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NE Code § 39-1624 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1624 - Proposed special assessments; hearing; equalization; consent.

39-1624.  Proposed special assessments; hearing; equalization; consent.The hearing on the proposed assessment shall be held by the trustees of the district sitting as a board of adjustment and equalization at the time and place specified in the notice provided for by section 39-1623. Such date of hearing shall not be less than twenty days nor more than thirty days after the first publication of the notice thereof, unless such session be adjourned with provisions for proper notice of such adjournment. At such meeting the proposed assessment shall be adjusted and equalized with reference to benefits resulting from the improvement and shall not exceed such benefits. If the owners of all properties on which special assessments are proposed to be assessed file a consent in writing with the clerk of the district to the proposed assessment, the notice and meeting for adjustment, as provided in this section and section 39-1623, need not be given or had.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 24, p. 535.
NE Code § 39-1625 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1625 - Special assessments; levy; relevy; certification.

39-1625.  Special assessments; levy; relevy; certification.After the equalization of such special assessments, as herein required, the same shall be levied by the trustees of the district upon all lots or parcels of ground within the district which are especially benefited by reason of the improvement, as set forth in sections 39-1601 to 39-1636. The same may be relevied if, for any reason, the levy thereof is void, or not enforceable, and in an amount not exceeding the previous levy. Such levy shall be enforced as other special assessments and any payments thereof under any previous levies shall be credited to the person or property making the same. The levy when made shall be certified by the clerk of the district to the county clerk of the county in which the property to be assessed is located and collected by the county treasurer in the same manner as general taxes and shall be subject to the same penalties.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 25, p. 535.
NE Code § 39-1626 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1626 - Special assessments; when delinquent; interest.

39-1626.  Special assessments; when delinquent; interest.All special assessments provided for by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636 shall become due fifty days after date of levy and may be paid within that time without interest, but if not so paid shall bear interest as provided in section 39-1615. Such assessments shall become delinquent as stated in section 39-1615, or otherwise in equal annual installments over such period of years as the board of trustees may determine at the time of making the levy.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 26, p. 536.
NE Code § 39-1627 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1627 - Assessment paving bonds; amount; term; sinking fund.

39-1627.  Assessment paving bonds; amount; term; sinking fund.For the purpose of paying the costs of the assessment portion of the work, the district shall issue its negotiable assessment paving bonds, referred to in section 39-1616, in an amount determined by deducting the special assessments paid within the period provided in section 39-1626 from the total assessment costs. The bonds shall mature in not more than twenty years as determined by the board of trustees of the district. The assessments plus interest collected after the fifty-day waiting period shall be deposited in an assessment bond sinking fund and, if for any reason, the assessments so collected are not sufficient to pay the assessment bonds when due, it shall be the mandatory duty of the board of trustees of the district to cause to be collected as a tax in the manner referred to in subsection (1) of section 39-1621 against all the property in the district sufficient to make good such deficiencies so that the assessment bonds shall be paid promptly at their respective due dates.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 27, p. 536.
NE Code § 39-1628 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1628 - Bonds; issuance; approval by district court.

39-1628.  Bonds; issuance; approval by district court.The board of trustees of a road improvement district organized under the provisions of sections 39-1601 to 39-1636 shall, before issuing any bonds of such district, commence special proceedings, as provided for by section 39-1629, in and by which the proceedings of the board and of the district providing for and authorizing the issuance of the bonds of the district shall be judicially examined, approved, and confirmed, or disapproved and disaffirmed.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 28, p. 536.
NE Code § 39-1629 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1629 - Bonds; approval by district court; petition; contents.

39-1629.  Bonds; approval by district court; petition; contents.The board of trustees of the district shall, as directed in section 39-1628, file in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district, or the greater portion thereof, are situated, a petition praying in effect that the proceedings may be examined, approved, and confirmed by the court. The petition shall state the facts showing the proceedings had for issuance of the bonds, and shall state generally that the road improvement district was duly organized, and that the first board of trustees was duly elected. The petition need not state the facts showing such organization of the district or the election of the first board of trustees. A person or persons owning or desirous of purchasing such bonds when issued may bring such action, if the board shall fail to do so, or may become a party to any such action commenced by the board of trustees of such a district.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 29, p. 537.
NE Code § 39-1630 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1630 - Bonds; approval by district court; hearing; notice.

