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NE Code § 31-515 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-515 - Special assessments; levy; procedure; improvements recommended by Department of Natural Resources.

31-515.  Special assessments; levy; procedure; improvements recommended by Department of Natural Resources.The proceedings for imposing of special assessment by the board of trustees shall be, as nearly as may be, according to those for special assessments by the mayor and council under the law governing cities of the first class. If improvements are recommended by the Department of Natural Resources and a sanitary drainage district is formed adjacent to a watercourse previously improved above such district pursuant to sections 31-508 and 31-509, the board of trustees shall advertise for bids for the construction of such improvements as are recommended by the department and in accordance with plans recommended by the department.Source   Laws 1891, c. 36, § 10, p. 291;   R.S.1913, § 1933;   C.S.1922, § 1874;   Laws 1927, c. 144, § 2, p. 391;   C.S.1929, § 31-612;   Laws 1933, c. 136, § 26, p. 538;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-612;   R.S.1943, § 31-515;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 73.  Cross References  Special assessments in cities of the first class, see section 16-666.
NE Code § 31-516 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-516 - Improvements recommended by Department of Natural Resources; board of trustees as board of equalization; notice of meeting; appeal.

31-516.  Improvements recommended by Department of Natural Resources; board of trustees as board of equalization; notice of meeting; appeal.Upon the completion of the improvement, notice shall be given that the trustees will sit as a board of equalization, at a day and hour in such notice stated, for the purpose of equalizing the assessments of such portion of the cost of such improvement as the report of the Department of Natural Resources finds to represent the special benefits of the land the drainage of which such improvements would improve. At such hearing such board of equalization shall hear all complaints with reference to the assessments proposed under the findings of the department. The trustees sitting as a board of equalization shall have power to increase or decrease such special assessments to the end that the property shall be assessed its equitable portion of the cost of such improvement, but not exceeding in the aggregate the percentage of the total cost recommended by the department to be assessed against such property and not exceeding in any case the actual special benefits accruing to such land. Notice of such meeting of the board of equalization shall be given by publishing a notice thereof in a paper, published in the county seat in each of the counties where any of the lands to be assessed are situated, once each week for three consecutive weeks. Appeals from the findings of such board of equalization may be taken in the manner provided for appeals from assessments of drainage districts organized under sections 31-401 to 31-450.Source   Laws 1927, c. 144, § 2, p. 392;   C.S.1929, § 31-612;   Laws 1933, c. 136, § 26, p. 539;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-612;   R.S.1943, § 31-516;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 74.  Cross References  Appeals, see section 31-412.
NE Code § 31-517 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-517 - Improvements; costs borne by district.

31-517.  Improvements; costs borne by district.All costs of the improvement other than the costs to be covered by special assessments as finally determined shall be borne by the sanitary district.Source   Laws 1927, c. 144, § 2, p. 392;   C.S.1929, § 31-612;   Laws 1933, c. 136, § 26, p. 539;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-612;   R.S.1943, § 31-517.
NE Code § 31-518 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-518 - Delinquent assessments; interest; limit.

31-518.  Delinquent assessments; interest; limit.No special assessment levied for the purpose aforesaid shall draw interest at a rate exceeding nine percent per annum from the date of delinquency until paid.Source   Laws 1927, c. 144, § 2, p. 392;   C.S.1929, § 31-612;   Laws 1933, c. 136, § 26, p. 539;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-612;   R.S.1943, § 31-518.
NE Code § 31-519 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-519 - Special assessments; payment; collection.

31-519.  Special assessments; payment; collection.Where any special assessment is made under sections 31-501 to 31-523, the order making such assessment may provide that it be divided into equal annual installments, not more than twenty in number with interest at seven percent, payable on the whole amount unpaid annually with the installment that year falling due, and in such case the several installments of principal and interest shall be collected and payment enforced in the same manner as delinquent taxes, and sale of the land for a delinquent installment shall not be a discharge of the premises from installments subsequently to fall due; Provided, however, in case of special assessments, the owner of the premises may pay the entire assessment imposed at any time within ninety days after such special assessment is made.Source   Laws 1891, c. 36, § 11, p. 291;   R.S.1913, § 1934;   C.S.1922, § 1875;   C.S.1929, § 31-613;   R.S.1943, § 31-519. Cross References  Collection of delinquent real estate taxes, see Chapter 77, articles 17 and 18.
NE Code § 31-520 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-520 - Property; right-of-way; how procured.

