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NE Code § 17-1004 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-1004 - Designation of jurisdiction; how described.

17-1004.  Designation of jurisdiction; how described.An ordinance of a city of the second class or village designating its jurisdiction over territory outside of the corporate limits of the city or village under section 17-1001 or 17-1002 shall describe such territory by metes and bounds or by reference to an official map.Source  Laws 1993, LB 208, § 4.
NE Code § 18-130 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-130 - Transferred to section 19-3701.

18-130.  Transferred to section 19-3701.
NE Code § 18-131 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-131 - Publication.

18-131.  Publication.Ordinances passed by cities of all classes and villages must be posted, published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the respective cities or villages, or published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, as required by their respective charters or general laws.Source   Laws 1933, c. 111, § 1, p. 451;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1501;   R.S.1943, § 18-131;  Laws 2021, LB159, § 6;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 2.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021   Note: The Revisor of Statutes has pursuant to section 49-769 correlated LB159, section 6, with LB163, section 2, to reflect all amendments.
NE Code § 18-132 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-132 - Adoption of standard codes.

18-132.  Adoption of standard codes.(1) The city council of any city or board of trustees of any village may adopt by ordinance the conditions, provisions, limitations, and terms of a plumbing code, an electrical code, a fire prevention code, a building or construction code, and any other standard code which contains rules and regulations printed as a code in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, by reference to such code, or portions thereof, alone, without setting forth in the ordinance the conditions, provisions, limitations, and terms of such code. When any such code, or portion thereof, has been incorporated by reference into such ordinance, as provided in this section, it shall have the same force and effect as though it had been written in its entirety in such ordinance without further or additional publication thereof.(2) Not less than one copy of such standard code, or portion thereof, shall be kept for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk or village clerk prior to the adoption thereof and as long as such standard code is in effect in such city or village.(3) Any building or construction code implemented under this section shall be adopted and enforced as provided in section 71-6406.(4) If there is no ordinance adopting a plumbing code in effect in a city or village, the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code designated by the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard shall serve as the plumbing code for all the area within the jurisdiction of the city or village. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as creating an obligation for the city or village to inspect plumbing work done within its jurisdiction to determine compliance with the plumbing code.Source   Laws 1933, c. 111, § 1, p. 451;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1501;   R.S.1943, § 18-132;   Laws 1984, LB 748, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1304, § 1;  Laws 2012, LB42, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 209;  Laws 2021, LB131, § 16;  Laws 2021, LB159, § 7;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 3.   Note: The Revisor of Statutes has pursuant to section 49-769 correlated LB131, section 16, with LB159, section 7, and LB163, section 3, to reflect all amendments.  Note: Changes made by LB131 became operative August 28, 2021. Changes made by LB159 and LB163 became effective August 28, 2021.
NE Code § 18-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-305 - Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.

18-305.  Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.It shall be unlawful for any telephone company to furnish to any elected or appointed officer of any city or village in this state a telephone free of charge, or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar service, or for any such officer to accept such telephone or telephone service free of charge, or at a price less than shall be charged to other customers for similar service. Any violation of this section by a telephone company shall be a Class III misdemeanor, and the officer or agent of any such telephone company acting or assisting in such violation shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. Any violation of this section by any officer of any such city or village shall be a Class III misdemeanor, and the officer shall upon conviction forfeit the office held by him or her at the time of committing such offense.Source   Laws 1897, c. 13, § 3, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 5218;   C.S.1922, § 4419;   C.S.1929, § 18-403;   R.S.1943, § 18-305;   Laws 1982, LB 347, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 5.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-306 - Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.

18-306.  Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in furnishing in any city or village in this state artificial light, such as electric light, gas light, or light from oil, to furnish light to any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in which such person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation is engaged in furnishing such lights, free or for a price less than is charged other customers in such city or village for similar services. Any violation of this section shall be a Class III misdemeanor. Each day any service is furnished or accepted in violation of this section shall be considered as a separate offense and punished accordingly.Source   Laws 1897, c. 13, § 4, p. 137;   R.S.1913, § 5219;   C.S.1922, § 4420;   C.S.1929, § 18-404;   R.S.1943, § 18-306;   Laws 1982, LB 347, § 3;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 137;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 6.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-307 - Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.

18-307.  Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.If any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in this state accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar services in such city or village electric services from any electric utility company or from any person, partnership, or limited liability company which provides electric service in such city or village, such officer shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall also forfeit the office held by him or her at the date of such offense.Source   Laws 1897, c. 13, § 5, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 5220;   C.S.1922, § 4421;   C.S.1929, § 18-405;   R.S.1943, § 18-307;   Laws 1982, LB 347, § 4;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 138;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 7.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-308 - Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.

