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NE Code § 23-3553 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3553 - Depreciation funds, authorized; limitations on use.

23-3553.  Depreciation funds, authorized; limitations on use.Nothing contained in the Nebraska Local Hospital District Act and sections 23-3501 to 23-3519 shall be construed to prohibit the board of trustees of any facility established under section 23-3501 or a local hospital district from establishing depreciation funds from patient or other revenue income for the purpose of replacing equipment or providing for future improvements or additions or from using such patient or other revenue income for purchasing equipment or for retiring indebtedness incurred for improvements or additions not financed by bonds of the county or direct tax levies. The limitations upon expenditures provided for in section 23-3508 shall not apply to expenditures made from patient or other revenue income or for the retiring of indebtedness or payment of other obligations from such patient or revenue income.Source   Laws 1965, c. 95, § 1, p. 411;   Laws 1967, c. 121, § 17, p. 395;   Laws 1991, LB 798, § 5;   R.S.Supp.,1991, § 23-343.48;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 23;  Laws 2012, LB995, § 12. Cross References  Nebraska Local Hospital District Act, see section 23-3528.
NE Code § 23-3554 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3554 - Hospital district; bonds; issuance; purpose.

23-3554.  Hospital district; bonds; issuance; purpose.The board of directors of any hospital district may, on the terms and conditions set forth in sections 23-3554 to 23-3572, issue the bonds of the district for the purpose of (1) purchasing a site for and erecting thereon a hospital, nursing home, or both, or for such purchase or erection, and furnishing and equipping the same, in such district, (2) purchasing an existing building or buildings and related furniture and equipment, including the site or sites upon which such building or buildings are located, for use as a hospital, nursing home, or both, and to furnish and equip them in such district, (3) retiring registered warrants, and (4) paying for additions to or repairs for a hospital, nursing home, or both.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 1, p. 352;   Laws 1972, LB 1168, § 5;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.49.
NE Code § 23-3555 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3555 - Hospital district; bonds; issuance; approval of electors.

23-3555.  Hospital district; bonds; issuance; approval of electors.No bonds shall be issued under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 until the question has been submitted to the qualified electors of the district, and a majority of all the qualified electors voting on the question shall have voted in favor of issuing the same, at a special election called for that purpose, upon notice given by the board of directors at least twenty days prior to such election.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 2, p. 352;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.50.
NE Code § 23-3556 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3556 - Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; petition.

23-3556.  Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; petition.A vote shall be ordered upon the issuance of such bonds either (1) upon resolution of a majority of the members of the board of directors, or (2) whenever a petition shall be presented to the board requesting that a vote be taken for or against the issuing of bonds in such amount as may be specified for any one or more of the purposes authorized by section 23-3554. Such petition shall be signed by at least ten percent of the qualified voters of such district.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 3, p. 352;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.51.
NE Code § 23-3557 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3557 - Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; election; polling places; ballots; counting.

23-3557.  Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; election; polling places; ballots; counting.In all elections at which the registered voters of hospital districts are voting on the question of issuing bonds of the district, the board of directors shall designate the polling places, prepare the form of ballot, and appoint the election officials. Ballots for early voting shall be issued by the secretary of the board of directors in the same manner as provided in the Election Act and returned to the secretary. All ballots cast at the election shall be counted by the same board. When all the ballots have been counted, the returns of such election shall be turned over to the board of directors of the district in which the election was held for the purpose of making a canvass thereof.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 4, p. 353;   Laws 1984, LB 920, § 32;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.52;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 548;  Laws 2005, LB 98, § 2. Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 23-3558 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3558 - Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; limitation.

23-3558.  Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; limitation.The aggregate amount of bonds issued for all purposes in hospital districts shall in no event exceed fourteen percent of the last taxable valuation of all taxable property in such hospital district, but such limitation shall not apply to the issuance of refunding or compromise of indebtedness bonds by any such hospital district for the purpose of retiring outstanding bonds, warrants, or other indebtedness.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 5, p. 353;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 112;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.53;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 118.
NE Code § 23-3559 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3559 - Hospital districts; bonds; interest; rate.

