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NE Code § 23-3599 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3599 - Hospital authority; bonds; issuance.

23-3599.  Hospital authority; bonds; issuance.An authority may issue bonds for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise acquiring an existing structure or structures and related furniture and equipment, including the site or sites upon which the same are located, for use as a hospital, and to furnish, equip, alter, renovate, and remodel the same, or for constructing, furnishing, and equipping new facilities or additions or improvements to existing facilities, or for the purpose of providing for the refunding of any bonds issued under sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120.An authority shall also have the power to issue bonds for the purpose of refinancing indebtedness incurred for the benefit of a hospital.In lieu of acquiring an interest in a hospital, an authority may lend the proceeds from the sale of its bonds for any of the purposes set forth in this section, and such financing, which shall be pursuant to a loan agreement, may be either unsecured or secured as the board of trustees of the authority shall determine. Bonds may be issued under sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 notwithstanding any debt or other limitation, including limitation as to interest rates, prescribed in any statute.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 26;   Laws 1972, LB 1382, § 5;   Laws 1980, LB 801, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.99.
NE Code § 23-35,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,100 - Hospital authority; bonds; principal and interest; payment out of revenue.

23-35,100.  Hospital authority; bonds; principal and interest; payment out of revenue.The principal and interest on such bonds shall be payable exclusively from the income and revenue of the facilities purchased, constructed, altered, renovated, remodeled, furnished and equipped with the proceeds of such bonds or with such proceeds together with the proceeds of a grant from the federal government to aid in financing, furnishing or equipping thereof; Provided, that an authority may, in its discretion, also pledge to the payment of the principal and interest on any such bonds all or any part of the income and revenue derived from the operation of any or all of the other facilities then owned or operated by it; and provided further, that an authority may in its discretion, also expressly provide that any such bonds shall be general obligations of the authority payable out of any revenue, income, receipts, profits, or other money or funds of the authority derived from any source whatsoever. Such bonds may be additionally secured by a trust indenture.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 27;   Laws 1972, LB 1382, § 6;   Laws 1974, LB 693, § 4;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.100.
NE Code § 23-35,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,101 - Hospital authority; trustees; bonds; exempt from liability.

23-35,101.  Hospital authority; trustees; bonds; exempt from liability.Neither the trustees of the authority nor any person executing the bonds shall be liable personally on the bonds by reason of the issuance thereof.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 28;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.101.
NE Code § 23-35,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,102 - Hospital authority; bonds, obligations; not debt of political subdivision.

23-35,102.  Hospital authority; bonds, obligations; not debt of political subdivision.The bonds and other obligations of the authority shall not be a debt of any county, city or village in which the authority is located or of the state, and neither the state nor any such county, city or village shall be liable thereon, nor in any event shall they be payable out of any funds or properties other than those of the authority, and such bonds and obligations shall so state on their face. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory debt limitation of the laws of this state.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 29;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.102.
NE Code § 23-35,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,103 - Hospital authority; bonds; maturity; interest.

23-35,103.  Hospital authority; bonds; maturity; interest.The bonds of the authority shall be authorized by its resolution and shall be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, not exceeding sixty years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates, payable annually or semiannually, be in such denominations, which may be made interchangeable, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such registration privileges, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places either within or without the state, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution or its trust indenture may provide.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 30;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.103.
NE Code § 23-35,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,104 - Hospital authority; bonds; sale.

23-35,104.  Hospital authority; bonds; sale.The bonds may be sold at public or private sale at such price or prices or such rate or rates, and at such premiums or at such discounts, as the authority shall determine.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 31;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.104.
NE Code § 23-35,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,105 - Hospital authority; interim certificates; issuance.

23-35,105.  Hospital authority; interim certificates; issuance.Pending the authorization, preparation, execution or delivery of definitive bonds, the authority may issue interim certificates, or other temporary obligations, to the purchaser of such bonds. Such interim certificates, or other temporary obligations, shall be in such form, contain such terms, conditions and provisions, bear such date or dates, and evidence such agreements relating to their discharge or payment or the delivery of definitive bonds as the authority may by resolution or trust indenture determine.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 32;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.105.
NE Code § 23-35,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,106 - Hospital authority; bonds; signature; validation.

23-35,106.  Hospital authority; bonds; signature; validation.In case any of the officers whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 33;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.106.
NE Code § 23-35,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,107 - Hospital authority; bonds; purchase; cancellation.

23-35,107.  Hospital authority; bonds; purchase; cancellation.The authority shall have the power out of any funds available therefor to purchase any bonds issued by it at a price not more than the principal amount thereof, the then applicable premium payable upon their redemption, or the next applicable redemption premium if the bonds are not then redeemable, and the accrued interest; Provided, that bonds payable exclusively from the revenue of a designated facility or facilities shall be purchased only out of any such revenue available therefor. All bonds so purchased shall be canceled. This section shall not apply to the redemption of bonds.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 34;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.107.
NE Code § 23-35,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,108 - Hospital authority; bonds, interim certificates, obligations; issuance; validation.

