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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-535 Directors; bond required.
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Each director shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district in the sum of ten thousand dollars to be approved by the Secretary of State and filed in his office, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such director.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-536 Directors; oath.
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Each director before entering upon his or her official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized to administer oaths, that he or she will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nebraska, will honestly, faithfully, and imparti…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-537 Directors; chairman; secretary; seal; records.
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Upon taking the oath, the members of the board shall choose one of their number chairman of the board and president of the district and elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. Such board shall adopt a sea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-538 Directors; compensation; expenses.
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Each director shall receive from the board a per diem of not to exceed seventy dollars per day for each day that such director attends a board meeting or is engaged in matters concerning the district, but no director shall receive more than two thousand eight hundred dollars in a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-539 Directors; quorum.
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A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum and concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination except as otherwise herein provided.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-540 Officers and employees; compensation; bond; duties.
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The secretary shall (1) be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal, (2) assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties, (3) attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official re…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-541 Directors; general powers and duties; continuance of corporate existence; election; dissolution.
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The board shall have power on behalf of the district: (1) To have perpetual succession, except that all districts organized prior to January 1, 1950, which have not entered into a bona fide construction of their works shall, within fifteen years following January 1, 1961, cause t…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-542 District; levy and collection of taxes; classification of methods.
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In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts, the board shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating such works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one or mo…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-543 Taxes; levy; Class A; submission to qualified voters of district.
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To levy and collect taxes under Class A, the board shall, in each year, determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-544 Special assessments; levy; limitation.
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(1) If the board of a reclamation district determines in any year that there are certain lands within the district, not included within Classes B, C, and D, which receive special direct benefits from recharging of the ground water reservoirs by water originating from district wor…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-545 Special assessments; Class B; water service; petition; contracts.
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To levy and collect special assessments under Class B as herein provided, the board shall make contracts for water service with each petitioning municipality in the district in the manner hereinafter provided and shall fix and determine the rate or rates per acre-foot and terms a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-546 Water service; petition; notice.
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The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be given and published once each week two successive weeks in a newspaper published in the county in which said municipality is situated, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-547 Water service; petition; hearing; order.
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The board at the time and place mentioned in the notice, or at such time or times to which the hearing of the petition may adjourn, shall proceed to hear the petition and objections thereto presented in writing by any person showing cause as aforesaid why the petition should not …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-548 Special assessments; Class C; water service; petition; contract.
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To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under Class C as herein provided, the board shall make contracts for water service with each of the petitioning irrigation districts within the district in the manner as hereinafter provided and shall fix and determine the rate o…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-549 Water service; petition; notice; hearing; order; assessment; collection.
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The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be given and published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-550 Special assessments; Class D; water service; petition; contract.
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To levy and collect special assessments upon lands under Class D as herein provided, the board shall make contracts for water service with petitioning owners of lands in the district, upon which water can be beneficially used in the manner as hereinafter provided, and shall fix a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-551 Water service; petition; order; contents.
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The board may, in its discretion, accept or reject the said petition. If it deems it for the best interest of the district that said petition be granted, it shall enter an order granting the said petition and from and after such order, the said petitioner shall be deemed to have …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-552 Water service; petition; notice; hearing; order.
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The secretary of the board shall cause notice of the filing of such petition to be given and published, which notice shall state the filing of such petition and give notice to all persons interested to appear at the office of the board at a time named in the notice and show cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-553 Annual assessments; levy; limitations; additional levy.
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The board in making the annual assessments and levies as provided in the Reclamation Act shall take into account the maturing indebtedness for the ensuing year as provided in its contracts, the maturing of bonds and interest on all bonds, and deficiencies and defaults of prior ye…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-554 Annual assessments; levy; objections; hearing; order; appeal.
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Prior to the first day of July of any year in which assessments are made under the authority of sections 46-544 to 46-553, the board shall appoint a time and place or places where it will meet within the district for the purpose of hearing objections to assessments. Prior notice …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-555 Taxes; levy; lien; collection.
