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NE Code § 19-4017 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4017 - Act; purpose.

19-4017.  Act; purpose.Cities of the metropolitan class, primary class, first class, and second class in the state at present have business areas in need of improvement and development, but lack the funds with which to provide and maintain such improvements. The purpose of the Business Improvement District Act is to provide a means by which such cities may raise the necessary funds to be used for the purpose of providing and maintaining the improvements authorized by the act.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 3;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 210.
NE Code § 19-4017.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4017.01 - Terms, defined.

19-4017.01.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Business Improvement District Act:(1) Assessable unit means front foot, square foot, equivalent front foot, or other unit of assessment established under the proposed method of assessment set forth in the ordinance creating a business improvement district;(2) Business area means an established area of the city zoned for business, public, or commercial purposes;(3) Record owner means the fee owner of real property as shown in the records of the register of deeds office in the county in which the business area is located. A contract purchaser of real property shall be considered the record owner and the only person entitled to petition pursuant to section 19-4026 or 19-4029.03 or protest pursuant to section 19-4027 or 19-4029.04, if the contract is recorded in the register of deeds office in the county in which the business area is located; and(4) Space means the square foot space wherein customers, patients, clients, or other invitees are received and space from time to time used or available for use in connection with a business or profession of a user, excepting all space owned or used by political subdivisions.Source   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 1;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 4;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 211.
NE Code § 19-4018 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4018 - Cities; business improvement district; special assessment; business occupation tax; exceptions; use of proceeds.

19-4018.  Cities; business improvement district; special assessment; business occupation tax; exceptions; use of proceeds.Pursuant to the Business Improvement District Act, cities of the metropolitan class, primary class, first class, or second class may impose (1) a special assessment upon the property within a business improvement district in the city or (2) a general business occupation tax on businesses and users of space within a business improvement district. After March 27, 2014, any occupation tax imposed pursuant to this section shall make a reasonable classification of businesses, users of space, or kinds of transactions for purposes of imposing such tax, except that no occupation tax shall be imposed on any transaction which is subject to tax under section 53-160, 66-489, 66-489.02, 66-4,140, 66-4,145, 66-4,146, 77-2602, or 77-4008 or which is exempt from tax under section 77-2704.24. The proceeds or other available funds may be used for the purposes stated in section 19-4019.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 4;  Laws 2014, LB474, § 8;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 212.
NE Code § 19-4019 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4019 - Available funds; uses; enumerated.

19-4019.  Available funds; uses; enumerated.Any money available under section 19-4018 may be used for any one or more of the following purposes:(1) The acquisition, construction, maintenance, and operation of public offstreet parking facilities for the benefit of the business improvement district area;(2) Improvement of any public place or facility in the business improvement district area, including landscaping, physical improvements for decoration or security purposes, and plantings;(3) Construction or installation of pedestrian shopping malls or plazas, sidewalks or moving sidewalks, parks, meeting and display facilities, bus stop shelters, lighting, benches or other seating furniture, sculptures, trash receptacles, shelters, fountains, skywalks, and pedestrian and vehicular overpasses and underpasses, and any useful or necessary public improvements in the business improvement district area;(4) Leasing, acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, maintaining, or repairing parking lots or parking garages, both above and below ground, or other facilities for the parking of vehicles, including the power to install such facilities in public areas, whether such areas are owned in fee or by easement, in the business improvement district area;(5) Creation and implementation of a plan for improving the general architectural design of public areas in the business improvement district;(6) The development of any public activities and promotion of public events, including the management and promotion and advocacy of retail trade activities or other promotional activities, in the business improvement district area;(7) Maintenance, repair, and reconstruction of any improvements or facilities authorized by the Business Improvement District Act;(8) Any other project or undertaking for the betterment of the public facilities in the business improvement district area, whether the project be capital or noncapital in nature;(9) Enforcement of parking regulations and the provision of security within the business improvement district area; and(10) Employing or contracting for personnel, including administrators for any improvement program under the act, and providing for any service as may be necessary or proper to carry out the purposes of the act.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 5;   Laws 1989, LB 194, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 213.
NE Code § 19-4020 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4020 - Business improvement district; created; location.

19-4020.  Business improvement district; created; location.A business improvement district may be created as provided by the Business Improvement District Act and shall be within the boundaries of a business area.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 6;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 2;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 5.
NE Code § 19-4021 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4021 - Business improvement board; membership; powers; duties.

