568 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3527 Resolution; improvements; authorized.
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Upon compliance with sections 18-3525 and 18-3526, the board of trustees or the administrator may by resolution order the contracting, making, reconstruction, purchase, or otherwise acquiring of any of the improvements provided for in the Community Improvement District Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3528 Improvements; contract; notice; bids.
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After ordering any such improvements, other than payment of contracts to other political subdivisions, as provided in the Community Improvement District Act, the board of trustees or the administrator may enter into a contract for the construction of such improvement in one or mo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3529 Completion of contract; notice to district; objections; final payment; interest.
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If the contractor has furnished the community improvement district all required records and reports, the community improvement district shall pay the contractor interest at the rate specified in section 39-1349, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3530 Improvements; engineer; certificate of acceptance; cost; statement; special assessment; notices; hearing; appeal; hearing in district court.
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(1) After the completion of any work or purchase, the engineer shall file with the clerk of the community improvement district, and the clerk of the city or village, a certificate of acceptance. Such work or purchase shall be considered accepted only after approval by the city or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3531 Special assessments; appeal to district court; adjustments.
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Any person or any city or village aggrieved may appeal to the district court by filing a petition within twenty days after the final determination under section 18-3530. The court shall hear and determine the appeal in a summary manner as in equity, without a jury, and shall incr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3532 Special assessments; levy; certified; manner; collection.
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(1) After the equalization of such special assessments as required by the Community Improvement District Act, such special assessments shall be levied by the board of trustees or the administrator upon all lots or parcels of ground within the community improvement district which …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3533 Improvements; assessment of benefits; exempt property; cost; interest; rate.
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(1) The board of trustees or the administrator shall not cause the following property to be assessed for any of the improvements provided for in the Community Improvement District Act: (a) Property by law not assessable, (b) property not included within the area defined in the pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3534 Special assessments; installment payment; interest; delinquent; collection.
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All special assessments provided for in section 18-3532 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 on a per annum basis until delinquent at the greater of (1) …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3535 Special assessments; sinking fund; transfer of funds.
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All special assessments provided by the Community Improvement District Act and all connection charges collected shall, when levied, constitute a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvements provided for in the Community Improvement District Act with allowab…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3536 Improvements; bonds; warrants; procedure; issuance; negotiability; extension of due date; hearing; interest; levy; sinking fund; tax; publication of resolution or other proceedings; right to contest; procedure.
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(1) For the purpose of paying the cost of public infrastructure improvements and other corporate purposes as provided for in the Community Improvement District Act, the board of trustees or the administrator shall have the power to issue negotiable bonds of any such community imp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3537 Change in boundary; petition; notice; hearing; ordinance; effect.
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(1) The community improvement district may be enlarged and additional territory annexed to the community improvement district. Initiation of any such enlargement shall be by petition filed with the clerk of the community improvement district, signed by persons owning not less tha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3538 Dissolution; procedure; effect.
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(1) Whenever a majority of the board of trustees or the administrator of any community improvement district organized under the Community Improvement District Act desires that the community improvement district shall be wholly dissolved, the trustees or administrator shall first …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3539 Merger; procedure; effect.
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(1) Whenever a majority of the respective boards of trustees or the administrators of two community improvement districts organized under the Community Improvement District Act, organized within the same city or village shall desire that one of the community improvement districts…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3540 Detachment; procedure; effect.
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(1) Whenever a majority of the board of trustees or the administrator of any community improvement district organized under the Community Improvement District Act, desires that any property within the community improvement district be detached from the community improvement distr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3541 Land in two districts; detachment from one district; approval.
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When any land is a part of two community improvement districts and the owners of such land desire that it be a part of only one community improvement district, such owners shall file their request with the trustees or the administrator of each community improvement district. The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3542 Appointment of an administrator; petition; conditions.
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A petition may be filed with the district court of the county in which a majority of the real property of a community improvement district is located for referral of the community improvement district to the city council of the city or board of trustees of the village in which th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3543 Appointment of an administrator; petition; hearing; notice.
