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NE Code § 39-821 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-821 - Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates; preparation; approval; printed copies furnished to counties.

39-821.  Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates; preparation; approval; printed copies furnished to counties.The Director-State Engineer, or such other officer who may have charge of such matters in this state, shall prepare plans, specifications, and estimates of the cost of construction, which shall be uniform throughout the state, and strain sheets and estimates of cost of all such standard pattern bridges, the estimated cost of which will exceed five hundred dollars each, as are best adapted to the requirements of the several counties; Provided, such plans, specifications, and estimates shall be based upon proper and sufficient data which shall be furnished to the secretary of the county board; and the Director-State Engineer shall supply the several counties with the number of prints of plans and strain sheets and printed copies of specifications, ordered by said counties, free of charge, and he shall retain all drawings in his office to be turned over to his successor.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 14, p. 543;   Laws 1913, c. 88, § 1, p. 232;   R.S.1913, § 2968;   Laws 1921, c. 286, § 1, p. 934;   C.S.1922, § 2726;   C.S.1929, § 39-813;   R.S.1943, § 39-821.
NE Code § 39-822 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-822 - Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates furnished to bidders; statement of construction done.

39-822.  Bridge and culvert construction contracts; plans, specifications, and estimates furnished to bidders; statement of construction done.The county board shall keep in the office of the county clerk of the county a sufficient supply of the prints of the plans and the printed copies of the specifications and estimates of the cost of construction mentioned in section 39-821, to be furnished by the Director-State Engineer for distribution to prospective bidders and taxpayers of the county. No contract shall be entered into under the provisions of sections 39-810 to 39-826 for the construction or erection of any bridge or bridges unless, for the period of thirty days immediately preceding the time of entering into such contract, there shall have been available for distribution by the county clerk such plans and specifications. The county boards of the several counties shall prepare and transmit to the Department of Transportation a statement accompanied by the plans and specifications, showing the cost of all bridges built in their counties under the provisions of such sections, and state therein whether they were built under a contract or by the county.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 15, p. 544;   Laws 1913, c. 88, § 1, p. 232;   R.S.1913, § 2969;   Laws 1921, c. 286, § 2, p. 934;   C.S.1922, § 2727;   C.S.1929, § 39-814;   R.S.1943, § 39-822;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 111.
NE Code § 39-823 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-823 - Bridge and culvert construction; plans and specifications; duplicate copies; filing with county clerk.

39-823.  Bridge and culvert construction; plans and specifications; duplicate copies; filing with county clerk.The county board shall also file duplicate copies of all plans and specifications adopted by them under the provisions of sections 39-810 to 39-826, in the office of the county clerk, who shall keep the same with the records of his office, to be turned over to his successor in office.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 16, p. 544;   Laws 1913, c. 88, § 1, p. 232;   R.S.1913, § 2970;   C.S.1922, § 2728;   C.S.1929, § 39-815;   R.S.1943, § 39-823.
NE Code § 39-824 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-824 - Bridge construction; cost; limitation on expenditures.

39-824.  Bridge construction; cost; limitation on expenditures.Bridges shall not be built if the aggregate cost thereof shall exceed a sum greater than the amount of money on hand in the bridge fund derived from the levy of previous years, plus eighty-five percent of the levy of the current year, together with the amount of money in the district road fund in the district where such work is to be performed.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 17, p. 545;   R.S.1913, § 2971;   Laws 1919, c. 26, § 1, p. 92;   C.S.1922, § 2729;   C.S.1929, § 39-816;   R.S.1943, § 39-824. Cross References   Authority to build or repair bridges, other provisions, see sections 39-810, 39-818, and 39-826.  District road fund, see section 39-1905. Annotations  Provision that county boards may levy special tax to pay indebtedness arising under certain bridge contracts is mandatory, but not in excess of limit of levy for county purposes. State ex rel. Millsap v. Stoddard, 108 Neb. 712, 189 N.W. 299 (1922); Beadle v. Sanders, 104 Neb. 427, 177 N.W. 789 (1920). Bridge construction in anticipation of levy is valid and a culvert is a bridge within meaning of proviso. Central Bridge & Constr. Co. v. Saunders County, 106 Neb. 484, 184 N.W. 220 (1921).
NE Code § 39-825 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-825 - Bridge construction; contract; bond or other surety.

