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NE Code § 39-1605 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1605 - Organization; special election; ballot form; first board of trustees.

39-1605.  Organization; special election; ballot form; first board of trustees.After the determination by the county board, or a majority thereof, as provided by subsection (2) of section 39-1604, it shall call a special election and submit to the legal voters of the proposed road improvement district the question of the organization of such district and the election of a board of trustees who shall be resident taxpayers. Notice of such election shall be given as provided in subsection (1) of section 39-1604. At such election each legal voter resident within the proposed road improvement district shall have a right to cast a ballot with the words thereon, For road improvement district, or Against road improvement district. The special election shall be conducted by mail as provided in sections 32-953 to 32-959. The result of such election shall be entered of record. If fifty-five percent of the votes cast are in favor of the proposed district, such proposed district shall be deemed an organized road improvement district. At the same election there shall be elected three members of a board of trustees. Such members so elected shall be the first board of trustees of such district if the formation of the district is so approved at such election. Such board of trustees shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified under the provisions of section 39-1606. It shall elect a president and clerk substantially as is provided for in sections 39-1606 and 39-1609.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 5, p. 526;  Laws 2007, LB248, § 2.
NE Code § 39-1606 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1606 - Board of trustees; members; election; filing fee; term; compensation; district; name.

39-1606.  Board of trustees; members; election; filing fee; term; compensation; district; name.(1) Any resident property owner desiring to file for the office of trustee of a road improvement district may file for such office with the county clerk or election commissioner of the county in which the greater proportion in area of the district is located, not later than forty-five days before the election, by paying a filing fee of five dollars.(2)(a) The term of office of every member of a board of trustees of a road improvement district existing on January 1, 2008, shall be extended to the first Monday in October following the expiration of the original term. Their successors shall be elected for terms of six years at elections held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of odd-numbered years. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday in October after the election.(b) The successors to the initial board of trustees of a road improvement district shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of the first odd-numbered year which is at least fifteen months after the organization of the district pursuant to section 39-1605. One trustee shall be elected for a term of two years, one trustee for a term of four years, and one trustee for a term of six years, and thereafter their respective successors shall be elected for terms of six years at succeeding elections held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of odd-numbered years. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday in October after the election.(c) Elections under this subsection shall be conducted by mail as provided in sections 32-953 to 32-959.(3) At the first meeting of the trustees of such district after the election of one or more members, the board shall elect one of their number president. Such district shall be a body corporate and politic by name of Road Improvement District No. ........ of ........... County or ....... Counties, as the case may be, with power to sue, be sued, contract, acquire and hold property, and adopt a common seal. Each trustee shall receive as his or her salary the sum of five dollars for each meeting.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 6, p. 527;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 552;  Laws 2007, LB248, § 3.
NE Code § 39-1607 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1607 - Trustees; failure to qualify; vacancy; how filled.

39-1607.  Trustees; failure to qualify; vacancy; how filled.If any trustee fails to qualify within sixty days after receipt of the certificate of election, the office to which he or she was elected shall be declared vacant. Any vacancy in the board of trustees from any cause may be filled by the remaining trustees until the next election pursuant to section 39-1606. At such election a trustee shall be elected by the voters of the district for the balance of the unexpired term of such trustee, if any.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 7, p. 528;  Laws 2007, LB248, § 4.
NE Code § 39-1608 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1608 - Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; premium; suit on bond.

39-1608.  Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; premium; suit on bond.Each trustee of any such district shall, prior to entering upon his office, execute and file with the county clerk of the county in which said district, or the greater portion of the area thereof, is located, his bond with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county clerk, running to the district in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance by said trustee of his official duties and the faithful accounting by him for all funds and property of the district that shall come into his possession or control during his term of office. The premium, if any, on any such bond shall be paid out of the funds of the district. Suit may be brought on such bonds by any person, firm, or corporation that has sustained loss or damage in consequence of the breach thereof.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 8, p. 528.
NE Code § 39-1609 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1609 - Trustees; clerk; engineer; rules and regulations; publication of proceedings.

