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NE Code § 14-1801 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1801 - Metropolitan transit authority; declaration of policy.

14-1801.  Metropolitan transit authority; declaration of policy.It is hereby determined and declared as a matter of legislative finding and policy:(1) That traffic, passenger, truck, and pedestrian, in the streets of cities of the metropolitan class, a county in which such a city is located, adjacent counties, and cities and villages located in such counties, has become severely congested by the great number of motor vehicles operating therein; that such conditions have been accentuating for a period of years, and all signs and indications are that such congestion will continue to increase; that such conditions constitute a hazard and a handicap to the use of streets within such counties, cities, and villages and constitute a continuing detriment to the operation of all characters of business in such counties, cities, and villages; all of which is a matter of statewide concern, and, unless legislative action is taken, will constitute a public nuisance; and these conditions can and should be relieved by mass transportation of passengers, which an authority, as herein created, could provide.(2) That such street traffic congestion has created a dangerous hazard to the lives and property of pedestrians and those traveling in private and public vehicles.(3) That uncongested and unobstructed traffic, both of pedestrians and those riding in or transporting merchandise in vehicles, is necessary to the public health, safety, security, prosperity, well-being, and welfare of all the people.(4) That such existing congestion of the streets in such counties, cities, and villages handicaps and obstructs the administration of firefighting forces and police protection forces.(5) That the relieving of congestion in the streets of such counties, cities, and villages and the providing of a comprehensive passenger transportation system in such counties, cities, and villages is a matter of public interest and statewide concern and within the powers and authority inhering in and reserved to the state.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 1, p. 157;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 1;  Laws 2003, LB 720, § 1.
NE Code § 14-1802 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1802 - Terms, defined.

14-1802.  Terms, defined.As used in the Transit Authority Law, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Authority means any transit authority created under the Transit Authority Law;(2) Board means the board of directors of any transit authority created under the Transit Authority Law;(3) City of the metropolitan class means all cities in the State of Nebraska defined to be cities of the metropolitan class by section 14-101;(4) Municipality and municipal means any city of the metropolitan class in the State of Nebraska; and(5) Bonds means revenue bonds of any transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 2, p. 158;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 2;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 6.
NE Code § 14-1803 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1803 - Metropolitan transit authority; creation; members; appointment; jurisdiction; compensation; expenses; delegation of powers and duties.

14-1803.  Metropolitan transit authority; creation; members; appointment; jurisdiction; compensation; expenses; delegation of powers and duties.(1) Any city of the metropolitan class may create by ordinance a transit authority to be managed and controlled by a board of five members which shall be appointed as provided in section 14-1813 and shall have full and exclusive jurisdiction and control over all facilities owned or acquired by such city for a public passenger transportation system. The governing body of such city, in the exercise of its discretion, shall find and determine in the ordinance creating such transit authority that its creation is expedient and necessary. The chairperson of such transit authority shall be paid as compensation for his or her services not more than six hundred dollars per month. Each other member of such transit authority shall be paid as compensation for his or her services not more than five hundred dollars per month. All salaries and compensation shall be obligations against and paid solely from the revenue of such transit authority. Members of such transit authority shall also be entitled to reimbursement for expenses paid or incurred in the performance of the duties imposed upon them by the Transit Authority Law with reimbursement for mileage to be made at the rate provided in section 81-1176. The board may delegate to one or more of the members or to officers, agents, and employees of the authority such powers and duties as it may deem proper.(2) Any transit authority created pursuant to such law shall have and retain full and exclusive jurisdiction and control over all public passenger transportation systems in such city, excluding taxicabs, transportation network companies, and interstate railroad systems in such city, and over all public passenger transportation systems operated by such transit authority in any county, city, or village served by the authority, with the right and duty to charge and collect revenue for the operation and maintenance of such systems and for the benefit of the holders of any of its bonds or other liabilities. Unless such authority elects to convert to a regional metropolitan transit authority under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, if such authority ceases to exist, its rights and properties shall pass to and vest in such city of the metropolitan class.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 3, p. 159;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 3;   Laws 1973, LB 69, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 17;   Laws 1989, LB 309, § 1;   Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 5;  Laws 2003, LB 720, § 2;  Laws 2019, LB492, § 33.  Cross References  Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, see section 18-801.Annotations The jurisdiction and powers herein given a transit authority is for local control and does not affect the general control vested in the Public Service Commission by the Constitution. Ritums v. Howell, 190 Neb. 503, 209 N.W.2d 160 (1973).
NE Code § 14-1804 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1804 - Metropolitan transit authority; establishment; body corporate.

14-1804.  Metropolitan transit authority; establishment; body corporate.The authority shall be a body corporate and politic and shall be known as Transit Authority of ..................... (filling out the blank with the name of the city), and shall be a governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska with the powers and authority provided by the Transit Authority Law. The authority is declared to be an instrumentality of the state exercising public and essential governmental functions in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by the Transit Authority Law.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 4, p. 160;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 4;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 7.
NE Code § 14-1807 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1807 - Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; extent of obligation.

