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NE Code § 18-619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-619 - Inability to reach agreement; complaint; service; railroad company; duties.

18-619.  Inability to reach agreement; complaint; service; railroad company; duties.If no agreement can be reached between a city or village and a railroad company or companies for construction or the division of the costs thereof as provided in section 18-618, the city or village shall file a complaint by the city attorney or village attorney with the city clerk or village clerk on behalf of such city or village. The complaint shall allege therein (1) the passage of the resolution referred to in section 18-617, (2) the location of the proposed viaduct or subway, (3) any facts which may show or tend to show why the proposed improvement is necessary for the public safety, convenience, and welfare, and (4) that the city or village and the railroad company or companies are unable to agree as to the construction or the division of the cost thereof and ask the governing body to make an order relative to such construction and apportioning the cost thereof between the railroad company or companies and the city or village. A copy of such complaint shall be served upon the railroad company or companies affected. Thereafter, within a reasonable time to be fixed by the governing body, such railroad company or companies shall file with the city clerk or village clerk plans and specifications for such viaduct or subway requested in such complaint, together with an estimate by such railroad or railroads of the cost of construction and maintenance thereof.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 3, p. 103;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 54.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-620 - Complaint; hearing.

18-620.  Complaint; hearing.Upon the filing of a complaint and after the filing of plans and specifications as provided in section 18-619, the governing body shall fix a time for hearing such complaint and give notice thereof to the railroad company or companies. At the time so fixed the governing body shall sit as a board of equalization and assessment and at such hearing shall receive and hear such evidence as may be offered on the question of whether public safety, convenience, and welfare require the construction of such viaduct or subway, whether or not the cost of such viaduct or subway will exceed the benefits to be derived therefrom, and evidence on the question of the extent to which such railroad company or companies and the public will be respectively benefited by the construction of such viaduct or subway.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 4(1), p. 104;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 55.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-621 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-621 - Order; contents; filing; service; dismissal of petition.

18-621.  Order; contents; filing; service; dismissal of petition.Upon the conclusion of the hearing provided for in section 18-620, the governing body, as a board of equalization, shall make an order determining: (1) Whether or not the construction of the viaduct or subway is necessary for the public safety, convenience, and welfare; (2) whether or not the cost of such viaduct or subway will exceed the benefits to be derived therefrom; and (3) the proportion of the total benefits from the construction of such viaduct or subway to be derived by the public and by the railroad company or companies respectively and shall apportion the cost of construction and maintenance of such viaduct or subway in the proportions found and shall apportion to the city or village and the railroad company or companies respectively such proportion of the cost of construction and maintenance of such viaduct or subway as the governing body shall find the public and railroad company or companies are respectively benefited. Such order shall include the governing body's estimate of the cost of the proposed viaduct or subway including the cost of approaches and damages caused to any property by construction thereof. A copy of such order together with the plans, specifications, and estimates made therein shall be signed by the presiding officer and a majority of the members of the governing body who concur therein, and filed with the city clerk or village clerk and a copy thereof served on the railroad company or companies, parties thereto. If the governing body shall find that construction of such viaduct or subway is not necessary for public safety, convenience, or welfare or that the cost thereof exceeds the benefits to be derived therefrom, it shall dismiss such complaint.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 4(2), p. 104;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 56.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-622 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-622 - Order; appeal; transcript; cost; standard of review.

18-622.  Order; appeal; transcript; cost; standard of review.If any railroad company is dissatisfied with an order issued as provided in section 18-621, such company may appeal such order to the district court in the county in which such city or village is situated. Such appeal shall be perfected by the railroad company filing, with the city clerk or village clerk of such city or village within ten days after such order is served, a written notice of its intention to appeal. Within twenty days after the filing of such notice of appeal, the city clerk or village clerk shall file with the clerk of the district court of such county a transcript containing the complaint and the order appealed from together with such other documents as may have been filed in such proceedings. The railroad company appealing shall pay to the city clerk or village clerk the cost of preparing such transcript. Upon such appeal the district court, without jury, shall hear and determine de novo all of the issues determined by the governing body except the question of whether or not the construction of such viaduct or subway is necessary for the public safety, convenience, and welfare. The court shall hear and determine such an appeal promptly and speedily, and the court's decision shall be subject to review by appeal or otherwise as other judgments of the district court are reviewable.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 4(3), p. 105;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 57.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-623 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-623 - Construction; approval by electors; ballot; appeal; effect.

