Chapter 15 — CITIES OF THE PRIMARY CLASS
330 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-225 Fire department; establishment; government.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to provide for the organization of a fire department, to procure fire engines, hooks, ladders, buckets, and other apparatus, to organize fire engine, hook, ladder, and bucket companies, to prescribe rules of duty and the government…
Repealed. Laws 1957, c. 24, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-228 Water districts; water mains; enlarging; construction; assessments.
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The city council shall have the power to create water districts for the purpose of supplying water for domestic, industrial, or fire purposes, or for the purpose of enlarging any water mains, now existing or hereafter constructed. All such districts, to be known as water district…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-229 Eminent domain; power to exercise; procedure; entry to make surveys and tests; damages.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to acquire, either temporarily or permanently, lands, real or personal property, or any interests therein, or any easements deemed to be necessary or desirable for any present or future necessary or authorized public purpose within…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-229.01 Acquisition of land, property, or interest; uneconomic remnants of land; acquire, when.
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In connection with the acquisition of lands, property, or interests therein for a public purpose, a city of the primary class may acquire by any lawful means, except through condemnation, an entire lot, block, or tract of land or property if, by so doing, the interests of the pub…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-229.02 Real property; acquisition.
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A city of the primary class may acquire additional real property by gift, agreement, purchase, exchange, or condemnation if such additional real property is needed for the purpose of moving and establishing thereon buildings, structures, or other appurtenances which are situated …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-230 Public libraries; establishment.
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A city of the primary class may establish, maintain, and operate public library facilities, purchase books, papers, maps, and manuscripts therefor, receive donations and bequests of money or property for such facilities, books, papers, maps, and manuscripts in trust or otherwise,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-231 Hospital; establishment.
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A city of the primary class may (1) purchase or otherwise acquire ground for and erect, establish, operate, regulate, and repair a city hospital or any hospital, the governing board of which is appointed by the mayor or city council, (2) receive donations and bequests of money or…
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-234 Hospital; rules; management.
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For any hospital established under section 15-231, there shall be established rules for the government of such hospital and admission of persons to its privileges as may be deemed expedient. No religious or sectarian association, organization, or body shall be permitted to manage…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235 Hospital; contracts to support; when authorized.
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The city council of a city of the primary class may enter into an agreement with a corporation or association organized for charitable purposes in such city for the erection and management of a hospital for the sick and disabled and have a permanent interest therein to an extent …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.01 Hospital; terms, defined.
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As used in the Hospital Sinking Fund Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Governmental subdivision shall mean any city of the primary class and also any county in which a city of the primary class is the county seat thereof; and (2) Hospital shall mean any hospital org…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.02 Hospital; sinking fund; levy.
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A governmental subdivision shall have the power to levy a tax, known as a hospital sinking-fund tax, upon all of the taxable property in its jurisdiction, which levy shall be in addition to all other authorized levies, for the use and benefit of the hospital, and the proceeds of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.03 Hospital; income, revenue, profits; disbursement.
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All income, revenue, and profits of the hospital and money derived from the levy provided for in section 15-235.02, or from grants, loans, or contributions from the United States, the State of Nebraska, or any agency or instrumentality of such governments, shall be held by the tr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.04 Hospital; sinking fund; investment.
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A governmental subdivision shall have the power and authority to invest and reinvest all idle funds in the hospital sinking fund, including but not limited to current tax receipts for such period of time as such funds are not immediately needed, in evidences of indebtedness of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-235.05 Act, how cited.
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Sections 15-235.01 to 15-235.05 may be cited as the Hospital Sinking Fund Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-236 Contagious diseases; control; board of health; hospitals.
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A city of the primary class may make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with the general laws of the state as may be necessary or expedient to promote the public health, safety, and welfare, including ordinances, bylaws, rules, and regulations as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-237 Health regulations; nuisances; abatement; slaughterhouses; stockyards; location.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power to regulate in the area which is within the corporate limits of the city and its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction in order to (1) secure the general health, (2) provide rules for the prevention, abatement, and removal of nuisan…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-238 Health regulations; sewer connections; power to compel.
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A city of the primary class shall have the power by ordinance to regulate and prohibit cesspools and privy vaults in such city and shall have the power to require the owner or owners of any lot, lots, or lands within such cities, upon which any building or buildings are located, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-239 Cemeteries; establishment.
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A city of the primary class may purchase, hold, and pay for, in the manner provided in sections 15-239 to 15-243, lands outside the corporate limits of such city for the purpose of burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-240 Cemeteries; improvement.
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A city of the primary class may survey, plot, map, grade, fence, ornament, and otherwise improve all burial and cemetery grounds and avenues leading thereto owned by such city. The city may construct walks, rear and protect ornamental trees therein, and provide for paying the exp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-241 Cemeteries; conveyance of lots.
