARY
LB 784	Change the Employee Classification Act to prohibit contractors with unpaid fines from contracting with the state or political subdivisions	Monitor
LB 820	Change provisions relating to privately developed renewable energy generation facilities	Monitor
LB 821	Change provisions relating to assessments by the Nebraska Power Review Board	Monitor
LB 839	Require reporting regarding electioneering communication under the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act	Monitor
LB 843	Provide protections for employees' wage disclosures	Monitor
LB 850	Require disclosure of the anticipated cost to a political subdivision to pay off its bonds	Monitor
LB 856	Adopt the Internet Neutrality Act	Monitor
LB 858	Provide annual adjustments for total disability income benefits under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	OPPOSE
LB 859	Change records relating to employee deaths which may be withheld from the public	Monitor
LB 916	Prohibit retaliation under the Nebraska Wage Payment Collection Act and the Wage and Hour Act	Monitor
LB 921	Create a licensing exception under the State Electrical Act for certain farm building construction	Monitor
LB 928	Change provisions relating to compensation paid upon the death of an employee under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	OPPOSE
LB 952	Change provisions relating to dismissals of actions under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	SUPPORT
LB 953	Change provisions relating to lump-sum settlements under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	SUPPORT
LB 957	Provide procedures for choosing a method of payment for payments under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Monitor
LB 967	Eliminate provisions of the Community Development Law relating to undeveloped vacant land and land outside of cities	Monitor
LB 994	Create the Rural Broadband Study Task Force, change provisions relating to the Nebraska Telecommunications Universal Service Fund, and change powers and duties of the Public Service Commission as prescribed	SUPPORT	SUMMARY
LB 997	Provide limits on salaries of administrative employees of political subdivisions	OPPOSE
LB 1021	Eliminate certain sales and use tax exemptions	OPPOSE
LB 1022	Adopt the Irrigation Tax Act and change the valuation of agricultural land for property tax purposes	Monitor
LB 1023	Change sunset dates on certain tax incentive programs	Monitor
LB 1030	Change the sales tax sourcing rules for certain motor vehicles and trailers	SUPPORT	SUMMARY
LB 1031	Change excavation notification and marking requirements under the One-Call Notification System Act	Monitor
LB 1054	Change provisions relating to hearings before the Nebraska Power Review Board and electric generation using wind	Monitor
LB 1072	Change a preference in awarding public contracts and eliminate reciprocal preference provisions	Monitor
LB 1088	Nebraska Education Formula and the Remote Seller Sales Tax Collection Act, terminate the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act and the Property Tax Credit Act, and eliminate certain tax exemptions	OPPOSE
LB 1113	Provide an exception for leasing dark fiber or providing broadband, Internet, telecommunications, or video services by an agency or political subdivision of the state	SUPPORT	SUMMARY
LB 1114	Provide for creation and maintenance of a statewide geographic information system map under the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act	Monitor
LB 1128	Prohibit counties, local governments, and certain state entities from spending legislative appropriations under certain conditions	OPPOSE