Chapter 14 — CITIES OF THE METROPOLITAN CLASS
727 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-507 Funds; transfer or diversion prohibited; exception; liability.
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The money and credits in each fund authorized and created by sections 14-501 and 14-502 shall be devoted strictly to the purposes for which the fund is created and no part of such money and credits shall be transferred or diverted in any manner or for any purpose. Any transfer or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-508 Funds; obligation and expenditure; limits upon; effect of exceeding; exceptions.
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Neither the city council nor any officer of a city of the metropolitan class shall expend or incur obligations for the expenditure of more money than has been provided and appropriated for the purposes for which the expenditure or obligations for expenditure are made. Any contrac…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-509 Funds; obligation and expenditure; violations; liability of officers; actions to recover; duty of city attorney.
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(1) It shall be malfeasance in office for any officer of a city of the metropolitan class to: (a) Attempt to incur, to incur, to attempt to pay, or to pay any obligation prohibited by sections 14-501 to 14-508; or (b) Attempt to transfer, to transfer, or to use any of the money o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-510 Warrants; payments; requirements.
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(1) Warrants of a city of the metropolitan class shall be drawn by the city comptroller and shall be signed by the mayor and city comptroller and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which such warrant is chargeable and the person to whom payable. Money of the city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-511 Obligations; payment; method; requirements.
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At the first meeting of the city council of a city of the metropolitan class in each month, the city council shall provide, by ordinance, for the payment of all indebtedness of the city incurred during the preceding month, or at any time prior to such preceding month, except thos…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-512 Sinking fund; purposes; investment.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall provide and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the general bonds of the city and the interest on such bonds. Such sinking fund shall be maintained from the following sources of revenue: (a) Amounts raised by t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-513 Obligations; payment; deduction of sums owed city; appeal.
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The city comptroller of a city of the metropolitan class shall deduct from the amount of any credit or warrant all amounts which the payee may owe the city, and where there has been an assignment of such credit or warrant the city comptroller shall likewise deduct as well all amo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-514 Taxation; annual certification for levy; bonds; limits.
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(1) The city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall annually certify to the county clerk of the county in which the city is located, by resolution, the tax upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city, not to exceed fifty cents on each one hundred do…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-515 Bonds; form; issuance; sale; delivery; interest; requirements.
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Bonds of a city of the metropolitan class shall be prepared under the direction of the city council, shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned and registered by the city comptroller, and shall be sold and disposed of by and under the direction of the city council. Such bonds…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-516 Sewer bonds; amount authorized; issuance.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue annually bonds not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing main sewers, and to be denominated sewer bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 14-51…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-517 Sewers; special assessment bonds; when authorized; limit; how paid; interest; sinking fund.
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(1) Cities of the metropolitan class are authorized and empowered to issue and sell special assessment sewer bonds, such bonds not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, without a vote of the electors, and to use the proceeds of such bonds for the purpose of constructing or reco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-518 Sewers; special assessment sewer bonds; special assessment sewer district; creation; petition; notice; withdrawal of signature.
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The powers granted in section 14-517 shall be subject to the conditions set forth in this section. A petition for the creation of a special assessment sewer district and the issuance of special assessment sewer bonds shall be filed with the city clerk of the city, signed by the o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-519 Public comfort stations; bonds; amount; issuance.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing public comfort stations. The city council may issue bonds for such purpose without a vote of the electors in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in any one year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-520 Armory; bonds; issuance; election required; applicability of section.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing an armory in the city if the issuance of such bonds is first authorized by a majority of the electors of such city voting on such proposition. This section shall not be applicable…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-521 Parks, parkways, boulevards, and playgrounds; bonds; issuance; amount authorized; use of proceeds.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds, as provided in this section, for the purpose of improving lands, lots, or grounds purchased, appropriated, or acquired for parks, parkways, boulevards, or playgrounds. Bonds so issued shall be known as park bon…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-522 Fire station; bonds; issuance; amount.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds of the city not to exceed thirty thousand dollars in any one year for the purpose of erecting fire stations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-523 Auditorium; bonds; issuance; amount; election required; vote.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class may issue bonds not to exceed in amount two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars for the construction, remodeling, or completion of a municipal auditorium, except that no such bonds shall be issued until authorized by the e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-524 Other municipal purposes; bonds; issuance.