18-308.  Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.Any water company engaged in furnishing water in any city or village in this state and any person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company engaged in such services who furnishes to any elected or appointed officer in such city or village, water free of charge or for a price less than is at the time charged for similar service to other customers in such city or village shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. If any officer in any such city or village accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged to other customers in such city or village any of the services mentioned in this section, such officer shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall also forfeit the office held by him or her at the date of such violation. Each day such service or services are furnished or accepted in violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punished accordingly.Source   Laws 1897, c. 13, § 6, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 5221;   C.S.1922, § 4422;   C.S.1929, § 18-406;   R.S.1943, § 18-308;   Laws 1982, LB 347, § 5;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 139;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 8.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-309 - Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.

18-309.  Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books and papers, in any prosecution under sections 18-305 to 18-309, for the reason that the required testimony, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate such person or subject such person to a penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which such person may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any prosecution under such sections, except that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution for perjury committed in so testifying.Source   Laws 1897, c. 13, § 8, p. 139;   R.S.1913, § 5223;   C.S.1922, § 4424;   C.S.1929, § 18-408;   R.S.1943, § 18-309;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 9.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-310 - Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.

18-310.  Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.The Legislature finds and declares that it is detrimental to good government and the best interests of the state to permit payment to any person, firm, or corporation of fees or compensation in any form, other than regular salaries of duly elected or appointed officers of a city or village, for services rendered to a city or village contingent or dependent upon the outcome of any municipal election.Source   Laws 1947, c. 49, § 1, p. 168;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 10.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-311 - Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.

18-311.  Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.It shall be unlawful for the mayor and city council of any city, or the chairperson and board of trustees of any village, to contract with, retain, or employ any person, firm, or corporation upon the basis that the amount of the fees or compensation to be paid shall be contingent or depend, in whole or in part, upon the outcome of any municipal election.Source   Laws 1947, c. 49, § 2, p. 169;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 11.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-312 - Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.

18-312.  Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.Any person, firm, or corporation that shall violate any of the provisions of sections 18-310 to 18-312 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1947, c. 49, § 3, p. 169;   Laws 1982, LB 347, § 6.
NE Code § 18-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-401 - Public utility districts; creation authorized; extension or enlargement of service; limitation.

18-401.  Public utility districts; creation authorized; extension or enlargement of service; limitation.In all cities, villages, or metropolitan utilities districts owning or operating a waterworks system, sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, gas plant, or other public utility plant and in which water, gas, or other public utility is supplied by municipal authority for domestic, mechanical, public, or other purposes, or sewage and storm water disposal, or other services furnished, the authorities having general charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the water, gas, or other public utility supplied by any city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, or the furnishing of any public service such as sewage and storm water disposal, shall have the power and authority to create a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, as the case may be, either within or without the corporate limits of the city, village, or metropolitan utilities district involved, and to order and cause to be made extensions or enlargements of water mains, sanitary sewers, storm water disposal mains, gas mains, or other public utility service through such public utility district, except that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing the creation of any such public utility district outside of the corporate limits of a city of the primary class.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 1, p. 386;   C.S.1922, § 4475;   C.S.1929, § 18-1001;   R.S.1943, § 18-401;   Laws 1963, c. 79, § 1, p. 286;   Laws 1992, LB 746, § 63;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 12.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations Chapter 110, Laws 1921 (sections 18-401 to 18-411), is constitutional. Murphy v. Metropolitan Utilities Dist., 126 Neb. 663, 255 N.W. 20 (1934).
NE Code § 18-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-402 - Public utility districts; how created.

18-402.  Public utility districts; how created.Any water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district as provided in section 18-401 shall be created by ordinance if such public utility district is created by a city or village, or by resolution of the board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district if such public utility district is created by a metropolitan utilities district.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 2, p. 386;   C.S.1922, § 4476;   C.S.1929, § 18-1002;   R.S.1943, § 18-402;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 13.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-403 - Public utility districts; creation; extension or enlargement of service; notice requirements; protests.

