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NE Code § 17-174 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-174 - City of second class; public passenger transportation system; acquire; accept funds; administration; powers.

17-174.  City of second class; public passenger transportation system; acquire; accept funds; administration; powers.A city of the second class shall have the power by ordinance to acquire, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, lease, purchase, construct, own, maintain, and operate, or contract for the operation of public passenger transportation systems, excluding railroad systems, including all property and facilities required for such public passenger transportation systems, within and without the limits of the city, to redeem such property from prior encumbrance in order to protect or preserve the interest of the city in such property, to exercise all powers granted by the Constitution and laws of the State of Nebraska, including, but not limited to, receiving and accepting from the government of the United States or any agency thereof, from the State of Nebraska or any subdivision thereof, and from any person or corporation, donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants for or in aid of the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of such public passenger transportation systems, and to administer, hold, use, and apply the same for the purposes for which such donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants may have been made, to negotiate with employees and enter into contracts of employment, to employ by contract or otherwise individuals singularly or collectively, to enter into agreements authorized under the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, and to exercise such other and further powers with respect thereto as may be necessary, incident, or appropriate to the powers of such city.Source   Laws 1975, LB 395, § 2;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 62;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 61.  Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
NE Code § 17-201.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-201.01 - Villages; incorporation; presumption of regularity of proceedings.

17-201.01.  Villages; incorporation; presumption of regularity of proceedings.When a county board has entered an order declaring any village within the county as incorporated, it shall be conclusively presumed that such incorporation and all proceedings in connection therewith are valid in all respects notwithstanding some defect or defects that may appear on the face of the record, or the absence of any record, unless an action shall be brought within one year from the date of entry of such order of the county board, attacking its validity.Source   Laws 1961, c. 48, § 2, p. 189;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 63.
NE Code § 17-202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-202 - Board of trustees; election; terms.

17-202.  Board of trustees; election; terms.The corporate powers and duties of every village shall be vested in a board of trustees which shall consist of five members. At the first statewide general election held after the incorporation of a village, two trustees shall be elected to serve two years and three trustees shall be elected to serve four years. Thereafter the board members shall be elected as provided in the Election Act. The terms shall begin on the first regular meeting of the board in December following the statewide general election. The changes made to this section by Laws 1994, LB 76, and Laws 1995, LB 194, shall not change the staggering of the terms of the board members in villages established prior to January 1, 1995.Source   Laws 1879, § 41, p. 202;   Laws 1899, c. 13, § 1, p. 78;   R.S.1913, § 5052;   C.S.1922, § 4224;   C.S.1929, § 17-202;   Laws 1943, c. 26, § 1, p. 120;   R.S.1943, § 17-202;   Laws 1969, c. 257, § 9, p. 936;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 493;   Laws 1995, LB 194, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 64.  Cross References   Board of trustees, election, see section 32-532.  Election Act, see section 32-101.  Vacancies, see sections 32-568 and 32-569.
NE Code § 17-203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-203 - Board of trustees; qualifications.

17-203.  Board of trustees; qualifications.Any person may be a trustee who is a citizen of the United States, resides in the village, and is a registered voter.Source   Laws 1879, § 42, p. 202;   Laws 1899, c. 13, § 1, p. 78;   R.S.1913, § 5053;   Laws 1915, c. 90, § 1, p. 230;   Laws 1921, c. 129, § 1, p. 539;   C.S.1922, § 4225;   C.S.1929, § 17-203;   R.S.1943, § 17-203;   Laws 1969, c. 257, § 10, p. 936;   Laws 1973, LB 559, § 4;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 494.
NE Code § 17-204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-204 - Board of trustees; oath; meetings.

17-204.  Board of trustees; oath; meetings.Every village trustee, before entering upon the duties of his or her office, shall take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States and the Constitution of Nebraska and faithfully and impartially to discharge the duties of his or her office. Every village board of trustees appointed by the county board shall meet within twenty days, organize, and appoint the officers required by law. All trustees elected to office shall qualify and meet on the first regular meeting of the village board of trustees in December thereafter, organize, elect a chairperson of the board of trustees, and appoint the officers required by law. The village board of trustees shall, by ordinance, fix the time and place of holding its stated meetings and may be convened at any time by the chairperson.Source   Laws 1879, § 43, p. 203;   Laws 1913, c. 216, § 1, p. 646;   R.S.1913, § 5054;   C.S.1922, § 4226;   C.S.1929, § 17-204;   R.S.1943, § 17-204;   Laws 1974, LB 897, § 1;   Laws 1995, LB 194, § 4;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 65.  Annotations This section authorized chairman to convene the village board at special meeting for purpose of passing a liquor license. Vogel v. Rawley, 85 Neb. 600, 123 N.W. 1037 (1909).
NE Code § 17-205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-205 - Board of trustees; quorum; compulsory attendance.

