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NE Code § 39-2115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2115 - Six-year plan or program; basis; certification form; failure to file; penalty; funds placed in escrow.

39-2115.  Six-year plan or program; basis; certification form; failure to file; penalty; funds placed in escrow.The Department of Transportation and each county and municipality shall develop, adopt, maintain as a public record, and annually update a long-range, six-year plan or program of highway, road, and street improvements based on priority of needs and calculated to contribute to the orderly development of an integrated statewide system of highways, roads, and streets. The department and each county and municipality shall annually certify compliance with the requirements of this section to the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards using the certification form developed by the board pursuant to section 39-2120. If any county or municipality, or the department, shall fail to file its certification form on or before its due date, the board shall so notify the local governing board, the Governor, and the State Treasurer, who shall suspend distribution of any highway-user revenue allocated to such county or municipality, or the department, until the certification form has been filed. Such funds shall be held in escrow for six months until the county or municipality complies. If the county or municipality complies within the six-month period it shall receive the money in escrow, but after six months, if the county or municipality fails to comply, the money in the escrow account shall be lost to the county or municipality and shall be distributed to other counties or municipalities, as appropriate, in the manner provided by law for allocation of highway-user revenue.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 15, p. 1124;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 4;   Laws 1973, LB 137, § 1;   Laws 1976, LB 724, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 153;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 7.
NE Code § 39-2118 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2118 - Department of Transportation; plan or program for specific highway improvements; certify compliance with Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards.

39-2118.  Department of Transportation; plan or program for specific highway improvements; certify compliance with Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards.The Department of Transportation shall annually develop, adopt, and maintain as a public record a plan or program for specific highway improvements for the current year. In so doing, the department shall take into account all federal funds which will be available to the department for such year. The department shall annually certify compliance with the requirements of this section to the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards using the certification form developed by the board pursuant to section 39-2120.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 18, p. 1125;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 7;   Laws 1976, LB 724, § 4;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 155;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 8.
NE Code § 39-2119 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2119 - Counties and municipalities; plan or program for specific improvements; hearing; duty to certify compliance; penalty; funds placed in escrow.

39-2119.  Counties and municipalities; plan or program for specific improvements; hearing; duty to certify compliance; penalty; funds placed in escrow.Each county and municipality shall annually develop, adopt, and maintain as a public record, a one-year plan or program for specific highway, road, or street improvements for the current year. No such plan or program, or revision to such plan or program, shall be adopted until after a public hearing thereon and its approval by the governing body. Each county and municipality shall schedule and hold the public hearing each year, and such hearing may be held prior to or in conjunction with that entity's annual public hearing on its proposed budget statement in any year such budget statement hearing is held pursuant to section 13-506. Each county and municipality shall annually certify compliance with the requirements of this section to the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards using the certification form developed by the board pursuant to section 39-2120. If any county or municipality shall fail to comply with the provisions of this section, the board shall so notify the local governing board, the Governor, and the State Treasurer, who shall suspend distribution of any highway-user revenue allocated to such county or municipality until there has been compliance. Such funds shall be held in escrow for six months until the county or municipality complies. If the county or municipality complies within the six-month period it shall receive the money in escrow, but after six months, if the county or municipality fails to comply, the money in the escrow account shall be lost to the county or municipality and shall be distributed to other counties or municipalities, as appropriate, in the manner provided by law for allocation of highway-user revenue.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 19, p. 1126;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 8;   Laws 1973, LB 137, § 2;   Laws 1976, LB 724, § 5;  Laws 2007, LB277, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 9.
NE Code § 39-2120 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2120 - Certification form for annual filing; Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards; develop; contents.