39-825.  Bridge construction; contract; bond or other surety.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, every bidder, before entering on work pursuant to contract, shall give bond to the county with at least two good and sufficient sureties, who shall be residents of the state, and one of whom shall be a resident of the county, in any sum not less than one thousand dollars, and in such additional amount as the county board may require, which bond shall be approved by the county board and shall be conditioned for the faithful execution of the contract. The county board may accept or may require a surety bond in like amount and conditioned the same as the personal bond prescribed in this section.(2) If a contract, the provisions of which are limited to the purchase of supplies or materials, is entered into pursuant to this section and if the amount of the contract is fifty thousand dollars or less, the bidder shall furnish the county with an irrevocable letter of credit, a certified check upon a solvent bank, or a performance bond in a guaranty company qualified to do business in Nebraska, as prescribed by and in an amount determined by the county board, conditioned for the faithful performance of such contract.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 18, p. 545;   R.S.1913, § 2972;   C.S.1922, § 2730;   C.S.1929, § 39-817;   R.S.1943, § 39-825;   Laws 1987, LB 211, § 6.
NE Code § 39-826 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-826 - Bridges and culverts; emergency repairs.

39-826.  Bridges and culverts; emergency repairs.If any bridge, bridges, approach, approaches, culvert or culverts, may need immediate repairs on account of the same having broken down, or on account of high water, or fire, or if for other cause an emergency shall exist, the county board shall have the power to declare that the public good requires immediate action to prevent inconvenience and damage, and may proceed to enter into a contract under the provisions of sections 39-810 to 39-826 for such bridge, bridges, approach or approaches, culvert or culverts, or may buy material and hire labor and repair any such bridges, approaches or culverts.Source   Laws 1905, c. 126, § 19, p. 545;   R.S.1913, § 2973;   C.S.1922, § 2731;   C.S.1929, § 39-818;   R.S.1943, § 39-826. Annotations Where emergency existed, as shown by record, county board is not required to advertise for bidders. Standard Bridge Co. v. Kearney County, 95 Neb. 744, 146 N.W. 943 (1914).
NE Code § 39-826.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-826.01 - Proposed bridge or culvert; dam in lieu of; how determined.

39-826.01.  Proposed bridge or culvert; dam in lieu of; how determined.The Department of Transportation or the county board shall, prior to the design or construction of a new bridge or culvert in a new or existing highway or road within its jurisdiction, notify in writing, by first-class mail, the natural resources district in which such bridge or culvert will be located. The natural resources district shall, pursuant to section 39-826.02, determine whether it would be beneficial to the district to have a dam constructed in lieu of the proposed bridge or culvert. If the district shall determine that a dam would be more beneficial, the department or the county board and the natural resources district shall jointly determine the feasibility of constructing a dam to support the road in lieu of a bridge or culvert. If the department or the county board and the natural resources district cannot agree regarding the feasibility of a dam, the decision of the department, in the case of the state highway system, or the county board, in the case of the county road system, shall be controlling.Source   Laws 1979, LB 213, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 112.
NE Code § 39-826.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-826.02 - Proposed bridge or culvert; natural resources district; dam; feasibility study.

39-826.02.  Proposed bridge or culvert; natural resources district; dam; feasibility study.If a natural resources district shall receive notice of a proposed bridge or culvert pursuant to section 39-826.01, the district shall make a study to determine whether it would be practicable to construct a dam at or near the proposed site which could be used to support a highway or road. In making the study, such district shall consider the benefit which would be derived and the feasibility of such a dam. After it has made its determination, the natural resources district shall notify the Department of Transportation or the county board and shall, if the district favors such a dam, assist in the joint feasibility study and provide any other assistance which may be required.Source   Laws 1979, LB 213, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 113.
NE Code § 39-829 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-829 - Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; enforcement; procedure.

39-829.  Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; enforcement; procedure.If the county board of either of such counties, after reasonable notice in writing from the county board of any other such county, shall neglect or refuse to build or repair any such bridge, when any contract or agreement has been made in regard to the same, it shall be lawful for the board so giving notice to build or repair the same, and to recover, by suit, one-half, or such amount as shall have been agreed upon, of the expense of so building or repairing such bridge, with cost of suit and interest from the time of the completion thereof, from the county so neglecting or refusing.Source   Laws 1879, § 89, p. 142;   R.S.1913, § 2990;   C.S.1922, § 2741;   C.S.1929, § 39-827;   R.S.1943, § 39-829. Annotations In order to recover part of cost of bridge over a stream that forms boundary between counties, notice must be given of intention to construct. Buffalo County v. Phelps County, 129 Neb. 268, 261 N.W. 360 (1935).
NE Code § 39-830 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-830 - Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; judgment; board members individually liable, when.

39-830.  Bridges in or near two or more counties; joint contracts; judgment; board members individually liable, when.Any judgment so recovered against the county board of either of such counties shall be a charge on such county, unless the jury shall in their verdict certify that the neglect or refusal of such board was willful or malicious, in which case only the members of such board shall be personally liable for such judgment; and the same may be enforced against them in their personal and individual capacity, and upon their official bonds.Source   Laws 1879, § 90, p. 142;   R.S.1913, § 2991;   C.S.1922, § 2742;   C.S.1929, § 39-828;   R.S.1943, § 39-830.
NE Code § 39-831 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-831 - Defective bridge; notice to county board.

