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NE Code § 19-2403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2403 - Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; connection compelled; penalty; assessments.

19-2403.  Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; connection compelled; penalty; assessments.(1) When the extension of the sewer or water service involved in an extension district created pursuant to section 19-2402 is completed, the municipality shall compel all proper connections of occupied properties in the district with the extension and may provide a penalty for failure to comply with regulations of the municipality pertaining to the district.(2) In case any property owner neglects or fails, for ten days after notice, either by personal service or by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the municipality, to comply with municipal regulations pertaining to municipal water service or municipal sanitary service extensions or to make connections of his or her property with such utility service, the city council or village board of trustees may cause the same to be done, assess the cost thereof against the property, and collect the same in the manner provided for the collection of general municipal taxes.Source   Laws 1961, c. 63, § 2, p. 248;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 75, p. 321;  Laws 2002, LB 649, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 144.
NE Code § 19-2404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2404 - Sanitary sewer extension mains; water extension mains; special assessments; maturity; interest; rate.

19-2404.  Sanitary sewer extension mains; water extension mains; special assessments; maturity; interest; rate.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, special assessments for sanitary sewer extension mains or water extension mains in a district shall be levied at one time and shall become delinquent in equal annual installments over a period of years equal to the number of years for which the bonds for such project were issued pursuant to section 19-2405. The first installment becomes delinquent fifty days after the making of such levy. Subsequent installments become delinquent on the anniversary date of the levy. Each installment, except the first, shall draw interest at the rate set by the city council or village board of trustees from the time of such levy until such installment becomes delinquent. After an installment becomes delinquent, interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, shall be paid thereon until such installment is collected and paid. Such special assessments shall be collected and enforced as in the case of general municipal taxes and shall be a lien on such real estate from and after the date of the levy. If three or more of such installments become delinquent and unpaid on the same property, the city council or the village board of trustees may by resolution declare all future installments on such delinquent property to be due on a future fixed date. The resolution shall set forth the description of the property and the name of its record title owner and shall provide that all future installments shall become delinquent upon the date fixed. A copy of such resolution shall be published one time in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village. After the fixed date such future installments shall be deemed to be delinquent and the city or village may proceed to enforce and collect the total amount due including all future installments.(2) If the city or village incurs no new indebtedness pursuant to section 19-2405 for any water service extension or sanitary sewer extension in a district, the special assessments for such improvements shall be levied at one time and shall become delinquent in equal annual installments over such period of years as the city council or village board of trustees determines at the time of making the levy to be reasonable and fair.Source   Laws 1961, c. 63, § 3, p. 249;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 76, p. 322;   Laws 1980, LB 655, § 1;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 23;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 24;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 16;  Laws 2005, LB 161, § 9;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 43;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 145.
NE Code § 19-2405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2405 - Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; bonds; interest; issuance.

19-2405.  Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; bonds; interest; issuance.For the purpose of paying the cost of any water service extension or sanitary sewer service extension, in an extension district created pursuant to section 19-2402, the city council or village board of trustees may, by ordinance, cause bonds of the municipality to be issued, called district water service extension bonds of district No. .... or district sanitary sewer service extension bonds of district No. ...., payable in not exceeding twenty years from date and to bear interest payable annually or semiannually with interest coupons attached. The ordinance effectuating the issuance of such bonds shall provide that the special tax and assessments shall constitute a sinking fund for the payment of such bonds and interest. If a written protest, signed by owners of the property located in the improvement district and representing a majority of the front footage which may become subject to assessment for the cost of the improvement, is filed with the city clerk or village clerk within three days before the date of the meeting for the consideration of such ordinance, such ordinance shall not be passed. The entire cost of such water extension mains or sanitary sewer extension mains in any such street, avenue, or alley may be chargeable to the private property therein and may be paid by the owner of such property within fifty days from the levy of such special taxes and assessments, and thereupon such property shall be exempt from any lien for the special taxes and assessments. The bonds shall not be sold for less than their par value. If the assessment or any part thereof fails or for any reason is invalid, the city council or village board of trustees may, without further notice, make such other and further assessments on the lots and lands as may be required to collect from the lots and lands the cost of the improvement, properly chargeable as provided in this section. In lieu of such general obligation bonds, the municipality may issue revenue bonds as provided in section 18-502, to pay all or part of the cost of the construction of such improvement.Source   Laws 1961, c. 63, § 4, p. 249;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 77, p. 323;  Laws 2005, LB 161, § 10;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 146.
NE Code § 19-2406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2406 - Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; warrants; interest; issuance; contractor; interest.

