Section 8-1117 - Violations; penalty(1) Any person who willfully violates any provision of the Securities Act of Nebraska except section 8-1113, or who willfully violates any rule and regulation or order under the act, or who willfully violates the provisions of section 8-1113 knowing the statement made to be false or misleading in any material respect is guilty of a Class IV felony. No indictment may be returned or information filed under the act more than five years after the alleged violation.(2) The director may refer such evidence as may be available concerning violations of the act or any rule and regulation or order under the act to the Attorney General or the proper county attorney, who may in his or her discretion, with or without such a reference, institute the appropriate criminal proceedings under the act.(3) Nothing in the act shall limit the power of the state to punish any person for any conduct which constitutes a crime by statute or at common law.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 8-1117
Laws 1965, c. 549, § 17, p. 1792; Laws 1977, LB 40, § 65; Laws 1998, LB 894, § 4; Laws 2017, LB 148, § 16.Amended by Laws 2017, LB 148,§ 16, eff. 8/24/2017.