23-3559.  Hospital districts; bonds; interest; rate.The bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 shall draw such interest as shall be agreed upon.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 6, p. 353;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 85, p. 329;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.54.
NE Code § 23-3560 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3560 - Hospital districts; bonds; contents.

23-3560.  Hospital districts; bonds; contents.The bonds shall specify on their face the date, amount, purpose for which issued, time they shall run, and rate of interest. The bonds shall be printed on good paper, with coupons attached for each year's or half year's interest, and the amount of each year's interest shall be placed on corresponding coupons until such bonds shall become due, in such manner that the last coupon shall fall due at the same time as the bonds. The bonds and coupons thereto attached shall be severally signed by the president and secretary of the board of directors. The bonds and interest shall be payable at the office of the county treasurer in the county in which the district is located and if the district is located in more than one county, at the office of the county treasurer as may be provided in the history of the district and in the bonds.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 7, p. 353;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.55.
NE Code § 23-3561 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3561 - Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.

23-3561.  Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.The board of directors of any hospital district in which any bonds may be voted shall, before the issuance of such bonds, make a written statement of all proceedings relative to the vote upon the issuance of such bonds and the notice of the election, the manner and time of giving notice, the question submitted, and the result of the canvass of the vote on the proposition pursuant to which it is proposed to issue such bonds, together with a full statement of the taxable valuation, the number of persons residing within the district, and the total bonded indebtedness of the hospital district voting such bonds. Such statement shall be certified to under oath by the board of directors.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 8, p. 354;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 113;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.56;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 119;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 21.
NE Code § 23-3563 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3563 - Hospital districts; bonds; taxes.

23-3563.  Hospital districts; bonds; taxes.Taxes for the payment of the hospital district bonds and the interest thereon shall be levied in the manner provided by section 23-3565.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 10, p. 354;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.58;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 22.
NE Code § 23-3565 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3565 - Hospital districts; bonds; interest; levy; sinking fund.

23-3565.  Hospital districts; bonds; interest; levy; sinking fund.The county board in each county shall levy annually upon all the taxable property in each hospital district in such county a tax sufficient to pay the interest accruing upon any bonds issued by such hospital district and to provide a sinking fund for the final redemption of the same. Such levy shall be made with the annual levy of the county and the taxes collected with other taxes and when collected shall be and remain in the hands of the county treasurer as a special fund for the payment of the interest upon such bonds and for the final payment of the same at maturity. The county clerk shall furnish a copy of his or her register to the county treasurer. The levy for the purpose of paying off such indebtedness providing a sinking fund for the final redemption of such indebtedness may be in addition to the levy provided for in section 23-3552.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 12, p. 355;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.60;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 120.
NE Code § 23-3566 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3566 - Hospital district, defined.

23-3566.  Hospital district, defined.The phrase hospital district, as used in section 23-3565, shall mean the hospital district as it existed immediately prior to and at the time of the issuance of any bonds by such hospital district, including all lands, property, and inhabitants contained in the hospital district at the time of the issuance of any bonds, and all portions of the district subsequently separated from the district, whether by the formation of a new district or by any change of boundaries of the original district and all territory annexed to the hospital district during the life of such bonds.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 13, p. 355;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.61.
NE Code § 23-3567 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3567 - Hospital district; sinking fund; investment.

23-3567.  Hospital district; sinking fund; investment.Any money in the hands of any treasurer as a sinking fund for the redemption of bonds which are a valid and legal obligation of the hospital district to which such money belongs or for the payment of interest on any such bonds and which is not currently required to retire bonds and pay interest on bonds, shall be invested by the treasurer, when so ordered by the board of directors, in securities authorized as legal investments for counties, school districts or hospital districts. The interest earned on such investments shall be credited to the sinking fund from which the invested funds were drawn.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 14, p. 355;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.62.
NE Code § 23-3568 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3568 - Hospital districts; tax; collection; disbursement.

