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328 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.06 Construction; acceptance; notice of assessments.
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After the completion of work in the construction of public improvements as provided in section 16-672.05, the city engineer shall file with the city clerk a certificate of acceptance, which acceptance shall be approved by the mayor and city council by ordinance. The mayor and cit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.07 Assessments; hearing; equalization; delinquent payments; interest.
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The hearing on the proposed assessments as provided in section 16-672.06 shall be held by the mayor and city council sitting as a board of adjustment and equalization, at the time and place specified in such notice which shall not be less than twenty days nor more than thirty day…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.08 Special assessments; levy.
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After the equalization of special assessments as required under section 16-672.07, the special assessments shall be levied by the mayor and city council upon all lots or parcels of real property within the storm water sewer district, specifically benefited by reason of the improv…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.09 Assessments; maturity; interest; rate.
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All special assessments provided for in section 16-672.08 shall become due in fifty days after the date of levy and may be paid within that time without interest, but if not so paid, they shall bear interest at the rate set by the city council until delinquent. Such assessments s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.10 Assessments; sinking fund; disbursement.
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All the special assessments provided for in section 16-672.08, shall, when levied and collected be placed in a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvements as provided in sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.11 with allowable interest thereon, and shall be solely a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-672.11 Bonds; maturity; interest; rate; contractor; interest; warrants; tax levy.
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For the purpose of paying the cost of the public improvements as provided in sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.11, the mayor and city council of any city of the first class, after such improvements have been completed and accepted, shall have the power to issue negotiable bonds of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-673 Construction and operation; contracts; procedures.
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The mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall have power to make contracts with and authorize any person, company, or association to erect a gas works, power plant, electric or other light works, heating plant, or waterworks in such city and give such persons, c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-674 Acquisition of plants or facilities; condemnation; procedure.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have power to purchase or provide for, establish, construct, extend, enlarge, maintain, operate, and regulate for the city any such waterworks, gas works, power plant, including an electrical distribution facility, ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-675 Acquisition; operation; tax authorized.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class may levy a tax, not exceeding seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city, for the purpose of paying the cost of lighting the streets, lanes, alleys, and other publ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-676 Acquisition; operation; bonds; issuance; amount; approval of electors required.
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Where the amount of money which would be raised by the tax levy provided for in section 16-675 would be insufficient to establish or pay for a system of waterworks, gas, electric, or other light works, or heating or power system, the mayor and city council may borrow money and pl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-677 Bonds; sinking funds; tax to provide.
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When bonds shall have been issued by the city as provided under section 16-676, the mayor and city council shall have power to levy annually upon all taxable property of the city such tax as may be necessary for a sinking fund for the payment of accruing interest on such bonds an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-678 Existing franchises and contracts; rights preserved; tax authorized.
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Nothing contained in sections 16-673 to 16-677 shall change or in any way affect existing franchises or existing contracts between any city and any company, corporation, or individual for furnishing the city or its inhabitants with light, power, heat, or water. The mayor and city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-679 Service; duty to provide; rates; regulation.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have power (1) to require every individual or private corporation operating such works or plants, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, to furnish any person applying therefor, along the line of its pipes, mains…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-680 Sewerage system; drainage; waterworks; bonds authorized; amount; approval of electors; sewer or water commissioner; authorized.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise in an amount not exceeding in the aggregate four hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of constructing…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-681 Municipal utilities; service; rates; regulation.
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Any city of the first class owning, operating or maintaining its own gas, water, power, light, or heat system shall furnish any person applying therefor, along the line of its pipes, mains, wires, or other conduits, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, with gas, water, po…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-682 Municipal utilities; service; delinquent rents; lien; collection.
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Any city of the first class operating a municipal utility under section 16-681 shall have the right and power to tax, assess, and collect from the inhabitants of the city such rent or rents for the use and benefit of water, gas, power, light, or heat used or supplied to them by s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-683 Construction; bonds; plan and estimate required; extensions, additions, and enlargements.