18-623.  Construction; approval by electors; ballot; appeal; effect.The governing body of a city or village shall, after agreeing with a railroad company or companies as provided in section 18-618 or after an order, other than one of dismissal, of the governing body, sitting as a board of equalization as provided in sections 18-620 to 18-622, at the next general election or at a special election called for the purpose, submit to the electors of the city or village the question of whether such city or village and railroad company or companies shall construct and maintain a viaduct or subway in accordance with any agreement made or in accordance with the order of the governing body of such city or village, and whether such city or village shall have the power to levy taxes or borrow money and pledge the property and credit of such city or village upon its negotiable bonds to pay its proportion of all costs connected therewith. The ballot shall contain concise statements, to be prepared by the city attorney or village attorney, of the original ordinance declaring the necessity and, if such viaduct or subway is to be constructed under the provisions of any agreement, a concise statement of the provisions of the agreement or, if it is to be constructed by virtue of an order of the governing body, a concise statement of such order, and in any instance a statement of the estimated amount of the costs of the construction and maintenance of such viaduct or subway, including the cost of acquisition of or damage to property to be borne by such city or village and the method by which the share of such costs of such city or village is to be obtained. The city or village may, at its option, proceed with such election notwithstanding the pendency of any appeal of any railroad company as provided in section 18-622.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 5, p. 105;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 58.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-624 - Approval by electors; governing body; powers.

18-624.  Approval by electors; governing body; powers.If a majority of those voting on the proposition of the construction of a viaduct or subway approve such construction by their vote, the governing body of the city or village shall have the power to levy taxes, borrow money, and pledge the property and credit of such city or village upon its negotiable bonds in an amount not exceeding its proportion of the aggregate cost of the construction and maintenance of such viaduct or subway, and to pay for the acquisition of or damage to property by reason of such construction.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 6, p. 106;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 59.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-625 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-625 - Approval by electors; governing body; duties.

18-625.  Approval by electors; governing body; duties.If the construction of a viaduct or subway is approved by the electors as provided in section 18-624, the governing body of the city or village shall (1) by resolution approve the detailed plans and specifications for such construction, including a map showing the exact location of such viaduct or subway, (2) by resolution make provision for the assumption of liability, the payment of consequential damages to property owners resulting from such proposed construction, and the payment of damages for property taken therefor, and (3) award and pay damages as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 7, p. 106;   Laws 1953, c. 39, § 1, p. 133;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 60.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-626 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-626 - Streets and highways; use.

18-626.  Streets and highways; use.A city or village constructing a viaduct or subway as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636 may appropriate any existing street or highway therefor and may acquire, extend, widen, or enlarge any street or highway for such purpose.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 8, p. 107;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 61.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-627 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-627 - Private property; condemnation; resolution; requirements; procedure.

18-627.  Private property; condemnation; resolution; requirements; procedure.When it becomes necessary to appropriate or damage any private property for the construction of a viaduct or subway as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636, such appropriation shall be made by resolution. The resolution shall be published once each week for three weeks in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village. The publication shall be sufficient notice to the owners, occupants, and parties interested, and all parties having equitable interest therein. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 9, p. 107;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 63, p. 476;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 62.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-633 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-633 - Construction; cost; deposit; mandamus.

18-633.  Construction; cost; deposit; mandamus.When any viaduct or subway construction project has been agreed to or when the division of costs has been otherwise finally determined and when such proposal has been approved by a vote as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636, the railroad company or companies affected shall within ten days' notice or demand deposit with the city treasurer or village treasurer the amount of its proportionate share. The district court is hereby given jurisdiction upon the application of the governing body of the city or village to compel such deposit by mandamus together with such penalties as may be found and deemed reasonable by the court.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 15, p. 109;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 63.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-634 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-634 - Construction; contract; letting.

18-634.  Construction; contract; letting.After a city or village has made provisions for financing its proportionate share of the costs and has complied with the provisions of sections 18-617 to 18-636, and the provisions of section 18-633 have been complied with, such city or village shall proceed to construct, in accordance with plans and specifications previously approved, the viaduct or subway, or such city or village is hereby authorized to contract for such construction in accordance with such plans and specifications. Any such contract shall be awarded as provided by law.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 16, p. 109;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 64.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-635 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-635 - Railroad company; obligations; sections; effect.

18-635.  Railroad company; obligations; sections; effect.Nothing in sections 18-617 to 18-636 shall modify, change, or abrogate any obligation of any railroad company or companies to maintain, reconstruct, or keep in repair any viaduct or subway previously built or any replacement of such viaduct or subway under any agreement, statute, or ordinance previously in effect.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 17, p. 109;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 65.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations This section is not a special saving clause but is a proviso. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
NE Code § 18-636 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-636 - Sections, how construed.

18-636.  Sections, how construed.Sections 18-617 to 18-636 shall be construed as independent, supplemental, and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska relating to the elimination of grade crossings, and shall be deemed to provide the entire powers, facilities, and expenditures necessary to accomplish the elimination of grade crossings in the manner provided. No other provision of law shall be effectual as a limitation upon the powers or proceedings contained in such sections, but other provisions of law may be relied upon to supplement and effectuate the purposes of such sections.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 18, p. 109;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 66.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations This section is not a special saving clause but is a proviso. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
NE Code § 18-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-701 - Transferred to section 13-1401.

