Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes > Degradable Products Act

• Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Bequest: Property gifted by will.
• Biodegradable: shall mean degradable through a process by which fungi or bacteria secrete enzymes to convert a complex molecular structure to simple gases and organic compounds. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2003
• Deed: The legal instrument used to transfer title in real property from one person to another.
• Degradable: shall mean capable of decomposing or deteriorating through a natural chemical process into harmless components after exposure to natural elements for not more than one year. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2004
• Escheat: Reversion of real or personal property to the state when 1) a person dies without leaving a will and has no heirs, or 2) when the property (such as a bank account) has been inactive for a certain period of time. ^{Source: OCC}
• Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
• 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
• 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.
• Photodegradable: shall mean degradable through a process in which ultraviolet radiation in sunlight causes a chemical change in a material. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2005
• Process: shall mean a summons, subpoena, or notice to appear issued out of a court in the course of judicial proceedings. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Recyclable: shall mean suitable for any process of separating, cleaning, treating, and reconstituting waste or other discarded materials for the purpose of recovering or reusing the resources contained therein. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2006
• Retail: shall mean sale for use or consumption and not for resale in any form. See Nebraska Statutes 69-2007
• 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
• United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
• Year: shall mean calendar year. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801