17-205.  Board of trustees; quorum; compulsory attendance.At all meetings of the village board of trustees, a majority of the trustees shall constitute a quorum to do business. A smaller number may adjourn from day to day and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and under such penalties as prescribed by the village board of trustees by ordinance.Source   Laws 1879, § 44, p. 203;   R.S.1913, § 5055;   C.S.1922, § 4227;   C.S.1929, § 17-205;   R.S.1943, § 17-205;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 66.
NE Code § 17-206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-206 - Board of trustees; journal; roll calls; public proceedings.

17-206.  Board of trustees; journal; roll calls; public proceedings.The village board of trustees shall keep a journal of the board's proceedings and, at the desire of any member, shall cause the yeas and nays to be taken and entered on the journal on any question or ordinance, and the proceedings shall be public.Source   Laws 1879, § 45, p. 203;   R.S.1913, § 5056;   C.S.1922, § 4228;   C.S.1929, § 17-206;   R.S.1943, § 17-206;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 67.
NE Code § 17-207.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-207.01 - Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; procedure.

17-207.01.  Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; procedure.Any village is hereby authorized to own, purchase, construct, equip, lease, or operate within such village offstreet motor vehicle parking facilities for the use of the general public. This does not include the power to engage, directly or indirectly, in the sale of gasoline, oil, or other merchandise or in the furnishing of any service other than that of parking motor vehicles as provided in this section. Such village shall have the authority to acquire by grant, contract, purchase, or through the condemnation of property, as provided by law for such acquisition, all real or personal property, including a site or sites on which to construct such facilities, necessary or convenient in the carrying out of this section. Before any village may commence a program to construct, purchase, or acquire by other means a proposed offstreet parking facility or facilities, notice shall be given, by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the village once each week for not less than thirty days, inviting application for private ownership and operation of offstreet parking facilities. If no application or applications have been received or, if received, the application or applications have been disapproved by the village board of trustees within ninety days from the first date of publication, then such village may proceed in the exercise of the powers granted under this section.Source   Laws 1961, c. 50, § 1, p. 191;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 69.
NE Code § 17-207.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-207.02 - Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; board of trustees; powers.

17-207.02.  Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; board of trustees; powers.The powers granted by section 17-207.01 shall be exercised in the manner and be subject to all the terms, conditions, and limitations provided in sections 17-163 to 17-173.Source  Laws 1961, c. 50, § 2, p. 192.
NE Code § 17-209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-209 - Appointed officers and employees; compensation; fixed by ordinance.

17-209.  Appointed officers and employees; compensation; fixed by ordinance.The appointive officials and other employees of the village shall receive such compensation as the chairperson and village board of trustees shall designate by ordinance; and the annual salary of the chairperson and other members of the village board of trustees shall be fixed by ordinance.Source   Laws 1879, § 48, p. 204;   Laws 1885, c. 18, § 1, p. 159;   R.S.1913, § 5059;   C.S.1922, § 4231;   C.S.1929, § 17-209;   Laws 1935, c. 36, § 4, p. 149;   Laws 1937, c. 32, § 1, p. 157;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-209;   Laws 1943, c. 30, § 3, p. 140;   R.S.1943, § 17-209;   Laws 1945, c. 26, § 1, p. 137;   Laws 1947, c. 31, § 2(1), p. 141;   Laws 1949, c. 21, § 2, p. 92;   Laws 1961, c. 49, § 1, p. 190;   Laws 1969, c. 89, § 2, p. 452;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 71.
NE Code § 17-209.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-209.02 - Officers and employees; combine or merge office, employment, or duties.

17-209.02.  Officers and employees; combine or merge office, employment, or duties.(1)(a) The village board of trustees may, by ordinance, combine or merge any elective or appointive village office or village employment or any combination of duties of any such offices or employments, except that the office of village trustee shall not be combined or merged with any other village office or village employment except as provided in subsection (2) of this section.(b) The village offices or village employments combined or merged shall always be construed to be separate and the effect of the combination or merger shall be limited to a consolidation of official duties only.(2)(a) The office of village trustee shall not be combined or merged with any other village office or village employment, except that a member of the village board of trustees may receive compensation to perform seasonal or emergency work upon approval by the village board of trustees.(b) No member of the village board of trustees shall receive compensation from the village in excess of the maximum amount provided by law.(3) For purposes of this section, volunteer firefighters and volunteer rescue squad personnel shall not be considered village officers.Source   Laws 1945, c. 25, § 2, p. 135;   R.S.Supp.,1945, § 17-209.01;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 106;   Laws 1984, LB 368, § 3;   Laws 1984, LB 682, § 8;   Laws 1986, LB 548, § 9;   Laws 1990, LB 756, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 72;  Laws 2021, LB405, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 17-210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-210 - Board of trustees; ordinances; publication; chairperson pro tempore.

