Nebraska Statutes Relating to the Nebraska GIS Steering Committee

Reissued Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943, Section 86 

Section.
86-569. Findings and intent.
86-570. Geographic Information System Steering Committee; created; members; appointment; terms; expenses.
86-571. Committee; officers; advisory committees; meetings.
86-572. Committee; duties.
86-573. Committee; report. 

86-569 Findings and intent.

(1) The Legislature finds that the Geographic Information System is a computer-based technology that  captures,
stores, analyzes, and displays information about the earth's surface from a geographically referenced system, that an interest in the system is rapidly increasing at all levels of government, and that an institutional mechanism is needed to encourage initiatives, coordinate efforts, avoid duplication, seek efficiencies, develop guidelines, policies, and standards for operations and management, promote education  and  training,  and make  recommendations  so  that  such technology will benefit the entire state and endure as an analysis tool for decisionmakers.

(2) The Intergovernmental Data Communications  Advisory Council  has  found  that  there  are  many levels of experience, expertise, and hardware and software sophistication among the various levels of government and  that  guidelines, policies, coordination, and standards are required to realize the maximum benefits of this  technology, avoid data quality problems, and resolve conflicts at a reasonable cost for the state.

(3)  It is the intent of the Legislature that a Geographic Information System Steering Committee be created with statewide responsibilities to take an active role in implementing the Geographic Information System.  Such  committee would help facilitate acquisition of such technology at all levels of government and make  recommendations to the Legislature for program initiatives and funding and the fostering of communication, training, and education.

86-570. Geographic Information System Steering Committee; created; members; appointment; terms; expenses.  

(1) The Geographic Information System Steering Committee is hereby created and shall consist of nineteen members as follows: 

(a) The director or designee of the Department of Administrative Services, the Department of Environmental Quality, the Department of Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure, the Conservation and Survey Division of the University of Nebraska, the Department of Natural Resources, and the Governor's Policy Research Office;

(b) The Director-State Engineer or designee;

(c) The State Surveyor or designee;

(d) The Clerk of the Legislature or designee;

(e) The secretary of the Game and Parks Commission or designee;

(f) The Property Tax Administrator or designee;

(g) One representative of federal agencies appointed by the Governor;

(h) One representative of the natural resources districts nominated by the Nebraska Association of Resources Districts and appointed by the Governor;

(i) One representative of the public power districts appointed by the Governor;

(j) Two representatives of the counties nominated by the Nebraska Association of County Officials and appointed by the Governor;

(k) One representative of the municipalities nominated by the League of Nebraska Municipalities and appointed by the Governor; and

(l) Two members at large appointed by the Governor.

(2) The appointed members shall serve for terms of four years, except that of the initial members appointed by the Governor, one of the representatives of the counties shall be appointed for one year and the other shall be appointed for three years, one of the members at large shall be appointed for one year and the other for three years, and the representative of the public power districts shall be appointed for two years. Their successors shall be appointed for four-year terms. Any vacancy on the committee shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, and the person selected to fill such vacancy shall have the same qualifications as the member whose vacancy is being filled.

(3) The members shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.

86-571. Committee; officers; advisory committees; meetings.  

(1) The Geographic Information System Steering Committee shall elect a chairperson from its membership and such other officers as the committee deems necessary. 

(2) As the need arises, advisory committees may be established by the committee from various levels of government, industry, or the general public to assist the committee. The members of advisory committees shall be reimbursed for their actual and necessary expenses as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.

(3) The committee shall meet quarterly or upon the call of the chairperson.

86-572. Committee; duties. The Geographic Information System Steering Committee shall:

86-573. Committee; report. Annually the chairperson of the Geographic Information System Steering Committee shall submit a written report, approved by the committee, to the Governor and the Clerk of the Legislature and shall send a copy of such report to the Intergovernmental Data Communications Advisory Council.