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NE Code § 71-15,160 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,160 - Local housing agency; joint or cooperative powers enumerated.

71-15,160.  Local housing agency; joint or cooperative powers enumerated.(1) Any two or more local housing agencies may join or cooperate with one another in the exercise, either jointly or otherwise, of any or all of their powers for the purpose of financing, including the issuance of bonds, notes, or other obligations, and giving security therefor, or for planning, undertaking, owning, constructing, operating, or contracting with respect to a housing development or developments located within the area of operation of any one or more of the cooperating agencies. For such purpose an agency may, by resolution, authorize any other local housing agency or agencies so joining and cooperating with it to act on its behalf with respect to any or all of its powers as its agent or otherwise in the name of the agency or agencies so joining and cooperating or in its own name. Any such cooperation which involves fiscal matters, ownership of any real property, or the assumption of the functions of one local housing agency by another local housing agency shall be by written contract, agreement, or arrangement entered into by such cooperating agencies.(2) Any local housing agency may, by resolution, authorize another local housing agency to exercise its powers within the authorizing agency's area of operation at the same time that the authorizing agency is exercising the same powers.(3) Any local housing agency may by agreement sell, lease, or otherwise provide any other local housing agency with any goods, supplies, materials, services, equipment, or property upon such terms and for such compensation as the parties shall determine and the same may be purchased, leased, or otherwise acquired without advertisement, appraisal, or public bidding.(4) Local housing agencies may form, join, and participate in associations, cooperatives, or other entities for the purpose of purchasing goods, supplies, materials, equipment, and services, including, but not limited to, insurance, at prices or rates that may not otherwise be available to individual local housing agencies, and all such purchases and sales may be done without advertisement, appraisal, or public bidding.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 89.
NE Code § 71-15,162 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,162 - State and public agencies; powers.

71-15,162.  State and public agencies; powers.The state and all public agencies of this state are authorized to appropriate, lend credit, and make donations to local housing agencies and to agree to make such appropriations, loans, or donations upon such lawful terms and conditions as they shall from time to time deem appropriate.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 91.
NE Code § 71-15,163 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,163 - Screening of applicants; powers of public agencies.

71-15,163.  Screening of applicants; powers of public agencies.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all public agencies of this state, including state, city, and county law enforcement agencies, shall cooperate with local housing agencies by providing, promptly upon request, information concerning the general background, including, but not limited to, the criminal history, of applicants for assistance or recipients of assistance from local housing agencies. Any such information shall be used by local housing agencies solely for the purpose of screening applicants for suitability for tenancy or for determining continued suitability for assistance or tenancy and shall not be disclosed except in a proceeding challenging a decision by an agency to deny or terminate benefits.(2) Any person who applies for or accepts assistance provided by a local housing agency shall, by virtue of such application for or acceptance of such assistance, be deemed to have consented to the disclosure of information by public agencies as required by this section.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 92.
NE Code § 71-15,164 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,164 - Enforcement of rights; remedies.

71-15,164.  Enforcement of rights; remedies.(1) All rights of local housing agencies existing under law or under any contract, agreement, or arrangement with any party, including this state or any public agency thereof, shall be enforceable by action brought in the courts of this state.(2) In connection with enforcement of any right referred to in this section, a local housing agency shall be entitled to relief which may include, without limitation, the award of monetary damages, specific performance, and mandamus and other injunctive relief.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 93.
NE Code § 71-15,165 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,165 - Claims and actions; restrictions.

71-15,165.  Claims and actions; restrictions.No person or entity not expressly named as a party to a contract entered into by a housing agency shall have any right of action, by virtue of the status of such person or entity as a third-party beneficiary of such contract, or otherwise based upon such contract. Any claim or action in violation of this section shall be absolutely null and void.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 94.
NE Code § 71-15,166 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,166 - Act; how construed.