18-403.  Public utility districts; creation; extension or enlargement of service; notice requirements; protests.Upon the passage of an ordinance or resolution under section 18-402 creating a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district or ordering the extension or enlargement of a water main, gas main, or other public utility service through such district, it shall be the duty of the city council or village board of trustees which passed the ordinance or of the board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district which passed the resolution to cause a notice to be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village or in the principal city within the metropolitan utilities district, addressed generally to the owners of the real estate within such public utility district, notifying them of the creation of the district and of the ordering of the extension or enlargement of the water main, gas main, or other public utility service within such district and further notifying the owners of the real estate that they have thirty days from and after such publication to file with such city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors their written protest against the creation of the district and of the extension or enlargement of the water main, gas main, or other public utility service so ordered.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 3, p. 386;   C.S.1922, § 4477;   C.S.1929, § 18-1003;   R.S.1943, § 18-403;   Laws 1992, LB 746, § 64;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 14.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations In absence of notice giving owners of real estate thirty days to file written protest, city cannot levy special assessments for water main extension. Matzke v. City of Seward, 193 Neb. 211, 226 N.W.2d 340 (1975).
NE Code § 18-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-404 - Public utility districts; creation; protest; effect.

18-404.  Public utility districts; creation; protest; effect.If within thirty days there is filed, as provided in section 18-403, a written protest signed by the record owners of a majority of the foot frontage of taxable property in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, then the filing of such protest shall operate as a repeal or rescission of the ordinance or resolution creating such district, but if no such protest is filed within thirty days, then the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors shall proceed to contract for and on behalf of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district for the extension or enlargement of the main or utility service so ordered or to make such extension or enlargement.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 4, p. 387;   C.S.1922, § 4478;   C.S.1929, § 18-1004;   R.S.1943, § 18-404;   Laws 1959, c. 53, § 1, p. 244;   Laws 1992, LB 746, § 65;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 15.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-405 - Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; cost; payment; assessment.

18-405.  Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; cost; payment; assessment.Upon the completion of an extension or enlargement of any water or gas main or other utility service in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district created pursuant to section 18-401, the actual cost of such extension or enlargement shall be duly certified to the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district when done by contract, but when done by utilizing the equipment and employees of any such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, the average cost, based upon the average cost per foot to such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district in the previous calendar year, of installing water or gas distribution mains, as the case may be, shall be thus certified. Such city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors shall assess, to the extent of special benefits, the cost, not exceeding the actual cost or average cost, as the case may be, of installing such water main, gas main, or other utility service, upon all real estate in such district, in proportion to the frontage of the real estate upon the main or utility service. The cost of any such extension or enlargement in excess of the actual or average cost of installing the water main, gas main, or other utility service authorized to be assessed and levied against the real estate in such district shall be paid out of the water fund, gas fund, or other utility fund of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, if there is such a fund, and if such city or village has no water fund, gas fund, or other utility fund, then the costs shall be paid out of the general fund. No real estate in any city, village, or metropolitan utilities district shall be subject to more than one special tax assessment for the same extension or enlargement of water mains, gas mains, or other utility service.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 5, p. 387;   C.S.1922, § 4479;   C.S.1929, § 18-1005;   Laws 1941, c. 27, § 1, p. 128;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1005;   R.S.1943, § 18-405;   Laws 1959, c. 53, § 2, p. 245;   Laws 1972, LB 1454, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 746, § 66;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 16.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations A finding by the Board of Equalization that lands are specially benefited to full amount of assessment is tantamount to finding that such benefits are equal and uniform, warranting the adoption of foot front rule. Murphy v. Metropolitan Utilities District, 126 Neb. 663, 255 N.W. 20 (1934).
NE Code § 18-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-406 - Public utility districts; special assessments; when due; equalization; interest.

18-406.  Public utility districts; special assessments; when due; equalization; interest.The special assessment provided in section 18-405 shall be paid in ten installments. The first installment, or one-tenth of the assessment, shall become due and delinquent fifty days after the date of levy, and one-tenth of such assessment shall become due and delinquent each year thereafter, counting from the date of levy, for nine years. The special assessment shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, prior to delinquency, and at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, after delinquency. Prior to the levy of the special assessment as provided in section 18-405, such assessment shall be equalized in the same manner as provided by law for the equalization of special assessments levied in the city or village that levied such special assessment, or in the city of the metropolitan class within the metropolitan utilities district that levied such special assessment.Source   Laws 1921, c. 110, § 5, p. 388;   C.S.1922, § 4479;   C.S.1929, § 18-1005;   Laws 1941, c. 27, § 1, p. 129;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1005;   R.S.1943, § 18-406;   Laws 1963, c. 80, § 1, p. 287;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 22;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 23;   Laws 1983, LB 438, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 746, § 67;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 40;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 17.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021