Chapter 13 — CITIES, COUNTIES, AND OTHER POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS
530 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1208 Municipality, county, or qualified public-purpose organization; powers; municipality or county; contract with school district; conditions.
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(1) Any municipality, county, or qualified public-purpose organization may lease, purchase, construct, own, maintain, operate, or contract for the operation of public transportation, including special transportation for the elderly or handicapped, and apply for and accept advance…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1209 Assistance program; established; state financial assistance; limitation.
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(1) A public transportation assistance program is hereby established to provide state assistance for the capital acquisition and operating costs of public transportation systems. (2) Any municipality, county, transit authority, regional metropolitan transit authority, or qualifie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1210 Assistance program; department; certify funding; report.
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(1) The department shall annually certify the amount of capital acquisition and operating costs eligible for funding under the public transportation assistance program established under section 13-1209. (2) The department shall submit an annual report to the chairperson of the Ap…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1211 City bus system receiving state funds; reduced fares for elderly or handicapped persons.
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The fares charged elderly or handicapped persons shall not exceed one-half of the rates generally applicable to other persons at peak hours for each one-way trip for any city bus system operating over regularly scheduled routes and receiving state funds pursuant to the Nebraska P…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1211.01 City bus system receiving state funds; reduced fares for low-income persons.
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Recipients of state funds under the Nebraska Public Transportation Act for any city bus system operating over regularly scheduled routes in cities of the primary and metropolitan classes may provide or designate that fares charged low-income persons may be discounted up to one-ha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1212 Department; rules and regulations; duties; public-purpose organization; denied financial assistance; petition; hearing.
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(1) The department shall administer sections 13-1209 to 13-1212, and shall adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary, including but not limited to defining eligible capital acquisition and operating costs, establ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1213 Intercity bus system assistance program; established; financial assistance available; selection; contracts authorized.
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(1) An intercity bus system assistance program is hereby established to provide state assistance for the operation of intercity bus systems. (2) Any municipality, county, transit authority, regional metropolitan transit authority, or qualified public-purpose organization shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1214 Intercity bus system assistance program; department; certify funding.
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The department shall certify biennially the amount of intercity bus system assistance eligible for funding under section 13-1213.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1301 Declaration of purpose.
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The trend of population growth in the state in recent decades has been to the larger cities and the areas adjacent thereto to the degree that some of such cities contain over one-half the population of the respective counties in which such cities are located. Such growth has give…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1302 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 13-1301 to 13-1312, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Bonds means bonds issued by the commission pursuant to such sections; (2) City means a city of the metropolitan class as defined in section 14-101 or a city of the primary class as defined in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1303 Commission; created; membership; expenses; quorum; corporate existence.
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There is hereby created and established in each county a commission to be known and designated as (name of city) (name of county) public building commission, except that sections 13-1301 to 13-1312 shall not become operative in any county unless and until the governing body of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1304 Commission; powers and duties.
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Any commission established under sections 13-1301 to 13-1312 shall have power to: (1) Sue and be sued; (2) Have a seal and alter the seal; (3) Acquire, hold, and dispose of personal property for its corporate purposes; (4) Acquire in the name of the city and county, by gift, gran…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1305 Funds; county treasurer; disposition.
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All taxes or other receipts, income, revenue, profits, and money of a commission from whatever source derived shall be paid to the treasurer of the county in which such commission is established as ex officio treasurer of the commission, who shall not commingle such money with an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1306 Bonds; notes; issuance; refunding; interest; payment.
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With the prior approval of both the city and the county for which the commission was created, the commission shall have the power and is hereby authorized from time to time to issue its bonds for any corporate purpose in such amounts as may be required to carry out and fully perf…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1307 Bonds; notes; legal investment.
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The bonds and notes of a commission are hereby made securities in which all public officers, boards, agencies and bodies of the state, its counties, political subdivisions, public corporations, and municipalities and the officers, boards, agencies or bodies of any of them, all in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1308 Bonds; notes; exempt from taxation.