23-35,108.  Hospital authority; bonds, interim certificates, obligations; issuance; validation.Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds, interim certificates, or other obligations issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 shall be fully negotiable.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 35;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.108.
NE Code § 23-35,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,110 - Hospital authority; bonds; obligee; rights.

23-35,110.  Hospital authority; bonds; obligee; rights.An obligee of the authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred on such obligee subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:(1) By mandamus, suit, action or proceeding in law or equity, all of which may be joined in one action, to compel the authority, and the trustees, officers, agents or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision and covenant contained in any resolutions, contracts or trust indentures of the authority, and to require the carrying out of any or all covenants and agreements of the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120; or(2) By suit, action or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of the authority.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 37;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.110.
NE Code § 23-35,111 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,111 - Hospital authority; bonds; default; remedies of obligees.

23-35,111.  Hospital authority; bonds; default; remedies of obligees.Any authority shall have power by its trust indenture, lease or other contract to confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, lease or other obligations the right upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such instrument:(1) By suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any hospital facility or facilities of the authority or any part or parts thereof. If such receiver be appointed, he may enter and take possession of such hospital facility or facilities or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all income, fees, rents, revenue, or other charges thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the authority itself might do and shall keep such money in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the authority as the court shall direct; or(2) By suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the authority and the trustees thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 38;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.111.
NE Code § 23-35,112 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,112 - Hospital authority; rights and remedies; cumulative.

23-35,112.  Hospital authority; rights and remedies; cumulative.All the rights and remedies conferred in sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 shall be cumulative and shall be subject to sale by the foreclosure of a trust indenture, or any other instrument thereon, or relating to any contract with the authority.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 39;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.112.
NE Code § 23-35,113 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,113 - Hospital authority; property; subject to foreclosure; exempt from execution and liens.

23-35,113.  Hospital authority; property; subject to foreclosure; exempt from execution and liens.No interest of the authority in any property, real or personal, shall be subject to sale by foreclosure of a mortgage, trust indenture, or any other instrument thereon, or relating thereto, either through judicial proceedings or the exercise of a power of sale contained in such instrument. All property of the authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same. No judgment against the authority shall be a charge or lien upon its property, real or personal. Nothing in this section shall limit or be construed as limiting the right of a holder of a bond to reduce such bond, or the interest thereon, to judgment in the event of the failure of the authority to pay the principal of or interest on such bond as and when the same become due, or to prohibit, or be construed as prohibiting, such holder from enforcing and collecting such judgment out of the revenue and other money of the authority pledged to the payment of such bond and the interest thereon.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 40;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.113.
NE Code § 23-35,114 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,114 - Hospital authority; bonds; refunding; applicability of provisions.

23-35,114.  Hospital authority; bonds; refunding; applicability of provisions.(1) Any hospital authority is hereby authorized to provide for the issuance of bonds of the authority for the purpose of refunding any bonds of the authority then outstanding, including the payment of any redemption premium thereon and any interest accrued or to accrue to the earliest or subsequent date of redemption, purchase or maturity of such bonds, and, if deemed advisable by the authority, for the additional purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of constructing and acquiring additions, improvements, extensions or enlargements of a hospital or any portion thereof. Any such refunding bonds may, if the board of trustees in its absolute discretion finds the same to be in the best interests of the authority, bear a rate of interest or rates of interest higher than the rate or rates of interest carried by the bonds to be refunded and redeemed.(2) The proceeds of any such bonds issued for the purpose of refunding outstanding bonds may, in the discretion of the authority, be applied to the purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption of such outstanding bonds either on their earliest or any subsequent redemption date or upon the purchase or at the maturity thereof and may, pending such application, be placed in escrow to be applied to such purchase or retirement at maturity or redemption on such date as may be determined by the authority.(3) All such refunding bonds shall be subject to the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 in the same manner and to the same extent as other bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 41;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.114.
NE Code § 23-35,115 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,115 - Hospital authority; bonds; who may purchase.

23-35,115.  Hospital authority; bonds; who may purchase.Bonds issued by any authority under the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 are hereby made securities in which all agencies, public officers and public bodies of the state and its political subdivisions, all insurance companies, state banks and trust companies, national banking associations, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who are now or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest funds, including capital in their control or belonging to them. Such bonds are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency or political subdivision of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law, and shall also be eligible and lawful security for all deposits of public funds of the state and of its political subdivisions, to the extent of the full value of the bonds and appurtenant coupons.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 42;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.115.
NE Code § 23-35,116 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,116 - Hospital authority; powers; supplemental to other laws; bonds.

