A LEGISLATOR'S GUIDE TO NEBRASKA STATE AGENCIES Prepared for the Members of the 106th Nebraska Legislature Prepared by the Nebraska Legislative Fiscal Office 1007 State Capitol Lincoln, Nebraska 68509 (402) 471-2263 December 2018 NEBRASKA LEGISLATIVE FISCAL OFFICE Tom Bergquist, Director Mike Lovelace, Deputy Director Fiscal Office Analysts: Scott Danigole Doug Gibbs Jeanne Glenn Phil Hovis Elizabeth Hruska Sam Malson Doug Nichols Keisha Patent Sandy Sostad Kathy Tenopir Malick Diarrassouba Division Executive Assistant: Wanda McNally TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction ............................................................................................................. v Overview of State Government Receipts and Expenditures ......................................... vi Alphabetical Listing of Agency Descriptions by Program: Abstracters' Board of Examiners ............................................................................... 415 Accountability and Disclosure Commission ............................................................... 492 Administrative Services, Department of ..................................................................... 378 Aeronautics, Department of (see Agency 27, Department of Transportation) ............... 198 Agriculture, Department of ........................................................................................ 114 Agriculture, State Board of ........................................................................................ 340 Arts Council, Nebraska ............................................................................................. 423 Attorney General ....................................................................................................... 51 Auditor of Public Accounts ........................................................................................ 47 Banking and Finance, Department of ........................................................................ 120 Barber Examiners, Board of ...................................................................................... 273 Brand Committee, Nebraska ..................................................................................... 267 Community Colleges ................................................................................................. 477 Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Education ............................................ 299 Corn Development, Utilization and Marketing Board .................................................. 494 Correctional Services, Department of ......................................................................... 275 Criminal Justice, Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and ............................ 459 Dairy Industry Development Board ............................................................................ 362 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Commission ...................................................................... 475 Dry Bean Commission .............................................................................................. 490 Economic Development, Department of ..................................................................... 440 Education, State Department of ................................................................................ 69 Educational Lands and Funds, Board of .................................................................... 232 Educational Telecommunications Commission, Nebraska .......................................... 296 Electrical Board, State .............................................................................................. 224 Energy Office ............................................................................................................ 432 Engineers and Architects, Board of Examiners for Professional .................................. 356 Environmental Quality, Department of ...................................................................... 480 Equal Opportunity Commission ................................................................................ 417 Ethanol Board, Nebraska .......................................................................................... 360 Fire Marshal, State ................................................................................................... 123 Foster Care Review Office .......................................................................................... 428 Game and Parks Commission .................................................................................... 237 Geologists’ Board ...................................................................................................... 358 Governor .................................................................................................................. 32 Grain Sorghum Development, Utilization and Marketing Board .................................. 499 Health and Human Services ...................................................................................... 149 Historical Society, State ............................................................................................ 345 Industrial Relations, Commission of .......................................................................... 456 i Page Insurance, Department of ......................................................................................... 134 Investment Council, Nebraska ................................................................................... 451 Labor, Department of ................................................................................................ 140 Land Surveyors, Board of Examiners for .................................................................... 364 Landscape Architects, Board of Examiners for .......................................................... 447 Latino-Americans Commission .................................................................................. 420 Legislative Council .................................................................................................... 1 Library Commission, Nebraska .................................................................................. 251 Lieutenant Governor ................................................................................................. 36 Liquor Control Commission, Nebraska ...................................................................... 257 Military Department .................................................................................................. 226 Motor Vehicle Industry Licensing Board, Nebraska .................................................... 269 Motor Vehicles, Department of .................................................................................. 144 Natural Resources, Department of ............................................................................. 213 Oil and Gas Conservation Commission ...................................................................... 353 Pardons and Parole, Board of .................................................................................... 96 Patrol, State .............................................................................................................. 368 Power Review Board .................................................................................................. 449 Public Accountancy, State Board of ........................................................................... 366 Public Advocacy, Commission of ................................................................................ 503 Public Service Commission ........................................................................................ 82 Racing Commission, State ......................................................................................... 259 Real Estate Appraisers' Board ................................................................................... 342 Real Estate Commission, State .................................................................................. 271 Retirement Board, Public Employees' ........................................................................ 486 Revenue, Department of ............................................................................................ 99 Roads, Department of ............................................................................................... 196 Secretary of State ...................................................................................................... 39 State Colleges: Chadron, Peru, Wayne ...................................................................... 310 Supreme Court ......................................................................................................... 11 Tax Equalization and Review Commission ................................................................. 501 Tourism Commission, Nebraska ................................................................................ 496 Treasurer, State ........................................................................................................ 59 University of Nebraska .............................................................................................. 324 Veterans' Affairs, Department of ................................................................................ 208 Wheat Board, Nebraska ............................................................................................ 351 Workers' Compensation Court ..................................................................................