71-15,166.  Act; how construed.The Nebraska Housing Agency Act shall be construed liberally to effect the charitable and public purposes thereof. The enumeration of specific powers, authorities, or activities in the act shall not operate to restrict the scope of any general grant of power or authority or any description of activities contained in the act or to exclude other powers, authorities, or activities reasonably comprehended in such general grant which are reasonably related to carrying out the purposes of the act.It is the purpose and intent of the act that the powers of local housing agencies be construed to afford to every agency reasonable responsibility, authority, and flexibility in carrying out the provisions of the act and to maximize the involvement of private sector entities, in cooperation with local housing agencies, in the production and operation of affordable housing. The use of the disjunctive word "or" shall be construed to mean "and" and the conjunctive word "and" shall be construed to mean "or" where such construction will result in a broader interpretation of a power. Limitations upon the powers, authorities, and activities of local agencies contained in the act shall be strictly construed.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 95.
NE Code § 71-15,167 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,167 - Conflicting provisions; how construed.

71-15,167.  Conflicting provisions; how construed.To the extent that any provision of the Nebraska Housing Agency Act shall conflict with any provision of law not contained in the act, the act shall prevail with respect to local housing agencies. It is the intention of the Legislature that, with respect to any subject matter covered by the act, the provisions of the act shall preempt all other laws of this state with respect to the formation, powers, and operation of local housing agencies and the requirements of law applicable thereto.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 96.
NE Code § 71-15,168 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-15,168 - Tort claims; other claims; procedure.

71-15,168.  Tort claims; other claims; procedure.(1) All tort claims against a housing agency shall be governed by the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act.(2) Every person who has any claim against a housing agency, other than a tort claim under subsection (1) of this section, shall file the same, in writing, with the executive director or other person who may be acting as the secretary of such agency. If the claim is in contract, the claim shall state the services provided or articles furnished, as the case may be, and shall show the amount charged and claimed due and unpaid, allowing all just credits. The procedures set forth in this section shall not be applicable to any claim against any agency if the agency advises the claimant in writing that the liability of the agency for such claim, if any, is covered by insurance in whole or in part.(3) If the claimant is dissatisfied with the disposition of his or her claim, or in the event that such claim is not paid or otherwise satisfied within ninety days after such claim has been filed as provided in this section, the claimant shall request, in writing, a hearing on his or her claim before the board of commissioners of the agency. Such request shall be filed with the chairperson of the agency and shall be made within six months after the filing of the claim as provided by this section. The claimant shall be notified of the time and place of the hearing, and he or she shall have the opportunity to present evidence concerning his or her claim to the board of commissioners. The board of commissioners shall hold such hearing and shall allow, disallow, or otherwise dispose of the claim, as the case may be, with written notice to the claimant, all within six months after the filing of a written request for hearing as provided in this subsection.(4) This section shall not apply to claims, actions, or proceedings by obligees on bonds of an agency or to claims, actions, or proceedings on notes, guarantees, or other evidences of indebtedness.(5) The representatives of a housing agency shall not be personally liable as such on its contracts or for torts not committed or directly authorized by them.Source Laws 1999, LB 105, § 97.Cross References  Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act, see section 13-901.Annotations A tort claim against a housing agency is subject to the Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act regardless of whether it is covered by liability insurance. Harris v. Omaha Housing Auth., 269 Neb. 981, 698 N.W.2d 58 (2005).
NE Code § 71-1601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1601 - Public health; counties over 200,000; regulation by single governmental subdivision.

71-1601.  Public health; counties over 200,000; regulation by single governmental subdivision.The people in any county having a population of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants may consolidate in the hands of one governmental subdivision the regulation of public health and the remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people, instead of having each of the several governmental subdivisions, that may be existing therein, separately perform such functions; and they may declare that the regulation of public health as well as the remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people are for the general welfare of all the people of the state.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 1, p. 398;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3601;   R.S.1943, § 71-1601. Cross References  County medical facilities, see section 23-3501 et seq.
NE Code § 71-1602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1602 - Health district; territorial limits; how designated.

71-1602.  Health district; territorial limits; how designated.The territory within and coextensive with any county having a population of two hundred thousand inhabitants or more may become, as hereinafter provided, a health district and shall be legally described as Nebraska Health District No. ..... .Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 2, p. 398;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3602;   R.S.1943, § 71-1602.
NE Code § 71-1603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1603 - Health district; powers.