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It shall be the duty of the officer or body having authority to levy taxes within each county, city and county, or village, to levy the taxes and special assessments as provided in sections 46-501 to 46-573 and it shall be the duty of all county, or city and county officials, cha…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-556 Taxes; levy; delinquent; sale.
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If the taxes, assessments, or taxes and assessments, levied are not paid when due as herein provided, then the real property shall be sold at the regular tax sale for the payment of the taxes and assessments, interest, and penalties, in the manner provided by the statutes of the …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-557 Taxes; levy; political subdivisions; exemption.
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All property of whatever kind and nature owned by the state and by villages, cities, school districts, drainage districts, irrigation districts, park districts, water districts, or any other governmental agency or agencies within the said reclamation district, shall be exempt fro…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-558 Water; contract; security for payment.
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The board may enter into contracts for water service with persons, mutual ditch companies, water users' associations and other private corporations for irrigation or commercial use as shall be provided by contracts in writing authorized and entered into by the board; and the boar…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-559 District; indebtedness; levy of assessments.
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Whenever a contract of indebtedness has been created by the district, it shall be lawful for the board to make the levy of taxes and special assessments in such amount as will create a surplus of funds to meet the annual installments of indebtedness or the payment of bonds and in…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-560 Directors; board; powers.
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The board shall have the following powers concerning the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water by the district, to wit: (1) To make and enforce all reasonable rules and regulations for the management, control, delivery, use and distribution of water; (2) To…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-561 District; boundaries; change.
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The boundaries of any district organized under the provisions of sections 46-501 to 46-573 may be changed in the manner herein prescribed, but the changes of boundaries of the district shall not impair or affect its organization, its right in or to property, or any of its rights …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-562 District; petition to exclude land; contents; notice; objections; hearing; order; appeal.
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The owner or owners in fee of any lands constituting a portion of the district, which lands are not within the corporate limits of any city or village, may file with the board a petition praying that such lands be excluded and taken from the district. It shall describe the lands …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-563 Construction, operation, and maintenance; contract with federal government for payment; bonds; term; execution; interest; exempt from taxes.
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To pay for construction, operation and maintenance of said works and expenses preliminary and incidental thereto, the board is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the United States or any agency thereof, providing for payment in installments or to issue negotiable bonds…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-564 Bonded indebtedness; submission to qualified electors; election.
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Whenever the board incorporated under sections 46-501 to 46-573 shall, by resolution adopted by a majority of the said board, determine that the interests of said district and the public interest or necessity demand the acquisition, construction or completion of any source of wat…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-565 Bonded indebtedness; election; notice.
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The resolution provided in section 46-564 shall be published once a week two consecutive weeks, the last publication of which shall be at least ten days prior to the date set for said election, in a newspaper of general circulation printed and published within the district, and n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-566 Bonded indebtedness; election; conduct; proclamation.
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The respective election boards shall conduct the election in their respective precincts in the manner prescribed by law for the holding of general elections, and shall make their returns to the secretary of the district. At any regular or special meeting of the board held not ear…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567 Bonded indebtedness; bonds; issuance; sale.
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In the event that it shall appear from said returns that a majority of said qualified electors of the district who shall have voted on any proposition submitted hereunder at such election voted in favor of such proposition, the district shall thereupon be authorized to incur such…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.01 Revenue bonds; interest; issuance; sale.
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In addition to the authority to issue bonds provided by sections 46-563 to 46-567, the board is hereby authorized to issue revenue bonds for any corporate purpose for the payment of which the board is authorized to pledge only the revenue, income, receipts, and profits derived by…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.02 Revenue bonds; rates; charges; purpose.
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Whenever revenue bonds have been authorized and issued under the provisions of section 46-567.01, the board is hereby authorized and directed to fix rates and charges for the sale of power and energy, water for domestic and irrigation uses and all other services furnished, sold, …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.03 Revenue bonds; registration; effect.
