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NE Code § 14-1224 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1224 - Revenue bonds; trust agreements; terms; conditions.

14-1224.  Revenue bonds; trust agreements; terms; conditions.The governing body of the city may enter into an agreement with any competent bank or trust company as trustee for the holders of such bonds, setting forth the duties of the city and the bridge commission in respect to the construction, maintenance, operation and insurance on all funds, the insurance of money on hand or on deposit and the rights and remedies of said trustee and the holders of such bonds, and restricting the individual right of action of bondholders as is customary in trust agreements respecting bonds of corporations. Said trust agreement may contain such provisions for protecting and enforcing the rights and remedies of the trustee and approval by the original bond purchasers of the appointment of consulting engineers and of the security given by the bridge contractors and by any bank or trust company in which the proceeds of bonds or bridge tolls or other money of the bridge commission shall be deposited, and may provide that no contract for construction shall be made without the approval of the consulting engineers. Said trust agreement may further contain provisions and covenants that all or any deposited money shall be secured, as may be therein provided, by surety company bonds or otherwise, and that investments of any or all money shall be prohibited, except as therein provided, or shall be regulated as therein provided, and that insurance upon the bridge and all property connected therewith, also use and occupancy insurance, shall be carried to the extent and under the conditions therein provided. Such trust agreement may also include a covenant that until the revenue bonds secured by such agreement and the interest thereon shall have been paid, the city will charge and collect for transit over any or all other bridges, then or thereafter owned by such city, rates of tolls which may be fixed in such covenant or may be based upon principles and premises set forth in such covenant. The tolls thereafter collected pursuant to such covenant shall be applied as provided in section 14-1226, or for the acquisition or construction or the maintenance and operation, in whole or in part, of any bridge or bridges now owned or hereafter acquired or constructed by such city or as may be otherwise provided by law.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 10, p. 620;   C.S.1929, § 14-1210;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 2, p. 110;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1210;   R.S.1943, § 14-1224.
NE Code § 14-1225 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1225 - Bridges; state and political subdivisions; competing bridges; limitations upon, for protection of bondholders.

14-1225.  Bridges; state and political subdivisions; competing bridges; limitations upon, for protection of bondholders.Neither the State of Nebraska nor any political subdivision thereof shall limit or restrict the rights and powers granted in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 to the detriment of owners of outstanding bonds nor shall such state or political subdivision authorize the construction or itself construct any competing bridge within a distance of one mile on either side of the bridge unless and until all of such bonds, together with the interest thereon, have been fully paid and canceled, unless other adequate provisions shall have been made for the protection and guaranty thereof.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 11, p. 621;   C.S.1929, § 14-1211;   R.S.1943, § 14-1225.
NE Code § 14-1226 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1226 - Bridges; tolls; determination and use; rights of bondholders.

14-1226.  Bridges; tolls; determination and use; rights of bondholders.The rates of tolls to be charged for the use of any bridge acquired or constructed under the provisions of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252 shall be fixed and adjusted as may be required by any law of the United States, and shall be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a fund sufficient to pay the interest and principal of any bonds issued under sections 14-1215 to 14-1217 and 14-1223 and to provide an additional fund to pay the cost of maintaining, repairing and operating such bridge. The rates may also be so fixed and adjusted as to provide a reserve fund reasonably sufficient to provide for the cost of the continued operation, supervision, maintenance, and repair of said bridge or bridges for a period not to exceed twenty-five years after the removal of toll charges. After the provision of said funds has been completed, such bridge or bridges shall thereafter be maintained and operated free of toll unless or until the charging of reasonable tolls is continued or resumed by the governing body of the city or its commission in order to finance reconstruction, extension, enlargement, replacement or renewal of that particular bridge or in aid of the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, extension, enlargement, replacement or renewal of any other bridge owned in whole or in part by said city. The owners of outstanding bonds issued to finance the bridge, or the authorized trustee therefor, shall have the right to compel the fixing of adequate tolls by application to any court of competent jurisdiction. In case the city is at the same time providing for the payment of more than one bridge through the collection of tolls, the tolls upon such bridges may be maintained and adjusted so that each bridge shall assist the financing of the other.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 12, p. 622;   C.S.1929, § 14-1212;   R.S.1943, § 14-1226.
NE Code § 14-1227 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1227 - Bridge commission; members; term; vacancies; compensation; officers and employees; office; powers and duties.