39-2120.  Certification form for annual filing; Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards; develop; contents.The Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards shall develop and schedule for implementation a certification form for annual filing pursuant to section 39-2121 by the Department of Transportation and each county and municipality. The certification form shall include:(1) A statement from the department and each county or municipality that it has developed, adopted, and included in its public records the plans, programs, or standards required by sections 39-2115 to 39-2119;(2) A statement that the department and each county or municipality:(a) Meets the plans, programs, or standards of design, construction, and maintenance for its highways, roads, or streets;(b) Expends all tax revenue for highway, road, or street purposes in accordance with approved plans, programs, or standards, including county and municipal tax revenue as well as highway-user revenue allocations;(c) Uses a system of revenue and cost accounting which clearly includes a comparison of receipts and expenditures for approved budgets, plans, programs, and standards;(d) Uses a system of budgeting which reflects uses and sources of funds in terms of plans, programs, or standards and accomplishments;(e) Uses an accounting system including an inventory of machinery, equipment, and supplies; and(f) Uses an accounting system that tracks equipment operation costs; and(3) The information required under subsection (2) of section 39-2510 or subsection (2) of section 39-2520, when applicable.The certification by the department shall be signed by the Director-State Engineer. The certification by each county and municipality shall be signed by the board chairperson or mayor and shall include a copy of the resolution or ordinance of the governing body of the county or municipality authorizing the signing of the certification form.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 20, p. 1126;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 9;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 156;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 10.
NE Code § 39-2121 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2121 - Department of Transportation; counties; municipalities; certification form; filing; penalty; when imposed; appeal.

39-2121.  Department of Transportation; counties; municipalities; certification form; filing; penalty; when imposed; appeal.(1) The certification form required to be filed with the Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards pursuant to section 39-2120 shall be filed annually by the Department of Transportation by July 31 and by each county and municipality by October 31.(2) If any county or municipality or the department fails to file such certification form on or before its due date, the board shall so notify the local governing board, the Governor, and the State Treasurer who shall suspend distribution of any highway-user revenue allocated to such county or municipality or the department until the certification form has been filed. Such funds shall be held in escrow for six months until the county or municipality complies. If the county or municipality complies within the six-month period it shall receive the money in escrow, but after six months, if the county or municipality fails to comply, the money in the escrow account shall be lost to the county or municipality and shall be distributed to other counties or municipalities, as appropriate, in the manner provided by law for allocation of highway-user revenue.(3) If any county or municipality either (a) files a materially false certification form or (b) constructs any highway, road, or street below the minimum standards developed under section 39-2113, without having received prior approval thereof, such county's or municipality's share of highway-user revenue allocated during the following calendar year shall be reduced by ten percent and the amount of any such reduction shall be distributed among the other counties or municipalities, as appropriate, in the manner provided by law for allocation of highway-user revenue. The penalty for filing a materially false certification form and the penalty for constructing a highway, road, or street below established minimum standards without prior approval shall be assessed by the board only after a review of the facts involved in such case and the holding of a public hearing on the matter. The decision thereafter rendered by the board may be appealed, and the appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 21, p. 1127;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 10;   Laws 1973, LB 137, § 3;   Laws 1976, LB 724, § 6;   Laws 1988, LB 352, § 33;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 157;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 11.  Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 39-2122 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2122 - Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards; powers.

39-2122.  Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards; powers.The Board of Public Roads Classifications and Standards may make occasional random checks of county and municipal construction projects to determine that the standards of design and construction developed under section 39-2113 are being met.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 22, p. 1128;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 11;  Laws 2019, LB82, § 12.
NE Code § 39-2124 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2124 - Legislative intent.

39-2124.  Legislative intent.It is the intent of the Legislature to recognize the responsibilities of the Department of Transportation, of the counties, and of the municipalities in their planning programs as authorized by state law and by home rule charter and to encourage the acceptance and implementation of comprehensive, continuing, cooperative, and coordinated planning by the state, the counties, and the municipalities. Sections 13-914 and 39-2101 to 39-2125 are not intended to prohibit or inhibit the actions of the counties and of the municipalities in their planning programs and their subdivision regulations, nor are sections 13-914 and 39-2101 to 39-2125 intended to restrict the actions of the municipalities in their creation of street improvement districts and in their assessment of property for special benefits as authorized by state law or by home rule charter.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 24, p. 1128;   Laws 1971, LB 100, § 13;   Laws 1983, LB 10, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB277, § 5;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 158.
NE Code § 39-2125 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2125 - Sections, how construed.

39-2125.  Sections, how construed.Sections 13-914 and 39-2101 to 39-2125 shall be construed as an independent act, complete in itself, and in the event of conflict between any provisions of sections 13-914 and 39-2101 to 39-2125 and any other statutes, the provisions of sections 13-914 and 39-2101 to 39-2125 shall control.Source   Laws 1969, c. 312, § 25, p. 1128;   Laws 1983, LB 10, § 9;  Laws 2007, LB277, § 6.
NE Code § 39-2201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2201 - Terms, defined.