23-3568.  Hospital districts; tax; collection; disbursement.The tax and funds collected under the provisions of sections 23-3554 to 23-3572 shall be deemed pledged and appropriated to the payment of the interest and principal of the registered bonds provided for in sections 23-3554 to 23-3572, until fully satisfied, and the treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for the faithful disbursement of all money so collected or received by him. After the principal and interest of such bonds shall have been fully paid and all obligations for which such fund and taxes were raised have been discharged, the county clerk, upon the order of the county board, shall notify the county treasurer to transfer all such funds remaining in his hands to the credit of the district to which they belong.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 15, p. 356;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.63.
NE Code § 23-3569 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3569 - Hospital districts; bonds; maturity; payment.

23-3569.  Hospital districts; bonds; maturity; payment.When any registered bonds shall mature, the same shall be paid off by the treasurer at the place where the same shall be payable out of any money in his hands or under his control for that purpose, and when so paid the same shall be endorsed by the treasurer on the face thereof Canceled, together with the date of such payment, and thereupon shall be filed with the clerk who shall enter satisfaction of such bonds upon the records of such hospital district.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 16, p. 356;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.64.
NE Code § 23-3570 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3570 - Hospital districts; bonds; liability of district; redemption.

23-3570.  Hospital districts; bonds; liability of district; redemption.Any hospital district which has heretofore voted and issued, or which shall hereafter vote and issue, bonds to build or furnish a hospital, or for any other purpose, and which bonds, or any part thereof, still remain unpaid and remain and are a legal liability against such district and are bearing interest, may issue coupon bonds to be substituted in place of, and exchanged for such bonds heretofore issued, whenever such hospital district can effect such substitution and exchange at a rate of not to exceed dollar for dollar or such bonds may be sold for cash where such bonds heretofore issued are subject to the right of redemption at the time the refunding bonds are issued. All bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-3570 to 23-3572 must, on their face, contain a clause that the district issuing such bonds shall have the right to redeem such bonds at the expiration of five years from the date of the issuance thereof.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 17, p. 356;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 86, p. 329;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.65.
NE Code § 23-3571 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3571 - Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.

23-3571.  Hospital districts; bonds; issuance; statement; contents.Each new bond issued under the provisions of sections 23-3570 to 23-3572 shall state therein (1) the object of its issuance, (2) the section or sections of the law under which the issuance thereof was made, including a statement that the issuance is made pursuant thereto, and (3) the number, date, and amount of the bond or bonds for which it is substituted. Such new bond shall not be delivered until the surrender of the bond or bonds so designated or until such bonds are called for redemption.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 18, p. 357;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.66.
NE Code § 23-3572 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3572 - Hospital districts; bonds; new; vote of electors not required.

23-3572.  Hospital districts; bonds; new; vote of electors not required.The issuance of such new bonds shall not require a vote of the people to authorize such issue, and such bonds shall be paid, and the levy be made and tax collected for their payment, in accordance with laws governing the bonds which they are issued to replace.Source   Laws 1967, c. 109, § 19, p. 357;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.67.
NE Code § 23-3573 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3573 - Hospital districts; merger; petition; election.

23-3573.  Hospital districts; merger; petition; election.Any two or more hospital districts may merge into one district if a petition for merger is presented to the county board in the county which will include the greater portion of the proposed district by population and such merger is approved by a majority of the voters in the existing districts at an election as provided in section 23-3575. A petition for merger shall be sufficient if for each district affected by the proposed merger it has been either signed by a majority of the board of directors of each district or signed by the legal voters in each district equal to at least ten percent of the number of votes cast in such district for the Governor at the last general election. The petition shall be filed at least sixty days prior to any election.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.123.
NE Code § 23-3574 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3574 - Hospital districts; petition for merger; plan; contents.