14-1227.  Bridge commission; members; term; vacancies; compensation; officers and employees; office; powers and duties.When it has been determined by the governing body of any such city, by resolution or ordinance in the exercise of its discretion, that in the exercise of the powers conferred by sections 14-1201 to 14-1252, it is expedient to create a bridge commission, the mayor of such city, with the approval of the governing body of the city, shall appoint four persons, who, with the mayor, ex officio, shall constitute a bridge commission which shall be a public body corporate and politic under the name of (insert name of city) bridge commission. It shall have power to contract, to sue and be sued, and to adopt a seal and alter same at pleasure, but shall not have power to pledge the credit or taxing power of the city. No officer or employee of said city, except the mayor thereof, whether holding a paid or unpaid office shall be eligible to hold an appointment on said commission. Such appointees shall be originally appointed for terms of four years. Upon the expiration of such terms, appointments shall be made in like manner except that the term of the four appointees shall be for one year, two years, three years and four years, respectively. Not more than two of such appointees shall be members of the same political party. Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. Said commission shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from its members, and a secretary and treasurer who need not be a member of such commission. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation and shall give such bonds as may be required from time to time by the governing body of the city. The commission shall fix the compensation of the secretary and treasurer. The commission shall have power to establish bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own government and to make and enter into all contracts or agreements necessary or incidental to the performance of its duties and the execution of its powers. The commission may employ engineering, architectural, and construction experts and inspectors and attorneys, and such other employees as may be necessary in its opinion, and fix their compensation, all of whom shall do such work as the commission shall direct. All salaries and compensation shall be obligations against and be paid solely from funds provided under the authority of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252. The office, records, books and accounts of the bridge commission shall always be maintained in the city which the commission represents. Such commission may be charged by the governing body of the city with the construction of new bridges or the operation, maintenance, repair, renewal, reconstruction, replacement, extension or enlargement of existing bridges, or bridges hereafter constructed.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 13, p. 622;   C.S.1929, § 14-1213;   R.S.1943, § 14-1227.
NE Code § 14-1228 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1228 - Bridge commission; bridge plans and specifications.

14-1228.  Bridge commission; bridge plans and specifications.The commission is hereby authorized to prepare the necessary and proper plans and specifications for the construction of such bridges as may be designated by the governing body of the city, to select the location for same, determine the size, type and method of construction thereof, to plan and fix their boundaries and approaches, to make the necessary estimates of the probable cost of construction and the acquisition of the land and rights for the sites of the abutments and approaches and avenues or easements of access to the bridges in a manner hereinafter provided, to enter into the necessary contracts to build and equip the entire bridges and the approaches and avenues or easements of access thereto, to build the superstructures and substructures and all parts thereof, to obtain and exercise such consent or authority as may be necessary from the government of the United States and the approval of the Secretary of the Army and Chief of Engineers, and to cause a survey and map to be made of all lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements or other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights owned by any persons, corporation or municipality, the acquisition of which may be deemed necessary for the construction of such bridges, and to cause such map and survey to be filed in its office. The members of the commission, or its agents and employees, may enter upon such lands and structures and upon lands under water notwithstanding any interests in such lands or structures, for the purpose of making such surveys and maps; Provided, that the commission shall not proceed to exercise or carry out any authority or power herein given it to bind said commission beyond the extent to which money has been provided.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 14, p. 623;   C.S.1929, § 14-1214;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 3, p. 111;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1214;   R.S.1943, § 14-1228;   Laws 1972, LB 1046, § 4.
NE Code § 14-1229 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1229 - Bridge commission; bids required; when.

14-1229.  Bridge commission; bids required; when.No contract or agreement for the acquisition, construction, reconstruction, repair, enlargement, extension, renewal, replacement or equipment of such bridges exceeding in amount the sum of twenty-five hundred dollars shall be made without advertisement for bids, which shall be opened publicly, and an award made to the best bidder, with power in the commission to reject any or all bids.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 14, p. 624;   C.S.1929, § 14-1214;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 3, p. 112;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1214;   R.S.1943, § 14-1229.
NE Code § 14-1230 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1230 - Bridge commission; plans and specifications; submission to city council.