39-1630.  Bonds; approval by district court; hearing; notice.The court shall fix the time for the hearing of the petition, and shall order the clerk of the court to give and publish a notice of the filing of the petition. The notice shall be given as is provided by subsection (1) of section 39-1604, unless other or different notice is fixed by the court. The notice shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition, the prayer of the petition, and that any person interested in the organization of the district, or in the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds, may, on or before the day fixed for the hearing of the petition, move to dismiss the petition or answer thereto. The petition may be referred to and described in the notice as the petition of ....................... (giving its name) praying that the proceedings for the issuance of such bonds of such district may be examined, approved, and confirmed by the court.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 30, p. 537;   Laws 1959, c. 167, § 6, p. 611.
NE Code § 39-1631 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1631 - Bonds; approval by district court; interested parties; pleadings.

39-1631.  Bonds; approval by district court; interested parties; pleadings.Any person, interested in the district or in the issuance of the bonds thereof, may move to dismiss the petition or answer thereto. The provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure respecting motions and answer to a petition shall be applicable to motions and answer to the petition in such special proceedings. The persons filing motions or answering the petition shall be the defendants to the special proceedings, and the board of trustees shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specially controverted by the answer must, for the purpose of such special proceedings, be taken as true. Each person failing to answer the petition shall be deemed to admit as true all the material statements of the petition. The rules of pleading and practice provided by the Code of Civil Procedure, which are not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 39-1601 to 39-1636, are applicable to the special proceedings herein provided for.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 31, p. 537.
NE Code § 39-1632 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1632 - Bonds; jurisdiction of district court; trial; judgment; costs; determination of validity.

39-1632.  Bonds; jurisdiction of district court; trial; judgment; costs; determination of validity.Upon the hearing of such special proceedings, the court shall have power and jurisdiction to examine and determine the legality and validity of, and approve and confirm, or disapprove and disaffirm, each and all of the proceedings for the organization of such district under sections 39-1601 to 39-1636 from and including the petition for the organization of the district and all other proceedings which may affect the legality or validity of the bonds. The court, in inquiring into the regularity, legality, or correctness of such proceedings, must disregard an error, irregularity, or omission which does not affect the substantial rights of the parties to such special proceedings. It may approve and confirm such proceedings in part and disapprove and declare illegal or invalid other and subsequent parts of the proceedings. The court shall, among other things, find and determine whether the notice of the filing of the petition has been duly given and published for the time and in the manner prescribed in sections 39-1601 to 39-1636. The costs of the special proceedings may be allowed and apportioned between the parties in the discretion of the court. If the court shall determine the proceedings for the organization of the district and the issuing of the bonds legal and valid, the board of trustees shall then prepare a written statement beginning with the filing of the petition for the organization of the district, including all subsequent proceedings for the organization of the district and the issuing of the bonds, and ending with the decree of the court finding the proceedings for the organization of the district and the proceedings for the voting and issuing of the bonds legal and valid. The written statement shall be certified under oath by the board of trustees of the district.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 32, p. 538;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 28.
NE Code § 39-1633 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1633 - Agreements with county, state, and federal governments; proration of costs; application of payments and contributions.

39-1633.  Agreements with county, state, and federal governments; proration of costs; application of payments and contributions.The district may enter into agreements with the State of Nebraska, the federal government, or the county or counties in which the district is located, whereby certain portions of the costs will be assumed and paid by any or all of such agencies and such payments or contributions shall be applied by the board of trustees to reduce such costs and assessments to the property owners of the district.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 33, p. 539.
NE Code § 39-1634 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1634 - Maintenance of improvements; county responsibility; reimbursement by district.

39-1634.  Maintenance of improvements; county responsibility; reimbursement by district.The maintenance and care of the improvements shall be performed by the county or counties in which such district is located but the district shall reimburse the county or counties for such costs up to the limits of funds provided for in the adopted budget statement which are available from the maintenance tax, after paying other costs of operation of the district from such tax.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 34, p. 539;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 36, p. 695;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 160.
NE Code § 39-1635 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1635 - Annexation of territory by a city or village; effect on certain contracts.

