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NE Code § 2-255 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-255 - Petition; signature verification; organizational meeting; notice.

2-255.  Petition; signature verification; organizational meeting; notice.Upon receipt of a petition to create a county agricultural society, the county board shall have the signatures verified by the election commissioner or county clerk pursuant to section 32-631. The election commissioner or county clerk shall return the verified petition within fifteen days after receipt of the petition from the county board. If the number of signatures required under section 2-254 are verified, the county board shall declare the petition approved at the next regularly scheduled meeting following the submission of the petition by the petitioners to the county board. If the petition is approved, the county board shall schedule an organizational meeting for the county agricultural society and shall give notice of the organizational meeting in a newspaper of general circulation within the county once each week for three weeks before the scheduled organizational meeting. The notice shall state the time and place of the organizational meeting and that all registered voters of the county are eligible to participate and vote at the organizational meeting. At the organizational meeting, the registered voters present shall, by majority vote, (1) determine the size of the board of directors for the county agricultural society, an odd number not less than five and not larger than nineteen, and (2) elect the board members.Source  Laws 1997, LB 469, § 6.
NE Code § 2-256 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-256 - Board of directors; officers; members.

2-256.  Board of directors; officers; members.(1) The board of directors shall annually elect from its membership a chairperson and such other officers as may be necessary. The term of office for members of the board shall be for three years, except that the term of the members of the board first taking office shall be for one, two, or three years as determined by lot.(2) The bylaws adopted by a county agricultural society shall state whether the board of directors of the county agricultural society will nominate candidates for membership on the board from districts or from the county at large. The members of the board shall be elected by the registered voters of the entire county whether the candidates are nominated from districts or from the county at large. If nominating districts are used, the board of directors shall divide the county into districts of substantially equal population. Such districts shall be consecutively numbered. The boundaries and numbering of such districts shall be designated at least three months prior to the annual meeting.(3) If the county agricultural society replaces an existing county fair board as provided in section 2-237.01, the county fair board shall remain in existence until the county agricultural society has its first annual meeting. After the first annual meeting of the county agricultural society, any existing county fair board shall cease to exist.Source   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 7;  Laws 1999, LB 437, § 23.
NE Code § 2-257 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-257 - Tax levy.

2-257.  Tax levy.(1) The county board may, at the time other levies and assessments for taxation are made and subject to section 77-3443, levy a tax upon all of the taxable property within the county for the operation of the county agricultural society. The tax shall be assessed, levied, and collected as other county taxes. The proceeds of such tax shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of the board of directors of such county agricultural society on or before the fifteenth day of each month or more frequently as provided in section 77-1759.(2) The county agricultural society may act to exceed the allocation provided by the county board under section 77-3444, but if the county agricultural society acts to exceed the allocation, the total levy shall not exceed three and one-half cents per one hundred dollars of valuation.Source   Laws 1921, c. 5, § 1, p. 66;   C.S.1922, § 6;   Laws 1925, c. 10, § 1, p. 77;   Laws 1927, c. 13, § 1, p. 96;   Laws 1929, c. 5, § 1, p. 70;   C.S.1929, § 2-201;   R.S.1943, § 2-203;   Laws 1949, c. 4, § 1(2), p. 60;   Laws 1969, c. 11, § 3, p. 148;   Laws 1975, LB 378, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 3;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 2;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 3;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 7;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 2;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-203.01;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 8;  Laws 2007, LB334, § 1.
NE Code § 2-258 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-258 - Use of tax money.

2-258.  Use of tax money.The money raised by the operational tax levy authorized in section 2-257 shall be used for the purpose of paying premiums and for permanent improvements for such fair, for the purpose of purchasing the necessary fair supplies, advertising, and the paying of necessary labor in connection therewith, and for other necessary expenses for the operation of the fair. In the county in which the Nebraska State Fair is located, the money so raised may be used for permanent improvements on the state and county fairgrounds or for leasing, contracting for, or in any manner acquiring use of fairground facilities for such fairs.Source   Laws 1921, c. 5, § 1, p. 66;   C.S.1922, § 6;   Laws 1925, c. 10, § 1, p. 77;   Laws 1927, c. 13, § 1, p. 96;   Laws 1929, c. 5, § 1, p. 70;   C.S.1929, § 2-201;   R.S.1943, § 2-202;   Laws 1977, LB 484, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1991), § 2-202;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 9;  Laws 2008, LB1116, § 7.
NE Code § 2-259 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-259 - County fairgrounds; equipment purchase; additional tax levy.

