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NE Code § 19-1301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1301 - Sinking funds; gifts; authority to receive; real estate; management.

19-1301.  Sinking funds; gifts; authority to receive; real estate; management.All cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages are hereby empowered to receive money or property by donation, bequest, gift, devise, or otherwise for the benefit of any one or more of the public purposes for which sinking funds are established by sections 19-1301 to 19-1304, as stipulated by the donor. Title to any money or property so donated shall vest in the city councils or village boards of trustees of such cities or villages, or in their successors in office, who shall become the owners thereof in trust to the uses of such sinking fund or funds. In the event of a donation of real estate, such city councils or village boards of trustees may manage such real estate as in the case of real estate donated to their respective municipalities for municipal library purposes under sections 51-215 and 51-216.Source   Laws 1939, c. 12, § 1, p. 80;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1301;   R.S.1943, § 19-1301;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 103.
NE Code § 19-1302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1302 - Sinking funds; purposes; tax to establish; amount of levy; when authorized.

19-1302.  Sinking funds; purposes; tax to establish; amount of levy; when authorized.The city council of any city of the first class or city of the second class or the village board of trustees of any village, subject to all the limitations set forth in sections 19-1301 to 19-1304, shall have the power to levy a tax of not to exceed ten and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars in any one year upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within such municipality for a term of not to exceed ten years, in addition to the amount of tax which may be annually levied for the purposes of the adopted budget statement of such municipality, for the purpose of establishing a sinking fund for the construction, purchase, improvement, extension, original equipment, or repair, not including maintenance, of any one or more of the following public improvements, including acquisition of any land incident to the making thereof: Municipal libraries; municipal auditoriums or community houses for social or recreational purposes; city or village halls; municipal public libraries, auditoriums, or community houses in a single building; municipal swimming pools; municipal jails; municipal fire stations, together with firefighting equipment or apparatus; municipal parks; municipal cemeteries; municipal medical buildings, together with furnishings and equipment; or municipal hospitals. No such city or village shall be authorized to levy the tax or to establish the sinking fund as provided in this section if, having bonded indebtedness, such city or village has been in default in the payment of interest thereon or principal thereof for a period of ten years prior to the date of the passage of the resolution providing for the submission of the proposition for establishment of the sinking fund as required in section 19-1303.Source   Laws 1939, c. 12, § 2, p. 80;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1302;   R.S.1943, § 19-1302;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 35, p. 951;   Laws 1961, c. 59, § 1, p. 217;   Laws 1967, c. 95, § 1, p. 292;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 26, p. 669;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 80;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 80;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 104.  Annotations This section does not apply to creating a sinking fund for payment of interest and principal of bonds. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960).
NE Code § 19-1303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1303 - Sinking fund; resolution to establish; contents; election; laws governing.

19-1303.  Sinking fund; resolution to establish; contents; election; laws governing.Before any sinking fund or funds shall be established or before any annual tax shall be levied for planned municipal improvements mentioned in section 19-1302, by a city or village, the city council or village board of trustees shall declare its purpose by resolution to submit to the qualified electors of the city or village at the next general municipal election the proposition to provide such city or village with the specific municipal improvement planned under sections 19-1301 to 19-1304. Such resolution of submission shall, among other things, set forth a clear description of the improvement planned, the estimated cost according to the prevailing costs, the amount of annual levy over a definite period of years, not exceeding ten years, required to provide such cost, and the specific name or designation for the sinking fund sought to be established to carry out the planned improvement, together with a statement of the proposition for placement upon the ballot at such election. Notice of the submission of the proposition, together with a copy of the official ballot containing such proposition, shall be published in its entirety three successive weeks before the day of the election in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the municipality or, if no legal newspaper is in or of general circulation in the municipality, in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the county in which such city or village is located. No such sinking fund shall be established unless the same shall have been authorized by a majority or more of the legal votes of such city or village cast for or against the proposition. If less than a majority of the legal votes favor the establishment of the sinking fund, the planned improvement shall not be made, no annual tax shall be levied therefor, and no sinking fund or sinking funds shall be established in connection therewith, but such resolution of submission shall immediately be repealed. If the proposition shall carry at such election in the manner prescribed in this section, the city council or village board of trustees and its successors in office shall proceed to do all things authorized under such resolution of submission but never inconsistent with sections 19-1301 to 19-1304. The election provided for under this section shall be conducted as provided under the Election Act.Source   Laws 1939, c. 12, § 3, p. 81;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1303;   R.S.1943, § 19-1303;   Laws 1961, c. 59, § 2, p. 217;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 14;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 105.  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.Annotations This section does not apply to creating a sinking fund for payment of interest and principal of bonds. Talbott v. City of Lyons, 171 Neb. 186, 105 N.W.2d 918 (1960).
NE Code § 19-1304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1304 - Sinking funds; investments authorized; limitation upon use.

