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NE Code § 19-422 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-422 - Cities adopting the commission plan; laws applicable.

19-422.  Cities adopting the commission plan; laws applicable.All general state laws governing cities described in section 19-401 shall, according to the classification of such city, apply to and govern any city under the commission plan of government so far as such laws are applicable and not inconsistent with the provisions, intents, and purposes of the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act.Source   Laws 1911, c. 24, § 19, p. 164;   R.S.1913, § 5306;   C.S.1922, § 4529;   C.S.1929, § 19-419;   R.S.1943, § 19-422;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 26.  Annotations The interests of the state in the police and fire protection would bring it within the jurisdiction of the state to regulate those matters. Adams v. City of Omaha, 101 Neb. 690, 164 N.W. 714 (1917).
NE Code § 19-423 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-423 - Appropriations and expenses; alteration; power of first city council.

19-423.  Appropriations and expenses; alteration; power of first city council.If at the beginning of the term of office of the first city council elected under sections 19-401 to 19-409 the appropriations or distribution of the expenditures of the city government for the current fiscal year have been made, the city council shall have power, by ordinance, to revise, repeal, or change such distribution or to make additional appropriation, within the limit of the total taxes levied for such year.Source   Laws 1911, c. 24, § 20, p. 164;   R.S.1913, § 5307;   C.S.1922, § 4530;   C.S.1929, § 19-420;   R.S.1943, § 19-423;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 516;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 27.
NE Code § 19-432 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-432 - Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election.

19-432.  Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election.Any city which shall have operated for more than four years under the commission plan of government may abandon organization thereunder, and accept the provisions of the general law of the state then applicable to cities of its population, by proceeding as follows: Upon a petition, signed by such number of the qualified electors of such city as equals at least twenty-five percent of the highest vote cast for any of the city council members elected at the last preceding general or regular election in such city, being filed with and found sufficient by the city clerk, a special election shall be called in such city, at which special election the following proposition only shall be submitted: Shall the city of (name of city) abandon its organization under the commission plan of government and become a city under the general laws of the state governing cities of like population? If a majority of the votes cast at any such special election are in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next succeeding general city election in such city shall be those then prescribed by the general laws of the state for cities of like population, and upon the qualification of such officers, according to the terms of such general state law, such city shall become a city governed by and under such general state law. If such special election is not held and the result thereof declared at least sixty days before the election date in such city, then such city shall continue to be governed under the commission plan of government until the second general city election occurring after the date of such special election, and at such general city election the officers provided by such general state law for the government of such city shall be elected, and, upon their qualification, the terms of office of the city council members elected under the commission plan of government shall cease and terminate.Source   Laws 1911, c. 24, § 24, p. 169;   Laws 1913, c. 21, § 8, p. 93;   R.S.1913, § 5311;   C.S.1922, § 4534;   C.S.1929, § 19-424;   R.S.1943, § 19-432;   Laws 1969, c. 257, § 19, p. 942;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 52;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 28.
NE Code § 19-433 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-433 - Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election; procedure.

19-433.  Commission plan; discontinuance; petition; election; procedure.(1) Within ten days after the date of filing the petition asking for a special election on the issue of discontinuing the commission plan of government, the city clerk shall examine it and, with the assistance of the election commissioner or county clerk, ascertain whether the petition is signed by the requisite number of registered voters. If necessary, the city council shall allow the city clerk extra help for the purpose of examining the petition. No new signatures may be added after the initial filing of the petition. If the petition contains the requisite number of signatures, the city clerk shall promptly submit the petition to the city council.(2) Upon receipt of the petition, the city council shall promptly order and fix a date for holding the special election, which date shall not be less than thirty nor more than sixty days from the date of the city clerk's certificate to the city council showing the petition sufficient. The special election shall be conducted in the same manner as provided for the election of city council members under the Municipal Commission Plan of Government Act.Source   Laws 1911, c. 24, § 24, p. 170;   Laws 1913, c. 21, § 8, p. 93;   R.S.1913, § 5311;   C.S.1922, § 4534;   C.S.1929, § 19-424;   R.S.1943, § 19-433;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 53;   Laws 1984, LB 975, § 11;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 517;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 29.
NE Code § 19-501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-501 - Charter convention; charter; amendments; election.

