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NE Code § 14-503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-503 - Fund balances; disposition.

14-503.  Fund balances; disposition.The balances remaining in any of the funds created by sections 14-501 and 14-502 and against which lawful obligations have not been created shall at the expiration of each fiscal year or biennial period be transferred to the general sinking fund of the city by the department of accounts and finances.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 3, p. 470;   C.S.1922, § 3626;   C.S.1929, § 14-503;   R.S.1943, § 14-503;  Laws 2000, LB 1116, § 12.
NE Code § 14-504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-504 - Funds; separate accounts required; apportionment of income to each.

14-504.  Funds; separate accounts required; apportionment of income to each.As soon as the apportionment of funds has been made, the department of accounts and finances shall open an account with each such fund authorized to be established by sections 14-501 and 14-502 and shall place a credit to each such fund of ninety percent of the tax levy apportioned to it. Thereafter the department shall credit such funds pro rata with money coming to the city from taxation and other sources which are applicable to current expense purposes until all such credits shall equal one hundred percent of such apportionment. The foregoing pro rata credits in excess of ninety percent shall not apply to the miscellaneous expense fund, but the miscellaneous expense fund shall be credited with all money collected and applicable to current expense purposes after the other funds have received the full one hundred percent of their appropriation.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 4, p. 470;   C.S.1922, § 3627;   C.S.1929, § 14-504;   R.S.1943, § 14-504;  Laws 2000, LB 1116, § 13. Annotations When city council has good reason to believe that funds apportioned to a department would be exhausted, it is within the right of the city to suspend an employee of the department, but city cannot, in addition to suspension, arbitrarily deduct additional sums from salary. Bishop v. City of Omaha, 130 Neb. 162, 264 N.W. 447 (1936).
NE Code § 14-505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-505 - Income other than taxes; to what funds credited.

14-505.  Income other than taxes; to what funds credited.All receipts derived from the county road fund shall be credited to the fund provided for the maintenance of parks. All receipts from franchises or royalties derived from lighting companies shall be credited to the funds for lighting streets and public grounds; and all receipts hereafter collected for permits issued by the engineering department or for paving repairs to streets shall be placed in, and credited to the fund for the department of public improvements. Such receipts shall be added to the maximum amounts that may be expended from such funds.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 4a, p. 470;   C.S.1922, § 3628;   C.S.1929, § 14-505;   R.S.1943, § 14-505.
NE Code § 14-506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-506 - Funds; limitations upon withdrawals.

14-506.  Funds; limitations upon withdrawals.The council shall at no time draw warrants or create obligations against any of the funds provided in sections 14-501 and 14-502 in excess of the amount credited thereto at the time of drawing the warrant or creating the obligation. Nor shall the superintendent of any department draw or cause to be drawn a warrant or create or cause to be created an obligation against the appropriation to his department in excess of the amount credited thereto.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 5, p. 470;   C.S.1922, § 3629;   C.S.1929, § 14-506;   R.S.1943, § 14-506. Annotations Section cited as showing background for action of city council in suspending fireman three days each month and attempting to deduct an additional sum from salary. Bishop v. City of Omaha, 130 Neb. 162, 264 N.W. 447 (1936).
NE Code § 14-507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-507 - Funds; transfer or diversion prohibited; exception; liability.

14-507.  Funds; transfer or diversion prohibited; exception; liability.The money and credits in each fund authorized and created by sections 14-501 and 14-502 shall be devoted strictly to the purposes for which the fund is created and no part thereof shall be transferred or diverted in any manner or for any purpose. Any transfer or diversion of the money or credits from any of the funds to another fund or to a purpose other and different from that for which appropriated shall render any city councilman voting therefor liable on his official bond for the amount so diverted or used; Provided, inspectors of public works paid from special funds may receive pay for their services from the general fund of the city monthly as other employees. Upon the completion of such work, and the levy and collection of the special fund to pay for the same, or the sale of bonds for public works or improvements, an amount equal to that paid said inspectors from the general fund may be taken from such special funds and returned to the general fund from which it was temporarily taken; and the council is hereby authorized to include the cost of inspection in such special funds to be levied and collected.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 6, p. 471;   C.S.1922, § 3630;   C.S.1929, § 14-507;   R.S.1943, § 14-507.
NE Code § 14-508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-508 - Funds; obligation and expenditure; limits upon; effect of exceeding; exceptions.