39-831.  Defective bridge; notice to county board.Whenever any highway or bridge in any county shall be out of repair, or unsafe for travel, any three citizens or taxpayers of the state may notify the member of the county board of the district within which such road or bridge is situated, in writing, setting forth a description of the road or bridge and the defects therein.Source   Laws 1889, c. 7, § 1, p. 77;   R.S.1913, § 2992;   C.S.1922, § 2743;   C.S.1929, § 39-829;   R.S.1943, § 39-831. Annotations Repairs contemplated by this section are such as may be made at once and without considerable cost. State ex rel. Heil v. Jakubowski, 151 Neb. 471, 38 N.W.2d 26 (1949).
NE Code § 39-832 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-832 - Defective bridge; repairs; when made.

39-832.  Defective bridge; repairs; when made.It shall then be the duty of such member of the county board, within twenty-four hours after service of such notice, to commence to make suitable repairs to such highway or bridge, and to place it in a safe condition for travel.Source   Laws 1889, c. 7, § 2, p. 77;   R.S.1913, § 2993;   C.S.1922, § 2744;   C.S.1929, § 39-830;   R.S.1943, § 39-832. Annotations  Mandamus will not lie to compel rebuilding of bridge when funds are exhausted. State ex rel. Heil v. Jakubowski, 151 Neb. 471, 38 N.W.2d 26 (1949). Duty may be enforced by mandamus. State ex rel. Enerson v. County Commissioners of Boone County, 102 Neb. 199, 166 N.W. 554 (1918). Party crossing bridge on public road, without notice of its dangerous condition, has right to assume that it is safe for people of various occupations of locality. Kovarik v. Saline County, 86 Neb. 440, 125 N.W. 1082 (1910). This section refers to such repairs as can be made immediately. State ex rel. Sumption v. Smith, 77 Neb. 1, 108 N.W. 173 (1906). Precinct bridge becomes part of public road and county must repair on notice. State ex rel. Pankonin v. County Commissioners of Cass, 58 Neb. 244, 78 N.W. 494 (1899); Dutton v. State ex rel. Pankonin, 42 Neb. 804, 60 N.W. 1042 (1894). County is liable even without notice of unsafe condition of bridge. Raasch v. Dodge County, 43 Neb. 508, 61 N.W. 725 (1895).
NE Code § 39-833 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-833 - Defective bridge on county or township line; notice; procedure.

39-833.  Defective bridge on county or township line; notice; procedure.If the road or bridge shall be on the line between two counties, then the members of the county boards of the respective districts, within which such road or bridge is located, of the respective counties, shall be served with such notice, or if it be on the line between two townships, in counties under township organization, then the supervisors of both townships in which the road or bridge is situated shall be notified in like manner.Source   Laws 1889, c. 7, § 3, p. 77;   R.S.1913, § 2994;   C.S.1922, § 2745;   C.S.1929, § 39-831;   R.S.1943, § 39-833. Annotations Where mandamus is brought to compel building of county line bridge, notice must be given to both counties and both joined in action. State ex rel. Sumption v. Smith, 77 Neb. 1, 108 N.W. 173 (1906).
NE Code § 39-834 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-834 - Transferred to section 23-2410.

39-834.  Transferred to section 23-2410.
NE Code § 39-835 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-835 - Boundary bridge; construction bonds authorized.

39-835.  Boundary bridge; construction bonds authorized.Any county, township, precinct, city or village in the State of Nebraska may issue bonds to construct or to aid in the construction of a highway bridge across any boundary river of the state.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 1, p. 187;   R.S.1913, § 2996;   C.S.1922, § 2748;   C.S.1929, § 39-834;   R.S.1943, § 39-835. Annotations County may issue bonds to construct or aid in the construction of a highway wagon bridge across a boundary stream. Ahern v. Richardson County, 127 Neb. 659, 256 N.W. 515 (1934).
NE Code § 39-836 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-836 - Boundary bridge; bonds; election; limitation on amount.

39-836.  Boundary bridge; bonds; election; limitation on amount.The question of issuing bonds shall first be submitted to the qualified electors of the county, township, precinct, city, or village either at a special election called for that purpose or at a general election as provided in sections 39-837 to 39-841. If a majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of the proposition to issue bonds, then such county, township, precinct, city, or village, as the case may be, shall issue its bonds in such amounts as specified in the notices of election, not exceeding three and five-tenths percent of the taxable valuation of such county, township, precinct, city, or village as shown by the last assessment prior to the vote authorizing the issuance of such bonds.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 2, p. 187;   R.S.1913, § 2997;   C.S.1922, § 2749;   C.S.1929, § 39-835;   R.S.1943, § 39-836;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 27;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 155;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 137.  Annotations Power of county to issue bonds is purely statutory and must be exercised in manner prescribed. Ahern v. Richardson County, 127 Neb. 659, 256 N.W. 515 (1934).
NE Code § 39-837 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-837 - Boundary bridge; bonds; petition for special election; bond for expenses.

