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NE Code § 17-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-311 - Village; increase in population; reorganization as city of the second class.

17-311.  Village; increase in population; reorganization as city of the second class.(1) Except as provided in section 17-312, whenever any village increases in population until it has a population of more than eight hundred inhabitants but less than five thousand inhabitants, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the village board of trustees shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State who, upon the filing of such a certificate, shall by proclamation declare such village to have become a city of the second class. After such proclamation, such city shall be governed by the laws of this state applicable to cities of the second class. The government of such city shall continue as organized at the date of such proclamation until the reorganization as a city of the second class.(2) If any village becomes a city of the second class, the village board of trustees shall call a special election for the purpose of electing the mayor and city council members to be held not more than eight months after the proclamation is issued. At the initial election of the mayor and city council members, the names of the candidates receiving the greatest number of votes at the primary election if one is held shall be placed on the general election ballot. One-half or the bare majority of the candidates for city council in each precinct or ward or at-large candidates, as the case may be, receiving the greatest number of votes at the general election, shall be elected to terms of the longest duration, and those receiving the next greatest number of votes shall be elected to the remaining term or terms. The members of the village board of trustees shall hold office only until the newly elected mayor and city council members assume office.(3) All ordinances, bylaws, acts, rules, regulations, obligations, and proclamations existing and in force in or with respect to any village at the time of its incorporation as a city of the second class shall remain in full force and effect after such incorporation as a city of the second class until repealed or modified by such city within one year after the date of the filing of the certificate pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.Source   Laws 1984, LB 1119, § 6;   Laws 1988, LB 796, § 2;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 495;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 17;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 103.
NE Code § 17-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-401 - Consolidation; authority.

17-401.  Consolidation; authority.Any two or more cities of the second class or villages, lying adjacent to each other, may consolidate and become one city or village, as the case may be, and under the name and with all the powers, obligations, and duties of the city or village whose name shall be assumed and adopted in the proceedings provided in sections 17-402 and 17-403.Source   Laws 1879, § 91, p. 228;   R.S.1913, § 5082;   C.S.1922, § 4254;   C.S.1929, § 17-403;   R.S.1943, § 17-401;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 106.
NE Code § 17-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-402 - Consolidation; procedure.

17-402.  Consolidation; procedure.When any city or village shall desire to be annexed to another contiguous city or village, the city council or village board of trustees of each city or village shall appoint three commissioners to arrange and report to such city council or village board of trustees respectively the terms and conditions on which the proposed annexation can be made. If the city council or village board of trustees of each such city or village approves of the terms and conditions of such proposed annexation by ordinance, the city council or village board of trustees of each of such cities or villages shall submit the question of such annexation, upon the terms and conditions so proposed, to the electors of the respective cities or villages. If a majority of the electors of each such city or village vote in favor of such annexation, the city council or village board of trustees of each shall, by ordinance, declare such annexation. A certified copy of the whole proceedings of the city or village shall be filed with the city clerk or village clerk to which the annexation is made.Source   Laws 1879, § 92, p. 228;   R.S.1913, § 5083;   C.S.1922, § 4255;   C.S.1929, § 17-404;   R.S.1943, § 17-402;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 107.
NE Code § 17-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-403 - Consolidation; when effective; existing rights and liabilities preserved.

17-403.  Consolidation; when effective; existing rights and liabilities preserved.When certified copies of the proceedings for annexation are filed, as contemplated in section 17-402, the annexation shall be deemed complete; and the city or village to which annexation is made shall have the power to pass such ordinances, not inconsistent with law, as will carry into effect the terms of such annexation. After such annexation, the annexed city or village shall be governed as part of the city or village to which annexation is made. Such annexation shall not affect or impair any rights or liabilities then existing for or against either of such cities or villages, but they may be enforced as if no such annexation had taken place.Source   Laws 1879, § 93, p. 228;   R.S.1913, § 5084;   C.S.1922, § 4256;   C.S.1929, § 17-405;   R.S.1943, § 17-403;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 108.  Annotations The vacation by the owner of plat of an addition of a municipality within corporate limits does not ipso facto disconnect said land from the corporation. Kershaw v. Jansen, 49 Neb. 467, 68 N.W. 616 (1896).
NE Code § 17-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-404 - Consolidation; property.

17-404.  Consolidation; property.When a city or village is annexed to another pursuant to section 17-402, the property, both real and personal, notes, bonds, obligations, accounts, demands, evidences of debt, rights, choses in action, franchises, books, records, maps, plats, and effects of every nature, of and belonging to the city or village so annexed, shall be the property of and belong to the city or village to which it is annexed.Source   Laws 1879, § 94, p. 229;   R.S.1913, § 5085;   C.S.1922, § 4257;   C.S.1929, § 17-406;   R.S.1943, § 17-404;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 109.
NE Code § 17-405 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-405 - Transferred to section 18-3301.

