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NE Code § 71-1592 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1592 - Agency representatives; exempt from licensing requirements; when.

71-1592.  Agency representatives; exempt from licensing requirements; when.All representatives of a local housing agency, acting within the scope of carrying out the business and conducting the affairs of a local housing agency, shall be exempt from all licensing requirements imposed by any law with respect to the sale, rental, or management of real property or the improvement or development thereof, including requirements imposing any fee or charge.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 21.
NE Code § 71-1593 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1593 - Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act and procurement, operation, and disposition of property provisions.

71-1593.  Applicability of Administrative Procedure Act and procurement, operation, and disposition of property provisions.The following provisions of law, and any regulations relating thereto, shall not apply to a local housing agency unless the legislation imposing such requirements is expressly and specifically applicable to local housing agencies or the local housing agency expressly elects to be governed by such legislation or regulations:(1) The Administrative Procedure Act; and(2) Any law, resolution, ordinance, or regulation governing or otherwise applicable to the procurement of goods and services, or to the acquisition, operation, or disposition of property by public agencies of this state, including any requirements for delivery of payment or performance bonds by contractors.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 22. Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 71-1594 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1594 - Local housing agency; commissioners; appointment.

71-1594.  Local housing agency; commissioners; appointment.(1) When the governing body of any city or county, as the case may be, has determined by resolution or ordinance as set forth in section 71-1578 that it is expedient to establish a local housing agency:(a) In the case of cities other than cities of the metropolitan class, the chief elected official of such city shall appoint at least five and not more than seven adult persons;(b) In the case of cities of the metropolitan class, the chief elected official of such city shall appoint seven adult persons; and(c) In the case of counties, the county board shall appoint at least five and not more than seven adult persons.(2) All such persons shall be residents of the area of operation of the agency. If the selection of a resident commissioner is required under section 71-15,104, then at least one such person shall be a resident commissioner selected as provided in such section. Such persons so appointed shall constitute the governing body of the local housing agency and shall be called commissioners.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 23;  Laws 2018, LB399, § 1.
NE Code § 71-1595 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1595 - Commissioners; powers; quorum; executive committee.

71-1595.  Commissioners; powers; quorum; executive committee.(1) The powers of each local housing agency shall be vested in its commissioners in office. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the agency for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes. Except for any matter with respect to which the resolution or ordinance creating the agency or its bylaws requires a higher number or proportion of votes, action may be taken by the agency upon the vote of a majority of the commissioners present and voting.(2) Housing agencies that have twelve or more commissioners may, by resolution or bylaw, establish an executive committee of at least five commissioners. The committee shall have such powers over the management or operation of such housing agency as the commissioners of such agency shall specify and declare in the resolution establishing the executive committee.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 24.
NE Code § 71-1596 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1596 - Commissioners; appointment; procedure.

71-1596.  Commissioners; appointment; procedure.When commissioners are appointed or reappointed by the chief elected official of a city or county, such appointments or reappointments shall be referred to the governing body of such city or county for confirmation or denial by such governing body, and such governing body shall confirm or deny any such appointment or reappointment.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 25.
NE Code § 71-1597 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1597 - Regional housing agency; commissioners; appointment.

71-1597.  Regional housing agency; commissioners; appointment.When the governing bodies of two or more political subdivisions have determined by resolution or ordinance pursuant to section 71-1581 to establish and participate in a regional housing agency, the chief elected officials of such political subdivisions or, if no such official exists for a participating political subdivision, then the governing body thereof, shall appoint adult persons who shall be residents of the area of operation of the regional housing agency. Such persons so appointed shall constitute the governing body of the regional housing agency and shall be called commissioners. The number of commissioners who shall be appointed by each participating political subdivision shall be as agreed upon by the participating political subdivisions.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 26.
NE Code § 71-1598 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1598 - Commissioners; terms.

71-1598.  Commissioners; terms.In the case of local housing agencies, the commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed for terms of five years. In the case of housing agencies when the appointing authority has elected to have more than five commissioners as provided in section 71-1594 or has elected to add one or two commissioners to a presently existing housing agency, the sixth commissioner who is first appointed shall be designated to serve for a term of four years and the additional commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve for terms of five years from the date of appointment, but thereafter the commissioners shall be appointed for terms of five years.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 27;  Laws 2018, LB399, § 2.
NE Code § 71-1599 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1599 - Commissioners; vacancies.

71-1599.  Commissioners; vacancies.All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired terms. A vacancy shall be filled not later than six months after the date of such vacancy by the same authority and in the same manner as the previous commissioner whose position has become vacant was appointed.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 28;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 185.
NE Code § 71-15,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,100 - Certificate of appointment or reappointment.

71-15,100.  Certificate of appointment or reappointment.A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the secretary or clerk of the governing body making or confirming the appointment or reappointment, and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the proper appointment of such commissioner.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 29.
NE Code § 71-15,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,101 - Commissioner; qualifications; requirements.