39-1609.  Trustees; clerk; engineer; rules and regulations; publication of proceedings.The board of trustees shall elect one of their members clerk and have the power to appoint, employ, and pay an engineer, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the board. The clerk may be paid not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per year by said board. The board shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules and regulations for the necessary conduct of its business and to carry into effect the objects for which such road improvement district is formed. Immediately after each regular and special meeting of the board, it shall cause to be published, in one newspaper of general circulation in the district, a brief statement of its proceedings including an itemized list of bills and claims allowed, specifying the amount of each, to whom paid, and for what purpose; Provided, no publication shall be required unless the same can be done at an expense not exceeding one-third of the rate of the publication of legal notices.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 9, p. 528.
NE Code § 39-1610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1610 - Trustees; powers.

39-1610.  Trustees; powers.The board of trustees of any road improvement district, created by sections 39-1601 to 39-1609, shall have the power to grade, establish grade, change grade, pave, repave, gravel, regravel, macadamize, remacadamize, widen or narrow roads, resurface or relay existing pavement, or otherwise improve any road or roads, or parts thereof, at public cost or by levy of special assessment on the property especially benefited thereby, proportionate to benefits; Provided, that none of the improvements hereinbefore named shall be ordered, except as provided in section 39-1611 or 39-1612.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 10, p. 529.
NE Code § 39-1611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1611 - Trustees; improvements; petition of abutting landowners.

39-1611.  Trustees; improvements; petition of abutting landowners.Whenever a petition signed by sixty percent of the resident landowners abutting on or adjacent to any road, highway, or street in the district shall be presented and filed with the clerk of the board of trustees, petitioning therefor, the board of trustees shall (1) by resolution cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, (2) contract therefor, and (3) levy assessments as provided in sections 39-1623 to 39-1625.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 11, p. 529.
NE Code § 39-1612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1612 - Trustees; improvements without petition; notice; protests.

39-1612.  Trustees; improvements without petition; notice; protests.Whenever the board of trustees shall deem it necessary to make any of the improvements of any road, highway, or street named in section 39-1610, without the filing of the petition referred to in section 39-1611, it shall so determine by resolution of the board. The board shall thereupon publish a notice of the improvements to be made in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the district once each week during two consecutive weeks. If a majority of the resident owners of land abutting on or adjacent to such road, highway, or street in the district shall file with the clerk of the board of trustees, within twenty days after the first publication of said notice, written objections to the making of said improvements, said improvements shall not be made as provided in said resolution, referred to in section 39-1611, and the resolution shall be repealed. If the objections are not filed against the improvement in the time and manner provided by this section, the board of trustees shall forthwith cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, contract therefor, and levy assessments, as set forth in sections 39-1623 to 39-1625 to pay the cost thereof.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 12, p. 529.
NE Code § 39-1613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1613 - Protests or petitions; determination of sufficiency.

39-1613.  Protests or petitions; determination of sufficiency.The sufficiency of the protests or petitions, referred to in sections 39-1611 and 39-1612 as to the ownership of land, shall be determined by the record in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, of the county or counties where the lands of the district are located, at the time of the adoption of said resolution. In determining the sufficiency of the petitions or objections, intersections shall be disregarded, and any lot of ground owned by the county shall not be counted for or against such improvement.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 13, p. 530.
NE Code § 39-1614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1614 - Assessments; lien; certification.

39-1614.  Assessments; lien; certification.All assessments shall be a lien on the property on which levied from the date of levy. The board of trustees of such road improvement district shall cause such assessments, or portion thereof remaining unpaid, to be certified to the county clerk of the county or counties for entry upon the proper tax lists as more particularly set forth in section 39-1625.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 14, p. 530.
NE Code § 39-1615 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1615 - Assessment; payment; delinquency; interest.

