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LB1233                                                                     LB1233
                                                                       2024
                               LEGISLATURE OF NEBRASKA
                           ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH LEGISLATURE
                                     SECOND SESSION
                       LEGISLATIVE BILL 1233
         Introduced by Wayne, 13.
         Read first time January 16, 2024
         Committee: Appropriations
    A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public buildings; to amend section 72-819,
        Revised Statutes Supplement, 2023; to change provisions relating to
        a museum and visitor center honoring Chief Standing Bear; to repeal
        the original section; and to declare an emergency.
    Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska,
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LB1233                                                                               LB1233
                                                                                 2024
         Section 1. Section 72-819, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2023, is
  amended to read:
        72-819 (1) The Game and Parks Commission shall construct, develop,
    and manage a museum and visitor center honoring Chief Standing Bear.
         (2) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate to the Game
 and Parks Commission for the Chief Standing Bear Museum and visitor
    center:
         (a) Not more than fifteen million dollars for fiscal year 2025-26
  from investment earnings from the Perkins County Canal Project Fund and
  credited to the Economic Recovery Contingency Fund as provided in section
  61-305 for construction of the museum and visitor center;
         (b) Seven hundred fifty thousand dollars for fiscal year 2023-24
  2025-26 from investment earnings from the Perkins County Canal Project
  Fund and credited to the Economic Recovery Contingency Fund as provided
  in section 61-305 for exhibit fabrication and historical interpretation;
  and
         (c)   Two hundred thousand dollars in   fiscal year    2025-26   for
  staffing.
         (3) The Game and Parks Commission shall consult with the Ponca Tribe
     of Nebraska and may execute a memorandum of understanding or contract
  with the Nebraska State Historical Society for purposes of museum and
  visitor center development,     exhibit fabrication,     and historical
  interpretation.
        Sec. 2.     Original section 72-819, Revised Statutes Supplement, 2023,
    is repealed.
        Sec. 3.      Since an emergency exists, this act takes effect when
    passed and approved according to law.
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Statutes affected: 
Introduced: 72-819