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NE Code § 46-191 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-191 - Discontinuance of district; obligations incurred after April 8, 1903; subject to redemption upon discontinuance.

46-191.  Discontinuance of district; obligations incurred after April 8, 1903; subject to redemption upon discontinuance.In all cases where bonds and other obligations of irrigation districts were issued after April 8, 1903, such bonds and obligations shall become subject to redemption by the board of directors of any irrigation district, as soon as the property and franchise of such district shall be sold after such district has elected to discontinue as a district, as herein provided.Source   Laws 1903, c. 123, § 1, p. 629;   R.S.1913, § 3521;   C.S.1922, § 2921;   C.S.1929, § 46-166;   R.S.1943, § 46-191.
NE Code § 46-192 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-192 - Discontinuance of district; final report by board; property rights; disposition; claims barred after one year.

46-192.  Discontinuance of district; final report by board; property rights; disposition; claims barred after one year.After all the property of the district is disposed of as provided in sections 46-186 to 46-188, except for any balance of funds remaining after all of the obligations of such district have been paid, the directors of such district shall file in the office of the county clerk of each county in which such district is located, and in the office of the Department of Natural Resources, a report attested by the secretary of the board, stating that the district has disposed of its property and franchises, except for any balance of funds remaining, and has discontinued operation, which report shall be recorded in the miscellaneous record of such counties. Each easement and right-of-way, whether owned by the district in fee or otherwise, shall automatically be terminated and extinguished and such interest together with any canal or other structure shall become the property of the owner of the land upon which such easement, right-of-way, canal, or other structure is located or, if owned in fee by the district, shall become the property of the owner of the land adjacent thereto, upon the filing of the report with the department. If any person has any claim against such district which is not settled or disposed of at the time of the filing of such report and such person fails or neglects to bring suit upon such claim within one year after the time of the filing of such report, such claim or claims shall be forever barred as against such district as well as against all persons and property therein.Source   Laws 1903, c. 123, § 1, p. 629;   R.S.1913, § 3521;   C.S.1922, § 2921;   C.S.1929, § 46-166;   R.S.1943, § 46-192;   Laws 1979, LB 66, § 2;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 89.
NE Code § 46-193 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-193 - Plan of operation; construction work; survey and estimate; report by Director of Natural Resources.

46-193.  Plan of operation; construction work; survey and estimate; report by Director of Natural Resources.As soon as practicable after the organization of any such district, the board of directors shall, by a resolution entered on its record, formulate a general plan of its proposed operation in which it shall state (1) what constructed works or other property it proposes to purchase and the cost of purchasing the same and (2) what construction work it proposes to do and how it proposes to raise the funds for carrying out such plan. For the purpose of ascertaining the cost of any such construction work, the board shall cause such surveys, examinations, and plans to be made as will demonstrate the practicability of such plan and furnish the proper basis for an estimate of the costs of carrying out the same. All such surveys, examinations, maps, plans, and estimates shall be made under the direction of a competent irrigation engineer and certified by the engineer. The board shall then submit a copy of the same to the Director of Natural Resources within ninety days thereafter, who shall file a report upon the same with the board, which report shall contain such matters as in the judgment of the director may be desirable.Source   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 561;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 529;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-193;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 90.  Annotations  Refusal of district court to validate issue of bonds of irrigation district was sustained, because feasible plan of irrigation was not presented. Kinnan v. France, 113 Neb. 99, 202 N.W. 452 (1925). District may employ engineer to survey and make plans. Such work is preliminary and paid out of construction fund. Willow Springs Irr. Dist. v. Wilson, 74 Neb. 269, 104 N.W. 165 (1905).
NE Code § 46-194 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-194 - Plan of operation; construction work; bonds; issuance; special election; notice; procedure.

