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NE Code § 16-6,104 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,104 - Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; payment; connection fees; use.

16-6,104.  Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; payment; connection fees; use.For the purpose of paying the cost of any sanitary sewer mains or water mains constructed in a connection district created under section 16-6,102, the mayor and city council may spend funds accumulated in any sanitary sewer or water department surplus funds of the city. The connection fees collected by any such city for properties connecting to such sanitary sewer mains or water mains shall be paid into the sanitary sewer or water department surplus fund to replenish such funds for the construction costs.Source   Laws 1969, c. 73, § 3, p. 398;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 167.
NE Code § 16-6,105 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,105 - Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; revenue bonds; issuance authorized.

16-6,105.  Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; revenue bonds; issuance authorized.As an alternative to spending surplus funds as provided in section 16-6,104, or to pay for part of the construction of sanitary sewer mains or water mains, the mayor and city council may issue revenue bonds. Such revenue bonds shall not impose any general liability upon the city but shall be secured by the revenue received by the city for the operation of the sanitary sewer system or waterworks system, and the amount of connection fees collected by the city for connections to such sanitary sewer mains or water mains. Such revenue bonds shall be sold for not less than par and bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature. The amount of such revenue bonds, either issued or outstanding, shall not be included in computing the maximum amount of bonds which the city may be authorized to issue under its charter or any statute of this state.Source   Laws 1969, c. 73, § 4, p. 398;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 17;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 18;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 168.
NE Code § 16-6,106 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,106 - Powers.

16-6,106.  Powers.Cities of the first class are hereby authorized and empowered to develop and implement and from time to time amend, change, and modify a general plan or program of flood and storm water control, drainage, and disposal for such city. If the plan or program requires works of improvement outside of the city limits, it shall be submitted for review to the boards of the county or counties affected and to the Department of Natural Resources. To accomplish such purposes, or any of them, the city may to the extent deemed needful or useful in the judgment of the city council:(1) Procure and contract for professional and technical assistance of all kinds;(2) Build, construct, alter, modify, and improve, using either its own employees, equipment, and facilities or by contract with others, dams, dikes, levees, drainways, channels, structures, devices, storm water sewers and systems, and works of all kinds and appurtenances thereto all without any limitation whatsoever, including extensions, additions, and improvements and alterations of any such existing facilities, for the control, management, drainage, and disposal of flood, storm, or surface waters, both within and without the city as in the discretion of the city council may be required for the protection, benefit, and welfare of the city and its inhabitants and their property; and(3) Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, and contract and through the exercise of the right of eminent domain all lands, structures, easements, rights-of-way, or other property real or personal both within and without the city as may in the discretion of the city council be required or useful in connection with any such plan or program and the implementation thereof.Source   Laws 1971, LB 57, § 1;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 64.  Cross References  For additional flood control powers of cities of the first class, see section 23-320.07.
NE Code § 16-6,107 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,107 - Costs; financing.

16-6,107.  Costs; financing.For carrying out the purposes and powers set forth in section 16-6,106, including payment of the cost thereof, the city may:(1) Borrow money and issue its negotiable general obligation bonds upon such terms and conditions as the mayor and city council may determine, without a vote of the electors;(2) Levy a tax upon all taxable property in the city to pay such bonds and interest thereon and establish a sinking fund for such payment;(3) Issue warrants to contractors and others furnishing services or materials or in satisfaction of other obligations created under section 16-6,106, such warrants to be issued in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the mayor and city council shall determine, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of bonds or receipt of other funds available for such purpose;(4) Receive gifts, grants, and funds from any source, including, but not limited to, state, federal, or private sources; and(5) Cooperate and contract with any other government, governmental agency, or political subdivision, whether state or federal, and any person or organization providing funds for the purposes covered by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109.Source   Laws 1971, LB 57, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 169.
NE Code § 16-6,108 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,108 - General obligation bonds; issuance; hearing.

