815 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3519 Adjoining counties; certification of taxes; levy; limitation; disposition of proceeds.
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The board of trustees of any such facility organized under section 23-3515 shall, each year, fix the amount of money for the proposed budget statement as may be deemed sufficient and necessary for the operation of such facility during the following calendar year. After the adopti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-352 Monuments; markers; inscription.
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Said monuments or markers shall have thereon a suitable inscription indicating the purpose for which the monument or marker is erected.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3520 Preexisting rights; intent of sections.
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The provisions of sections 23-3520 to 23-3525 are not intended to limit any preexisting rights to charge and collect for services rendered prior to the passage of sections 23-3520 to 23-3525 had by hospitals which are created and existing under the general powers of counties of t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3521 Governing board; rates and fees; establish.
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The governing board of each hospital which is existing and operating under the general powers granted to counties of this state or under the provisions of sections 23-3501 to 23-3519 and 23-3528 to 23-3572, shall establish rates and fees to be charged for care or services, or bot…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3522 Care and services; liability.
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Persons to whom care and services have been rendered shall be liable for the cost and fees of such care and services to the appropriate county, counties or hospital district maintaining and operating the hospital providing such care and services. In cases where the person receivi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3523 Care and services; action for recovery.
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Any suit to recover any costs and fees for the care and services as described in section 23-3522 shall be brought (1) in the name of the board of trustees of the facility established under section 23-3501 or (2) in the case of a hospital maintained and operated by a hospital dist…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3524 Care and services; costs and fees; authority of board to compromise.
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The governing board of any hospital providing the care and services described in section 23-3522 and its administrator or his or her designee may compromise and settle or completely write off the costs and fees for care and services rendered in or by the hospital pursuant to any …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3525 Care and services; costs and fees; collection; disposition.
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Costs and fees collected for care and services rendered by a county hospital or a hospital district hospital shall be deposited in a fund for the exclusive use by the appropriate county hospital or hospital district for the maintenance, operation, and improvement of the hospital.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3526 Retirement plan; authorized; reports.
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(1) The board of trustees of each facility, as provided by section 23-3501, shall, upon approval of the county board, have the power and authority to establish and fund a retirement plan for the benefit of its full-time employees. The plan may be funded by any actuarially recogni…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3527 Retirement system; option to participate in County Employees Retirement Act.
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A facility established under the provisions of section 23-3501, in a county eligible to participate in the County Employees Retirement Act pursuant to Chapter 23, article 23, shall be given the option to participate in the retirement system under such act so long as the facility …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3528 Act, how cited.
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Sections 23-3528 to 23-3552 may be cited as the Nebraska Local Hospital District Act.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3529 Hospital districts; establish.
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Whenever it shall be conducive to the public health and welfare, a local hospital district may be established in the manner and having the powers and duties provided in sections 23-3528 to 23-3552.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-353 Monuments; markers; record of location.
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The county board in each county where money is expended under sections 23-351 to 23-355 shall cause to be kept by the county clerk a record of each monument or marker erected, together with a full account of the location or event which said monument or marker shall commemorate, a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3530 Hospital districts; petition; contents; signatures required; valuation required.
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Whenever the formation of a local hospital district is desired, a petition stating (1) the name of the proposed district, (2) the location of the hospital to be maintained by such proposed district, and (3) the territory to be included within it, which territory should be contigu…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3531 Hospital districts; petition; hearing; notice; modification of boundaries.
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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 23-3530. 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. § 23-3532 Hospital districts; hearing; changes in boundary; submission to electors.
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After completion of the hearing required by section 23-3531, the county board shall order such changes in the boundaries of such proposed district or of the areas into which such proposed district is to be divided as it deems proper, but no such change shall reduce the total taxa…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3533 Hospital district; election; canvass of votes; resolution; district, body corporate; presumption.
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The votes cast for and against the formation of such district shall be counted and canvassed in the manner provided by law and the results shall be certified to the county board. If the county board finds that a majority of the votes cast in the area of the proposed district favo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3534 Board of directors; members; election; terms; vacancies.
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The elective officers of a local hospital district shall be a board of directors consisting of five members. The members of the first board shall be appointed by the county board and shall be so appointed that two members shall serve terms ending on the first Tuesday in June foll…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3535 Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; officers; selection; expenses.
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The board of directors shall meet on or before the second Monday after the completion of organization of the district and shall organize by the election of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer. The members of such board shall serve without compensation, ex…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3536 Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; quorum; rules and regulations.
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The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling the same and the manner for the calling of special meetings, and shall establish rules for its proceedings and may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsiste…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3538 Secretary-treasurer; bond.
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The secretary-treasurer of such district shall give a corporate surety bond, in such penal sum, not less than five thousand dollars, as the board of directors shall determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties imposed upon him and the faithful and accurate a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3539 Hospital district; additional land; annexation; procedure.
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A petition seeking the annexation of additional land to such district, signed by the legal voters in the area proposed for annexation equal in number to ten percent of the number of votes cast in the area for Governor at the last general election, may be filed with the board of d…
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.
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…
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.
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 …