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NE Code § 31-363 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-363 - Officers and employees; salaries.

31-363.  Officers and employees; salaries.The board of supervisors, except where otherwise provided, shall, by resolution, at the time of hiring or appointing, provide for the compensation for work done and necessary expenses incurred by any officer, engineer, attorney, or other employee, and shall also pay the fees of all court and county officers who may by virtue of sections 31-301 to 31-369 render service to the district.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 31, p. 632;   Laws 1909, c. 147, § 12, p. 524;   R.S.1913, § 1858;   C.S.1922, § 1805;   C.S.1929, § 31-462;   R.S.1943, § 31-363. Annotations County is entitled to retain, as a part of its general fund, fees fixed by statute for all taxes and special assessments collected by county treasurer for drainage district. Nemaha Valley Drainage District No. 2 of Nemaha County v. Nemaha County, 100 Neb. 64, 158 N.W. 438 (1916).
NE Code § 31-365 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-365 - Care of ditches; overseers; appointment; duties.

31-365.  Care of ditches; overseers; appointment; duties.For the purpose of preserving any ditch, drain, dike, or other works constructed or erected under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369, the board of supervisors shall have the power to appoint not more than three overseers of the respective districts, who shall hold their offices for the term of one year, whose duty it shall be to keep the ditches, drains, dikes, and other works erected or constructed for the reclamation of the lands in the drainage district, in good repair, and remove all obstructions from all ditches, drains, or watercourses within their respective districts. It shall also be the duty of the overseers to cause the arrest of all persons who shall be known to have filled up, or put any timber or brush into, or to have in any way obstructed any ditch, drain or watercourse, or have damaged any dike, or other work erected or constructed for the reclamation of lands as aforesaid, within their respective districts.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 33, p. 633;   R.S.1913, § 1860;   C.S.1922, § 1807;   C.S.1929, § 31-464;   R.S.1943, § 31-365;   Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 208.  Annotations  A drainage district organized by proceedings in district court is required to remove all obstructions from its ditches and keep its works in good repair. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1, 148 Neb. 873, 29 N.W.2d 782 (1947). Duty to maintain drainage ditch free from obstructions shows legislative intent not to permit maintenance of check for irrigation. Drainage District No. 1 v. Suburban Irr. Dist., 139 Neb. 333, 297 N.W. 645 (1941). It is duty of the board of supervisors of a drainage district to repair ditches which become ineffective. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Otoe and Johnson Counties, 137 Neb. 866, 291 N.W. 718 (1940). Court may order drainage district to enlarge outlet to drainage system to provide effective drainage. Mooney v. Drainage District No. 1 of Richardson County, 134 Neb. 192, 278 N.W. 368 (1938).
NE Code § 31-366 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-366 - Injuring or obstructing ditch, drain, or watercourse; penalty.

31-366.  Injuring or obstructing ditch, drain, or watercourse; penalty.If any person shall willfully obstruct or injure any ditch, drain, or watercourse, or damage or destroy any dike or other work constructed under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369, he shall be liable to the drainage district for the full amount of the injury occasioned by the damage thereto, the same to be recovered by a civil action in the name of the district. In addition thereto he shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined in any sum not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 34, p. 634;   R.S.1913, § 1861;   C.S.1922, § 1808;   C.S.1929, § 31-465;   R.S.1943, § 31-366.
NE Code § 31-367 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-367 - Sections, how construed; judgments and decisions, effect; irregularities, rights of parties aggrieved.

31-367.  Sections, how construed; judgments and decisions, effect; irregularities, rights of parties aggrieved.Sections 31-301 to 31-369 shall be liberally construed to promote the drainage and reclamation of wet, overflowed or submerged lands. The establishment of said corporation, and the collection of assessments, shall not be defeated by reason of any defect in the proceedings occurring prior to the judgment of the court, or of the board of supervisors confirming and establishing the assessment of benefits and injuries, but such judgment shall be conclusive and final that all prior proceedings were regular and according to law. No person shall be permitted to take advantage of any error, defect, or informality, unless the person complaining thereof is directly affected thereby, at any stage of the proceedings. If the court or board of supervisors shall deem it just to release any person, or modify his assessment or liability, it shall in no manner affect the right or liability of any other person.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 35, p. 634;   R.S.1913, § 1862;   C.S.1922, § 1809;   C.S.1929, § 31-466;   R.S.1943, § 31-367. Annotations Sections 31-301 to 31-369 shall be liberally construed to promote drainage and judgments of court or board of supervisors establishing assessments of benefits and injuries shall be conclusive that all prior proceedings were regular and lawful. Only a person directly affected may take advantage of any error or defect, and modification as to his assessment shall not affect right or liability of another. Lost Creek Drainage Dist. v. Elsam, 188 Neb. 705, 199 N.W.2d 387 (1972).
NE Code § 31-368 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-368 - Assessments; irregularities; effect; injunction, when allowed.

