815 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2802 County board of corrections; created; powers and duties.
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In each county having a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants, the county board shall also serve as the county board of corrections and in counties of less than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants the county board may choose to serve as the county board …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2803 County board of corrections; meetings; functions; dissolution; procedure.
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A county board which, by a majority vote of its members, elects to serve as the county board of corrections shall meet as the county board of corrections within sixty days after such election and shall meet at least once every sixty days thereafter. Such board of corrections shal…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2804 County board of corrections; functions, duties, and responsibilities; how performed.
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Each county board of corrections shall carry out the functions, duties, and responsibilities as provided in Chapter 47, article 1.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2805 Division of corrections; established; administrative officer; qualifications.
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To aid the county board of corrections in accomplishing the purposes of sections 23-1723 and 23-2801 to 23-2806, there is hereby established the division of corrections under the jurisdiction of the board. The administrative officer of the division shall be the director of correc…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2806 Employment rights of employee of sheriff's office.
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No person in the employ of the office of the sheriff shall be reduced in rank or pay, suspended, removed, or deprived of any benefits accrued as of July 10, 1984, except as provided in the rules of the merit commission.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2809 County board of corrections; contracts authorized.
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The county board of corrections may, pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act or Joint Public Agency Act, contract with any governmental unit for the purposes of implementing and complying with this section and sections 23-1703, 23-2801 to 23-2803, 23-2805, and 23-2806 and may …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-281 Town; change of name; procedure.
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Whenever the county board shall create a new town or change the name of an existing town, the proceedings in giving a name to such new town or changing the name of an existing town, shall be as follows: The proposed name to be given to such new town, or existing town, shall be fi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2901 Legislative intent.
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The Legislature finds that it is in the public interest to encourage maintenance of community buildings and grounds for the housing of various community enterprises and activities and for social, athletic, and recreational purposes and that different methods of accomplishing this…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2902 Site acquisition; purpose.
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Any county in the State of Nebraska is hereby authorized to acquire a site or sites for and to equip a county community building or buildings for housing county enterprises and community activities and for social, athletic, and recreational purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2903 Building; use; rules and regulations; agreements; funds.
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The county board of any county may (1) make such rules and regulations as may be appropriate with respect to the use of any such building, including fees and charges for such use, (2) enter into agreements with any city, village, or school district in such county with respect to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2904 Community building district; establish; purpose.
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A majority of the resident taxpayers in any compact and contiguous district, territory, neighborhood, or community in the State of Nebraska, which is equivalent in area to one township or more, is hereby authorized to form, organize, and establish a community building district wh…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2905 District; petition; requirements.
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Whenever a majority of the resident taxpayers of any such district, territory, neighborhood, or community intends or desires to form, organize, and establish a community building district which will be empowered to acquire and maintain a community building or buildings for the pu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2906 District; petition; hearing; notice.
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Upon receipt of such petition, the county board shall examine it to determine whether it complies with the requirements of section 23-2905. Upon finding that such petition complies with such requirements, the county board shall set a hearing thereon and cause notice thereof to be…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2907 District; boundaries; election.
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After completion of the hearing required by section 23-2906, the county board, if it determines that formation of the proposed district would promote public health, convenience, or welfare, shall propose such changes in the boundaries of such proposed district or of the areas int…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2908 District; voter approval; board of trustees; how appointed; officers.
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If the voters approve the formation and boundaries of the district, permanent organization shall be effected by the appointment by the county board of a board of trustees consisting of five residents of the district if the district includes territory in five townships or less. If…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2909 Board of trustees; budget statement; tax; levied; warrants.
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The board of trustees shall annually fix the amount of money for the proposed budget statement as may be deemed sufficient and necessary for carrying out the proposed policy in regard to the contemplated building or buildings for the ensuing fiscal year. After the adoption of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2910 District; bylaws.
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The board of trustees of the district may adopt such bylaws as may be deemed necessary for the government of the district.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2911 District; unpaid warrants; interest; rate.
