2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 61 - NATURAL RESOURCES
61-222 - Water Sustainability Fund; created; use; investment.
61-222. Water Sustainability Fund; created; use; investment.
The Water Sustainability Fund is created in the Department of Natural Resources. The fund shall be used in accordance with the provisions established in Legislative Bill 1098, One Hundred Third Legislature, Second Session, 2014, and for costs directly related to the administration of the fund.
The fund shall consist of money transferred to the fund by the Legislature, other funds as appropriated by the Legislature, and money donated as gifts, bequests, or other contributions from public or private entities. Funds made available by any department or agency of the United States may also be credited to the fund if so directed by such department or agency. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. Investment earnings from investment of money in the fund shall be credited to the fund.
It is the intent of the Legislature that twenty-one million dollars be transferred from the General Fund to the Water Sustainability Fund in fiscal year 2014-15 and that eleven million dollars be transferred from the General Fund to the Water Sustainability Fund each fiscal year beginning in fiscal year 2015-16.
Source
- Laws 2014, LB906, ยง 7.
Effective Date: April 2, 2014
Cross References
- Nebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.
Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.
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