39-2201.  Terms, defined.As used in the Nebraska Highway Bond Act, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Bond fund shall mean the Highway Restoration and Improvement Bond Fund created in section 39-2215.01;(2) Bonds shall mean the bonds authorized to be issued under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act and shall include notes or other similar evidences of indebtedness;(3) Commission shall mean the State Highway Commission;(4) Construction shall mean and include acquisition, construction, resurfacing, restoring, rehabilitation, and reconstruction necessary to plan, build, improve, replace, or extend a highway, and to construct shall mean and include to acquire, to construct, to resurface, to restore, to rehabilitate, and to reconstruct as necessary to plan, build, improve, replace, or extend a highway;(5) Cost of construction shall mean and include obligations to contractors and builders for construction and for the restoration of property damaged or destroyed in connection with such construction, the cost of acquiring land, property rights, rights-of-way, franchises, easements, and other interests deemed necessary or convenient for construction, the cost of acquiring any property, real or personal, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, deemed necessary or convenient for construction, the interest requirements upon any bonds prior to, during, and for a period of eighteen months after completion of construction, fees and expenses of paying agents and other agents appointed by the commission for such bonds during any such period, the costs and expenses of preliminary investigations to determine the feasibility or practicability of such construction, the fees and expenses of engineers for making preliminary studies, surveys, reports, estimates of costs and of revenue, and other estimates and for preparing plans and specifications and supervising construction as well as for the performance of all other duties of engineers in relation to such construction or the issuance of bonds therefor, expenses of administration during construction, legal expenses and fees, financing charges, municipal bond insurance or surety bond premiums, credit facility fees, costs of audits, costs of preparing and issuing such bonds, and all other items of expense incident to such construction, the financing thereof, and the acquisition of land and property therefor;(6) Fund shall mean the Highway Trust Fund which is created by section 39-2215; and(7) Highway shall mean and include any public road now or at any time hereafter classified by the Legislature as the responsibility of the state to construct and any related facility, the cost of which is financed in whole or in part by the issuance of bonds under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act.The Legislature hereby reserves the right to vary and change by law the definitions of construction, cost of construction, and highway contained in this section.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 1, p. 1106;   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 5.
NE Code § 39-2203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2203 - Bonds; issuance; amount; commission; powers.

39-2203.  Bonds; issuance; amount; commission; powers.The commission acting for and on behalf of the state may issue from time to time bonds in such principal amounts as shall be necessary to provide sufficient funds to defray any or all of the cost of construction of highways. The principal amount of the bonds so authorized to be issued shall not exceed, in the aggregate, the total amount authorized by the Legislature from time to time for such purpose. The proceeds from the sale of any bonds issued under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Highway Cash Fund and shall be used only to finance or to refinance through the issuance of refunding bonds the construction of highways in this state as authorized by law. The commission is hereby granted all powers necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes and exercise the powers granted by such act.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 3, p. 1108;   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 2.
NE Code § 39-2204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2204 - Attorney General; legal advisor to commission; Auditor of Public Accounts; books; audit annually.

39-2204.  Attorney General; legal advisor to commission; Auditor of Public Accounts; books; audit annually.(1) The Attorney General shall serve as legal advisor to the commission and, to assist him or her in the performance of his or her duties as such, may authorize the commission to employ special bond counsel.(2) The Auditor of Public Accounts shall audit the books of the commission at such time as he or she determines necessary.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 4, p. 1108;  Laws 2011, LB337, § 2.
NE Code § 39-2205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2205 - Bonds; issuance; amount.

