Chapter 23 — COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
1,275 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-354 Monuments; markers; eminent domain.
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The county board shall have the right of eminent domain for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 23-351 to 23-355.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3540 Hospital district; withdrawal of land from district; procedure.
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A petition seeking the withdrawal of land from such district signed by the legal voters in the area proposed for withdrawal equal in number to ten percent of the number of votes cast for Governor at the last general election may be filed with the board of directors. If the board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3541 Hospital district; annexation or withdrawal; resubmission.
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If the question of annexation or withdrawal is defeated at the polls, it may again be submitted after the expiration of one year.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3542 Hospital district; area excluded from district; outstanding obligations; chargeable.
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Any area excluded from a district shall be subject to assessment and be otherwise chargeable for the payment and discharge of all of the obligations outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition for the exclusion of the area as fully as though the area had not been exclud…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3543 Hospital district; area withdrawn; not subject to assessments after withdrawal.
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An area withdrawn from a district shall not be subject to assessment or otherwise chargeable for any obligation of any nature or kind incurred after the withdrawal of the area from the district.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3544 Hospital district; dissolution; petition; signatures required; submission to electors.
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Upon the filing of a petition with the board of directors signed by ten percent of the qualified electors in the district, the board of directors shall submit the question of dissolution of the district to the district electors at the next annual district election. If a majority …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3545 Hospital district; dissolution; resolution; winding up of affairs.
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The board of directors shall file a certified copy of the resolution of dissolution with the county board of each of the counties in which any part of the district is situated, and thereupon the district shall be dissolved for all purposes, except for winding up its affairs. The …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3546 Hospital district; dissolution; convert property to cash; disposition.
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When a district is dissolved its board of directors shall convert all property of the district to cash and discharge all indebtedness of the district. All funds remaining after discharge of the district's indebtedness shall be deposited in the county treasuries of the counties in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3547 Hospital district; general powers; hospital, defined.
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Each local hospital district shall have and exercise the following powers: (1) To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure; (2) To sue and be sued in all courts and places and in all actions and proceedings whatever; (3) To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3548 Hospital district; board of directors; purchase of equipment.
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(1) The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses' homes and all other property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses' home. (2) The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or r…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3549 Hospital district; board of directors; operation; fix rates.
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The board of directors shall be responsible for the operation of all hospitals owned or leased by the district, according to the best interests of the public health and shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, protect…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-355 Monuments; markers; plans; contracts; advisory committee; duties.
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All work done under the provisions of sections 23-351 to 23-355 shall be done according to plans and specifications provided by the county board, and said board shall have authority to employ such persons as it deems necessary to prepare said plans and specifications. All work do…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-355.01 Nonprofit county historical association or society; tax levy; requirements; funding request; accounting.
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(1) Whenever there is organized within any county in this state a nonprofit county historical association or society organized under the corporation laws of this state, a tax of not more than three-tenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3550 Hospital district; board; membership in organization; dues.
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The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or the advancement of the efficiency of hospital administration, and in connection therewith pay dues and …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3551 Hospital district; board of directors; officers; books and records; open to inspection.
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The board of directors shall annually select such officers as may be necessary. The board shall cause to be kept accurate minutes of all meetings and accurate records and books of accounts, conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping, clearly reflecting the entire operation, ma…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3552 Hospital district; board of directors; budget statement; tax; levy; limitation; additional annual tax; election; collection.
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(1) The board of directors may, after the adoption of the budget statement, levy and collect an annual tax which the district requires under the adopted budget statement to be received from taxation for the ensuing fiscal year not to exceed three and five-tenths cents on each one…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3553 Depreciation funds, authorized; limitations on use.
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Nothing contained in the Nebraska Local Hospital District Act and sections 23-3501 to 23-3519 shall be construed to prohibit the board of trustees of any facility established under section 23-3501 or a local hospital district from establishing depreciation funds from patient or o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3554 Hospital district; bonds; issuance; purpose.
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The board of directors of any hospital district may, on the terms and conditions set forth in sections 23-3554 to 23-3572, issue the bonds of the district for the purpose of (1) purchasing a site for and erecting thereon a hospital, nursing home, or both, or for such purchase or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3555 Hospital district; bonds; issuance; approval of electors.
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No bonds shall be issued under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 until the question has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district, and a majority of all the qualified electors voting on the question shall have voted in favor of issuing the same, at a sp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3556 Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; petition.
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A vote shall be ordered upon the issuance of such bonds either (1) upon resolution of a majority of the members of the board of directors, or (2) whenever a petition shall be presented to the board requesting that a vote be taken for or against the issuing of bonds in such amount…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3557 Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; election; polling places; ballots; counting.
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In all elections at which the registered voters of hospital districts are voting on the question of issuing bonds of the district, the board of directors shall designate the polling places, prepare the form of ballot, and appoint the election officials. Ballots for early voting s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3558 Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; limitation.
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The aggregate amount of bonds issued for all purposes in hospital districts shall in no event exceed fourteen percent of the last taxable valuation of all taxable property in such hospital district, but such limitation shall not apply to the issuance of refunding or compromise of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3559 Hospital districts; bonds; interest; rate.
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The bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 shall draw such interest as shall be agreed upon.
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 105, § 11.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3560 Hospital districts; bonds; contents.
