Neb. Rev. Stat. § 28-1351 : CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS — MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES —UNLAWFUL MEMBERSHIP RECRUITMENT —1351 - Unlawful membership recruitment into an organization or association; penalty
(1) A person commits the offense of unlawful membership recruitment into an organization or association when he or she knowingly and intentionally coerces, intimidates, threatens, or inflicts bodily harm upon another person in order to entice that other person to join or prevent that other person from leaving any organization, group, enterprise, or association whose members, individually or collectively, engage in or have engaged in any of the following criminal acts for the benefit of, at the direction of, or on behalf of the organization, group, enterprise, or association or any of its members:
(a) Robbery under section
28-324;
(b) Arson in the first, second, or third degree under section
28-502,
28-503, or
28-504, respectively;
(c) Burglary under section
28-507;
(d) Murder in the first degree, murder in the second degree, or manslaughter under section
28-303,
28-304, or
28-305, respectively;
(e) Violations of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act that involve possession with intent to deliver, distribution, delivery, or manufacture of a controlled substance;
(f) Unlawful use, possession, or discharge of a firearm or other deadly weapon under sections
28-1201 to
28-1212.04;
(g) Assault in the first degree or assault in the second degree under section
28-308 or
28-309, respectively;
(h) Assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional in the first, second, or third degree under section
28-929,
28-930, or
28-931, respectively, or assault on an officer, an emergency responder, a state correctional employee, a Department of Health and Human Services employee, or a health care professional using a motor vehicle under section
28-931.01;
(i) Theft by unlawful taking or disposition under section
28-511;
(j) Theft by receiving stolen property under section
28-517;
(k) Theft by deception under section
28-512;
(l) Theft by extortion under section
28-513;
(m) Kidnapping under section
28-313;
(n) Any forgery offense under sections
28-602 to
28-605;
(o) Criminal impersonation under section
28-638;
(p) Tampering with a publicly exhibited contest under section
28-614;
(q) Unauthorized use of a financial transaction device or criminal possession of a financial transaction device under section
28-620 or
28-621, respectively;
(r) Pandering under section
28-802;
(s) Bribery, bribery of a witness, or bribery of a juror under section
28-917,
28-918, or
28-920, respectively;
(t) Tampering with a witness or an informant or jury tampering under section
28-919;
(u) Unauthorized application of graffiti under section
28-524;
(v) Dogfighting, cockfighting, bearbaiting, or pitting an animal against another under section
28-1005; or
(w) Promoting gambling in the first degree under section
28-1102.
(2) Unlawful membership recruitment into an organization or association is a Class IV felony.