19-1304.  Sinking funds; investments authorized; limitation upon use.All funds received by the city treasurer or village treasurer, by donation or by tax levy, as provided in sections 19-1301 to 19-1304, shall, as they accumulate, be immediately invested by such treasurer, with the written approval of the city council or village board of trustees, in the manner provided in section 77-2341. Whenever investments of such sinking fund or funds are made, the nature and character of the same shall be reported to the city council or village board of trustees, and such investment report shall be made a matter of record by the city clerk or village clerk in the proceedings of such city council or village board of trustees. The sinking fund, or sinking funds, accumulated under sections 19-1301 to 19-1304, shall constitute a special fund, or funds, for the purpose or purposes for which such fund or funds were authorized and shall not be used for any other purpose unless authorized by sixty percent of the qualified electors of such municipality voting at a general election favoring such change in the use of such sinking fund or sinking funds. The question of the change in the use of such sinking fund or sinking funds, when it shall fail to carry, shall not be resubmitted in substance for a period of one year from and after the date of such election.Source   Laws 1939, c. 12, § 4, p. 82;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 19-1304;   R.S.1943, § 19-1304;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 106.
NE Code § 19-1305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1305 - Public utilities; extension and improvements; indebtedness; pledge of revenue; combined revenue bonds.

19-1305.  Public utilities; extension and improvements; indebtedness; pledge of revenue; combined revenue bonds.Any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village in the State of Nebraska, which owns and operates public utilities consisting of a waterworks plant, water system, sanitary sewer system, gas plant, gas system, electric light and power plant, or electric distribution system, may pay for extensions and improvements to any of such public utilities by issuing and selling its combined revenue bonds and securing the payment thereof by pledging and hypothecating the revenue and earnings of any two or more of such public utilities and may enter into such contracts in connection therewith as may be necessary or proper. Such combined revenue bonds shall not be general obligations of the city or village issuing the bonds and no taxes shall be levied for their payment but such bonds shall be a lien only upon the revenue and earnings of the public utilities owned and operated by the municipality and which are pledged for their payment.Source   Laws 1945, c. 38, § 1, p. 191;   Laws 1963, c. 92, § 1, p. 315;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 107.
NE Code § 19-1307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1307 - Public utilities; combined revenue bonds; objections; submit to electors; effect.

19-1307.  Public utilities; combined revenue bonds; objections; submit to electors; effect.If the electors of a city or village, equal in number to forty percent of the electors of such city or village voting at the last preceding general municipal election, file written objections to proposed issuance of combined revenue bonds pursuant to section 19-1305 with the city clerk or village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of the notice given pursuant to section 19-1306, the city council or village board of trustees shall submit such proposition of issuing such bonds to the electors of such city or village at a special election called for that purpose or at a general city or village election, notice of which shall be given by publication in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village three consecutive weeks. If a majority of the qualified electors of such city or village, voting upon the proposition, vote in favor of issuing such bonds, the city council or village board of trustees may issue and sell such combined revenue bonds and pledge, for the payment of same, the revenue and earnings of the public utilities owned and operated by the city or village, as proposed in such notice, and enter into such contracts in connection therewith as may be necessary or proper. Such bonds shall draw interest from and after the date of the issuance thereof. In the event the electors fail to approve the proposition by such majority vote, such proposition shall not be again submitted to the electors for their consideration until one year has elapsed from the date of such election.Source   Laws 1945, c. 38, § 3, p. 193;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 72, p. 319;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 109.
NE Code § 19-1308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1308 - Sections, how construed.

