Chapter 23 — COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
1,275 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2527 Reciprocal agreements; county personnel officer; cooperate with other governmental agencies.
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(1) Any county subject to the County Civil Service Act may enter into reciprocal agreements, upon such terms as may be agreed upon, for the use of equipment, materials, facilities, and services with any public agency or body for purposes deemed of benefit to the county personnel …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2528 Tenure.
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(1) An employee in the classified service who has completed a probationary period shall have permanent tenure until the employee resigns voluntarily or is separated in accordance with the rules and regulations governing retirement, dismissal, or layoff. (2) An employee in the cla…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2529 Veterans preference; sections applicable.
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Veterans preference shall be given in accordance with sections 48-225 to 48-231.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-253 Accounts; audit; meetings; notice.
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The board shall meet at the town clerk's office or other convenient place for the purpose of examining and auditing the town accounts in each fiscal year at such times as the interest of the town may require. Notices of such meetings shall be published once at least ten days befo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2530 Compliance with act; when.
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A board of county commissioners shall comply with the County Civil Service Act within six months after a determination that the population requirement as provided in subdivision (2) of section 23-2518 has been attained as determined by the most recent federal decennial census.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2531 Discrimination; prohibited; other prohibited acts.
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(1) Discrimination against any person in recruitment, examination, appointment, training, promotion, retention, discipline, or any other aspect of personnel administration because of political or religious opinions or affiliations or because of race, national origin, or other non…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2532 Federal merit standards; federal Hatch Act provisions; applicable to programs.
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Whenever federal merit standards or the federal Hatch Act provisions are applicable to programs, the personnel policy board shall take such action as is necessary to assure that all personnel practices in those programs are in accordance with federal regulations, and those practi…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2533 Violations; penalty.
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Any person who willfully violates any provision of the County Civil Service Act or of the rules and regulations adopted under the act shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned in the county …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2534 County board; adopt personnel policies and procedures.
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The county board of any county with a population of less than one hundred fifty thousand inhabitants may adopt policies and procedures pursuant to sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 which concern employee hiring, advancement, training, career development, position classification, salary…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2535 Terms, defined.
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For purposes of sections 23-2534 to 23-2544: (1) Appointing authority shall mean officials and appointed department directors authorized to make appointments in the county service; (2) Classified service shall mean the positions in the county service to which sections 23-2534 to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2536 County service; classified and unclassified service, defined.
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If a program is adopted pursuant to sections 23-2534 to 23-2544, the county service shall be divided into the classified service and the unclassified service. All officials and employees of the county shall be in the classified service unless specifically designated as being in t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2537 Personnel policy board; members; terms; removal; officers; meetings.
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(1) A personnel policy board may be created by resolution of the county board. The members of a personnel policy board shall include one elected county official chosen by the elected county officials other than the members of the county board, one county board member chosen by th…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2538 Personnel policy board; powers and duties.
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The powers and duties of a personnel policy board shall be: (1) To review and make recommendations to the county board on the personnel rules and regulations and any amendments thereto prior to the approval by the county board; (2) To advise and assist the county personnel office…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2539 County personnel officer; appointment.
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Only the county board of a county having a personnel policy board may appoint a county personnel officer who shall be a person experienced in the field of personnel administration. The person appointed may be an elected county official, a member of the personnel policy board, a c…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-254 Accounts; filing; production at town meeting.
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The accounts so audited, and those rejected, if any, shall be delivered with the certificates of the auditors, or a majority of them, to the town clerk, to be by him kept on file for the inspection of all persons. They shall also be produced by the town clerk at the next annual t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2540 County personnel officer; powers.
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In addition to other duties imposed upon a county personnel officer, if appointed, a county personnel officer may: (1) Attend meetings of the personnel policy board and act as its secretary and keep minutes of its proceedings; (2) Establish and maintain a roster of all employees …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2541 Personnel rules and regulations; adoption; contents.
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The personnel policy board, if created, shall, with the assistance of two advisory groups, one of classified employees and one of department heads, adopt proposed personnel rules and regulations for the classified service and provide reasonable notice of proposed rules and regula…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2542 Federal law; compliance.
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Whenever federal Hatch Act provisions are applicable to programs, action shall be taken to assure that all personnel practices in those programs are in accordance with federal regulations. Those practices found not to be in compliance with such regulations shall not be implemente…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2543 Abolishment or termination of provisions.
