Chapter 16 — CITIES OF THE FIRST CLASS
399 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 64, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 64, § 5.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 64, § 5; Laws 1967, c. 65, § 1.
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Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 64, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 16-1101 to 16-1115 shall be known and may be cited as the First-Class City Merger Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1102 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the First-Class City Merger Act: (1) City means a city of the first class; and (2) Merger means a full and permanent union of two or more cities of the first class, resulting in one city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1103 Merger authorized.
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Any two or more contiguous and adjacent cities of the first class in the state may merge by complying with the requirements and procedures specified in the First-Class City Merger Act. Merger shall not be allowed across county lines.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1104 Merger plan; city council; adopt resolution; advisory vote; notice.
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(1) To enter into a merger plan, each city council of any two or more contiguous and adjacent cities shall adopt an initial joint concurrent resolution of intent to pursue such plan. (2) If a resolution is adopted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, the city councils of e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1105 Merger plan; contents; advisory committee.
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(1) After adoption of a resolution pursuant to section 16-1104 by the city councils of any two or more cities, such city councils may propose a merger plan subject to the First-Class City Merger Act. (2) A merger plan shall include, but not be limited to, (a) the names of the cit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1106 Public hearing; notice.
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After adoption of a resolution pursuant to section 16-1104 and preparation of the required merger plan pursuant to section 16-1105, the city council of each city proposing to enter into such plan shall hold a public hearing on the plan and shall give notice of the hearing by publ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1107 Adoption of joint merger plan.
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After a public hearing held pursuant to section 16-1106, the city council of each city shall adopt the joint merger plan by a majority vote of the council.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1108 Submission of joint merger plan to voters.
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If a merger plan is adopted pursuant to section 16-1107, the city council of each city adopting such plan shall submit the plan for approval by the registered voters at a primary or special election held on the same day in each of the cities which are parties to the plan, not les…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1109 Submission of plan to voters; notice; publication; contents.
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When a merger plan is submitted to the voters for approval pursuant to section 16-1108, the city council of each city adopting the plan shall publish a notice at least once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the election in one or more newspapers of general circulatio…
Repealed. Laws 1967, c. 64, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1110 Question submitted to voters; form; effective date of plan.
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(1) After publication pursuant to section 16-1109, each city council shall submit the question as proposed in the merger plan to the registered voters of the city as provided in section 16-1108. (2) The question shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1111 Nominations for merged city offices; special election.
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Candidates for merged city offices shall be nominated at a special election to be held no less than thirty days after the election at which the merger is approved by the voters and no less than sixty days prior to the next statewide general election. The election shall be held in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1112 Election of merged city officers; terms; appointive city officers; terms.
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(1) At the next statewide general election held after the election at which the merger is approved by the voters, the merged city officers shall be elected. Their terms shall begin at the first regular meeting of the city council in December following their election, and the term…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1113 Merged cities; name; rights, privileges, franchises, property, and suits; how treated.
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(1) Upon the effective date of a merger plan, the cities involved in the plan shall be treated under the name and upon the terms and conditions set forth in the plan. Except as provided in subsections (6) and (7) of this section, statutory references to the names of the cities as…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1114 Merger; deemed permanent.
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Merger according to the First-Class City Merger Act is deemed permanent, and no withdrawal or dissolution shall be permitted.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-1115 Joint sessions of city councils; authorized.
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The city councils of two or more cities of the first class may meet and hold joint sessions for purposes of the First-Class City Merger Act.
Transferred to section 19-916.
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Transferred to section 19-917.
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Transferred to section 19-918.
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Transferred to section 19-919.
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Transferred to section 19-920.
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Transferred to section 19-921.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-115 Corporate name and seal; service of process.
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The corporate name of each city of the first class shall be the City of ......................, and all process whatever affecting any such city shall be served in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action. The city shall procure and keep a seal with such emb…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-116 Incorporation as city of the first class; applicability of existing law.
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All ordinances, bylaws, acts, regulations, rules and proclamations, existing and in force in any city at the time of its incorporation as a city of the first class, shall remain in full force and effect after such incorporation until the same are repealed or modified by such city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-117 Annexation; powers; procedure; hearing.
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(1) Except as provided in sections 13-1111 to 13-1120 and 16-130 and subject to this section, the mayor and city council of a city of the first class may by ordinance at any time include within the corporate limits of such city any contiguous or adjacent lands, lots, tracts, stre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-118 Annexation of land; deemed contiguous; when; effect.
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For purposes of sections 16-117 and 16-130: (1) Lands, lots, tracts, streets, or highways shall be deemed contiguous although a stream, embankment, strip, or parcel of land not more than two hundred feet wide lies between the same and the corporate limits; and (2) In counties in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-119 Annexation; extraterritorial property use; continuation.