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The court shall fix the time for the hearing of the petition pursuant to section 18-3542 and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of the petition. The notice shall be given by publication the same day of the week each week for three consec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3544 Appointment of an administrator; petition; contents.
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The petition shall state that the community improvement district (1) has been in default for more than ninety days on its issued and outstanding bonds or construction fund warrants of the community improvement district, (2) has levied a tax upon the taxable value of the taxable p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3545 Appointment of an administrator; petition; interested person; rights; procedure applicable.
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Any person with an interest in the community improvement district may join in the petition, move to dismiss the petition, or file an answer to such petition. The rules of civil procedure relating to motions and answers to a petition shall be applicable to motions and answers to t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3546 Court; order; findings; relief granted; costs.
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Upon the hearing of the special proceedings pursuant to sections 18-3542 to 18-3547, the court shall, upon a finding that any of the statements in subdivisions (1) through (4) of section 18-3544 are true, that the petition has been properly filed and notice of the petition has be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3547 Administrator; appointment; determination; filings.
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Upon receipt of the order of the district court referring the community improvement district to the city council of the city or board of trustees of the village in which the community improvement district is located for the appointment of an administrator, the city council or vil…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3548 Board of trustees; power suspended; administrator; assume powers.
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Upon the issuance of a certificate of appointment by the city council of the city or board of trustees of the village in which the community improvement district is located to a designated community improvement district administrator, the authority of the board of trustees of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3549 Board of trustees or administrator; negotiate indebtedness; issue new bonds or warrants; procedure.
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The board of trustees or the administrator shall have the power to negotiate a scaling, a discounting, a reduction in interest rate, or any other compromise of any or all of the bonds, warrants, or other indebtedness of the community improvement district with the owners or holder…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3550 Administrator; levy; administration tax; use; administrator; fee; expenses.
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(1) The administrator may levy a separate tax upon the taxable value of the taxable property in the community improvement district which shall be known as the administration tax and which shall be separately accounted for by the treasurer of the community improvement district. Su…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3551 Administrator; period of authority; termination.
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The administrator shall serve at the pleasure of the city council of the city or board of trustees of the village in which the community improvement district is located or until the district court shall terminate the authority of the city council or village board of trustees and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3552 Recall of trustees; terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 18-3552 to 18-3559: (1) Filing clerk means the election commissioner or county clerk of the county in which all or the largest portion of the land area comprising a community improvement district is located; (2) Qualified property owning voter means a per…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3553 Trustee; removal by recall; petition; procedure.
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(1) A trustee of a community improvement district may be removed from office by recall pursuant to sections 18-3552 to 18-3559. A petition for an election to recall a trustee shall be sufficient if it complies with the requirements of this section. (2) The signers of the petition…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3554 Secretary of State; petition papers; requirements.
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(1) The Secretary of State shall design the uniform petition papers to be distributed by all filing clerks for use in the recall of trustees of community improvement districts and shall keep a sufficient number of such blank petition papers on file for distribution to any filing …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3555 Signature verification; effect.
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(1) The principal circulator or circulators shall file, as one instrument, all petition papers comprising a recall petition for signature verification with the filing clerk within thirty days after the filing clerk issues the initial petition papers to the principal circulator or…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3556 Notification to trustee; resignation; recall election; how conducted.
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(1) If the recall petition is found to be sufficient, the filing clerk shall notify the trustee whose removal is sought and the board of trustees of the community improvement district that sufficient signatures have been gathered. (2) If the trustee does not resign within five da…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3557 Official ballot; form.
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The form of the official ballot at a recall election conducted pursuant to section 18-3556 shall conform to the requirements of this section. With respect to each trustee whose removal is sought, the question shall be submitted: Shall (name of trustee) be removed from the office …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3558 Election results; effect; vacancy; special election.
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(1) If a majority of the votes cast at a recall election are against the removal of the trustee named on the ballot or the election results in a tie, the trustee shall continue in office for the remainder of his or her term. (2) If a majority of the votes cast at a recall electio…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-3559 Recall petition; filing form; filing limitation.