19-501.  Charter convention; charter; amendments; election.Whenever, in any city having a population of more than five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, a charter convention shall have prepared and proposed any charter for the government of such city or any amendments to the charter previously in force, it shall be the duty of the city clerk to also publish and submit, at the same time and in the same manner as in the case of the submission of such proposed charter, any additional or alternative articles or sections, to the qualified voters of such city for their approval, which shall be proposed by the petition of at least ten percent of the qualified electors of such city voting for the gubernatorial candidates at the next preceding general election. The petition must be filed within thirty days after the work of such charter convention shall have been completed.Source   Laws 1913, c. 192, § 1, p. 569;   R.S.1913, § 5312;   C.S.1922, § 4535;   C.S.1929, § 19-501;   R.S.1943, § 19-501;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 27.
NE Code § 19-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-502 - Charter convention; work, when deemed complete; charter, when published.

19-502.  Charter convention; work, when deemed complete; charter, when published.The city clerk shall not begin the publication of any proposed charter or amendments, as required by the Constitution of Nebraska, in less than thirty days from the time of the completion of the work of the charter convention, and the work of the charter convention shall be deemed completed whenever its certified copy of charter or amendments shall be delivered to the city clerk, together with twenty-five correct copies thereof. Such copies shall when filed be open to the inspection of any elector of such city.Source   Laws 1913, c. 192, § 2, p. 570;   R.S.1913, § 5313;   C.S.1922, § 4536;   C.S.1929, § 19-502;   R.S.1943, § 19-502;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 30.
NE Code § 19-503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-503 - Charter amendments; petition; adoption.

19-503.  Charter amendments; petition; adoption.Whenever any petition, as provided in section 19-501, shall be filed with the city clerk and shall contain the required number of signatures of qualified electors, asking for the submission of additional or alternative articles or sections in the complete form in which such articles or sections are to read as amended, such articles or sections shall be deemed to be proposed for adoption by the qualified electors of the city with the same force and effect as if proposed by the charter convention, and the article or section which receives the majority of all the votes cast for and against such additional or alternative articles or sections shall be declared adopted, and certified to the Secretary of State, a copy deposited in the archives of the city, and shall become the charter or part thereof, of such city.Source   Laws 1913, c. 192, § 3, p. 570;   R.S.1913, § 5314;   C.S.1922, § 4537;   C.S.1929, § 19-503;   R.S.1943, § 19-503;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 31.
NE Code § 19-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-601 - Act, how cited.

19-601.  Act, how cited.Sections 19-601 to 19-662 shall be known and may be cited as the City Manager Plan of Government Act.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 1, p. 497;   C.S.1922, § 4538;   C.S.1929, § 19-601;   R.S.1943, § 19-601;   Laws 1955, c. 55, § 4, p. 180;   Laws 1963, c. 89, § 2, p. 300;   Laws 1985, LB 372, § 1;   Laws 1998, LB 893, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 32.  Annotations The sections in this article relate to cities operating under the city manager plan. State ex rel. Warren v. Kleman, 178 Neb. 564, 134 N.W.2d 254 (1965).
NE Code § 19-602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-602 - City, defined; population; how determined.

19-602.  City, defined; population; how determined.For purposes of the City Manager Plan of Government Act, city means any city having a population of one thousand or more and less than two hundred thousand inhabitants. The population of a city shall be the number of inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 2, p. 498;   C.S.1922, § 4539;   C.S.1929, § 19-602;   R.S.1943, § 19-602;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 28;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 33.
NE Code § 19-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-603 - Charter and general laws; force and effect.

19-603.  Charter and general laws; force and effect.In any city which adopts the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act, the charter and all general laws governing such city shall continue in full force and effect, except that if any provisions of such charter or laws are inconsistent with the act, the same shall be superseded.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 3, p. 498;   C.S.1922, § 4540;   C.S.1929, § 19-603;   R.S.1943, § 19-603;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 34.
NE Code § 19-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-604 - Ordinances; resolutions; orders; regulations; force and effect.

