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NE Code § 46-1,146 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,146 - Water supply contracts and bonds; rescission; when authorized.

46-1,146.  Water supply contracts and bonds; rescission; when authorized.If any irrigation district shall have heretofore, or hereafter, purchased a water supply and issued bonds in payment of the same, or shall have purchased an irrigation system, which system included a contract for water supply and issued bonds in payment of the same, the directors of the district may arrange for the surrender and rescission of such contract for water supply upon surrender and cancellation of bonds in an amount equal to the bonds issued in payment for such water supply, and if the water supply was included in the purchase price of an irrigation system the board of directors may arrange for the surrender and rescission of the contract for such water supply on the surrender and cancellation of bonds in an amount equal to the part of the purchase price that was represented by the value of such contract for water supply, such amount to be determined by the directors of the irrigation district. Upon the surrender of such contract and cancellation of bonds as hereinbefore provided, the board of directors of such irrigation district may enter into a new contract for water supply as hereinbefore provided.Source   Laws 1915, c. 205, § 4, p. 442;   C.S.1922, § 2947;   C.S.1929, § 46-204;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,146.
NE Code § 46-1,147 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,147 - Irrigation districts; acceptance of federal reclamation aid.

46-1,147.  Irrigation districts; acceptance of federal reclamation aid.Any irrigation district is hereby authorized to be created and is empowered to cooperate with the United States under the Act of June 17, 1902 (32 Stat. 388), known as the Federal Reclamation Act and acts amendatory thereof and supplementary thereto, for the purposes of construction of irrigation works, including drainage works, or for the purchase, extension, operation or maintenance of irrigation works, including drainage works, or for the assumption as principal or guarantor of indebtedness to the United States on account of any district lands, and in that case the district shall levy and assess the several landowners entering lands under the reclamation laws or acquiring water rights thereunder in accordance with the reclamation law, public notices and orders issued thereunder and in accordance with existing contracts made between the individual landowners and the United States and as may be contracted for between the district and the United States, and the district is hereby clothed with full taxing power to collect such sums under the revenue laws of the state as in the case of other irrigation districts; Provided, however, that any property acquired by the district may be conveyed to the United States insofar as the same may be needed by the United States for the construction, operation, and maintenance of works for the benefit of the district under any contract that may be entered into with the United States pursuant to this section.Source   Laws 1917, c. 191, § 1, p. 464;   C.S.1922, § 2939;   C.S.1929, § 46-197;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,147. Annotations  An irrigation district may enter into a contract with the United States for a water supply. Frenchman Valley Irr. Dist. v. Smith, 167 Neb. 78, 91 N.W.2d 415 (1958). Contract executed hereunder did not establish such relationship between parties as would impute negligence of the United States or its employees to the irrigation district. Livanis v. Northport Irr. Dist., 121 Neb. 777, 238 N.W. 757 (1931), affirming on rehearing, 120 Neb. 314, 232 N.W. 583 (1930). Reclamation service has power to take over and operate irrigation system, to protect its claims, without acquiring title. New York Trust Co. v. Farmers' Irr. Dist., 280 F. 785 (8th Cir. 1922).
NE Code § 46-1,148 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,148 - Payment of federal charges.

46-1,148.  Payment of federal charges.The contract provisions for the payment of construction charges to the United States and the bonds securing the payment of the same, if any be issued and deposited, may be of such denominations and may call for payment of such interest not exceeding six percent per annum, and may provide for such installments and for repayment of the principal at such times as may be required by the federal laws and as may be agreed upon between the board and the Secretary of the Interior. The contract indebtedness to the United States shall be a prior lien to any subsequent bond issue of the district.Source   Laws 1917, c. 191, § 2, p. 465;   C.S.1922, § 2940;   C.S.1929, § 46-198;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,148.
NE Code § 46-1,149 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,149 - Bonds; contracts; acceptance of United States guarantee.

46-1,149.  Bonds; contracts; acceptance of United States guarantee.Any irrigation or drainage district, heretofore or hereafter organized under the laws of the State of Nebraska for irrigation or drainage purposes, is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into contract with the United States of America whereby the bonds of the district are guaranteed by the United States or financial credit is extended by the United States to the district, and for the sale, purchase or use of any canal, ditch, reservoir, rights-of-way, irrigation or drainage systems or other property owned or to be acquired for the use of such district.Source   Laws 1915, c. 207, § 1, p. 461;   C.S.1922, § 2949;   C.S.1929, § 46-206;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,149.
NE Code § 46-1,150 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,150 - Acceptance of act of Congress applicable to district.