14-508.  Funds; obligation and expenditure; limits upon; effect of exceeding; exceptions.Neither the city council nor any officer of the city or superintendent of a department shall expend or incur obligations for the expenditure of more money than has been provided and appropriated for the purposes for which the expenditure or obligations for expenditure are made. Any contract or obligation calling for an expenditure in excess of the money and credits provided and appropriated to the purposes for which such contract or obligation is created, shall be void and shall not be enforceable against the city, and the city shall refuse to recognize the validity thereof or to pay or satisfy any such obligation. The foregoing limitations and those contained in sections 14-506 and 14-507 shall not apply to additional expenditures and obligations unavoidably made necessary in efforts to abate or control an extreme or unusual outbreak or epidemic of disease or to expenditures made imperatively necessary by the occurrence of some unforeseen or uncontrollable disaster to the city at large or a considerable section thereof. Expenditures for the emergency purposes in this section specified shall be made only in pursuance of an ordinance duly passed reciting the conditions making necessary the further appropriation of funds, and the expenditures of such appropriation, shall be limited exclusively to the purposes for which made.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 7, p. 471;   C.S.1922, § 3631;   C.S.1929, § 14-508;   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 9, p. 77;   Laws 1941, c. 130, § 15, p. 499;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-508;   R.S.1943, § 14-508;   Laws 1961, c. 30, § 6, p. 149.
NE Code § 14-509 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-509 - Funds; obligation and expenditure; violations; liability of officers; actions to recover; duty of city attorney.

14-509.  Funds; obligation and expenditure; violations; liability of officers; actions to recover; duty of city attorney.To attempt to incur, to incur, to attempt to pay, or to pay any obligation prohibited by sections 14-501 to 14-508 shall be malfeasance in office on the part of the city officer participating therein. To attempt to transfer, to transfer, or to use any of the money or credits appropriated to a fund, to another fund or to other and different purposes and uses for which appropriated shall be held to be malfeasance in office on the part of the officer participating therein. The creation or attempted creation of obligations not authorized by this act or prohibited thereby shall render the members of the city council voting therefor liable to the city for the amount of the obligation so created or the amount of money or credits unlawfully diverted or used, and the voting for such shall be prima facie evidence of malfeasance in office. Thereupon it shall become the duty of the city attorney forthwith to proceed to enforce by suit in the courts of the state such liability against the delinquent officers and the sureties on their bonds. In the event of the refusal or failure of the city attorney so to proceed as above directed, a taxpayer may demand in writing that the city attorney proceed as directed herein, and on his failure so to do within thirty days thereafter, such taxpayer may commence the action herein authorized on the part of the city attorney in the name of the taxpayer and prosecute the same to final judgment. The taxpayer shall, however, as a condition of his right to commence and prosecute such suit give such security for costs as may be directed by the court.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 8, p. 472;   C.S.1922, § 3632;   C.S.1929, § 14-509;   R.S.1943, § 14-509. Cross References  "This act", defined, see section 14-101.
NE Code § 14-510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-510 - Warrants; payments; requirements.

14-510.  Warrants; payments; requirements.(1) Warrants of the city shall be drawn by the comptroller upon the treasurer and shall be signed by the mayor and comptroller and shall state the particular fund or appropriation to which the same is chargeable and the person to whom payable. Money of the city shall not be otherwise paid except in instances where it is otherwise specifically provided.(2) The city may adopt by ordinance an imprest system of accounting for the city and authorize the establishment of an imprest vendor, payroll, or other account for the payment of city warrants in accordance with any guidelines issued by the Auditor of Public Accounts for county imprest accounts.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 9, p. 472;   C.S.1922, § 3633;   C.S.1929, § 14-510;   R.S.1943, § 14-510;  Laws 2001, LB 317, § 1.
NE Code § 14-511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-511 - Obligations; payment; method; requirements.

14-511.  Obligations; payment; method; requirements.At the first meeting of the council in each month, it shall provide, by ordinance, for the payment of all indebtedness of the city incurred during the preceding month, or at any time prior thereto, except those liabilities for wages of laborers and allowed claims for overtime, the payment of which may be provided for weekly but in the same manner as provided for in this act. Money of the city shall not be expended except as in this act specified. The ordinance providing for the payment of money shall be duly passed by a majority vote of the entire council, and the ayes and nays thereon shall be called and recorded in the proceedings of the council.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 10, p. 473;   C.S.1922, § 3634;   C.S.1929, § 14-511;   R.S.1943, § 14-511. Cross References  "This act", defined, see section 14-101.
NE Code § 14-512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-512 - Sinking fund; purposes; investment.