39-837.  Boundary bridge; bonds; petition for special election; bond for expenses.Whenever a petition, setting forth the amount of bonds asked to be voted, when the same shall become due, the rate of interest the bonds shall bear, whether payable annually or semiannually, and if to aid in the construction of a bridge, the name of the person, firm or corporation to whom the bonds are to be donated, the amount of work to be done on such bridge before the bonds shall be delivered, and signed by not less than twenty freeholders of the county, township, precinct, city or village, which is to issue the bonds, shall be presented to the county board of the county which is to issue the bonds, or the county in which is located the township or precinct which is to issue the bonds, or the city council of the city which is to issue the bonds, or to the trustees of the village which is to issue the bonds, the county board, the city council or the village trustees shall, upon the petitioners' giving bond, to be approved by them, conditioned for the payment of the expenses of a special election in the event the proposition to be submitted shall not receive the requisite number of votes for its adoption, give notice and call a special election in the county, township, precinct, city or village.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 3, p. 188;   R.S.1913, § 2998;   C.S.1922, § 2750;   C.S.1929, § 39-836;   R.S.1943, § 39-837;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 103, p. 337.
NE Code § 39-838 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-838 - Boundary bridge; bonds; special election; notice; conduct.

39-838.  Boundary bridge; bonds; special election; notice; conduct.The notice required by section 39-837 shall contain the conditions upon which bonds are to be issued and which are required by section 39-837 to be set forth in the petition, and shall be published for at least thirty days prior to such election in some newspaper published in such county, township, precinct, city or village, if any newspaper is published therein; and if no newspaper is published therein, such notice shall be published by posting notice at the courthouse door in the county and in every voting precinct in the county. In case of a township, precinct, city or village election, such notice, where there is no newspaper published therein, shall be published by posting the notice in at least four public places in each township, precinct, city or village for at least thirty days next preceding the day of holding such election. The election in all other respects shall be governed by and conform to the laws regulating general elections.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 3, p. 188;   R.S.1913, § 2998;   C.S.1922, § 2750;   C.S.1929, § 39-836;   R.S.1943, § 39-838.
NE Code § 39-839 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-839 - Boundary bridge; bonds; submission at general election.

39-839.  Boundary bridge; bonds; submission at general election.Upon request of the petitioners mentioned in section 39-837, the proposition to issue bonds may be submitted at the next general election after the presentation of the petition, upon giving notice as provided by section 39-838, in which case the petitioners shall not be required to execute any bond for the payment of the expenses of the election as provided by section 39-837.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 3, p. 189;   R.S.1913, § 2998;   C.S.1922, § 2750;   C.S.1929, § 39-836;   R.S.1943, § 39-839.
NE Code § 39-840 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-840 - Boundary bridge; bonds; election; form of ballot.

39-840.  Boundary bridge; bonds; election; form of ballot.At any election held pursuant to section 39-838 or 39-839, the ballot used shall be substantially in the following form:Shall (here enter name of county, township, precinct, city or village it is proposed shall vote bonds) issue bonds in the sum of (here insert the amount) dollars, to construct or aid in the construction of, as the case may be, a highway bridge (and if to aid in the construction, insert the name of the persons, firm or corporation to whom said bonds are to be donated) and to levy a tax for payment of the principal and interest.Yes.....No.....Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 3, p. 189;   R.S.1913, § 2998;   C.S.1922, § 2750;   C.S.1929, § 39-836;   R.S.1943, § 39-840.
NE Code § 39-841 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges|39-841 - Boundary bridge; bonds; election result recorded; issuance; delivery.

39-841.  Boundary bridge; bonds; election result recorded; issuance; delivery.If at any election held pursuant to section 39-838 or 39-839 the proposition to issue bonds receives the requisite number of votes for its adoption as provided in section 39-836, the county board, city council, or board of village trustees shall cause the petition, the notice of election, and the result of the vote to be recorded in the proper records of the county, city, or village. Thereupon such bonds shall be prepared and issued in accordance with the petition and notice of election and shall be signed and executed by the officers by law authorized to sign and execute bonds issued by a county, township, precinct, or village. The bonds when issued by the county board of any county shall be registered in the office of the county clerk of such county; and when issued by a city or village, they shall be registered in the office of the clerk of such city or village. After being so registered, the bonds shall be delivered to the person, firm, or corporation named in the petition upon their compliance with the terms and conditions upon which the bonds were voted.Source   Laws 1895, c. 45, § 4, p. 189;   R.S.1913, § 2999;   C.S.1922, § 2751;   C.S.1929, § 39-837;   R.S.1943, § 39-841;   Laws 1969, c. 317, § 8, p. 1148;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 27.