Chapter 19, CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE AND LESS THAN ALL CLASSES
337 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4630 Resolution of intent; public hearing.
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(1) A resolution of intent to pursue condemnation pursuant to section 19-4628 shall be presented to the governing body of the city at a regular meeting of such governing body. At that meeting the governing body may adopt the resolution of intent and, if it does so, shall set a ti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4631 Condemnation motion.
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After the public hearing provided for in section 19-4630, the governing body of the city, by majority vote of its members, may vote to exercise the power of eminent domain and condemn the gas system or such portion thereof as described in the motion. The motion shall identify ful…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4632 Court of condemnation; establishment.
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Following the adoption of a motion pursuant to section 19-4631, including an override of any veto, if necessary, the city clerk shall transmit to the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court notice of the decision of the city to pursue condemnation of the gas system. The Supreme Court …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4633 Court of condemnation; procedure.
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In all proceedings before it, the court of condemnation shall appoint a reporter of its proceedings who shall report and preserve all evidence introduced before it. The clerk of the district court, in the county where the city is located, shall attend upon the court of condemnati…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4634 Court of condemnation; powers and duties; costs.
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(1) In ascertaining the value of the gas system, the court of condemnation shall have full power to summon witnesses, administer oaths, take evidence, order the taking of depositions, and require the production of any and all books and papers deemed necessary for a full investiga…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4635 Court of condemnation; finding of value; procedure; appeal; abandonment; when.
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(1) Upon the determination and filing of a finding of the value of the gas system by the court of condemnation, the city shall have the right and power, by resolution adopted by a majority of the members of its governing body, to elect to abandon the proceedings to acquire the ga…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4636 Appeal.
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Upon the hearing of an appeal pursuant to section 19-4635 in the district court, judgment shall be pronounced, as in ordinary cases, for the value of the gas system. The city or utility may appeal the judgment to the Supreme Court. All actions and proceedings under the Municipal …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4637 Voter approval.
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(1) A city shall not appropriate a gas system through the exercise of the power of eminent domain without the approval of the registered voters of the city as provided in the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act. (2) At such time as (a) the court of condemnation has fina…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4638 Voter approval; effect.
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If an election pursuant to section 19-4637 at which the question is submitted is a special election and sixty percent of the votes cast upon such proposition are in favor, or if such election at which the question is submitted is a general election and a majority of the votes cas…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4639 Voter approval; time restrictions.
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If the governing body of the city abandons proceedings for the acquisition of the gas system at any time prior to taking possession of the gas system or the issue of acquiring the gas system by the exercise of the power of eminent domain has been submitted to and not approved by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4640 Bonds authorized.
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Following (1) the completion or dismissal of all appeals and upon a final judgment being pronounced in the case and (2) the approval of the voters to condemn the gas system at the election provided for in section 19-4637, the governing body of the city may issue and sell bonds of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4641 Condemnation; relinquishment authorized.
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If a utility proposes to (1) construct a gas system in a city for the first time, (2) within an eighteen-month period, reconstruct or renovate a portion of a gas system in a city or expand the gas system in a city over an area equivalent to twenty percent or more of the area of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4642 Contract authorized.
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If the utility seeks to pursue a qualifying project as specified in section 19-4641, it may negotiate a contract with the city in which the city, in consideration of the utility's promise to provide, expand, or improve natural gas service to the citizens of the city at reasonable…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4643 Contract; contents.
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A contract entered into under section 19-4641 shall include provisions specifying: (1) The nature of the qualifying project and the costs involved in its completion; (2) The standards of safety to be applied to the gas system during the construction and following the completion o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4644 Contract; review by Public Service Commission.
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(1) A city and a utility shall not formally enter into a contract under section 19-4641 until the contract has been reviewed and approved by the commission. (2) Upon completion of negotiations for the contract, the city and utility shall jointly submit the contract for review by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4645 Contract; effect.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) or (3) of this section, a contract between a city and a utility entered into under sections 19-4641 to 19-4645 shall bar the city from initiating condemnation proceedings during the period provided for in the contract. (2) If the utility, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4646 Tax-exempt natural gas supply transaction; legislative declarations; contract; authorized; terms and conditions.
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(1) The Legislature declares that the purpose of this section is to allow certain cities and villages that own and operate natural gas systems to engage in tax-exempt natural gas supply transactions as described in section 148(b)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code and 26 C.F.R. 1.14…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4701 City of metropolitan class or primary class; powers.
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A city of the metropolitan class or primary class may acquire, purchase, and operate a professional baseball organization.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4901 Judicial proceedings; bond not required.
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No bond for costs, appeal, supersedeas, injunction, or attachment shall be required of any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village or of any officer, member of any board or commission, head of any department, agent, or employee of such city or village in any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5001 Written notice of proposed annexation; manner; contents; liability; limitation on action.
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(1) A city of the first class, city of the second class, or village shall provide written notice of a proposed annexation to the owners of property within the area proposed for annexation in the manner set out in this section. (2) Initial notice of the proposed annexation shall b…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-501 Charter convention; charter; amendments; election.
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Whenever, in any city having a population of more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, a charter convention shall have prepared and proposed a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-502 Charter convention; work, when deemed complete; charter, when published.
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The city clerk shall not begin the publication of any proposed charter or amendments, as required by the Constitution of Nebraska, in less than thirty days from the time of the completion of the work of the charter convention, and the work of the charter convention shall be deeme…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-503 Charter amendments; petition; adoption.
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Whenever any petition, as provided in section 19-501, shall be filed with the city clerk and shall contain the required number of signatures of qualified electors, asking for the submission of additional or alternative articles or sections in the complete form in which such artic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5101 Investment of public endowment funds; manner.
