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NE Code § 16-695 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-695 - Parks; swimming pool; stadium; other facilities; acquisition of land; bonds; election; issuance; interest; term.

16-695.  Parks; swimming pool; stadium; other facilities; acquisition of land; bonds; election; issuance; interest; term.The mayor and city council of any city of the first class are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold in the name of the city, lands, lots, or grounds within or without the limits of the city to be used and improved for parks, parkways, or boulevards. To pay for and improve such lands, lots, or grounds, the mayor and city council are authorized to issue bonds for such purposes, except that no such bonds shall be issued until the question of issuing such bonds shall have been submitted to the electors of the city, at a general election therein, or at a special election appointed and called by the mayor and city council for such purposes, and a majority of electors voting at such election shall have voted in favor of issuing the bonds. Notice of such election shall be given by publication once each week for three successive weeks prior thereto in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city. Such bonds shall be payable in not to exceed twenty years from the date of issuance thereof, and shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached to the bonds. The mayor and city council may at their discretion construct in any park a swimming pool, stadium, or other facilities for public use and recreation and pay for such facilities out of the proceeds of such bonds.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 80, p. 289;   R.S.1913, § 4966;   C.S.1922, § 4135;   C.S.1929, § 16-665;   R.S.1943, § 16-695;   Laws 1947, c. 28, § 1, p. 134;   Laws 1951, c. 26, § 6, p. 120;   Laws 1965, c. 61, § 1, p. 276;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 38, p. 295;   Laws 1982, LB 692, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 154.
NE Code § 16-697 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-697 - Park fund or park and recreation fund; annual levy; audit of accounts; warrants; contracts; reports.

16-697.  Park fund or park and recreation fund; annual levy; audit of accounts; warrants; contracts; reports.(1) For the purpose of (a) providing funds for amusements and recreation, (b) providing funds for laying out, purchasing, improving, and beautifying parks and public grounds, and (c) providing for the payment of the salaries and wages of employees of the board of park commissioners or the board of park and recreation commissioners, the mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall, each year at the time of making the levy for general city purposes, make a levy upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city. Such levy shall be collected and paid into the city treasury and shall constitute the park fund or park and recreation fund as the case may be.(2) All accounts against the park fund or park and recreation fund of such city, provided for by subsection (1) of this section, for salaries and wages of the employees and all other expenses of such parks or recreational facilities shall be audited and allowed by the park or park and recreation commissioners. All warrants thereon shall be drawn only by the chairperson of the commissioners. Warrants so drawn shall be paid by the city treasurer out of such fund.(3) The park or park and recreation commissioners of such city, as the case may be, shall enter into any contracts of any nature involving an expenditure in accordance with the policies of the city council.(4) The chairperson of the board of park or park and recreation commissioners shall, on January 1 and July 1 of each year, file with the city clerk an itemized statement of all the expenditures of the board.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 81, p. 290;   Laws 1901, c. 19, § 8, p. 318;   R.S.1913, § 4968;   Laws 1915, c. 88, § 1, p. 228;   C.S.1922, § 4137;   Laws 1925, c. 52, § 1, p. 204;   C.S.1929, § 16-667;   Laws 1933, c. 26, § 1, p. 200;   Laws 1935, c. 30, § 1, p. 134;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-667;   R.S.1943, § 16-697;   Laws 1953, c. 31, § 1, p. 119;   Laws 1969, c. 86, § 2, p. 431;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 44;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 48;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 156;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 73.
NE Code § 16-697.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-697.01 - Parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds; acquisition; control.

16-697.01.  Parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds; acquisition; control.Any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered to take land in fee, within or without its corporate limits, by donation, gift, devise, purchase, or appropriation, and to hold, improve and control such land for parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds. The jurisdiction and police power of the mayor and city council of any city that shall acquire any such real estate shall be at once extended over such real estate. The mayor and city council shall have power to enact bylaws, rules, and ordinances for the protection, preservation, and control of any real estate acquired under this section and provide suitable penalties for the violation of any such bylaws, rules, or ordinances.Source   Laws 1899, c. 15, § 1, p. 80;   R.S.1913, § 5271;   C.S.1922, § 4490;   C.S.1929, § 19-101;   R.S.1943, § 19-101;   Laws 1969, c. 86, § 6, p. 433;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 157.
NE Code § 16-697.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-697.02 - Borrowing; authorized; bonds; approval of electors; mayor and city council; duties; issuance of refunding bonds; approval of electors.