19-1308.  Sections, how construed.Sections 19-1305 to 19-1308 are supplementary to existing statutes and confer upon and give to cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages powers not heretofore granted, and sections 19-1305 to 19-1308 shall not be construed as repealing or amending any existing statute.Source   Laws 1945, c. 38, § 4, p. 194;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 110.
NE Code § 19-1309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1309 - Public funds; all-purpose levy; maximum limit.

19-1309.  Public funds; all-purpose levy; maximum limit.Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, for any fiscal year the governing body of any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village may decide to certify to the county clerk for collection one all-purpose levy required to be raised by taxation for all municipal purposes instead of certifying a schedule of levies for specific purposes added together. Subject to the limits in section 77-3442, such all-purpose levy shall not exceed an annual levy of eighty-seven and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars for cities of the first class and one dollar and five cents on each one hundred dollars for cities of the second class and villages upon the taxable valuation of all the taxable property in such city or village. Otherwise authorized extraordinary levies to service and pay bonded indebtedness of such municipalities may be made by such municipalities in addition to such all-purpose levy.Source   Laws 1957, c. 47, § 1, p. 227;   Laws 1959, c. 67, § 1, p. 293;   Laws 1965, c. 83, § 1, p. 322;   Laws 1967, c. 96, § 1, p. 293;   Laws 1971, LB 845, § 1;   Laws 1972, LB 1143, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 81;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 81;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 35;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 111.
NE Code § 19-1310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1310 - Public funds; all-purpose levy; allocation.

19-1310.  Public funds; all-purpose levy; allocation.If the method provided in section 19-1309 is followed in municipal financing, the city or village shall allocate the amount so raised to the several departments of such city or village in its annual budget and appropriation ordinance, or in other legal manner, as the governing body of such city or village shall deem wisest and best.Source   Laws 1957, c. 47, § 2, p. 227;   Laws 1967, c. 96, § 2, p. 294;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 112.
NE Code § 19-1311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1311 - Public funds; all-purpose levy; length of time effective; abandonment.

19-1311.  Public funds; all-purpose levy; length of time effective; abandonment.Should any city of the first class, city of the second class, or village elect to follow the method provided in section 19-1309, such city or village shall be bound by that election during the ensuing fiscal year but may abandon such method in succeeding fiscal years.Source   Laws 1957, c. 47, § 3, p. 227;   Laws 1967, c. 96, § 3, p. 294;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 113.
NE Code § 19-1312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1312 - Public funds; all-purpose levy; certification.

19-1312.  Public funds; all-purpose levy; certification.If it is necessary to certify the amount of an all-purpose levy under section 19-1309 to county officers for collection, such levy shall be certified as a single amount for general fund purposes.Source   Laws 1957, c. 47, § 4, p. 227;   Laws 1967, c. 96, § 4, p. 294;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 114.
NE Code § 19-1401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1401 - Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; construction; operation.

19-1401.  Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; construction; operation.Cities of the primary class, cities of the first class, cities of the second class, and villages shall have the power to purchase, construct, maintain, and improve heating and lighting systems and ice plants for the use of their respective municipalities and the inhabitants thereof.Source   Laws 1919, c. 181, § 1, p. 404;   Laws 1921, c. 128, § 1, p. 538;   C.S.1922, § 4396;   C.S.1929, § 18-101;   R.S.1943, § 19-1401;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 115.  Annotations  City could not buy completely new power plant without an authorizing election. Nacke v. City of Hebron, 155 Neb. 739, 53 N.W.2d 564 (1952). An action against village under declaratory judgment act alleging violation of above statute by the village board is not properly brought where members of such board are not made parties. Southern Nebraska Power Co. v. Village of Deshler, 130 Neb. 133, 264 N.W. 462 (1936). Cities of the second class have power to purchase, construct, maintain, and improve lighting systems, but have neither express nor implied power to purchase and pay for them by pledge of future net earnings. Interstate Power Co. v. City of Ainsworth, 125 Neb. 419, 250 N.W. 649 (1933). A city or village has power to construct and operate an electric light system for the purpose of furnishing lights and pumping water for the use of the city and its inhabitants. Bell v. City of David City, 94 Neb. 157, 142 N.W. 523 (1913). The power of a city is not limited in constructing a plant to one costing not more than the amount of bonds that may be so issued. Village of Oshkosh v. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 8 F.2d 329 (8th Cir. 1925).
NE Code § 19-1402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1402 - Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; cost; how defrayed.

19-1402.  Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; cost; how defrayed.The cost of purchasing, constructing, maintaining, and improving utilities under section 19-1401 may be defrayed by the levy of a tax of not to exceed three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city or village in any one year for a heating or lighting plant and of not to exceed two and one-tenth cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city or village in any one year for an ice plant, or when such tax is insufficient for the purpose, the cost of such utilities may be defrayed by the issuance of bonds of the municipality.Source   Laws 1919, c. 181, § 2, p. 405;   C.S.1922, § 4397;   C.S.1929, § 18-102;   R.S.1943, § 19-1402;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 36, p. 952;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 82;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 82;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 116.  Annotations  Two methods are provided of raising funds for a heating or lighting plant, one by a direct levy of a tax and the other by a bond issue, but this section does not provide specifically any method for raising funds to maintain and improve them. Interstate Power Co. v. City of Ainsworth, 125 Neb. 419, 250 N.W. 649 (1933). Where a city of the second class has on hand sufficient available money it may use the same to pay the purchase price of a municipal lighting utility. The word "may" in the statute authorizing such city to defray the cost of a municipal lighting plant by means of a tax levy or a bond issue does not necessarily mean "shall" or exclude other methods. Carr v. Fenstermacher, 119 Neb. 172, 228 N.W. 114 (1929). A city was required to levy a tax for the payment of a judgment for amount of cost of constructing two utility plants in excess of bonds the city was authorized to issue. Village of Oshkosh v. State of Nebraska ex rel. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 20 F.2d 621 (8th Cir. 1927). The power of a city is not limited to construct a plant to one costing not more than the amount of bonds that may be so issued. Village of Oshkosh v. Fairbanks, Morse & Co., 8 F.2d 329 (8th Cir. 1925).
NE Code § 19-1404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1404 - Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; management; rates; service.

19-1404.  Municipal heat, light, and ice plants; management; rates; service.When any utility shall have been established pursuant to section 19-1401, the municipality shall provide by ordinance for the management thereof, the rates to be charged, and the manner of payment for service or for the product.Source   Laws 1919, c. 181, § 4, p. 405;   C.S.1922, § 4399;   C.S.1929, § 18-104;   R.S.1943, § 19-1404;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 118.  Annotations The duty of a city to fix reasonable rates for electricity furnished to consumers through a municipal lighting plant is not violated by a contract to purchase necessary equipment for it and to pay a portion of the purchase price out of its net earnings, where contract provided that such earnings should be based alone on lawful charges. Carr v. Fenstermacher, 119 Neb. 172, 228 N.W. 114 (1929).
NE Code § 19-1501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1501 - Incompletely performed contracts; acceptance; tax levy; bond issue.

19-1501.  Incompletely performed contracts; acceptance; tax levy; bond issue.In all cases where a city of the primary class, city of the first class, city of the second class, or village has entered into a contract for paving or otherwise improving a street or streets, or for the construction or improvement of a system of waterworks or sanitary or storm sewers, and the contract has not been completed on account of any order or regulation issued by the United States or any board or agency thereof, such city or village may accept that part of the work which has been completed, levy special assessments and taxes, and issue bonds to pay the cost of the work so completed and accepted, in the same manner and on the same conditions as if such contract had been fully completed.Source   Laws 1943, c. 40, § 1, p. 184;   R.S.1943, § 19-1501;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 119.
NE Code § 19-1502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1502 - Additional authority granted.

19-1502.  Additional authority granted.Section 19-1501 shall be construed as granting additional authority and not as repealing any existing statutory authority.Source   Laws 1943, c. 40, § 2, p. 185;   R.S.1943, § 19-1502;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 120.
NE Code § 19-1601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1601 - Transferred to section 16-318.01.

19-1601.  Transferred to section 16-318.01.
NE Code § 19-1701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1701 - Expiration of act.

19-1701.  Expiration of act.
NE Code § 19-1801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1801 - Transferred to section 19-1827.

19-1801.  Transferred to section 19-1827.
NE Code § 19-1802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1802 - Transferred to section 19-1828.

19-1802.  Transferred to section 19-1828.
NE Code § 19-1803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1803 - Transferred to section 19-1829.

19-1803.  Transferred to section 19-1829.
NE Code § 19-1804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-1804 - Transferred to section 19-1830.

19-1804.  Transferred to section 19-1830.