Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 43-2402

Current with changes through the 2024 First Special Legislative Session

Section 43-2402 - Terms, defined

For purposes of the Juvenile Services Act:

(1) Coalition means the Nebraska Coalition for Juvenile Justice established pursuant to section 43-2411;

(2) Commission means the Nebraska Commission on Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice;

(3) Commission Grant Program means grants provided to eligible applicants under section 43-2406;

(4) Community-based Juvenile Services Aid Program means aid to counties and federally recognized or state-recognized Indian tribes provided under section 43-2404.02;

(5) Eligible applicant means a community-based agency or organization, political subdivision, school district, federally recognized or state-recognized Indian tribe, or state agency necessary to comply with the federal act;

(6) Federal act means the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, 42 U.S.C. 5601 et seq., as the act existed on January 1, 2013;

(7) Juvenile means a person who is under eighteen years of age; and

(8) Office of Juvenile Services means the Office of Juvenile Services created in section 43-404.

Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 43-2402

Laws 1990, LB 663, § 2; Laws 1992, LB 447, § 6; Laws 2000, LB 1167, § 41; Laws 2001, LB 640, § 3; Laws 2013, LB 561, § 45.