19-604.  Ordinances; resolutions; orders; regulations; force and effect.All valid ordinances, resolutions, orders, or other regulations of a city which adopts the city manager plan of government, or any authorized body or official of such city, existing at the time the city manager plan becomes applicable in the city, and not inconsistent with the City Manager Plan of Government Act, shall continue in full force and effect until amended, repealed, or otherwise superseded.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 4, p. 498;   C.S.1922, § 4541;   C.S.1929, § 19-604;   R.S.1943, § 19-604;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 35.
NE Code § 19-605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-605 - City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.

19-605.  City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.Whenever the electors of any city, equal in number to twenty percent of those who voted at the last regular city election, shall file a petition with the city clerk, asking that the question of organizing the city under the city manager plan of government be submitted to the electors of such city, the city clerk shall within one week certify that fact to the city council, and the city council shall, within thirty days, adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at a special election to be held not less than thirty days after the adoption of the resolution except as provided in this section. Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act except as otherwise provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act. If such petition is filed not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than seventy days prior to the regular municipal statewide primary or statewide general election, the city council shall adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at the next such election.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 6, p. 498;   C.S.1922, § 4543;   C.S.1929, § 19-606;   R.S.1943, § 19-605;   Laws 1974, LB 897, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 36.  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 19-606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-606 - City manager plan; adoption or abandonment; election.

19-606.  City manager plan; adoption or abandonment; election.The proposition to adopt or to abandon the city manager plan of government shall not be submitted to the electors of any city later than sixty days before a regular municipal election. If, in any city, a sufficient petition is filed requiring that the question of adopting the commission plan of government, or the question of choosing a convention to frame a city charter, be submitted to the electors of such city, or if an ordinance providing for the election of a charter convention is passed by the city council, the proposition to adopt the city manager plan of government shall not be submitted in such city so long as the question of adopting the commission plan of government, or of choosing a charter convention, or adopting a charter framed by such convention, is pending.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 7, p. 498;   C.S.1922, § 4544;   C.S.1929, § 19-607;   R.S.1943, § 19-606;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 37.  Cross References  Petition for abandonment of city manager plan of government, see section 19-662.
NE Code § 19-607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-607 - Election; ballot; form.

19-607.  Election; ballot; form.In submitting the question of adopting the city manager plan of government, the city council shall cause to be printed on the ballots the following question: Shall the city manager plan of government as provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act be adopted? Immediately following such question there shall be printed on the ballots the following propositions in the order here set forth: For the adoption of the city manager plan of government and Against the adoption of the city manager plan of government. Immediately to the left of each proposition shall be placed an oval or a square in which the electors may vote by making a cross (X) or other clear, intelligible mark.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 8, p. 499;   C.S.1922, § 4545;   C.S.1929, § 19-608;   R.S.1943, § 19-607;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 38.
NE Code § 19-608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-608 - Election; adoption of plan; when effective; rejection; resubmission.

19-608.  Election; adoption of plan; when effective; rejection; resubmission.If the city manager plan of government is approved by a majority of the electors voting thereon, such plan shall go into effect immediately as it applies to the nomination and election of officers provided for in sections 19-612 to 19-613.01, and in all other respects such plan shall go into effect on the first Monday following the next regular municipal election. If the proposition to adopt the city manager plan of government is rejected by the electors, it shall not again be submitted in such city within two years after the proposition is rejected.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 9, p. 499;   C.S.1922, § 4546;   C.S.1929, § 19-609;   R.S.1943, § 19-608;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 39.
NE Code § 19-609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-609 - City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.

19-609.  City manager plan; abandonment; petition; election.Any city which has operated under the city manager plan of government for at least four years may abandon such organization and either accept the provisions of the general law applicable to such city or adopt any other optional plan or organization open to such city. The petition for abandonment shall designate the plan desired, and the following proposition shall be submitted: Shall the city of (............) abandon the city manager plan of government and adopt the (name of plan) as provided in (giving the legal designation of the law as published)? If a majority of the votes cast thereon be in favor of such proposition, the officers elected at the next regular municipal election shall be those prescribed by the laws designated in the petition, and upon the qualification of such officers the city shall become organized under such law. Such change shall not affect the property right or ability of any nature of such city, but shall extend merely to its form of government.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 10, p. 499;   C.S.1922, § 4547;   C.S.1929, § 19-610;   R.S.1943, § 19-609;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 40.  Cross References  Petition for abandonment of city manager plan of government, see section 19-662.
NE Code § 19-610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-610 - Local charters; right to adopt.