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Pursuant to Article XI, section 1, of the Constitution of Nebraska, the Legislature authorizes the investment of public endowment funds by any city having a population of more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most rec…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5301 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5301 to 19-5317 shall be known and may be cited as the Riverfront Development District Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5302 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (1) Cities in the United States and throughout the world have been historically established along the banks of major rivers due to the role rivers played as early trade routes as well as other inherent strategic and economic benefits…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5303 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Riverfront Development District Act: (1) Authority means a riverfront development authority established in accordance with section 19-5305; (2) City means a city of the metropolitan, primary, first, or second class; (3) District means a riverfront development …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5304 Riverfront development district; ordinance; contents; revenue; boundaries.
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(1) A city may create a riverfront development district by the adoption of an ordinance which specifies the following: (a) The name of the river or rivers along which the district will be created; (b) The boundaries of the district, a map of which shall be incorporated by referen…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5305 Riverfront development authority; members; officers; vacancy; meetings; powers.
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(1) Following the creation of a district under section 19-5304, the mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a riverfront development authority to oversee and manage the district. The authority shall consist of five or more members who collectively shall have s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5306 Authority; powers; city; power.
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(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an authority shall have the following powers: (a) To adopt, amend, and repeal bylaws for the regulation of its affairs and the conduct of its business; (b) To sue and be sued in its own name and plead and be impleaded in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5307 Authority; acquire property; limitations.
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(1) An authority may acquire real property or interests in real property by gift, devise, transfer, exchange, foreclosure, purchase, or otherwise on terms and conditions and in a manner the authority considers proper. (2) An authority may accept transfers of real property or inte…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5308 Taxation.
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The real property owned by an authority and the authority’s income and operations are exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof, except that purchases by an authority shall be subject to state and local sales and use taxes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5309 Conflict of interest.
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(1) No member of an authority or employee of an authority shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in real property located within the boundaries of any district overseen and managed by the authority. (2) No member of an authority or employee of an authority shall have any…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5310 Funding.
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An authority may receive funding through grants and loans from the city that created the authority, from other municipalities, from the state, from the federal government, and from other public and private sources.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5311 Bonds; issuance; procedure; liability.
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(1) An authority shall have the power to issue bonds for any of its corporate purposes, the principal and interest of which are payable from its revenue generally. Any of such bonds shall be secured by a pledge of any revenue of the authority or by a mortgage of any property owne…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5312 Business occupation tax; hearing; appeals; collection; area within business improvement district; how treated.
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(1) A city may levy a general business occupation tax upon the businesses and users of space within a district for the purpose of paying all or any part of the total costs and expenses of such district. Notice of a hearing on any such tax levied under the Riverfront Development D…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5313 Special assessment; hearing; appeals; lien; area within business improvement district; how treated.
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(1) A city may levy a special assessment against the real estate located in a district, to the extent of the special benefit thereto, for the purpose of paying all or any part of the total costs and expenses of such district. The amount of each special assessment shall be determi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5314 Hearing; notice; manner; decision; appeal.
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(1) Notice of a hearing on any general business occupation tax to be levied under the Riverfront Development District Act shall be given to the businesses and users of space in such district by publication of a description of the businesses and users of space who will be subject …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5315 Additional assessment or levy; procedure.
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If, subsequent to the levy of taxes or assessments, the use of any parcel of land shall change so that, had the new use existed at the time of making such levy, the assessment or levy on such parcel would have been higher than the levy or assessment actually made, an additional a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5316 Records; meetings; reports.
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(1) The authority shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Meetings of the authority shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act. (2) All of an authority’s records and documents shall be considered public records for purposes of sections 84-712 to 84-712.…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5317 Dissolution of district; procedure; notice.
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(1) A district or an authority may be dissolved sixty calendar days after a resolution of dissolution is approved by the city council of the city that created the district or authority. Notice of consideration of a resolution of dissolution shall be given by publishing such notic…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5401 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5401 to 19-5408 shall be known and may be cited as the Vacant Property Registration Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5402 Legislative findings and declarations.
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The Legislature finds and declares that: (1) Vacant properties have the potential to create a host of problems for Nebraska communities, including a propensity to foster criminal activity, create public health problems, and otherwise diminish quality of life; (2) Vacant propertie…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5403 Purposes of act.
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The purposes of the Vacant Property Registration Act are to promote the health, safety, and welfare of Nebraska residents by providing authority for municipalities to enact vacant property registration ordinances. Such ordinances will allow communities to identify and register va…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5404 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Vacant Property Registration Act: (1) Evidence of vacancy means any condition or circumstance that on its own or in combination with other conditions or circumstances would lead a reasonable person to believe that a residential building or commercial building …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5405 Vacant property registration ordinance; adoption by municipality.
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Under the Vacant Property Registration Act, a municipality may adopt a vacant property registration ordinance which applies to any type of either residential or commercial buildings or both, located within the corporate limits of the municipality, except that a vacant property re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5406 Registration of property; duty of owner; information required; fee; exemptions.
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(1) Owners of vacant property subject to a vacant property registration ordinance adopted pursuant to section 19-5405 shall be required to register such property with the program administrator if the property has been vacant for one hundred eighty days or longer. A vacant propert…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5407 Vacant property registration ordinance; contents; program administrator; powers.
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(1) A vacant property registration ordinance shall: (a) Provide that a subsequent owner or owners of property subject to the ordinance will assume the obligations of the previous owner or owners; (b) Provide for removal of the property from the vacant property registration databa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5408 Supplemental provisions.
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The provisions of the Vacant Property Registration Act shall be supplemental and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska relating to vacant property.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-5501 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-5501 to 19-5506 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Density and Missing Middle Housing Act.