For purposes of the Nebraska Business Development Corporation Act, unless the context otherwise requires:

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 21-2102

  • Company: shall include any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint-stock company, joint venture, or association. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • 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.
  • Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • United States: shall include territories, outlying possessions, and the District of Columbia. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801

(1) Development corporation or corporation shall mean any corporation organized pursuant to the act for the purpose of developing business, industry, and enterprise in the State of Nebraska by the lending of money thereto and otherwise organizing for the purposes set forth in section 21-2104 ;

(2) Financial institution shall mean any banking institution, insurance company or related corporation, savings and loan association, partnership, limited liability company, credit union, foundation, trust, licensee under the Small Business Investment Act of 1958, 15 U.S.C. § 661 et seq., as the act existed on September 1, 2001, or other entity engaged in lending or investing funds and authorized to do business in the State of Nebraska, including the United States Small Business Administration;

(3) Member shall mean any financial institution which undertakes to lend money to a development corporation upon its call and in accordance with section 21-2109 ;

(4) Board of directors shall mean members of the board of directors of a development corporation in office from time to time; and

(5) Loan limit shall mean, for any member, the maximum account permitted to be outstanding at any one time on loans made by any such member to a development corporation, as determined under the Nebraska Business Development Corporation Act.