46-194.  Plan of operation; construction work; bonds; issuance; special election; notice; procedure.Upon receiving the report, the board of directors shall proceed to determine the amount of money necessary to be raised, and shall immediately thereupon call a special election, at which shall be submitted to the electors of such district possessing the qualifications prescribed by section 46-102, the question of whether or not the bonds of such district shall be issued and the amount so determined; Provided, such bonds shall not be issued for more than the actual estimated cost of such ditches, the purchase price of ditches, the cost of construction work, all as contained in its general plan of operation, as well as the first year's interest upon such bond issue. Notice of such election must be given by posting notice in three public places in each election precinct in the district for at least twenty days, and also by publication of such notice in some newspaper published in the county where the office of the board of directors of such district is required to be kept, once a week for at least three successive weeks. Such notice must specify the time of holding the election, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued, and the election must be held, and the result thereof determined and declared in all respects as nearly as practicable in conformity with the provisions of sections 46-111 to 46-118 governing the election of officers; Provided, no informalities in conducting such an election shall invalidate the same if the election shall have been otherwise fairly conducted. At such election, the ballots shall contain the words, Bonds ..... Yes, or Bonds ..... No, or words equivalent thereto.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 13, p. 278;   Laws 1903, c. 122, § 1, p. 622;   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 562;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 529;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-194. Cross References   Bonds of indebtedness:   Registration, see section 10-209.  Suit on, state made party, when, see section 25-21,201. Annotations  No specific requirement is made as to the form of notice to be given to the electors. Frenchman Valley Irr. Dist. v. Smith, 167 Neb. 78, 91 N.W.2d 415 (1958). Bonds issued hereunder are classed as construction bonds as distinguished from refinance bonds. State ex rel. Brown v. Taylor, 125 Neb. 228, 249 N.W. 586 (1933).
NE Code § 46-195 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-195 - Bonds; schedule of maturity.

46-195.  Bonds; schedule of maturity.If a majority of the votes cast are in favor of issuing such bonds, the board of directors shall immediately cause bonds in such amount to be issued. The bonds shall be payable in lawful money of the United States, as follows: At the expiration of eleven years not less than five percent of the bonds; at the expiration of twelve years, not less than six percent; at the expiration of thirteen years, not less than seven percent; at the expiration of fourteen years, not less than eight percent; at the expiration of fifteen years, not less than nine percent; at the expiration of sixteen years, not less than ten percent; at the expiration of seventeen years, not less than eleven percent; at the expiration of eighteen years, not less than thirteen percent; at the expiration of nineteen years, not less than fifteen percent; and for the twentieth year a percentage sufficient to pay off the bonds. Any such district may by a majority vote provide for the issuance of bonds that will mature in any number of years less than twenty, and arrange for the payment thereof in installments at the same ratio as above provided. The district may also, at its option, redeem any bonds issued at any time on or after five years from the date of issuance thereof.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 13, p. 279;   Laws 1903, c. 122, § 1, p. 623;   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 562;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 530;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-195;   Laws 1947, c. 15, § 17, p. 92.  Cross References  Other provisions for payment of bonds, see section 10-126.
NE Code § 46-196 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-196 - Bonds; interest; dates and place of payment.

46-196.  Bonds; interest; dates and place of payment.Such bonds shall bear interest payable semiannually on the first day of January and July of each year. The principal and interest shall be payable at the office of the treasurer of the county in which the district originally organized.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 13, p. 280;   Laws 1903, c. 122, § 1, p. 623;   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 563;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 531;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-196;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 111, p. 341.
NE Code § 46-197 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-197 - Bonds; form; contents.

46-197.  Bonds; form; contents.The bonds shall be each of the denomination of not less than one hundred dollars or more than five hundred dollars, negotiable in form, executed in the name of the district, and signed by the president and secretary, and the seal of the district shall be affixed thereto. They shall be numbered consecutively as issued and bear date at the time of their issue. Coupons for the interest shall be attached to each bond, signed by the president and secretary. The bonds shall express on their face that they were issued by the authority of Chapter 46, article 1. Each bond shall be made payable at the given time for its entire amount, and the bonds shall be issued in series only, each series being payable at the expiration of a certain number of years.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 13, p. 280;   Laws 1903, c. 122, § 1, p. 623;   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 563;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 531;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-197;   Laws 1995, LB 589, § 9.  Annotations Bonds issued in violation of requirement that they shall be signed by president and secretary and have seal affixed are void, and payment of interest does not ratify them. Paxton Irr. Dist. v. Conway, 94 Neb. 205, 142 N.W. 797 (1913).
NE Code § 46-198 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-198 - Bonds; record; interest on coupons; special election; procedures.