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All bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 46-567.01 to 46-567.06 and registered by the county treasurer, provided in section 46-567.01, shall bear a certificate evidencing such registration endorsed thereon. It shall be signed by the county treasurer or a deputy and…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.04 Revenue bonds; negotiable instruments; authorized investments.
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All bonds issued under the authority of sections 46-567.01 to 46-567.06 are hereby declared to be negotiable instruments under the law merchant and are hereby made securities in which all state and municipal officers and bodies, all banks, bankers, trust companies, savings banks,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.05 Districts organized; elections held; proceedings of directors; taxes levied; validated.
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All districts heretofore organized under the authority of Chapter 46, article 5, Revised Statutes Supplement, 1949, and all elections and proceedings heretofore held and taken by the boards of directors of the districts, including the levy of taxes pursuant to the provisions here…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-567.06 District; levy of taxes; Class A; issuance of warrants; interest; limitation.
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Whenever a district has been authorized to levy Class A taxes, the board may borrow money in anticipation of the collection of such taxes for which a levy has been made to the extent of ninety percent thereof, and may issue negotiable warrants to evidence such loans payable in no…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-568 Directors; petition for determination of power; notice; hearing; order; appeal.
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The board may at any time file a petition in the court, praying a judicial examination and determination of (1) any power conferred hereby by any amendment hereto, (2) any tax or assessment levied, or (3) any act, proceeding, or contract of the district, whether or not the contra…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-569 Notice; defective; effect.
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In any and every case where a notice is provided for in sections 46-501 to 46-573, if the court finds for any reason that due notice was not given, the court shall not thereby lose jurisdiction, and the proceeding in question shall not thereby be void or be abated, but the court …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-570 Organization; validity; hearing.
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All cases in which there may arise a question of the validity of the organization of a reclamation district, or a question of the validity of any proceeding under sections 46-501 to 46-573 shall be advanced as a matter of immediate public interest and concern, and heard at the ea…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-571 Sections, how construed.
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Sections 46-501 to 46-573, being necessary to secure and preserve the public health, safety, convenience and welfare, and for the security of public and private property, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of sections 46-501 to 46-573.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-572 Sections; severability; validity.
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Should the courts of the state or of the United States declare any section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, phrase, or part thereof, of sections 46-501 to 46-573 invalid or unconstitutional, or in conflict with any other section, provision, paragraph, clause, sentence, ph…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-573 District; laws applicable.
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All power plants and systems and all irrigation works constructed or otherwise acquired or used or operated by any reclamation district under the provisions of sections 46-501 to 46-573 or proposed by such districts to be so constructed, acquired, owned, used or operated, are her…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-574 Boundaries; change; no impairment of rights; petition; contents.
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The boundaries of any reclamation district now or hereafter organized under Chapter 46, article 5, may be changed and tracts of land included within the boundaries of such district in the manner prescribed by sections 46-574 to 46-584, but the changes of boundaries of the distric…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-575 Boundaries; change; petition; bond.
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At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on the petition, a bond shall be filed in the amount of two thousand dollars, with security approved by the board of directors of such district to pay all expenses connected wit…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-576 Boundaries; change; petition; board of directors; fix time and place of hearing.
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Immediately after the filing of the petition as provided in section 46-575, the board of directors of such district shall (1) by order fix a place and time, not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred twenty days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, (2) cause…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-577 Boundaries; change; protesting petition; requirements.
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At any time after the filing of a petition for the annexation of any tract or tracts of land to an existing reclamation district and not less than thirty days prior to the time fixed by the order of the board of directors of such district for the hearing upon said petition, and n…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 46-578 Boundaries; change; protest petition; disqualification of signer.
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Any person who signs a petition for the annexation of any tract or tracts of land to such district as the owner of any land shall be disqualified to sign a protest petition.