46-1,150.  Acceptance of act of Congress applicable to district.Any irrigation or drainage district organized under the laws of Nebraska is hereby authorized to accept of the provisions of any Act of Congress of the United States applicable to such district and to obligate itself to comply with such laws, rules, and regulations as may be promulgated by any department of the United States in pursuance of such acts. Irrigation or drainage districts contracting with the United States under the provisions of sections 46-1,149 and 46-1,150 shall be governed in all matters by the laws of the state relating to irrigation or drainage districts as the case may be, except in such things as may be otherwise provided for such districts.Source   Laws 1915, c. 207, § 2, p. 461;   C.S.1922, § 2950;   C.S.1929, § 46-207;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,150.
NE Code § 46-1,151 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,151 - Contracts with United States; judicial approval; proceedings authorized.

46-1,151.  Contracts with United States; judicial approval; proceedings authorized.The board of directors of any irrigation district heretofore or hereafter organized may, in its discretion, before or after the making of any contract with the United States or others, the levying of any assessment or the taking of any particular steps or action, commence a special proceeding in the district court of the state, in and by which the proceedings of such board and of such district leading up to or including the making of any such contract, and the validity of any of the terms thereof, the levying of any assessment or the taking of any particular steps or action, shall be judicially examined, approved and confirmed, or disapproved and disaffirmed.Source   Laws 1917, c. 192, § 1, p. 466;   C.S.1922, § 2951;   C.S.1929, § 46-208;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,151. Annotations  Judicial approval of contract with the United States could be obtained in special proceeding in rem. Ainsworth Irr. Dist. v. Harms, 170 Neb. 228, 102 N.W.2d 429 (1960). Contracts with United States for supply of water for irrigation require judicial approval. Frenchman Valley Irr. Dist. v. Smith, 167 Neb. 78, 91 N.W.2d 415 (1958). Action to confirm bonds is a special proceeding in rem. Frenchman-Cambridge Irr. Dist. v. Ferguson, 154 Neb. 20, 46 N.W.2d 692 (1951).
NE Code § 46-1,152 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,152 - Contracts with United States; procedure for confirmation; powers of court.

46-1,152.  Contracts with United States; procedure for confirmation; powers of court.The practice and procedure for the confirmation of any step or action provided for in section 46-1,151 shall be as nearly as possible in conformity with the practice and procedure provided for the confirmation before the issuance and sale of bonds of irrigation districts. The court may approve and confirm such proceedings in part and disapprove and declare illegal or invalid other and subsequent parts of the proceedings, and insofar as possible the court shall remedy and cure all defects in such proceedings.Source   Laws 1917, c. 192, § 2, p. 466;   C.S.1922, § 2952;   C.S.1929, § 46-209;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,152. Annotations Practice and procedure for approval of contract with United States is provided. Ainsworth Irr. Dist. v. Harms, 170 Neb. 228, 102 N.W.2d 429 (1960).
NE Code § 46-1,153 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,153 - Contracts with United States; borrowing money to meet obligations; powers of board.

46-1,153.  Contracts with United States; borrowing money to meet obligations; powers of board.The board of directors of any irrigation district in this state sustaining contractual relations with the United States shall have the power to borrow funds for the purpose of making any necessary payments thereon and to pledge the credit of the district for the payment of the same. The board of directors of any irrigation district in this state shall have the power to borrow funds to meet the necessities of any unforeseen or unusual conditions arising in the operation and maintenance of the irrigation system of such district and to pledge the credit of such district for the payment thereof. The total sum borrowed by any district under the provisions of this section shall at no time exceed two-thirds the amount of the general fund levy of such district for the preceding year. If the levy for the then current year shall be insufficient to provide for the payment of the sum or sums so borrowed, then such payment shall be provided for in the levy for the year next ensuing.Source   Laws 1917, c. 193, § 1, p. 467;   C.S.1922, § 2953;   C.S.1929, § 46-210;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,153.
NE Code § 46-1,154 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,154 - Districts organized at least one year; proceedings validated.

46-1,154.  Districts organized at least one year; proceedings validated.In all cases in which the county board of any county has purported to establish an irrigation district situated in whole or in part within such county, and such district has acted as an irrigation district for the period of at least one year prior to August 15, 1937, all acts and proceedings taken for the purpose of creating such district are hereby legalized, validated, and declared to be sufficient, and such irrigation district is hereby declared to be duly incorporated, and as such, said irrigation district under its corporate name shall have all the rights and privileges and be subject to all of the duties and obligations of a duly incorporated irrigation district.Source   Laws 1937, c. 105, § 1, p. 365;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-1,108;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,154.
NE Code § 46-1,155 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,155 - Merger of districts; petition; plan; contents.