19-2406.  Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; warrants; interest; issuance; contractor; interest.For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses in an extension district created pursuant to section 19-2402, warrants may be issued by the mayor and city council or the chairperson and village board of trustees, as the case may be, upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project, in a sum not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof and upon the completion and acceptance of the work issue a final warrant for the balance due the contractor, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of the bonds issued and sold as provided in section 19-2405, and which shall bear interest at such rate as the mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees shall order. The city or village shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the city council or village board of trustees, and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor. Such warrants shall be registered in the manner provided for the registration of other warrants and called and paid whenever there are funds available for that purpose in the manner provided for the calling and paying of other warrants. For the purpose of paying such warrants and the interest thereon from the time of their registration until paid, the special assessments as provided in section 19-2404 shall be kept as they are paid and collected in a fund to be designated as the sewer and water service extension fund.Source   Laws 1961, c. 63, § 5, p. 250;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 78, p. 323;   Laws 1974, LB 636, § 7;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 147.
NE Code § 19-2407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2407 - Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; special assessments; levy; collection.

19-2407.  Water service; sanitary sewer service; extension districts; special assessments; levy; collection.Special assessments may be levied by the mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees for the purpose of paying the cost of constructing extension water mains or sanitary service connections, as provided in sections 19-2402 to 19-2407. Such assessments shall be levied on the real property lying and being within the utility main district in which such extension mains may be situated to the extent of benefits to such property by reason of such improvement. The benefits to such property shall be determined by the mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees, sitting as a board of equalization after notice to property owners, as provided in other cases of special assessment. After the mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees, sitting as such board of equalization, shall find such benefits to be equal and uniform, such levy may be made according to the front footage of the lots or real estate within such utility district, or according to such other rule as the board of equalization may adopt for the distribution or adjustment of such cost upon the lots or real estate in such district benefited by such improvement. All such special assessments shall be collected in the same manner as general municipal taxes and shall be subject to the same penalty.Source   Laws 1961, c. 63, § 6, p. 250;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 44;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 148.
NE Code § 19-2408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2408 - Combined improvements; legislative intent.

19-2408.  Combined improvements; legislative intent.The Legislature finds that it is advantageous to cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages and to the inhabitants thereof to authorize such cities and villages to make various street improvements and install water mains and sewer lines as a single project when the aggregate cost of the individual improvement does not exceed fifty thousand dollars and the aggregate cost of all improvements in a single project does not exceed two hundred thousand dollars, in lieu of the cities and villages making such improvements as separate projects.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 1, p. 252;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 2.
NE Code § 19-2409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2409 - Combined improvements; authorized.

19-2409.  Combined improvements; authorized.Any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village may pave, repave, macadamize, gravel, curb, and gutter streets, avenues, or alleys and do any grading or work incidental in connection therewith and install water mains and sewer lines, either sanitary or storm or a combination sewer, in any improvement district or make any one, or a combination, of the above improvements, as a single project by following the Combined Improvement Act, if the total estimated costs do not exceed the dollar limitations in section 19-2408.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 2, p. 252;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 3.
NE Code § 19-2410 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2410 - Combined improvements; petition; contents; authority of city council or village board of trustees.

19-2410.  Combined improvements; petition; contents; authority of city council or village board of trustees.Whenever a petition, signed by sixty percent of the owners of all real property in a proposed improvement district, is presented to the city council or village board of trustees setting forth (1) the property to be included in the improvement district, (2) the improvement or improvements authorized by the Combined Improvement Act which they desire made in such district in reasonable detail and stating the location of each, and (3) an estimate of the cost of the improvement or improvements, which estimate does not exceed the dollar limitations in section 19-2408, the city council or village board of trustees shall cause the petition to be examined and the estimate of cost of the improvement or improvements verified. If the petition is found correct, the city council or village board of trustees shall by ordinance create an improvement district consecutively numbered, known as Improvement District No. ........., and cause the improvements to be made if such can be done within such dollar limitations.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 3, p. 252;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 149.
NE Code § 19-2411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2411 - Combined improvements; district; creation; notice; objections.

19-2411.  Combined improvements; district; creation; notice; objections.The city council or village board of trustees may without petition create an improvement district and cause one or more of the improvements specified in section 19-2409 to be made in such district. The ordinance shall designate the property included within the district or the outer boundaries thereof, the improvement or improvements to be made in the district, and the total estimated cost of the improvements, which shall not exceed the dollar limitations in section 19-2408. After passage, approval, and publication of the ordinance, the city clerk or village clerk shall cause notice of the creation of such district to be published for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village, or in lieu of publication cause such notice to be served personally or by certified mail on all owners of real property located within the district. If a majority of the owners of all the real property in the district file written objections to the creation of the district with the city clerk or village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of such notice or within twenty days after the date of mailing or service of written notice on the property owners in the district, the city or village shall not proceed further and shall repeal such ordinance. If no such objections are filed, the city shall proceed with making the improvements.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 4, p. 253;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 5;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 150.
NE Code § 19-2412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2412 - Combined improvements; contract; bids; warrants; payment; interest.