46-198.  Bonds; record; interest on coupons; special election; procedures.The secretary shall keep a record of the bonds sold, their number, date of sale, the prices received, and the name of the purchaser. Such district, by a majority vote, may provide and authorize the payment of interest on any or all due and unpaid interest coupons attached to valid and outstanding bonds of such district heretofore or hereafter issued and sold, from the date of registration of such interest coupons for payment or if previously registered, then from the date of such election to pay such interest, until paid. Such question may be submitted at any general or special election of the district by ballot, which shall generally describe the bonds to which such coupons are attached upon which such interest is to be paid, by number, series, and date of issue, and such ballots shall be in substantially the following form: For the payment of interest on coupons attached to bonds numbered ... series ... dated ... at ... percent per annum. Yes .... ( ), No ..... ( ). Such election shall be governed by the laws in force relating to bond elections in such districts, and if a majority of the ballots cast on such proposition shall be in favor thereof the board of directors shall declare the same adopted, and the funds to pay such interest shall be estimated and included in the levy for the bond fund of such irrigation district as provided by law. Thereafter, upon the presentation of any bond with coupons attached, or any detached coupons of such bonds, upon which interest is payable under the provisions of this section, the treasurer shall stamp or write on such coupons "bears interest at ... percent per annum from the registration for payment (or if previously registered for payment, then from date of election to pay interest).........................County Treasurer."Payment of such coupon shall include the payment of the interest accruing under this section.Source   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 563;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 531;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-198;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 112, p. 342.
NE Code § 46-199 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-199 - Construction work; annual report by board of directors; duty of Director of Natural Resources.

46-199.  Construction work; annual report by board of directors; duty of Director of Natural Resources.At least as often as once a year after organization, the board of directors shall make a report to the Director of Natural Resources of the condition of the work of construction, as to capacity, stability, and permanency, whether or not the plan of irrigation formulated under section 46-193 is being successfully carried out, and whether or not, in the opinion of the board, the funds available will complete the proposed works. Upon the receipt of such report by the Director of Natural Resources, he or she shall make such suggestions and recommendations to such board of directors as he or she may deem advisable for the best interest of the district.Source   Laws 1909, c. 155, § 2, p. 564;   Laws 1911, c. 160, § 1, p. 532;   R.S.1913, § 3469;   C.S.1922, § 2869;   C.S.1929, § 46-113;   R.S.1943, § 46-199;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 91.
NE Code § 46-1,100 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,100 - Bonds; sale; notice; procedure.

46-1,100.  Bonds; sale; notice; procedure.The board may sell such bonds from time to time in such quantities as may be necessary and most advantageous to raise the money for the construction of such canals and works, the acquisition of property and rights and otherwise to fully carry out the object and purposes of sections 46-101 to 46-1,111. Before making any sale, the board shall at a meeting, by resolution declare its intention to sell a specified amount of the bonds and the day and hour and place of such sale, and shall cause such resolution to be entered in the minutes, and notice of the sale to be given by publication thereof at least twenty days in a daily newspaper published in each of the cities of Omaha and Lincoln, and in any other newspaper, at its discretion. The notice shall state that sealed proposals will be received by the board at its office, for the purchase of the bonds, till the day and hour named in the resolution. At the time appointed the board shall open the proposals and award the purchase of the bonds to the highest responsible bidder, and may reject all bids; Provided, however, that if no bids have been received or submitted up to such time, the board may proceed to negotiate for the sale of the bonds, and may adjourn to some specific date, from time to time, or to convene at the call of the president, to consider such negotiations and all subsequent or new proposals, and may at such adjourned meeting, award the purchase of the bonds, or a portion thereof, to the highest responsible bidder submitting proposals thereat, or may reject all bids; Provided, however, that the board shall in no event sell any of the bonds for less than ninety percent of the face value thereof.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 14, p. 280;   R.S.1913, § 3470;   C.S.1922, § 2870;   Laws 1923, c. 96, § 1, p. 243;   C.S.1929, § 46-114;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,100.
NE Code § 46-1,101 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,101 - Bonds; how paid; assessments.

