Chapter 14, CITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN CLASS
414 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1725 Parking Authority Law; supplementary to existing law; severability.
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The Parking Authority Law shall be independent of and in addition to any other provisions of law of the State of Nebraska with reference to the matters covered by such law and shall be considered as a complete and independent act and not as amendatory of or limited by any other p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1726 Parking facilities; legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Traffic in the streets of the business section of cities of the metropolitan class has become congested by the great number of motor vehicles entering and traversing such streets, and the trend is for an ever-increasing number of vehic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1727 Terms, defined.
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As used in sections 14-1726 to 14-1730, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Parking facilities means the entire surface or subsurface parking area and all improvements in such parking area or appurtenances used in connection with such parking area, including entrances and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1728 Parking facilities; leased for operation; limitation.
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Any city of the metropolitan class, any county in which such city is located, or such city and county jointly may construct parking facilities in conjunction with a civic center. When constructed, such parking facilities shall be leased for operation, in which case the lease shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1729 Revenue bonds; issuance.
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For the purpose of constructing parking facilities as provided in section 14-1728, the city and county may jointly issue revenue bonds. The principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable only out of the revenue and income of such parking facilities.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1730 City; air space; leases.
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(1) Each city of the metropolitan class shall have the power to lease, upon such terms as the city deems appropriate for a term not to exceed ninety-nine years, air space above any street, alley, major traffic street, connecting link, controlled-access facility, main thoroughfare…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1731 Offstreet parking; legislative findings and declarations.
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(1) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the great increase in the number of motor vehicles, including buses and trucks, has created hazards to life and property in cities of the metropolitan class in Nebraska. (2) In order to remove or reduce the hazards of life and pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1732 Offstreet parking; location; powers; limitation.
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Any city of the metropolitan class is authorized to own, purchase, construct, equip, lease, or operate within such city offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities on property located beneath any elevated segment of the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways or portion…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1733 Offstreet parking; cost; revenue bonds; parking district assessments; gifts, leases, devises, grants, funds, agreements; conditions; procedure.
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(1) In order to pay the cost required by any purchase, construction, or lease of property and equipping of offstreet parking facilities under sections 14-1731 to 14-1740, or the enlargement of presently owned facilities, a city of the metropolitan class may: (a) Issue revenue bon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1734 Revenue bonds; plans and specifications; prepare.
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Before the issuance of any revenue bonds for improvements as provided under section 14-1733, a city of the metropolitan class shall have an independent and qualified firm of engineers prepare plans and specifications for the improvements financed with such bonds. In the preparati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1735 Rules and regulations; contracts; operation.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control of facilities authorized by sections 14-1731 to 14-1740. In the exercise of the grant of power set forth in sections 14-1731 to 14-1740, t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1737 Facility; lease; restrictions.
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On the creation of a motor vehicle parking facility for the use of the general public under sections 14-1731 to 14-1740, a city of the metropolitan class shall lease such facility to one or more operators to provide for the efficient operation of the facility. Such lease shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1738 Multilevel parking structure; not subject to eminent domain; when.
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A multilevel parking structure now used or hereafter acquired for offstreet motor vehicle parking by a private operator within a city of the metropolitan class shall not be subject to eminent domain for the purpose of creating a parking facility pursuant to sections 14-1733, 14-1…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1739 Revenue bonds; contract with holder; conditions.
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Sections 14-1731 to 14-1740 and of any ordinance authorizing the issuance of bonds under such sections shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds, and any holder of a bond or bonds or any of the coupons of any bond or bonds of a city of the metropolitan class, iss…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1740 Sections; supplementary to existing law.
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Sections 14-1731 to 14-1740 are supplementary to existing statutes relating to cities of the metropolitan class and confer upon such cities powers not heretofore granted.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1801 Metropolitan transit authority; declaration of policy.
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It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding and policy: (1) That traffic, passenger, truck, and pedestrian, in the streets of cities of the metropolitan class, a county in which such a city is located, adjacent counties, and cities and villages located…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1802 Terms, defined.
