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NE Code § 70-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-308 - Property within village or city; how treated.

70-308.  Property within village or city; how treated.Section 70-305 shall not be construed to grant any rights within the corporate limits of any village or city in this state.Source   Laws 1903, c. 117, § 1, p. 608;   R.S.1913, § 7420;   Laws 1917, c. 135, § 1, p. 320;   Laws 1921, c. 259, § 1, p. 874;   C.S.1922, § 7099;   C.S.1929, § 86-303;   Laws 1943, c. 231, § 2, p. 780;   R.S.1943, § 86-308;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-308;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 471.
NE Code § 70-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-309 - Electrical transmission lines; state or federal highways; regulation by Department of Transportation.

70-309.  Electrical transmission lines; state or federal highways; regulation by Department of Transportation.If the public road, along, upon, across, or under which the right to construct, operate, and maintain the electrical transmission line is granted, is a state or federal highway, then the location and installation of the electrical transmission facilities, insofar as they pertain to the present and future use of the rights-of-way for highway purposes, shall be subject to reasonable regulations and restrictions prescribed by the Department of Transportation. If the future use of the state or federal highway requires the moving or relocating of the facilities, then such facilities shall be removed or relocated by the owner, at the owner's cost and expense, and as directed by the Department of Transportation except as provided by section 39-1304.02.Source   Laws 1943, c. 231, § 2, p. 780;   R.S.1943, § 86-308.01;   Laws 1957, c. 171, § 4, p. 593;   R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-308.01;  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 472;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 245.
NE Code § 70-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-311 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of road, road ditch improvement, or other projects; when given.

70-311.  Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of road, road ditch improvement, or other projects; when given.(1) Whenever any county or township road construction, widening, repair, or grading project or any road ditch improvement project requires, or can reasonably be expected to require, the performance of any work within ten feet of any electric transmission or electric distribution line, poles, or anchors, notice to the owner of such line, poles, or anchors shall be given by the respective county or township officers in charge of such projects. Such notice shall be given at least ninety days prior to the start of any work when, because of road construction, widening, repair, or grading or a road ditch improvement project, or for any other reason, it is necessary to relocate such line, poles, or anchors or if such work will compromise the structural integrity of the line, poles, or anchors.(2) If a natural resources district will be altering a road structure or grading or moving earth for a flood control, recreation, or other project that requires, or can reasonably be expected to require, the performance of any work within ten feet of any electric transmission or electric distribution line, poles, or anchors, notice to the owner of such line, poles, or anchors shall be given by the respective natural resources district in charge of such projects. Such notice shall be given at least ninety days prior to the start of any work when, because of such road structure alteration or grading or moving earth, or for any other reason, it is necessary to relocate such line, poles, or anchors or if such work will compromise the structural integrity of the line, poles, or anchors.Source  Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 474;  Laws 2010, LB643, § 1.
NE Code § 70-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-312 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of widening of roads; contents.

70-312.  Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; notice of widening of roads; contents.The notice required by section 70-311 shall state the nature and location of the work to be done and the date on which such work is scheduled to commence. In the event of any change in the scheduled time of starting such work, notice of such change shall be given as soon as practicable.Source Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 475.
NE Code § 70-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-313 - Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; liability; cost of removal.

70-313.  Electric transmission or electric distribution lines; liability; cost of removal.Any owner of any electric transmission or electric distribution line failing to move its lines, poles, or anchors located near a public highway in accordance with the notice provided by section 70-311 shall be liable to the county or township for the cost of relocating such lines, poles, and anchors. When an owner of such facilities located on private right-of-way is required to move such lines, poles, or anchors, it shall be at the expense of the county or township. The county or township shall be liable to the owner of any electric transmission or electric distribution line for loss of use of such line for failure to give the notice required by sections 70-311 and 70-312.Source Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 476.
NE Code § 70-407 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-407 - Terms, defined.

70-407.  Terms, defined.For the purpose of Chapter 70 the following words shall be construed to mean as follows:(1) A kilowatt hour shall be deemed and considered to equal one thousand watts, or the energy resulting from an activity of one kilowatt continued for one hour, which equals about one and one-third horsepower hours;(2) The word watt shall be construed to mean the practical unit of electric power, activity, or rate of work equivalent to 107 ergs or one joule per second, or approximately one seven-hundred-forty-sixth of a horsepower.Source   Laws 1933, c. 60, § 1, p. 291;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-505;   R.S.1943, § 70-407;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 1.
NE Code § 70-408 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-408 - Electric companies; rates; kilowatt-hour meter; demand meter; minimum charge authorized.