71-1603.  Health district; powers.Each health district formed pursuant to sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 shall be a body corporate. It may sue and be sued, purchase, own, hold and lease real and personal property reasonably adapted for use in performing its functions. In addition to all powers expressly herein conferred, such district shall possess such additional powers as may be reasonably necessary for it to efficiently and economically perform the purposes for which it has been created.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 3, p. 398;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3603;   R.S.1943, § 71-1603.
NE Code § 71-1604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1604 - Health district; creation; petition; election.

71-1604.  Health district; creation; petition; election.In the event qualified voters, within any county having a population of more than two hundred thousand inhabitants, equal in number to ten percent or more of those voting for the office of Governor at the last preceding election, present to the board of such county a petition praying for the establishment of a health district within and coextensive with such county, it shall be the duty of such county board to submit the question to a vote of the people. Such question may be submitted at either a special election or a general election but must be submitted within ninety days from the filing with the board of the petition herein described. In the event of litigation, either to prevent submission of the question to the people or to compel the county board to call an election, the court hearing the question shall fix the date of the election, if it decides an election shall be held, and said date so fixed shall not be more than ninety days after such court order becomes final.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 4, p. 398;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3604;   R.S.1943, § 71-1604.
NE Code § 71-1605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1605 - Health district; election; laws applicable.

71-1605.  Health district; election; laws applicable.Such election shall be called and conducted as now provided by law for special elections. The ballot shall provide for a vote for or against the proposed health district. The notice of election shall contain a brief description, in not more than two hundred words, of the proposed changes, specifying that the existing property be turned over to the health district by the creation thereof.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 5, p. 399;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3605;   R.S.1943, § 71-1605.
NE Code § 71-1606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1606 - Health district; election; Governor's proclamation; filing.

71-1606.  Health district; election; Governor's proclamation; filing.Upon the canvass of the election returns, the election officials shall certify the returns to the Governor. If a majority of the votes cast shall have been in favor of establishing the proposed health district, then the Governor shall issue a proclamation to that effect. The health districts shall be numbered consecutively by the Governor. The proclamation of the Governor declaring that the health district has been established shall contain a description of the real estate transferred, and a copy shall be filed by the board he creates with the register of deeds in the county.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 6, p. 399;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3606;   R.S.1943, § 71-1606.
NE Code § 71-1607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1607 - Health district; board of health; members; term; vacancy.

71-1607.  Health district; board of health; members; term; vacancy.The business of each health district shall be managed by a board of five citizens. The term of office of the board members, except as herein otherwise provided, shall begin and end as provided by law for county officers. The first board shall be chosen at the election in which the health district is created. Any resident citizen may file as a candidate for the proposed board any time between the filing of the petition for the establishment of the board and ten days prior to the election thereon. The election officers shall canvass the votes for candidates at the same time the vote is canvassed for the creation of the district, and shall certify to the Governor the five individuals receiving the highest number of votes. At the same time the Governor proclaims the establishment of the health district, he shall proclaim said individuals as the governing board thereof. The term of the two individuals receiving the least votes shall end following the first general county election thereafter; the term of the two individuals receiving the next higher votes shall end following the second general county election thereafter; and the term of the individual receiving the highest vote shall end following the third general county election thereafter. A successor shall be elected for each member for a term of six years. Such successor shall be nominated and elected in the same manner as county officers on the nonpolitical ballot are chosen. Each board member shall continue in office until his successor is elected and qualified. Each member of the board shall qualify by filing an acceptance with the county clerk of the county in which he or she resides. In case of vacancy for any cause, a majority of the remaining members shall select a successor for the term, or the remainder of the term.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 6, p. 399;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3606;   R.S.1943, § 71-1607.
NE Code § 71-1608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1608 - Health district; political subdivision deemed fully compensated; when.

71-1608.  Health district; political subdivision deemed fully compensated; when.Each governmental subdivision shall be deemed fully compensated for all real or personal property, possession of which has been turned over to the health district, and for all expense incurred in the organization of the health district, by the assumption and performance by the health district of the duties and obligations of such governmental subdivision in regard to public health and the remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 7, p. 400;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3607;   R.S.1943, § 71-1608.
NE Code § 71-1609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1609 - Board of health; meetings; officers; compensation.

