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60-4,113. Examining personnel; appointment; duties; examinations; issuanceof certificate; license; state identification card; county treasurer; duties;delivery of license or card.(1) This subsection appliesuntil the implementation date designated by the director pursuant to section 60-462.02. In and for each county in the State of Nebraska, the director shallappoint as his or her agents one or more examiners who shall examine all applicantsfor an operator's license as provided in section 60-4,114 except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (8) of section 60-4,122. The director may, in his orher discretion, also appoint one or more examining officers with similar powersas are set forth in section 60-4,114. The same examiner may be assigned toone or more counties by the director. Each county shall furnish office spacefor the administration of the operator's license examination. The examinershall conduct the examination of applicants and deliver to each successfulapplicant a certificate entitling such applicant to secure an operator's license.If the examiner refuses to issue such certificate for cause, he or she shallstate such cause in writing and deliver the same to the applicant. The successfulapplicant shall, within ninety days, present his or her certificate to thecounty treasurer who shall immediately issue the operator's license and collectthe fee therefor. The county treasurer shall report the issuance of such licensesto the department within five days after issuance.(2)(a) Thissubsection applies beginning on the implementation date designated by thedirector pursuant to section 60-462.02. In and for each county in the Stateof Nebraska, the director shall appoint as his or her agents one or more departmentpersonnel who shall examine all applicants for a state identification cardor an operator's license as provided in section 60-4,114 except as otherwiseprovided in subsection (8) of section 60-4,122. The same department personnelmay be assigned to one or more counties by the director. Each county shallfurnish office space for the administration of the operator's license examination.The department personnel shall conduct the examination of applicants and deliverto each successful applicant an issuance certificate. The certificate maybe presented to the county treasurer of any county within ninety days afterissuance, and the county treasurer shall collect the fee and surcharge asprovided in section 60-4,115 and issue a receipt which is valid for up tothirty days. If an operator's license is being issued, the receipt shall alsoauthorize driving privileges for such thirty-day period. If the departmentpersonnel refuse to issue an issuance certificate for cause, the departmentpersonnel shall state such cause in writing and deliver such written causeto the applicant.(b) The department may provide for the centralproduction and issuance of operators' licenses and state identification cards.Production shall take place at a secure production facility designated bythe director. The licenses and cards shall be of such a design and producedin such a way as to discourage, to the maximum extent possible, fraud in applicantenrollment, identity theft, and the forgery and counterfeiting of such licensesand cards. Delivery of an operator's license or state identification cardshall be to the mailing address provided by the applicant at the time of application. SourceLaws1929, c. 148, § 2, p. 513; C.S.1929, § 60-402; Laws 1937, c. 141, § 12, p. 511; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 60-402; R.S.1943, § 60-404; Laws 1945, c. 141, § 2, p. 447; Laws 1945, c. 142, § 1, p. 454; Laws 1957, c. 366, § 36, p. 1270; Laws 1961, c. 307, § 4, p. 972; Laws 1961, c. 315, § 3, p. 999; Laws 1961, c. 316, § 3, p. 1009; Laws 1961, c. 317, § 1, p. 1016; Laws 1967, c. 389, § 1, p. 1212; Laws 1976, LB 329, § 1; Laws 1977, LB 90, § 3; R.S.1943, (1988), § 60-404; Laws 1989, LB 285, § 64; Laws 1999, LB 704, § 15; Laws 2001, LB 574, § 9; Laws 2008, LB911, § 11.