70-408.  Electric companies; rates; kilowatt-hour meter; demand meter; minimum charge authorized.All charges, made for electrical energy for residential, commercial, and farm purposes by any person, firm, corporation, or municipality engaged in the sale of electrical energy in cities of the first class having a population of more than five thousand and less than twenty-five thousand inhabitants as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, cities of the second class, villages, and unincorporated areas in Nebraska, shall be based on the amount of such energy actually furnished by the kilowatt-hour meter, together with such demand as may be registered or indicated by a demand meter, or as may be contracted for, to such purchaser. Such person, firm, corporation, or municipality may provide for either a penalty on or a discount from the amount of any bill to promote prompt payment thereof under uniform rules and regulations governing such penalty or discount. A reasonable minimum charge may be collected from purchasers of electrical energy by any such person, firm, corporation, or municipality, even though the charge for the amount of electrical energy actually furnished by the kilowatt-hour to such purchaser or user does not equal such minimum charge for the designated period of service. The provisions of sections 70-407 to 70-409 shall not be construed to affect any contract or franchise in existence at the time of the passage and approval of this section.Source   Laws 1933, c. 60, § 2, p. 292;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-506;   R.S.1943, § 70-408;   Laws 1949, c. 197, § 1, p. 576;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 51.  Annotations  Potentially conflicting interests within a class are incompatible with the maintenance of a true class action and this aspect may be disposed of upon motion for summary judgment. Blankenship v. Omaha P. P. Dist., 195 Neb. 170, 237 N.W.2d 86 (1976). The railway commission, hearing a complaint under stipulation that only the question of jurisdiction be determined, acted prematurely in determining, without a full hearing being given, the question of validity of a minimum charge. Miller v. Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., 129 Neb. 757, 262 N.W. 855 (1935).
NE Code § 70-409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-409 - Electric companies; rate regulations; violation; penalty.

70-409.  Electric companies; rate regulations; violation; penalty.Any person, firm or corporation, their employees, agents or servants, who shall violate any of the provisions of sections 70-407 and 70-408 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.Source   Laws 1933, c. 60, § 4, p. 292;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-508;   R.S.1943, § 70-409;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 136.  Annotations The railway commission does not have power to inflict the penalties provided for in this section. Miller v. Iowa-Nebraska Light & Power Co., 129 Neb. 757, 262 N.W. 855 (1935).
NE Code § 70-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-502 - Electric energy; sale or purchase; interconnections; contracts authorized.

70-502.  Electric energy; sale or purchase; interconnections; contracts authorized.For the purpose of selling or purchasing electrical energy for lighting, heating or power purposes, any city, village, or public electric light and power district in this state is hereby authorized to enter into agreements to connect and interconnect its electric light and power plants, distribution system and transmission lines with the electric light and power plant, distribution system or transmission lines of any one or more other cities, villages, or public electric light and power districts in this state, upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between the contracting cities, villages, and public power districts.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 2;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 2, p. 337;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-602;   R.S.1943, § 70-502. Annotations  This section does not prevent a second-class city from contracting for wholesale power requirement if and when city acquired distribution system. City of O'Neill v. Consumers P. P. Dist., 179 Neb. 773, 140 N.W.2d 644 (1966). The provisions of this section were modified by legislative act creating the Nebraska Power Review Board. City of Auburn v. Eastern Nebraska Public Power Dist., 179 Neb. 439, 138 N.W.2d 629 (1965). This section did not operate to confer power and authority contrary to petition for creation of district. Schroll v. City of Beatrice, 169 Neb. 162, 98 N.W.2d 790 (1959). A municipality owning and operating a public power plant may extend its lines into another municipal corporation's boundaries only upon contract, agreement, or franchise. Central Power Co. v. Nebraska City, 112 F.2d 471 (8th Cir. 1940).
NE Code § 70-503 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-503 - Acquisition, extension, and improvements; pledge of earnings or profits authorized.