71-1609.  Board of health; meetings; officers; compensation.The board of health shall arrange for a permanent meeting place and hold at least one regular meeting each month. The board shall elect a president and vice president annually, and may also elect from outside their membership, a secretary and such other officers and employees as they may deem necessary for the administration of the affairs of the district, with such salary as the board shall direct. The members of the board shall be reimbursed for their necessary expense in performing their duties.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 8, p. 400;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3608;   R.S.1943, § 71-1609.
NE Code § 71-1610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1610 - Health district; treasurer; duties; bond.

71-1610.  Health district; treasurer; duties; bond.The county treasurer of the county coextensive with such district shall be ex officio treasurer of the health district. He shall attend all meetings of the board when required to do so, shall prepare and submit in writing a monthly report of the state of its finances, and shall pay out its money only upon a warrant signed by the president, or in his absence by the vice president, and countersigned by the secretary. He shall give bond, payable to the health district, in the amount of one hundred thousand dollars. Such bond shall be signed by one or more surety companies of recognized responsibility and authorized to do business in this state. The cost of the bond shall be paid by the health district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 9, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3609;   R.S.1943, § 71-1610.
NE Code § 71-1611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1611 - Board of health; estimate of expenses; budget; tax authorized.

71-1611.  Board of health; estimate of expenses; budget; tax authorized.The board of each health district organized pursuant to sections 71-1601 to 71-1625 shall annually during the month of January fix the amount of money for the proposed budget statement as may be deemed sufficient and necessary to conduct the affairs of the district during the ensuing fiscal year. After the adoption of the budget statement, the board of such health district shall certify the amount of tax to be levied upon all the taxable property of the district as is provided in the adopted budget statement to be received from taxation. The county board is directed, authorized, and required to levy and collect such amount of tax in the same manner as other taxes are levied and collected, except that the aggregate health district tax shall not exceed in any one year four and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such district.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 10, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3610;   R.S.1943, § 71-1611;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 67, p. 969;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 40, p. 697;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 184;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 158.
NE Code § 71-1612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1612 - Board of health; powers and duties.

71-1612.  Board of health; powers and duties.The board of health shall have and exercise, subject to the statutes, the executive power and authority and shall assume the responsibility concerning public health and remedial care and treatment of the indigent sick people, now or hereafter vested by statutes or regulations in each and every governmental subdivision within the health district, and shall have the title, control and management of the property owned by such governmental subdivisions and used exclusively for such health activities. All the functions now performed by any physician, except the coroner's physician and the insanity board's physician, or nurse employed by any governmental subdivision within the district, and any and all inspectors of foods, drinks, and the sanitary condition of property, vest in the health district which may be created by the provisions of sections 71-1601 to 71-1625. The management and control of all hospitals, buildings and personal property used exclusively in the medical care and treatment of the indigent sick people, and the segregation of those persons afflicted with infectious and contagious diseases, shall be in the said health district. The health district shall have the power and it shall be its duty to adopt measures for the control and eradication of preventable or communicable diseases, the inculcation of modern scientific methods of hygiene and sanitation, and the education of the public in matters relating to public health.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 11, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3611;   R.S.1943, § 71-1612.
NE Code § 71-1613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1613 - Violations; penalty.

71-1613.  Violations; penalty.Any person who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 71-1601 to 71-1625, or any rule or regulation made by the district health board, under the authority of said sections, shall be deemed guilty of a Class IV misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 11, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3611;   R.S.1943, § 71-1613;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 160.
NE Code § 71-1614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 71 - Public Health and Welfare|71-1614 - Health service obtained by ineligible person; reimbursement.

71-1614.  Health service obtained by ineligible person; reimbursement.In the event remedial treatment or care is obtained by an individual who is in fact not indigent, or by an individual indigent where the primary legal responsibility rests upon a third party financially able to render such treatment or care, the health district shall have a right to recover the fair value of the treatment and care so rendered.Source   Laws 1939, c. 92, § 11, p. 401;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 71-3611;   R.S.1943, § 71-1614.