16-697.02.  Borrowing; authorized; bonds; approval of electors; mayor and city council; duties; issuance of refunding bonds; approval of electors.(1) The mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall have power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise, for the purpose of purchasing and improving land for parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds, authority therefor having first been obtained by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the city voting on such question at any general city election of such city or at an election called for that purpose, upon a proposition or propositions submitted in the manner provided by law for the submission of propositions to aid in the construction of railroads and other works of internal improvement.(2) The mayor and city council shall identify the specific type of security pledge securing any financing or bond issue in the proposition to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section. The proposition with language identifying the specific type of security pledged to be used shall be placed on the ballot to be voted on by the qualified electors of the city.(3) If the mayor and city council decide to issue refunding bonds under section 10-142 for bonds issued pursuant to this section that change the specific type of security pledged from revenue bonds to general obligation bonds, authority therefor must first be obtained by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the city voting on such refinancing proposition at any general city election of such city or at an election called for that purpose.Source   Laws 1899, c. 15, § 2, p. 81;   Laws 1913, c. 190, § 1, p. 567;   R.S.1913, § 5272;   C.S.1922, § 4491;   C.S.1929, § 19-102;   R.S.1943, § 19-102;   Laws 1969, c. 86, § 7, p. 433;  Laws 2016, LB378, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 158.
NE Code § 16-698 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-698 - Markets; construction; operation; location; approval of electors; notice; when required.

16-698.  Markets; construction; operation; location; approval of electors; notice; when required.Any city of the first class may, by ordinance, (1) purchase and hold grounds for and erect and establish market houses and market places, and regulate and govern such market houses and market places, (2) contract with any person or persons or companies or corporations for the erection and regulation of such market houses and market places on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the city council may prescribe, and (3) raise all necessary revenue for the purposes provided in this section. The city council may provide for the erection of all other useful and necessary buildings for the use of the city and for the protection and safety of all property owned by the city, in connection with such market houses and places. It may locate such market houses, market places, and buildings on any street, alley, or public grounds, or on any land purchased for such purposes, and establish, alter, and change the channel of streams and watercourses within the city, and bridge such streams and watercourses. Any such improvement costing in the aggregate a sum greater than two thousand dollars shall not be authorized until the ordinance providing for the improvement shall first be submitted to and ratified by a majority of the legal voters of such city voting thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication once each week for three successive weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXVI, p. 251;   R.S.1913, § 4969;   C.S.1922, § 4138;   C.S.1929, § 16-668;   R.S.1943, § 16-698;   Laws 1951, c. 26, § 7, p. 121;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 159.
NE Code § 16-699 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-699 - Regulation of markets.

16-699.  Regulation of markets.No charge or assessment of any kind shall be made or levied on any vehicle or on the owner of any vehicle bringing produce or provisions to any market place in a city of the first class, or standing in or occupying a place in any of the market places of the city, or in the street contiguous to such market places on market days. The mayor and city council shall have full power to prescribe the kind and description of articles which may be sold and the stand or place to be occupied by the vendors and may authorize the immediate seizure and arrest and removal from the markets of any person violating the regulations as established by ordinance, together with any article of produce in his or her possession, and the immediate seizure and destruction of tainted or unsound meat, provisions, or other articles of food.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 36, p. 239;   R.S.1913, § 4970;   C.S.1922, § 4139;   C.S.1929, § 16-669;   R.S.1943, § 16-699;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 160;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 74.
NE Code § 16-6,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100 - Public buildings; construction; bonds authorized; approval of electors required, when.