14-1230.  Bridge commission; plans and specifications; submission to city council.The plans and specifications, the location, size, type and method of construction, the boundaries and approaches, and the estimates of cost of construction and acquisition, provided for in sections 14-1228 and 14-1229, shall be first submitted to the governing body of the city and receive its approval before final adoption by the commission, which shall have no power to proceed further until such approval has been had.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 14, p. 624;   C.S.1929, § 14-1214;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 3, p. 112;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1214;   R.S.1943, § 14-1230.
NE Code § 14-1231 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1231 - Bridge commission; contracts; authorization of bonds required.

14-1231.  Bridge commission; contracts; authorization of bonds required.No contract for acquisition, construction, or incidents thereto, and no liabilities in connection therewith shall be entered into or incurred until bonds to finance the project have been authorized by the electors of the city in the method provided in section 14-1251, or until revenue bonds, as authorized by section 14-1217, have been issued and disposed of by the governing body of the city.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 14, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1214;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 3, p. 112;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1214;   R.S.1943, § 14-1231.
NE Code § 14-1232 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1232 - Bridge commission; bridges; control and management.

14-1232.  Bridge commission; bridges; control and management.The commission shall operate, manage, and control the bridges under its charge in their entirety, fix the rate of tolls, establish bylaws and rules and regulations for the use and operation of such bridges, provide for the lighting and policing thereof, and select such employees as it deems necessary and fix their compensation, and if and when authorized by the governing body of the city shall have power to renew, replace, reconstruct, extend and enlarge bridges, but shall not have power to create liens upon or to mortgage any property unless first authorized by the governing body of the city.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 14, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1214;   Laws 1931, c. 27, § 3, p. 113;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 14-1214;   R.S.1943, § 14-1232.
NE Code § 14-1233 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1233 - Bridge commission; records; reports; city council; examinations.

14-1233.  Bridge commission; records; reports; city council; examinations.The bridge commission shall keep an accurate record of all its acts, the property entrusted to it, the cost of the bridge or bridges, and incidents thereto, the expenditures for maintaining, repairing and operating same, and the daily tolls collected, which records shall be public records and the property of the city. A semiannual statement shall be published on each bond interest date in the official newspaper of the city. The governing body of the city shall have power to examine the accounts at any time, to call for any reports at any time in its discretion, and to require the commission and its employees to appear before it to report or testify at any time.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 15, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1215;   R.S.1943, § 14-1233.
NE Code § 14-1234 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1234 - Bridge commission; members; employees; removal.

14-1234.  Bridge commission; members; employees; removal.The governing body of the city after reasonable notice and hearing may at any time remove any member of the commission or discharge any employee for good cause shown, but not arbitrarily nor for political reasons.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 15, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1215;   R.S.1943, § 14-1234.
NE Code § 14-1235 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1235 - Bridge commission; accounts; audits.

14-1235.  Bridge commission; accounts; audits.The accounts and statements of the commission shall be audited by or under the direction of the city comptroller semiannually and finally upon the completion of the work of the commission and at such other times as may be directed by the governing body of the city, the cost thereof to be charged against the funds provided for in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 15, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1215;   R.S.1943, § 14-1235.
NE Code § 14-1236 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1236 - Bridge commission; bonds of officers, depositories; insurance.

14-1236.  Bridge commission; bonds of officers, depositories; insurance.The governing body of the city, and in the absence of action by it, the bridge commission shall have power to require bonds of officers and employees to require guarantees of deposited money, and to insure the bridges and all property connected therewith against every manner of loss or injury.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 15, p. 625;   C.S.1929, § 14-1215;   R.S.1943, § 14-1236.
NE Code § 14-1237 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1237 - Bridge commission; funds; investment.

14-1237.  Bridge commission; funds; investment.Funds under control of the commission may be invested in certificates of deposit in national banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions or in bonds or other evidences of indebtedness which are general obligations of the United States, the State of Nebraska or other states, or the city or the cities cooperating as provided in section 14-1202, but only in such a manner as to be immediately available for recapture when needed for the purposes authorized in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252. Section 77-2366 shall apply to deposits in capital stock financial institutions. Section 77-2365.01 shall apply to deposits in qualifying mutual financial institutions.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 15, p. 626;   C.S.1929, § 14-1215;   R.S.1943, § 14-1237;   Laws 1989, LB 33, § 11;  Laws 2001, LB 362, § 12.
NE Code § 14-1238 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1238 - Bridge commission; property; purchase authorized.