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As used in the Transit Authority Law, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Authority means any transit authority created under the Transit Authority Law; (2) Board means the board of directors of any transit authority created under the Transit Authority Law; (3) City of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1803 Metropolitan transit authority; creation; members; appointment; jurisdiction; compensation; expenses; delegation of powers and duties.
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(1) Any city of the metropolitan class may create by ordinance a transit authority to be managed and controlled by a board of five members which shall be appointed as provided in section 14-1813 and shall have full and exclusive jurisdiction and control over all facilities owned …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1804 Metropolitan transit authority; establishment; body corporate.
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The authority shall be a body corporate and politic and shall be known as Transit Authority of ..................... (filling out the blank with the name of the city), and shall be a governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska with the powers and authority provided by the T…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1805 Metropolitan transit authority; general powers.
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For the purpose of accomplishing the object and purpose of the Transit Authority Law, the authority shall possess all the necessary powers of a public body corporate and governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska, including, but not limited to, the following powers: (1) To…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1805.01 Metropolitan transit authority; retirement plan reports; duties.
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(1) Beginning December 31, 1998, through December 31, 2017, the chairperson of the board shall file with the Public Employees Retirement Board an annual report on each retirement plan established pursuant to section 14-1805 and section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1806 Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; issuance; terms and conditions; trust agreements.
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The authority shall have the continuing power to borrow money for the purpose of acquiring any transportation system and necessary cash working funds, or for reconstructing, extending, or improving its transportation system or any part thereof, and for acquiring any property and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1807 Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; extent of obligation.
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Under no circumstances shall any bonds or certificates issued by the authority or any other obligation of the authority be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Nebraska, or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic or of any municipality …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1808 Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; sale; advertisement; bids.
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Before any such bonds or certificates (excepting refunding bonds or certificates) are sold the entire authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit after advertising for bids at least three times in a daily newspaper of general circulation published i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1809 Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; legal investment; considered securities.
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Bonds issued by the authority under the Transit Authority Law are hereby made securities in which the state and all political subdivisions of the state, their officers, boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, saving…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1810 Metropolitan transit authority; property; exempt from taxation; exceptions.
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An authority created pursuant to the Transit Authority Law being a governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska to exercise public and essential governmental functions, all property thereof, all operations thereof, and all rights to operate, of whatsoever character, and all …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1811 Metropolitan transit authority; equipment; purchase; securities.
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(1) The authority shall have power to purchase equipment, including motor buses, and may execute agreements, leases, conditional sales contracts, conditional lease contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates in the form customarily used in such cases appropriate to effec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1812 Metropolitan transit authority; board; name.
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Unless the authority elects to convert into a regional metropolitan transit authority pursuant to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the governing body of the authority shall be a board to be known as The Transit Authority of ............., filling out the blank wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1813 Metropolitan transit authority; board; appointment; term; vacancy; oath; bond; removal from office.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, whenever any city of the metropolitan class creates an authority, the board shall consist of five members to be selected as follows: (a) The mayor, with the approval of the city council and the county board of the county i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1814 Metropolitan transit authority; board; organization; officers; quorum; meetings; resolutions; public records.
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Not later than seven days after the qualification of the members, the board shall organize for the transaction of business, shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members, and shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations to govern its proceedings. The chairp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1816 Metropolitan transit authority; board; employees; private interest; prohibited.
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No member of the board and no officer or employee of the authority shall have any private financial interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of the authority and in the sale or lease of any property to or from the authority.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1818 Metropolitan transit authority; receipts; disbursements; books of account.
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The board shall provide by resolution for the manner of handling all receipts, the depositing of same in banks, and the investment of same when practicable, and of all disbursements, and shall provide for the keeping of accurate books of account of all of same.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1819 Metropolitan transit authority; fiscal year; budget.
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The board shall establish a fiscal operating year at least thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority, and annually thereafter the board shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget which shall include all operation and m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1820 Metropolitan transit authority; financial statement; publication; filing.
