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Ex. DUT-NE-024 Standing duty Primary source read

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 81-2,290

Violations; penalty; county attorney; duties

Nebraska Legislature · Nebraska (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Nebraska
Level
State
Authority
Nebraska Pure Food Act; Laws 1981, LB 487, § 40, as amended
Effective
standing throughout 2020 Q2 to 2021 Q3
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing duty
Addressees
  • specified businesses: food establishments, food processing plants and salvage operations, and any person
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Nebraska DUT-NE

Operative words

(1) Any person violating any provision of the Nebraska Pure Food Act, the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to the act, or a final order of the director shall be guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor notwithstanding the existence of any other remedy at law. (2) It shall be the duty of the county attorney... to cause appropriate proceedings... to be instituted and pursued

Penalty

Class IV misdemeanor

What it required

Criminalizes violation of the Pure Food Act, its rules (including the adopted Food Code) and the Director's final orders, and makes prosecution the county attorney's duty upon notice from the Department.

Retrieval note

Text unchanged since 1991.