14-1238.  Bridge commission; property; purchase authorized.The commission is hereby authorized to purchase in the State of Nebraska and in any adjoining state when authorized by such state or the government of the United States, if such authority be necessary, solely from funds provided under the authority of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252, such lands, structures, rights-of-way, franchises, easements or other interests in lands, including lands under water and riparian rights of any person, railroad, or other public or private corporation, necessary or convenient for the acquisition, construction, extension or enlargement of said bridges and approaches thereto, upon such terms, prices or consideration as may be considered by it to be reasonable and can be agreed upon between it and the owner or owners, title thereto to be taken in the name of and to vest in the city.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 16, p. 626;   C.S.1929, § 14-1216;   R.S.1943, § 14-1238.
NE Code § 14-1239 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1239 - Bridge commission; property; condemnation; procedure.

14-1239.  Bridge commission; property; condemnation; procedure.Whenever it shall be necessary to condemn property in the State of Nebraska for the purpose of constructing, extending, or enlarging any portion of the bridges or the approaches thereto, or securing avenues of access or rights-of-way leading to the approaches, the commission may condemn any interests, franchises, easements, rights or privileges, land or improvements which may, in its opinion, be necessary for the purpose of constructing the bridges or approaches thereto, or necessary for rights-of-way or avenues of access leading to the approaches. Condemnation shall be certified to the governing body of the city for its action. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724. The commission is further empowered to exercise in any adjoining state such powers of eminent domain as may be conferred upon the commission by any act of Congress of the United States or as may be authorized by the law of that state. No payments of award in any condemnation proceeds or for the costs of such proceedings or the expense thereof, shall be made except from funds provided under the authority of sections 14-1201 to 14-1252. Title to property condemned shall be taken in the name of and vest in the city.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 17, p. 626;   C.S.1929, § 14-1217;   R.S.1943, § 14-1239;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 41, p. 464.
NE Code § 14-1240 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1240 - Bridges; obstructions to construction; removal; damages; payment.

14-1240.  Bridges; obstructions to construction; removal; damages; payment.All individuals or corporations having buildings, structures, works, conduits, mains, sewers, wires, tracks, or other obstructions in, over, upon, or adjacent to the public streets, lanes, alleys, or highways or in, under, over or adjacent to the river over which the bridges are to be constructed, and which shall interfere with or impede the progress of the bridges and approaches when in process of construction and establishment, shall upon reasonable notice from the commission temporarily so shift, adjust, accommodate, or remove the same, as fully to meet the exigencies occasioning such action. Upon completion of such construction, the actual cost thereof, if reasonable, otherwise the reasonable cost thereof, and other incidental damages, shall be promptly paid to such person by the commission. In case of disagreement as to reasonable cost, the damages sustained shall be ascertained and determined as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724 and shall be paid at once by the commission out of funds provided for in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252. Similar powers may be exercised in an adjoining state if and in the manner authorized by an act of Congress or the law of that state.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 18, p. 627;   C.S.1929, § 14-1218;   R.S.1943, § 14-1240;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 42, p. 465.
NE Code § 14-1241 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1241 - Bridges; damage to property; payment; how ascertained.

14-1241.  Bridges; damage to property; payment; how ascertained.The governing body of the city shall cause to be assessed the damages to property by reason of the construction and operation of the complete bridge property and appurtenances and to pay same out of funds provided for in sections 14-1201 to 14-1252. The damages sustained shall be ascertained and determined as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724. Similar powers may be exercised in an adjoining state if and in the manner authorized by an act of Congress or the law of that state.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 19, p. 627;   C.S.1929, § 14-1219;   R.S.1943, § 14-1241;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 43, p. 466.
NE Code § 14-1242 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1242 - Bridges; injury to public ways, works, or utilities; repair.

14-1242.  Bridges; injury to public ways, works, or utilities; repair.Any public ways or public works, including those of the metropolitan utilities district, damaged or destroyed by reason of the building of such bridges or approaches shall be restored or repaired by or at the expense of the commission and placed in their original condition as near as practicable, or at the option of the owners of such property, the same may be repaired or restored by the owner and the commission shall reimburse the owner for the reasonable cost thereof.Source   Laws 1929, c. 176, § 20, p. 628;   C.S.1929, § 14-1220;   R.S.1943, § 14-1242.