19-4021.  Business improvement board; membership; powers; duties.The mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall appoint a business improvement board consisting of property owners, residents, business operators, or users of space within the business area to be improved. The boundaries of the business area shall be declared by resolution of the city council at or prior to the time of the appointment of the business improvement board. The business improvement board shall make recommendations to the city council for the establishment of a plan or plans for improvements in the business area. If it is found that the improvements to be included in one business area offer benefits that cannot be equitably assessed together under the Business Improvement District Act, more than one business improvement district as part of the same plan for improvements for that business area may be proposed. The business improvement board may make recommendations to the city as to the use of any occupation tax funds collected, and may administer such funds if so directed by the mayor and city council. The business improvement board shall also review and make recommendations to the city regarding changing the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of the business improvement district under sections 19-4029.02 to 19-4029.05.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 7;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 3;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 6;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 214;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 1.
NE Code § 19-4022 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4022 - Business improvement board; members; terms; vacancy.

19-4022.  Business improvement board; members; terms; vacancy.The business improvement board shall consist of five or more members to serve such terms as the city council, by resolution, determines. The mayor, with the approval of the city council, shall fill any vacancy for the term vacated. A board member may serve more than one term. The board shall select from its members a chairperson and a secretary.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 8;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 215.
NE Code § 19-4023 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4023 - Utility facility within district; construct or alter; approval required; when.

19-4023.  Utility facility within district; construct or alter; approval required; when.All public utilities or private companies having franchises for utilities from the city shall, before constructing any new utility facility valued in excess of five thousand dollars or substantially improving or changing existing facilities within a business improvement district, obtain approval of the mayor and city council after the mayor and city council have obtained written comments from the business improvement board to coordinate the business improvement district plan.Source  Laws 1979, LB 251, § 9.
NE Code § 19-4025 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4025 - Transferred to section 19-4029.01.

19-4025.  Transferred to section 19-4029.01.
NE Code § 19-4026 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4026 - Hearing to create a business improvement district; call by petition.

19-4026.  Hearing to create a business improvement district; call by petition.In the event that the city council has not acted to call a hearing to create a business improvement district as provided in section 19-4029, it shall do so when presented with a petition signed by the record owners of thirty percent of the assessable front footage in a business area or by the users of thirty percent of space in a business area.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 12;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 6;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 8;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 216.
NE Code § 19-4027 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4027 - Hearing to create a business improvement district; city council; duties; protest; effect.

19-4027.  Hearing to create a business improvement district; city council; duties; protest; effect.Whenever a hearing is held under section 19-4026 or 19-4029, the city council shall:(1) Hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action;(2) Rule upon all written protests received prior to the close of the hearing, which ruling shall be final; and(3) Continue the hearing from time to time as the city council may deem necessary.If a special assessment is to be used, proceedings shall terminate if written protest is made prior to the close of the hearing by the record owners of over fifty percent of the assessable units in the proposed business improvement district. If an occupation tax is to be used, proceedings shall terminate if protest is made by users of over fifty percent of the space in the proposed business improvement district.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 13;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 7;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 9;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 217;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 2.  Annotations  Publicly owned property is exempt from general purpose taxation, but it is not exempt from special assessment taxation. Therefore, publicly owned front feet are not excluded in making the computations concerning assessable front footage. Lessees are not "owners" for purposes of protest under this section. Easley v. City of Lincoln, 213 Neb. 450, 330 N.W.2d 130 (1983). The term "assessable unit" contained herein is not synonymous with the term "front foot"; it refers, rather, to a delineation of the resulting assessments on a lot or parcel basis. North Star Lodge #227, A.F. & A.M. v. City of Lincoln, 212 Neb. 236, 322 N.W.2d 419 (1982).
NE Code § 19-4028 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4028 - Proposed business improvement district; boundary amendment; hearing continued; procedure.

19-4028.  Proposed business improvement district; boundary amendment; hearing continued; procedure.If the city council decides to change the boundaries of the proposed business improvement district or to change the proposed modifications to the boundaries of an existing business improvement district or districts from those recommended by the business improvement board, the hearing shall be continued to a time at least fifteen days after such decision and the notice shall be given as prescribed in section 19-4029.01, showing the boundary amendments. The city council may not expand the proposed boundaries recommended by the business improvement board without the city council's proposed boundaries being considered by the business improvement board.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 14;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 8;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 10;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 218.
NE Code § 19-4029 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4029 - City council; ordinance to establish business improvement district; when; contents; taxation; basis.