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Before submitting any proposition for borrowing money for any of the purposes mentioned in sections 16-673, 16-674, and 16-680, the mayor and city council shall determine upon and adopt a system of sewerage, waterworks, heating, lighting, or power, as the case may be, and shall d…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-684 Construction; operation; location; eminent domain; procedure.
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When a system of waterworks or sewerage, power, heating, lighting, or drainage shall have been adopted as provided under sections 16-680 to 16-683, the mayor and city council may erect and construct and maintain such system of waterworks or sewerage or power plant, lighting, heat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-684.01 Reserve funds; water mains and equipment; when authorized; labor.
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After the establishment of a system of waterworks in any city of the first class, the mayor and city council may expend any accumulated reserve funds in its water department for the purpose of laying and relaying water mains and the installation of water equipment for fire protec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-686 Rural lines; when authorized; rates.
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Any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 16-684 and 19-2701, to construct, maintain, and operate the necessary rural transmission and distribution lines for a distance of eighteen miles from the cor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-686.01 Natural gas distribution system; service to cities of the second class and villages; when authorized.
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Any city of the first class owning and operating a natural gas distribution system within such city, and owning and operating its own lateral supply line from its distribution system to a natural gas pipeline source of supply, may by ordinance, where such lateral supply line is s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-687 Contracts; terms; special election.
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If bonds to finance the construction or acquisition of waterworks, gas, electric, or other light works, or heating or power system, by the city are not approved under section 16-676 or sections 16-680 to 16-683, or if the city fails to obtain an adequate supply of good water, the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-688 Water; unwholesome supply; purification system; authority to install; election; tax authorized.
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When any city of the first class has approved bonds and constructed a system of waterworks and obtained an adequate supply of water but the water is turbid or unwholesome during the whole or a portion of the year, the mayor and city council may without having previously made an a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-691 Board of public works; powers and duties; employees authorized; approval of budget; powers of city council; signing of payroll checks.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class may by ordinance confer upon the board of public works the active direction and supervision of the city's system of waterworks, power plant, or sewerage, heating, or lighting plant and the erection and construction of such s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-691.01 Board of public works; surplus funds; investment; securities; purchase; sale.
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Any surplus funds remaining in the hands of the city treasurer of a city of the first class, to the credit of such various funds, may be invested by the board of public works, with the approval of the mayor and city council, in accordance with the provisions of sections 16-712, 1…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-691.02 Board of public works; surplus funds; disposition; transfer.
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The mayor and city council of any city of the first class may, by resolution, direct and authorize the city treasurer to dispose of the surplus electric light, water, or natural gas distribution system funds, or the funds arising from the sale of electric light and water properti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-692 Water commissioner; city council member and mayor ineligible.
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No member of the city council or the mayor of a city of the first class shall be eligible to the office of water commissioner during the term for which he or she shall be elected.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-693 Bonds; tax authorized; how used.
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When any bonds shall have been issued by a city of the first class for the purpose of constructing or aiding in the construction of a system of waterworks, power plant, sewerage, heating, lighting, or drainage, there shall thereafter be levied annually upon all taxable property o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-694 Sewers; maintenance and repairs; annual tax; service rate in lieu of tax; lien.
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After the establishment of a system of sewerage in any city of the first class, the mayor and city council may, at the time of levying other taxes for city purposes, levy an annual tax of not more than three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-695 Parks; swimming pool; stadium; other facilities; acquisition of land; bonds; election; issuance; interest; term.
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The mayor and city council of any city of the first class are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold in the name of the city, lands, lots, or grounds within or without the limits of the city to be used and improved for parks, parkways, or boulevards. To pa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-696 Board of park commissioners; appointment; number; qualifications; powers and duties; recreation board; board of park and recreation commissioners.
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(1) In each city of the first class which acquires land for a park or parks, there may be a board of park commissioners, who shall have charge of all the parks belonging to the city, with power to establish rules for the management, care, and use of the same. The board of park co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-697 Park fund or park and recreation fund; annual levy; audit of accounts; warrants; contracts; reports.
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(1) For the purpose of (a) providing funds for amusements and recreation, (b) providing funds for laying out, purchasing, improving, and beautifying parks and public grounds, and (c) providing for the payment of the salaries and wages of employees of the board of park commissione…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-697.01 Parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds; acquisition; control.