31-368.  Assessments; irregularities; effect; injunction, when allowed.The collection of assessments to be levied to pay for the location, construction, maintenance or repair of any ditch, levee, dike or watercourse, shall not be enjoined or declared void, nor shall such assessment be set aside in consequence of any error, omission, or irregularity committed or appearing in any of the proceedings provided for in sections 31-301 to 31-369. No injunction shall be allowed restraining the collection of any assessment until the party complaining shall first pay to the county treasurer the amount of his assessment, which amount so paid may be recovered from the district in an action brought for that purpose in case the injunction is made perpetual.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 36, p. 635;   R.S.1913, § 1863;   C.S.1922, § 1810;   C.S.1929, § 31-467;   R.S.1943, § 31-368. Annotations  Before injunction can be allowed, party complaining is required to first pay to county treasurer amount of assessment. Richardson County v. Drainage District No. 1 of Richardson County, 113 Neb. 662, 204 N.W. 376 (1925). Constitutionality raised but not determined; even if void, invalidity would not render entire act void. Drainage District No. 1 of Pawnee County v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 96 Neb. 1, 146 N.W. 1055 (1914).
NE Code § 31-369 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-369 - Drainage district; name; corporate powers; liabilities.

31-369.  Drainage district; name; corporate powers; liabilities.Every district organized under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369 shall be a body politic and corporate and shall be known by the corporate name of Drainage District Number ........................... of ................... County, and shall have power and authority to take and hold real and personal property necessary for its use, to make contracts, to sue and be sued, have and use a corporate seal, and exercise any and all other powers, as a corporation, necessary to carry out the purposes of said sections. All such districts shall be liable for all injuries and damages, caused by the construction of said drainage improvements, arising by virtue of contract or tort.Source   Laws 1905, c. 161, § 37, p. 635;   Laws 1911, c. 144, § 6, p. 483;   R.S.1913, § 1864;   C.S.1922, § 1811;   C.S.1929, § 31-468;   R.S.1943, § 31-369. Annotations  District was liable for all damages caused by construction of improvement. Wellensiek v. Drainage Dist. No. 1, 172 Neb. 869, 112 N.W.2d 267 (1961). District is liable for damages caused by negligence in construction or maintenance. Miller v. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Richardson County, 112 Neb. 206, 199 N.W. 28 (1924). Damages to third parties are recoverable in proceedings other than those for the organization of the district. Latham v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co., 100 Neb. 173, 158 N.W. 923 (1916). District is a public corporation and may sue and be sued. Nemaha Valley Drainage District No. 2 v. Marconnit, 90 Neb. 514, 134 N.W. 177 (1912).
NE Code § 31-370 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-370 - Drainage improvements; election required, when; notice; publication; change in plans.

31-370.  Drainage improvements; election required, when; notice; publication; change in plans.In all districts organized under sections 31-301 to 31-369, the board of directors, having first adopted detailed plans and specifications of the work proposed to be done, having made an estimate of the total cost of such contemplated improvement, and having filed such plans, specifications, and estimated cost with the clerk of the county having the largest area of land of any county to be included in the drainage district, shall then publish once each week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper in each county of such district a notice of an election to vote on the question of proceeding with such work and incurring the necessary liability in all cases in which the estimate of the contemplated work equals seven percent of the taxable value of the lands assessed for such improvement. The election shall be held in all respects as other elections provided for in sections 31-301 to 31-369 and 31-401 to 31-450. If the majority of the votes cast at such election are in favor of proceeding with the work and incurring the necessary liability, then the board, in proceeding therein, shall not incur indebtedness in a total sum in excess of the estimated cost so filed and published. No changes in such plans and specifications shall be made thereafter by the board which cost in the aggregate more than fifteen percent above such estimated cost. If a majority of the votes at such election vote against proceeding and incurring the liability, then the board shall abandon the work and shall thereupon certify to the county clerks a tax levy on all the tracts in the district by valuation sufficient to pay all the liabilities of the district to and including the date of such abandonment, and the levy shall be entered and collected as other general taxes and used to pay the liabilities.Source   Laws 1929, c. 128, § 1, p. 478;   C.S.1929, § 31-470;   R.S.1943, § 31-370;   Laws 1969, c. 247, § 1, p. 905;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 128;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 121.
NE Code § 31-371 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-371 - Refunding bonds; issuance; power of board; limitation; interest; term.