2-259.  County fairgrounds; equipment purchase; additional tax levy.Pursuant to a request by a county agricultural society, the county board of any county may levy an additional levy of three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable valuation, or any part thereof, for the purpose of acquiring an interest in real property to comprise a portion or all of the county fairgrounds, for the purpose of capital construction on and renovation, repair, improvement, and maintenance of the county fairgrounds, over and above the operational tax levy authorized in section 2-257, or for the purpose of purchasing equipment. Such levy shall not exceed the amount actually required for such acquisition or work and shall be subject to section 77-3443.Source   Laws 1969, c. 11, § 7, p. 149;   Laws 1977, LB 484, § 2;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 7;   Laws 1988, LB 977, § 1;   Laws 1992, LB 398, § 4;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 4;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-203.06;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 10;  Laws 1999, LB 437, § 24;  Laws 2000, LB 1190, § 1;  Laws 2014, LB597, § 1.
NE Code § 2-260 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-260 - Failure to hold fair; effect.

2-260.  Failure to hold fair; effect.If an existing county agricultural society fails to hold a fair for at least three successive days, no money so levied for that year shall be paid to the use of such levy, but the same shall be paid into the general fund of the county and expended as other funds therein. Such money shall be paid by the county treasurer to the board of directors of such county agricultural society only after a sworn statement has been filed with the county clerk of such county, which statement shall be signed by the chairperson of the county agricultural society and shall set out when and where such county fair is to be held.Source   Laws 1881, c. 1, § 1, p. 64;   Laws 1889, c. 74, § 1, p. 535;   Laws 1901, c. 2, § 1, p. 44;   Laws 1905, c. 2, § 1, p. 53;   Laws 1913, c. 165, § 1, p. 509;   R.S.1913, § 6;   Laws 1915, c. 7, § 1, p. 56;   Laws 1917, c. 63, § 1, p. 164;   Laws 1921, c. 5, § 1, p. 67;   C.S.1922, § 6;   Laws 1925, c. 10, § 1, p. 78;   Laws 1927, c. 13, § 1, p. 97;   Laws 1929, c. 5, § 1, p. 72;   C.S.1929, § 2-201;   R.S.1943, § 2-204;   R.S.1943, (1991), § 2-204;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 11.
NE Code § 2-261 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-261 - County agricultural society; budget; meetings; records.

2-261.  County agricultural society; budget; meetings; records.(1) County agricultural societies are subject to the Nebraska Budget Act. County agricultural societies shall comply with the Open Meetings Act and the Records Management Act.(2) The budget of each county agricultural society is subject to annual review, audit, and approval by the county board of the county in which such society is located.Source   Laws 1879, § 12, p. 400;   R.S.1913, § 8;   C.S.1922, § 8;   C.S.1929, § 2-203;   R.S.1943, § 2-206;   Laws 1996, LB 299, § 8;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-206;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 12;  Laws 2004, LB 821, § 3. Cross References   Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.  Open Meetings Act, see section 84-1407.  Records Management Act, see section 84-1220. Annotations Nebraska State Board of Agriculture is still authorized to adopt rules and regulations which county agricultural societies must comply with and obey to entitle them to financial support from county board. State ex rel. Otoe County Agr. Assn. v. Wallen, 117 Neb. 397, 220 N.W. 688 (1928).
NE Code § 2-262 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-262 - County agricultural society; right of eminent domain; procedure.

2-262.  County agricultural society; right of eminent domain; procedure.Each county agricultural society may acquire, take, hold, and appropriate so much real estate as may be necessary for the purpose of holding county fairs. No appropriation of private property for the use of such society shall be made until full and just compensation therefor be first made to the owner thereof, and not more than forty acres shall be taken without the consent of the owner. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1879, § 13, p. 400;   R.S.1913, § 9;   Laws 1915, c. 9, § 1, p. 57;   C.S.1922, § 9;   C.S.1929, § 2-204;   R.S.1943, § 2-207;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 25, p. 458;   R.S.1943, (1991), § 2-207;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 13. Annotations Section quoted in tracing history of act. Owen v. Main, 92 Neb. 258, 138 N.W. 154 (1912).
NE Code § 2-263 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-263 - County agricultural society; neglect of duties; cease to exist; effect.