16-6,108.  General obligation bonds; issuance; hearing.The powers granted by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109 may be exercised in whole or in part and from time to time as the city council may in its discretion determine but before general obligation bonds are issued for the purposes of sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109, the city council shall hold a public hearing after three weeks' notice published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, and the referendum provisions of the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall apply to any ordinance or resolution authorizing issuance of such bonds. The program for implementation of the plan may be adopted and carried out in parts, sections, or stages.Source   Laws 1971, LB 57, § 3;   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 42;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 170;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 1.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Cross References  Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, see section 18-2501.
NE Code § 16-6,109 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,109 - Sections; supplemental to other laws.

16-6,109.  Sections; supplemental to other laws.The powers granted by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109 are independent of and in addition to all other grants of powers on the same or related subjects but may be exercised jointly with or supplemented by the powers granted by existing state law, including, but not limited to, sections 16-667 to 16-672.11, 16-680, 16-683, 16-693, 18-401 to 18-411, 18-501 to 18-512, 19-1305, 23-320.07 to 23-320.13, and 31-501 to 31-553 and the Combined Improvement Act.Source   Laws 1971, LB 57, § 4;  Laws 2003, LB 52, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 171.  Cross References  Combined Improvement Act, see section 19-2415.
NE Code § 16-6,110 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-6,110 - Acquisition of system; acceptance of funds; administration; powers.

16-6,110.  Acquisition of system; acceptance of funds; administration; powers.A city of the first class shall have the power by ordinance to acquire, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, lease, purchase, construct, own, maintain, and operate, or contract for the operation of public passenger transportation systems, excluding railroad systems, including all property and facilities required therefor, within and without the limits of the city, to redeem such property from prior encumbrance in order to protect or preserve the interest of the city therein, to exercise all powers granted by the Constitution and laws of the State of Nebraska or exercised by or pursuant to a home rule charter adopted pursuant thereto, including but not limited to receiving and accepting from the government of the United States or any agency thereof, from the State of Nebraska, or any subdivision thereof, and from any person or corporation, donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants for or in aid of the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of such public passenger transportation systems, and to administer, hold, use, and apply the same for the purposes for which such donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants may have been made, to negotiate with employees and enter into contracts of employment, to employ by contract or otherwise individuals singularly or collectively, to enter into agreements authorized under the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, to contract with an operating and management company for the purpose of operating, servicing, and maintaining any public passenger transportation systems any such city shall acquire under the provisions of sections 16-6,110 and 75-303, and to exercise such other and further powers with respect thereto as may be necessary, incident, or appropriate to the powers of such city.Source   Laws 1973, LB 345, § 1;   Laws 1975, LB 395, § 1;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 61.  Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
NE Code § 16-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-701 - Fiscal year, commencement.

16-701.  Fiscal year, commencement.The fiscal year of each city of the first class and of any public utility of a city of the first class commences on October 1 and extends through the following September 30 except as provided in the Municipal Proprietary Function Act.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 40, p. 242;   R.S.1913, § 4972;   C.S.1922, § 4141;   C.S.1929, § 16-701;   R.S.1943, § 16-701;   Laws 1963, c. 67, § 1, p. 267;   Laws 1995, LB 194, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 172.  Cross References  Municipal Proprietary Function Act, see section 18-2801.
NE Code § 16-704 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-704 - Annual appropriation bill; contents.

16-704.  Annual appropriation bill; contents.Each city of the first class shall adopt a budget statement pursuant to the Nebraska Budget Act, to be termed "The Annual Appropriation Bill", in which the city may appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 41, p. 242;   R.S.1913, § 4974;   Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 257;   C.S.1922, § 4143;   Laws 1925, c. 37, § 2, p. 146;   C.S.1929, § 16-703;   R.S.1943, § 16-704;   Laws 1993, LB 734, § 25;   Laws 1995, LB 194, § 2;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 174.  Cross References  Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.Annotations  Levy of taxes should be certified to the county clerk for levy by the county. McDonald v. Lincoln County, 141 Neb. 741, 4 N.W.2d 903 (1942). The term "government" as used in the Constitution in relation to law governing cities of the first class is not limited to the administration of laws or regulation, but includes all activities engaged in lawfully by such city. Mutual Oil Co. v. Zehrung, 11 F.2d 887 (D. Neb. 1925).
NE Code § 16-706 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-706 - Expenditures; how made; limitations; diversion of funds; violation; penalty; payment of judgments.