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In addition to the authority expressly granted to the city council of a city of the metropolitan class to issue bonds for stated purposes, the city council may issue bonds for the following general purposes in compliance with the requirements of section 14-515: (1) To construct s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-525 Bonds; maximum indebtedness allowed; how computed; deductions allowed.
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The bonded indebtedness of a city of the metropolitan class shall not at any time exceed in the aggregate five percent of the taxable value of the taxable property within its corporate limits. The value shall be determined from the assessment of the taxable value of the property …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-526 Bonds; maximum amount authorized annually; exceptions.
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A city of the metropolitan class shall not issue bonds in excess of two hundred and fifty thousand dollars in any one year, except for renewal or refunding to fund floating indebtedness or district improvement bonds, to finance grading, to finance public improvements, sewers, and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-527 Bonds; issuance; election required; exceptions.
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Bonds of a city of the metropolitan class shall not be issued without a vote of the electors in the manner provided for in sections 14-101 to 14-2004 except to finance the following which may be issued by the city council without such vote: (1) Street improvements, grading, renew…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-528 Street improvements; bonds; issuance; amount; use of proceeds.
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The city council of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to issue and sell bonds of the city, from time to time, to finance street improvements, as provided in this section. The amount of bonds which may be issued and sold at any one time shall not exceed the total amou…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-529 Street improvements; bonds; issuance; interest; term.
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Bonds issued under the authority of the provisions of section 14-528 shall be denominated bonds to finance street improvements, shall be issued and sold in accordance with the provisions of section 14-515 governing the issuance and sale of bonds, and shall bear an interest rate n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-530 Street improvements; bonds; proceeds, uses; special assessment sinking fund; purpose.
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(1) The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized under section 14-528, together with all special taxes and assessments to be levied for the classes of improvements designated in such section, and the proceeds in the nature of all earnings and income from the investment and use …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-531 Street improvements; bonds; fund to finance intersections; requirements.
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The city finance department of a city of the metropolitan class shall establish and maintain a fund to be designated fund to finance intersections. Immediately upon the completion of the work of any contract for improvements authorized by this section, the city engineer shall est…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-532 Street improvements; bonds; special assessment sinking fund; investment; special use.
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A city of the metropolitan class may, when not required for any of the purposes specified in section 14-530, temporarily invest funds contained in the special assessment sinking fund in securities of the United States Government, the State of Nebraska, the city, the county contai…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-533 Street improvements; special assessments authorized; use.
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Upon the completion of the work under any contract authorized by sections 14-528 to 14-532, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to levy and assess, in the usual manner, special taxes and assessments to the extent of benefits conferred by such work t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-534 Streets; grading; estimate of cost; contract for.
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Before any street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare is graded within a city of the metropolitan class, the city engineer shall make a careful and detailed estimate of the total cost of such grading, and shall report such estimate to the city council as an approximate estimate of su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-535 Streets; grading; bonds; requirements; interest; maturity; sale; use of proceeds.
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As soon as any contract is let pursuant to section 14-534, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class is authorized to issue bonds of the city in amounts sufficient to pay for the total work to be done under such contract. Unless bonds are issued for such purpose, the c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-536 Streets; grading; special assessments; rate of interest; sinking fund; use.
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Upon the completion of any grading of a street, avenue, alley, or thoroughfare, the city council of a city of the metropolitan class shall levy special assessments in the manner provided in sections 14-501 to 14-566, to the extent of the benefits, to cover the total costs of such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-537 Special assessments; when payable; rate of interest; collection and enforcement.
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Special assessments for improving the streets, alleys, sewers, and sidewalks within any improvement district in a city of the metropolitan class, except where otherwise provided, shall be made in accordance with this section. The total cost of improvements shall be levied at one …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-538 Special tax or assessment; relevy; when authorized.