17-405.  Transferred to section 18-3301.
NE Code § 17-405.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-405.02 - Contiguous land, defined.

17-405.02.  Contiguous land, defined.For purposes of section 17-405.01, lands, lots, tracts, streets, or highways shall be deemed contiguous although a stream, roadway, embankment, strip, or parcel of land not more than five hundred feet wide lies between such lands, lots, tracts, streets, or highways and the corporate limits of a city of the second class or village.Source   Laws 1967, c. 74, § 2, p. 241;   Laws 1971, LB 890, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 111.
NE Code § 17-405.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-405.03 - Laws, codes, rules, or regulations; effect of annexation.

17-405.03.  Laws, codes, rules, or regulations; effect of annexation.Any extraterritorial zoning regulations, property use regulations, or other laws, codes, rules, or regulations imposed upon any annexed lands by the city of the second class or village before such annexation shall continue in full force and effect until otherwise changed.Source   Laws 1967, c. 74, § 3, p. 241;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 112.
NE Code § 17-405.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-405.04 - Inhabitants of annexed land; benefits; ordinances.

17-405.04.  Inhabitants of annexed land; benefits; ordinances.The inhabitants of territories annexed under sections 17-405.01 to 17-405.05 shall receive substantially the benefits of other inhabitants of such city of the second class or village as soon as practicable, and adequate plans and necessary city council or village board of trustees action to furnish such benefits as police, fire, snow removal, and water service must be adopted not later than one year after the date of annexation, and such inhabitants shall be subject to the ordinances and regulations of such city or village, except that such one-year period shall be tolled pending final court decision in any court action to contest such annexation.Source   Laws 1967, c. 74, § 4, p. 241;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 113.
NE Code § 17-405.05 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-405.05 - City or village in two or more counties; annexation by city or village; procedure.

17-405.05.  City or village in two or more counties; annexation by city or village; procedure.When any city of the second class or village situated in two or more counties shall desire to annex to its corporate limits any contiguous territory, whether within the counties within which such city or village is situated or otherwise, such territory may be annexed in the manner provided by sections 17-405.01 to 17-405.04.Source   Laws 1903, c. 23, § 2, p. 259;   R.S.1913, § 5089;   C.S.1922, § 4262;   C.S.1929, § 17-411;   R.S.1943, § 17-413;   Laws 1967, c. 74, § 5, p. 241;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 17-413;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 114.  Annotations A village located upon the border of one county may annex contiguous territory situated in an adjacent county, though such village has the burden of proving that the territory annexed will be benefited or that justice and equity require that the territory be annexed. Village of Wakefield v. Utecht, 90 Neb. 252, 133 N.W. 240 (1911).
NE Code § 17-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-406 - Transferred to section 18-3302.

17-406.  Transferred to section 18-3302.
NE Code § 17-412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-412 - Transferred to section 18-3303.

17-412.  Transferred to section 18-3303.
NE Code § 17-413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-413 - Transferred to section 17-405.05.

17-413.  Transferred to section 17-405.05.
NE Code § 17-415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-415 - Transferred to section 18-3304.

17-415.  Transferred to section 18-3304.
NE Code § 17-416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-416 - Transferred to section 18-3305.

17-416.  Transferred to section 18-3305.
NE Code § 17-417 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-417 - Transferred to section 18-3306.

17-417.  Transferred to section 18-3306.
NE Code § 17-418 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-418 - Transferred to section 18-3307.

17-418.  Transferred to section 18-3307.
NE Code § 17-419 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-419 - Transferred to section 18-3308.

17-419.  Transferred to section 18-3308.
NE Code § 17-420 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-420 - Transferred to section 18-3309.

17-420.  Transferred to section 18-3309.
NE Code § 17-421 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-421 - Transferred to section 18-3310.

17-421.  Transferred to section 18-3310.
NE Code § 17-422 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-422 - Transferred to section 18-3311.

17-422.  Transferred to section 18-3311.
NE Code § 17-423 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-423 - Transferred to section 18-3312.

17-423.  Transferred to section 18-3312.
NE Code § 17-424 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-424 - Transferred to section 18-3313.

17-424.  Transferred to section 18-3313.
NE Code § 17-425 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-425 - Transferred to section 18-3314.

17-425.  Transferred to section 18-3314.
NE Code § 17-426 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-426 - Transferred to section 18-3315.

