Omaha, Neb., Code of Ordinances ch. 13, art. IV (2026) § 13-377

(a) Time limit for commencing hearing. The civil rights hearing board shall commence the hearing under this article no later than 120 days following the issuance of the charge, unless it is impracticable to do so. If the board is unable to commence the hearing within 120 days after the issuance of the charge, the civil rights hearing board shall notify the director, the aggrieved person on whose behalf the charge was filed, and the respondent, in writing, of the reasons for not doing so.
(b) Time limit for making findings. The civil rights hearing board shall make findings of fact and conclusions of law within 60 days after the end of the hearing under this section, unless it is impracticable to do so. If the civil rights hearing board is unable to make findings of fact and conclusions of law within such period, or any succeeding 60-day period thereafter, the civil rights hearing board shall notify the director, the aggrieved person on whose behalf the charge was filed, and the respondent, in writing, of the reasons for not doing so.
(c) Issuance of order; assessment of civil penalty. If the board finds that a respondent has engaged or is about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, the board shall promptly issue an order for such relief as may be appropriate, which may include damages suffered by the aggrieved person and injunctive or other equitable relief. Such order may, to vindicate the public interest, assess a civil penalty against the respondent to the extent authorized by state and federal fair housing law:
(1) In an amount not exceeding $10,000.00 if the respondent has not been adjudged to have committed any prior discriminatory housing practice;
(2) In an amount not exceeding $25,000.00 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed one other discriminatory housing practice during the five-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge; and
(3) In an amount not exceeding $50,000.00 if the respondent has been adjudged to have committed two or more discriminatory housing practices during the seven-year period ending on the date of the filing of this charge;
except that, if the acts constituting the discriminatory housing practice that is the object of the charge are committed by the same natural person who has been previously adjudged to have committed acts constituting a discriminatory housing practice, then the civil penalties set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3) may be imposed without regard to the period of time within which any subsequent discriminatory housing practice occurred.
(d) Effect of order on existing contracts or sales. No such order shall affect any contract, sale, encumbrance, or lease consummated before the issuance of such order and involving a bona fide purchaser, encumbrancer, or tenant without actual notice of the charge filed under this article.
(e) Notification of licensing or regulatory agencies. In the case of any order with respect to a discriminatory housing practice that occurred in the course of a business subject to a license or regulation by a governmental agency, the director shall, not later than 30 days after the date of the issuance of such order (or, if such order is judicially reviewed, 30 days after such order is in substance affirmed upon such review):
(1) Send copies of the findings of fact, conclusions of law, and the order to that governmental agency.
(2) Recommend to that governmental agency appropriate disciplinary action (including, where appropriate, the suspension or revocation of the license of the respondent).
(f) Dismissal of charge. If the board finds that the respondent has not engaged or is not about to engage in a discriminatory housing practice, as the case may be, the board shall enter an order dismissing the charge. The director shall make public disclosure of each such dismissal.
(g) Review by director; service of final order.
(1) The director may review any finding, conclusion, or order issued under subsections (a) through (f) of this section.
(2) Such review shall be completed not later than 30 days after the finding, conclusion, or order is so issued; otherwise the finding, conclusion, or order becomes final.
(3) The director shall cause the findings of fact and conclusions of law made with respect to any final order for relief under this article, together with a copy of such order, to be served on each aggrieved person and each respondent in the proceeding.