14-512.  Sinking fund; purposes; investment.The council shall provide and maintain a sinking fund for the payment of the general bonds of the city and the interest thereon. Such sinking fund shall be maintained from the following sources of revenue: (1) Amounts raised by taxation for that purpose; (2) balances transferred at the end of each fiscal year or biennial period from the several funds provided for in sections 14-501 and 14-502; and (3) such other amounts and sums as may be transferred thereto by the council. Money and credits in the sinking fund shall be held inviolate, shall not be transferred to any other fund, and shall be used for the purpose of paying (a) the interest on the general bonds of the city, (b) maturing bonds of the city, and (c) bonds of the city which may be paid before maturity. The money and credits thereof when not used or needed for the purposes specified in this section may temporarily be invested in registered general warrants of the city or of the school district situated within the city under such conditions as will enable the same to be obtained and available at any time desired for the purposes specified in this section.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 11, p. 473;   C.S.1922, § 3635;   C.S.1929, § 14-512;   R.S.1943, § 14-512;   Laws 1989, LB 33, § 8;  Laws 1999, LB 317, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 1116, § 14.
NE Code § 14-513 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-513 - Obligations; payment; deduction of sums owed city; appeal.

14-513.  Obligations; payment; deduction of sums owed city; appeal.The comptroller shall deduct from the amount of any credit or warrant all amounts which the payee may owe the city, and where there has been an assignment thereof he shall likewise deduct as well all amounts which the assignee may owe the city. Should the amounts owing exceed the amount of the warrant, the amounts thus deducted shall be credited pro tanto on the obligations owing the city. An assignment of the claim shall not defeat the right of the city to deduct the amount of the debt from the amount due the claimant. The claimant or his assignee may appeal from the action of the comptroller in so deducting any amount from the claim in the manner provided for appeals in section 14-813. The city treasurer may likewise deduct from the amount of any warrant city taxes and special assessments which have not been deducted by the comptroller.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 12, p. 474;   C.S.1922, § 3636;   C.S.1929, § 14-513;   R.S.1943, § 14-513.
NE Code § 14-515 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-515 - Bonds; form; issuance; sale; delivery; interest; requirements.

14-515.  Bonds; form; issuance; sale; delivery; interest; requirements.Bonds of the city shall be prepared under the direction of the city council, shall be signed by the mayor and countersigned and registered by the comptroller, and shall be sold and disposed of by and under the direction of the city council. They shall be delivered by the superintendent of the department of accounts and finances, who shall report the proceeds therefrom to the city treasurer in all cases except where an exchange of bonds is directed. The purpose of the issue of bonds shall be stated therein and the proceeds received from the sale shall be used for no other purpose. Whenever an issue of bonds is required to be submitted to the electors for authority to issue the same, the proposition submitting such question shall contain but a single issue and but one subject, shall specify the maximum amount proposed for issue and state distinctly the purpose for which the same is to issue. Bonds of the city shall not be sold or exchanged for less than par value thereof and shall bear interest payable semiannually. Interest coupons at the rate of interest specified may be annexed thereto. Interest coupons may be signed by the lithographed signatures of the mayor and city clerk. Bonds shall be made payable at the office or place provided by general law for the payment of bonds of the city. Where this section, in its application to water bonds or bonds issued for the extension or improvement of a gas plant or other public utility, is in conflict with any provision which has been or may be made by statute respecting such bonds, the latter shall control.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 14, p. 475;   C.S.1922, § 3638;   C.S.1929, § 14-515;   R.S.1943, § 14-515;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 19, p. 284.
NE Code § 14-516 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-516 - Sewer bonds; amount authorized; issuance.

14-516.  Sewer bonds; amount authorized; issuance.The city council may issue annually bonds not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars, for the purpose of constructing main sewers, and to be denominated sewer bonds. Such bonds shall be issued in accordance with the provisions of section 14-515, and the proceeds therefrom shall not be used for any other purpose than to construct main sewers.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 15, p. 475;   C.S.1922, § 3639;   C.S.1929, § 14-516;   R.S.1943, § 14-516.
NE Code § 14-517 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-517 - Sewers; special assessment bonds; when authorized; limit; how paid; interest; sinking fund.