16-6,100.  Public buildings; construction; bonds authorized; approval of electors required, when.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have the power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise for the purpose of acquiring, by purchasing or constructing, including site acquisition, or aiding in the acquiring of a city hall, jail, auditorium, buildings for the fire department, and other public buildings, including the acquisition of buildings authorized to be acquired by Chapter 72, article 14, and including acquisition of buildings to be leased in whole or in part by the city to any other political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska authorized by law to lease such buildings. No such bonds shall be issued until after the same have been authorized by a majority vote of the electors of the city voting on the proposition of their issuance at an election called for the submission of such proposition and of which election notice of the time and place thereof shall have been given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city three successive weeks prior thereto. If the buildings to be acquired are to be used by the State of Nebraska or its agency or agencies under a lease authorized by Chapter 72, article 14, or the buildings are to be leased by any other political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska or other governmental agencies and if the combined area of the buildings to be leased by the state or its agency or agencies and the political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska is more than fifty percent of the area of the buildings and if the cost of acquisition does not exceed five million dollars, no such vote of the electors will be required.Source   Laws 1911, c. 15, § 1, p. 132;   R.S.1913, § 4971;   Laws 1915, c. 89, § 1, p. 229;   Laws 1919, c. 39, § 1, p. 122;   C.S.1922, § 4140;   C.S.1929, § 16-670;   Laws 1941, c. 23, § 1, p. 116;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-670;   R.S.1943, § 16-6,100;   Laws 1945, c. 23, § 1, p. 131;   Laws 1947, c. 30, § 1, p. 138;   Laws 1947, c. 28, § 2, p. 135;   Laws 1969, c. 87, § 1, p. 436;   Laws 1972, LB 876, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 161;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 75;  Laws 2021, LB131, § 12.   Operative Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 16-6,100.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.01 - Joint city-county building; authorized; acquisition of land; erect; equip, furnish, maintain, and operate.

16-6,100.01.  Joint city-county building; authorized; acquisition of land; erect; equip, furnish, maintain, and operate.Any county in this state may, together with any city of the first class of the county in which the county seat is located, jointly acquire land for, erect, equip, furnish, maintain, and operate a joint city-county building to be used jointly by such county and city.Source  Laws 1953, c. 32, § 1, p. 120.
NE Code § 16-6,100.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.02 - Joint city-county building; expense; bonds; election; approval by electors.

16-6,100.02.  Joint city-county building; expense; bonds; election; approval by electors.The cost and expense of acquiring land for, erecting, equipping, furnishing, and maintaining a joint city-county building shall be borne by such county and city in the proportion determined by the county board of the county and the city council of the city of the first class. The building shall not be erected or contracted to be erected, no land shall be acquired therefor, and no bonds shall be issued or sold by the county or the city of the first class until the county and the city of the first class have each been authorized to issue bonds to defray its proportion of the cost of such land, building, equipment, and furnishings by the required number of electors of the county and the city of the first class in the manner provided by sections 16-6,100 and 23-3501.Source  Laws 1953, c. 32, § 2, p. 121.
NE Code § 16-6,100.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.03 - Joint city-county building; indebtedness; bonds; principal and interest; in addition to other limitations.

16-6,100.03.  Joint city-county building; indebtedness; bonds; principal and interest; in addition to other limitations.The amount of indebtedness authorized to be incurred by any county or city of the first class for the payment of principal and interest for the bonds authorized by the provisions of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07 shall be in addition to and over and above any limits provided by law.Source   Laws 1953, c. 32, § 3, p. 121;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 162.
NE Code § 16-6,100.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.04 - Joint city-county building; county board and city council; building commission; powers; duties.

16-6,100.04.  Joint city-county building; county board and city council; building commission; powers; duties.The members of the county board of the county and the city council of the city of the first class which agree to build a joint city-county building shall be the building commission to purchase the land for the building and to contract for the erection, equipment, and furnishings of the building and, after completion thereof, shall be in charge of its maintenance and repair.Source  Laws 1953, c. 32, § 4, p. 121.
NE Code § 16-6,100.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.05 - Joint city-county building; building commission; plans and specifications; personnel; compensation; contracts.

16-6,100.05.  Joint city-county building; building commission; plans and specifications; personnel; compensation; contracts.The building commission shall cause to be prepared building plans and specifications for the joint city-county building, and may employ architects, engineers, draftsmen, and such clerical help as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of preparing such plans and specifications. The compensation of such personnel shall be fixed by the commission and shall be paid in the same proportion as is determined for defraying the cost as set forth in section 16-6,100.02. The contract for erecting the building, for the equipment, and for furnishings shall be let by the commission in the same manner as for other public buildings. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the commission.Source   Laws 1953, c. 32, § 5, p. 121;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 163.
NE Code § 16-6,100.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.06 - Joint city-county building; annual budget of city and county.