2-263.  County agricultural society; neglect of duties; cease to exist; effect.In all cases when county agricultural societies neglect for two years to hold a county fair or cease to exist, in any county where payments have been made for real estate or improvements upon such real estate for the use of a county agricultural society, then all such real estate and improvements shall vest in fee simple in the county, and the district court of the county, upon proof thereof, shall, upon petition of the county board, make a proper decree vesting the title of such property in the county.Source   Laws 1879, § 15, p. 401;   Laws 1905, c. 1, § 1, p. 51;   R.S.1913, § 11;   C.S.1922, § 11;   C.S.1929, § 2-206;   Laws 1931, c. 2, § 1, p. 58;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 2-206;   R.S.1943, § 2-209;   R.S.1943, (1991), § 2-209;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 14. Annotations Upon dissolution of society under this section, only the real estate purchased and improvements made by money paid out of county treasury vest in the county. Owen v. Main, 92 Neb. 258, 138 N.W. 154 (1912).
NE Code § 2-264 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-264 - County agricultural society; powers relating to real estate.

2-264.  County agricultural society; powers relating to real estate.With the consent of the county board of the county within which the real estate is located, a county agricultural society may exchange its real estate and improvements for other real estate and improvements or may lease or sell its real estate and improvements and may make, execute, deliver, and accept all proper or necessary conveyances relating to such exchange, lease, sale, or purchase. County board approval is not required for leases having a term of less than ninety days. The right of the county to real estate and improvements as provided in section 2-263 shall extend to real estate, improvements, or proceeds derived from any exchange, sale, or purchase of real estate or improvements acquired with the additional tax levy provided in section 2-259.A county agricultural society may purchase real estate and improve the same. The payment of the purchase price may be secured by mortgage or deed of trust.Source   Laws 1879, § 15, p. 401;   Laws 1905, c. 1, § 1, p. 52;   R.S.1913, § 11;   C.S.1922, § 11;   C.S.1929, § 2-206;   Laws 1931, c. 2, § 1, p. 58;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 2-206;   R.S.1943, § 2-210;   Laws 1967, c. 3, § 1, p. 71;   R.S.1943, (1991), § 2-210;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 15;  Laws 2014, LB597, § 2.
NE Code § 2-265 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-265 - County agricultural society; dissolution; procedure.

2-265.  County agricultural society; dissolution; procedure.(1) To dissolve a county agricultural society established or sought to be established under the County Agricultural Society Act, the county board shall, upon petition of not less than fifteen percent of the registered voters of the county as shown by the poll books of the last previous general election, submit to the people of the county to be voted upon at a general or special election called by the county board for that purpose, a proposition to dissolve such county agricultural society. Such proposition shall be submitted as provided in section 23-126.(2) If a majority of all the votes cast on the proposition are in favor of the dissolution, the county board shall cause the record of such proposition and all the proceedings thereon to be entered upon the records of the county agricultural society and shall make an order that such county agricultural society is dissolved.Source  Laws 1997, LB 469, § 16.
NE Code § 2-266 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-266 - County agricultural society; dissolution; effect.

2-266.  County agricultural society; dissolution; effect.Upon the dissolution and the abandonment under section 2-265:(1) All the real and personal property which has been purchased for or by the county agricultural society may be sold or disposed of by the county board in whole or in part and from time to time in the same manner as other properties of the county may lawfully be sold or disposed of. If any of such property is appropriate or available for any other lawful use or purpose of such county, the county board may appropriate, use, and apply any of such property to any such other lawful use or purpose; and(2) Such county agricultural society shall cease to exist as an official body of such county except for the purpose of making its final report and accounting and returning its records to the county board.Source  Laws 1997, LB 469, § 17.
NE Code § 2-266.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-266.01 - County agricultural society; dissolution; reformation; procedure.

2-266.01.  County agricultural society; dissolution; reformation; procedure.(1) A county agricultural society may be dissolved and reformed as either an elected or appointed county fair board as provided in this section in addition to any other procedure for dissolution provided by law.(2) A county agricultural society board may by resolution request the county board to place the question of reformation of the society before the registered voters of the county.(3) Upon the adoption of a resolution under subsection (2) of this section, the county board shall place the question of reformation on the ballot at any primary, general, or special election. If a majority of those voting on the question vote for reformation, the county board shall proceed with the statutory requirements to form the new entity.(4) Any contract, action, rule, regulation, resolution, or other matter made, done, or performed by and within the scope of the county agricultural society's authority shall remain in force and effect. Any real or personal property, rights, or credits and any duty, debt, or liability of the society shall automatically transfer to the new entity on the date of the entity's first meeting. Upon such transfer, the society shall automatically be dissolved. The county agricultural society shall file the notice of transfers and dissolutions with the register of deeds.Source Laws 1999, LB 437, § 21.
NE Code § 2-267 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-267 - County agricultural society; reinstatement authorized.

