Chapter 13, CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
491 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2603 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act: (1) Applicant means the political subdivision that applies for assistance under the act; (2) Associated hotel means any publicly or privately owned facility in which the public may, for a consideration, obta…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2604 State assistance.
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Any political subdivision that has acquired, constructed, improved, or equipped eligible facilities, has approved the acquisition, construction, improvement, or equipping of eligible facilities, or has approved a bond issue to acquire, construct, improve, or equip eligible facili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2605 State assistance; application; contents.
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(1) All applications for state assistance under the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act shall be in writing and shall include a certified copy of the approving action of the governing body of the applicant describing the proposed eligible facility and the anticipa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2606 Board; powers and duties; hearing.
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(1) After reviewing an application submitted under section 13-2605 and upon reasonable notice to the applicant, the board shall hold a public hearing on the application. (2) The board shall give notice of the time, place, and purpose of the public hearing by publication three tim…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2607 Board; assistance approved; when; quorum.
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(1) After consideration of the application and the evidence, the board shall issue a finding of whether the convention and meeting center facility or sports arena facility described in the application is eligible for state assistance. (2) If the board finds that the facility desc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2609 Tax Commissioner; duties; certain retailers and operators; reports required.
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(1) If an application is approved, the Tax Commissioner shall: (a) Audit or review audits of the approved convention and meeting center facility, sports arena facility, associated hotel, or nearby retailer to determine the state sales tax revenue collected by retailers and operat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2610 Convention Center Support Fund; created; use; investment; distribution to certain areas; development fund; committee; duties; report; recipient; report; location requirements; recapture of funding; enforcement.
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(1) Upon the annual certification under section 13-2609, the State Treasurer shall transfer after the audit the amount certified to the Convention Center Support Fund. The Convention Center Support Fund is created. Transfers may be made from the fund to the General Fund at the di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2611 Bonds; issuance; election.
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(1) The applicant political subdivision may issue from time to time its bonds and refunding bonds to finance and refinance the acquisition, construction, improving, repairing, replacing, and equipping of eligible facilities and appurtenant public facilities that are a part of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2612 Act; applications; limitation.
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The board shall not accept applications for assistance under the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act after December 31, 2030.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2613 Rules and regulations.
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The Department of Revenue may adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Convention Center Facility Financing Assistance Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2701 Act, how cited.
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Sections 13-2701 to 13-2710 shall be known and may be cited as the Civic and Community Center Financing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2702 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Civic and Community Center Financing Act is to support the development of civic centers, historic buildings or districts, public spaces, and recreation centers throughout Nebraska. Furthermore, the act is intended to support projects that foster maintenance or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2703 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Civic and Community Center Financing Act: (1) Applicant means and includes (a) any city or village in this state that is eligible for a grant of assistance pursuant to section 13-2706 and (b) any tribal government; (2) Civic center means a facility that is use…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2704 Civic and Community Center Financing Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The Civic and Community Center Financing Fund is created. The fund shall be administered by the department. Any money in the fund available for investment shall be invested by the state investment officer pursuant to the Nebraska Capital Expansion Act and the Nebraska State F…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2704.01 Grants of assistance; purposes; applications; evaluation.
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(1) The department shall use the fund to provide grants of assistance for the following purposes: (a) To assist in the construction of new civic centers and recreation centers or the renovation or expansion of existing civic centers and recreation centers; (b) To assist in the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2704.02 Grants of assistance; engineering and technical studies.
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(1) The department shall use the fund to provide grants of assistance for engineering and technical studies directly related to projects described in section 13-2704.01. (2) Applications for grants of assistance pursuant to this section shall be evaluated by the department pursua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2705 Conditional grant approval; limits; conditions; State Historic Preservation Officer; powers; Nebraska Arts Council; approval required, when.
