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NE Code § 16-671.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-671.01 - Partial payments, authorized; interest; rate; warrants; issuance; payment.

16-671.01.  Partial payments, authorized; interest; rate; warrants; issuance; payment.For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses, warrants may be issued by the mayor and city council of a city of the first class upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project in a total amount not to exceed ninety-five percent of the cost thereof and upon the completion and acceptance of the work issue a final warrant for the balance of the amount due the contractor. The city shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval of the governing body, and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor. The warrants shall be redeemed and paid out of the proceeds received from the special assessments levied under the provisions of section 16-669, or out of the proceeds of the bonds or warrants issued under the provisions of sections 16-670 and 16-671. The warrants shall draw such interest as shall be provided in the warrants from the date of registration until paid.Source   Laws 1955, c. 34, § 1, p. 142;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 34, p. 293;   Laws 1974, LB 636, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 62.
NE Code § 16-672.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.01 - Storm sewer districts; ordinance; contents.

16-672.01.  Storm sewer districts; ordinance; contents.Supplemental to any existing law on the subject, whenever the mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall deem it advisable or necessary to construct storm water sewers and appurtenances in any section of the city and the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city as established pursuant to section 16-901, together with outlets for such storm water sewers or appurtenances, the advisability and necessity thereof shall be declared in a proposed ordinance, which shall state the kinds of pipe proposed to be used, and shall include concrete pipe and vitrified clay pipe and any other material deemed suitable and shall state the size or sizes and kinds of sewers proposed to be constructed and shall designate the location and terminal points thereof. The ordinance shall refer to the plans and specifications thereof which shall have been made and filed with the city clerk by the city engineer before publication of such ordinance. The city engineer shall also make and file, prior to the publication of such ordinance, an estimate of the total cost of the proposed improvement, which shall be stated in the ordinance. The mayor and city council shall have power to assess, to the extent of special benefits, the cost of such portions of the improvements as are local improvements, upon properties found specifically benefited. The ordinance shall state the outer boundaries of the district or districts in which it is proposed to make special assessments.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 1, p. 177;  Laws 2005, LB 234, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 125.
NE Code § 16-672.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.02 - Ordinance; hearing; notice.

16-672.02.  Ordinance; hearing; notice.Notice of the time when any ordinance as provided in section 16-672.01 shall be set for consideration before the mayor and city council shall be given by at least two publications in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, which publication shall state the entire wording of the ordinance. The last publication shall be not less than five days nor more than two weeks prior to the time set for the hearing of objections to the passage of any such ordinance, at which hearing the owners of real property located in such improvement district and which might become subject to assessment for the cost of the contemplated improvement may appear and make objections to the improvement. Thereafter the ordinance may be amended and passed or passed as proposed.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 2, p. 178;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 126.
NE Code § 16-672.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.03 - Ordinance; protest; filing; effect.

16-672.03.  Ordinance; protest; filing; effect.If a written protest signed by owners of the property located in an improvement district provided in section 16-672.01 and representing a majority of the front footage which may become subject to assessment for the cost of the improvement is filed with the city clerk within three days before the date of the meeting for the consideration of such ordinance, such ordinance shall not be passed.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 3, p. 178;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 127.
NE Code § 16-672.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.04 - Ordinance; adoption.

16-672.04.  Ordinance; adoption.Upon compliance with sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.03, the mayor and city council may, by ordinance, order the making and construction of the improvements provided for in section 16-672.01. To adopt such ordinance, a majority of the whole number of members elected to the city council shall be required. If the vote is a tie, the mayor may vote to break such tie.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 4, p. 179;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 128.
NE Code § 16-672.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.05 - Construction; notice to contractors, when; contents; bids; acceptance.

16-672.05.  Construction; notice to contractors, when; contents; bids; acceptance.After ordering improvements as provided in section 16-672.01, the mayor and city council may enter into a contract for the construction of the improvements in one or more contracts, but no work shall be done or contract let, if the estimated cost of the improvements, as determined by the city engineer, is in excess of two thousand dollars, until notice to contractors has been published once each week for three weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city. The notice shall state the extent of the work, and the kind of materials to be bid upon, including in such notice all kinds of material mentioned in the ordinance specified in section 16-672.01, and the time when bids will be received, and may set forth the amount of the engineer's estimate of the cost of such improvements. The work provided for in sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.11 shall be done under a written contract with the lowest responsible bidder on the material selected after the bids are opened and in accordance with the requirements of the plans and specifications. The mayor and city council may reject any or all bids received and advertise for new bids in accordance with this section.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 5, p. 179;   Laws 1969, c. 82, § 3, p. 416;   Laws 1975, LB 112, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 129.
NE Code § 16-672.06 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.06 - Construction; acceptance; notice of assessments.

