Chapter 23 — COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
1,275 sections in this chapter.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-346 Uniform inventory statements required.
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The Auditor of Public Accounts shall establish a uniform system of inventory statements for all county officers and such system, when established, shall be installed and used by all county officers.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-346.01 Perpetual inventory in certain counties.
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In all counties having a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census, the county clerk or the county clerk's designee shall keep a perpetual inventory of all personal property of the county.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-347 Inventory statement; duty of county officers to make; filing.
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Within two calendar months after the close of each fiscal year, each county officer shall make, acknowledge under oath, and file with the county board of his or her county an inventory statement of all county personal property in the custody and possession of said county officer.…
Repealed. Laws 1972, LB 1382, § 9.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-348.01 Inventory of real property; filing; contents.
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Within two calendar months after the close of each fiscal year, each county board shall make, or cause to be made, acknowledged under oath, and filed with the county clerk of such county, an inventory statement of all real estate and real property in which such county has any int…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-349 Inventory statements; public record.
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All inventory statements required in sections 23-346 and 23-347 shall be filed with the county clerk as a public record, and shall be open to the inspection of the public.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-35 Hospital authority; bonds; principal and interest; payment out of revenue.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-350 Inventory statements; failure to file; false statements; penalty.
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Any county officer, including any member of any county board, who shall fail to file such inventory statements or who shall willfully make any false or incorrect statement therein, or who shall aid, abet, or connive in the making of any false or incorrect statement therein shall …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3501 Medical and multiunit facilities; authorized; bonds; issuance; procedure.
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(1) The county board in any county in this state having three thousand six hundred inhabitants or more or in which the taxable value of the taxable property is twenty-eight million six hundred thousand dollars or more may issue and sell bonds of such county in such an amount as t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3502 Board of trustees; membership; vacancy; county board serve as board of trustees; terms; removal.
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(1) When a county with a population of three thousand six hundred inhabitants or more and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants or with a taxable value of the taxable property of twenty-eight million six hundred thousand dollars or more establishes a facility as provided by …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3503 Board of trustees; compensation; mileage.
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The salary of the members of the board of trustees of such facility or facilities as provided by section 23-3501 shall be fixed by an order of the county board of such county. The county board may establish a salary in an amount not less than one hundred dollars per year but not …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3504 Board of trustees; powers and duties.
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The board of trustees: (1) May purchase or lease a site for a facility established under section 23-3501 and provide and equip any building deemed necessary to fulfill the facility's mission; (2) May accept property by gift, devise, bequest, or otherwise and may carry out any con…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3505 Board of trustees; meetings; bylaws, rules, and regulations; employees; filing required; other duties.
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The board of trustees shall: (1) Hold meetings at least once each month and keep a complete record of all of its proceedings; (2) Adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own guidance and for the governance of a facility. The board of trustees shall file such bylaws, rules, a…
Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 995, § 20.
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Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 995, § 20.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3508 County board; bonds; purpose; terms; levy; limitation; procedure to exceed.
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(1) The county board in counties in this state in which a facility has been established as provided in section 23-3501 may, by a majority vote of the board, issue and sell bonds of the county in such sums as the county board may deem advisable to defray the cost of improvements o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3509 County board; tax levy; amount.
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The county board may annually levy a tax upon all of the taxable property within the county sufficient to defray the amount required for such maintenance and improvement as certified to it by the board of trustees.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-351 Historic sites; monuments and markers; erection; expenditures authorized.
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The county commissioners or county supervisors of any county in this state shall have authority to expend from the general fund of the county during any one year the proceeds of a tax of three-tenths of one cent on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all taxable pr…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3510 Acceptance of gifts or devises; authorization; powers of county board; tax levy.
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The county board of any county may, in its discretion, accept a gift or devise of a specific sum of money for the purposes of constructing, acquiring, or replacing a facility as provided by section 23-3501 and by tax levy raise such additional sum of money as may be necessary to …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3511 Tax levy; limitation; purpose.
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The county board may levy a tax each year of not to exceed three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such county for the purpose of acquiring, remodeling, improving, equipping, maintaining, and operating a facili…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3512 Sections, how construed.
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The provisions of sections 23-3510 to 23-3512 are intended to be cumulative to and not amendatory of sections 23-3501 to 23-3509.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3513 Cities and villages; gifts of money or property to aid county in acquisition, construction, or maintenance; issuance of bonds; procedure.
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(1) Any city or village may make a gift of money or property, including equipment, to the county in which such city or village is situated to aid and assist in the acquisition, construction, or maintenance of such facility or facilities as provided by section 23-3501, to a nonpro…
Repealed. Laws 2012, LB 995, § 20.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3515 Adjoining counties; issuance of joint bonds; election; majority required.
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Any two or more adjoining counties having a combined population of thirty-six hundred inhabitants or more or having a combined taxable value of the taxable property of twenty-eight million six hundred thousand dollars or more may, upon resolution of the county board of each count…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3516 Adjoining counties; board; membership; powers.
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(1) Whenever two or more counties establish a facility or facilities as provided by section 23-3515, the county board of each such county shall proceed immediately to appoint three members to serve on the board of trustees of such facility or facilities. When such board is first …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-3517 Adjoining counties; reports; county board actions; voter approval; construction of sections.
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Sections 23-3501 to 23-3509 shall apply to any facility or facilities established pursuant to section 23-3515. For purposes of sections 23-3515 to 23-3519, whenever such sections: (1) Require the making of any report to the county board, such report shall be made to the county bo…
Repealed. Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 24.
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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…
Repealed. Laws 1994, LB 76, § 615.
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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…