39-1615.  Assessment; payment; delinquency; interest.One-tenth of the total amount assessed against each lot or parcel of land shall become delinquent in fifty days after the date of such levy; one-tenth in one year; one-tenth in two years; one-tenth in three years; one-tenth in four years; one-tenth in five years; one-tenth in six years; one-tenth in seven years; one-tenth in eight years; and one-tenth in nine years, unless a different number of yearly payments shall be fixed by the board of trustees as permitted under section 39-1626. Each of such installments, except the first, shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, payable annually, from the time of the levy, provided for by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636, until the same shall become delinquent; and after the same becomes delinquent, interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, shall be paid thereon from the date the same is delinquent until paid; Provided, all of the installments may be paid at one time on any lot or land within fifty days from the date of such levy without interest. If so paid within fifty days, such lot or land shall be exempt from any lien or charge therefor.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 15, p. 530;   Laws 1961, c. 200, § 1, p. 602;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 28;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 29.
NE Code § 39-1616 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1616 - Bonds; issuance; payment; interest.

39-1616.  Bonds; issuance; payment; interest.For the purpose of paying the cost of grading, paving, repaving, graveling, regraveling, macadamizing, remacadamizing, or improving the road or roads in any road improvement districts, the board of trustees shall have the power and may, by resolution, cause to be issued bonds of the road improvement district to be called Assessment Paving Bond of Road Improvement District No. ... of ........ County or ........ Counties, as the case may be. Such paving bonds shall be payable within the time provided by section 39-1627. They shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached, payable serially, to be issued in such denominations as may be deemed advisable.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 16, p. 531;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 105, p. 338.
NE Code § 39-1617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1617 - Sinking fund; investments authorized.

39-1617.  Sinking fund; investments authorized.Pending final redemption of bond or bonds for improving the road, roads, highway, or street, the county treasurer is hereby authorized to invest such sinking fund in interest-bearing time certificates of deposit in depositories approved and authorized to receive county money, but in no greater amount in any depository than the same is authorized to receive deposits of county funds; and the interest arising from such certificate of deposit shall be credited to its respective sinking fund as provided by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 17, p. 531.
NE Code § 39-1618 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1618 - Assessments; school district, county, or quasi-municipal corporation; lands subject to.

39-1618.  Assessments; school district, county, or quasi-municipal corporation; lands subject to.If, in any road improvement district, there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, or other quasi-municipal corporation, adjacent to or abutting upon the road, roads, highways, or street upon which the improvement has been ordered it shall be the duty of the county board, board of education, or other proper officers to provide for the payment of such special assessments or taxes as may be assessed against the real estate so adjacent or abutting, or within such road improvement district, belonging to the county, school district, or quasi-municipal corporation. In the event of a neglect or refusal to do so, the road improvement district may recover the amount of such special taxes or assessments in any proper action. Any such judgment so obtained may be enforced in the usual manner.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 18, p. 532.
NE Code § 39-1619 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1619 - Intersections; roads adjacent to federal or state lands; assessments; intersection paving bonds; term; interest; warrants.

39-1619.  Intersections; roads adjacent to federal or state lands; assessments; intersection paving bonds; term; interest; warrants.(1) For the payment of all improvements of the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of roads or alleys and one-half of the roads adjacent to real estate owned by the United States or the State of Nebraska, the assessment shall be made upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such road improvement district and shall be levied in the manner referred to in subsection (1) of section 39-1621, and for the payment of such improvements, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to issue paving bonds of the road improvement district, in such denominations as it deems to be proper, to be called Intersection Paving Bonds, payable over the life of the improvements and in no event exceeding twenty years from date. Such bonds shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached. For the prompt payment of such bonds, the full faith and credit of all the property in the district is pledged. Such bonds shall not be issued until the work is completed and then not in excess of the cost of the improvements.(2) For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses, warrants may be issued by the board of trustees upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of the work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project, in a sum not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of the bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section and in section 39-1616 when issued and sold. The bonds may be sold or delivered to the contractor in payment at not less than par. The district shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments, beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the governing body and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 19, p. 532;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 106, p. 339;   Laws 1975, LB 112, § 8;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 158;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 139.
NE Code § 39-1620 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1620 - Contracts; letting of bids; notice.