14-1807.  Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; extent of obligation.Under no circumstances shall any bonds or certificates issued by the authority or any other obligation of the authority be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Nebraska, or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic or of any municipality within the state, nor shall any such bond, certificate, or obligation be or become an indebtedness of the authority within the purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond and certificate that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or obligation but is payable solely from revenue and income as aforesaid, including such tax revenue as may be received, as herein provided.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 7, p. 166;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 7.
NE Code § 14-1808 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1808 - Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; sale; advertisement; bids.

14-1808.  Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; sale; advertisement; bids.Before any such bonds or certificates (excepting refunding bonds or certificates) are sold the entire authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit after advertising for bids at least three times in a daily newspaper of general circulation published in the city of the metropolitan class, the last publication to be at least ten days before bids are required to be filed. Copies of such advertisement may also be published in any newspaper or financial publication in the United States. All bids shall be sealed, filed, and opened as provided by resolution adopted by the authority, and the bonds or certificates shall be awarded to the highest and best bidder or bidders therefor. The authority shall have the right to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the manner provided for in the initial advertisement. If no bids are received such bonds or certificates may be sold at the best possible price according to the discretion of the board, without further advertising, within thirty days after the bids are required to be filed pursuant to any advertisement.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 8, p. 166;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 8.
NE Code § 14-1809 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1809 - Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; legal investment; considered securities.

14-1809.  Metropolitan transit authority; revenue bonds and certificates; legal investment; considered securities.Bonds issued by the authority under the Transit Authority Law are hereby made securities in which the state and all political subdivisions of the state, their officers, boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies, all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligations of the state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control. Such bonds or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officers or agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is now or may hereafter be authorized by law.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 9, p. 167;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 9;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 10.
NE Code § 14-1810 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1810 - Metropolitan transit authority; property; exempt from taxation.

14-1810.  Metropolitan transit authority; property; exempt from taxation.An authority created pursuant to the Transit Authority Law being a governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska to exercise public and essential governmental functions, all property thereof, all operations thereof, and all rights to operate, of whatsoever character, and all bonds and equipment trust notes or certificates issued by it, shall be exempt from any and all forms of assessment and taxation, and from all other governmental and municipal licenses, excises, and charges.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 10, p. 167;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 10;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 11.
NE Code § 14-1811 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1811 - Metropolitan transit authority; equipment; purchase; securities.

14-1811.  Metropolitan transit authority; equipment; purchase; securities.(1) The authority shall have power to purchase equipment, including motor buses, and may execute agreements, leases, conditional sales contracts, conditional lease contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates in the form customarily used in such cases appropriate to effect such purchase, and may dispose of such equipment trust notes or certificates. All money required to be paid by the authority under the provisions of such agreements, leases, and equipment notes or trust certificates shall be payable solely from the revenue or income to be derived from the transportation systems, and from such tax receipts as may be herein authorized and from grants and loans received, as provided in the Transit Authority Law. Payment for such equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust notes or certificates payable solely from such sources of income, and title to such equipment need not vest in the authority until the equipment trust notes or certificates are paid, but when payment is accomplished the equipment title shall vest in the authority.(2) The agreement to purchase may direct the vendor to sell and assign the equipment to a bank or trust company, duly authorized to transact business in the State of Nebraska, as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust notes or certificates, and may direct the trustee to deliver the equipment to one or more designated officers of the authority, and may authorize the trustee simultaneously therewith to execute and deliver a lease of the equipment to the authority.(3) The agreements, leases, contracts, or equipment trust certificates shall be duly acknowledged before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds, and such agreements, leases, and equipment trust notes or certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the board, and shall contain such covenants, conditions, and provisions as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust notes or certificates from the revenue and income of the authority.(4) The covenants, conditions, and provisions of the agreements, leases, contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of revenue bonds or certificates of the authority.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 11, p. 168;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 11;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 12.
NE Code § 14-1812 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1812 - Metropolitan transit authority; board; name.

14-1812.  Metropolitan transit authority; board; name.Unless the authority elects to convert into a regional metropolitan transit authority pursuant to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, the governing body of the authority shall be a board to be known as The Transit Authority of ............., filling out the blank with the name of the city, which shall consist of five members, to be appointed as provided in section 14-1813. If at any time such authority elects to convert into a regional metropolitan transit authority, then as of the effective date of such conversion, the governing body of a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law shall become a board known as the Regional Metropolitan Transit Board of . . . . (filling out the blank with the name coinciding with the name of the regional metropolitan transit authority determined pursuant to section 18-804). Thereafter, notwithstanding any provision in the Transit Authority Law to the contrary, such board shall consist of members as determined under and be governed by and subject to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 12, p. 169;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 12;   Laws 1973, LB 69, § 3;  Laws 2019, LB492, § 34.  Cross References  Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, see section 18-801.
NE Code § 14-1814 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1814 - Metropolitan transit authority; board; organization; officers; quorum; meetings; resolutions; public records.

