Chapter 18, CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALL
568 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2723 Appropriations and expenditures; exempt.
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Appropriations and expenditures made by a city which are authorized by section 13-315 and made according to its provisions shall not be subject to the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act and shall be exempt from its requirements.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2724 Issuance of bonds; purpose; not general obligation of city.
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Any city which has received voter approval to conduct an economic development program pursuant to the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act, which program as presented to the voters included the authority to issue bonds pursuant to the act, may from time to time issue b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2725 Issuance of bonds; immunity.
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The members of a city's governing body and any person executing bonds under section 18-2724 shall not be liable personally on such bonds by reason of the issuance thereof.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2726 Issuance of bonds; authorization; form.
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Bonds issued under section 18-2724 shall be authorized by resolution of the issuing city's governing body, may be issued under a resolution or under a trust indenture or other security instrument in one or more series, and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or tim…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2727 Bonds; negotiability; sale.
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(1) Except as the issuing city's governing body may otherwise provide, any bond and any attached interest coupons shall be fully negotiable within the meaning of and for all purposes of article 8, Uniform Commercial Code. (2) The bonds may be sold at public or private sale as pro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2728 Bonds; officers' signatures; validity.
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If any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons issued under section 18-2724 cease to be such officers before the delivery of such obligations, such signatures shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes to the same extent as if such officer…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2729 Issuance of bonds; city covenants and powers.
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Any city may in connection with the issuance of its bonds under section 18-2724: (1) Covenant as to the use of any or all of the property, real or personal, acquired pursuant to its economic development program; (2) Redeem the bonds, covenant for their redemption, and provide the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2730 Refunding bonds; issuance authorized.
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Any city may issue and sell refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or providing for the payment of any of its bonds issued under section 18-2724 at or prior to maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. Refunding bonds may be issued at any time prior to or at the maturity or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2731 Refunding bonds; use; holder of bonds; payment of interest.
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Refunding bonds issued under section 18-2730 may be exchanged for and in payment and discharge of any of the outstanding obligations being refunded. The refunding bonds may be exchanged for a like, greater, or smaller principal amount of the bonds being refunded as the issuing ci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2732 Refunding bonds; deposit of proceeds in trust; investments authorized; section, how construed.
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To the extent not required for the immediate payment and retirement of the obligations being refunded or for the payment of expenses incurred in connection with such refunding and subject to any agreement with the holders of any outstanding bonds, principal proceeds from the sale…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2733 Refunding bonds; general provisions applicable.
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The issue of refunding bonds, the manner of sale, the maturities, interest rates, form, and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the city in respect of the same shall be governed by the provisi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2734 Issuance of bonds; consent or other conditions not required.
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Bonds may be issued under sections 18-2724 to 18-2736 without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or instrumentality of this state and without any other proceedings or the happening of any other conditions or things than those proceedings…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2735 Bonds; securities; investment authorized.
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Bonds issued pursuant to sections 18-2724 to 18-2736 shall be securities in which all public officers and instrumentalities of the state and all political subdivisions, insurance companies, trust companies, banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, ad…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2736 Bonds; tax exempt.
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All bonds of a city issued pursuant to sections 18-2724 to 18-2736 are declared to be issued for an essential public and governmental purpose and, together with interest thereon and income therefrom, shall be exempt from all taxes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2737 Economic development program approved prior to June 1, 1993; bond issuance; authorized; procedure.
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(1) Any city which has received voter approval to conduct an economic development program pursuant to the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act prior to June 1, 1993, may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, issue bonds as provided by the act even though the prop…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2738 Act; supplemental powers; how construed.
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The powers conferred by the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and shall be independent of and in addition to any other provisions of the law of Nebraska, including the Community Developme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2739 Production of films, commercials, and television programs; qualifying business; duties.
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A qualifying business which derives its principal source of income from the production of films, commercials, and television programs and which is utilizing an economic development program shall (1) provide notice to the Nebraska Film Office or its successor of each project for w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2801 Act, how cited.
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Sections 18-2801 to 18-2808 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Proprietary Function Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2802 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the Municipal Proprietary Function Act is to require municipal governing bodies of cities of all classes and villages to follow prescribed procedures and make available to the public pertinent financial information with regard to functions of municipal government w…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2803 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipal Proprietary Function Act: (1) Fiscal year shall mean the twelve-month period established by each governing body for each proprietary function of municipal government for determining and carrying on its financial affairs for each proprietary function;…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2804 Fiscal year established.
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Each governing body may establish a separate fiscal year for each proprietary function, except that any proprietary function which is subsidized by appropriations from the municipality's general fund shall have the same fiscal year as the municipality. For purposes of this sectio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2805 Proposed proprietary budget statement; contents; filing.
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(1) At least thirty days prior to the start of the fiscal year of each proprietary function, a proposed proprietary budget statement shall be prepared in writing and filed with the municipal clerk containing the following information: (a) For the immediately preceding fiscal year…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2806 Proposed proprietary budget statement; hearing; procedure; adopted statement; filing.
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(1) After a proposed proprietary budget statement is filed with the municipal clerk, the governing body shall conduct a public hearing on such statement. Notice of the time and place of the hearing, a summary of the proposed proprietary budget statement, and notice that the full …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2807 Proprietary function reconciliation statement; when adopted; filing; public hearing; when.
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If the actual expenditures for a proprietary function exceed the estimated expenditures in the proprietary budget statement during its fiscal year, the governing body shall adopt a proprietary function reconciliation statement within ninety days after the end of such fiscal year …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2808 Act; exemption; accounting of income.