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All warrants for the payment of any indebtedness of such a district, which are unpaid for want of funds, shall bear interest, not to exceed six percent per annum, from the date of the registering of such unpaid warrants with the district treasurer. The amount of such warrants sha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2912 District; territory; added or withdrawn; procedure.
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Lands may be added to or withdrawn from such district in the manner provided for its formation, but no withdrawal may be allowed if the result thereof would be to reduce the remaining territory included in the district below the minimum area provided in section 23-2904.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2913 District; territory withdrawn; outstanding obligations; liability.
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Any area withdrawn 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 withdrawal of the area as fully as though the area had not been with…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2914 District; territory withdrawn; obligations; when not liable.
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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.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2915 District; dissolution; procedure.
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Any district subject to the provisions of sections 23-2904 to 23-2915 which has no outstanding indebtedness may be dissolved in the manner provided for formation of such districts. When such dissolution is ordered, any remaining funds of the district shall be transferred to the c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-292 Township organization; how discontinued.
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Any county which has township organization shall discontinue the same whenever the majority of the registered voters of the county voting on the question of such discontinuance so decide in the manner provided in sections 23-293 to 23-295.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-293 Township organization; discontinuance; procedure.
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(1) In counties under township organization, a registered voter may file a petition or petitions for submission of the question of the discontinuance of township organization to the registered voters of the county. The petition or petitions shall be signed by registered voters eq…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-294 Township organization; discontinuance; election; ballot; form.
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(1) If the petition or county board resolution to discontinue township organization specifies a five-member county board of commissioners pursuant to section 23-293, the questions on the ballot shall be respectively: For discontinuance of township organization and creation of a f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-295 Township organization; discontinuance; when effective.
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If a majority of the votes cast on the question are for the discontinuance of township organization, then such organization shall cease to exist effective at the expiration of the supervisors' terms of office in January of the third calendar year following such election.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-296 Township organization; cessation; establishment of commissioner system.
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When township organization ceases in any county as provided by sections 23-292 to 23-295, a commissioner system shall be established. The county board of commissioners shall have five or seven members as specified in the petition or county board resolution pursuant to section 23-…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-297 Commissioner system creation; districts; elected members; how treated.
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(1) If the voters vote for creation of a seven-member county board of commissioners, the commissioner districts shall be the same districts as the former supervisor districts unless changed at a later date as provided by section 23-149 and the supervisors whose terms have not exp…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-298 Township organization; cessation; commissioners; succeed supervisors.
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The board of county commissioners, as herein provided, shall be the legal successor of the board of supervisors in said county. Such board shall thereafter be governed by the laws that shall govern counties not under township organization, and in the same manner that said county …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-299 Township organization; cessation; town records; indebtedness and unexpended balances; how discharged; township library; disposition.
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(1) If township organization is discontinued in any county, the town clerk in each town in such county, as soon as the county board is qualified pursuant to section 23-297, shall deposit with the county clerk of the county all town records, papers, and documents pertaining to the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-301 County resurvey; petition; contents; election.
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Upon petition filed with the county clerk of any county, signed by twenty percent of the qualified voters of said county as shown by the last preceding election and praying the county board to submit the proposition of ordering a resurvey, in whole or in part, of said county for …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-302 County resurvey; election; canvass of votes.
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The vote on the proposition shall be canvassed in the same manner as the vote on county officers. If a majority of the votes upon said proposition shall be in favor of the same, the county board shall within thirty days notify the Board of Educational Lands and Funds who shall re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-303 County resurvey; cost; tax; bonds; submission to voters.
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In case the question of said resurvey has been submitted to the voters of the entire county, the cost of said resurvey may be paid out of the county general fund in case there is money there available for that purpose. If not, the cost may be provided for by an issue of bonds or …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-304 Irregular tracts of land; survey.
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It shall be the duty of the county board of each organized county in the State of Nebraska to cause to be surveyed, by a competent surveyor, all irregular subdivided tracts or lots of land, other than regular government subdivisions, and cause the same to be platted on a scale of…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-305 Irregular tracts of land; survey; maps.