39-2205.  Bonds; issuance; amount.Bonds may be issued under the Nebraska Highway Bond Act only to the extent that the annual aggregate principal and interest requirements, in the calendar year in which such bonds are issued and in each calendar year thereafter until the scheduled maturity of such bonds, on such bonds and on all other bonds theretofore issued and to be outstanding and unpaid upon the issuance of such bonds shall not exceed the amount which is equal to fifty percent of the money deposited in the fund or the bond fund, as the case may be, from which such bonds shall be paid during the calendar year preceding the issuance of the bonds proposed to be issued. This section shall not apply to the first issuance of each series of bonds authorized by the Legislature.If short-term bonds are issued in anticipation of the issuance of long-term refunding bonds and such short-term bonds are secured by insurance or a letter of credit or similar guarantee issued by a financial institution rated by a national rating agency in one of the two highest categories of bond ratings, then, for the purposes of the Nebraska Highway Bond Act, when determining the amount of short-term bonds that may be issued and the amount of taxes, fees, or other money to be deposited in any fund for the payment of bonds issued under the act, the annual aggregate principal and interest payments on the short-term bonds shall be deemed to be such payments thereon, except that the final principal payment shall not be that specified in the short-term bonds but shall be the principal and all interest payments required to reimburse the issuer of the insurance policy or letter of credit or similar guarantee pursuant to the reimbursement agreement between the commission and such issuer.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 5, p. 1108;   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 3.
NE Code § 39-2206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2206 - Bonds; negotiable instruments.

39-2206.  Bonds; negotiable instruments.Whether or not the bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under article 8, Uniform Commercial Code, the bonds shall be and hereby are made negotiable instruments within the meaning and for all purposes of article 8, Uniform Commercial Code, with the exception of any provisions thereof pertaining to registration.Source  Laws 1969, c. 309, § 6, p. 1108.
NE Code § 39-2207 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2207 - Bonds; date; maturity; interest; redemption; sale.

39-2207.  Bonds; date; maturity; interest; redemption; sale.The bonds shall be authorized by resolution or resolutions of the commission, bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration and conversion privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment and at such place or places within or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption and such redemption price or prices as such resolution or resolutions may provide. The bonds may be sold by the commission, at public or private sale, at such price or prices as the commission shall determine.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 7, p. 1109;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 29.
NE Code § 39-2208 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2208 - Interim receipts; exchangeable for definitive bonds; mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost; replacement; security.

39-2208.  Interim receipts; exchangeable for definitive bonds; mutilated, destroyed, stolen, or lost; replacement; security.Prior to the preparation of definitive bonds, the commission may issue interim receipts or temporary bonds, with or without coupons, exchangeable for definitive bonds when such bonds shall have been executed and are available for delivery. The commission may also provide for the replacement of any bonds which shall become mutilated or shall be destroyed, stolen or lost. In so replacing any bonds, the commission shall take adequate security to protect against any loss which might be incurred as a result thereof.Source  Laws 1969, c. 309, § 8, p. 1109.
NE Code § 39-2209 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2209 - Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; contents.

39-2209.  Resolution authorizing issuance of bonds; contents.Any resolution or resolutions of the commission authorizing any bonds or any issue thereof may contain provisions, consistent with the Nebraska Highway Bond Act and not in derogation or limitation of such act, which shall be a part of the contract with the holders thereof, as to:(1) Pledging all or any part of the money in the fund or bond fund, as the case may be, to secure the payment of the bonds, subject to such agreements with the bondholders as may then prevail;(2) The use and disposition of money in the fund or bond fund;(3) The setting aside of reserves, sinking funds, or arbitrage rebate funds and the funding, regulation, and disposition thereof;(4) Limitations on the purpose to which the proceeds from the sale of bonds may be applied;(5) Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds and on the retirement of outstanding or other bonds pursuant to the Nebraska Highway Bond Act;(6) The procedure by which the terms of any agreement with bondholders may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which such consent may be given;(7) Vesting in a bank or trust company as paying agent such rights, powers, and duties as the commission may determine, vesting in a trustee appointed by the bondholders pursuant to the Nebraska Highway Bond Act such rights, powers, and duties as the commission may determine, and limiting or abrogating the right of the bondholders to appoint a trustee under such act or limiting the rights, powers, and duties of such trustee;(8) Providing for a municipal bond insurance policy, surety bond, letter of credit, or other credit support facility or liquidity facility; and(9) Any other matters, of like or different character, which in any way affect the security or protection of the bonds.Source   Laws 1969, c. 309, § 9, p. 1109;   Laws 1988, LB 632, § 4.
NE Code § 39-2210 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-2210 - Commission; retirement of bonds; powers.

39-2210.  Commission; retirement of bonds; powers.The commission, subject to such agreements with bondholders as may then prevail, shall have the power out of any money available therefor to purchase the bonds for retirement.Source  Laws 1969, c. 309, § 10, p. 1110.