14-1814.  Metropolitan transit authority; board; organization; officers; quorum; meetings; resolutions; public records.Not later than seven days after the qualification of the members, the board shall organize for the transaction of business, shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members, and shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations to govern its proceedings. The chairperson and vice-chairperson and their successors shall be elected annually by the board and shall serve for a term of one year. Any vacancy in the offices of chairperson and vice-chairperson shall be filled by election by the board. A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of three members of the board. Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least once in each calendar month at the time and place to be fixed by the board. All actions of the board shall be by resolution, except as may otherwise be provided in the Transit Authority Law, and the affirmative vote of at least three members shall be necessary for the adoption of any resolution. Any such resolution shall be approved by the chairperson of the board, or in his or her absence by the vice-chairperson of the board, before taking effect. If he or she shall approve thereof he or she shall sign the same. If he or she shall not approve thereof, he or she shall return the resolution to the board with his or her objections thereto in writing at the next regular meeting of the board occurring after the passage thereof. If the chairperson shall fail to return any resolution with his or her written objections to the board within the time aforesaid, he or she shall be deemed to have approved the same and it shall take effect; any resolution not approved by the chairperson may be passed by the affirmative vote of at least four members of the board. The board shall cause to be kept accurate minutes of all of its proceedings. All resolutions and all proceedings of the authority and all official documents and records of the authority shall be public records and open to public inspection, except such documents and records as shall be prepared and kept for use in negotiations, actions, or proceedings, to which the authority is a party.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 14, p. 170;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 14;   Laws 1998, LB 1191, § 13.
NE Code § 14-1816 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1816 - Metropolitan transit authority; board; employees; private interest; prohibited.

14-1816.  Metropolitan transit authority; board; employees; private interest; prohibited.No member of the board and no officer or employee of the authority shall have any private financial interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of the authority and in the sale or lease of any property to or from the authority.Source  Laws 1957, c. 23, § 16, p. 171.
NE Code § 14-1818 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1818 - Metropolitan transit authority; receipts; disbursements; books of account.

14-1818.  Metropolitan transit authority; receipts; disbursements; books of account.The board shall provide by resolution for the manner of handling all receipts, the depositing of same in banks, and the investment of same when practicable, and of all disbursements, and shall provide for the keeping of accurate books of account of all of same.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 18, p. 172;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 15.
NE Code § 14-1819 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1819 - Metropolitan transit authority; fiscal year; budget.

14-1819.  Metropolitan transit authority; fiscal year; budget.The board shall establish a fiscal operating year at least thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year after the creation of the authority, and annually thereafter the board shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget which shall include all operation and maintenance expense for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budget shall be considered by the board, and, subject to any revision and amendments as may be determined, shall be adopted prior to the first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budget for that year. No expenditure for operations and maintenance in excess of the budget shall be made during any fiscal year except by the affirmative vote of at least four members of the board. It shall not be necessary to include in the annual budget any statement of interest or principal payments on bonds or certificates, or for capital outlays, but it shall be the duty of the board to make provision for payment of same from appropriate funds.Source  Laws 1957, c. 23, § 19, p. 172.
NE Code § 14-1820 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1820 - Metropolitan transit authority; financial statement; publication; filing.

14-1820.  Metropolitan transit authority; financial statement; publication; filing.As soon after the end of each fiscal year as may be expedient, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and financial statement of its operations and of its assets and liabilities. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested, upon request, eight copies shall be filed with the Nebraska Publications Clearinghouse, and a copy thereof shall be mailed to the mayor and members of the city council and the governing board of any county in which such city is located, adjacent county, or city or village located within such counties served by the authority, and filed with the clerk of such county, city, or village.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 20, p. 172;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 16;   Laws 1972, LB 1284, § 12;  Laws 2003, LB 720, § 5.
NE Code § 14-1821 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 14 - Cities of the Metropolitan Class|14-1821 - Metropolitan transit authority; tax request; certification; levy; collection.

14-1821.  Metropolitan transit authority; tax request; certification; levy; collection.To assist in the defraying of all character of expense of the authority and to such extent as in its discretion and judgment may be necessary, the board shall annually certify a tax request for the fiscal year commencing on the following January 1. Such tax request shall not exceed in any one year ten cents on each one hundred dollars on the taxable value of the taxable property in the city of the metropolitan class or taxable property in any county in which such city is located, adjacent county, or city or village located within such counties served by the authority. The board shall by resolution, on or before September 30 of each year, certify such tax request to the city council of such city and the governing board of any county in which such city is located, adjacent county, or city or village located within such counties served by the authority. Such county, city, or village is hereby authorized to cause such tax to be levied and to be collected as are other taxes by the treasurer of such city or village or county treasurer and paid over by him or her to the treasurer of such board subject to the order of such board and subject to section 77-3443. If in any year the full amount so certified and collected is not needed for the current purposes of such authority, the balance shall be credited to reserves of such authority to be used for acquisition of necessary property and equipment.Source   Laws 1957, c. 23, § 21, p. 173;   Laws 1972, LB 1275, § 17;   Laws 1974, LB 875, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 35;   Laws 1986, LB 1012, § 2;   Laws 1987, LB 471, § 2;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 6;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 6;   Laws 1993, LB 734, § 23;   Laws 1995, LB 452, § 4;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 19;  Laws 2003, LB 720, § 6;  Laws 2007, LB206, § 3;  Laws 2021, LB644, § 8.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022