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Whenever any special tax or assessment upon any lot, land, or parcel of land within a city of the metropolitan class is found to be invalid, uncollectible, and void, is adjudged to be void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is paid under protest and recovered by suit, becau…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-539 Special assessments; depth to which property may be assessed.
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Within a city of the metropolitan class, in case the lots and real estate abutting upon that part of the street ordered paved as shown upon any plat or map are not of uniform depth, as well as in all cases where, in the discretion of the city council sitting as a board of equaliz…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-540 Special assessments; defects; irregularities; relevy.
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In cases of omission, mistake, defect, or any irregularity in the preliminary proceedings on any special assessment within a city of the metropolitan class, the city council shall have power to correct such mistake, omission, defect, or irregularity, and levy or relevy a special …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-541 Sewers and drains; special assessments; levy.
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Special assessments may be levied by the city council of a city of the metropolitan class for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing or reconstructing sewers or drains within the city, such assessments to be levied on the real estate benefited by the sewer so constructed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-542 Improvements; property exempt from assessment; cost of improvement; how paid.
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When public improvements are made upon a street or part thereof and there are lots or grounds belonging to a city of the metropolitan class but held or used as a part of any utility system or plant owned by such city, either abutting upon or adjacent to such street or embraced wi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-543 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 14-101 to 14-2004: (1) Lot means a lot as described and designated upon the recorded plat of a city of the metropolitan class, and in case there is no recorded plat of any such city, a lot as described and designated upon any generally recognized map of s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-544 Special assessments; cost of improvement; expenses included.
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A special assessment within a city of the metropolitan class shall not be declared void or invalid because the city council sitting as a board of equalization has included in the total cost of the improvement (1) the cost of inspection under the direction of the city engineer, (2…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-545 Special assessments; determination of amounts.
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All special assessments to cover the cost of any public improvements authorized by sections 14-101 to 14-2004 shall be levied and assessed on all lots, parts of lots, lands, and real estate specially benefited by such improvement, or within the improvement district created for th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-546 Special assessments; land; how described; apportionment.
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It shall be sufficient in any case in making a levy or assessment of any tax within a city of the metropolitan class, to describe the lot or piece of ground as such lot or piece of ground is platted and recorded, although such lot or piece of ground belongs to several persons. If…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-547 Special assessments; board of equalization; meetings; notice; procedure; appointment of referee; ordinance; finality.
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(1) In all cases when special assessments are authorized by sections 14-101 to 14-2004, except as otherwise provided, before any special tax or assessment is levied, it shall be the duty of the city council to sit as a board of equalization for one or more days each month as the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-548 Special assessments; board of equalization; appeal to district court; bond; decree.
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Any person who has filed a written complaint before the board of equalization pursuant to section 14-547 shall have the right to appeal to the district court of the county within which such city of the metropolitan class is located, by filing a good and sufficient bond in the sum…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-549 Special assessments; when delinquent; interest.
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Any special assessment within a city of the metropolitan class, except when payable in installments, shall be deemed delinquent if not paid within fifty days after the passage and approval of the ordinance levying such special assessment, and interest at the rate specified in sec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-550 Special assessments; collection; notice to landowners; city clerk; duties.
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When any special assessment is levied within a city of the metropolitan class, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to deliver to the city treasurer a certified copy of the ordinance levying such special assessment, and the city clerk shall append a warrant to such ordinance re…
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 206, § 5.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 206, § 5.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-553 City treasurer; duties; continuing education; requirements.
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(1) The city treasurer of a city of the metropolitan class shall be a member of the finance department of such city and shall give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance in an amount as required by the finance director of such city. The city treasurer shall be liable for the sa…
Repealed. Laws 2022, LB800, § 349.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 2007, LB 206, § 5.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 14-556 City treasurer; authorized depositories; securities; conflict of interest, when.
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(1) The city treasurer of a city of the metropolitan class shall place all funds of the city on deposit in such banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions within the city as shall agree to pay the highest rate of interest for the use …