14-517.  Sewers; special assessment bonds; when authorized; limit; how paid; interest; sinking fund.Cities of the metropolitan class in the State of Nebraska are hereby authorized and empowered to issue and sell special assessment sewer bonds, said bonds not to exceed two hundred thousand dollars, without a vote of the electors, and to use the proceeds of such bonds for the purpose of constructing or reconstructing storm or sanitary sewers where at least five-sixths of the cost of same will be borne by some agency of the government of the United States of America. All principal and interest of such bonds shall be payable solely from the proceeds of special assessments levied and collected on real estate within special assessment sewer districts and, as shall be recited in such bonds, such city shall incur no liability, obligation, or indebtedness of any kind or nature thereon, and the city shall not pledge its credit, its general taxing power, or any part thereof to support or pay the same. Such bonds shall be sold or exchanged for not less than the par value thereof and shall bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, payable semiannually. Special assessments levied for the purpose of paying such bonds shall be made payable in ten equal annual installments. The first installment shall be due and delinquent fifty days from the date of levy, the second, one year from date of levy, and a like installment shall be due and delinquent annually thereafter until all such installments are paid. Each of said installments, except such as are paid within fifty days from the date of levy, shall draw interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, from date of levy aforesaid until the same shall become delinquent, and after the same shall become delinquent, shall draw interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature. Such assessment shall be collected and enforced as in other cases of special assessments. All such special assessments and all interest accruing thereon in any district in which such bonds are issued and sold shall constitute a sinking fund and shall be used solely for the purpose of paying the interest on the bonds so issued and sold as the same accrues and for paying the principal sum of such bonds at the maturity thereof. All powers herein granted are further and in addition to any other powers which may now have been or hereafter may be conferred upon any such city.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 4, § 1, p. 59;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-559;   R.S.1943, § 14-517;   Laws 1947, c. 15, § 8, p. 86;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 2.
NE Code § 14-518 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-518 - Sewers; special assessment bonds; special assessment sewer district; creation; petition; notice; withdrawal of signature.

14-518.  Sewers; special assessment bonds; special assessment sewer district; creation; petition; notice; withdrawal of signature.The powers granted in section 14-517 shall be conditioned upon the following: A petition for the creation of such district and the issuance of such bonds shall be filed with the city clerk of such city, signed by the owners of sixty percent of the real estate contained in any such special assessment sewer district. At the time of the filing of such petition the city clerk shall cause to be published in the official newspaper of said city for not less than three consecutive days the plan of assessment and amounts proposed to be assessed against each parcel of real estate in such proposed district. Any person signing such petition shall have the absolute right within ten days after the same shall have been filed with the city clerk to withdraw his name therefrom and in such event his name shall not be counted in computing the sixty percent.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 4, § 2, p. 60;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-560;   R.S.1943, § 14-518.
NE Code § 14-519 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-519 - Public comfort stations; bonds; amount; issuance.

14-519.  Public comfort stations; bonds; amount; issuance.The city council is authorized to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing public comfort stations. The council may issue bonds for such purpose without a vote of the electors in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars in any one year.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 16, p. 476;   C.S.1922, § 3640;   C.S.1929, § 14-517;   R.S.1943, § 14-519.
NE Code § 14-520 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-520 - Armory; bonds; issuance; election required; applicability of section.

14-520.  Armory; bonds; issuance; election required; applicability of section.The city council may issue bonds for the purpose of constructing an armory in any city of the metropolitan class if the issuance of such bonds is first authorized by a majority of the electors of such city voting on such proposition. This section shall not be applicable to the acquisition of real estate for armory purposes and its conveyance to the State of Nebraska as provided in sections 18-1001 to 18-1006.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 16 1/2, p. 476;   C.S.1922, § 3641;   C.S.1929, § 14-518;   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 4, p. 73;   Laws 1941, c. 130, § 10, p. 495;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-518;   R.S.1943, § 14-520;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 10;   Laws 1988, LB 793, § 1.
NE Code § 14-521 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-521 - Parks and playgrounds; bonds; issuance; amount authorized; use of proceeds.

14-521.  Parks and playgrounds; bonds; issuance; amount authorized; use of proceeds.The city council is authorized to issue bonds, as in this section provided, for the purpose of improving lands, lots, or grounds purchased, appropriated or acquired for parks, parkways, boulevards or playgrounds. Bonds so issued shall be known as park bonds and the issuance thereof except as herein provided shall be governed by the general provisions of section 14-515. The city council may issue in any one year and without a vote of the electors one hundred thousand dollars of such bonds. The city council may issue bonds if the same are authorized by a majority vote of the electors of the city voting on the proposition at a general city election or a special election called for that purpose. A part of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds may be used to pay for improvements upon streets, sidewalks or thoroughfares abutting upon or immediately adjacent to parks, parkways, boulevards, and playgrounds when such costs would otherwise be chargeable to the city.Source   Laws 1921, c. 116, art. IV, § 17, p. 476;   C.S.1922, § 3642;   C.S.1929, § 14-519;   R.S.1943, § 14-521;   Laws 1967, c. 44, § 1, p. 175.