71-15,101.  Commissioner; qualifications; requirements.Every commissioner shall be a resident of the area of operation of the housing agency which he or she has been appointed to serve. However, if after appointment a commissioner ceases to reside in the local housing agency's area of operation, his or her term of office shall automatically terminate and a successor shall be appointed to fill such vacancy in the manner provided in sections 71-1594 to 71-15,105. Any commissioner who ceases to reside within the area of operation of the local housing agency in which such commissioner serves shall immediately so inform the board of commissioners of the agency and the appointing authority of his or her change in residence. No person who has been convicted of a felony shall be eligible for appointment or service as a commissioner.Any commissioner of a local housing agency for a city of the metropolitan class shall, at the expense of the local housing agency, attain a commissioner's certification from the National Association of Housing and Redevelopment Officials, or equivalent certification from a nationally recognized professional association in the housing and redevelopment field as determined by the local housing agency, within twelve months after the date of appointment or by December 31, 2019, whichever is later, or shall be deemed to have resigned his or her position effective at the end of that time.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 30;  Laws 2018, LB399, § 3.
NE Code § 71-15,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,102 - City of the metropolitan class; commissioner; requirements.

71-15,102.  City of the metropolitan class; commissioner; requirements.In the case of a city of the metropolitan class, (1) at least one commissioner shall be a member of a racial minority and (2) at least one commissioner shall have experience in the following professions: (a) Real estate development or management; (b) accounting, banking, or finance; and (c) law or business management. A single commissioner may satisfy more than one of the requirements provided in subdivisions (2)(a) through (c) of this section.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 31;  Laws 2018, LB304, § 1;  Laws 2018, LB399, § 4.
NE Code § 71-15,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,103 - Commissioner; city representative; required; when.

71-15,103.  Commissioner; city representative; required; when.The governing body of any city other than a city of the metropolitan class in which a housing agency has been or may be created may appoint one of its members to serve as one of the five commissioners of such housing agency for such term as the governing body may determine. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, it shall not be considered a conflict of interest if such person so appointed as a commissioner votes on any matter involving the city. If the governing body of the city intends that a commissioner's appointment is made with the intention that such commissioner represent the city, then his or her certificate of appointment shall so state. If any such commissioner so appointed and designated ceases to serve as a member of the governing body of a city, then his or her term of office shall automatically terminate and a successor shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the manner provided in sections 71-1594 to 71-15,105.Source  Laws 1999, LB 105, § 32;  Laws 2018, LB399, § 5.
NE Code § 71-15,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,105 - Commissioner; removal; procedure.

71-15,105.  Commissioner; removal; procedure.(1) A commissioner of a local housing agency may be removed for neglect of duty, misconduct in office, or conviction of any felony by the chief elected official of the city or county appointing the commissioner, or if no chief elected official exists, then by the governing body. A commissioner of a regional housing agency may be removed for any of such grounds by the governing body of the city or county that originally appointed the commissioner.(2) The chief elected official or the governing body, as the case may be, which seeks to remove a commissioner shall send a notice of removal to such commissioner, which notice shall set forth the charges against him or her. Unless within ten days from the receipt of such notice the commissioner files with the clerk or secretary of the city's or county's governing body a request for a hearing before the governing body, the commissioner shall be deemed removed from office. If a request for hearing is so filed, the governing body of the city or county, as the case may be, shall hold a hearing not sooner than ten days after the date a hearing is requested, at which hearing the commissioner shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel and the governing body shall determine whether the removal shall be upheld. If the removal is not upheld by the governing body, the commissioner shall continue to hold his or her office.(3) All actions taken by a board of commissioners shall be presumed valid unless otherwise shown by clear and convincing evidence.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 34.
NE Code § 71-15,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,106 - Officers; executive director; employees.

71-15,106.  Officers; executive director; employees.The commissioners of each housing agency shall elect a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among the commissioners and shall have power to employ an executive director who shall serve as ex officio secretary of the local housing agency. The agency may also employ legal counsel or engage the attorney of the city or county served by the agency for such legal services as the agency may require unless such employment or engagement will result in an ethical or legal violation. The agency may employ accountants, appraisers, technical experts, and such other officers, agents, and employees as the agency may require and shall determine their qualifications, duties, compensation, and terms of office. A local housing agency may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 35.
NE Code § 71-15,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,107 - Commissioner; expenses.

71-15,107.  Commissioner; expenses.A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her services but shall be entitled to reimbursement for necessary expenses, including travel expenses, incurred in connection with the discharge of his or her duties on the same basis as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 36.
NE Code § 71-15,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,108 - Local housing agency; dissolution; conditions.

71-15,108.  Local housing agency; dissolution; conditions.Any local housing agency may by written resolution elect to dissolve, except that no such dissolution or any transfer of property pursuant to dissolution shall occur unless the following conditions are met:(1) The governing body of the city or county which established the local housing agency so dissolving has consented thereto;(2) The dissolving agency has designated another local housing agency or another city, county, or public agency of this state, which may be the city or county for which the agency was formed, as the transferee of its assets and liabilities in dissolution;(3) The local housing agency, city, county, or other public agency receiving such property or assets and the political subdivision which established it consent thereto by resolution or ordinance; and(4) All obligees of bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of such transferring or dissolving agency or the trustees for such obligees or the federal government if the bonds or other obligations are secured by any contract right pursuant to a contract between the transferring agency and the federal government have consented thereto in writing or as otherwise provided in the contracts. No such transfer shall in any way diminish or impair the obligations of any transferring agency.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 37.
NE Code § 71-15,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,109 - Local housing agency; dissolution; transfer of rights, property, and liability.