16-672.06.  Construction; acceptance; notice of assessments.After the completion of work in the construction of public improvements as provided in section 16-672.05, the city engineer shall file with the city clerk a certificate of acceptance, which acceptance shall be approved by the mayor and city council by ordinance. The mayor and city council shall then require the city engineer to make a complete statement of all the costs of such improvement and a plat of the property in the storm water sewer district and a schedule of the amount proposed to be assessed against each separate parcel of real property in such district, which shall be filed with the city clerk within ten days from the date of the acceptance of the work. The mayor and city council shall then order the clerk to give notice that the plat and schedules are on file in his or her office and that all objections thereto, or to prior proceedings on account of errors, irregularities, or inequalities, not made in writing and filed with the city clerk within twenty days after the first publication of the notice shall be deemed to have been waived. Such notice shall be given by two publications in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city and by notices posted in three conspicuous places in such storm water sewer district. Such notice shall state the time and place where objections, filed as provided in this section, shall be considered by the mayor and city council.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 6, p. 180;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 130.
NE Code § 16-672.07 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.07 - Assessments; hearing; equalization; delinquent payments; interest.

16-672.07.  Assessments; hearing; equalization; delinquent payments; interest.The hearing on the proposed assessments as provided in section 16-672.06 shall be held by the mayor and city council sitting as a board of adjustment and equalization, at the time and place specified in such notice which shall not be less than twenty days nor more than thirty days after the date of the first publication, unless adjourned. Such session may be adjourned, with provisions for proper notice of such adjournment. At such meeting, the proposed assessment shall be adjusted and equalized with reference to benefits resulting from the improvement and shall not exceed such benefits. If any special assessment is payable in installments, each installment shall draw interest payable annually or semiannually from the date of levy until due. Any delinquent installments shall draw interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, from the date of delinquency until paid.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 7, p. 180;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 35, p. 294;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 15;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 16;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 131;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 64.
NE Code § 16-672.08 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.08 - Special assessments; levy.

16-672.08.  Special assessments; levy.After the equalization of special assessments as required under section 16-672.07, the special assessments shall be levied by the mayor and city council upon all lots or parcels of real property within the storm water sewer district, specifically benefited by reason of the improvement. The special assessment may be relevied if, for any reason, the levy thereof is void or not enforceable and in an amount not exceeding the previous levy. Such levy shall be enforced as special assessments for street improvements are enforced in cities of the first class, and any payments thereon, made under previous levies, shall be credited to the property involved. All assessments made for such purposes shall be collected in the same manner as general taxes and shall be subject to the same penalties.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 8, p. 181;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 132.
NE Code § 16-672.09 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.09 - Assessments; maturity; interest; rate.

16-672.09.  Assessments; maturity; interest; rate.All special assessments provided for in section 16-672.08 shall become due in fifty days after the date of levy and may be paid within that time without interest, but if not so paid, they shall bear interest at the rate set by the city council until delinquent. Such assessments shall become delinquent in equal annual installments over such period of years as the mayor and city council may determine at the time of making the levy. Delinquent installments shall bear interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, until paid and shall be collected in the usual manner for the collection of general taxes and shall be subject to the same penalties.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 9, p. 181;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 36, p. 294;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 16;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 17.
NE Code § 16-672.10 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.10 - Assessments; sinking fund; disbursement.

16-672.10.  Assessments; sinking fund; disbursement.All the special assessments provided for in section 16-672.08, shall, when levied and collected be placed in a sinking fund for the purpose of paying the cost of the improvements as provided in sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.11 with allowable interest thereon, and shall be solely and strictly applied to such purpose to the extent required; but any excess thereof may be by the mayor and city council, after fully discharging the purposes for which levied, transferred to such other fund or funds as the mayor and city council may deem advisable.Source  Laws 1961, c. 46, § 10, p. 182.
NE Code § 16-672.11 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-672.11 - Bonds; maturity; interest; rate; contractor; interest; warrants; tax levy.