31-520.  Property; right-of-way; how procured.Such sanitary district may acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise, real or personal property, right-of-way, and privilege, within or without its corporate limits, necessary for its corporate purposes.Source   Laws 1891, c. 36, § 5, p. 290;   R.S.1913, § 1935;   C.S.1922, § 1876;   C.S.1929, § 31-614;   R.S.1943, § 31-520.
NE Code § 31-521 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-521 - Power of eminent domain; procedure.

31-521.  Power of eminent domain; procedure.Whenever the board of trustees of any sanitary district shall by order determine to make any public improvement under sections 31-501 to 31-523 which shall require that private property be taken or damaged, the district may exercise the power of eminent domain for that purpose. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1891, c. 36, § 12, p. 292;   R.S.1913, § 1936;   C.S.1922, § 1877;   C.S.1929, § 31-615;   R.S.1943, § 31-521;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 76, p. 481.
NE Code § 31-523 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-523 - Right-of-way; cost; assessment; annulment; reassessment.

31-523.  Right-of-way; cost; assessment; annulment; reassessment.In the making of any special assessment for any improvement which requires the taking or damage of property, the cost of acquiring the right to take or to damage such property may be estimated and included in the assessment as a part of the cost of making such improvement. In the event that any tax or assessment levied by such trustees is by any court annulled for informality or irregularity, the same may be reassessed and reimposed by the board of trustees upon the same property, or other property, as may be equitable.Source   Laws 1891, c. 36, § 14, p. 292;   R.S.1913, § 1938;   C.S.1922, § 1879;   C.S.1929, § 31-617;   R.S.1943, § 31-523. Annotations Reassessment of benefits is provided for when original assessment is invalid. Shanahan v. Johnson, 170 Neb. 399, 102 N.W.2d 858 (1960).
NE Code § 31-524 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-524 - Municipalities adjacent to district; power of trustees; survey; report to county board.

31-524.  Municipalities adjacent to district; power of trustees; survey; report to county board.Whenever a sanitary drainage district shall have been formed under sections 31-501 to 31-523, and trustees thereof have been elected, if such trustees find that municipalities, including cities of the second class and villages, in whole or in part outside of the boundaries of such sanitary district and depending upon the same watercourse or its tributaries for drainage, are inadequately supplied with sewage systems or sewage disposal plants, and that the absence thereof is detrimental to the sanitary conditions of the district or to such municipalities within the same watershed or lands adjacent thereto, the trustees may by resolution determine the existence of such conditions and shall thereupon cause a survey to be made of the territory affected by said conditions and the boundaries of such territory. The trustees shall thereupon file with the county board of the county wherein such district is situated a definite description of the territory affected by said conditions and the boundaries thereof.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 1, p. 1000;   C.S.1922, § 1880;   C.S.1929, § 31-618;   R.S.1943, § 31-524.
NE Code § 31-525 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-525 - Municipalities adjacent to district; inclusion; election; effect of affirmative vote.

31-525.  Municipalities adjacent to district; inclusion; election; effect of affirmative vote.Upon the filing of such description and boundaries with the county board, the county board shall call an election within the entire area and submit to the qualified voters therein the question of the enlargement of such district to include all the territory within the proposed new boundaries. If at such election a majority of the combined and total vote cast by the qualified voters residing within the original territory of such sanitary drainage district, and the territory proposed to be added thereto, shall be in favor of such enlargement, such district as so enlarged shall be deemed an organized sanitary drainage district and the trustees of such original district shall be the trustees of such enlarged district until their successors are duly elected and qualified.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 2, p. 1001;   C.S.1922, § 1881;   C.S.1929, § 31-619;   R.S.1943, § 31-525.
NE Code § 31-526 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-526 - Municipalities adjacent to district; inclusion; election; how conducted.

31-526.  Municipalities adjacent to district; inclusion; election; how conducted.Such election shall be held in the same manner as elections for the original organization of a sanitary drainage district under sections 31-501 to 31-523.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 3, p. 1001;   C.S.1922, § 1882;   C.S.1929, § 31-620;   R.S.1943, § 31-526.
NE Code § 31-527 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-527 - Powers of sanitary district trustees over enlarged district; flood control.