19-610.  Local charters; right to adopt.Nothing in the City Manager Plan of Government Act shall be construed to interfere with or prevent any city at any time from framing and adopting a charter for its own government as provided by the Constitution of Nebraska. In exercising the right to frame its own charter, it shall not be obligatory upon any city to adopt or retain the city manager plan of government.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 11, p. 500;   C.S.1922, § 4548;   C.S.1929, § 19-611;   R.S.1943, § 19-610;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 41.
NE Code § 19-611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-611 - City council; powers.

19-611.  City council; powers.The governing body of a city which has adopted the city manager plan of government shall be the city council, which shall exercise all the powers which have been or may be conferred upon the city by the Constitution of Nebraska and laws of the state, except as otherwise provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 12, p. 500;   C.S.1922, § 4549;   C.S.1929, § 19-612;   R.S.1943, § 19-611;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 42.
NE Code § 19-612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-612 - City council members; number; nomination and election; terms.

19-612.  City council members; number; nomination and election; terms.City council members in a city under the city manager plan of government shall be nominated and elected as provided in section 32-538. The number of city council members shall be determined by the class and population of the city. In cities having one thousand or more but not more than forty thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, there shall be five members, and in cities having more than forty thousand but less than two hundred thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, there shall be seven members, except that in cities having between ten thousand and forty thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the city council may by ordinance provide for seven members. The terms of office of all such members shall commence on the first regular meeting of such city council in December following their election.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 13, p. 500;   C.S.1922, § 4550;   C.S.1929, § 19-613;   R.S.1943, § 19-612;   Laws 1963, c. 90, § 1, p. 311;   Laws 1967, c. 90, § 1, p. 279;   Laws 1969, c. 257, § 21, p. 943;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 6;   Laws 1975, LB 323, § 3;   Laws 1977, LB 201, § 6;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 54;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 518;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 43;  Laws 2020, LB1003, § 180.
NE Code § 19-613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-613 - City council members; qualifications; forfeiture of office; grounds.

19-613.  City council members; qualifications; forfeiture of office; grounds.Members of the city council in a city under the city manager plan of government shall be residents and registered voters of the city and shall hold no other employment with the city. Any city council member who ceases to possess any of the qualifications required by this section or who has been convicted of a felony or of any public offense involving the violation of the oath of office of such member while in office shall forthwith forfeit such office.Source   Laws 1917, c. 208, § 14, p. 500;   C.S.1922, § 4551;   C.S.1929, § 19-614;   R.S.1943, § 19-613;   Laws 1971, LB 494, § 6;   Laws 1975, LB 453, § 2;   Laws 1977, LB 50, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 55;   Laws 1983, LB 370, § 9;   Laws 1990, LB 931, § 4;   Laws 1991, LB 12, § 3;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 519;  Laws 2012, LB786, § 1;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 44.  Cross References  Vacancies, see sections 32-568 and 32-569.
NE Code § 19-613.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-613.01 - City council members; elected from a ward; election; ballots.

19-613.01.  City council members; elected from a ward; election; ballots.Any city council member in a city under the city manager plan of government to be elected from a ward, or an appointed successor in the event of a vacancy, shall be a resident and a registered voter of such ward. The city council member shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as provided for at-large candidates, except that only residents and registered voters of the ward may participate in the signing of nomination petitions. All nominating petitions and ballots shall clearly identify the ward from which such person shall be a candidate. The ballots within a ward shall not contain the names of ward candidates from other wards.Source   Laws 1967, c. 90, § 2, p. 280;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 7;   Laws 1975, LB 323, § 4;   Laws 1979, LB 80, § 56;   Laws 1984, LB 975, § 12;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 520;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 45.