Chapter 18 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO ALL
743 sections in this chapter.
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…
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 1005, § 7.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 1005, § 7.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Repealed. Laws 1976, LB 1005, § 7.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
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…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.09 Electric facilities; joint exercise of power; agreement; terms and conditions; agent; powers and duties; liability of city or village.
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Any city or village participating jointly and in cooperation with others in an electric generation or transmission facility may own an undivided interest in such facility and be entitled to the share of the output or capacity of such facility attributable to such undivided intere…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-412.10 Electric facilities outside state; joint acquisition and maintenance; conditions.
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If a city or village proposes to, and during such time as such city and village shall, plan, finance, acquire, construct, own, operate, maintain, improve, and decommission jointly and in cooperation with others as contemplated by sections 18-412.07 to 18-412.10 facilities for the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-413 Waterworks; right-of-way outside corporate limits; purposes; conditions.
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Any city or village in this state erecting, constructing, or maintaining a system of waterworks, or part of a system of waterworks, outside its corporate limits, is granted the right-of-way along any of the public roads of the state, along any of the streets and alleys of any cit…
Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 663, § 28.
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Repealed. Laws 1987, LB 663, § 28.
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Transferred to section 19-2702.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 70-1601.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-418 Electric service; negotiated rates; requirements.
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In order to help stimulate economic development, any municipality furnishing electric service may, but shall not be required to, negotiate, fix, establish, and collect rates, tolls, rents, and other charges different from those of other users and consumers for electrical energy a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-419 Sale, lease, or license of dark fiber; authorized.
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In addition to the powers authorized by sections 18-401 to 18-418 and any ordinances or resolutions relating to the provision of electric service, any city or village owning or operating electric generation or transmission facilities may sell, lease, or license its dark fiber pur…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-501 Construction and operation; powers; tax levies.
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(1) Any city or village in this state is hereby authorized to own, construct, equip, and operate, either within or without the corporate limits of such city or village, a sewerage system, including any storm sewer system or combination storm and sanitary sewer system, and plant o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-502 Revenue bonds; issuance; interest; not included in limit on bonds.
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For the purpose of owning, operating, constructing, and equipping a sewage disposal plant or sewerage system or improving or extending such existing system as provided in section 18-501, a city or village may issue revenue bonds therefor. Such revenue bonds, as provided in this s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-503 Rules and regulations; charges; collection.
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The governing body of a city or village which owns, constructs, equips, or operates a sewage disposal plant or sewerage system pursuant to section 18-501 may make all necessary rules and regulations governing the use, operation, and control of such system. The governing body may …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 18-504 Revenue bonds; payment; sinking fund; rates; rights of holders of bonds.
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(1) Revenue bonds which are issued, as provided in section 18-502, shall not be a general obligation of the city or village, but shall be paid only out of the revenue received from the service charges as provided in section 18-503. (2) If a service rate is charged, as a part of t…