2-267.  County agricultural society; reinstatement authorized.A county agricultural society operating or organized under the County Agricultural Society Act, which has become inoperative because of neglect in the discharge of its duties devolved upon it by law, or for any other reason, may at any time procure an extension, restoration, renewal, or revival of its corporate existence, together with all the rights, franchises, privileges, and immunities and subject to all of its duties, debts, and liabilities which had been secured or imposed by its original articles of incorporation and its amendments, by filing with the Secretary of State a certificate of its last acting president and secretary or treasurer, chairperson and other officers, or officers elected or appointed as provided in section 2-271.Source   Laws 1995, LB 671, § 1;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-241;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 18.
NE Code § 2-268 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-268 - County agricultural society; reinstatement; certificate; contents; filing.

2-268.  County agricultural society; reinstatement; certificate; contents; filing.The certificate filed pursuant to section 2-267 shall set forth (1) the name of the county agricultural society, which name shall be the existing name of the society or the name it bore when its corporate existence expired, except as otherwise provided in sections 2-267 to 2-271, (2) whether the renewal, restoration, or revival is to be perpetual and if not the time for which the renewal, restoration, or revival is to continue, (3) that the society desiring to be renewed or revived and so renewing or reviving its corporate existence was duly organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska, and (4) the date when the society became inoperative and that this certificate for renewal or revival is filed by authority of those who were directors or managers of the society at the time its corporate existence expired or who were elected or appointed directors of the society as provided in section 2-271. A copy of the certificate, certified by the Secretary of State, shall be recorded in the office of the clerk in and for the county in which the original articles of incorporation of the society are recorded. Upon filing and recording the original of the certificate of revival in the office of the Secretary of State, the society shall be renewed and revived with the same force and effect as if its corporate existence had not become inoperative.Source   Laws 1995, LB 671, § 2;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-242;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 19.
NE Code § 2-269 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-269 - County agricultural society; reinstatement; effect.

2-269.  County agricultural society; reinstatement; effect.The reinstatement of a county agricultural society shall validate all contracts, acts, matters, and things made, done, and performed within the scope of its articles of incorporation, its officers, and its agents during the time when the corporate existence was inoperative with the same force and effect and to all intents and purposes as if the corporate existence had at all times remained in full force and effect. All real and personal property, rights, and credits which were of the county agricultural society at the time its corporate existence became inoperative and which were not disposed of prior to the time of the revival or renewal shall be vested in the society, after the revival and renewal, as fully and completely as they were held by the society at and before the time its corporate existence became inoperative. The corporation, after such renewal and revival, shall be as exclusively liable for all contracts, acts, matters, and things made, done, or performed in its name and on its behalf by its officers and agents prior to the reinstatement as if its corporate existence had at all times remained in full force and effect.Source   Laws 1995, LB 671, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-243;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 20.
NE Code § 2-270 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-270 - County agricultural society; reinstatement; name change; when.

2-270.  County agricultural society; reinstatement; name change; when.If, since the corporate existence of a county agricultural society became inoperative, any other county agricultural society organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska adopted the same name as the society sought to be renewed or revived or shall have adopted a name so nearly similar to it as not to distinguish it from the society renewed or revived under the provisions of sections 2-267 to 2-271, then, in such case, the renewed or revived society shall not be renewed under the same name which it bore when its corporate existence became inoperative, but shall adopt and be renewed under a new name which, under existing law, could be adopted by a society formed and organized under the County Agricultural Society Act, and in such case the certificate to be filed under section 2-272 shall set forth the name borne by such society at the time its existence became inoperative and the new name under which the society is to be renewed or revived.Source   Laws 1995, LB 671, § 4;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-244;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 21.
NE Code § 2-271 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 2 - Agriculture|2-271 - County agricultural society; reinstatement; reformation of board.

2-271.  County agricultural society; reinstatement; reformation of board.If the last president and secretary or treasurer, chairperson and other officers, or the officers performing the functions of the offices, or any of them, of the county agricultural society renewing or reviving its corporate existence are dead at the time of the renewal or refuse or neglect to act pursuant to section 2-267, the directors of the society or the successors of them, if not less than two, may elect a successor to the officer or officers who are dead or who refuse or neglect to act pursuant to section 2-267. In any case where there are less than two directors of the society living or if any of them refuse or neglect to act for the purpose of renewing or reviving the corporate existence, the county board may appoint as many directors as necessary, together with the surviving director who is ready and willing to act, to constitute a board of five directors to conduct necessary business until, within ninety days, an annual meeting is held and new directors are elected pursuant to the County Agricultural Society Act.Source   Laws 1995, LB 671, § 5;   R.S.Supp.,1996, § 2-245;   Laws 1997, LB 469, § 22.