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The department may conditionally approve grants of assistance from the fund to eligible and competitive applicants subject to the following limits and requirements: (1) Except as provided in subdivision (2) of this section and subsection (4) of section 13-2706, a grant request sh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2706 Eligibility for grant; grant application; award; preference.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section for a city of the primary class, any municipality that has applied for and received a grant of assistance under the Sports Arena Facility Financing Assistance Act shall not receive state assistance under the Civic and Commu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2707 Department; evaluation criteria; match required; location.
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(1) The department shall evaluate all applications for grants of assistance under section 13-2704.01 based on the following criteria, which are listed in no particular order of preference: (a) Retention Impact. Funding decisions by the department shall be based on the likelihood …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2707.01 Grant; engineering and technical studies; evaluation criteria.
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The department shall evaluate all applications for grants of assistance under section 13-2704.02 based on the following criteria: (1) Financial Support. Assistance from the fund shall be matched at least equally from local sources. At least fifty percent of the local match must b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2708 Grant; approval.
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If a grant of assistance is approved by the department, the applicant shall receive conditional approval of the level of assistance. Projects shall receive funding from the fund in the order conditional approval is received and whenever there is sufficient money in the fund to pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2709 Information on grants; department; duties; Political Subdivision Recapture Cash Fund; created; use; investment.
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(1) The department shall submit, as part of the department's annual status report under section 81-1201.11, the following information regarding the Civic and Community Center Financing Act: (a) Information documenting the grants conditionally approved for funding by the Legislatu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2710 Rules and regulations.
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The department shall adopt and promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the Civic and Community Center Financing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2801 Municipal county; creation; procedure.
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(1) One or more counties and at least one of the municipalities in each county may create a municipal county to carry out all county services and all municipal services. The process of creating a municipal county shall begin by passage of a joint resolution by the governing bodie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2802 Metropolitan utilities district; how treated.
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Whenever creation of a municipal county is proposed involving a city of the metropolitan class, the interjurisdictional planning commission shall include in its plan a recommendation with regard to the territory within which any metropolitan utilities district shall have and may …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2803 Council; members; quorum; election; executive officer.
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(1)(a) Except as provided in subdivision (1)(b) of this section, a municipal county created under section 13-2801 shall be governed by a council of five to nine members, at least two-thirds of whom shall be elected by district. The council members shall be elected on a nonpartisa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2804 Municipal county; powers and duties; provisions governing transition.
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(1) A municipal county has the powers and duties of a county and shall fulfill the same role as other counties and county officials of the municipal county as would be applicable to a county of the same population as the municipal county. Any reference in law to counties shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2805 Ordinances; adoption; procedure.
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(1) A municipal county may adopt ordinances, and any such ordinances shall supersede those of any municipality or county consolidated into the municipal county. (2) All ordinances shall be passed pursuant to such rules and regulations as the council may provide, and all such ordi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2806 Ordinances; requirements.
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(1) All ordinances and resolutions or orders for the appropriation or payment of money shall require for their passage or adoption the concurrence of a majority of all members of the council. (2) Ordinances of a general or permanent nature shall be read by title on three differen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2807 Ordinance; form; publication; emergency.
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The style of ordinances shall be: "Be it ordained by the council of the municipal county of ................," and all ordinances of a general nature shall, within fifteen days after they are passed, be published in one or more newspapers in general circulation within the municip…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2808 Levy authorized; allocations.
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A municipal county may levy up to one dollar per one hundred dollars of taxable value, not including bonded indebtedness. From the levy authority of the municipal county, the municipal county may allocate to miscellaneous political subdivisions as provided in section 77-3443. In …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2809 Municipalities and fire protection districts within municipal county; treatment.
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(1) An area within the boundaries of a municipality which remains within the boundaries of a municipal county and is not consolidated into the municipal county at the time of the formation of the municipal county shall not be considered to be part of the municipal county for any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2810 Election; requirements.
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(1) The powers granted by sections 13-2801 to 13-2809 shall not be exercised unless and until the question has been submitted at a primary, general, or special election held within the county or counties involved and in which registered voters within the boundaries of the propose…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2811 Approval of formation of municipal county; effect.