16-672.11.  Bonds; maturity; interest; rate; contractor; interest; warrants; tax levy.For the purpose of paying the cost of the public improvements as provided in sections 16-672.01 to 16-672.11, the mayor and city council of any city of the first class, after such improvements have been completed and accepted, shall have the power to issue negotiable bonds of the city to be called storm water sewer district bonds, payable in not exceeding twenty years and bearing interest payable annually, which may either be sold by the city or delivered to the contractor in payment for the work, but in either case for not less than their par value. For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses, warrants may be issued by the mayor and city council upon certificates of the engineer in charge, showing the amount of work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuance of the project, in a sum not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof, and upon the completion and acceptance of the work, a final warrant may be issued for the balance due the contractor, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of the bonds issued and sold as provided in this section. The city shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the city council and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor. All special assessments which may be levied upon property specially benefited by such work or improvements in any such storm water sewer district shall, when collected, be set aside and placed in a sinking fund for the payment of the interest and principal of the bonds. There shall be levied annually upon all of the taxable property in the city a tax which, together with such sinking fund derived from special assessments collected, shall be sufficient to meet payments of interest and principal on the bonds as the same become due. Such tax shall be known as the storm water sewer tax, shall be payable annually, shall be collected in the same manner as general taxes, and shall be subject to the same penalties.Source   Laws 1961, c. 46, § 11, p. 182;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 37, p. 295;   Laws 1974, LB 636, § 3;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 42;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 133.
NE Code § 16-674 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-674 - Acquisition of plants or facilities; condemnation; procedure.

16-674.  Acquisition of plants or facilities; condemnation; procedure.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have power to purchase or provide for, establish, construct, extend, enlarge, maintain, operate, and regulate for the city any such waterworks, gas works, power plant, including an electrical distribution facility, electric or other light works, or heating plant, or to condemn and appropriate, for the use of the city, waterworks, gas works, power plant, including an electrical distribution facility, electric or other light works, or heating plant. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724, except as to property specifically excluded by section 76-703 and as to which sections 19-701 to 19-707 or the Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act is applicable. For purposes of this section, an electrical distribution facility shall be located within the retail service area of such city as approved by and on file with the Nebraska Power Review Board, pursuant to Chapter 70, article 10.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 54, p. 272;   Laws 1905, c. 23, § 2, p. 244;   Laws 1907, c. 14, § 1, p. 122;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 184;   R.S.1913, § 4954;   Laws 1917, c. 97, § 1, p. 260;   Laws 1919, c. 38, § 1, p. 120;   Laws 1921, c. 169, § 1, p. 661;   C.S.1922, § 4123;   C.S.1929, § 16-652;   Laws 1931, c. 29, § 1, p. 118;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-652;   R.S.1943, § 16-674;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 53, p. 471;   Laws 1982, LB 875, § 1;  Laws 2002, LB 384, § 24;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 65.  Cross References  Municipal Natural Gas System Condemnation Act, see section 19-4624.Annotations Gas company's franchise authorizes it to substitute natural gas for artificial gas, as such substitution carries out the intention of the franchise to insure the best gas available to the users. Central Power Co. v. City of Hastings, 52 F.2d 487 (D. Neb. 1931).
NE Code § 16-675 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-675 - Acquisition; operation; tax authorized.

16-675.  Acquisition; operation; tax authorized.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class may levy a tax, not exceeding seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city, for the purpose of paying the cost of lighting the streets, lanes, alleys, and other public places or property of the city, for the purpose of furnishing water, heat, or power for the city, or for the purpose of buying, establishing, extending, or maintaining such waterworks, gas, electric, or other light works, or heating or power plant, not exceeding three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city for any one of the respective purposes.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 54, p. 272;   Laws 1905, c. 23, § 2, p. 244;   Laws 1907, c. 14, § 1, p. 122;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 184;   R.S.1913, § 4954;   Laws 1917, c. 97, § 1, p. 261;   Laws 1919, c. 38, § 1, p. 121;   Laws 1921, c. 169, § 1, p. 661;   C.S.1922, § 4123;   C.S.1929, § 16-652;   Laws 1931, c. 29, § 1, p. 118;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-652;   R.S.1943, § 16-675;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 8, p. 934;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 39;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 43;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 66.  Annotations Provision in prior act, limiting tax levy to five mills on a dollar valuation for purpose stated, repealed by implication, and reduced to one mill on a dollar valuation by reason of the amendment of the general revenue laws. Drew v. Mumford, 114 Neb. 100, 206 N.W. 159 (1925).
NE Code § 16-676 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-676 - Acquisition; operation; bonds; issuance; amount; approval of electors required.