31-527.  Powers of sanitary district trustees over enlarged district; flood control.The enlarged district and the trustees thereof shall possess all the powers and perform all the duties throughout such enlarged territory previously vested in and imposed upon said district, and the trustees thereof within the original territory of said sanitary drainage district; and no proceedings taken under sections 31-525 and 31-526 for the enlargement of any sanitary drainage district shall be construed as impairing or suspending in any manner the powers and jurisdiction of any sanitary drainage district previously existing or of the trustees thereof. The trustees of such sanitary district shall have power by resolution to define the flood area of any stream or watercourse within said district and to exclude from such area the construction of buildings or other improvements which, if constructed, might interfere with the flow of flood waters. To determine such flood area the trustees shall cause a survey to be made of the watershed in the vicinity and highwater marks reached by floods in the past, and compute the volume of water flowing in the valley under flood conditions and, based thereon, together with such other engineering data as may be available, specify the area requisite for confining flood waters within reasonable dike embankments set back from the natural banks of the stream. Upon such area having been determined the district may acquire either a fee title to the property within such area or a perpetual easement therein for carrying flood waters and the construction of dikes, by purchase or condemnation proceedings. Any property within such flood area owned by the state or governmental subdivision of the state shall be available for the purpose of establishing and maintaining suitable control of flood waters without compensation for such use.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 4, p. 1001;   C.S.1922, § 1883;   Laws 1925, c. 129, § 1, p. 341;   C.S.1929, § 31-621;   R.S.1943, § 31-527.
NE Code § 31-528 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-528 - Enlarged district; power to maintain adequate sewerage facilities; damages; payment to municipalities.

31-528.  Enlarged district; power to maintain adequate sewerage facilities; damages; payment to municipalities.In addition to the powers of said district and of the trustees thereof as originally vested, such enlarged district and the trustees thereof shall have power and jurisdiction to provide and maintain adequate and suitable sewerage systems for the entire district; to provide and maintain sewage disposal or reduction plants; to enter upon any street, alley or public place in any municipality, city or village, within the limits of such enlarged district for the laying of sewers and the construction of sewerage systems. The district shall pay to such municipality, city or village, upon claim being filed therefor, the amount of any damage to any pavement or any public improvement. Such municipality, city or village shall not be entitled to any compensation for the use of its streets, alleys or public places except for damage to such public improvements.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 5, p. 1002;   C.S.1922, § 1884;   C.S.1929, § 31-622;   R.S.1943, § 31-528.
NE Code § 31-529 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-529 - Enlarged district; power to contract with cities for use of city sewers.

31-529.  Enlarged district; power to contract with cities for use of city sewers.Such enlarged sanitary drainage district shall have power to enter into contracts with any or all municipalities wholly or partly within its territorial boundaries for the use in whole or in part of any sewerage system or sewerage mains in operation in said municipality or to be constructed or operated by such municipality.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 6, p. 1002;   C.S.1922, § 1885;   C.S.1929, § 31-623;   R.S.1943, § 31-529.
NE Code § 31-530 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-530 - Enlarged district; power to alter city sewers connecting with drainage district sewers.

31-530.  Enlarged district; power to alter city sewers connecting with drainage district sewers.Such enlarged sanitary drainage district shall have power to take charge of, reconstruct, divert, alter or disconnect any main line sewer in any municipality, city or village, or unite the same with the sewerage system of the district, or to use any appropriate means deemed necessary by the trustees of the district to establish and maintain proper and adequate sanitary and sewerage systems for the district.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 7, p. 1002;   C.S.1922, § 1886;   C.S.1929, § 31-624;   R.S.1943, § 31-530.
NE Code § 31-531 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-531 - Enlarged district; eminent domain; borrowing money; bonds; interest; issuance; election.

31-531.  Enlarged district; eminent domain; borrowing money; bonds; interest; issuance; election.Such enlarged district shall have the power of eminent domain under the same conditions as the original sanitary drainage district. Such enlarged district may borrow money for corporate purposes and issue bonds therefor, but it shall not become indebted in any manner to an amount exceeding one and four-tenths percent of the taxable valuation of the property in the district for county purposes. Before incurring any indebtedness, the question shall be submitted to the certified voters of the district in the manner provided by law for submitting the question of bond issue by the county for internal improvements.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 8, p. 1002;   C.S.1922, § 1887;   C.S.1929, § 31-625;   R.S.1943, § 31-531;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 94, p. 332;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 137;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 124;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 25.  Cross References  Issuance of bonds by county for internal improvements, see section 10-401 et seq.
NE Code § 31-532 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-532 - Enlarged district; procedure for apportioning benefits.