31-371.  Refunding bonds; issuance; power of board; limitation; interest; term.The board of supervisors of any drainage district in the State of Nebraska organized under and by virtue of the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369, and any amendments thereto, which has issued, or may hereafter issue valid interest-bearing bonds under the provisions of said sections, and which bonds are now or may hereafter be outstanding and unpaid, may take up and pay off any such bonds whenever the same can be brought about by lawful means, by the issue and sale or the issue and exchange therefor of the refunding bonds of such drainage district; but bonds so to be issued shall not exceed the amount lawfully owing and unpaid upon the bond or bonds so sought to be taken up and paid. Bonds so issued shall not bear interest greater in rate or amount per annum than the bonds so sought to be taken up and paid, and shall be made to run for not more than twenty years from date of issuance.Source   Laws 1929, c. 132, § 1, p. 483;   C.S.1929, § 31-471;   R.S.1943, § 31-371.
NE Code § 31-372 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-372 - Refunding bonds; issuance; resolution; notice; publication; procedure where no objections filed.

31-372.  Refunding bonds; issuance; resolution; notice; publication; procedure where no objections filed.Whenever it is desired to issue refunding bonds under sections 31-371 to 31-374, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution entered in the minutes of its proceedings, direct public notice to be given, stating the amount of the indebtedness sought to be taken up and paid, the date it was issued, the rate of interest it bears, and if issued in installments the date when the various installments become due, that the same is sought to be taken up and paid off by the issuance and sale, or the issuance and exchange of refunding bonds bearing interest at an equal or less rate and amount per annum, and the date on which, and the place where any taxpayer of such drainage district may file objections to such proposed action. Such notice shall be signed by the president and secretary of the drainage district, and shall be published for four weeks in some newspaper of general circulation in the drainage district, and by posting a notice in three of the most public places in the district for at least thirty days prior to such date. If, after such publication and on the date for filing objections, no objections to such action by the board of supervisors are filed, then the board of supervisors may issue and sell, or exchange, as the case may be, the bonds authorized by sections 31-371 to 31-374, not exceeding the amount stated in such notice, nor exceeding the amount of an actual bonded indebtedness of the district then outstanding and unpaid, including any unpaid interest, if any, nor bearing interest greater in rate or amount than the bonds to be taken up, and thereby take up and pay off the bonds described in the notice.Source   Laws 1929, c. 132, § 2, p. 484;   C.S.1929, § 31-472;   R.S.1943, § 31-372.
NE Code § 31-373 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-373 - Refunding bonds; objections; hearing; determination; appeal; procedure.

31-373.  Refunding bonds; objections; hearing; determination; appeal; procedure.If, on the day appointed in such notice, any written objections be filed, the objection or objections shall be heard and decided by the board of supervisors of such drainage district. From its decision an appeal may be taken to the district court in the manner of appeals from the county board.Source   Laws 1929, c. 132, § 3, p. 485;   C.S.1929, § 31-473;   R.S.1943, § 31-373.
NE Code § 31-374 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-374 - Refunding bonds; recitals; delivery; effect of issuance; payment.