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The bonds shall specify on their face the date, amount, purpose for which issued, time they shall run, and rate of interest. The bonds shall be printed on good paper, with coupons attached for each year's or half year's interest, and the amount of each year's interest shall be pl…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3561 Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.
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The board of directors of any hospital district in which any bonds may be voted shall, before the issuance of such bonds, make a written statement of all proceedings relative to the vote upon the issuance of such bonds and the notice of the election, the manner and time of giving…
Repealed. Laws 2001, LB 420, § 38.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3563 Hospital districts; bonds; taxes.
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Taxes for the payment of the hospital district bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied in the manner provided by section 23-3565.
Repealed. Laws 2001, LB 420, § 38.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3565 Hospital districts; bonds; interest; levy; sinking fund.
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The county board in each county shall levy annually upon all the taxable property in each hospital district in such county a tax sufficient to pay the interest accruing upon any bonds issued by such hospital district and to provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of the s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3566 Hospital district, defined.
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The phrase hospital district, as used in section 23-3565, shall mean the hospital district as it existed immediately prior to and at the time of the issuance of any bonds by such hospital district, including all lands, property, and inhabitants contained in the hospital district …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3567 Hospital district; sinking fund; investment.
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Any money in the hands of any treasurer as a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds which are a valid and legal obligation of the hospital district to which such money belongs or for the payment of interest on any such bonds and which is not currently required to retire bonds a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3568 Hospital districts; tax; collection; disbursement.
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The tax and funds collected under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 shall be deemed pledged and appropriated to the payment of the interest and principal of the registered bonds provided for in sections 23-3554 to 23-3572, until fully satisfied, and the treasurer shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3569 Hospital districts; bonds; maturity; payment.
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When any registered bonds shall mature, the same shall be paid off by the treasurer at the place where the same shall be payable out of any money in his hands or under his control for that purpose, and when so paid the same shall be endorsed by the treasurer on the face thereof C…
Repealed. Laws 1969, c. 105, § 11.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3570 Hospital districts; bonds; liability of district; redemption.
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Any hospital district which has heretofore voted and issued, or which shall hereafter vote and issue, bonds to build or furnish a hospital, or for any other purpose, and which bonds, or any part thereof, still remain unpaid and remain and are a legal liability against such distri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3571 Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.
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Each new bond issued under the provisions of sections 23-3570 to 23-3572 shall state therein (1) the object of its issuance, (2) the section or sections of the law under which the issuance thereof was made, including a statement that the issuance is made pursuant thereto, and (3)…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3572 Hospital districts; bonds; new; vote of electors not required.
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The issuance of such new bonds shall not require a vote of the people to authorize such issue, and such bonds shall be paid, and the levy be made and tax collected for their payment, in accordance with laws governing the bonds which they are issued to replace.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3573 Hospital districts; merger; petition; election.
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Any two or more hospital districts may merge into one district if a petition for merger is presented to the county board in the county which will include the greater portion of the proposed district by population and such merger is approved by a majority of the voters in the exis…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3574 Hospital districts; petition for merger; plan; contents.
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The petition for merger shall include a plan for the proposed merger which plan shall contain: (1) A description of the proposed boundaries of the merged district; (2) A summary statement of the reasons for the proposed merger; (3) The amount of the outstanding bonded indebtednes…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3575 Hospital districts; merger; election; procedure.
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After determining the sufficiency of the petition presented under section 23-3573, the county board shall by resolution provide for the submission of the question of the merger of the districts at a general, primary, or special election. If a special election is called, the costs…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3576 Hospital districts; merger; voter approval; order.
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If after canvassing the returns for each county the county board determines that the merger has been approved by a majority of the voters in each district, the county board shall enter an order for the merger of the districts.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3577 Hospital districts; merger; new officers; board of directors; elected; term.
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Immediately following the entry of the order of merger by the county board, the members of the board of directors of the former hospital districts which were merged by such order shall meet and elect from among themselves a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary-treasurer. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3578 Hospital districts; merger; property, debts, liabilities; transferred; exception.
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After the entry by the county board of its order for merger of the districts, all property, debts, and liabilities of the former hospital districts shall be transferred to the new district, except that all outstanding bonded indebtedness of the previously existing hospital distri…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3579 Act, how cited.
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Sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 shall be known and may be cited as the Hospital Authorities Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-358 Control program; county board; powers; requirements.
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For the purpose of carrying on an organized animal damage control program within their respective counties, the county boards may cooperate with the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, state agencies, private associations, an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-358.01 Control service; availability; payment.
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It is the intent of sections 23-358 to 23-361 and 81-2,236 that animal damage control service shall be available to every individual citizen or group of citizens of the state and that employment of such service shall be initiated by the individual or individuals desiring the cont…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3580 Hospital Authorities Act; declaration of purpose.
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It is declared that conditions resulting from the concentration of population of various counties, cities, and villages in this state require the construction, maintenance, and operation of adequate hospital facilities for the care of the public health and for the control and tre…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3581 Hospital authority; public corporation; powers.
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Whenever it shall be conducive to the public health and welfare, a hospital authority constituting a public corporation and body politic may be established in the manner and having the powers and duties provided in sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3582 Hospital authority; formation; requirements.
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(1) Whenever the formation of a hospital authority is desired, a petition or petitions stating (a) the general location of the hospital to be maintained by such proposed authority, (b) the territory to be included within it, which territory shall be contiguous, (c) the approximat…