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The board shall cause duplicate maps to be made, on which said tracts or lots of land shall be accurately described by lines and numbered from one up to the highest number of such tracts in each section, which numbers together with the number of the section, town and range, shall…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-306 Irregular tracts of land; survey; field notes; record.
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The board shall also cause to be entered in duplicate, in suitable books to be provided for that purpose, the field notes of all such tracts of land within their respective counties, wherein shall be described each tract according to survey, and each tract shall be therein number…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-307 Irregular tracts of land; legal description.
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When the maps and books of field notes shall be filed as hereinbefore provided, the description of any tract or lot of land described in said maps, by number, section, town and range, shall be a sufficient and legal description thereof for revenue and all other purposes.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-308 Watercourses; diversion of channel; dams and dikes; when authorized.
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Whenever any portion of a county exceeding three hundred and twenty acres in amount is put in peril of destruction by reason of the probable diversion of the channel of any river or watercourse, and whenever a petition stating such fact, signed by twenty freeholders in the precin…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-309 Levees; dikes; construction; when authorized.
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The supervisors or board of county commissioners of any county in this state shall have the power, as hereinafter provided, to construct, establish or cause to be constructed and established any levee, dike, bank protection or current control in any river or stream wholly within …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-310 Levees; dikes; petition of landowners; contents; filing.
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Such board of supervisors or county commissioners shall act only upon a written petition signed by the owners of the majority of the land likely to be affected by the proposed levee, dike, bank protection or current control. The petition shall set forth the necessity for the leve…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3101 Act, how cited.
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Sections 23-3101 to 23-3115 shall be known and may be cited as the County Purchasing Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3102 Purpose of act.
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The purpose of the County Purchasing Act is to provide a uniform purchasing procedure for county purchases of equipment, supplies, other items of personal property, and services and to provide for county sales of surplus personal property which is obsolete or not usable by the co…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3103 Legislative intent.
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The Legislature encourages counties to work together under the provisions of the County Purchasing Act when joint purchases would be to the best advantage of such counties.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3104 Terms, defined.
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As used in the County Purchasing Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Mobile equipment means all vehicles propelled by any power other than muscular, including, but not limited to, motor vehicles, off-road designed vehicles, motorcycles, passenger cars, self-propelled …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3105 Purchasing agent; compensation; bond.
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The county board of a county with a population of more than one hundred fifty thousand shall and the county board of any other county may employ a purchasing agent who shall not be a county officer of the county. All purchases made from appropriated funds of the county shall be m…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3106 Purchasing agent or county board; powers; election supplies.
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The purchasing agent, under the supervision of the county board, or the county board, if there is no purchasing agent, shall purchase all personal property and services required by any office, officer, department, or agency of the county government in the county, subject to the C…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3107 County board or purchasing agent; administrative duties.
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The county board or purchasing agent, subject to the approval of the county board, shall: (1) Prescribe the manner in which personal property shall be purchased, delivered, and distributed; (2) prescribe dates for making estimates, the future period which they are to cover, the f…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3108 Purchases; how made.
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(1) Except as provided in section 23-3109, purchases of personal property or services by the county board or purchasing agent shall be made: (a) Through the competitive sealed bidding process prescribed in section 23-3111 if the estimated value of the purchase is: (i) Before Janu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3109 Competitive bidding; when not required; waiver of bidding requirements; when; auction; procedure.
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(1) Competitive bidding shall not be required (a) when purchasing unique or noncompetitive items, (b) when purchasing petroleum products, (c) when obtaining professional services or equipment maintenance, or (d) when the price has been established by one of the following: (i) The…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-311 Levees; dikes; site; surveys and reports; duty of engineer.
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It shall be the duty of such board to act promptly upon all such petitions. Upon the filing of the petition with the county clerk, as provided in section 23-310, the county clerk shall transmit a copy thereof to a competent engineer to be selected by the board, who, together with…