Chapter 17 — CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS AND VILLAGES
401 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-713 Road tax; amount; when authorized.
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The city council or village board of trustees of a city of the second class or village shall, upon petition being filed with the city clerk or village clerk signed by a majority of the resident property owners of such city or village requesting such city council or village board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-714 Claims and accounts payable; filing; requirements; disallowance; notice; costs.
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(1) All liquidated and unliquidated claims and accounts payable against a city of the second class or village shall (a) be presented in writing, (b) state the name and address of the claimant and the amount of the claim, and (c) fully and accurately identify the items or services…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-715 Claims; allowance; payment.
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Upon the allowance of claims by the city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees, the order for their payment shall specify the particular fund or appropriation out of which they are payable as specified in the adopted budget statement; and no order or …
Transferred to section 19-3201.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-717 Intersection paving bonds; tax authorized.
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Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized, annually, to levy a tax upon all the taxable property thereof, sufficient to pay the principal and interest of any intersection paving bonds issued by such municipality.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-718 Voluntary fire departments; maintenance; tax; limitation.
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The city council in cities of the second class and board of trustees in villages having only voluntary fire departments or companies may levy a tax annually of not more than seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within such cit…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 79, § 2.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-720 Certificates of deposit; time deposits; security required.
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The city treasurer or village treasurer of cities of the second class and villages may, upon resolution of the mayor and city council or village board of trustees authorizing the same, purchase certificates of deposit from and make time deposits in any bank, capital stock financi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-801 Board of public works; how created; members; appointment; removal; qualifications; terms.
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Whenever any city of the second class has or is about to establish or acquire any system of waterworks, power plant, ice plant, gas plant, sewerage, heating, or lighting plant, or distribution system, the city council of such city may, by ordinance, create a board of public works…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-802 Board of public works; powers and duties; city council; approve budget.
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The city council of a city of the second class may, by ordinance, confer upon a board of public works the active direction and supervision of any or all of the utility systems owned or operated by such city. The city council shall approve the budget of each proprietary function a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-802.01 Board of public works; insurance plan; cooperation and participation.
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The mayor and city council of a city of the second class may, by ordinance, authorize and empower the board of public works to cooperate and participate in a plan of insurance designed and intended for the benefit of the employees of any public utility operated by the city. For t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-803 Board of public works; surplus funds; investment.
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Any surplus funds arising out of the operation of any municipal utilities by the board of public works, or by the city council of a city of the second class, where any of such utilities are not being operated by such a board, may be invested, if not invested pursuant to the provi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-804 Water commissioner and light commissioner; compensation; removal.
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If a city of the second class has created a board of public works as provided in section 17-801, the water commissioner and light commissioner shall, subject to confirmation by the mayor and city council, be employed by such board at such reasonable compensation as may be agreed …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-805 Board of public works; organization; meetings; records.
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The members of the board of public works in a city of the second class shall organize as soon as practicable after their appointment, by electing a chairperson and secretary, who shall serve until the first meeting in June next following; and thereafter such board shall elect a c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-806 Board members; oath; bond.
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Each of the members of a board of public works of a city of the second class shall take an oath to discharge faithfully the duties of his or her office before entering upon the discharge of such office. Each of the members of such board before entering upon the duties of his or h…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-807 Board members; interest in contracts prohibited.
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No member of the board of public works of a city of the second class shall ever be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in any contract entered into by the board on behalf of the city for more than ten thousand dollars in one year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-808 Bookkeeper and city clerk.
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If the board of public works determines that the best interests of the city of the second class and the patrons of the utility will be better or more economically served, the board may employ the duly elected city clerk as ex officio bookkeeper and collector for the utility or ut…
Repealed. Laws 1971, LB 32, § 5; Laws 1971, LB 435, § 1.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-810 Rates; power to fix.
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Rates or charges for service by a board of public works for a city of the second class may be fixed or changed by resolution duly adopted by such board of public works.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-901 Utilities; service; contracts for sale; when authorized.
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Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract for the furnishing of electricity, power, steam or other product of any system or plant, owned and operated by such city or village, to any person or corporation, if the furnishing…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-902 Utilities; contracts for service; transmission lines authorized.
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Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with any person or corporation either within or without the corporate limits of such city or village for the furnishing of electricity, power, steam or other product to such city o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-903 Utilities; contracts for service; approval of electors; bonds; interest; taxes.
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Before any city of the second class or village shall make any contract with any person or corporation within or without such city or village for the furnishing of electricity, power, steam, or other product to such city or village, or any such municipal plant within such city or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-904 Transmission line outside city prohibited.
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Nothing contained in sections 17-901 to 17-903 shall be construed as granting power to any city of the second class or village to construct and maintain transmission lines outside of such city or village for the purpose of selling electricity, power, steam or other product of its…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-905 Utilities; acquisition; revenue bonds; issuance; when authorized.
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Supplemental to any existing law on the subject and in lieu of the issuance of general obligation bonds, or the levying of taxes upon property, as by law provided, any city of the second class or any village may construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire a waterworks plant or a wa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-905.01 Gas distribution system or bottled gas plant; lease by city; terms; submission to election.
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Any city of the second class or any village which constructs a gas distribution system, or purchases or otherwise acquires a bottled gas plant, within the corporate limits of the city or village as provided in section 17-905, may lease any such facility or facilities to any such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-906 Power plant; construction; eminent domain; procedure.
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Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered to erect a power plant, electric or other light works outside the corporate limits of such city or village and to acquire real estate required for such power plant, electric or other light works. Such city…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-907 Power plant; transmission lines; right-of-way.