31-532.  Enlarged district; procedure for apportioning benefits.Such enlarged sanitary drainage district shall have power to defray the expenses of any improvement made by it and to defray the expenses of carrying into execution the powers hereby granted by general taxation or by special assessment or partly by special assessment and partly by general taxation as the trustees may by order determine. It shall constitute no defense to any tax or special assessment that the improvements for which the same is imposed lies partly or wholly outside the limits of such district. No property shall be assessed more than it is benefited by the improvement for which the assessment is levied. The proceedings for apportioning the benefits and imposing a special assessment by the trustees of such enlarged district shall be the same as those for apportioning benefits and levying of special assessments in sanitary drainage districts organized under sections 31-401 to 31-449.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 9, p. 1003;   C.S.1922, § 1888;   C.S.1929, § 31-626;   R.S.1943, § 31-532.
NE Code § 31-533 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-533 - Enlarged district; trustees; salary.

31-533.  Enlarged district; trustees; salary.The trustees shall each receive as his salary the sum of seven hundred dollars per annum, payable quarterly.Source   Laws 1919, c. 240, § 10, p. 1003;   Laws 1921, c. 108, § 1, p. 382;   C.S.1922, § 1889;   C.S.1929, § 31-627;   R.S.1943, § 31-533;   Laws 1953, c. 100, § 1, p. 277.
NE Code § 31-534 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-534 - Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; payment of premium.

31-534.  Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; payment of premium.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 State of Nebraska, 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 said bond by any person, firm or corporation that has sustained loss or damage in consequence of the breach thereof.Source   Laws 1921, c. 108, § 2, p. 383;   C.S.1922, § 1890;   C.S.1929, § 31-628;   R.S.1943, § 31-534.
NE Code § 31-536 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-536 - Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; election.

31-536.  Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; election.Any sanitary district organized under the provisions of sections 31-501 to 31-534, may discontinue its activities and work as an independent governmental subdivision of the state whenever the question of such discontinuance shall be submitted to and ratified by the electors of said district. The county board of commissioners or supervisors of a county in which a sanitary drainage district is located shall submit the question of discontinuance to the electors of the district any time after January 1, 1946, when there is filed with them either a resolution, by a majority of the district trustees, or a petition, by qualified electors of the district equal in number to five percent of the votes cast for Governor in the district at the last preceding general election, asking for such submission.Source   Laws 1941, c. 56, § 1, p. 255;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-630;   Laws 1943, c. 75, § 1, p. 258;   R.S.1943, § 31-536.
NE Code § 31-537 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-537 - Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; election; notice; form of ballot.

31-537.  Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; election; notice; form of ballot.Upon filing such a resolution of the trustees or such a petition of the qualified electors with it, it shall be the duty of the county board, at least twenty days prior to the next state election, either primary or general, to submit at such election, after having published a notice of such submission, the question of the discontinuance of the activities and work of such sanitary district to the electors of such sanitary district in the following form: Shall Sanitary Drainage District No. .......... discontinue its activities and work in order that the same shall be carried on by other governmental subdivisions, wholly or partly within the district, as provided by law? The ballots shall be prepared, the election conducted, and the vote canvassed as in county elections.Source   Laws 1941, c. 56, § 2, p. 255;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-631;   Laws 1943, c. 75, § 2, p. 258;   R.S.1943, § 31-537.
NE Code § 31-538 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-538 - Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; effect on powers of trustees and property rights.

31-538.  Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; effect on powers of trustees and property rights.The result of such election shall be certified to the county board of the county in which such district is located, and if at such election a majority of the qualified electors actually voting in such sanitary district shall vote in favor of the discontinuance of the activities and work of the district, the trustees of such district shall thereupon cease the performance of their duties as such trustees, and the county board of the county in which such district is located shall thereupon act as trustees ex officio of the district and shall have all the powers, rights and authority previously vested by law in the trustees of the district, but without additional compensation; Provided, all tangible property within the territorial limits of any city or village within such district, and any tangible property serving a particular city or village, such as a sanitary sewage treatment plant, and which could be operated and maintained by the particular city or village so served, shall be transferred and assigned to such city or village which shall, upon an acceptance of such transfer or assignment by its council or board of trustees or other local governing body, be thereafter wholly operated and maintained out of funds appropriated and levied by such city or village.Source   Laws 1941, c. 56, § 3, p. 256;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-632;   R.S.1943, § 31-538.
NE Code § 31-539 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-539 - Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; effect on contract rights.

31-539.  Sanitary district; activities; discontinuance; effect on contract rights.All lawful claims, rights and demands against such a district, and all contractual obligations of such a district, existing in any person at the time of discontinuance of the activities and work of such district, shall continue to subsist in such person and shall remain the charge and obligation of the sanitary district; and all claims and demands in favor of such district at the time of the discontinuance of its activities and work, shall subsist in its favor and may be collected in the same manner as might have been theretofore done by the district.Source   Laws 1941, c. 56, § 4, p. 256;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-633;   R.S.1943, § 31-539.