{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-2535","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2535","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2535","body":"For purposes of sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 :\n\n(1) Appointing authority shall mean officials and appointed department directors authorized to make appointments in the county service;\n\n(2) Classified service shall mean the positions in the county service to which sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 are made applicable;\n\n(3) County board shall mean the board of county supervisors or board of county commissioners of a county with a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants;\n\n(4) County personnel officer shall mean the employee designated by the county board to administer a program adopted pursuant to sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 ;\n\n(5) Department shall mean a major functional unit of the county government headed by an official or established by the county board;\n\n(6) Deputy shall mean an individual who serves as the first assistant to and at the pleasure of an official;\n\n(7) Lay member shall mean anyone not employed by the county or acting on its behalf other than a member of the personnel policy board; and\n\n(8) Official shall mean an officer elected by the popular vote of the people or a person appointed to a countywide office.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 23"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=23-2535","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"def9847d23bb8d5e620c0aacd09dd7e506d65b424898668b957560f7bf38bc3d","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-2534","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-23-2536"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}