LB 883 — Change provisions relating to the Civic and Community Center Financing Act and the Revitalize Rural Nebraska Grant Program

LB883 LB883 2026 LEGISLATURELEGISLATIVE OFBILL NEBRASKA883 ONEApproved HUNDREDby NINTHthe LEGISLATUREGovernor SECONDApril SESSION14, LEGISLATIVE2026 BILL 883 FINAL READING   Introduced by Andersen, 49.

Read  firstA timeBILL JanuaryFOR 08,AN 2026ACT Committee:relating to grants for political subdivisions;

Revenue A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to grants for political subdivisions;

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB883 LB883 2026 Section 1.

13-270313-2703 For For purposes of the Civic and Community Center Financing Act:

-2- LB883 LB883 2026 Recreation center does not include any facility that requires a person to purchase a membership to utilize such facility;

13-270513-2705 The The department may conditionally approve grants of assistance from the fund to eligible and competitive applicants subject to the following limits and requirements:

(a) For a grant of assistance under section 13-2704.01, at least -3- LB883 LB883 2026 fifteen thousand dollars but no more than:

(ii) For a city with a population of at least forty thousand inhabitants but fewer than one hundred thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by -1- LB883 LB883 2026 the United States Bureau of the Census, one million one hundred twenty-five thousand dollars;

-4- LB883 LB883 2026 (i) For a city of the primary class or a tribal government, three million three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars;

-5- LB883 LB883 2026 (6) An application for a grant of assistance to assist in the preservation, restoration, conversion, rehabilitation, demolition, or reuse of a historic building or district shall include:

(2) The department shall award the grants annually on a competitive -6- LB883 LB883 2026 basis beginning in fiscal year 2023-24 subject to available funds.

The department -2- LB883 LB883 2026 shall give priority to applications from cities of the second class and villages.

19-120219-1202 (1) (1) The Department of Water, Energy, and Environment shall award a grant to a city or village under the Revitalize Rural Nebraska Grant Program based on a completed application that demonstrates:

-7- LB883 LB883 2026 (2) If the State Historic Preservation Officer or his or her designee has determined that the property is listed, or eligible to be listed, on the National Register of Historic Places, the application shall also demonstrate that:

Any money in the Revitalize Rural Nebraska Fund available for investment -8- LB883 LB883 2026 shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act.

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