Chapter 19 — CITIES AND VILLAGES; LAWS APPLICABLE TO MORE THAN ONE AND LESS THAN ALL CLASSES
829 sections in this chapter.
Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Repealed. Laws 2003, LB 790, § 77.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4624 Act, how cited.
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Sections 19-4624 to 19-4645 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4625 Eminent domain authorized.
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A city may acquire and appropriate a gas system through the exercise of the power of eminent domain if such power is exercised in the manner specified in and subject to the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4626 Act; applicability.
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(1) A city may condemn the property of a utility which constitutes a portion of a gas system without complying with the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act if the condemnation is necessary for the public purpose of acquiring an easement or right-of-way across the proper…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4627 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act: (1) City means a city of the primary class, city of the first class, city of the second class, or village; (2) Commission means the Public Service Commission; (3) Gas system means all or any portion of a gas plant…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4628 Resolution of intent.
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A city proposing to acquire a gas system through the exercise of the power of eminent domain shall initiate the process by ordering the preparation of a resolution of intent to pursue condemnation of the gas system in accordance with the requirements of the Municipal Natural Gas …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 19-4629 Resolution of intent; contents.
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(1) A resolution of intent pursuant to section 19-4628 shall describe the property subject to the proposed condemnation, including the types of property and facilities to be subject to the condemnation and the extent and amount of property to be appropriated. The resolution of in…
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.
Transferred to section 18-1757.
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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…
Transferred to section 18-3401.
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Transferred to section 18-3402.
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Transferred to section 18-3403.
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Transferred to section 18-3404.
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Transferred to section 18-3405.
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Transferred to section 18-3406.
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Transferred to section 18-3407.
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Transferred to section 18-3408.
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Transferred to section 18-3409.
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Transferred to section 18-3410.
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