Chapter 14 — CITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN CLASS
727 sections in this chapter.
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. § 14-1822.01 Expired.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
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…
Repealed. Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 21.
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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.
Repealed. Laws 1973, LB 225, § 1.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1979, LB 329, § 13.
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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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-207 City council; general election; ballot; form; applicable law.
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At the general election at which city council members are to be elected, the ballot shall be prepared in substantially the same form as provided in section 14-205, and the person receiving the highest number of votes in each of the city council districts shall be the city council…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-208 City council; members; bond or insurance.
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All members of the city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall qualify and give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in the sum of five thousand dollars.
Repealed. Laws 1984, LB 975, § 14.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-210 Ordinances; adoption by initiative; procedure.
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(1) The right to enact ordinances for any city of the metropolitan class is hereby granted to the qualified electors of such city, but such grant is made upon the following conditions and in addition to the right granted to the city council to legislate as provided in this sectio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2101 Public utilities district; what shall constitute.
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Whenever in this state a city of the metropolitan class and one or more adjacent municipalities, sanitary and improvement districts, or unincorporated areas are served in whole or in part by a common public utilities system, owned and controlled by a single corporate public entit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2102 Board of directors; qualifications; election; outside member.
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(1) In each metropolitan utilities district service area, there shall be a board of directors consisting of seven members. The members shall be elected as provided in section 32-540. (2) Registered voters within the boundaries of the district shall be registered voters of such di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2103 Board of directors; territory outside city; participation in election; filings; where made.
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Whenever a metropolitan utilities district is extended to include sanitary and improvement districts, unincorporated area, towns, villages, or territory lying outside the corporate limits of cities of the metropolitan class or so extended as to include sanitary and improvement di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2104 Board of directors; vacancy; compensation; benefits; expenses; salary increase; procedure.
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(1) Any vacancy occurring in the board of directors shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members thereof within thirty days after the vacancy occurs. It is the intent and purpose to render the board of directors nonpartisan in character. (2)(a) The board of dir…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2105 Board of directors; meetings.
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Regular meetings of the board of directors shall be held each calendar month at such hour and on such date as the board may designate and at such other stated times as shall be fixed in the bylaws. Special meetings of the board may be held at any time at the call of the chairpers…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2106 Board of directors; officers; bylaws; quorum.
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Upon organization such board of directors shall elect one of its members chairperson and one vice-chairperson, both of whom shall serve for one year, and shall appoint a secretary as provided in section 14-2109. The board shall make such rules governing its procedure and adopt su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2107 Board of directors; investigatory powers.
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The board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district or any committee of the members of the board shall have power to compel the attendance of witnesses for investigation of any matters that may come before the board, and the presiding officer of the board, or the chairp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2108 Directors and employees; interest in contracts prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for any member of the board of directors or any employee thereof to have any pecuniary interest, either directly or indirectly, in any contract in connection with the construction or maintenance of water or natural gas utilities of such metropolitan utilities…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2109 Utilities district; personnel; duties; salary.
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The board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district shall at its first regular meeting appoint an individual with an official title designated by the board who shall (1) act as secretary of such board, (2) have general supervision of the management, construction, operatio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-211 Ordinances; when effective; repeal by referendum; procedure.
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(1)(a) No ordinance passed by the city council of a city of the metropolitan class, except when otherwise required by the general laws of the state, by other provisions of sections 14-201 to 14-229, or as provided in subdivision (1)(b) of this section, shall go into effect before…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2110 Utilities district; employees; removal.
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No regular appointee or employee of the metropolitan utilities district, except the individual appointed in section 14-2109, who has been in its service consecutively for more than one year shall be subject to removal except upon a two-thirds vote of the full board and then only …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2111 Utilities district; employees; retirement and other benefits; terms and conditions; reports.
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(1) The board of directors of any metropolitan utilities district may also provide benefits for, insurance of, and annuities for the present and future employees and appointees of the district covering accident, disease, death, total and permanent disability, and retirement, all …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2112 Utilities district; general powers.
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A metropolitan utilities district shall be a body corporate and possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes and in its name may sue and be sued and purchase, hold, and sell personal property and real estate. It shall have the sole management and control of i…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2113 Board of directors; natural gas and water supply; powers; jurisdiction; relocation of facilities.
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The board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district shall have general charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the natural gas supply and the water supply of the district for domestic, mechanical, public, and fire purposes. This shall include the g…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2114 Utility service; rates; suspension and resumption of service; powers of board of directors.
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The board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district shall have power and authority to determine and fix all water and natural gas rates and to determine what shall be a reasonable rate for any particular service, the conditions and methods of service, and the collection…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2115 Utilities district; general powers and duties; operation of utilities separately; actions prohibited.
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(1) A metropolitan utilities district shall operate and account for each of its several utilities separately and, as to each separate utility, shall possess all powers granted on behalf of that utility or on behalf of any other utility being operated by such district, or granted …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2116 Utilities district; power of eminent domain; exercise.
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(1) In addition to any other rights and powers conferred upon metropolitan utilities districts under sections 14-2101 to 14-2157, such districts shall have and may exercise the power of eminent domain for the purpose of erecting, constructing, locating, maintaining, or supplying …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2117 Utilities district; extend or enlarge service area; when prohibited; filings required.
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No metropolitan utilities district may extend or enlarge its service area unless it is economically feasible to do so. In determining whether or not to extend or enlarge its service area, the district shall take into account the cost of such extension or enlargement to its existi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2118 Utilities district; use of streets, alleys, or public grounds; duty to repair.
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After entering the streets, alleys, or public grounds of the district in connection with the operation, construction, and maintenance of the utility facilities, it shall be the duty of the metropolitan utilities district and the board of directors, upon the completion of any such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2119 Board of directors; water or natural gas; powers over supplier.
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In case any portion of the metropolitan utilities district is supplied with natural gas or water for domestic, mechanical, public, or fire purposes by any individual, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation, then the board shall have the power and authority to fix …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-212 Petitions; signatures; verification.
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All petitions provided for in sections 14-204, 14-210, and 14-211 shall be signed by none but legal voters of the city and each petition shall contain, in addition to the names of the petitioners, the street and house number where the petitioner resides. The signatures to such pe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-2120 Board of directors; franchise; power to grant; election required.
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No franchise or permit for the use of streets, alleys, or other public property within the metropolitan utilities district for the laying of pipes in connection with a water or natural gas utility designed for public or private service shall be granted except by the board of dire…