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The county board of a county which creates a personnel policy board may, by a two-thirds majority, vote to abolish such board, terminate the position of the personnel officer, and revoke all rules and regulations.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2544 Violations; penalty.
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Any person who willfully violates sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 or the rules and regulations adopted pursuant to sections 23-2534 to 23-2544 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-2545 Payments to employees; methods authorized.
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The county board of each county in this state may authorize payments that include, but are not limited to, salary and reimbursable expenses to any employee by electronic funds transfer or a similar means of direct deposit.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-255 Town funds; disbursement; orders; warrants; limitations; registration of warrants.
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The town clerk shall draw and sign all orders upon the town treasurer for all money to be disbursed by the township, and all warrants upon the county treasurer for money raised for town purposes, or apportioned to the town by the county or state, and present the same to the chair…
Repealed. Laws 1973, LB 75, § 20.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-257 Claims; certified statement; delivered to town clerk.
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The board shall make a certificate to be signed by a majority of its members specifying the value of the claim and to whom the amount is allowed, and shall cause such certificate to be delivered to the town clerk of said town, to be by him kept on file for the inspection of all p…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-258 Town funds; general expenditures authorized.
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The following shall be deemed town charges: The compensation of town officers for services rendered their respective towns, contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the town, the money authorized by the vote of the town meeting for any town purposes, an…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-259 Tax; amount authorized; when paid.
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The money necessary to defray the town charges of each town shall be levied on the taxable property in such town in the manner prescribed by the Nebraska Budget Act. The rate of taxes for town purposes shall not exceed twenty-eight cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxab…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-260 Town board; compensation of officers; fixed by town board.
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The members of the town board shall be entitled to a per diem as fixed by the town board at its annual meeting.
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 266, § 1.
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[Repealed or reserved.]
Transferred to section 13-1301.
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Transferred to section 13-1302.
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Transferred to section 13-1303.
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Transferred to section 13-1304.
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Transferred to section 13-1305.
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Transferred to section 13-1306.
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Transferred to section 13-1307.
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Transferred to section 13-1308.
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Transferred to section 13-1309.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-261 Town officers; official oaths; no fees for administering.
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No town officer shall be entitled to any fee or compensation from any individual elected or chosen to a town office for administering to him the oath of office.
Transferred to section 13-1310.
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Transferred to section 13-1311.
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Transferred to section 13-1312.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-262 Towns; actions by or against; how brought.
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When any controversy or cause of action shall exist between any towns of this state, or between any town and individual or corporation, proceedings may be had or suits brought, either at law or in equity, for the purpose of trying and finally settling such controversies. In all s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-263 Towns; actions against; service of process; defense.
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In all legal proceedings against the town by name, the first process and all other writs or proceedings required to be served shall be served in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action, and whenever any suit or proceedings shall be commenced against the tow…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-264 Towns; judgments against; payment.
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All judgments recovered against a town or against town officers, in actions prosecuted by or against them in their names of office, shall not be collected by execution, but shall be a town charge and when levied and collected shall be paid to the person or persons to whom the sam…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-265 County supervisors; meetings; supervision of expenditures; road money, how expended.
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The county board shall meet at such times and in such manner as provided by law. Each supervisor shall have special charge of the expenditure of money appropriated out of the county treasury by the board for roads, bridges, and culverts within his district, except in city distric…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-266 Towns; meetings; provisions inapplicable to cities.
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None of the provisions of sections 23-201 to 23-299, with respect to the meetings of electors of their respective towns and their powers, shall apply to towns whose limits are coextensive with cities of the primary, first and second class, but such cities, and the inhabitants the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-267 Supervisor districts; population as basis for division; how calculated.
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For the purpose of ascertaining the number of inhabitants in the several districts provided by section 23-204, the supervisors or commissioners, as the case may be, shall ascertain the whole number of votes cast at the last preceding general election held within the county, and s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-268 County supervisors; election; ballots; residency.
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County supervisors shall be elected as provided in section 32-529. Elections shall be conducted as provided in the Election Act. In city districts, the ballots shall state which one of the supervisors is elected for the odd-numbered district and which one for the even-numbered di…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-269 County supervisor districts; boundaries; change.
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The supervisor districts may be changed after each state and federal census if it appears from an examination that the population has become unequal among the several districts. In the event of any change or amendment of sections 23-201 to 23-299 which may necessitate a change in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-270 County board; duties; how determined.
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In the absence of any special provision governing the board of supervisors, such board shall be governed by and perform all the duties and have all the powers applicable to county boards as provided by the general laws of this state.