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Approval of the formation of a municipal county shall abolish all county and municipal offices at the end of the then current officeholders' terms except as provided in subsection (3) of section 13-2803 and shall terminate all townships located within the municipal county. All de…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2812 Dissolution; procedure.
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(1) A municipal county may be dissolved by submitting the question of dissolution at a primary, general, or special election held within the county or counties involved and in which all registered voters are entitled to vote on such question. The ballot question may combine the i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2813 Sales and use tax authorized.
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(1) A municipal county by ordinance of its council may impose a sales and use tax of one-half percent, one percent, or one and one-half percent upon the same transactions within the entire municipal county on which the state is authorized to impose a tax pursuant to the Nebraska …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2814 Sales and use tax; administration.
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(1) The Tax Commissioner shall administer all sales and use taxes adopted under section 13-2813. The Tax Commissioner may prescribe forms and adopt and promulgate rules and regulations in conformity with the Nebraska Revenue Act of 1967, as amended, for the making of returns and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2815 Sales and use tax proceeds; use.
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The proceeds of the sales and use tax imposed by a municipal county under section 13-2813 shall be distributed to the municipal county for deposit in its general fund.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2816 Nebraska Revenue Act of 1967; applicability.
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(1) All relevant provisions of the Nebraska Revenue Act of 1967, as amended, not inconsistent with sections 13-2813 to 13-2815, shall govern transactions, proceedings, and activities pursuant to any sales and use tax imposed by a municipal county. (2) For purposes of the sales an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2817 Municipality; payments to municipal county; when; amount; how determined.
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(1) Any municipality that is within the boundaries of a municipal county that is not merged into the municipal county shall be required to pay the municipal county for services that were previously provided by the county and are not ordinarily provided by a municipality. Except a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2818 Sanitary and improvement districts; treatment; payments to municipal county; when; amount; how determined.
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(1) Sanitary and improvement districts located within a municipal county created under sections 13-2801 to 13-2819, unless consolidated into a municipal county in accordance with section 13-2819, shall be deemed to be unconsolidated sanitary and improvement districts and shall co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2819 Sanitary and improvement district; consolidated with municipal county; procedure.
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A municipal county may by ordinance cause any unconsolidated sanitary and improvement district located (1) within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of an unconsolidated municipality with the consent of the governing body of the unconsolidated municipality, or (2) within an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2901 Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act, how cited.
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Sections 13-2901 to 13-2914 shall be known and may be cited as the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2902 Purpose.
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The purpose of the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act is to authorize a political subdivision to enter into a design-build contract which is subject to qualification-based selection, a construction management at risk contract, or a public-private partnership con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2903 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act: (1) Construction management at risk contract means a contract by which a construction manager (a) assumes the legal responsibility to deliver a construction project within a contracted price to the politica…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2904 Contracts authorized; governing body; resolution required.
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(1) Notwithstanding the procedures for public lettings in sections 73-101 to 73-106 or any other statute relating to the letting of bids by a political subdivision, a political subdivision which follows the Political Subdivisions Construction Alternatives Act may do any of the fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2905 Political subdivision; policies; requirements.
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The political subdivision shall adopt policies for entering into a design-build contract, construction management at risk contract, or public-private partnership contract. The policies shall require that such contracts include the following: (1) Procedures for selecting and hirin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2906 Letters of interest; requirements.
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(1) A political subdivision shall prepare a request for letters of interest for design-build proposals and shall prequalify design-builders in accordance with this section. The request for letters of interest shall describe the project in sufficient detail to permit a design-buil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2907 Design-build contract; request for proposals; requirements.
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A political subdivision shall prepare a request for proposals for each design-build contract in accordance with this section. Notice of the request for proposals shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the political subdivision at least thirty days prior t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-2908 Design-build contract; evaluation of proposals; requirements; negotiations.
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(1) A political subdivision shall evaluate proposals for a design-build contract in accordance with this section. (2) The request for proposals shall be sent only to the prequalified design-builders selected pursuant to section 13-2906. (3) Design-builders shall submit proposals …