{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-50-2009","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 50-2009","heading":"Public Counsel; complaint; investigation; decision; notify complainant.","body":"(1) The Public Counsel may receive a complaint from any person concerning an administrative act. The Public Counsel shall conduct a suitable investigation into the things complained of unless the Public Counsel believes that:\n(a) The complainant has another remedy available which the complainant could reasonably be expected to use;\n(b) The grievance pertains to a matter outside the Public Counsel's power;\n(c) The complainant's interest is insufficiently related to the subject matter;\n(d) The complaint is trivial, frivolous, vexatious, or not made in good faith;\n(e) Other complaints are more worthy of attention;\n(f) The Public Counsel's resources are insufficient for adequate investigation; or\n(g) The complaint has been too long delayed to justify present examination of its merit.\n(2) The Public Counsel's declining to investigate a complaint shall not bar the Public Counsel from proceeding on the Public Counsel's own motion to inquire into related problems. After completing consideration of a complaint, whether or not it has been investigated, the Public Counsel shall suitably inform the complainant and the administrative agency involved.","path":["Chapter 50 - LEGISLATURE"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=50-2009","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"151edf66376a3959e6dae98d3eda110c2d64809e5b63b19d43ec1fe0c382a8a2","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-50-2008","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-50-2010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}