49-14,123 Commission; duties.
49-14,123. Commission; duties.In addition to any other duties prescribed by law, the commission shall:(1) Prescribe and publish, after notice and opportunity for public comment, rules and regulations to carry out the Campaign Finance Limitation Act and the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act;(2) Prescribe forms for statements and reports required to be filed pursuant to the Campaign Finance Limitation Act and the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act and furnish such forms to persons required to file such statements and reports;(3) Prepare and publish one or more manuals explaining the duties of all persons and other entities required to file statements and reports by the acts and setting forth recommended uniform methods of accounting and reporting for such filings;(4) Accept and file any reasonable amount of information voluntarily supplied that exceeds the requirements of the acts;(5) Make statements and reports filed with the commission available for public inspection and copying during regular office hours and make copying facilities available at a cost of not more than fifty cents per page;(6) Compile and maintain an index of all reports and statements filed with the commission to facilitate public access to such reports and statements;(7) Prepare and publish summaries of statements and reports filed with the commission and special reports and technical studies to further the purposes of the acts;(8) Review all statements and reports filed with the commission in order to ascertain whether any person has failed to file a required statement or has filed a deficient statement;(9) Preserve statements and reports filed with the commission for a period of not less than five years from the date of receipt;(10) Issue and publish advisory opinions on the requirements of the acts upon the request of a person or government body directly covered or affected by the acts. Any such opinion rendered by the commission, until amended or revoked, shall be binding on the commission in any subsequent charges concerning the person or government body who requested the opinion and who acted in reliance on it in good faith unless material facts were omitted or misstated by the person or government body in the request for the opinion;(11) Act as the primary civil enforcement agency for violations of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act and the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder and act as the primary civil enforcement agency for violations of the Campaign Finance Limitation Act and the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder; (12) Receive all late filing fees, civil penalties, and interest imposed pursuant to the Campaign Finance Limitation Act or the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act, seek the return of any amount as provided in section 32-1606, and seek the repayment of any amount as provided in section 32-1607 and remit all such funds to the State Treasurer for credit to the Campaign Finance Limitation Cash Fund; and(13) Prepare and distribute to the appropriate local officials statements of financial interest, campaign committee organization forms, filing instructions and forms, and such other forms as the commission may deem appropriate. SourceLaws 1976, LB 987, § 123; Laws 1981, LB 134, § 9; Laws 1981, LB 545, § 13; Laws 1983, LB 479, § 5; Laws 1992, LB 556, § 12; Laws 1994, LB 872, § 12; Laws 1994, LB 1243, § 14; Laws 1997, LB 420, § 20; Laws 1997, LB 758, § 3; Laws 2000, LB 438, § 10; Laws 2005, LB 242, § 56; Laws 2007, LB464, § 3. Cross ReferencesAdministrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.Campaign Finance Limitation Act, see section 32-1601. AnnotationsThe Nebraska Accountability and Disclosure Commission is required to prescribe forms for statements and reports that are required to be filed under both the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act and the Campaign Finance Limitation Act and furnish such forms to persons required to file such statements and reports, as well as to distribute these forms to the appropriate local officials. Nebraska Legislature on behalf of State v. Hergert, 271 Neb. 976, 720 N.W.2d 372 (2006).