Chapter 18 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALL
743 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2450 Power project agencies; sections applicable.
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The provisions of sections 18-2451 to 18-2462 shall apply only to agencies created pursuant to sections 18-2426 to 18-2434 and shall not be construed to create any exceptions to the provisions of section 18-2449.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2451 Power project agencies; books and records; open to public; annual audit.
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The books and records of an agency created pursuant to sections 18-2426 to 18-2434 shall be public records and shall be kept at the principal place of business of such agency. The agency books and records shall be open to public inspection at reasonable times and upon reasonable …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2452 Power project agency; provisions applicable.
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Any agency created pursuant to sections 18-2426 to 18-2434 shall be considered to be a governmental subdivision within the meaning of section 70-625.02 and shall be considered to be a generating power agency within the meaning of sections 70-626.01 to 70-626.05.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2453 Power project agency; electrical systems; powers and duties.
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Subject to the limitations of the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto, an agency may own, construct, reconstruct, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, improve, extend, manage, use, or operate any electric light and power plants, lines, and systems, either withi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2454 Power project agency; irrigation works; powers.
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Subject to the limitations of the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto, an agency may own, construct, reconstruct, improve, purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire, extend, manage, use, or operate any irrigation works, as defined in section 70-601, either within or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2455 Power project agency; radioactive material; powers.
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In addition to all other rights and powers which may be possessed by an agency under the petition for its creation and all amendments thereto or by statute, any such agency which has radioactive material available to it in association with facilities constructed in connection wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2456 Power project agency; additional powers.
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In addition to the rights and powers enumerated in sections 18-2450 to 18-2462, and in no manner limiting or restricting the same, such agency shall be deemed to be and shall have and exercise each and all of the rights and powers of a public electric light and power district or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2457 Power project agency; joint exercise of powers; agreement; agent; liabilities; sale, lease, merger, or consolidation; procedure.
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(1) Such agency shall have and may exercise any one or more of the powers, rights, privileges, and franchises mentioned in sections 70-625 to 70-628, either alone or jointly with one or more public power districts. In any joint exercise of powers, rights, privileges, and franchis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2458 Power project agency; joint exercise of powers with municipalities and public agencies; authority.
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It is hereby declared to be in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that agencies be empowered to participate jointly or in cooperation with municipalities and other public agencies in the establishment and operation of facilities for the generation or transmission of ele…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2459 Power project agency; joint exercise of power with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.
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It is hereby declared to be in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that agencies be empowered to participate jointly or in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under the laws of this state or any other state in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2460 Power project agency; joint exercise of powers; agreement; terms and conditions; agent; powers and duties; liability.
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Any agency participating jointly and in cooperation with others in an electric generation or transmission facility shall own an undivided interest in such facility and be entitled to the share of the output or capacity therefrom attributable to such undivided interest. Such agenc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2461 Power project agency; restrictions on sale or mortgage of certain property; revenue; pledge; alienation to private power producers, prohibited; exceptions; indebtedness; default; possession by creditors; agreements authorized.
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(1) Any agency may sell to any public power district, public power and irrigation district, irrigation district, city or village, any power project, power plant, electric generation plant, electric distribution system, or any parts thereof, for such sums and upon such terms as th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2462 Power project agency; receivership; when authorized; lease or alienation to private person; prohibited.
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The board of directors of any agency issuing revenue debentures, notes, warrants, bonds, or other evidences of indebtedness under sections 18-2461 to 18-2480 is hereby authorized and empowered to agree and contract with the purchasers or holders thereof that in the event of defau…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2463 Judicial proceedings; bond not required.
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No bond for costs, appeal, supersedeas, injunction, or attachment shall be required of any agency organized or created pursuant to sections 18-2401 to 18-2485, or of any officer, board, head of any department, agent, or employee of such agency in any proceeding or court action in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2464 Bonds; issuance authorized.
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An agency may issue such types of bonds as its board may determine, subject only to any agreement with the holders of outstanding bonds, including bonds as to which the principal and interest are payable exclusively from all or a portion of the revenue from one or more projects, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2465 Bonds; amounts.
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An agency may from time to time issue its bonds in such principal amounts as its board shall deem necessary to provide sufficient funds to carry out any of the agency's purposes and powers, including the establishment or increase of reserves, interest accrued during construction …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2466 Bonds; liability; limitations.
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(1) Neither the members of an agency's board nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on such bonds by reason of the issuance thereof. (2) The bonds shall not be a debt of any municipality or of this state and neither this state nor any municipality shall be …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2467 Bonds; issuance; terms; signatures.
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Bonds shall be authorized by resolution of the issuing agency's board and 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 times, bear interest at such rate or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2468 Bonds; negotiable; sale.
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(1) Except as the issuing agency's board may otherwise provide, any bond and any interest coupons thereto attached 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 th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2469 Bonds; signatures of prior officers; validity.
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In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall 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 officers had remained in …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2470 Bonds; issuance; powers; enumerated.