16-706.  Expenditures; how made; limitations; diversion of funds; violation; penalty; payment of judgments.The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall not have power to appropriate, issue, or draw any order or warrant on the city treasurer for money, unless the order or warrant has been appropriated or ordered by ordinance or the claim for the payment of which such order or warrant is issued has been allowed according to sections 16-726 to 16-729, and a fund has been provided in the adopted budget statement out of which such claim is payable. Any transfer or diversion of the money or credits from any of the funds to another fund or to a purpose other and different from that for which proposed, except as provided in section 16-721, shall render any city council member voting therefor or any officer of the city participating therein guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined twenty-five dollars for each offense, together with costs of prosecution. Should any judgment be obtained against the city, the mayor and finance committee, with the sanction of the city council, may borrow a sufficient amount to pay the judgments, for a period of time not to extend beyond the close of the next fiscal year, which sum and interest thereon shall, in like manner, be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the general tax levy of the next year and embraced therein.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 43, p. 243;   R.S.1913, § 4976;   C.S.1922, § 4145;   C.S.1929, § 16-705;   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 11, p. 78;   Laws 1941, c. 130, § 17, p. 501;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-705;   R.S.1943, § 16-706;   Laws 1959, c. 63, § 1, p. 282;   Laws 1961, c. 40, § 2, p. 168;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 17, p. 682;   Laws 1987, LB 652, § 3;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 175;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 77.  Annotations Where city has in its general funds sufficient unappropriated funds, it may use the same for the creation of a lighting system, if sanctioned by a majority of the electors, even where there was no provision therefor in the annual appropriation bill. Christensen v. City of Fremont, 45 Neb. 160, 63 N.W. 364 (1895).
NE Code § 16-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-708 - Special assessments; invalidity; reassessment.

16-708.  Special assessments; invalidity; reassessment.Whenever any special assessment upon any lot or lots or lands or parcels of land in a city of the first class is found to be invalid and uncollectible, shall be adjudged to be void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is paid under protest and recovered by suit, because of any defect, irregularity, or invalidity in any of the proceedings or on account of the failure to observe and comply with any of the conditions, prerequisites, and requirements of any statute or ordinance, the mayor and city council may relevy or reassess the special assessment upon the lot or lots or lands or parcels of land in the same manner as other special assessments are levied, without regard to whether the formalities, prerequisites, or conditions prior to equalization have been had or not.Source   Laws 1925, c. 47, § 1, p. 187;   C.S.1929, § 16-707;   R.S.1943, § 16-708;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 27;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 177.  Annotations Reassessment of benefits is provided for when original assessment is invalid. Shanahan v. Johnson, 170 Neb. 399, 102 N.W.2d 858 (1960).
NE Code § 16-708.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-708.01 - Special assessments; illegal annexation; validation.

16-708.01.  Special assessments; illegal annexation; validation.Whenever a city of the first class lawfully reannexes territory which it had formerly annexed but which annexation was illegal because the statutes under which such original annexation was made were unconstitutional and void, (1) all special assessments levied by such city of the first class with respect to such territory shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, (2) all zoning, special use permits and contracts for municipal services made or entered into with respect to such territory by such city of the first class shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, (3) any prior actions by any officials of such city of the first class, including the election of council members from such territory or a part thereof shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, and (4) such city of the first class shall have power to assess or reassess and levy or relevy new assessments equal to the special benefits and not exceeding the cost of improvements for which any assessment was originally made upon such territory to be made in substantially the manner provided for making original assessments of like nature and when so made, shall constitute a lien upon the property prior and superior to all other liens except liens for other special assessments, and taxes or special assessments so assessed or reassessed shall be enforced and collected as other special taxes, and in making such assessment or reassessment, the city council sitting as a board of equalization and assessment shall take into consideration payments, if any, made on behalf of the property reassessed under assessments made prior to the reannexation.Source  Laws 1967, c. 62, § 1, p. 210.
NE Code § 16-709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-709 - Special assessments; irregularities; correction.