39-1635.  Annexation of territory by a city or village; effect on certain contracts.Whenever any city or village annexes all the territory within the boundaries of any road improvement district organized under sections 39-1601 to 39-1636.01, the district shall merge with the city or village and the city or village shall succeed to all the property and property rights of every kind, contracts, obligations, and choses in action of every kind, held by or belonging to the district, and the city or village shall be liable for and recognize, assume, and carry out all valid contracts and obligations of the district. All taxes, assessments, claims, and demands of every kind due or owing to the district shall be paid to and collected by the city or village. Any special assessments which the district was authorized to levy, assess, relevy, or reassess, but which were not levied, assessed, relevied, or reassessed, at the time of the merger, for improvements made by it or in the process of construction or contracted for may be levied, assessed, relevied, or reassessed by the annexing city or village to the same extent as the district may have levied or assessed but for the merger. Nothing in this section shall authorize the annexing city or village to revoke any resolution, order, or finding made by the district in regard to special benefits or increase any assessments made by the district, but such city or village shall be bound by all such findings or orders and assessments to the same extent as the district would be bound. No district so annexed shall have power to levy any special assessments after the effective date of such annexation.Source Laws 2018, LB130, § 10.
NE Code § 39-1635.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1635.01 - Annexation; trustees; accounting; effect.

39-1635.01.  Annexation; trustees; accounting; effect.The trustees of a road improvement district shall, within thirty days after the effective date of the merger, submit to the city or village a written accounting of all assets and liabilities, contingent or fixed, of the district. Unless the city or village within six months thereafter brings an action against the trustees of the district for an accounting or for damages for breach of duty, the trustees shall be discharged of all further duties and liabilities and their bonds exonerated. If the city or village brings such an action and does not recover judgment in its favor, the taxable costs may include reasonable expenses incurred by the trustees of the road improvement district in connection with such suit and a reasonable attorney's fee for the trustees' attorney. The city or village shall represent the district and all parties who might be interested in such an action. The city or village and such trustees shall be the only necessary parties to such action. Nothing contained in this section shall authorize the trustees to levy any special assessments after the effective date of the merger.Source Laws 2018, LB130, § 11.
NE Code § 39-1635.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1635.02 - Annexation; when effective; trustees; duties; special assessments prohibited.

39-1635.02.  Annexation; when effective; trustees; duties; special assessments prohibited.The merger shall be effective thirty days after the effective date of the ordinance annexing the territory within the road improvement district. If the validity of the ordinance annexing the territory is challenged by a proceeding in a court of competent jurisdiction, the effective date of the merger shall be thirty days after the final determination of the validity of the ordinance. The trustees of the road improvement district shall continue in possession and conduct the affairs of the district until the effective date of the merger, but shall not during such period levy any special assessments after the effective date of annexation.Source Laws 2018, LB130, § 12.
NE Code § 39-1636 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1636 - Improvements; plans and specifications; court validation proceedings and decree; filing.

39-1636.  Improvements; plans and specifications; court validation proceedings and decree; filing.Each time any improvement is made to any road, street, or highway in the district, a copy of the plans and specifications shall be filed in the office of the county highway superintendent of the county or counties in which such district is located. After the court decree of validation has been entered, a copy of the pleadings and showings, as well as the final decree of the court, shall be filed in the office of the county clerk and the county engineer in the county or counties in which the road improvement district is located.Source  Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 36, p. 539.
NE Code § 39-1636.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1636.01 - Road lighting system; petition; special assessment; limitation.

39-1636.01.  Road lighting system; petition; special assessment; limitation.If a petition signed by sixty percent of the electors of any district is filed with the county clerk of the county in which such district is located, the board of trustees of any road improvement district may contract for the installment, maintenance, and operation of road lighting systems sufficient to light any road in the district or any portion thereof when, in the judgment of the board of trustees, the lighting of such road or any portion thereof is in the interest of public safety. The cost of installing, maintaining, and operating such road lighting systems shall be levied as a special assessment against the real property specially benefited thereby in proportion to the benefit received. No such special assessment shall exceed thirty-five cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable valuation of such property.Source   Laws 1961, c. 201, § 1, p. 604;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 161;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 140;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 56.
NE Code § 39-1637 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1637 - Road districts; commissioner counties; seven or more commissioners; assessment; levy; limitation; fund; use.