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No recall petition filing form shall be filed against a trustee under section 18-3553 within twelve months after a recall election has failed to remove him or her from office, within six months after the beginning of his or her term of office, or within six months prior to the in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-401 Public utility districts; creation authorized; extension or enlargement of service; limitation.
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In all cities, villages, or metropolitan utilities districts owning or operating a waterworks system, sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, gas plant, or other public utility plant and in which water, gas, or other public utility is supplied by municipal authority for dom…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-402 Public utility districts; how created.
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Any water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district as provided in section 18-401 shall be created by ordinance if such public utility district is created by a city or village, or by resolution of th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-403 Public utility districts; creation; extension or enlargement of service; notice requirements; protests.
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Upon the passage of an ordinance or resolution under section 18-402 creating a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district or ordering the extension or enlargement of a water main, gas main, or o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-404 Public utility districts; creation; protest; effect.
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If within thirty days there is filed, as provided in section 18-403, a written protest signed by the record owners of a majority of the foot frontage of taxable property in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-405 Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; cost; payment; assessment.
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Upon the completion of an extension or enlargement of any water or gas main or other utility service in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district created pursuant to section 18-401, the actua…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-406 Public utility districts; special assessments; when due; equalization; interest.
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The special assessment provided in section 18-405 shall be paid in ten installments. The first installment, or one-tenth of the assessment, shall become due and delinquent fifty days after the date of levy, and one-tenth of such assessment shall become due and delinquent each yea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-407 Public utility districts; creation by petition; denial.
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If a petition is filed, signed by the owners of a majority of the front footage of real estate within a proposed water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, which petition shall contain the cons…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-408 Public utility districts; warrants; issuance.
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After the levy of a special assessment and the extension of such assessment against the real estate in such water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, the city council, village board of trustee…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-409 Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; optional procedures.
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The city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district in the city, village, or metropolitan utilities district in this state having general charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the water or gas supply or o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-410 Metropolitan utilities districts; extension of service beyond corporate limits; procedure.
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Any metropolitan utilities district is hereby given power to extend water mains, gas mains, and other utility service under its operation and management beyond the corporate limits of the city of the metropolitan class so as to include adjacent territory, sanitary and improvement…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-411 Cities not in metropolitan class with home rule charters; powers not restricted.
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Sections 18-401 to 18-410 shall not be construed as a restriction upon the powers of cities, other than a city of the metropolitan class, which have adopted or may hereafter adopt a home rule charter under the Constitution of Nebraska nor as a limitation upon any provision in suc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412 Electric light and power systems; construction, acquisition, and maintenance; revenue bonds and debentures authorized; referendum petition; cities with home rule charters; powers.
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Supplemental to any existing law on the subject, and in lieu of the issuance of general obligation bonds or the levy of taxes upon property as provided by law, any city or village within the State of Nebraska may construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire, maintain, extend, or enl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.01 Electric system; contract to operate; bidding requirements.
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Whenever any city or village in this state contracts with a public power district or an agency of the United States Government to operate, renew, replace, and add to the electric distribution, transmission, or generation system of the city or village and in the performance of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.02 Electric system; acquisition from public power district or public power and irrigation district.
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If requested to do so at any time by a city or village, any public power district or public power and irrigation district, formed after May 4, 1945, and providing electrical service at retail to a city of the metropolitan class, owning a distribution system in such city or villag…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.06 Electric service; contracts to purchase authorized; limitation on liability.
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(1) Any city or village owning or operating electric generation or transmission facilities may enter into contracts for the purchase of electric energy, power and energy, or capacity, or any combination thereof, upon such terms and conditions and for such periods as the governing…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.07 Electric facilities; joint exercise of powers with public power districts and public agencies; authority.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that cities and villages of this state be empowered to participate jointly or in cooperation with public power districts and public power and irrigation districts and other public agenci…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.08 Electric facilities; joint exercise of powers with electric cooperatives or corporations; authority.
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The Legislature finds and declares that it is in the public interest of the State of Nebraska that cities and villages of this state be empowered to participate jointly and in cooperation with one or more electric cooperatives or electric membership corporations organized under t…