2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 81-109 — Department heads; serve without term; exception.

Section 81-109
Department heads; serve without term; exception.

Each head of a department shall serve without term except the head of the Department of Property Assessment and Taxation whose term is established in section 77-702.

Source:

Laws 1919, c. 190, § 8, p. 438

C.S.1922, § 7249

C.S.1929, § 81-111

R.S.1943, § 81-109

Laws 1963, c. 335, § 4, p. 1101

Laws 1953, c. 506, § 1, p. 1613

Laws 1963, c. 507, § 2, p. 1614

Laws 1965, c. 543, § 2, p. 1730

Laws 1981, LB 249, § 6

Laws 1999, LB 36, § 37

Annotations:

Provision relating to fixation of term has no application to Department of Aeronautics. State ex rel. Beck v. Obbink, 172 Neb. 242, 109 N.W.2d 288 (1961).

Possibility of removal from office does not prevent officer from having definite term. State ex rel. Laughlin v. Johnson, 156 Neb. 671, 57 N.W.2d 531 (1953).

Head of department herein referred to represents exactly the same head of executive department referred to in the Constitution. State ex rel. Johnson v. Chase, 147 Neb. 758, 25 N.W.2d 1 (1946).

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska