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NE Code § 70-514 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-514 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; failure to file statement; penalty.

70-514.  Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; failure to file statement; penalty.Any person, firm, association or corporation who shall fail or refuse to file such statement, or who shall subscribe to such statement, knowing the same to be false, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 8;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 8, p. 341;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-608;   R.S.1943, § 70-514;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 139.
NE Code § 70-515 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-515 - Applicability of laws.

70-515.  Applicability of laws.All provisions of law, now applicable to electric light and power corporations as regards the use and occupation of the public highways, and the manner or method of construction and physical operation of plants, systems, and transmission lines, shall be applicable, as nearly as may be, to municipalities and public electric light and power districts in their exercise of the powers and functions, and in their performance of the duties, conferred or imposed upon them under the provisions of sections 70-501 to 70-515.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 9;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 9, p. 342;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-609;   R.S.1943, § 70-515;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 105, p. 496.  Annotations Public power and irrigation district has the right to exercise the power of eminent domain in the acquisition of property. Snyder v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irr. Dist., 144 Neb. 308, 13 N.W.2d 160 (1944).
NE Code § 70-601.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-601.01 - Ethanol production and distribution; hydrogen production and distribution; legislative findings.

70-601.01.  Ethanol production and distribution; hydrogen production and distribution; legislative findings.(1) The Legislature finds and declares that:(a) Nebraska has been and will continue to be a state which is dependent on a stable, income-producing farm sector;(b) When agriculture fails to produce adequate income for farmers, ranchers, and agricultural business interests within this state, the economic well-being of the state and its citizens will be threatened;(c) There currently exists a chronic grain surplus within the state because of underutilization of grain products, and prices for grain remain unreasonably low because of such surplus and underutilization;(d) Enlargement of the ethanol industry within the state would result in additional utilization of surplus grain;(e) Ethanol will be increasingly in demand in the marketplace because of its efficacy as an octane enhancer and fuel extender;(f) The public power industry within the state is experienced in the production and transmission of electrical power; and(g) The experience of the public power industry could be used in the development of the production and distribution of ethanol and in the enhancement of the economic well-being of this state.(2) The Legislature further finds:(a) Hydrogen production and distribution may serve as a viable alternative in the marketplace for use in fuel processes;(b) The public power industry within the state is experienced in the production and transmission of electrical power; and(c) The experience of the public power industry could be used in the development of the production, storage, and distribution of hydrogen for use in fuel processes and in the enhancement of the economic well-being of this state.Source   Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 32;  Laws 2005, LB 139, § 3.
NE Code § 70-602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-602 - District; creation; general powers.

70-602.  District; creation; general powers.A district may be created as hereinafter provided and, when so created, shall be a public corporation and political subdivision of this state and may sue or be sued in its corporate name. A district may be composed of the territory of one or more municipalities as defined in subsection (2) of section 70-601, whether contiguous or otherwise. Nothing in Chapter 70, article 6, shall be construed to prevent the organization of a district within or partly within the territorial boundaries of another district organized hereunder, so long as the plants, systems, and works, the operation of the same, the exercise of powers, and the assumption of duties and responsibilities, of or on the part of one district, do not nullify, conflict with, or materially affect those of, or on the part of, another district.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 2, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 2, p. 578;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-702;   R.S.1943, § 70-602;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 6;   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 3.  Annotations  Rural public power district is a public corporation and political subdivision of the state. York County Rural P. P. Dist. v. O'Connor, 172 Neb. 602, 111 N.W.2d 376 (1961). A power district is a political subdivision of the state. United Community Services v. Omaha Nat. Bank, 162 Neb. 786, 77 N.W.2d 576 (1956). Conflict between powers of two districts is to be determined at date of organization of later district. Custer Public Power Dist. v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 162 Neb. 300, 75 N.W.2d 619 (1956). A public power district is a public corporation and a political subdivision of the state. Consumers Public Power Dist. v. Eldred, 146 Neb. 926, 22 N.W.2d 188 (1946). Service in the same territory by two public power districts is not forbidden where there is no conflict in the exercise of powers and assumption of duties by each, and, in issuing a certificate of approval to a proposed district, the Department of Water Resources is not required to include a finding that no conflict exists. State ex rel. Wright v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power District, 130 Neb. 683, 266 N.W. 594 (1936); State ex rel. Wright v. Lancaster County Rural Public Power District, 130 Neb. 677, 266 N.W. 591 (1936).
NE Code § 70-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-603 - District; organization; amendment of charter; petition.

70-603.  District; organization; amendment of charter; petition.A district may be organized and may amend its charter under Chapter 70, article 6, by filing in the office of the Nebraska Power Review Board a petition in compliance with requirements set forth in Chapter 70, article 6, and receiving the approval of the petition by the Nebraska Power Review Board.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(1), p. 507;   R.S.1943, § 70-603;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 7;   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 4;  Laws 2009, LB53, § 1. Annotations Initial step toward the organization of a district is the filing of a petition. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959).
NE Code § 70-604.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.01 - Chartered territory; boundaries.

70-604.01.  Chartered territory; boundaries.(1) Except as the same may be further limited or expanded by requirements in Chapter 70, article 6, the chartered territory of any district organized pursuant to and existing by virtue of or subject to the provisions of Chapter 70, article 6, shall include the area in this state within which such district renders electric service of the nature defined in section 70-604.02 and termed its operating area. There may be included, within the chartered area of such district, areas which are outside the operating area as defined in section 70-604.02, but as to which inclusion is nevertheless authorized by other sections of Chapter 70, article 6.(2) Subject to the requirements of section 70-662 and the approval of the Nebraska Power Review Board in accordance with sections 70-663 and 70-664, any district organized pursuant to Chapter 70, article 6, and engaged in the operation of electric generation, transmission, or distribution facilities or any combination thereof may, in the discretion of the board of directors of such district and upon a finding by the board of directors of such district that the inclusion or exclusion thereof would be consistent with the best interests of the district and its customers, either include within or exclude from the chartered area all municipalities which have a population of fewer than one thousand five hundred inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census and which are within a county where such district provides electric service but are not otherwise in such district's operating area.Source   Laws 1967, c. 418, § 7, p. 1289;   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 6;  Laws 2009, LB53, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 52.  Annotations A public power district which does not provide at least 50 percent of the retail or wholesale power requirements of a municipality cannot include that municipality within its charter area. In re Boundaries of McCook P. P. Dist., 217 Neb. 11, 347 N.W.2d 544 (1984).
NE Code § 70-604.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.02 - Operating area, defined.

70-604.02.  Operating area, defined.The operating area of a district, for purposes of establishing its chartered territory, is the geographical area in this state comprising:(1) The district's retail distribution area, which is that area within which the district delivers electricity by distribution lines directly to those of its customers who consume the electricity; and(2) The district's wholesale distribution area, which is the aggregate of those retail distribution areas of the public electric utilities which purchase electricity either directly or indirectly from the district for resale to their retail customers if the selling district has the responsibility, in whole or in part, of charging for and delivery of the electricity by transmission lines to the retail public electric utility distribution lines at one or more points of delivery pursuant to a power contract, having an original term of five years or more, to deliver firm power and energy that constitutes fifty percent or more of the purchasing public electric utility's annual energy requirements. To the extent that a selling district leases its plant or systems to another district to be operated by such other district, or produces electricity, hydrogen, or ethanol which other districts may purchase, and such other districts provide or operate the transmission lines to carry such electricity from the producer to such other districts, the retail and wholesale distribution areas of such other districts are not a part of the operating area of the selling district by reason alone of such leasing or production.Source   Laws 1967, c. 418, § 8, p. 1289;   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 7;   Laws 1986, LB 1230, § 36;  Laws 2005, LB 139, § 5;  Laws 2009, LB53, § 3.
NE Code § 70-604.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.04 - Operating area; electric utility not included, when; wholesale supplier; duties.

70-604.04.  Operating area; electric utility not included, when; wholesale supplier; duties.Interconnections of plant or system primarily for the purpose of rendering emergency or temporary electric service to another electric utility, in order to maintain adequate reserve capacity for all the electric utilities involved or to pool spare plant or system capacity, shall not in itself establish an electric utility as part of the operating area of another for purposes of sections 70-604 to 70-619. When a district which purchases electricity for resale actually segregates its distribution system to its customers such that only a portion of its total customers normally receive the electricity transmitted by a given wholesale supplier district, that wholesale supplier district may be required to include in its operating area only that portion of the customers of the supplied district who are so indirectly supplied by electricity from that wholesale supplier district.Source   Laws 1967, c. 418, § 10, p. 1290;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 578.
NE Code § 70-604.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.06 - Nebraska Power Review Board; final action; appeal; manner.

70-604.06.  Nebraska Power Review Board; final action; appeal; manner.An appeal of any final action of the Nebraska Power Review Board may be taken to the Court of Appeals. Such appeal shall be in accordance with the rules provided by law for appeals in civil cases.Source   Laws 1967, c. 418, § 12, p. 1291;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 10;   Laws 1991, LB 732, § 122;  Laws 2003, LB 187, § 12.
NE Code § 70-604.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.08 - District; reorganization, consolidation, or merger; directors; continue to serve term.

70-604.08.  District; reorganization, consolidation, or merger; directors; continue to serve term.In the event of a reorganization, consolidation, or merger of any district or districts, directors of the districts involved and who are in office at the time of such reorganization, consolidation, or merger may continue to serve as directors of the resulting reorganized, consolidated, or merged district until the expiration of the term of office for which such person or persons have been elected and until his or their successors are elected and qualified.Source   Laws 1967, c. 418, § 14, p. 1292;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 579.
NE Code § 70-604.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-604.09 - District; conduct business in other states; limitations.

70-604.09.  District; conduct business in other states; limitations.A public power district may exercise its powers and engage in business either in the State of Nebraska or in any other state subject to any limitations in the petition for its creation and to the laws of such other state. In order to exercise its powers or engage in business in another state, a public power district shall have power and be authorized to comply with the laws of that state.Source  Laws 1971, LB 276, § 1.
NE Code § 70-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-605 - District; original creation; petition; signatures; number required.

70-605.  District; original creation; petition; signatures; number required.The petition for the original creation of a district shall be signed by fifteen percent of the registered voters of the municipality or municipalities as defined in subsection (2) of section 70-601 the combined territory of which composes the territory of the proposed district. If the municipality is a county or voting precinct, the whole number of votes cast for Governor at the statewide general election next preceding the filing of the petition shall be the basis on which the required number of signatures on the petition shall be determined. If the municipality is a city or incorporated village, the number of signatures required on the petition shall be based on the total number of votes cast at its general municipal election next preceding the filing of the petition. Signers and circulators of a petition under this section shall comply with sections 32-629 and 32-630.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(3), p. 508;   R.S.1943, § 70-605;   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 10;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 580.
NE Code § 70-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-606 - District; petition requirements.

70-606.  District; petition requirements.The petition for the original creation of a district shall conform to the requirements of section 32-628.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(4), p. 508;   R.S.1943, § 70-606;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 581.
NE Code § 70-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-607 - District; petition; investigation; approval.

70-607.  District; petition; investigation; approval.Upon receipt of such petition it shall be the duty of the Nebraska Power Review Board at once to make an investigation of the proposed district and of its proposed plants, systems, or irrigation works, and, if deemed by the Nebraska Power Review Board feasible and conforming to public convenience and welfare, the Nebraska Power Review Board, or its successor, by its executive head, shall thereupon and within thirty days from the receipt of such petition, execute a certificate in duplicate, setting forth a true copy of the petition and declaring that the petition has been approved.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(5), p. 509;   R.S.1943, § 70-607;   Laws 1967, c. 419, § 1, p. 1293;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 11.  Annotations  Petition, when approved, becomes the charter of the district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959). Provision in this section that a certificate of approval of petition for incorporation shall be issued within thirty days from filing of the petition is directory as distinguished from mandatory where the statute itself imposes duties of a judicial nature requiring a longer time. State ex rel. Wright v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power District, 130 Neb. 683, 266 N.W. 594 (1936); State ex rel. Wright v. Lancaster County Rural Public Power District, 130 Neb. 677, 266 N.W. 591 (1936).
NE Code § 70-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-608 - District; certificate of approval; filing.

70-608.  District; certificate of approval; filing.The Nebraska Power Review Board shall immediately cause one of the certificates to be forwarded to and filed in the office of the Secretary of State and the other one in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the principal place of business of the district is located. Thereupon such district under its designated name shall be and constitute a body politic and corporate.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(6), p. 509;   R.S.1943, § 70-608;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 12.
NE Code § 70-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-609 - District; board of directors; assumption of duties.

70-609.  District; board of directors; assumption of duties.Immediately upon the filing of the certificate in the office of the Secretary of State and in the office of the county clerk, the members of the board of directors named in the petition, or appointed by the Governor in case the district has within its boundaries twenty-five or more cities and villages, shall qualify as provided for in section 70-616 and immediately assume the duties of their office. Failure or refusal to qualify shall be deemed to create a vacancy, which shall be filled as provided in section 70-615. The first meeting of the board of directors shall be called by the director first named in the petition who qualifies.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 3, p. 339;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 3, p. 579;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-703;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(7), p. 510;   R.S.1943, § 70-609;   Laws 1945, c. 157, § 2, p. 517;  Laws 2000, LB 901, § 3.
NE Code § 70-609.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-609.01 - Board of directors; statement of public policy.

70-609.01.  Board of directors; statement of public policy.Because of the importance of electrical energy to the present and future development of the state, the effect of the operations of public power districts on both its citizens and economy, and the significant impact of the action or inaction of a public power district not only on its direct and indirect residential ratepayers but also on the population and economy of areas in proximity to the immediate area served, it is hereby declared to be the public policy of this state to provide for and encourage a broad base representation of the citizens of this state on the boards of directors of public power districts.Source  Laws 1986, LB 949, § 1.
NE Code § 70-611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-611 - Board of directors; election; certified notice; publication.

70-611.  Board of directors; election; certified notice; publication.(1) Not later than January 5 in each even-numbered year, the secretary of the district in districts grossing forty million dollars or more annually shall certify to the Secretary of State on forms prescribed by the Secretary of State the names of the counties in which all registered voters are eligible to vote for public power district candidates and for other counties the names of the election precincts within each county excluding the municipalities in which voters are not eligible to vote on public power district candidates. The secretary shall also certify the number of directors to be elected and the length of terms for which each is to be elected.(2) Districts grossing less than forty million dollars annually shall prepare the same type of certification as districts grossing over forty million dollars annually and file such certification with the Secretary of State not later than June 15 of each even-numbered year.(3) The secretary of each district shall, at the time of filing the certification, cause to be published once in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation within the district a list of the incumbent directors and naming the counties or election precincts excluding those municipalities in which voters are not eligible to vote for public power district candidates in the same general form as the certification filed with the Secretary of State. A certified copy of the published notice shall be filed with the Secretary of State within ten days after such publication.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 4, p. 344;   Laws 1937, c. 152, § 4, p. 581;   Laws 1941, c. 137, § 1, p. 542;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-704;   Laws 1943, c. 145, § 1(2), p. 511;   Laws 1943, c. 146, § 1, p. 516;   R.S.1943, § 70-611;   Laws 1959, c. 135, § 30, p. 526;   Laws 1972, LB 1401, § 2;   Laws 1973, LB 364, § 2;   Laws 1975, LB 453, § 58;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 583;   Laws 1997, LB 764, § 110;  Laws 2021, LB285, § 17.   Effective Date: May 27, 2021