23-3574.  Hospital districts; petition for merger; plan; contents.The petition for merger shall include a plan for the proposed merger which plan shall contain:(1) A description of the proposed boundaries of the merged district;(2) A summary statement of the reasons for the proposed merger;(3) The amount of the outstanding bonded indebtedness of each district and the manner in which such outstanding bonded indebtedness is proposed to be allocated if the merger is approved;(4) The amount of outstanding indebtedness other than the bonded indebtedness of each district;(5) The name of the proposed district; and(6) Such other matters as the petitioner shall determine proper to be included.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 5;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.124.
NE Code § 23-3575 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3575 - Hospital districts; merger; election; procedure.

23-3575.  Hospital districts; merger; election; procedure.After determining the sufficiency of the petition presented under section 23-3573, the county board shall by resolution provide for the submission of the question of the merger of the districts at a general, primary, or special election. If a special election is called, the costs of such election shall be borne equally by the districts petitioning for the merger. If the question is submitted at a special election, the county clerk or election commissioner of each county having registered voters entitled to vote on the issue shall conduct the special election in such county and shall be responsible for designating the polling places and appointing the election officials, who need not be the regular election officials, and otherwise conducting the election within such county. The county board shall designate the form of ballot.The county clerk or election commissioner for the county whose county board has received the petition and called the election shall be responsible for giving notice of the special election. Such notice shall be published at least twenty days prior to the election and shall be published, for each district, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in such district. The notice of election shall state where ballots for early voting may be obtained pursuant to the Election Act.In any such special election, the ballots shall be counted by the county clerks or election commissioners conducting the election and each such county clerk or election commissioner shall designate two disinterested persons to assist him or her with the counting of ballots. If the question is submitted at the statewide general election or primary election, the ballots shall be counted as provided in the Election Act. When all of the ballots have been counted in each county, the returns of such election shall be canvassed by the county canvassing board.All elections conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted as provided under the Election Act except as otherwise specifically provided for in this section.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 6;   Laws 1984, LB 920, § 33;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.125;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 549;  Laws 2005, LB 98, § 3. Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 23-3576 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3576 - Hospital districts; merger; voter approval; order.

23-3576.  Hospital districts; merger; voter approval; order.If after canvassing the returns for each county the county board determines that the merger has been approved by a majority of the voters in each district, the county board shall enter an order for the merger of the districts.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 7;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.126.
NE Code § 23-3577 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3577 - Hospital districts; merger; new officers; board of directors; elected; term.

23-3577.  Hospital districts; merger; new officers; board of directors; elected; term.Immediately following the entry of the order of merger by the county board, the members of the board of directors of the former hospital districts which were merged by such order shall meet and elect from among themselves a chairperson, vice-chairperson, and secretary-treasurer. No more than two of such offices may be held by persons from one of such former hospital districts. The members of such boards shall adopt as rules for its proceeding the rules of one of such former districts with such changes and modifications as the members shall deem necessary. The members of the board of directors shall continue to serve as members of the board of directors of the merged district until the next statewide primary, at which time a board of directors, consisting of five members, shall be elected from the merged district for staggered terms of two for two years and three for four years in the manner prescribed for the election of an original board under section 23-3534.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 8;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.127.
NE Code § 23-3578 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3578 - Hospital districts; merger; property, debts, liabilities; transferred; exception.

23-3578.  Hospital districts; merger; property, debts, liabilities; transferred; exception.After the entry by the county board of its order for merger of the districts, all property, debts, and liabilities of the former hospital districts shall be transferred to the new district, except that all outstanding bonded indebtedness of the previously existing hospital districts shall be allocated to the real estate included within such prior existing districts as provided in the plan of merger.Source   Laws 1978, LB 560, § 9;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.128.
NE Code § 23-3579 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3579 - Act, how cited.

23-3579.  Act, how cited.Sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 shall be known and may be cited as the Hospital Authorities Act.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.74;   Laws 1993, LB 815, § 1.