19-2412.  Combined improvements; contract; bids; warrants; payment; interest.Contracts for improvements made under the Combined Improvement Act shall be let and the improvements made in the same manner as required for street improvements. The city council or village board of trustees may direct the improvements to be made under a single contract or that separate bids be taken for the street improvement, installation of water mains, and installation of sewers, but the aggregate of such contracts shall not exceed the estimate as shown in the ordinance creating the district. For the purpose of making partial payment as the work progresses, warrants may be issued by the mayor and city council or the village board of trustees upon certificate of the engineer in charge showing the amount of the work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuance of the project in an amount not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid from the amounts received on the special assessments or from the sale of bonds issued to pay the cost of the project as provided in section 19-2414. The city or village shall pay to the contractor interest, at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments, beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the city council or village board of trustees and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 5, p. 254;   Laws 1975, LB 112, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 151.
NE Code § 19-2413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2413 - Combined improvements; acceptance; special assessments; levy; maturity.

19-2413.  Combined improvements; acceptance; special assessments; levy; maturity.On the completion and acceptance of the improvement or improvements made under the Combined Improvement Act, the mayor and city council or the village board of trustees may cause special assessments to be levied against the property in the district specially benefited by the improvement or improvements to the extent that such property is specially benefited in the manner and form provided for levying special assessments for street improvements under the provisions of sections 16-617 to 16-655 or 17-509 to 17-515, and the special assessments shall mature and bear interest the same as provided for special assessments for paving.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 6, p. 254;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 152.
NE Code § 19-2414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2414 - Combined improvements; acceptance; bonds; interest; issuance; maturity; proceeds; disposition.

19-2414.  Combined improvements; acceptance; bonds; interest; issuance; maturity; proceeds; disposition.After the completion and acceptance of the improvement or improvements made under the Combined Improvement Act, the city or village may issue and sell its negotiable coupon bonds to be known as public improvement bonds in an amount not exceeding the balance of the unpaid cost of the improvement or improvements. The bonds shall be payable in not to exceed twenty years from date and bear interest payable annually or semiannually. All money collected from the special assessments shall be placed in a sinking fund to pay the cost of the improvement or improvements and the bonds issued under the Combined Improvement Act.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 7, p. 254;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 79, p. 324;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 6;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 153.
NE Code § 19-2415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2415 - Combined improvements; act, how cited.

19-2415.  Combined improvements; act, how cited.Sections 19-2408 to 19-2415 shall be known and may be cited as the Combined Improvement Act.Source   Laws 1961, c. 64, § 9, p. 255;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 7.
NE Code § 19-2416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2416 - Limited street improvement district; creation; purpose; ordinance; notice; procedure.

19-2416.  Limited street improvement district; creation; purpose; ordinance; notice; procedure.The governing body of any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village may by ordinance create a limited street improvement district for the sole purpose of grading, curbing, and guttering any unpaved street or streets or curbing and guttering any paved or unpaved street or streets in the city or village and each district shall be designated as Street Grading, Curbing, and Guttering District No. ..... or as Curbing and Guttering District No. ...., as the case may be. The city clerk or village clerk shall, after the passage, approval, and publication of such ordinance, publish notice of the creation of any such district or districts one time each week for three weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village. After the passage, approval, and publication of such ordinance and the publication of such notice, the procedure of the mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees in reference to such improvement shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of sections 16-620 to 16-655 or 17-508 to 17-520.Source   Laws 1961, c. 65, § 1, p. 255;   Laws 1963, c. 89, § 8, p. 306;   Laws 1965, c. 56, § 2, p. 263;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 154.
NE Code § 19-2417 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-2417 - Sidewalks; construct, replace, repair; districts; contract.

19-2417.  Sidewalks; construct, replace, repair; districts; contract.The mayor and city council of any city of the first class or city of the second class or the village board of trustees of any village shall have the power to construct, replace, repair, or otherwise improve sidewalks within such city or village. Whenever the mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall by resolution passed by a three-fourths vote of all members of such city council or village board of trustees determine the necessity for sidewalk improvements, the mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall by ordinance create a sidewalk district, shall cause such improvements to be made, and shall contract therefor.Source   Laws 1965, c. 80, § 1, p. 316;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 155.