Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - TRANSPORTATION, DEPARTMENT OF
Title 425 - BOARD OF EXAMINERS FOR COUNTY HIGHWAY AND CITY STREET SUPERINTENDENTS
Chapter 2 - Licensing of County Highway Superintendents and City Street Superintendents
Section 425-2-008 - RENEWAL PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS
Universal Citation: 425 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 2 ยง 008
Current through March 20, 2024
008.01 CLASS B LICENSE RENEWAL
008.01A Duration. An initial
or additional Class B license issued before October 1, shall be valid through
December 31 of the current calendar year. An initial or additional Class B
license issued on or after October 1, shall be valid through December 31 of the
next calendar year.
008.01B Fee. A
Class B license is renewable for additional one-year periods upon timely
application and payment of the renewal fee of ten dollars ($ 10.00) as provided
in Section
39-2308,
Nebraska Revised Statutes.
008.02 CLASS A LICENSE RENEWAL
008.02A Duration. An initial Class A license
is valid for a period of three (3) years. An additional Class A license shall
be placed on the same renewal cycle as the licensee's initial Class A
license.
008.02B Fee and
Professional Development Requirement. A Class A license is renewable for
additional three (3) year periods upon timely application and compliance with
both of the following requirements:
008.02B1
The applicant shall pay the renewal fee of fifty dollars ($ 50.00) provided in
Section
39-2308.01,
Nebraska Revised Statutes; and
008.02B2 The applicant shall certify that he
or she has successfully completed at least twenty (20) hours of professional
development during the three (3) year license period as required by Section
39-2308.02,
Nebraska Revised Statutes. Such professional development shall include approved
workshops, seminars, association meetings, and other activities, as determined
by the Board to be reasonably related to the duties of street or highway
superintending.
008.02B2(a) Any Class A
license holder who completes in excess of twenty (20) hours of professional
development within the preceding three (3) year period may have the excess, not
to exceed ten (10) hours, applied to the requirement for the next triennial
license period.
008.02B2(b)
Professional development hours (PDH) shall be credited by the Board on the
following basis:
008.02B2(b)(i) Attendance at
workshops or seminars which are directly related to the duties of a county
highway or city street superintendent, as defined in Subsection 003.04, and
which the Board or its designee has pre-certified for professional development
shall count as one (1) PDH per actual hour of attendance at pre-certified
instructional portions of such workshop or seminar. Such PDH shall be rounded
to the nearest one-half (1/2) hour.
008.02B2(b)(ii) Attendance at workshops and
seminars which are directly related to the duties of a county highway or city
street superintendent, as defined in Subsection 003.04, but which were not
pre-certified for professional development by the Board or its designee, shall
be counted as one (1) PDH per actual hour of attendance at instructional
portions of such workshop or seminar, based on satisfactory documentation that
the workshop or seminar was in fact related to the duties of a county highway
or city street superintendent. Such PDH shall be rounded to the nearest
one-half (1/2) hour.
008.02B2(b)(iii) National, state, regional or
district meetings of associations of county highway or city street
superintendents shall qualify as workshops and seminars under Subsections
008.02B2(b)(i) and
008.02B2(b)(ii).
008.02B2(b)(iv) Workshops and seminars on
general management subjects, including, but not limited to, personnel
management, budgeting and finance, and risk management, shall qualify as
workshops and seminars under Subsections
008.02B2(b)(i) and
008.02B2(b)(ii)
and may count for up to five (5) hours of the PDH requirement.
008.02B2(b)(v) Attendance at workshops and
seminars which are indirectly related to the duties of a county highway or city
street superintendent, including, but not limited to, surveying, zoning, weed
control, utilities maintenance and operations, and emergency medical services,
shall qualify under Subsections
008.02B2(b)(i) and
008.02B2(b)(ii)
and may count for up to five (5) hours of the PDH requirement.
008.02B2(b)(vi) Serving on a Board or
commission which has as its primary duty the examination and registration of
county highway or city street superintendents, including the Board of Examiners
for County Highway and City Street Superintendents in Nebraska, shall count as
five (5) PDH per year.
008.02B2(b)(vii) Serving as a designee of the
Board for the purpose of preparing and grading of written examinations shall
count as five (5) PDH per year.