71-15,109.  Local housing agency; dissolution; transfer of rights, property, and liability.Within a reasonable time subsequent to approval by all necessary parties of a local housing agency's resolution to dissolve, the agency shall transfer its assets and liabilities to the transferee designated in the resolution. Upon the transfer of any of the agency's property, the receiving local housing agency, city, county, or other public agency shall have all right, title, and interest in and to such property and all duties and obligations arising out of the transfer of such property as the transferring agency had. Upon dissolution and transfer, all rights, contracts, agreements, obligations, and property, real and personal, of such transferring agency shall be in the name of, and vest in, such receiving local housing agency, city, county, or other public agency and all obligations of such transferring local housing agency shall be the obligations of such receiving local housing agency, city, county, or other public agency. All rights and remedies of any person against such transferring local housing agency may be asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such receiving local housing agency, city, county, or other public agency to the same extent as they might have been asserted, enforced, and prosecuted against such transferring local housing agency.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 38.
NE Code § 71-15,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,110 - Local housing agency; dissolution; effect on area of operation.

71-15,110.  Local housing agency; dissolution; effect on area of operation.After any dissolution and transfer, notwithstanding anything contained in section 71-1588, the area of operation of the receiving local housing agency shall include, nonexclusively, the area of operation of the transferring local housing agency.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 39.
NE Code § 71-15,111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,111 - Regional housing agency; dissolution; procedure.

71-15,111.  Regional housing agency; dissolution; procedure.A regional housing agency desiring to dissolve may do so in the same manner as provided in sections 71-15,108 and 71-15,109, except that consent of all participating cities and counties shall be required and the transfer of property and assets of the regional housing agency upon dissolution may be effected either to a single transferee or to multiple transferees, as the agency shall determine, subject to approval by the participating political subdivisions.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 40.
NE Code § 71-15,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,112 - Local housing agency; general powers.

71-15,112.  Local housing agency; general powers.(1) A local housing agency shall possess all powers necessary, convenient, or desirable in carrying out the purposes of the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, exercising any power provided in the act, and engaging in any activity related to furthering the purposes of the act. Such powers shall include, but shall expressly not be limited to, the powers enumerated in this section and section 71-15,113 or stated elsewhere in the act or in other applicable law.(2) The powers enumerated in the act may be exercised singly or in any combination. The enumeration of any power shall not require, expressly or by implication, that any local housing agency is required to exercise such power.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 41.
NE Code § 71-15,114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,114 - Housing agency; borrow money and issue bonds; liability.

71-15,114.  Housing agency; borrow money and issue bonds; liability.(1) A housing agency may borrow money, incur indebtedness, and issue bonds, notes, or other instruments from time to time in its discretion upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem necessary or desirable for any purpose permitted under the Nebraska Housing Agency Act, including paying or retiring debt previously incurred by it. This section, without reference to other statutes of the state, shall constitute full and complete authority for the authorization, issuance, delivery, and sale of bonds, notes, or other instruments under the act, and such authorization, issuance, delivery, and sale by the housing agency shall not be subject to any conditions, restrictions, or limitations imposed by any other law. For purposes of the act, obligations of a housing agency shall include all bonds, notes, or other instruments that are evidences of indebtedness. Such obligations may also include, but not be limited to, borrowings in anticipation of the receipt of proceeds from the sale of bonds, notes, or other instruments.(2) Neither the commissioners of a housing agency nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on any bonds, notes, or other instruments by reason of the issuance thereof.(3) The obligations of a housing agency, including any bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, shall not be a debt of the city, the county, the state, or any public agency thereof, and the obligations shall so state on their face. Except as the state, a city, a county, or any other public agency shall otherwise expressly agree, and further except as the obligations of a housing agency, duly authorized by such agreement, shall specifically and directly otherwise provide, neither the state nor any city, county, or public agency other than the housing agency issuing the bonds shall be liable thereon, nor shall such bonds or obligations be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of such issuing housing agency pledged to the payment thereof or any guarantor or insurer thereof.(4) The obligations of a housing agency shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation or restriction.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 43.
NE Code § 71-15,115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,115 - Housing agency; obligations; issuance and sale.

71-15,115.  Housing agency; obligations; issuance and sale.(1) Obligations of a housing agency shall be authorized by a resolution adopted by a vote of a majority of the board of commissioners.(2) The obligations of an agency, including bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such dates, mature at such times, bear interest at such fixed or variable rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payments and at such places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.(3) The obligations of an agency, including bonds, notes, and other evidences of indebtedness, may be sold at public or private negotiated sale, without any public advertisement, at par, or at any discount or premium, as the resolution authorizing them provides. A housing agency issuing obligations may enter into such agreements and arrangements with third parties for the marketing of its obligations as it shall deem appropriate.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 44.