70-503.  Acquisition, extension, and improvements; pledge of earnings or profits authorized.In lieu of the issuance of bonds or the levy of taxes as otherwise by law provided, and in lieu of any other lawful methods or means of providing for the payment of indebtedness, any city, village, or public electric light and power district within this state shall have the power and authority by and through its governing body or board of directors, to provide for or to secure the payment of the cost or expenses of purchasing, constructing, or otherwise acquiring, extending and improving any real or personal property necessary or useful in its operation of any electric light and power plant, distribution system or transmission lines, by pledging, assigning, or otherwise hypothecating, the net earnings or profits of such electric light and power district, city or village, derived, or to be derived, from the operation of such electric light and power plant, distribution system or transmission lines, and to that end, to enter into such contracts and to issue such warrants or debentures as may be proper to carry out the provisions of this section.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 3;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 3, p. 337;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-603;   R.S.1943, § 70-503. Annotations  Where city does not own light plant, revenue bonds for construction of same cannot be issued without an authorizing election. Nacke v. City of Hebron, 155 Neb. 739, 53 N.W.2d 564 (1952). Revenue bonds for extension or enlargement of existing electric distribution system can be issued without vote of electors. Slepicka v. City of Wilber, 150 Neb. 376, 34 N.W.2d 646 (1948). A village may extend or enlarge its existing electric light plant and issue warrants pledging the future earnings of the plant in consideration therefor without obligating the municipality for their payment. Southern Nebraska Power Co. v. Village of Deshler, 130 Neb. 598, 265 N.W. 880 (1936). In a condemnation proceeding by a city against the property of a power company, the company cannot raise the question of how the city will obtain funds to pay for the property taken. Central Power Co. v. Nebraska City, 112 F.2d 471 (8th Cir. 1940).
NE Code § 70-505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-505 - Sale, lease, or transfer; documents; filing.

70-505.  Sale, lease, or transfer; documents; filing.In order to consummate and complete the sale, lease, or transfer of any electric light and power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines by any city, village, or public electric light and power district of this state, to any private person, firm, association, or corporation, there shall be filed in the office of the Nebraska Power Review Board of this state, prior to any delivery or change of possession, control, or management under such sale, lease, or transfer, true and exact duplicate signed copies of all agreements, conveyances, contracts, franchises, deeds, leases, bills of sale, and other instruments, under which such sale, lease, or transfer is to be made. Said instruments shall be certified to under the oath of the executive or presiding officers of the seller and purchaser, respectively, as such true and exact duplicates.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 5;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 5, p. 338;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-605;   R.S.1943, § 70-505;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 2.
NE Code § 70-506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-506 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; contents; filing.

70-506.  Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; contents; filing.At the same time, and accompanying said documents and instruments of sale and transfer, there shall be filed with the Nebraska Power Review Board a statement and report, in form and detail to be approved by the Nebraska Power Review Board and the Attorney General, clearly setting forth the following facts and data: (1) The location and detailed description, including source and methods of generation, of all the property involved in the sale, lease, or transfer; (2) the dates of the construction, purchase, or other acquisition, by such municipality, or public electric light and power district, of such power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines, including all replacements, extensions, repairs, and betterments, together with a detailed statement of the actual cost; (3) a detailed description of such parts of the utility to be sold as, between the time of acquisition thereof and the time of the sale under consideration, shall have become obsolete, or shall have been sold, transferred, lost, destroyed, abandoned, or otherwise disposed of by such municipality or public electric light and power district, and the cost of such part of the utility, including extensions or additions thereto; and (4) a complete schedule of the rates and charges made or levied by such municipality or public electric light and power district for electric current, and a full and complete statement showing the financial condition and the receipts and disbursements of such municipality or public power district in the operation of the utility during the preceding three-year period, and a statement of the bonded indebtedness, if any, of such municipality or public power district in connection with its ownership or operation of the utility, including the amount of all bonds issued and paid.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 5;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 5, p. 338;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-605;   R.S.1943, § 70-506;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 3.
NE Code § 70-507 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-507 - Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; certification; filing.