17-210.  Board of trustees; ordinances; publication; chairperson pro tempore.The chairperson of the village board of trustees shall cause the ordinances of the village to be printed and published for the information of the inhabitants and cause such ordinances to be carried into effect. In the absence of the chairperson from any meeting of the village board of trustees, the village board of trustees shall have power to appoint a chairperson pro tempore, who shall exercise and have the powers and perform the same duties as the regular chairperson.Source   Laws 1879, § 49, p. 204;   R.S.1913, § 5060;   C.S.1922, § 4232;   C.S.1929, § 17-210;   R.S.1943, § 17-210;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 73.
NE Code § 17-211 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-211 - Elections; notice.

17-211.  Elections; notice.The village clerk shall give public notice of the time and place of holding each village election, the notice to be given not less than ten nor more than twenty days previous to the election in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the village.Source   Laws 1879, § 50, p. 205;   R.S.1913, § 5061;   C.S.1922, § 4233;   C.S.1929, § 17-211;   R.S.1943, § 17-211;   Laws 1959, c. 60, § 54, p. 272;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 74.
NE Code § 17-212 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-212 - Elections; officers of election; vacancies; how filled.

17-212.  Elections; officers of election; vacancies; how filled.If, on any day appointed for holding any village election, any of the judges or clerks of election shall fail to attend, the electors present may fill such vacancies from among the qualified electors present.Source   Laws 1879, § 51, p. 205;   R.S.1913, § 5062;   C.S.1922, § 4234;   C.S.1929, § 17-212;   R.S.1943, § 17-212;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 75.
NE Code § 17-213 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-213 - Village chief of police; powers and duties.

17-213.  Village chief of police; powers and duties.The village chief of police shall have power to make or order an arrest with proper process for any offense against the laws of the state or ordinances of the village and bring the offender to trial before the proper officer and to arrest without process in all cases where any such offense shall be committed or attempted to be committed in his or her presence.Source   Laws 1885, c. 18, § 1, p. 160;   R.S.1913, § 5063;   C.S.1922, § 4235;   C.S.1929, § 17-213;   R.S.1943, § 17-213;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 106;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 76.  Cross References  Ticket quota requirements, prohibited, see section 48-235.Annotations Village marshal is not an employee within the meaning of workmen's compensation law. Suverkrubbe v. Village of Fort Calhoun, 127 Neb. 472, 256 N.W. 47 (1934).
NE Code § 17-213.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-213.01 - Village engineer; powers and duties.

17-213.01.  Village engineer; powers and duties.(1) The village engineer, when ordered to do so by the village board of trustees, shall make surveys, estimates, and calculations necessary to be made for the establishment and maintenance of public works by the village.(2) The village board of trustees may, in lieu of appointing a village engineer, employ a special engineer to perform the duties that would otherwise be performed by the village engineer. Any work executed by such special engineer shall have the same validity and serve in all respects as though executed by the village engineer.Source Laws 2017, LB133, § 77.
NE Code § 17-214 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-214 - Village overseer of streets; power and duties.

17-214.  Village overseer of streets; power and duties.The village overseer of streets shall, subject to the order of the village board of trustees, have general charge, direction, and control of all works on streets, sidewalks, culverts, and bridges of the village and shall perform such other duties as the village board of trustees may direct.Source   Laws 1885, c. 18, § 1, p. 160;   R.S.1913, § 5064;   C.S.1922, § 4236;   C.S.1929, § 17-214;   R.S.1943, § 17-214;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 78.
NE Code § 17-215 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-215 - Village; dissolution; how effected.

17-215.  Village; dissolution; how effected.Any village incorporated under the laws of this state shall abolish its incorporation whenever a majority of the registered voters of the village, voting on the question of such abolishment, shall so decide in the manner provided in sections 17-215 to 17-219.03.Source   Laws 1885, c. 17, § 1, p. 156;   R.S.1913, § 5065;   C.S.1922, § 4237;   C.S.1929, § 17-215;   R.S.1943, § 17-215;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 79.  Annotations The power to terminate the corporate existence of a village was granted by ballot to the electors and, when exercised by a majority vote, the existence ceases. State ex rel. Banta v. Greer, 86 Neb. 88, 124 N.W. 905 (1910).
NE Code § 17-215.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-215.01 - Village; dissolution; county, defined.