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As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and financial statement of its operations and of its assets and liabilities. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1821 Metropolitan transit authority; tax request; certification; levy; collection.
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To assist in the defraying of all character of expense of the authority and to such extent as in its discretion and judgment may be necessary, the board shall annually certify a tax request for the fiscal year commencing on the following January 1. Such tax request shall not exce…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1822 Metropolitan transit authority; transportation system; operation; rates and fares; adequate revenue.
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The board shall make all rules and regulations, according to its discretion, governing the operation of the transportation system, and shall determine all routings and change the same whenever deemed advisable by the board. The board shall fix rates, fares, and charges for transp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1823 Metropolitan transit authority; transportation system; modernization; depreciation policy.
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It shall be the duty of the board, as promptly as possible, to rehabilitate, reconstruct, and modernize all portions of any transportation system acquired, and to maintain at all times an adequate and modern transportation system suitable and adapted to the needs of the county, c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1825 Metropolitan transit authority; labor contracts; collective bargaining.
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The board may deal with and enter into written contracts with the employees of the authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees, concerning wages, salaries, hours, and general work…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-1826 Act, how cited.
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Sections 14-1801 to 14-1826 shall be known and may be cited as the Transit Authority Law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2001 Landmark heritage preservation district; commission; creation; purpose.
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Any city of the metropolitan class may by ordinance provide for the creation and establishment of landmark heritage preservation districts and a landmark heritage preservation commission for the purpose of preserving buildings, lands, areas, or districts within any such city whic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2002 Landmark heritage preservation commission; powers and duties; limitation.
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(1) The powers and duties of any landmark heritage preservation commission created pursuant to sections 14-2001 to 14-2004 shall be such as are delegated or assigned by the ordinance establishing the landmark heritage preservation commission. The city council shall specifically s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2003 City of the metropolitan class; eminent domain; when; procedure.
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(1) Each city of the metropolitan class may exercise its power of eminent domain to maintain or preserve buildings, lands, areas, or districts which have been determined by the landmark heritage preservation commission created by such city to be of historical, architectural, cult…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2004 Landmark heritage preservation commission; membership; qualifications; appointed by mayor; terms; officers.
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(1) A landmark heritage preservation commission created pursuant to sections 14-2001 to 14-2004 shall have nine members. If available, one of the members shall be an architect, one member shall be a curator or director of an art or other museum, one member shall be a professional…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-201 Elective officers; nomination; election; term.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the primary election for the nomination of elective officers of cities of the metropolitan class shall be held on the first Tuesday of April preceding the date of the general election, and the general election for the elec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-201.02 Legislative findings.
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The Legislature finds and declares that the election of the city council at large in cities of the metropolitan class denies representation to some socioeconomic segments of the population. The Legislature further finds and declares that fair and adequate representation of all ar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-201.03 City council districts; duties.
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The election commissioner in any county in which is situated a city of the metropolitan class shall divide the city into seven city council districts of compact and contiguous territory. Such districts shall be numbered consecutively from one to seven. One city council member sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-202 Special election; notice; vote; requirements.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to call, by ordinance, special elections and to submit at such elections such questions and propositions as may be authorized by law to be submitted to the electors at a special election. Unless otherwise specific…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-204 City council; members; number; candidates; qualifications; filing.
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(1) Each city of the metropolitan class shall elect seven city council members to the city council as provided in section 32-536. A candidate for city council member of a city of the metropolitan class shall be a registered voter and a resident of the district from which such can…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-205 City council; primary election; ballot; form.
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Notwithstanding any more general law respecting primary elections in force in this state, the official ballot to be prepared and used at the primary election under section 14-201 shall be in substantially the form provided in this section. The names of all candidates shall be pla…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-206 City council; primary election; candidates; number.
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The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes in each city council district at the primary election under section 14-201 shall be the candidates and the only candidates whose names shall be placed upon the official ballot for city council members in such city council d…