46-1,155.  Merger of districts; petition; plan; contents.Any two or more irrigation districts may merge into one district if a petition for merger signed by a majority of the board of directors of each district or signed by a majority of the electors of each district is filed with the boards of directors of the districts to be merged. Such petition shall include a plan for the merger, which plan shall contain:(1) A description of the proposed boundaries of the merged district and a list of lands;(2) A summary of the reasons for the proposed merger;(3) A summary of the terms on which the merger is to be made between the merged districts and such terms shall include a provision for three divisions as nearly equal in size as may be practicable, which shall be numbered first, second, and third, and two directors shall be elected from each division;(4) The amount of outstanding indebtedness of each district and proposed disposition thereof;(5) The equitable adjustment of all property, debts, and liabilities among the districts involved;(6) The name of the proposed district; and(7) Such other matters as the petitioners determine proper to be included.A certified copy of the petition for merger shall be filed with the Department of Natural Resources and the department shall either approve or disapprove such petition within twenty days. The boards of directors of the districts shall not take further action without such approval.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 3;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 92.
NE Code § 46-1,156 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,156 - Merger of districts; outstanding bonds; consent of bondholders.

46-1,156.  Merger of districts; outstanding bonds; consent of bondholders.If there are outstanding bonds of an irrigation district proposing to merge, or if such a district shall have entered into a contract with the United States, as provided in section 46-126 or 46-156, then the board shall notify the holders of such outstanding bonds that a petition for merger has been filed and the holders of such outstanding bonds may give their assent in writing to the effect that they severally consent to any merger that may be approved by the district and in case of such contract with the United States, the Secretary of the Interior shall be notified that a merger of such district is proposed and the Secretary of the Interior may assent to such merger. The assents shall be filed with the boards of directors of the districts proposed to be merged and shall be recorded in the minutes of each board and such minutes, or a certified copy thereof, shall be admissible in evidence with the same effect as an assent, but if such assent of the bondholders and, in the case of contract with the United States, such assent of the Secretary of the Interior is not filed, the board shall deny and dismiss the petition for merger.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 4.
NE Code § 46-1,157 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,157 - Merger of districts; approval by Department of Natural Resources.

46-1,157.  Merger of districts; approval by Department of Natural Resources.When such plan has been approved by the Department of Natural Resources, it shall be designated as the final approved plan and shall be submitted to a vote as provided in section 46-1,158.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 5;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 93.
NE Code § 46-1,158 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,158 - Merger of districts; special election; notice.

46-1,158.  Merger of districts; special election; notice.Not less than thirty days nor more than sixty days after the designation of the plan as the final approved plan, the proposition of the adoption or rejection of such proposed plan of merger shall be submitted by the boards of directors at a special election to all the electors of the irrigation districts which will be affected by the merger plan. Notice of such election shall be given by posting a notice in three public places in each election precinct in each district affected by the merger for at least twenty days, and also by publication of such notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the county where the office of the board of directors of each district affected by the merger is required to be kept once a week for three successive weeks.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 6.
NE Code § 46-1,159 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,159 - Merger of districts; election; notice; contents.

46-1,159.  Merger of districts; election; notice; contents.The election notice shall:(1) State that the election has been called for the purpose of affording the electors an opportunity to approve or reject the plan of merger;(2) Contain a description of the boundary of the proposed district;(3) Contain a statement giving a summary of the reason for the proposed merger including a summary of the terms on which the merger is to be made, and the amount of outstanding indebtedness of each district;(4) State the equitable adjustments of all property, debts and liabilities among the districts involved;(5) State the name of the proposed district;(6) Contain such other matters as are set out in the merger plan;(7) Specify the time of holding the election; and(8) Name the directors of the districts to be merged who shall constitute the first board of directors of the new district.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 7.
NE Code § 46-1,160 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,160 - Merger of districts; election; ballots; canvass; board of directors.