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A city of the second class or village is hereby given, for the purpose of erecting and operating a power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906, a right-of-way over and the right to erect and maintain transmission lines upon, within, and across any of …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-908 Power plant; construction; election; bonds; interest; redemption.
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Before any city of the second class or village makes any contract with any person or corporation relating in any manner whatever to the erection of a proposed power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906, the question as to whether such power plant, el…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-909 Power plant; operation and extension; tax authorized.
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The city council or village board of trustees of a city of the second class or village shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain, operate, and extend any power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906 and to provide for the payment of the interest…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-910 Joint power plant; construction; approval of electors.
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Two or more cities of the second class or villages may jointly erect a power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906 which shall serve such respective cities or villages, and such power plant, electric or other light works may be owned and operated join…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-911 Joint power plant; bonds; election; interest.
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Cities of the second class or villages contemplating the erection of a joint power plant, electric or other light works under section 17-910 may vote joint bonds in an amount not in excess of seven percent of the valuation of such cities or villages for the purpose of defraying t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-912 Joint power plant; operation and extension; tax.
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The city councils or village boards of trustees of the cities of the second class or villages issuing joint bonds under section 17-911 shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain and operate and extend the power plant, electric or other light work and to provide for the paym…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-913 Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; contents; estimate of cost; special assessment.
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When the city council of any city of the second class or the village board of trustees deems it advisable or necessary to build, reconstruct, purchase, or otherwise acquire a sanitary sewer system, a sanitary or storm water sewer, a sewage disposal plant, or pumping stations or s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-914 Sewers; resolution to construct; publication; hearing.
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Notice of the time when any resolution under section 17-913 shall be set for consideration before the city council or village board of trustees shall be given by at least two publications in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village, which publication …
Repealed. Laws 2017, LB133, § 331.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-916 Sewers; resolution to construct; petition in opposition; effect.
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If a petition opposing a resolution proposed under section 17-913, signed by property owners representing a majority of the front footage which may become subject to assessment for the cost in any proposed lateral sewer district, be filed with the city clerk or village clerk with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-917 Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; vote required.
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Upon compliance with sections 17-913 to 17-916, the city council or village board of trustees may by resolution order the making, reconstruction, purchase, or otherwise acquiring of any of the improvements provided for in section 17-913. The vote upon any such resolution shall be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-918 Sewers; construction; contracts; notice; bids; acceptance.
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After ordering any improvements as provided for in section 17-917, the city council or village board of trustees may enter into a contract for the construction of such improvements in one or more contracts, but no work shall be done or contract let until notice to contractors has…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-919 Sewers; acceptance by engineer; approval; cost; assessments; notice.
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After the completion of any work or purchase or otherwise acquiring the improvements authorized pursuant to section 17-913, the engineer shall file with the city clerk or village clerk a certificate of acceptance, which acceptance shall be approved by the city council or village …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-920 Sewers; assessments; hearing; equalization; payable in installments; interest.
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The hearing on the proposed assessment under section 17-919 shall be held by the city council or village board of trustees, sitting as a board of adjustment and equalization, at the time specified in the notice which shall be not less than twenty days nor more than thirty days af…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-921 Sewers; special assessments; levy; collection.
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After the equalization of special assessments as required by section 17-920, the special assessments shall be levied by the mayor and city council or the village board of trustees, upon all lots or parcels of ground within the district specified which are benefited by reason of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-922 Sewers; assessments; interest; exempt property; cost; how paid.
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No city council or village board of trustees shall cause to be assessed for any of the improvements authorized pursuant to section 17-913, property by law not assessable, or property not included within the district defined in the preliminary resolution, and shall not assess prop…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-923 Sewers; assessments; when due; interest.
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All special assessments provided for in section 17-921 shall become due in fifty days after the date of the levy and may be paid within that time without interest, but if not so paid they shall bear interest thereafter until delinquent. Such assessment shall become delinquent in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-924 Sewers; assessments; sinking fund; purpose.
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All the special assessments provided for in section 17-921 shall, when levied, constitute a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvements authorized pursuant to section 17-913 with allowable interest thereon, and shall be solely and strictly applied to such …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925 Sewers; bonds; term; rate of interest; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest; special assessments; tax authorized.
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For the purpose of paying the cost of the improvements authorized pursuant to section 17-913, the city council of any city of the second class or village board of trustees of any village, after such improvements have been completed and accepted, shall have the power to issue nego…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925.01 Sewers; water utilities; maintenance and repair; tax authorized; service rate in lieu of tax; lien.
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The mayor and city council of any city of the second class or the village board of trustees is hereby authorized, after the establishment of a system of sewerage and at the time of levying other taxes for city or village purposes, to levy a tax of not more than three and five-ten…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925.02 Sewers; rental charges; collection.
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Any city of the second class or village may make rental charges for the use of an established municipal sewerage system on a fair and impartial basis for services rendered. Such rental charges shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as water charges by the same…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925.03 Sewers; rental charges; reduction in taxes.
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The revenue from rental charges under section 17-925.02 shall only be used for the abatement or the reduction of ad valorem taxes being levied or to be levied for the payment of bonds outstanding or to be issued for the construction of or additions to the sewerage system describe…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-925.04 Sewers; rental charges; cumulative to service rate for maintenance and repair.
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The charges permitted by sections 17-925.02 to 17-925.04 shall be in addition to the charges permitted by section 17-925.01 for the maintenance and repair of a sewer system.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 17-926 Cemetery; acquisition; condemnation; procedure.
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Any city of the second class or village through its mayor and city council or village board of trustees may, by eminent domain, condemn, purchase, hold, and pay for land not exceeding one hundred sixty acres outside the corporate limits of any city of the second class or village …