{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-84-162","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 84-162","heading":"Vital resource emergencies; legislative findings.","body":"The Legislature finds, for purposes of sections 84-162 to 84-167, that:\n(1) Water for domestic, agricultural, and industrial use, food for domestic use, and adequate energy supplies are vital resources needed to sustain life;\n(2) The interruption of supplies of these resources or the threat of such interruption may cause severe hardship or threaten the health and lives of the citizens of the state;\n(3) The Governor, as chief executive, should have adequate means at his or her disposal to insure the health and welfare of the citizens of the state; and\n(4) Sections 84-162 to 84-167 provide the additional emergency powers necessary for the Governor to act in specified vital resource emergencies.","path":["Chapter 84 - STATE OFFICERS"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=84-162","current_through":"Laws 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-17T21:01:11Z","sha256":"e41cacb5969e9e6e0acb3a3b305718fd3420f3ead6184dccf35890ea43fcc4b7","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-84-161","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-84-163"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}