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Below is a listing of the bills of interested to the Nebraska Corn Growers Association. Included is a description of the bill and the position the Nebraska Corn Growers Association has on the bill. Click on the bill number to access the full text of the bill.
 

Bill Number Introducer Status NeCGA Position Testimony
LB33 Sen. Louden MONITOR
Changes agricultural & horticultural land valuation from 75% to 70% of actual value.
LB87 Sen. Christensen MONITOR
Change provisions relating to mowing weeds in ditches.
LB91 Sen. Price SUPPORT
Minimum tractor horsepower required to be tested increases from 40 hp to 100 hp.
LB102 Sen. Schilz MONITOR
Change provisions relating to vehicle loads.
LB104 Sen. Schilz MONITOR
Increases weight for consecutive axle vehicles.
LB127 Sen. Avery MONITOR
Change input into determinations and management plans for regulation of water.
LB354 Sen. Carlson MONITOR
Change funding provisions for the Weight and Measures Act.
LB355 Sen. Carlson MONITOR
Provide for an agricultural trade representative and funding intent.
LB393 Sen. Schilz SUPPORT
Require state agencies to develop plans to use Nebraska biodiesel fuel.
LB420 Sen. Dubas SUPPORT
Provides for exception from load limits for farm tractor-farm wagon combinations.
LB428 Sen. Cornett SUPPORT
Adopt the Agricultural Tax Credit Act.
LB439 Sen. Heidemann MONITOR
Reduces valuation on AG and horticultural land to 65% of actual value for school taxes.
LB484 Sen. Hadley SUPPORT
Exclude activities from definition of excavation under One-Call Notification System Act.
LB595 Sen. Carlson MONITOR
Creates Water Resources Revolving Loan Fund Act and changes certain revenue.
LB655 Sen. Christensen OPPOSE
Change provisions relating to an occupation tax imposed by natural resources districts.
LB691 Sen. Brasch SUPPORT
Provide requirements relating to purchasing biobased products by state government.
LB698 Sen. Christensen SUPPORT
Eliminate labeling alcohol-blended fuel.
LR3CA Sen. Fischer MONITOR
Constitutional amendment pledges ½ cent of state sales and use taxes for highway bonds.
LR51CA Sen. Heidemann SUPPORT
Constitutional amendment to change allocation of state lottery proceeds.
LB740 Sen. Schilz Hearing 1/23 MONITOR
One year special permit for truck-tractor and semi trailer combo for carrying hay no longer than 59 ½ ft.
LB743 Sen. Schilz Hearing 1/26 MONITOR
Change NE Ground Water Management & Protection Act; a district may charge for a water well variance.
LB764 Sen. Louden Hearing 1/23 MONITOR
Changes provisions relating to 15% overload exceptions to include livestock.
LB770 Sen. Carlson Hearing 1/17 SUPPORT
Removes specific primary noxious weed seeds from the Noxious Weed Control Act.
LB841 Sen. Harms Hearing 1/23 MONITOR
Restricts current sugar beet hauler exemption for length and weight to 15% extra weight and 10% greater length for up to 70 miles. Permit reduced from 210 days to 120 days.
LB845 Sen. Sullivan Hearing 2/16 SUPPORT
Add language to Oil Pipeline Reclamation Act that reclamation is part of the oil pipeline construction process.
LB850 Sen. Hadley Hearing 1/27 MONITOR
Create the incentive area tax credit program and authorize tax credits.
LB857 Sen. Larson Hearing 2/8 MONITOR
Provide for repayment of certain grants from the Nebraska Environmental Trust Fund.
LB884 Sen. Sullivan Hearing 1/31 SUPPORT Testimony
Creates the Agricultural Literacy Task Force.
LB905 Sen. Carlson Hearing 2/7 SUPPORT Testimony
Changes the Nebraska Wheat Resources Act.
LB907 Sen. Carlson Hearing 2/14 MONITOR
Change provisions relating to agricultural tractor permitting and a sales tax exemption.
LB915 Sen. Larson Hearing 1/31 SUPPORT
Change provisions for animal cruelty. Create offense hiring on at animal facility intending to disrupt operation.
LB950 Sen. Christensen Hearing 2/15 MONITOR
Diverts property tax and occupation tax from Water Contingency Cash Fund to Water Resources Cash Fund.
LB969 Sen. Flood Hearing 1/24 SUPPORT
$3.8M will transfer from the General Fund to the EPIC Fund by 12-31-12.
LB970 Sen. Cornett Hearing 1/26 MONITOR
Terminate the inheritance tax and change income tax rates and calculation.
LB974 Sen. Christensen MONITOR
Reduce income tax rate from three and seventy hundredths to three and sixty hundredths.
LB986 Sen. Dubas Hearing 2/16 MONITOR Testimony
Exempt repair or replacement parts for commercial agricultural machinery & equipment from sales & use tax.
LB1011 Sen. Dubas SUPPORT
Reduces the tax rate and provides exemptions for agricultural and residential real property.
LB1057 Sen. Carlson Hearing 2/7 SUPPORT Testimony
Changes the Nebraska Corn Resources Act.
LB1061 Sen. Heidemann Hearing 2/8 SUPPORT
Would reduce valuation of agricultural land for school district taxation purposes.
LB1066 Sen. Hansen Hearing 2/2 SUPPORT
Appropriate funds for planning and design of a veterinary diagnostic laboratory facility.
LB1081 Sen. Christensen Hearing 2/2 MONITOR
Provide farmers with one free antlerless deer hunting permit for each $1,000 crop damage.
LB1098 Sen. Council Hearing 2/16 MONITOR
Repeal the Build Nebraska Act and change distribution of sales and use tax revenue.
LB1109 Sen. Brasch Hearing 2/15 MONITOR
Creates a classification of flooded agricultural land as inundated land.
LB1163 Sen. Fulton Hearing 2/2 MONITOR
Provide for a deer donation program and for redistribution of deer permit fees.
LR358CA Sen. Carlson Hearing 2/1 SUPPORT
Constitutional amendment to change legislative term limits to three four-year terms.
 
 
 


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