Any municipal corporation may contract with any person and provide funds for juvenile emergency shelter care. For purposes of this section:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 13-317

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Juvenile emergency shelter care shall mean temporary twenty-four-hour physical care and supervision in crisis situations and at times when an appropriate foster care resource is not available to persons eighteen years of age or younger; and

(2) Municipal corporation shall be as defined in section 13-309.