39-1637.  Road districts; commissioner counties; seven or more commissioners; assessment; levy; limitation; fund; use.In counties under a seven or more commissioner form of government, each former township shall be a road district and fifty-one percent of the resident freeholders of such district may petition the county board of the county in which such district is located to levy an assessment of not to exceed two and one-tenth cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such district subject to section 77-3443. Upon receipt of the petition, the board of county commissioners shall make the assessment as requested on the taxable value of all the taxable property in such district at the valuation fixed by the assessor or board of equalization, to be levied and collected the same as other taxes. Such taxes shall (1) be and become a part of the district road fund in which the same are levied, (2) be used exclusively in improving the public highways in such district, and (3) not be transferred to any other fund. The board of county commissioners shall designate the road or roads in such district where such levy shall be expended.Source   Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 37, p. 540;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 162;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 141;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 58.  Cross References  Road districts in township counties without road unit system, see section 39-1520.01.
NE Code § 39-1638 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1638 - Rural road improvement district; terms, defined.

39-1638.  Rural road improvement district; terms, defined.For purposes of the Rural Road Improvement District Act, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Persons shall include individuals, corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies;(2) Board, board of county commissioners, or board of county supervisors shall mean the governing body of the county; and(3) Improvement shall mean the completed road and all work incidental thereto.Source   Laws 1963, c. 213, § 1, p. 680;   Laws 1981, LB 200, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 212.
NE Code § 39-1639 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1639 - Resolution; contents.

39-1639.  Resolution; contents.Any county may establish and construct new roads, change or extend existing roads, and improve such roads by grading, surfacing, draining and incidental work by the board on its own initiative declaring the advisability or necessity therefor in a proposed resolution, which resolution shall state (1) the road or roads to be improved, (2) if a new road is contemplated, the general location of the new road or changes in location of an existing road, (3) the general description of the proposed improvement, and if the road is to be surfaced, the materials to be used therefor, (4) a rough estimate of the total cost of the improvement, which may be made by the county surveyor or any engineer or competent person and need not be based on detailed plans and specifications, (5) proposed method of financing, and (6) the outer boundaries of the district in which it is proposed to levy special assessments.Source   Laws 1963, c. 213, § 2, p. 680;   Laws 1981, LB 200, § 2.
NE Code § 39-1640 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1640 - Petition; filing; contents.

39-1640.  Petition; filing; contents.When a petition is filed with the county clerk signed by persons owning not less than twenty-five percent of the area in the proposed district requesting the formation of a district, the governing body of the county in which the proposed district is located shall prepare and propose the resolution as provided in section 39-1639. The petition shall state the improvements desired and the property to be included in the district.Source  Laws 1963, c. 213, § 3, p. 681.
NE Code § 39-1641 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1641 - Petition; hearing; notice.

39-1641.  Petition; hearing; notice.The board shall set a time and place for hearing on the proposed resolution and give notice thereof by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county on the same day each week during two successive weeks immediately prior to such meeting and posting such notice in three conspicuous places in the proposed district.Source  Laws 1963, c. 213, § 4, p. 681.
NE Code § 39-1642 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-1642 - Petition; hearing; objections; resolution of county board; contents.

39-1642.  Petition; hearing; objections; resolution of county board; contents.If persons owning more than fifty percent in area of the real property in the proposed district file with the county clerk prior to the time set for hearing written objections to the formation of the district stating the reasons for their objections, the resolution shall not be passed. At the hearing, all persons interested in the proposed improvement shall be given an opportunity to be heard on any matters affecting the formation of the district or the improvements to be made therein. The hearing may be continued from time to time to give opportunity to ascertain all pertinent information. At or following said hearing the board may pass the resolution as proposed, amend the resolution and pass the amended resolution, or deny passage of the resolution. The amendments may, among other things, exclude any tracts included in the proposed resolution, include additional property in the district, or change the boundaries of the proposed district.Source   Laws 1963, c. 213, § 5, p. 681;   Laws 1981, LB 200, § 3.