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The bonds and notes of a commission, the interest thereon and the income therefrom, shall at all times be exempt from taxation by this state, or any political subdivision of this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1309 Commission; property; exempt from taxation.
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The commission, its income, revenue and other receipts and all properties or rights and interest therein shall be exempt from all taxation in this state.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1310 Commission; obligations; state, county, or city; not liable.
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The bonds, notes, obligations or liabilities of a commission shall not be a debt of the State of Nebraska or of the city or county for which the commission is established and neither the state, city, nor the county shall be liable thereon or therefor, nor shall such bonds, notes,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1311 City; county; powers.
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With respect to the commission created for the city and county and its projects, the city and the county may each: (1) Operate and maintain any project of the commission; (2) Appropriate funds for any cost incurred by the commission in acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, imp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1312 Sections, how construed.
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Sections 13-1301 to 13-1312 are supplemental to existing statutes and shall not be construed as repealing or amending existing statutes but shall be construed harmoniously and implemented compatibly with them.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1401 Authorization to establish; members; powers.
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The county board or the governing body of any incorporated city or village in the State of Nebraska may, and is hereby authorized and empowered, when in its judgment it is deemed expedient, to establish a board of public docks to be known as Dock Board of .......... (here insert …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1402 City or village not more than ten miles from Missouri River; board; authorized; powers; duties.
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The governing body of any incorporated city or village in the State of Nebraska, the nearest boundary of which city or village is not more than ten miles from the Nebraska bank of the Missouri River, may, and is hereby authorized and empowered, when in its judgment it is deemed e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1403 Members; terms; organization; records; removal; vacancies, how filled.
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When it has been determined by the county board or the governing body of any such municipality that it is expedient to establish such board of public docks the county board or the governing body of such municipality shall appoint as members of the dock board, seven such commissio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1404 Harbor, waterfront, dock, and terminal facilities; construction; improvement; plan.
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The dock board shall have power and it shall be its duty for and in behalf of any such municipality to prepare or cause to be prepared a comprehensive general plan for the construction and improvement of its harbor, water front, dock, and terminal facilities as it may deem necess…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1405 Property; purchase; condemnation; procedure.
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The dock board shall have power to purchase or acquire by any lawful means, such personal property and lands or rights or interests therein, including easements and leaseholds, as may be necessary for use in the provision and in the construction of any publicly owned harbor and t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1406 Property; control; powers.
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The county or municipality may turn over any property owned by it to the dock board to be controlled by it; and the board shall have exclusive charge and control of all such property turned over to it and all harbor and water terminal structures, facilities, and appurtenances con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1407 Streets; alleys; public grounds; jurisdiction.
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The dock board is hereby vested with jurisdiction and authority over that part of any street and alley and public grounds of the county or municipality which may abut upon or intersect its navigable waters, lying between the harbor line and the first intersecting street measuring…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1408 Harbor; waterfront; jurisdiction.
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The dock board is also vested with exclusive regulation and control of the harbor and the waterfront within or abutting upon the territorial limits of such county or municipality, consistent with the laws of the United States governing navigation, and may make reasonable rules an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1409 Structures, erections, and artificial constructions; building, repair, and operation; rules and regulations.
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The dock board shall have power to make general rules and regulations for the carrying out of the plans prepared and adopted by it for the building, rebuilding, repairing, alteration, maintaining, and operation of all structures, erections or artificial constructions upon or adja…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1410 Harbors, ports, and facilities; improvement; promotion of commerce.
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The dock board shall have authority, either alone or jointly with any similar body, to petition any interstate commerce commission, railway commission, or any like body or any federal, municipal, state or local authority, administrative, executive, judicial or legislative, having…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1411 Tolls, fees, and other charges; conditions; procedure for adoption.
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The dock board shall have the power to fix and regulate and from time to time to alter the tolls, fees, and other charges for all facilities under its management and control and for the use thereof, which charges shall be collectible by the board and shall be reasonable and with …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1412 Rules and regulations; violation; penalty.