16-6,100.06.  Joint city-county building; annual budget of city and county.The county and the city of the first class shall each provide in their annual budgets an item for their proportion of the expense of maintaining such joint city-county building.Source  Laws 1953, c. 32, § 6, p. 122.
NE Code § 16-6,100.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,100.07 - Joint city-county building; building commission; accept gifts.

16-6,100.07.  Joint city-county building; building commission; accept gifts.The building commission shall have power to accept gifts, devises, and bequests of real and personal property to carry out the purposes of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07 and, to the extent of the powers conferred upon such board by the provisions of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07, to execute and carry out such conditions as may be annexed to any gift, devises, or bequest.Source  Laws 1953, c. 32, § 7, p. 122.
NE Code § 16-6,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,101 - Acquisition; revenue bonds; approval of electors required.

16-6,101.  Acquisition; revenue bonds; approval of electors required.Supplemental to any existing law on the subject and in lieu of the issuance of general obligation bonds, or the levying of taxes upon property, as by law provided, any city of the first class may construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire a waterworks plant or a water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, either within or without the corporate limits of such city, and real and personal property needed or useful in connection therewith, and pay the cost thereof by pledging and hypothecating the revenue and earnings of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned or to be owned by such city. In the exercise of the authority granted in this section, any city may issue and sell revenue bonds or debentures and enter into such contracts in connection therewith as may be proper and necessary. Such revenue bonds or debentures shall be a lien only upon the revenue and earnings of the waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned or to be owned by such city. No such city shall pledge or hypothecate the revenue and earnings of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, nor issue revenue bonds or debentures, as authorized in this section, until the proposition relating thereto has been submitted in the usual manner to the qualified voters of such city at a general or special election and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition submitted. Such proposition shall be submitted whenever requested, within thirty days after a sufficient petition signed by the qualified voters of such city equal in number to twenty percent of the vote cast at the last general municipal election held therein, shall be filed with the city clerk. Three weeks' notice of the submission of the proposition shall be given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city. The requirement for a vote of the electors, however, shall not apply when such city seeks to pledge or hypothecate such revenue or earnings or issues revenue bonds or debentures solely for the maintenance, extension, or enlargement of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned by such city.Source   Laws 1937, c. 29, § 1, p. 151;   Laws 1941, c. 22, § 1, p. 113;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-671;   R.S.1943, § 16-6,101;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 164.
NE Code § 16-6,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,102 - Districts; created.

16-6,102.  Districts; created.In addition to any other provision of state law, whenever the mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall deem it necessary and advisable to construct sanitary sewer mains or water mains, the mayor and city council may, by ordinance passed by not less than three-fourths of all members of the city council, create a district or districts to be known as sanitary sewer connection districts or water connection districts and such district or districts may include properties within the corporate limits of the city and within the city's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. Such ordinance shall state the size and kind of sewer mains or water mains proposed to be constructed in such district and shall designate the outer boundaries of the district or districts in which it is proposed to construct the sewer mains or water mains.Source   Laws 1969, c. 73, § 1, p. 397;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 165.
NE Code § 16-6,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,103 - Districts; benefits; certification; connection fee.

16-6,103.  Districts; benefits; certification; connection fee.After sanitary sewer mains or water mains have been constructed in the districts as provided under section 16-6,102, the cost thereof shall be reported to the city council and the city council, sitting as a board of equalization, shall determine benefits to abutting property. The special benefits as determined by the board of equalization shall not be levied as special assessments against the property within the district but shall be certified in a resolution of the city council to the register of deeds of the county in which the improvement district is constructed. A connection fee in the amount of the benefit accruing to the property in the district shall be paid to the city at the time such property becomes connected to the sewer main or water main. The city shall provide that no property thus benefited by sanitary sewer or water main improvements shall be connected to the sanitary sewer or water mains until the connection fee is paid.Source   Laws 1969, c. 73, § 2, p. 397;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 166.