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A city of the primary class may convey cemetery lots owned by such city by certificates signed by the mayor and countersigned by the city clerk under seal of the city, specifying that the person to whom such certificate is issued is owner of the lot or lots described therein by n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-242 Cemeteries; ownership of lots; monuments.
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A city of the primary class may limit the number of cemetery lots which shall be owned by the same person at the same time, may prescribe rules for enclosing, adorning, and erecting monuments and tombstones on cemetery lots, and may prohibit any diversion of the use of such lots …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-243 Cemeteries; regulation.
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A city of the primary class may pass rules and ordinances imposing penalties and fines, not exceeding one hundred dollars, regulating, protecting, and governing the cemetery, the owners of lots therein, visitors thereof, and trespassers therein. The officers of such city shall ha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-244 Money; power to borrow; pledges to secure; issuance of bonds; purposes; conditions.
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A city of the primary class may borrow money on the credit of the city and pledge the credit, revenue, and public property of the city for the payment thereof when authorized in the manner provided by the home rule charter of the city or as otherwise provided by law. Such city sh…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-247 Election districts; establishment.
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A city of the primary class may divide the city into election districts, establish the boundaries thereof, and number the election districts.
Repealed. Laws 1965, c. 44, § 3.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-249 Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.
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A city of the primary class may provide for removing officers of the city for misconduct, except as otherwise provided in Chapter 15, and may provide for filling vacancies in any elective office as provided in sections 32-568 and 32-569.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-250 Officers; powers, duties; compensation; power to prescribe.
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A city of the primary class may regulate and prescribe the powers, duties, and compensation of officers of the city not otherwise provided by law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-251 Officers and employees; bonds or insurance.
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A city of the primary class may require all officers or employees elected or appointed to give bond or evidence of equivalent insurance for the faithful performance of their duties. No officer shall become surety upon the official bond of another or upon any contractor's bond, li…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-252 Officers; reports required.
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A city of the primary class may require of any officer of the city, at any time, a detailed report of the transactions of his or her office or any matters connected therewith.
Repealed. Laws 1961, c. 37, § 4.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-254 Ordinances; revision; publication.
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A city of the primary class may provide for the revision of the ordinances of such city from time to time and for their publication in pamphlet, book, or electronic form, with or without the statutes relative to cities of the primary class.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-255 Public safety; measures to protect.
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A city of the primary class may (1) prohibit riots, routs, noise, or disorderly assemblies, (2) prevent the discharge of firearms, rockets, powder, fireworks, or other dangerous and combustible material, (3) regulate and prevent the transportation of gunpowder or combustible arti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-256 Public safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish.
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A city of the primary class may punish disturbance of the peace or good order, clamor, intoxication, drunkenness, fighting, or other violations of the public peace by indecent or disorderly conduct, or blockading any street, sidewalk, way, or space, or interfering with the passin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-257 Vagrancy; offenses against public morals; punishment.
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A city of the primary class may provide for the punishment of vagrants, tramps, or street beggars, prostitutes, disturbers of the peace, pickpockets, gamblers, burglars, thieves, or persons who practice any game, trick, or device with intent to swindle.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-258 Billiard halls; disorderly houses; prohibition; exceptions.
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A city of the primary class may restrain, prohibit, and suppress unlicensed billiard tables, bowling alleys, houses of prostitution, opium and illicit drug dens, and other disorderly houses and practices, games, and gambling houses, may prohibit all public amusements, shows, or e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-259 Jail facilities; establishment.
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A city of the primary class may erect, establish, and regulate houses of correction, jails, community residential centers, work release centers, halfway houses, and such other places of control or confinement as may be designated as a jail facility from time to time by the city, …
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 54, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-261 Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.
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A city of the primary class may regulate railroad crossings, provide precautions, and prescribe rules for running railway engines or cars, and their speed, for prevention of accidents at crossings or on tracks or by fires from railway engines. A city of the primary class may regu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-262 Census; city may take.
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A city of the primary class may provide for and cause to be taken a census of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-263 General welfare; ordinances to insure; powers; enforcement; penalties; imposition.
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(1) A city of the primary class may make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, and regulations not inconsistent with the general laws of the state as may be necessary or expedient, in addition to the special powers otherwise granted by law, (a) for maintaining the peace, good gover…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-264 City; keeping prisoners; contract.
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Any city of the primary class shall have the right to contract with any other governmental subdivision or agency, whether local, state, or federal, for the keeping of prisoners, either in a facility of the city or in a facility of the other governmental subdivision or agency. Pay…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-265 Public grounds and highways; control.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class shall have supervision and control of all public ways and public grounds within the city and shall require the same to be kept open, in repair, and free from nuisances.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 15-266 Streets; lights; telephone lines; regulation.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the primary class shall have power to regulate and provide for the lighting of streets, laying down gas, water, and other pipes, and the erection of lampposts, electric towers, or other apparatus. The mayor and city council may regulate the…
Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 44, § 1.
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