17-215.01.  Village; dissolution; county, defined.For purposes of sections 17-215 to 17-219.03, when reference is made to the county within which the village is located and the village is located in more than one county, county means the county within which the greater portion of the area of the village is located.Source  Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 1.
NE Code § 17-217 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-217 - Village; dissolution; election; form of ballot.

17-217.  Village; dissolution; election; form of ballot.The form of the ballot for the question of the abolishment of incorporation of a village shall be, respectively, For abolishment of incorporation, and Against abolishment of incorporation, and the same shall be printed upon a separate ballot and shall be counted and canvassed in the same manner as other ballots voted at the election.Source   Laws 1885, c. 17, § 3, p. 157;   R.S.1913, § 5067;   C.S.1922, § 4239;   C.S.1929, § 17-217;   R.S.1943, § 17-217;   Laws 1973, LB 559, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 81.
NE Code § 17-218 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-218 - Village; dissolution; when effective.

17-218.  Village; dissolution; when effective.(1) If a majority of the registered voters of a village voting on the question vote in favor of the abolishment of the incorporation of a village, then, from and after the effective date of the abolishment of the incorporation as determined by the county board as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the incorporation of the village shall cease and be abolished, and the area formerly encompassed within the boundaries of the village shall thereafter be governed by county commissioners as provided by law for unincorporated areas within the county. Upon such date, the terms of office of all elected and appointed officers and employees of the village shall end.(2) Within fifty days after the date of the election at which the registered voters of the village approve the abolishment of the village's incorporation, the county board of the county within which the village is located shall, by resolution, specify the month, day, and year upon which the abolishment of the incorporation becomes effective. The effective date shall not be later than (a) six calendar months following the date of the election or (b) if there are liabilities of the village which cannot be retired except by means of a continuing property tax levy by the village, the date such liabilities can be paid, whichever is later. The county clerk shall transmit a copy of the resolution to the Secretary of State.Source   Laws 1885, c. 17, § 4, p. 157;   R.S.1913, § 5068;   C.S.1922, § 4240;   C.S.1929, § 17-218;   R.S.1943, § 17-218;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 4;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 82.
NE Code § 17-219 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-219 - Village; dissolution; village property, records, and funds; disposition.

17-219.  Village; dissolution; village property, records, and funds; disposition.Upon the effective date of the abolishment of incorporation of a village, all property and records belonging to the village shall be transferred to the county board of the county in which the village is located. All funds of the village not otherwise disposed of shall be transferred to the county treasurer to be paid out by order of the county board as it sees fit.Source   Laws 1885, c. 17, § 5, p. 157;   R.S.1913, § 5069;   C.S.1922, § 4241;   C.S.1929, § 17-219;   R.S.1943, § 17-219;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 5;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 83.
NE Code § 17-219.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-219.01 - Village; dissolution; property; sale by county board; when authorized.

17-219.01.  Village; dissolution; property; sale by county board; when authorized.Notwithstanding any more general law respecting revenue, the county board in any county in this state in which the incorporation of any village has been abolished according to law shall advertise and sell all corporate property of the village for which the county itself has no use or which remains unsold or undisposed of after the expiration of six months from the effective date of the abolishment of the incorporation of such village as provided by the county board for liquidation of any liabilities of the village. After the effective date of the abolishment of the incorporation of the village, the county board shall treat all real estate listed and described in the original plat of such village upon which the owner of such real estate has failed and neglected to pay the taxes on such real estate as if such taxes were originally levied by the county and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the taxes shall be deemed to have been levied by the county as of the date of the original levy by the village and due and owing as provided by law to the county.Source   Laws 1935, c. 158, § 1, p. 581;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-227;   R.S.1943, § 17-219.01;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 17-226;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 84.
NE Code § 17-219.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-219.02 - Village; dissolution; property; sale; notice.

17-219.02.  Village; dissolution; property; sale; notice.The county treasurer shall, before selling any property under section 17-219.01, give notice of the sale of such property in the same manner as notice is given when lands are sold under execution by the county sheriff, and the sale shall likewise be conducted in the same manner as execution sales.Source   Laws 1935, c. 158, § 2, p. 581;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-228;   R.S.1943, § 17-219.02;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 17-227;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 7;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 85.