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Obedience to the rules and regulations of the dock board may be enforced in the name of the county or municipality, as the case may be, by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment not exceeding thirty days; Provided, the county board shall first adopt the same …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1413 Officers and employees; employment.
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The dock board shall have power to employ such harbor masters, managers, assistants, attorneys, engineers, employees, clerks, workmen, and laborers as may be necessary in the efficient and economical performance of the work authorized by sections 13-1401 to 13-1417. All officers,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1414 Docks; terminal facilities; construction; plans; bids; contracts.
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In the construction of docks, levees, wharves, and their appurtenances, or in contracting for the construction of any work or structures authorized by sections 13-1401 to 13-1417, the dock board shall proceed only after full and complete plans, approved by the board, and specific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1415 Annual report; expenses; appropriation.
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The dock board shall annually make to the county board or the governing body of the municipality, as the case may be, a full and complete report of its activities, including a statement of the commerce passing through the port and a report of the receipts and disbursements made b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1416 Revenue bonds; issuance; payment; dock fund.
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Whenever the dock board shall deem it necessary or advisable to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing any of the works or improvements herein authorized, or purchasing property for said purpose or maintaining or operating the same, the board shall petition the county board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1417 Funds; deposit; disbursement; books and records.
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All funds collected by the dock board, or appropriated by the county or municipality for dock purposes from the proceeds of bonds or otherwise, shall be deposited with the treasurer of the county or municipality, as the case may be, and disbursed by him only upon warrants or orde…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 13-1501 to 13-1509 shall be known and may be cited as the State-Tribal Cooperative Agreements Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1502 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the State-Tribal Cooperative Agreements Act: (1) Agreement shall mean an agreement authorized under section 13-1503; (2) Public agency shall mean any political subdivision, including any municipality, county, school district, or agency or department of the state; …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1503 Public agencies; powers; agreements.
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Any one or more public agencies may enter into an agreement with any one or more tribal governments to perform any administrative service, activity, or undertaking that any of the public agencies or tribal governments entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform. Th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1504 Agreement; contents.
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An agreement shall specify: (1) Its duration; (2) The precise organization, composition, and nature of any separate legal entity created; (3) Its purpose; (4) The manner of financing the agreement and establishing and maintaining a budget; (5) The method to be employed in accompl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1505 Agreement; filing.
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Within ten days after being signed by the parties, a copy of the agreement shall be filed with: (1) The area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs of the United States Department of the Interior having trust responsibility for each tribe the governing body of which is a party to…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1506 Agreement; revocation.
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An agreement shall be subject to revocation by any party to the agreement upon six months' notice to the other unless a different period of time is provided for the agreement. No agreement may provide for a notice period for revocation in excess of five years.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1507 Public agency; appropriate funds; provide personnel.
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Any public agency entering into an agreement may appropriate funds for, and may sell, lease, or otherwise give or supply material to, any entity created for the purpose of performance of the agreement and may provide such personnel or services as are within its legal power to fur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1508 Agreements; prohibited provisions.
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Nothing in the State-Tribal Cooperative Agreements Act shall be construed to authorize an agreement that: (1) Is not permitted by federal law. The parties to an agreement should deal with substantive matters and enforcement matters that can be mutually agreed upon, but no agreeme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1509 Existing agreements; validity.
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The State-Tribal Cooperative Agreements Act shall not affect the validity of any agreement entered into between a tribal government and a public agency prior to August 25, 1989.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1601 Act, how cited.
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Sections 13-1601 to 13-1626 shall be known and may be cited as the Political Subdivisions Self-Funding Benefits Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1602 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Political Subdivisions Self-Funding Benefits Act is to permit political subdivisions to provide employee benefits to employees and their dependents through self-funding by establishing, participating in, and administering employee benefit plans. It is also the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1603 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Political Subdivisions Self-Funding Benefits Act, the definitions found in sections 13-1604 to 13-1613 shall be used.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 13-1604 Accruals, defined.
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Accruals shall mean funds to cover all expected claims, reserves, and expenses to operate the self-funded portion of the employee benefit plan for a plan year.