A company entering into an agreement under the Invest Nebraska Act is prohibited from requiring as a condition of employment or promotion at the project that an employee or an individual applying for employment at the project submit to a genetic test or provide genetic information outside the scope of normal blood testing.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 77-5537

  • Agreement: means the agreement between the company and the state. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5505
  • Company: means (1) any person subject to sales and use taxes and either the income tax imposed by the Nebraska Revenue Act of 1967 or the franchise tax under sections 77-3801 to 77-3807, (2) any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or joint venture that is or would otherwise be a member of the same unitary group, if incorporated, which is, or whose partners, members, or owners are, subject to such taxes, and any other partnership, limited liability company, subchapter S corporation, or joint venture when the partners, owners, shareholders, or members are subject to such taxes, (3) any cooperative exempt from such taxes under section 521 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and (4) any limited cooperative association. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5509
  • Employee: means a person employed at the project. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5514
  • Genetic information: means information about a gene, gene product, or inherited characteristic derived from a genetic test. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5518
  • Genetic test: means the analysis of human DNA, RNA, and chromosomes and those proteins and metabolites used to detect heritable or somatic disease-related genotypes or karyotypes for clinical purposes. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5519
  • Project: means a project described in the Invest Nebraska Act and approved by the board. See Nebraska Statutes 77-5523
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