008.02B2(b)(viii) Serving as an officer of a
local, state, regional or national professional organization which is directly
related the duties and functions of county highway superintendent or city
street superintendent, as defined in Subsection 003.04, and which the Board has
certified for professional development, shall count as one (1) PDH per year
with a maximum credit in this category of six (6) PDH over the triennial
license period.
008.02B2(b)(ix)
Teaching a workshop or seminar which is directly related to the duties of
county highway or city street superintendent, as defined in Subsection 003.04,
shall count as two (2) PDH per actual hour of teaching time, not counting
preparation time, based on pre-certification by the Board or its designee, or
on adequate documentation that the course was in fact related to the duties of
a county highway or city street superintendent.
008.02B2(b)(x) Completing or teaching a
college level course directly related to the duties of county highway or city
street superintendent, as defined in Subsection 003.04, shall count as thirty
(30) PDH for a three (3) semester hour credit hour course or a five (5) quarter
credit hour credit course, based on pre-certification by the Board or its
designee, or on adequate documentation that the course was in fact related to
the duties of a county highway or city street superintendent.
008.02B2(b)(xi) Completing or teaching a
non-college credit extension or continuing education course directly related to
the duties of county highway or city street superintendent, as defined in
Subsection 003.04, shall count as one (1) PDH for each contact hour of class
time, based on pre-certification by the Board or its designee, or on adequate
documentation that the course was in fact related to the duties of a county
highway or city street superintendent.
008.02B2(b)(xii) Presentation of a paper or
research publication at a state, regional or professional society directly
related to the duties of a county highway or city street superintendent, as
defined in Subsection 003.04, shall count as five (5) PDH for each paper or
publication presented, with a maximum of fifteen (15) PDH counted in this
category per triennial license period, based on pre-certification by the Board
or its designee, or on adequate documentation that the course was in fact
related to the duties of a county highway or city street
superintendent.
008.02B2(b)(xiii)
Participation in other professional development activities which may be
presented to the Board for its consideration, including the number of PDH to be
awarded.
008.02B2(c)
Each Class A license holder shall maintain a detailed log of professional
development hours, along with any additional documentation required by this
subsection.
008.02B2(c)(i) For seminars and
workshops the applicant shall retain documentation of the hours of his or her
attendance. For seminars and workshops that have not been pre-certified by the
Board the applicant also shall retain documentation of the validity of the
activity under Subsections
008.02B2(b)(i)
through
008.02B2(b)(v).
008.02B2(c)(ii) For a college level course or
a non-college credit extension or continuing education course, the applicant
shall retain the course description or syllabus documenting the validity of the
activity under Subsection
008.02B2(b)(x) or
Subsection
008.02B2(b)(xi).
For non-credit continuing education courses, the applicant also shall retain
certificates of completion. For college level courses, the applicant also shall
retain a grade report or transcript showing successful completion of the
course.
008.02B2(c)(iii) For other
PDH, the applicant shall retain descriptive and justificative evidence of the
activity and shall retain documentation of the duration of his or her
participation.
008.02B2(d) All requests for certification or
pre-certification shall be submitted no later than June 30 preceding the
December 31 due date of the license renewal application. The Board office shall
compile, keep current and make available a list of certified and pre-certified
activities.
008.02B2(e) The Board
or its designee shall conduct random audits of Class A renewal applications in
order to verify completion of sufficient valid PDH. The Board's auditor shall
be authorized to request and inspect the renewal applicant's documentation.
008.02B2(e)(i) Failure to submit such
documentation, or submission of documentation which is incomplete, illegible,
or which otherwise does not support the required PDH, shall constitute failure
to complete renewal requirements.
008.02B2(e)(ii) Licensees who are not
audited, or whose audits are completed after the license was renewed, are
subject to provisions of Subsection 012.02 concerning fraudulent or deceitful
renewal.
008.02C Exception for Good Cause. The Board
shall not renew the Class A license of a license holder who fails to complete
the professional development requirements of Subsection
008.02B of this
rule, unless such license holder can show exceptional circumstances beyond the
reasonable control of the license holder causing him or her to be unable to
comply with such requirement.
008.02C1 If the
Board determines that good cause has been shown, the Board shall extend the
previous license for an additional one hundred and eighty (180) days to allow
the renewal applicant to make up all outstanding PDH. Upon successful
completion, the license shall be retroactively renewed. Licensees receiving
such extension shall be subject to a non-random audit.
008.02C2 If the Board determines that good
cause was not shown, the license shall be retroactively renewed as a Class B
license.
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