Section 272-25-003 - PROHIBITIONS AND ORDERS ON CAPITOL PROPERTY003.01- ANIMALS - No pets, livestock, or animals of any kind shah be allowed on Capitol Property except for service animals, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and accompanying guidance, and animals used by law enforcement personnel or emergency responders in their official capacities.003.02- ALCOHOL - Drinking of alcoholic beverages on Capitol Property is prohibited, unless specifically authorised by the Capitol Commission and the Nebraska Liquor Control Commission.003.03- SLEEPING - No overnight camping or sleeping in public areas on Capitol Property.003.04- LAWN AND SHRUBBERY - Any damage to the lawn area or shrubbery or other plantings is prohibited.003.05- SIGNS - Carrying, transporting, or using signs, posters, placards or banners exceeding eleven inches (11") by seventeen inches (17") in size inside the Capitol Building is prohibited.a. All signs shall only be handheld on Capitol Property. No handles, sticks, supports, poles, posts, or other items used to hold up signs will be allowed on Capitol Property.b. Except as otherwise allowed by the Capitol Commission, signs, posters, placards or banners shall not obstruct the freedom of passage on or through Capitol Property.c. Signs shall not be driven or staked into the ground nor attached to nor supported by any tree, monument, statue, etc. on Capitol Property.d. AH signs left unaccompanied or not in actual physical control shall be considered abandoned property and may be disposed. Nothing in these rules is meant to prohibit the use of signs as approved by the Office of the Capitol Commission or signs posted by state employees on or around the doors of their respective offices when necessary for official business.
Signs are not permitted in the Courtrooms, including the Nebraska Supreme Court and the Nebraska Court of Appeals, the East and West Legislative Chambers, and the Governor's Suite.
003.06- PROHIBITED BEHAVIORS - The following acts in or on Capitol Property are prohibited:a. Improper disposal of trash, spitting, creation of any hazard to persons or things, throwing of articles of any kind from the Capitol Building, climbing upon any part of the Capitol Budding, and the destruction, damage, or removal of property or any part thereof;b. Conduct prohibited by any other applicable law or ordinance, policy or rule of the Legislature, policy or order of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, Nebraska Supreme Court rule or order, or policy or order of the Nebraska Capitol Commission;c. Conduct that creates loud and unusual noise, or that obstructs the usual use of entrances, foyers, corridors, offices, elevators, stairways, and parking lots, or that otherwise tends to impede or disturb public employees in the performance of their duties, or that otherwise impedes or disturbs the public in its access and use to designated property;d. Bullhorns or other noise amplification devices shall not be used inside the Capitol;e. Climbing or stepping upon statues, monuments, fences, barriers, lighting fixtures, trees or parts of the Capitol not intended for such purpose.003.07- VIOLATIONS OF REGULATIONS - If an individual is in violation of these regulations, the Nebraska State Patrol will first attempt to notify such individual that he or she is not compliant with the regulations and allow such individual to correct their behavior. Failure to comply with this request could result in a citation and/ or order to leave.003.08- ORDER TO LEAVE - No person shall remain on Capitol Property after having been ordered or directed by a member of the Nebraska State Patrol or other law enforcement personnel to leave Capitol Property. Failure to comply may result in a citation for trespassing.003.09- SUBJECT TO SEARCH - All backpacks, bags, packages, briefcases or other containers in the immediate possession of visitors, employees, or other persons arriving on, working at, visiting, or departing from Capitol Property are subject to search. The Nebraska State Patrol may inspect any equipment or apparatus brought in and may limit or prohibit the use of any items which might affect safety or the normal operation of the building. Unattended items on Capitol Property may be confiscated.003.10- WHEELED VIOLATIONS - The operation of bicycles, roller skates (including inline), skateboards, scooters, hoverboard, wheelie shoes, Segways, or any other form of wheeled personal transportation, with the exception of wheeled law enforcement transportation, wheeled transportation for children, such as a stroller, and medical mobile equipment, such as wheelchairs and scooters, on Capitol Property is prohibited.272 Neb. Admin. Code, ch. 25, § 003
Adopted effective 7/11/2021