31-374.  Refunding bonds; recitals; delivery; effect of issuance; payment.The bonds so issued shall have recited therein the object of the issue, the title of the article under which the issue was made, stating the issue to be made in pursuance thereof, and shall also state the number, date, and amount of the bonds for which such issue is substituted and amount of the delinquent interest, if any. Such new bonds shall not be delivered until the surrender of the bond or bonds so designated, and they shall be paid and levy made and taxes collected for their payment in accordance with laws now governing the bonds heretofore issued under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-369. The assessment of benefits conferred and taxes levied by any such drainage district under the provisions of said sections shall remain valid and binding obligations upon the several tracts of land, but the time of payment of such taxes shall be extended to the same extent as the time of payment of the bonds refunded is extended by the issuing of such refunding bonds, and collection of such taxes shall be made as provided in said sections. The board of supervisors shall issue and file, with the county clerk of the county in which the drainage district was organized, a new certificate of levy of taxes, showing the changed dates when such taxes shall become due, otherwise in the same form and containing the same matter as in the certificate required to be issued by section 31-331, and such taxes shall be used to pay the principal of and the interest on said bonds as the same become due.Source   Laws 1929, c. 132, § 4, p. 485;   C.S.1929, § 31-474;   R.S.1943, § 31-374.
NE Code § 31-375 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-375 - Drainage district; dissolution; procedure; election; notice; effect; funds; distribution.

31-375.  Drainage district; dissolution; procedure; election; notice; effect; funds; distribution.There being no outstanding indebtedness, the board of supervisors of any drainage district organized under sections 31-301 to 31-305 may, on its own motion or on the filing of a written request signed by fifteen electors of the district, order an election to be held to vote on the question of the dissolution of any such district. The secretary of any such drainage district shall file a certified copy of such action by the board with the clerk of the district court of the county wherein the original petition for the incorporation of any such drainage district was filed, whereupon the clerk of the district court shall call an election and give notice to all persons interested in and owning land within the drainage district three successive weeks next preceding the election in a legal newspaper printed and published in the county wherein the district was originally incorporated. If no legal newspaper is printed and published in such county, such notice shall be placed in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county wherein the district was originally incorporated. It shall be sufficient if the notice of such election shall be directed to all persons interested in the drainage district, identifying the same as it is referred to in the original petition for incorporation. The notice shall specify the day, hour, and place at which the election shall be held. The election shall be held in some public place in the county in which the district was organized. At such election every acre of land shall represent one share, and each owner shall be entitled to one vote for every acre of land owned by him or her in such district. If at the election a majority of the votes cast shall favor the dissolution, then such district shall stand dissolved, and the clerk of the district court shall certify such result and dissolution to the county clerk of each county wherein any portion of the lands of the drainage district lies. When any drainage district is dissolved as provided in this section, any remaining funds of the district shall be distributed to the counties in which the district is situated in the same proportion as the area of the district in each county bears to the total area of the district and shall be deposited in the general fund of the respective counties.Source   Laws 1933, c. 51, § 1, p. 268;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 31-475;   R.S.1943, § 31-375;   Laws 1967, c. 187, § 1, p. 512;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 23.  Annotations It is a condition to the right of dissolution that there be no outstanding indebtedness. Ritter v. Drainage Dist. No. 1 of Otoe and Johnson Counties, 137 Neb. 866, 291 N.W. 718 (1940).
NE Code § 31-376 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-376 - Drainage district; located in more than one county; inactive for five years; county board; dissolve; procedure.

31-376.  Drainage district; located in more than one county; inactive for five years; county board; dissolve; procedure.When any drainage district organized under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-305 is comprised of territory located in more than one county and is inactive for a period of at least five years, as determined by resolution of the county board of the county in which such district was organized, the county board may initiate action for dissolution of the district by filing a copy of its resolution with the clerk of the district court of the county in which the original petition for incorporation of such district was filed. After the filing of such resolution, the procedure for dissolution and distribution of any remaining funds shall be the same as that provided in section 31-375.Source  Laws 1967, c. 187, § 2, p. 513.
NE Code § 31-377 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 31 - Drainage|31-377 - Drainage district; comprised of territory in one county; inactive for five years; county board; dissolve; funds; transfer to county general fund.

31-377.  Drainage district; comprised of territory in one county; inactive for five years; county board; dissolve; funds; transfer to county general fund.When any drainage district organized under the provisions of sections 31-301 to 31-305 or 31-401 to 31-408 is comprised of territory solely within one county and is inactive for a period of at least five years, as determined by resolution of the county board, the county board may order the district dissolved. The county board shall file copies of such order of dissolution with the county clerk and the county treasurer. Upon receipt of such order, the county treasurer shall transfer any remaining funds of the dissolved drainage district to the general fund of the county.Source  Laws 1967, c. 187, § 4, p. 513.