17-426.  Transferred to section 18-3315.
NE Code § 17-501 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-501 - Cities of the second class and villages; powers; board of public trust; members; duties.

17-501.  Cities of the second class and villages; powers; board of public trust; members; duties.Cities of the second class and villages shall be bodies corporate and politic and shall have power (1) to sue and be sued; (2) to contract or be contracted with; (3) to acquire and hold real and personal property within or without the limits of the city or village, for the use of the city or village, convey property, real or personal, and lease, lease with option to buy, or acquire by gift or devise real or personal property; and (4) to receive and safeguard donations in trust and may, by ordinance, supervise and regulate such property and the principal and income constituting the foundation or community trust property in conformity with the instrument or instruments creating such trust. The city council of any city of the second class or the village board of trustees may elect a board of five members, to be known as a board of public trust, who shall be residents of such city or village and whose duties shall be defined by ordinance and who shall have control and management of such donations in trust, in conformity with such ordinance. At the time of the establishment of the board of public trust, one member shall be elected for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years, and thereafter one member shall be elected each year for a term of five years. Vacancies in the membership of the board of public trust shall be filled in like manner as regular members of the board of public trust are elected.Source   Laws 1879, § 56, p. 206;   R.S.1913, § 5080;   Laws 1917, c. 100, § 1, p. 264;   C.S.1922, § 4252;   C.S.1929, § 17-401;   Laws 1933, c. 29, § 1, p. 206;   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 6, p. 75;   Laws 1937, c. 30, § 1, p. 153;   Laws 1941, c. 25, § 1, p. 120;   Laws 1941, c. 130, § 14, p. 498;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-401;   Laws 1943, c. 34, § 1, p. 152;   R.S.1943, § 17-501;   Laws 1971, LB 32, § 3;  Laws 2005, LB 626, § 3;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 117.  Annotations  Right of city to employ special counsel may be implied from power to sue and be sued. Meeske v. Baumann, 122 Neb. 786, 241 N.W. 550 (1932), 83 A.L.R. 131 (1932). Village may bring suit in equity to declare a stockyard a public nuisance and to enjoin the same. Village of Kenesaw v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co., 91 Neb. 619, 136 N.W. 990 (1912). Power of city of second class to contract is not made dependent upon its having previously provided funds with which to pay for that which it contracts. Slocum v. City of North Platte, 192 F. 252 (8th Cir. 1911).
NE Code § 17-502 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-502 - Seal; other powers.

17-502.  Seal; other powers.Each city of the second class or village shall have a common seal, which it may change and alter at pleasure, and such other powers as may be conferred by law.Source   Laws 1879, § 56, p. 207;   R.S.1913, § 5080;   Laws 1917, c. 100, § 1, p. 264;   C.S.1922, § 4252;   C.S.1929, § 17-401;   Laws 1933, c. 29, § 1, p. 206;   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 6, p. 75;   Laws 1937, c. 30, § 1, p. 153;   Laws 1941, c. 25, § 1, p. 120;   Laws 1941, c. 130, § 14, p. 498;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-401;   Laws 1943, c. 34, § 1, p. 153;   R.S.1943, § 17-502;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 118.
NE Code § 17-503.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-503.01 - Real property less than five thousand dollars; sale; procedure.

17-503.01.  Real property less than five thousand dollars; sale; procedure.Section 17-503 shall not apply to the sale of real property if the authorizing resolution directs the sale of real property, the total fair market value of which is less than five thousand dollars. Following passage of the resolution directing the sale of the property, notice of the sale shall be posted in three prominent places within the city or village for a period of not less than seven days prior to the sale of the property. The notice shall give a general description of the property offered for sale and state the terms and conditions of sale. Confirmation of the sale by passage of an ordinance may be required.Source   Laws 1982, LB 909, § 5;   Laws 1995, LB 197, § 1;  Laws 2003, LB 476, § 2.
NE Code § 17-503.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-503.02 - Personal property; sale; procedure; other conveyance.

17-503.02.  Personal property; sale; procedure; other conveyance.(1) The power of any city of the second class or village to convey any personal property owned by it shall be exercised by resolution directing the sale and the manner and terms of the sale. Following passage of the resolution directing the sale of the property, notice of the sale shall be posted in three prominent places within the city or village for a period of not less than seven days prior to the sale of the property. If the fair market value of the property is greater than five thousand dollars, notice of the sale shall also be published once in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village at least seven days prior to the sale of the property. The notice shall give a general description of the property offered for sale and state the terms and conditions of sale.(2) Personal property may be conveyed notwithstanding the procedure in subsection (1) of this section when (a) such property is being sold in compliance with the requirements of federal or state grants or programs or (b) such property is being conveyed to another public agency.Source  Laws 2003, LB 476, § 3;  Laws 2007, LB28, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 120.
NE Code § 17-504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-504 - Corporate name; process; service.