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Any extraterritorial zoning regulations, property use regulations, or other laws, codes, rules, or regulations imposed upon any annexed lands by a city of the first class before such annexation shall continue in full force and effect until otherwise changed.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-120 Annexation; inhabitants; services; when.
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The inhabitants of territories annexed by a city of the first class shall receive substantially the services of other inhabitants of such city as soon as practicable. Adequate plans and necessary city council action to furnish such services shall be adopted not later than one yea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-121 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 contracts for public improvements, warrants an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-122 Annexation of city of the second class or village; conditions.
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In addition to existing annexation powers, the mayor and city council of any city of the first class may by ordinance annex any village or city of the second class which is entirely surrounded by such city of the first class, if the following conditions exist: (1) The city has wa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-123 Annexation; powers; when restricted.
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Notwithstanding the powers granted by section 16-122, no village or city of the second class may be annexed by a city of the first class when such village or city of the second class has its own sewage disposal plant, sewage disposal system, water well, water tower, water distrib…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-124 Annexation; succession to property, contracts, obligations, and choses in action.
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Whenever any city of the first class extends its boundaries so as to annex any village or city of the second class, the charter, laws, ordinances, powers, and government of such city of the first class shall at once extend over the territory within any village or city of the seco…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-125 Annexation; taxes, assessments, fines, licenses, fees, claims, demands; paid to and collection by city of the first class.
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All taxes, assessments, fines, licenses, fees, claims, and demands of every kind assessed or levied against persons or property within any village or city of the second class annexed under section 16-122 shall be paid to and collected by the city of the first class.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-126 Taxes and special assessments; annexation; effect.
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All taxes and special assessments which a village or city of the second class annexed under section 16-122 was authorized to levy or assess and which are not levied or assessed at the time of such annexation for any kind of public improvements made or in process of construction o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-127 Annexation; pending actions at law or in equity; prosecution and defense by city of the first class.
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All actions at law or in equity pending in any court in favor of or against any village or city of the second class annexed under section 16-122 at the time such annexation takes effect shall be prosecuted by or defended by the city of the first class. All rights of action existi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-128 Annexation; records, books, bonds, funds, and property; property of city of the first class; officers; termination.
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All officers of any village or city of the second class annexed under section 16-122 having books, papers, records, bonds, funds, effects, or property of any kind under their control belonging to any such village or city of the second class, shall upon taking effect of such annex…
Repealed. Laws 2021, LB131, § 27.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-130 Annexation by city within county between 100,000 and 250,000 inhabitants; mayor and city council; powers; notice; contents; liability; limitation on action.
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(1) The provisions of this section shall govern annexation by a city of the first class located in whole or in part within the boundaries of a county having a population in excess of one hundred thousand inhabitants but less than two hundred fifty thousand inhabitants as determin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-201 General powers.
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Each city of the first class shall be a body corporate and politic and shall have power (1) to sue and be sued, (2) to purchase, lease, lease with option to buy, or acquire by gift or devise and to hold real and personal property within or without the limits of the city and real …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-202 Real estate; conveyance; how effected; remonstrance; procedure; hearing; exceptions.
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(1) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (4) of this section, the power to sell and convey any real estate owned by a city of the first class, including park land, shall be exercised by ordinance directing the conveyance of such real estate and the manner and terms thereof.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-203 Property tax; levy; amount.
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A city of the first class may levy taxes for general revenue purposes in any one year, not exceeding forty-two cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in the limits of such city. This section shall not be construed so as to affect the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-204 Other taxes; power to levy.
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A city of the first class may levy any other tax or special assessment authorized by law, and appropriate money and provide for the payment of the debts and expenses of the city.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-205 License or occupation tax; power to levy; exceptions.
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A city of the first class may raise revenue by levying and collecting a license or occupation tax on any person, partnership, limited liability company, corporation, or business within the limits of the city and may regulate the same by ordinance. After March 27, 2014, any occupa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-206 Dogs and other animals; regulation; license tax; enforcement.
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A city of the first class may collect a license tax from the owners and harborers of dogs and other animals in an amount which shall be determined by the city council and enforce the license tax by appropriate penalties. Any licensing provision shall comply with subsection (2) of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 16-207 Streets and sidewalks; removal of obstructions; trees; declaration of nuisance; procedure; special assessment.
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(1) A city of the first class may by ordinance provide for the removal of all obstructions from the sidewalks, curbstones, gutters, and crosswalks at the expense of the owners or occupants of the grounds fronting thereon or at the expense of the person placing the obstruction and…
Repealed. Laws 1980, LB 741, § 1.
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