46-1,160.  Merger of districts; election; ballots; canvass; board of directors.The board of directors of the irrigation districts to be merged shall provide ballots to be used at such election. The return of the election, together with the ballots cast thereat, shall be certified by the boards of election of such districts to the persons who will serve as the board of directors of the merged district if the merger is approved, within three days after the election or within three days after the deadline to submit ballots by mail, as the case may be, which board shall, on or before the third day after the election, canvass such returns and declare the result of such election, which result shall be at once recorded by the secretary of the board of directors in the records of the district boards and certified to the county clerk. The election and the return thereof shall otherwise be conducted in accordance with sections 46-115 to 46-118.Source   Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 8;  Laws 2015, LB561, § 13.
NE Code § 46-1,161 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,161 - Merger of districts; board of directors; term of office; election.

46-1,161.  Merger of districts; board of directors; term of office; election.The directors serving on the boards of directors of such merging districts shall constitute the first board of directors of the new district if the merger is approved. Such board of directors shall determine a method of setting the terms of office, so that two directors' terms on the new board shall be for one year, two for two years and three for three years. Each year thereafter two directors shall be elected for a term of three years.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 9.
NE Code § 46-1,162 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,162 - Merger of districts; election; effect.

46-1,162.  Merger of districts; election; effect.If at such election a majority of all votes cast at the election in each district are not in favor of such merger, the merger plan shall be defeated and shall not be placed in effect. If at such election a majority of all votes cast at the election in each district shall be in favor of such merger, the merger shall be effective immediately and the merged district shall assume all rights, assets and liabilities of the merged districts.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 10.
NE Code § 46-1,163 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,163 - Merger of districts; indebtedness; responsibility; succession to property.

46-1,163.  Merger of districts; indebtedness; responsibility; succession to property.Whenever two or more districts are involved in a merger plan, such districts shall continue to be responsible for any indebtedness incurred before the merger takes place unless a different arrangement is included in the plan voted upon by the electors; Provided, that when the voters approve such merger, the merged district shall succeed to all the property, contracts and obligations of all the districts so merged into it and shall assume all of their valid contracts and obligations.Source  Laws 1972, LB 1509, § 11.
NE Code § 46-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-201 - Water for irrigation; declared natural want.

46-201.  Water for irrigation; declared natural want.Water for the purposes of irrigation in the State of Nebraska is hereby declared to be a natural want.Source   Laws 1895, c. 69, § 65, p. 268;   R.S.1913, § 3369;   Laws 1919, c. 190, tit. VII, art. V, div. 1, § 1, p. 831;   C.S.1922, § 8406;   C.S.1929, § 46-501;   R.S.1943, § 46-201. Annotations  The right of appropriation for irrigation purposes is limited to the waters of natural streams of the state, and does not extend to waters in artificial drainage ditches. Drainage Dist. No. 1 v. Suburban Irr. Dist., 139 Neb. 460, 298 N.W. 131 (1941). State, in exercise of police power, may supervise and control the appropriation, diversion, and distribution of public waters of state, and impose that duty on administrative officers. State ex rel. Cary v. Cochran, 138 Neb. 163, 292 N.W. 239 (1940). Under irrigation act of 1889, a water right for purposes of irrigation need not have been attached to any particular tract of land. Vonburg v. Farmers Irr. Dist., 132 Neb. 12, 270 N.W. 835 (1937). Under this and other sections, legislative intent is shown to limit the location and construction of irrigation canals and ditches, as well as the land irrigated by same, to the basin containing the source of the water used, and requiring that all unused waters shall be returned to the stream from which diverted. Osterman v. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irr. Dist., 131 Neb. 356, 268 N.W. 334 (1936). It is the duty of the state to see that the waters of its streams used for irrigation purposes will not be wasted and that prior appropriators shall be protected as against subsequent appropriators. State ex rel. Sorensen v. Mitchell Irr. Dist., 129 Neb. 586, 262 N.W. 543 (1935). Prior to existing statutes declaring water for irrigation to be natural want, and granting preference in use of water for agriculture, appropriation for power purposes was as favorably regarded as for irrigation. Kearney Water & E. P. Co. v. Alfalfa Irr. Dist., 97 Neb. 139, 149 N.W. 363 (1914). In view of preference given by statute to use of water for agricultural purposes, irrigation companies will not be enjoined from diverting water from lower riparian mill owner, where petition fails to allege that appropriation was unlawful. Cline v. Stock, 71 Neb. 70, 98 N.W. 454 (1904), 102 N.W. 265 (1905). Although use of water for irrigation is declared a natural want, right to so use it must be exercised reasonably under the circumstances of each case. Meng v. Coffee, 67 Neb. 500, 93 N.W. 713 (1903).