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An agency shall have power in connection with the issuance of its bonds: (1) To covenant as to the use of any or all of its property, real or personal; (2) To redeem the bonds, to covenant for their redemption, and to provide the terms and conditions thereof; (3) To covenant to c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2471 Refunding bonds; authorized; amount.
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An agency may issue and sell refunding bonds for the purpose of paying or providing for the payment of any of its bonds 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 redemption of the refunded …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2472 Refunding bonds; exchange for outstanding obligations.
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Refunding bonds 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 agency's board may determine in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2473 Refunding bonds; surplus funds; how used.
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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. § 18-2474 Refunding bonds; provisions governing.
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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 agency in respect of the same shall be governed by the provi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2475 Bonds; provisions of sections; exclusive.
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Bonds may be issued under sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 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 proceeding…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2476 Resolution or other proceeding; publication.
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The board may provide for the publication of any resolution or other proceeding adopted by it pursuant to the Municipal Cooperative Financing Act in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in the municipality or county where the principal office or place of busin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2477 Bonds; notice of intention to issue bonds; publication; contents.
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In the case of a resolution or other proceeding providing for the issuance of bonds pursuant to sections 18-2401 to 18-2485, the board may, either before or after the adoption of such resolution or other proceeding, in lieu of publishing the entire resolution or other proceeding,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2478 Publication; contest board action; limitation.
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For a period of thirty days after such publication any person in interest shall have the right to contest the legality of such resolution or proceeding or any bonds which may be authorized thereby, any provisions made for the security and payment of such bonds, any contract of pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2479 Bonds; authorized as investments; made securities.
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Bonds issued pursuant to sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 are hereby made securities in which all public officers and instrumentalities of the state and all political subdivisions, all insurance companies, trust companies, banks, savings and loan associations, investment companies, ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2480 Bonds and property; tax exempt; when.
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(1) All bonds of an agency 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. (2) The property of an agency, including any pro rata share of any property owned by an …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2481 Legislative consent to foreign laws.
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Legislative consent is hereby given to the application of the laws of other states with respect to taxation payments in lieu of taxes and the assessment thereof to any agency which has acquired an interest in a project or property situated outside the state or which owns or opera…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2482 Sections, how construed.
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The provisions of sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 shall be deemed to provide an additional, alternative, and complete method for the doing of the things authorized hereby and shall be deemed and construed to be supplemental and additional to, and not in derogation of, powers conferre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2483 Bondholders; pledge; agreement of the state.
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The State of Nebraska does hereby pledge to and agree with the holders of any bonds and with those parties who may enter into contracts with any agency or municipality under sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 that the state will not alter, impair, or limit the rights thereby vested unti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2484 Sections, liberal construction.
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Sections 18-2401 to 18-2485, being necessary for the welfare of the state and its inhabitants, shall be construed liberally to effect its purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2485 Agencies; other laws applicable.
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Insofar as any provisions of sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 are applicable to the formation, organization, or operation of power projects, generators, or suppliers of electric energy, all agencies created pursuant to sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 shall comply with the provisions of Ch…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2501 Act, how cited; initiative and referendum; powers; use; provisions governing.
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(1) Sections 18-2501 to 18-2538 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act. (2) The powers of initiative and referendum are hereby reserved to the qualified electors of each municipality in the state. The Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2502 Definitions, where found.
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For purposes of the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, the definitions in sections 18-2502.01 to 18-2511, unless the context otherwise requires, shall apply.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2502.01 Chief executive officer, defined.
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Chief executive officer means the mayor, the city manager, or the chairperson of the board of trustees of a municipality.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2503 Circulator, defined.
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Circulator shall mean any person who solicits signatures for an initiative or referendum petition.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2504 City clerk, defined.
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City clerk means the city clerk, village clerk, or other municipal official in charge of elections.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2505 Governing body, defined.
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Governing body means the city council or village board of trustees of any municipality subject to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2506 Measure, defined.
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Measure means an ordinance, charter provision, or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the governing body of a municipality to pass and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in section 18-2528. Measure does not include any act…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2507 Municipality, defined.
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Municipality means all cities and villages, not operating under home rule charters, including those functioning under the commission and city manager plans of government.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2508 Petition, defined.
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Petition shall mean a document authorized for circulation pursuant to section 18-2512, or any copy of such document.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2508.01 Place of residence, defined.
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Place of residence shall mean the street and number of the residence. If there is no street and number for the residence, place of residence shall mean the mailing address.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2509 Prospective petition, defined.
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Prospective petition shall mean a sample document containing the information necessary for a completed petition, including a sample signature sheet, which has not yet been authorized for circulation.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2510 Qualified electors, defined.
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Qualified electors shall mean all persons registered to vote, at the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2510.01 Residence, defined.
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Residence shall mean that place at which a person has established his or her home, where he or she is habitually present, and to which, when he or she departs, he or she intends to return.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-2511 Signature sheet, defined.
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Signature sheet shall mean a sheet of paper which is part of a petition and which is signed by persons wishing to support the petition effort.