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If the budget of a proprietary function is included in the municipal budget statement created pursuant to the Nebraska Budget Act, the Municipal Proprietary Function Act need not be followed for that proprietary function. Any income from a proprietary function which is transferre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2901 Urban growth district; authorized; urban growth bonds and refunding bonds.
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(1) The Legislature recognizes that there is a growing concern among municipalities that infrastructure costs and needs are great, especially in areas that are on the edge of or near the municipal boundaries and in need of development resources, and the governing bodies of munici…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3001 Planned unit development ordinance; authorized; planned unit development approval; conditions.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (5) of this section and notwithstanding any provisions of Chapter 14, article 4, Chapter 15, article 9, or Chapter 19, article 9, or of any home rule charter to the contrary, every city or village may include within its zoning ordinance provis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-305 Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
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It shall be unlawful for any telephone company to furnish to any elected or appointed officer of any city or village in this state a telephone free of charge, or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar service, or for any such officer to accept such telephone…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-306 Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.
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It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in furnishing in any city or village in this state artificial light, such as electric light, gas light, or light from oil, to furnish light to any elected or appointed officer in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-307 Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.
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If any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in this state accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar services in such city or village electric services from any electric utility company or from any person, partnership, or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-308 Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
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Any water company engaged in furnishing water in any city or village in this state and any person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company engaged in such services who furnishes to any elected or appointed officer in such city or village, water free of charge or fo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-309 Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.
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No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books and papers, in any prosecution under sections 18-305 to 18-309, for the reason that the required testimony, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate such person or subject such person to a penalt…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-310 Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is detrimental to good government and the best interests of the state to permit payment to any person, firm, or corporation of fees or compensation in any form, other than regular salaries of duly elected or appointed officers of a city …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 18-3101 to 18-3105 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Custodianship for Dissolved Homeowners Associations Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3102 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipal Custodianship for Dissolved Homeowners Associations Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Common area means lot or outlot within a plat or subdivision of real property including the improvements thereon owned or otherwise maintained, cared …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3103 Municipality; action to be appointed custodian.
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In the event a homeowners association is dissolved pursuant to section 21-19,138 and not reinstated pursuant to the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act, any municipality may bring an action to be appointed as custodian to manage the affairs of the homeowners association as set for…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3104 Appointment of municipality as custodian; findings; hearing; powers; compensation; costs; lien; recording; foreclosure; termination of custodianship; withdrawal or termination of custodianship.
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(1) The district court of the county in which a dissolved homeowners association was previously existing shall, in a proceeding brought by a municipality by petition to the district court, appoint the municipality as custodian to manage the affairs of the homeowners association u…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3105 Dissolved homeowners association; reinstatement; procedure; fee; Secretary of State; duties; effect of reinstatement.
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(1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in the Nebraska Nonprofit Corporation Act or the articles of incorporation or bylaws of a homeowners association, a homeowners association dissolved pursuant to section 21-19,138 may, in addition to any other procedure allowed by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-311 Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.
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It shall be unlawful for the mayor and city council of any city, or the chairperson and board of trustees of any village, to contract with, retain, or employ any person, firm, or corporation upon the basis that the amount of the fees or compensation to be paid shall be contingent…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-312 Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.
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Any person, firm, or corporation that shall violate any of the provisions of sections 18-310 to 18-312 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3301 Contiguous land; annexation; plat; approval; recording; effect.
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(1) Whenever the owner or owners or a majority of the owners of any territory lying contiguous to the corporate limits of any city or village, whether the territory be already in fact subdivided into lots or parcels of ten acres or less or remains unsubdivided, except as provided…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3302 City or village in two or more counties; annexation; petition of owners; procedure.
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Whenever the owner, owners, or a majority of the owners of any territory lying contiguous to the corporate limits of any city or village, the corporate limits of which city or village is situated in two or more counties and, whether the territory shall be situated within or witho…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3303 State-owned land; effect of annexation.
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The extension of the corporate limits of any city or village beyond or around any lands belonging to the State of Nebraska shall not affect the status of such state land.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3304 Additions; plat; contents; duty to file.
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Every original owner of any tract or parcel of land, who shall subdivide such tract or parcel into two or more parts for the purpose of laying out any city or village or an addition to any city or village, or suburban lots, shall cause a plat of such subdivision, with references …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3305 Additions; plat; acknowledgment; filing.
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Every plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 shall contain a statement to the effect that the subdivision of (here insert a correct description of the land or parcel subdivided), as appears on this plat, is made with the free consent and in accordance with the desire of the und…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3306 Additions; plat; acknowledgment and recording; effect.
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The acknowledgment and recording of a plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 is equivalent to a deed in fee simple of such portion of the premises platted as is on such plat set apart for streets or other public use or as is on such plat dedicated to charitable, religious, or e…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3307 Additions; streets and alleys.
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Streets and alleys laid out in any addition to any city or village shall be continuous with and correspond in direction and width to the streets and alleys of the city or village to which they are in addition.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3308 Additions; plat; how vacated; approval required.
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Any plat created pursuant to section 18-3304 may be vacated at any time before the sale of any lots contained in such plat by a written instrument declaring such plat to be vacated. Such written instrument shall be approved by the city council or village board of trustees and sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3309 Additions; plats; vacation of part; effect.
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Any part of a plat may be vacated under section 18-3308. Such vacating does not abridge or destroy any of the rights and privileges of other property owners in such plat. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize the closing or obstructing of any public highways laid out …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3310 Additions; plat; vacation of part; rights of owners.
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When any part of a plat shall be vacated as provided in section 18-3308, the owners of the lots so vacated may enclose the streets, alleys, and public grounds adjoining such lots in equal proportions.