Nebraska Legislature - Lobbyist Reporting Application

Clerk of the Legislature

Room 2014 State Capitol

PO Box 94604

Lincoln, NE 68509

(402) 471-2608

NEBRASKA LOBBYIST
STATEMENT of ACTIVITY

NADC FORM D

Submission Date: Jun 17, 2019

Each registered lobbyist shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of a regular session of the Legislature. The statement must be filed even if the lobbyist engaged in no activity.
Any registered lobbyist who engages in lobbying activity in connection with a special session of the Legislature shall file a Statement of Activity within 45 days after the end of the special session. Late filing fees are $25.00 per day, not to exceed $750.00.
Lobbyists having more than one principal shall file a separate report for each principal.

ITEM 1

NATURE OF FILING (Check appropriate box)

For Calendar Year of

2019

Regular Session

Special Session

Amended Report

ITEM 2

NAME OF LOBBYIST AND PRINCIPAL

LOBBYIST

Lobbyist Name

Rex, L. Lynn

Phone

(402) 476-2829

Address

1335 L Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

PRINCIPAL

Principal Name

League of Nebraska Municipalities

Office Phone

(402) 476-2829

Office Address (Street, Box, or Route)

1335 L Street

City

Lincoln

State

Zip

68508

List all the legislation upon which the lobbyist acted on behalf of the principal including bills, resolutions, amendments and procedural matters. Identify by number of bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter and state the position taken. This statement should include a list of amendments or procedural matters which the lobbyist has acted upon for the principal, even if the lobbyist has not acted upon the bill or resolution from which the amendment or procedural matter arises.