39-1620.  Contracts; letting of bids; notice.All contracts for work to be done, the expense of which is more than five hundred dollars, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, upon notice of not less than twenty days of the terms and conditions of the contract to be let. The board of trustees shall have power to reject any and all bids and readvertise for the letting of such work.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 20, p. 533.
NE Code § 39-1621 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1621 - Budget; taxes; levy; limitation; certification; collection; disbursement.

39-1621.  Budget; taxes; levy; limitation; certification; collection; disbursement.(1) The board of trustees may, after adoption of the budget statement for such district, annually levy and collect the amount of taxes provided in the adopted budget statement of the district to be received from taxation for corporate purposes upon property within the limits of such road improvement district to the amount of not more than three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of the taxable property in such district for general maintenance and operating purposes subject to section 77-3443. The board shall, on or before September 30 of each year, certify any such levy to the county clerk of the counties in which such district is located who shall extend the levy upon the county tax list.(2) The county treasurer of the county in which the greater portion of the area of the district is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the road improvement district and shall be responsible for all funds of the district coming into his or her hands. The treasurer shall collect all taxes and special assessments levied by the district and collected by him or her from his or her county or from other county treasurers if there is more than one county having land in the district and all money derived from the sale of bonds or warrants. The treasurer shall not be responsible for such funds until they are received by him or her. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the district only on warrants authorized by the trustees and signed by the president and clerk.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 21, p. 533;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 35, p. 694;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 159;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 36;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 36;   Laws 1993, LB 734, § 39;   Laws 1995, LB 452, § 12;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 57;  Laws 2021, LB644, § 17.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022
NE Code § 39-1622 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1622 - Special assessments; special benefits; general benefits; levy; lien.

39-1622.  Special assessments; special benefits; general benefits; levy; lien.The board of trustees of the road improvement district shall, in addition to its other powers, levy a special assessment to the extent of special benefits conferred the cost of such portion of such improvements as are local improvements upon property found specially benefited thereby which shall be a lien as provided by section 39-1614 when properly levied and certified as required by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636. The board of trustees of such district may find the remainder of the cost of such improvements made are of general benefit to the district and the costs thereof shall be paid from taxes levied against all the property in the district in the manner provided for by subsection (1) of section 39-1621.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 22, p. 534;   Laws 1959, c. 182, § 1, p. 663;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 54.
NE Code § 39-1623 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1623 - Improvements; plat; benefits; schedule of proposed special assessments; notice; hearing.

39-1623.  Improvements; plat; benefits; schedule of proposed special assessments; notice; hearing.After the completion of any improvements, the engineer shall file with the clerk of the district a complete statement of all the costs of such improvement, a plat of the property in the district specially benefited thereby, and a schedule of the amount proposed to be assessed against each separate piece of property as a special assessment. A copy of the plat and a schedule of the proposed special assessment shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county in which the greater portion of the area of the district is located for public inspection. The trustees of the district shall then order the clerk of the district to give notice that the plat and schedule are on file with the county clerk where the plat and schedule are kept for examination, and that all objections thereto or to prior proceedings on account of errors, irregularities, or inequalities not made in writing and filed with the clerk of the district within twenty days after first publication of the notice shall be deemed to have been waived. Such notice shall be given by publication, once each week during two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the district and whenever possible by giving notice in writing by either registered or certified mail to the owner of each separate piece of property against which a special assessment is proposed. The notice shall state the time and place where objections are to be filed. The time of such hearing shall be determined in the manner stated in section 39-1624. Any objections so filed shall be considered by the trustees of the district.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 23, p. 534;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 55.