17-504.  Corporate name; process; service.The corporate name of each city of the second class or village shall be the City (or Village) of .........., and all and every process and notice whatever affecting such city or village shall be served in the manner provided for service of a summons in a civil action.Source   Laws 1879, § 57, p. 207;   R.S.1913, § 5081;   C.S.1922, § 4253;   C.S.1929, § 17-402;   R.S.1943, § 17-504;   Laws 1983, LB 447, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 121.  Annotations  Service upon mayor by registered mail in workmen's compensation case was good. Clark v. Village of Hemingford, 147 Neb. 1044, 26 N.W.2d 15 (1947). The chairman of village board has no authority to waive issuance and service of summons and enter voluntary appearance without the official authority of the board. Anstine v. State, 137 Neb. 148, 288 N.W. 525 (1939). Service of process upon a municipal corporation is had by service upon the mayor or chairman, and in his absence upon the clerk, and in absence of such officers, by leaving a certified copy at the office of the clerk, which service brings the corporation and not the official into court. Fogg v. Ellis, 61 Neb. 829, 86 N.W. 494 (1901); Chicago, B. & Q. R. R. Co. v. Hitchcock County, 60 Neb. 722, 84 N.W. 97 (1900).
NE Code § 17-505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-505 - Ordinances, rules, and regulations; enactment; enforcement.

17-505.  Ordinances, rules, and regulations; enactment; enforcement.In addition to those special powers specifically granted by law, cities of the second class and villages shall have the power to make all such ordinances, bylaws, rules, regulations, and resolutions, not inconsistent with the laws of the state, as may be expedient for maintaining the peace, good government, and welfare of the city or village and its trade and commerce and to enforce all ordinances by inflicting fines or penalties for the breach of such ordinances, not exceeding five hundred dollars for any one offense, recoverable with costs.Source   Laws 1879, § 69, XII, p. 213;   Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XII, p. 175;   Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XII, p. 166;   Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XII, p. 294;   R.S.1913, § 5106;   C.S.1922, § 4279;   C.S.1929, § 17-428;   R.S.1943, § 17-505;  Laws 1999, LB 128, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 122.  Annotations  Municipality may enact ordinance imposing duty on gas company of keeping in repair and maintaining all pipelines. Clough v. North Central Gas Co., 150 Neb. 418, 34 N.W.2d 862 (1948). Cities of the second class have power to make ordinances that punish operators of motor vehicles on city streets. Gembler v. City of Seward, 136 Neb. 196, 285 N.W. 542 (1939), modified on rehearing 136 Neb. 916, 288 N.W. 545 (1939). Powers conferred upon villages and cities are not extended to board of health. State v. Temple, 99 Neb. 505, 156 N.W. 1063 (1916). Payment of occupation tax under prior ordinance would not prevent prosecution for engaging in operation of billiard and pool room under later ordinance requiring a license. McCarter v. City of Lexington, 80 Neb. 714, 115 N.W. 303 (1908). Municipality may grant the use of its streets to telephone company for its poles and lines, which right is a public use and not a special privilege, and, when company makes expenditures relying on an ordinance granting such use, city authorities cannot subsequently impose additional arbitrary burdens. City of Plattsmouth v. Nebraska Telephone Co., 80 Neb. 460, 114 N.W. 588 (1908). Ordinance attempting to make it unlawful to keep any card table or permit card playing in any place of business was not authorized by this section. In re Sapp, 79 Neb. 781, 113 N.W. 261 (1907). Village boards have power by ordinance to license and regulate billiard and pool rooms. Morgan v. State, 64 Neb. 369, 90 N.W. 108 (1902). Village cannot enforce its ordinances both by fine and imprisonment, nor by imprisonment alone except as a means of enforcing the payment of the fine. Bailey v. State of Nebraska, 30 Neb. 855, 47 N.W. 208 (1890).
NE Code § 17-505.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-505.01 - Notice; publication.

17-505.01.  Notice; publication.If a city of the second class or village is required to publish a notice or advertisement in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village, and if there is no legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village, then the city or village shall publish such notice or advertisement in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the county in which such city or village is located. If there is no legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such county, then the city or village shall publish such notice or advertisement by posting a written or printed copy thereof in each of three public places in the city or village for the same period of time such city or village is required to publish the notice or advertisement in a legal newspaper.Source Laws 2017, LB133, § 123.