16-709.  Special assessments; irregularities; correction.In cases of any omission, mistake, defect, or irregularity in the preliminary proceedings on any special assessment in a city of the first class, the city council shall have power to correct such mistake, omission, defect, or irregularity, and levy or relevy, as the case may be, a special assessment on any or all property in the district, in accordance with the special benefits received and damages sustained to the property on account of such improvement as found by the city council sitting as a board of equalization. The city council shall deduct from the benefits and allow as a credit, before such relevy, an amount equal to the sum of the installments paid in the original levy.Source   Laws 1925, c. 47, § 2, p. 188;   C.S.1929, § 16-708;   R.S.1943, § 16-709;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 178.
NE Code § 16-711 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-711 - Road tax; how expended.

16-711.  Road tax; how expended.All money arising from the levying of a road tax against or upon property in a city of the first class shall belong to such city and shall be expended upon the streets and grades in such city.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 87, p. 294;   Laws 1907, c. 13, § 1, p. 120;   R.S.1913, § 4979;   C.S.1922, § 4148;   C.S.1929, § 16-710;   Laws 1935, c. 31, § 1, p. 135;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-710;   R.S.1943, § 16-711;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 179.  Annotations The amendment of statute without saving clause, during course of city's litigation for transfer of road funds, is fatal to all rights based on original statute not retained in the amended statute. City of Beatrice v. Gage County, 130 Neb. 850, 266 N.W. 777 (1936).
NE Code § 16-712 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-712 - City funds; depositories; payment; conflict of interest.

16-712.  City funds; depositories; payment; conflict of interest.The city treasurer of a city of the first class shall deposit, and at all times keep on deposit, for safekeeping, in banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions of approved and responsible standing, all money collected, received, or held by him or her as city treasurer. Such deposits shall be subject to all regulations imposed by law or adopted by the city council for the receiving and holding thereof. The fact that a stockholder, director, or other officer of such bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution shall also be serving as mayor, as a member of the city council, as a member of a board of public works, or as any other officer of such city shall not disqualify such bank, capital stock financial institution, or qualifying mutual financial institution from acting as a depository for such city funds. Section 77-2366 shall apply to deposits in capital stock financial institutions. Section 77-2365.01 shall apply to deposits in qualifying mutual financial institutions.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 84, p. 293;   R.S.1913, § 4980;   C.S.1922, § 4149;   C.S.1929, § 16-711;   Laws 1935, c. 140, § 3, p. 516;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-711;   R.S.1943, § 16-712;   Laws 1957, c. 54, § 2, p. 263;   Laws 1959, c. 48, § 1, p. 235;   Laws 1969, c. 84, § 3, p. 425;   Laws 1989, LB 33, § 18;   Laws 1996, LB 1274, § 18;  Laws 2001, LB 362, § 19;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 180;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 79.
NE Code § 16-713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class|16-713 - City funds; certificates of deposit; time deposits; security required.

16-713.  City funds; certificates of deposit; time deposits; security required.The city treasurer of a city of the first class may, upon resolution of the mayor and city council authorizing the action, purchase certificates of deposit from and make time deposits in banks, capital stock financial institutions, or qualifying mutual financial institutions selected as depositories of city funds under the provisions of sections 16-712, 16-714, and 16-715. The certificates of deposit purchased and time deposits made shall bear interest and shall be secured as set forth in sections 16-714 and 16-715, except that the penal sum of such bond or the sum of such security shall be reduced in the amount of the time deposit or certificate of deposit insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Section 77-2366 shall apply to deposits in capital stock financial institutions. Section 77-2365.01 shall apply to deposits in qualifying mutual financial institutions.Source   Laws 1901, c. 18, § 85, p. 293;   R.S.1913, § 4981;   C.S.1922, § 4150;   C.S.1929, § 16-712;   R.S.1943, § 16-713;   Laws 1959, c. 48, § 2, p. 235;   Laws 1969, c. 84, § 4, p. 425;   Laws 1989, LB 33, § 19;   Laws 1992, LB 757, § 17;   Laws 1996, LB 1274, § 19;  Laws 2001, LB 362, § 20;  Laws 2009, LB259, § 7;  Laws 2016, LB704, § 181;  Laws 2019, LB194, § 80.