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Any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered to take land in fee, within or without its corporate limits, by donation, gift, devise, purchase, or appropriation, and to hold, improve and control such land for parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds. Th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-697.02 Borrowing; authorized; bonds; approval of electors; mayor and city council; duties; issuance of refunding bonds; approval of electors.
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(1) The mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall have power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise, for the purpose of purchasing and improving land for parks, recreational facilities, and public gr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-698 Markets; construction; operation; location; approval of electors; notice; when required.
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Any city of the first class may, by ordinance, (1) purchase and hold grounds for and erect and establish market houses and market places, and regulate and govern such market houses and market places, (2) contract with any person or persons or companies or corporations for the ere…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-699 Regulation of markets.
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No charge or assessment of any kind shall be made or levied on any vehicle or on the owner of any vehicle bringing produce or provisions to any market place in a city of the first class, or standing in or occupying a place in any of the market places of the city, or in the street…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-701 Fiscal year, commencement.
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The fiscal year of each city of the first class and of any public utility of a city of the first class commences on October 1 and extends through the following September 30 except as provided in the Municipal Proprietary Function Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-702 Property tax; general purposes; levy; collection; maximum authorized; specific purposes; additional levies.
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(1) Subject to the limits in section 77-3442, the mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have power to levy and collect taxes for all municipal purposes on the taxable property within the corporate limits of the city. All city taxes, except special assessments …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-704 Annual appropriation bill; contents.
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Each city of the first class shall adopt a budget statement pursuant to the Nebraska Budget Act, to be termed "The Annual Appropriation Bill", in which the city may appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-706 Expenditures; how made; limitations; diversion of funds; violation; penalty; payment of judgments.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall not have power to appropriate, issue, or draw any order or warrant on the city treasurer for money, unless the order or warrant has been appropriated or ordered by ordinance or the claim for the payment of which such o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-707 Board of equalization; meetings; notice; special assessments; grounds for review.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall meet as a board of equalization each year at such times as they shall determine to be necessary, giving notice of any such sitting at least ten days prior thereto by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general ci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-708 Special assessments; invalidity; reassessment.
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Whenever any special assessment upon any lot or lots or lands or parcels of land in a city of the first class is found to be invalid and uncollectible, shall be adjudged to be void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is paid under protest and recovered by suit, because of an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-708.01 Special assessments; illegal annexation; validation.
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Whenever a city of the first class lawfully reannexes territory which it had formerly annexed but which annexation was illegal because the statutes under which such original annexation was made were unconstitutional and void, (1) all special assessments levied by such city of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-709 Special assessments; irregularities; correction.
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In cases of any omission, mistake, defect, or irregularity in the preliminary proceedings on any special assessment in a city of the first class, the city council shall have power to correct such mistake, omission, defect, or irregularity, and levy or relevy, as the case may be, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-711 Road tax; how expended.
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All money arising from the levying of a road tax against or upon property in a city of the first class shall belong to such city and shall be expended upon the streets and grades in such city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-712 City funds; depositories; payment; conflict of interest.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall deposit, and at all times keep on deposit, for safekeeping, in banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions of approved and responsible standing, all money collected, received, or he…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-713 City funds; certificates of deposit; time deposits; security required.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class may, upon resolution of the mayor and city council authorizing the action, purchase certificates of deposit from and make time deposits in banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions sele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-714 City funds; depository bond; conditions.
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For the security of the fund so deposited, the city treasurer of a city of the first class shall require each depository to give bond for the safekeeping and payment of such deposits and the accretions thereof, which bond shall run to the city and be approved by the mayor. Such b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-715 City funds; depository; security in lieu of bond; authorized.
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In lieu of the bond required by section 16-714, any bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution making application to become a depository may give security as provided in the Public Funds Deposit Security Act to the city clerk. The penal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-716 City funds; depositories; maximum deposits; liability of treasurer.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall not have on deposit in any bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution at any time more than the amount insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation plus the maxi…