23-35,116.  Hospital authority; powers; supplemental to other laws; bonds.The Hospital Authorities Act shall be deemed to provide a complete, additional, and alternative method for the doing of the things authorized thereby and shall be regarded as supplemental and additional to powers conferred by other laws, except that the issuance of bonds and refunding bonds under the act need not comply with the requirements of any other law applicable to the issuance of bonds, including, but not limited to, Chapter 10, and the bonds shall not be required to be registered in the office of any county clerk or treasurer, comptroller, or finance director of any city or village. The bonds shall constitute exempt securities within the meaning of section 8-1110. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the Hospital Authorities Act, none of the powers granted to an authority under the act shall be subject to the supervision or regulation or require the approval or consent of any municipality or political subdivision or any commission, court, board, body, bureau, official, or agency thereof or of the state.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 43;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.116;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 23.
NE Code § 23-35,117 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,117 - Hospital authority; taxation exemption.

23-35,117.  Hospital authority; taxation exemption.The exercise of the powers granted by the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 will be in all respects for the benefit of the people of this state, for the increase of their commerce, welfare and prosperity, and for the improvement of their health and living conditions, and as the operation and maintenance of a hospital by an authority or its agents will constitute the performance of an essential public function, neither the authority nor its agents shall be required to pay any taxes or assessments upon or in respect of a hospital or any property acquired or used by the authority or its agents under the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 or upon the income therefrom, and any bonds issued under the provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120, their transfer and the income therefrom, including any profit made on the sale thereof, shall at all times be free from taxation of every kind by the state and by the municipalities and other political subdivisions in the state.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 44;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.117.
NE Code § 23-35,118 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,118 - Hospital authority; county board; dissolve; when.

23-35,118.  Hospital authority; county board; dissolve; when.Whenever it shall have paid or provided for the payment of all of its outstanding obligations, and it shall appear to the board of trustees of an authority that the need for such authority no longer exists, then upon petition by the board of trustees to the county board of the county in which the authority is situated, and upon the production of satisfactory evidence in support of such petition, the county board shall enter an order declaring that the need for such authority no longer exists, and approving a plan for the winding up of the business of the authority, the payment or assumption of its obligations, and the transfer of its assets.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 45;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.118.
NE Code § 23-35,119 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,119 - Hospital authority; order of dissolution; effect.

23-35,119.  Hospital authority; order of dissolution; effect.If the county board shall enter an order, as provided in section 23-35,118, that the need for such authority no longer exists, except for the winding up of its affairs in accordance with the plan approved by the county board, its authorities, powers and duties to transact business or to function shall cease to exist as of that date set forth in the order of the county board.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 46;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.119.
NE Code § 23-35,120 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-35,120 - Hospital authority; bonds; holders; contract with state; powers.

23-35,120.  Hospital authority; bonds; holders; contract with state; powers.(1) The State of Nebraska covenants and agrees with the holders of bonds issued by an authority that the state will not limit or alter the rights vested by sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 in an authority to acquire, maintain, construct, reconstruct, and operate hospitals; to establish and collect such rates, rentals, charges, and fees as may be convenient or necessary to produce sufficient revenue to meet the expense of maintenance and operation of such hospitals and to fulfill the terms of any agreements made with holders of bonds of the authority. The state will also not in any way impair the rights and remedies of the bondholders until the bonds together with interest thereon and with interest on any unpaid installments of interest, and all costs and expenses in connection with any action or proceedings by or on behalf of the bondholders, are fully met and discharged. The provisions of sections 23-3579 to 23-35,120 and of the proceedings authorizing bonds thereby shall constitute a contract with the holders of said bonds.(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of the Hospital Authorities Act to the contrary, in addition to any other powers which an authority has, an authority may engage in the financing of any hospital or the refinancing of any indebtedness incurred to finance a hospital, whether or not incurred prior to or after March 27, 1979, by issuing its bonds pursuant to a plan of financing involving an acquisition or commitment to acquire or use any federally guaranteed security or securities and may enter into any agreement which it deems necessary or desirable in order to effectuate any such plan. For the purposes of this section, federally guaranteed security shall mean any direct obligation of the United States of America or any obligation the payment of principal of and interest on which are fully or partially guaranteed by the United States of America, whether or not secured by other collateral, and shall include, without limitation, any security guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association under section 306(g) of the National Housing Act, 12 U.S.C. 1721(g). The provisions of section 23-35,113, shall not apply in the case of any such financing or refinancing.Source   Laws 1971, LB 54, § 47;   Laws 1979, LB 441, § 1;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.120.
NE Code § 23-3601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3601 - Act, how cited.

23-3601.  Act, how cited.Sections 23-3601 to 23-3637 shall be known and may be cited as the County Industrial Sewer Construction Act.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1139, § 1.
NE Code § 23-3603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3603 - Terms, defined.

23-3603.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the County Industrial Sewer Construction Act:(1) County shall mean any county with a population in excess of one hundred thousand inhabitants according to the most recent federal decennial census and at least forty percent of the population residing within the corporate boundaries of cities of the first and second class located in the county; and(2) Sewerage disposal system and plant or plants shall mean and include any system or works above or below ground which has for its purpose the removal, discharge, conduction, carrying, treatment, purification, or disposal of liquid and solid waste and night soil.Source  Laws 1994, LB 1139, § 3.