Nebraska Statutes 23-104.03. Power to provide facilities, programs, and services; need for advocacy or protective services
Each county shall have the authority to:
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 23-104.03
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Domestic: when applied to corporations shall mean all those created by authority of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
- Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
- Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Personal property: All property that is not real property.
- State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
- Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
(1) Plan, initiate, fund, maintain, administer, and evaluate facilities, programs, and services that advocate for or meet the rehabilitation, treatment, care, training, educational, residential, diagnostic, evaluation, community supervision, and protective service needs of the following individuals domiciled in the county:
(a) Any person who is dependent, aged, blind, disabled, ill, or infirm;
(b) Any person with a mental disorder;
(c) Any person with an intellectual disability; or
(d) Any person who is a survivor of domestic violence or sexual assault;
(2) Purchase outright by installment contract or by mortgage with the power to borrow funds in connection with such contract or mortgage, hold, sell, and lease for a period of more than one year real estate necessary for use of the county to plan, initiate, fund, maintain, administer, and evaluate such facilities, programs, and services;
(3) Lease personal property necessary for such facilities, programs, and services. Any such lease may provide for installment payments that extend over a period of more than one year, notwithstanding the provisions of section 23-132 or 23-916 ;
(4) Enter into agreements with other counties, state agencies, other political subdivisions, and private nonprofit organizations to plan, initiate, fund, maintain, administer, and evaluate such facilities, programs, and services. Any agreement with any public agency pursuant to this subdivision is subject to the Interlocal Cooperation Act; and
(5) Contract for such services from public or private entities that provide such services on a vendor basis.