16-676.  Acquisition; operation; bonds; issuance; amount; approval of electors required.Where the amount of money which would be raised by the tax levy provided for in section 16-675 would be insufficient to establish or pay for a system of waterworks, gas, electric, or other light works, or heating or power system, the mayor and city council may borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise to an amount not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of establishing, constructing, extending, enlarging, or paying for, or maintaining the utilities named in this section. No such bonds shall be issued by the city council until the question of issuing the bonds shall have been submitted to the electors of the city at an election held for such purpose, notice of which shall have been given by publication once each week for three successive weeks prior thereto in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, and a majority of the electors voting upon the proposition shall have voted in favor of issuing such bonds. However, no election shall be called until a petition signed by at least fifty resident property owners shall be presented to the mayor and city council asking that an election be called for the purpose specified in this section.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 54, p. 272;   Laws 1905, c. 23, § 2, p. 244;   Laws 1907, c. 14, § 1, p. 122;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 185;   R.S.1913, § 4954;   Laws 1917, c. 97, § 1, p. 261;   Laws 1919, c. 38, § 1, p. 121;   Laws 1921, c. 169, § 1, p. 662;   C.S.1922, § 4123;   C.S.1929, § 16-652;   Laws 1931, c. 29, § 1, p. 118;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-652;   R.S.1943, § 16-676;   Laws 1951, c. 26, § 3, p. 118;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 134.
NE Code § 16-677 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-677 - Bonds; sinking funds; tax to provide.

16-677.  Bonds; sinking funds; tax to provide.When bonds shall have been issued by the city as provided under section 16-676, the mayor and city council shall have power to levy annually upon all taxable property of the city such tax as may be necessary for a sinking fund for the payment of accruing interest on such bonds and the principal thereof at maturity, and to provide for the office of water commissioner, power commissioner, light commissioner, or heat commissioner, and to prescribe the powers and duties of such officers.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 54, p. 273;   Laws 1905, c. 23, § 2, p. 245;   Laws 1907, c. 14, § 1, p. 122;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 185;   R.S.1913, § 4954;   Laws 1917, c. 97, § 1, p. 261;   Laws 1919, c. 38, § 1, p. 121;   Laws 1921, c. 169, § 1, p. 662;   C.S.1922, § 4123;   C.S.1929, § 16-652;   Laws 1931, c. 29, § 1, p. 119;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-652;   R.S.1943, § 16-677;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 135.
NE Code § 16-678 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-678 - Existing franchises and contracts; rights preserved; tax authorized.

16-678.  Existing franchises and contracts; rights preserved; tax authorized.Nothing contained in sections 16-673 to 16-677 shall change or in any way affect existing franchises or existing contracts between any city and any company, corporation, or individual for furnishing the city or its inhabitants with light, power, heat, or water. The mayor and city council shall levy a sufficient tax to pay for such light, power, heat, or water supply in accordance with the terms of such existing contracts, not exceeding four and nine-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city in any one year for any one of the purposes.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 54, p. 273;   Laws 1905, c. 23, § 2, p. 245;   Laws 1907, c. 14, § 1, p. 123;   Laws 1909, c. 19, § 1, p. 185;   R.S.1913, § 4954;   Laws 1917, c. 97, § 1, p. 261;   Laws 1919, c. 38, § 1, p. 121;   Laws 1921, c. 169, § 1, p. 662;   C.S.1922, § 4123;   C.S.1929, § 16-652;   Laws 1931, c. 29, § 1, p. 119;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-652;   R.S.1943, § 16-678;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 9, p. 934;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 40;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 44;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 136.