68-608 Coverage by political subdivisions; plan; modification; approval by state agency.
68-608. Coverage by political subdivisions;plan; modification; approval by state agency.Unless otherwiseprovided for by sections 68-601 to 68-631, eachpolitical subdivision of the state is hereby authorized to submit for approvalby the state agency a plan for extending the benefits of Title II of the SocialSecurity Act, in conformity with applicable provisions of such act, to employeesof such political subdivision and is hereby further authorized to submit forapproval by the state agency any modification or amendment to any then existingplan if such modification or amendment is necessary or desirable to securethe benefits and exemptions allowable to such political subdivisions thereofor to any employee of the political subdivision in conformity with Title IIof the act. Each such plan and any amendment thereof shall be approved bythe state agency if it finds that such plan or such plan as amended is inconformity with such requirements as are provided in regulations of the stateagency, except that no such plan shall be approved unless: (1) It is in conformitywith the requirements of the act and with the agreement entered into undersections 68-603 and 68-604; (2) it provides that all services which constituteemployment and are performed in the employ of the political subdivision byemployees thereof will be covered by the plan; (3) it specifies the sourceor sources from which the funds necessary to make the payments required bysubsection (1) of section 68-610 and by section 68-611 are expected to bederived and contains reasonable assurance that such sources will be adequatefor such purpose; (4) it provides for such methods of administration of theplan by the political subdivision as are found by the state agency to be necessaryfor the proper and efficient administration of the plan; (5) it provides thatthe political subdivision will make such reports in such form and containingsuch information as the state agency may from time to time require and willcomply with such provisions as the state agency or the Secretary of Healthand Human Services may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctnessand verification of such reports; and (6) it authorizes the state agency toterminate the plan in its entirety, in the discretion of the state agency,if it finds that there has been a failure to comply substantially with anyprovision contained in such plan, such termination to take effect at the expirationof such notice and on such conditions as may be provided by regulations ofthe state agency and may be consistent with the provisions of the act. SourceLaws 1951, c. 297, § 5(1), p. 981; Laws 1955, c. 264, § 6, p. 817; Laws 1969, c. 536, § 3, p. 2184; Laws 1984, LB 933, § 5; Laws 1990, LB 820, § 5; Laws 2000, LB 1216, § 13; Laws 2010, LB684, § 6.Effective Date: July 15, 2010