18-701.  Transferred to section 13-1401.
NE Code § 18-701.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-701.01 - Transferred to section 13-1402.

18-701.01.  Transferred to section 13-1402.
NE Code § 18-702 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-702 - Transferred to section 13-1403.

18-702.  Transferred to section 13-1403.
NE Code § 18-703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-703 - Transferred to section 13-1404.

18-703.  Transferred to section 13-1404.
NE Code § 18-704 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-704 - Transferred to section 13-1405.

18-704.  Transferred to section 13-1405.
NE Code § 18-705 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-705 - Transferred to section 13-1406.

18-705.  Transferred to section 13-1406.
NE Code § 18-706 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-706 - Transferred to section 13-1407.

18-706.  Transferred to section 13-1407.
NE Code § 18-707 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-707 - Transferred to section 13-1408.

18-707.  Transferred to section 13-1408.
NE Code § 18-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-708 - Transferred to section 13-1409.

18-708.  Transferred to section 13-1409.
NE Code § 18-709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-709 - Transferred to section 13-1410.

18-709.  Transferred to section 13-1410.
NE Code § 18-710 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-710 - Transferred to section 13-1411.

18-710.  Transferred to section 13-1411.
NE Code § 18-711 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-711 - Transferred to section 13-1412.

18-711.  Transferred to section 13-1412.
NE Code § 18-712 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-712 - Transferred to section 13-1413.

18-712.  Transferred to section 13-1413.
NE Code § 18-713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-713 - Transferred to section 13-1414.

18-713.  Transferred to section 13-1414.
NE Code § 18-714 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-714 - Transferred to section 13-1415.

18-714.  Transferred to section 13-1415.
NE Code § 18-715 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-715 - Transferred to section 13-1416.

18-715.  Transferred to section 13-1416.
NE Code § 18-716 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-716 - Transferred to section 13-1417.

18-716.  Transferred to section 13-1417.
NE Code § 18-801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-801 - Act, how cited.

18-801.  Act, how cited.Sections 18-801 to 18-825 shall be known and may be cited as the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.Source Laws 2019, LB492, § 1.
NE Code § 18-802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-802 - Legislative findings and declarations.

18-802.  Legislative findings and declarations.The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) Passenger, truck, and pedestrian traffic on streets located in municipalities within metropolitan statistical areas or combined statistical areas have been and continue to be severely congested by the number of motor vehicles operating within such municipalities;(2) Such existing traffic congestion has created a dangerous hazard to the lives and property of pedestrians and those traveling in private and public vehicles and obstructs the administration of firefighting forces and police protection forces in such municipalities;(3) The availability of public transportation within such municipalities plays an increasing role in the recruitment and retention of both businesses and employees within such municipalities;(4) Public transportation fosters economic development, real estate investment, and local job creation, and investment in new public transportation projects provides both short-term and long-term impacts on economic growth;(5) Interconnectivity of public transportation systems across multiple municipalities within the same metropolitan statistical area or combined statistical area can play a critical role in fostering economic growth, avoiding duplication of service, ensuring equitable access to transportation service throughout contiguous urbanized areas, and supporting transportation that crosses jurisdictional boundaries; and(6) Relieving congestion on the streets of such municipalities and providing for the establishment of comprehensive regional public transportation systems in such municipalities is a matter of public interest and statewide concern.Source Laws 2019, LB492, § 2.
NE Code § 18-803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-803 - Terms, defined.

18-803.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act:(1) Board means the board of directors of any regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;(2) Combined statistical area means two or more adjacent metropolitan statistical areas or micropolitan statistical areas delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a combined statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;(3) Governing body means the city council of a city or the village board of trustees of a village;(4) Metropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a metropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;(5) Micropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a micropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;(6) Municipality means any city or village in the State of Nebraska;(7) Revenue bonds means revenue bonds issued by a regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; and(8) Territory means the operating jurisdiction of a regional metropolitan transit authority as established pursuant to section 18-804.Source Laws 2019, LB492, § 3.
NE Code § 18-805 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-805 - Act, how construed; limit on creation of authority.

18-805.  Act, how construed; limit on creation of authority.(1) Nothing in the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act shall be construed to prohibit any municipality from contracting directly for passenger transportation services with a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law or with any regional metropolitan transit authority, other than a municipality in which the operating jurisdiction of a regional metropolitan transit authority has been extended pursuant to section 18-804.(2) No more than one regional metropolitan transit authority shall be created within a single metropolitan statistical area or combined statistical area.Source Laws 2019, LB492, § 5. Cross References  Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.