70-507.  Sale, lease, or transfer; statement and report; certification; filing.Such statement and report shall be certified and sworn to as correct by the presiding officer of the governing body of such municipality or public electric light and power district, as the case may be, and shall also have thereto attached the certificate and oath of the presiding officer, or other duly authorized executive officer of the purchaser, under the seal of the purchaser, if a corporation, that the purchaser of the utility has examined the statement and report, has investigated the facts therein set forth, believes the statement and report to be true and correct, and that the proposed purchase of the utility has been made with reference to and in reliance upon the facts, situation and circumstances set forth in the statement and report. The filing of the instruments, the statement and report, certified as herein required, is hereby made a condition precedent to the validity of any such sale, lease or transfer.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 5;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 5, p. 338;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-605;   R.S.1943, § 70-507.
NE Code § 70-508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-508 - Sale, lease, or transfer; false statement, report, or certificate; penalty.

70-508.  Sale, lease, or transfer; false statement, report, or certificate; penalty.Whoever shall make, utter or subscribe to any statement and report, or certificate, required under the provisions of sections 70-506 and 70-507, knowing or having reason to believe that any such statement and report, or certificate, is false, shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 6;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 6, p. 340;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-606;   R.S.1943, § 70-508;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 137.
NE Code § 70-509 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-509 - Sale, lease, or transfer; evidence of valuation.

70-509.  Sale, lease, or transfer; evidence of valuation.Any instrument, statement and report, or certificate filed with the Nebraska Power Review Board, as provided for in Chapter 70, article 5, or certified copies thereof, shall be competent evidence in any hearing or proceeding involving the valuation of the electric light and power plant, distribution system, or transmission lines covered by the statement and report and certificate, for ratemaking purposes, taxation, or in any other matter in which the facts and statements in such instrument, statement and report, or certificate, may be involved or drawn in question, and the purchaser thereof and his, her, or its successor or assigns, shall be forever estopped to deny the facts set forth in such instrument, statement and report, or certificate.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 6;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 6, p. 340;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-606;   R.S.1943, § 70-509;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 4.
NE Code § 70-510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-510 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; limitation.

70-510.  Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; limitation.No private person, firm, association or corporation proposing to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any electric light and power plants, distribution system or transmission lines, from any city, village, or public electric light and power district of this state, nor any one on behalf or for the benefit of such proposed purchaser, may, in order to promote or bring about such sale, lease or transfer, pay out, contribute or expend, directly or indirectly, money or other valuable thing in excess of three thousand dollars nor, in any event, in excess of a sum in number of dollars greater than the number of the qualified voters in such municipality or public electric light and power district, based on the total vote cast for Governor at the last general election.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 7;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 7, p. 340;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-607;   R.S.1943, § 70-510. Annotations Where amount was paid for promotion of sale in excess of statutory amount, it was within prohibition of this section. State ex rel. Sorensen v. Southern Nebraska Power Co., 131 Neb. 472, 268 N.W. 284 (1936).
NE Code § 70-511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-511 - Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; violation; penalty.

70-511.  Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; violation; penalty.Any person, firm or corporation, violating any provision of section 70-510 shall be guilty of a Class IV felony.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 7;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 7, p. 340;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-607;   R.S.1943, § 70-511;   Laws 1977, LB 39, § 138.
NE Code § 70-512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-512 - Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; action to invalidate; procedure.

70-512.  Sale, lease, or transfer; excessive promotion expenditures; action to invalidate; procedure.Any violation of section 70-510 shall nullify and render wholly void any such proposed purchase, lease or acquisition; Provided, however, any action to set aside and render invalid any such sale, lease, transfer or acquisition, under the provisions of said section, shall be brought, in the district court of the county in which such municipality or public electric light and power district, or a portion thereof, is located, by one or more electors of such municipality or public electric light and power district, or by such municipality or district itself, or by the State of Nebraska, within ninety days after the holding of the election at which the question voted on shall have been submitted.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 7;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 7, p. 340;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-607;   R.S.1943, § 70-512.
NE Code § 70-513 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-513 - Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; statement.

70-513.  Sale, lease, or transfer; promotion expenditures; statement.Within ten days after any election upon the proposition of the sale, lease or transfer of any electric light or power plant, distribution system or transmission lines, as provided by section 70-504, the person, firm, association or corporation proposing to make or secure such purchase, lease or transfer, shall file with the Secretary of State a sworn statement, in form and detail to be approved by the Attorney General, showing all expenditures made and all obligations incurred by such proposed purchaser, directly or indirectly, in connection with or pertaining to such proposed sale, lease or transfer, and in connection with or pertaining to such election.Source   Initiative Law 1930, No. 324, § 8;   Laws 1931, c. 116, § 8, p. 341;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-608;   R.S.1943, § 70-513.