(1) Any firm or corporation operating a public utility in this state which shall file with any regulatory body, whether state or municipal, under any statute, order, resolution, or ordinance lawfully passed, any report or reports containing false statements, knowing the same to be false, affecting directly or indirectly, the value of its investment or the rate of return or earnings or expenditures of such public utility shall be guilty of filing false reports with regulatory bodies.

Attorney's Note

Under the Nebraska Statutes, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
Class II misdemeanorup to 6 monthsup to $1,000
For details, see Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-106

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 28-910

  • 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.
  • 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
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.

(2) Filing false reports with regulatory bodies is a Class II misdemeanor.