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79-810. Certificatesor permits; issuance by Commissioner of Education; fee; disposition; contentsof certificate or permit; endorsements; Certification Fund; Professional PracticesCommission Fund; created; use; investment.(1)Certificates and permits shall be issued by the commissioner upon applicationon forms prescribed and provided by him or her which shall include the applicant'ssocial security number.(2) Each certificate or permit issued by the commissionershall indicate the area of authorization to teach, provide special services,or administer and any areas of endorsement for which the holder qualifies.During the term of any certificate or permit issued by the commissioner, additionalendorsements may be made on the certificate or permit if the holder submitsan application, meets the requirements for issuance of the additional endorsements,and pays a nonrefundable fee of forty dollars.(3) The Certification Fund is created. Any fee received bythe department under sections 79-806 to 79-815 shall be remitted to the StateTreasurer for credit to the fund. The fund shall be used by the departmentin paying the costs of certifying educators pursuant to such sections andto carry out subsection (3) of section 79-808. For issuance of a certificateor permit valid in all schools, the nonrefundable fee shall be fifty-fivedollars, except that thirteen dollars of the fifty-five-dollar fee shall becredited to the Professional Practices Commission Fund which is created foruse by the department to pay for the provisions of sections 79-859 to 79-871, except that transfers may be made fromthe fund to the General Fund at the direction of the Legislature.For issuance of a certificate or permit valid only in nonpublic schools, thenonrefundable fee shall be forty dollars. Any money in the Certification Fundor the Professional Practices Commission Fund available for investment shallbe invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska CapitalExpansion Act and the Nebraska State Funds Investment Act. SourceLaws 1963, c. 491, § 5, p. 1571; Laws 1967, c. 549, § 8, p. 1814; Laws 1969, c. 728, § 1, p. 2763; Laws 1969, c. 729, § 1, p. 2764; Laws 1969, c. 584, § 79, p. 2393; Laws 1977, LB 540, § 1; Laws 1980, LB 771, § 1; Laws 1991, LB 855, § 1; Laws 1991, LB 511, § 58; Laws 1992, LB 245, § 63; Laws 1993, LB 348, § 29; Laws 1994, LB 1066, § 89; R.S.1943, (1994), § 79-1247.07; Laws 1996, LB 900, § 440; Laws 1997, LB 206, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 752, § 216; Laws 2002, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 5; Laws 2003, LB 685, § 10; Laws 2007, LB150, § 2; Laws 2009, First Spec. Sess., LB3, § 59.Effective Date: November 21, 2009 Cross ReferencesNebraska Capital Expansion Act, see section 72-1269.Nebraska State Funds Investment Act, see section 72-1260.