19-4029.  City council; ordinance to establish business improvement district; when; contents; taxation; basis.Upon receiving a recommendation from a business improvement board, the city council may create one or more business improvement districts. The city council, following a hearing, may establish or reject any proposed business improvement district or districts. If the city council decides to establish any business improvement district, it shall adopt an ordinance to that effect. This ordinance shall contain the following information:(1) A statement that notice of hearing was given, including the date or dates on which it was given, in accordance with section 19-4029.01;(2) The time and place the hearing was held concerning the formation of the business improvement district;(3) A statement that a business improvement district has been established;(4) The purposes of the business improvement district, and the public improvements and facilities to be included in such district;(5) The description of the boundaries of the business improvement district;(6) A statement that the businesses and users of space in the business improvement district shall be subject to the general business occupation tax or that the real property in the business improvement district will be subject to the special assessment authorized by the Business Improvement District Act;(7) The proposed method of assessment to be imposed within the business improvement district or the initial rate of the occupation tax to be imposed; and(8) Any penalties to be imposed for failure to pay the tax or special assessment.The ordinance shall recite that the method of raising revenue shall be fair and equitable. In the use of a general occupation tax, the tax shall be based primarily on the square footage of the owner's and user's place of business. In the use of a special assessment, the assessment shall be based upon the special benefit to the property within the business improvement district.Source   Laws 1979, LB 251, § 15;   Laws 1983, LB 22, § 9;  Laws 2015, LB168, § 11;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 219.
NE Code § 19-4029.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4029.02 - Change of boundaries or functions or ordinance provisions; procedure; ordinance; hearing.

19-4029.02.  Change of boundaries or functions or ordinance provisions; procedure; ordinance; hearing.Upon receiving a recommendation to change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of an existing business improvement district from the business improvement board, the city council may change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of one or more business improvement districts by adopting an ordinance to that effect. Prior to adopting the ordinance, a hearing shall be held to consider the ordinance.Source  Laws 2015, LB168, § 12;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 4.
NE Code § 19-4029.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4029.03 - Hearing; call by petition.

19-4029.03.  Hearing; call by petition.If a city council has not acted to call a hearing to change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of an existing business improvement district as provided in section 19-4029.02, it shall do so when presented with a petition signed (1) by the users of thirty percent of space in a business area proposed to be added to or removed from an existing business improvement district where an occupation tax is imposed, (2) by the record owners of thirty percent of the assessable front footage in a portion of a business area proposed to be added to or removed from an existing business improvement district, or (3) if the recommendation is to change the functions or ordinance provisions of an existing business improvement district, by the record owners of thirty percent of the existing business improvement district.Source  Laws 2015, LB168, § 13;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 5.
NE Code § 19-4029.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4029.04 - Hearing; city council; duties; protest; effect.

19-4029.04.  Hearing; city council; duties; protest; effect.Whenever a hearing is held to change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of an existing business improvement district under section 19-4029.02 or 19-4029.03, the city council shall:(1) Hear all protests and receive evidence for or against the proposed action;(2) Rule upon all written protests received prior to the close of the hearing, which ruling shall be final; and(3) Continue the hearing from time to time as the city council may deem necessary.If a special assessment is to be used, proceedings shall terminate if written protest is made prior to the close of the hearing by the record owners of over fifty percent of the assessable units in the modified business improvement district as proposed. If an occupation tax is to be used, proceedings shall terminate if protest is made by users of over fifty percent of space in the modified business improvement district as proposed.Source  Laws 2015, LB168, § 14;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 221;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 6.
NE Code § 19-4029.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-4029.05 - Change of boundaries or functions or ordinance provisions; city council; ordinance; when; contents; taxation; basis.

19-4029.05.  Change of boundaries or functions or ordinance provisions; city council; ordinance; when; contents; taxation; basis.(1) The city council, following a hearing under section 19-4029.02 or 19-4029.03, may change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of any business improvement district or districts. If the city council decides to change the boundaries or the functions or ordinance provisions of any business improvement district or districts, it shall adopt an ordinance to that effect. This ordinance shall contain the following information:(a) The name of the business improvement district whose boundaries, functions, or ordinance provisions will be changed;(b) A statement that notice of hearing was given, including the date or dates on which it was given, in accordance with section 19-4029.01;(c) The time and place the hearing was held concerning the new boundaries or changed functions or ordinance provisions of the business improvement district;(d) The purposes of the changed boundary, functions, or ordinance provisions and any new public improvements and facilities to be included in the business improvement district;(e) The description of the changed boundaries, functions, or ordinance provisions of the business improvement district;(f) A statement that the businesses and users of space in the modified business improvement district established by the ordinance shall be subject to the general business occupation tax or that the real property in the modified business improvement district will be subject to the special assessment authorized by the Business Improvement District Act;(g) The proposed method of assessment to be imposed within the business improvement district or the initial rate of the occupation tax to be imposed; and(h) Any penalties to be imposed for failure to pay the tax or special assessment.(2) The ordinance shall recite that the method of raising revenue shall be fair and equitable. In the use of a general occupation tax, the tax shall be based primarily on the square footage of the owner's and user's place of business. In the use of a special assessment, the assessment shall be based upon the special benefit to the property within the business improvement district.Source  Laws 2015, LB168, § 15;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 222;  Laws 2020, LB68, § 7.