Chapter 16 — CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
399 sections in this chapter.
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…
Transferred to section 19-2701.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 688, § 2.
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Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 688, § 2.
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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 …
Repealed. Laws 1963, c. 481, § 4.
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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 …
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 657, § 1.
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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, …
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 58, § 2.
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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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-717 City treasurer; books and accounts.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall receive all money belonging to the city, and the city clerk and city treasurer shall keep their books and accounts in such a manner as the mayor and city council shall prescribe. The city treasurer shall keep a daily cash book…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-718 City treasurer; warrants; issuance; delivery.
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Upon allowance of a claim by the city council of a city of the first class, the order for the payment thereof shall specify the particular fund out of which it is payable as specified in the adopted budget statement, and no order or warrant shall be drawn in excess of eighty-five…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-719 City treasurer; conversion of funds; penalty.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall keep all money in his or her hands belonging to the city separate and distinct from his or her own money. He or she is expressly prohibited from using, either directly or indirectly, the city money or warrants in his or her cu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-720 City treasurer; report; warrant register.
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The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall report to the mayor and city council annually, and more often if required, at such times as may be prescribed by ordinance, giving a full and detailed account of the receipts and expenditures during the preceding fiscal year, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-721 City funds; transfer; when authorized.
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Each fund created under Chapter 16 shall be strictly devoted to the purpose for which it was created and shall not be diverted therefrom. When the city council by a three-fourths vote of the members thereof shall declare the expenditure of any fund for the purpose for which it wa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-722 City receipts and expenditures; publication.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall cause to be published semiannually a statement of the receipts of the city and an itemized account of the expenditures of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-723 Taxes; payable in cash; sinking fund; investment; matured bonds or coupons; payment.
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All taxes levied for the purpose of raising money to pay the interest or to create a sinking fund for the payment of the principal of any funded or bonded debt of a city of the first class shall be payable in money only. Except as otherwise expressly provided, no money so obtaine…
Repealed. Laws 1983, LB 421, § 18.
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