Identify bill or resolution number	Identify amendment or procedural matter	Describe bill, resolution, amendment or procedural matter	Position taken
LB11		Provide for interlocal agreements regarding nuisances	Neutral
LB20		Require voter approval of public building commission bonds	Oppose
LB56		Change special designated licensure provisions under the Nebraska Liquor Control Act	Support
LB57		Prohibit regulation of short-term rentals and provide for taxation agreements	Neutral
LB66		Provide for an early childhood element in a comprehensive plan developed by a city	Neutral
LB67		Change provisions relating to determination of municipality population thresholds and references to cities, villages, and governing bodies	Support
LB82		Change provisions relating to contracts and state aid for bridges, land acquisition for state highways, functional classification, minimum standards, six-year and one-year plans, and distribution of funds	Support
LB86	AM792	Change provisions for redevelopment plans for extremely blighted areas under the Community Development Law and change funding provisions under the Nebraska Affordable Housing Act	Support
LB87		Provide funding in opportunity zones designated pursuant to federal law	Support
LB101		Change provisions of the Nebraska Political Accountability and Disclosure Act relating to a potential conflict of interest by an elected office holder of certain cities or villages or a school district	Support
LB103	AM116	Change the procedure for setting a political subdivision's property tax request	Neutral
LB107		Change provisions relating to city and village plumbing boards and change a penalty	Support
LB121		Change provisions on limits on indebtedness from direct borrowing by cities and villages	Support
LB136		Adopt the Density Bonus and Inclusionary Housing Act	Oppose
LB148	AM421	Change requirements for public hearings on proposed budget statements and notices of meetings of public bodies	Neutral
LB149		Change provisions relating to sale and use of tobacco products, electronic nicotine delivery systems, and alternative nicotine products	Oppose
LB150		Change provisions relating to access to public records and provide for fees	Support
LB160	AM407	Include early childhood infrastructure development and early childhood care and education programs under the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act for certain cities and villages	Support
LB184	AM1470	Adopt the Small Wireless Facilities Deployment Act	Neutral
LB189		Change provisions relating to budget limitations for cities and villages	Neutral
LB191		Change provisions relating to budgets and public hearing notice for certain governmental entities	Support
LB193		Change provisions relating to cities of particular classes and villages, correct and include references as prescribed, and eliminate obsolete provisions and repeal definitions	Support
LB194		Change provisions relating to cities of the first class as prescribed	Support
LB197		Provide a procedure for detachment of real property from the corporate limits of a city or village and eliminate existing detachment provisions	Support
LB208		Provide an exception for leasing dark fiber or providing certain telecommunications and related services by a state agency or political subdivision	Support
LB212		Change provisions relating to budget limitations and procedures, hearing notices for county budgets and property tax requests, and videoconferences and telephone conferences	Support
LB216		Prohibit releasing a person in custody to avoid medical costs	Oppose
LB222		Change the Volunteer Emergency Responders Incentive Act	Neutral
LB234		Provide requirements for payment of claims by cities and villages	Oppose
LB237		Change provisions relating to sales and use tax collection fees and authorize use of certain fees for revenue enforcement	Oppose
LB242		Adopt the Infrastructure Improvement and Replacement Assistance Act and provide for a turnback of state sales tax revenue	Support
LB246		Change provisions relating to elections	Support
LB250		Change provisions relating to agricultural land and horticultural land receiving special valuations	Support
LB273		Provide a restricted funds budget limitation as prescribed for certain political subdivisions	Support
LB284	AM392	Change sales and use tax provisions relating to out-of-state retailers and multivendor marketplace platforms	Support
LB289	AM1381	Change provisions relating to county assessor inspections of real property for property tax purposes	Oppose
LB291		Change sales and use tax provisions	Support
LB302		Merge the State Energy Office with and rename the Department of Environmental Quality	Support
LB303		Change the amount of relief under the Property Tax Credit Act	Support
LB307		Change provisions relating to certain Department of Environmental Quality Funds	Support
LB336		Change the vote required to exceed certain budget limitations	Support
LB338		Change calculation of gasoline tax and distribution of proceeds	Support
LB348		Adopt changes to the state building code	Support
LB349		Provide sales and use tax collection duties for certain peer-to-peer rentals of vehicles	Support
LB367		Eliminate provisions relating to fund transfers and change a termination date under the Nebraska Litter Reduction and Recycling Act	Support
LB371		Change provisions relating to requirements for all-terrain vehicles and utility-type vehicles	Oppose
LB382		Change the Dog and Cat Purchase Protection Act	Oppose
LB386		Change provisions relating to cash reserves under the Nebraska Budget Act	Oppose
LB405		Adopt updates to building and energy codes	Support
LB412		Require an election regarding creation of a joint public agency	Oppose
LB415		Repeal recall provisions for political subdivisions	Neutral
LB424	AM509, AM1513	Change the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act	Support
LB432		Include tax-increment financing valuation in adjusted valuations for purposes of state aid to schools and change school district levy authority	Oppose
LB441		Change provisions relating to certain sales and use tax refund deductions and applicability to municipalities as prescribed	Support
LB445	AM520, AM641	Require cities and villages to provide annual reports relating to occupation taxes as prescribed	Neutral
LB455		Change medical services payment provisions relating to jails	Oppose
LB462	AM1909	Change provisions of the One-Call Notification System Act and the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act	Neutral
LB472	AM959	Adopt the Qualified Judgment Payment Act, authorize a sales and use tax, and require a property tax levy	Neutral
LB473		Change revenue and taxation provisions relating to judgments against public corporations and political subdivisions, authorize certain loans, and provide powers and duties to the State Treasurer	Support
LB492		Adopt the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act	Support
LB509		Redefine the terms net metering and qualified facility and change powers and duties of a local distribution utility	Neutral
LB521		Change and eliminate provisions relating to automated vehicles	Oppose
LB524	AM332	Change provisions relating to annexations under the Nebraska Budget Act	Neutral
LB525		Change provisions relating to the sale of county land in fee simple	Support
LB526		Change provisions relating to compensation for temporary disability under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act	Oppose
LB549		Provide for creation and maintenance of a geographic information system map as prescribed under the Nebraska Telecommunications Regulation Act	Support
LB550	AM530, AM1373, AM1393	Require voter approval of fees and taxes on wireless services and eliminate the Prepaid Wireless Surcharge Act	Oppose
LB552		Change appropriations relating to the Nebraska Tree Recovery Program	Support
LB564	AM1276	Change the Civic and Community Center Financing Act	Support
LB573		Change provisions relating to agreements under the Intergovernmental Risk Management Act	Oppose
LB576		Change provisions relating to presumptions regarding causes of death or disability of certain firefighters and firefighter-paramedics	Oppose
LB581		Require the use of generally accepted accounting principles in preparing budgets under the Nebraska Budget Act	Oppose
LB591		Provide for alcohol impact zones and provide duties for the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission	Support
LB616	AM442	Provide an interest payment exception for certain state highway and bridge construction contracts	Support
LB622	AM225, AM406	Change provisions and provide for pooled collateral under the Public Funds Deposit Security Act	Support
LB636		Create the Financial Condition of Counties and Municipalities Task Force	Support
LB645		Change provisions of the Medical Assistance Act	Support
LB648		Change the Community Development Law	Support
LB720	AM1198, AM1614, AM1684, AM1683	Adopt the ImagiNE Nebraska Act, Renewable Chemical Production Tax Credit Act, Customized Job Training Act, and Community Economic Opportunities Act and provide tax incentives	Support
LB721		Provide for insurance eligibility for spouses and dependents of deceased or disabled firefighters of cities of the first-class	Oppose
LB732		Adopt the Mobile Food Unit Act and change fees for a mobile food unit	Oppose
LB732		Adopt the Mobile Food Unit Act and change fees for a mobile food unit	Oppose
LB736		Provide restrictions on occupation taxes, license fees, and regulation by counties and municipalities	Oppose
LR3CA		Constitutional amendment to provide income tax credits for property taxes paid	Oppose
LR8CA		Constitutional amendment to limit the total amount of property tax revenue that may be raised by political subdivisions	Oppose
LR12CA		Constitutional amendment to change legislators' salaries	Support
LR14CA	AM1255	Constitutional amendment to authorize municipalities to pledge property taxes for up to twenty years if more than one-half of the property in a redevelopment project is extremely blighted	Support

I certify that all information presented in this form is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

Rex, L. Lynn

Lobbyist Name

Jun 17, 2019

Date