46-1,101.  Bonds; how paid; assessments.Such bonds, and the interest thereon, shall be paid by revenue derived from an annual assessment upon the real property of the district and all the real property of the district shall be and remain liable to be assessed for such payments as herein provided, and for all payments due or to become due to the United States under any contract between the district and the United States, accompanying which bonds of the district have not been deposited with the United States as provided in section 46-126.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 15, p. 281;   R.S.1913, § 3471;   Laws 1915, c. 69, § 4, p. 175;   C.S.1922, § 2871;   C.S.1929, § 46-116;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,101. Annotations  All real property within district remains liable for annual assessments until bonds have been paid. County of Garden v. Schaaf, 145 Neb. 676, 17 N.W.2d 874 (1945). All real property within district is subject to taxation in favor of bondholders, notwithstanding subsequent legislation exempting city lots. Erickson v. Nine Mile Irr. Dist., 109 Neb. 189, 190 N.W. 573 (1922).
NE Code § 46-1,102 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,102 - Bonds; issuance and sale; judicial approval required.

46-1,102.  Bonds; issuance and sale; judicial approval required.The board of directors of an irrigation district organized under the provisions of sections 46-101 to 46-128 shall, before issuing and before selling any bonds of such irrigation district, commence a special proceeding, in and by which the proceedings of the board and of the district providing for and authorizing the issue and sale of the bonds of the district shall be judicially examined, approved and confirmed, or disapproved and disaffirmed.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 59, p. 302;   Laws 1909, c. 159, § 1, p. 571;   Laws 1913, c. 142, § 4, p. 347;   R.S.1913, § 3515;   C.S.1922, § 2915;   C.S.1929, § 46-160;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,102. Annotations  Confirmation of issuance of bonds was a special proceeding in rem. Ainsworth Irr. Dist. v. Harms, 170 Neb. 228, 102 N.W.2d 429 (1960). Provision of Reclamation Act for confirmation of validity of reclamation district was similar to the procedure provided by this and succeeding three sections. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation Dist. v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950). Proceeding under this section is in rem and cannot be collaterally attacked, but confirmation of exchange of bonds for property is not authorized. Wyman v. Searle, 88 Neb. 26, 128 N.W. 801 (1910).
NE Code § 46-1,103 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,103 - Bonds; judicial approval; petition; contents.

46-1,103.  Bonds; judicial approval; petition; contents.The board of directors of the irrigation district or such holder or holders of any bond or bonds of the district shall file in the district court of the county in which the lands of the district, or some portion thereof, are situated, a petition praying in effect, that the proceedings aforesaid may be examined, approved, and confirmed by the court. The petition shall state the facts showing the proceedings had for the issue and sale of the bonds, and shall state generally that the irrigation district was duly organized, and that the first board of directors was duly elected; but the petition need not state the facts showing such organization of the district or the election of the first board of directors.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 60, p. 302;   Laws 1909, c. 159, § 1, p. 571;   R.S.1913, § 3516;   C.S.1922, § 2916;   C.S.1929, § 46-161;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,103.
NE Code § 46-1,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,104 - Bonds; judicial approval; hearing; notice; form; contents.

46-1,104.  Bonds; judicial approval; hearing; notice; form; contents.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 and published in the same manner and for the same length of time that the notice of a special election provided for by law to determine whether the bonds of the district shall be issued is required to be given and published. The notice shall state the time and place fixed for the hearing of the petition and prayer of the petition, and that any person interested in the organization of the district, or in the proceedings for the issue or sale 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 issue and sale of such bonds of such district may be examined, approved, and confirmed by the court.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 61, p. 302;   Laws 1909, c. 159, § 1, p. 572;   R.S.1913, § 3517;   C.S.1922, § 2917;   C.S.1929, § 46-162;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,104.
NE Code § 46-1,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-1,105 - Bonds; judicial approval; parties; motions and answers; rules applicable.

46-1,105.  Bonds; judicial approval; parties; motions and answers; rules applicable.Any person interested in the district, or in the issue or sale of the bonds, may move to dismiss the petition or answer thereto. The provisions of the code of civil procedure respecting motions and answer to a complaint shall be applicable to motions and answer to the petition. The persons so filing motion and answering the petition shall be the defendants to the special proceeding, and the board of directors shall be the plaintiff. Every material statement of the petition not specially controverted by the answer must, for the purpose of such special proceeding, be taken as true; and 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 46-101 to 46-1,111 are applicable to the special proceeding herein provided for.Source   Laws 1895, c. 70, § 62, p. 303;   R.S.1913, § 3518;   C.S.1922, § 2918;   C.S.1929, § 46-163;   R.S.1943, § 46-1,105.