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NE Code § 18-3314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3314 - Land less than forty acres; ownership in severalty; county clerk may plat.

18-3314.  Land less than forty acres; ownership in severalty; county clerk may plat.Whenever any subdivision of land of forty acres or less or any lot or subdivision is owned by two or more persons in severalty, and the description of one or more of the different parts or parcels cannot, in the judgment of the county clerk, be made sufficiently certain and accurate for the purpose of assessment and taxation without noting the metes and bounds of such parts or parcels, the county clerk shall require and cause to be made and recorded a plat of such tract or lot of land with its several subdivisions, in accordance with section 18-3304. The county clerk shall proceed in such cases according to section 18-3313, and all the provisions of law in relation to the plats of cities and villages shall govern any tracts and parcels of land platted pursuant to this section.Source   Laws 1879, § 114, p. 236;   R.S.1913, § 5102;   C.S.1922, § 4275;   C.S.1929, § 17-424;   R.S.1943, § 17-425;   R.S.1943, (2012), § 17-425;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 325.  Annotations This section has nothing to do with incorporation of cities and villages and, though a method is provided for vacation of plat hereunder, such act of vacating does not have the effect of disconnecting land from a municipality. Kershaw v. Jansen, 49 Neb. 467, 68 N.W. 616 (1896).
NE Code § 18-3315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3315 - Additions; lots; sale before platting; penalty.

18-3315.  Additions; lots; sale before platting; penalty.Any person who sells or offers for sale or lease any lots in any municipality or addition to any municipality, before the plat of such lots has been duly acknowledged and recorded as provided in section 18-3305, shall pay a penalty of fifty dollars for each lot or part of lot sold, leased, or offered for sale.Source   Laws 1879, § 116, p. 237;   R.S.1913, § 5104;   C.S.1922, § 4277;   C.S.1929, § 17-426;   R.S.1943, § 17-426;   R.S.1943, (2012), § 17-426;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 326.  Annotations Platting is required before county board can establish a village. State ex rel. Schoonover v. Crabill, 136 Neb. 819, 287 N.W. 669 (1939).
NE Code § 18-3316 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3316 - Detachment of property from corporate limits; procedure.

18-3316.  Detachment of property from corporate limits; procedure.(1) Any person owning real property located within and adjacent to the corporate limits of a city of the first class, city of the second class, or village seeking to have such property detached from the corporate limits of such city or village may file a request with the city council or village board of trustees asking that such property be detached. The request shall contain the legal description of the property sought to be detached. If the city council or village board of trustees determines that the property meets the requirements of this section and that all or a part of such property ought to be detached, the city council or village board of trustees shall adopt an ordinance by a majority vote of its members to order such property detached from the corporate limits of the city or village. The city clerk or village clerk shall file a certified copy of such ordinance in the office of the register of deeds and of the election commissioner or county clerk of the county in which such property is located.(2) A city of any class or village may initiate detachment of any real property located within and adjacent to the corporate limits of such city or village by first publishing notice in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village of the intention of the city or village to detach such property. Such notice shall include a legal description of the property to be detached and shall provide the date, time, and place of the meeting at which the ordinance ordering such property to be detached will be voted on by the city council or village board of trustees. If, by a majority vote of its members, the city council or village board of trustees adopts the ordinance ordering such property detached from the corporate limits of the city or village, the city clerk or village clerk shall file a certified copy of such ordinance in the office of the register of deeds and of the election commissioner or county clerk of the county in which such property is located.Source  Laws 2021, LB131, § 15.   Operative Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-3401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3401 - Act, how cited.

18-3401.  Act, how cited.Sections 18-3401 to 18-3418 shall be known and may be cited as the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 1;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5201;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 1.
NE Code § 18-3402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3402 - Legislative findings and declarations.

18-3402.  Legislative findings and declarations.The Legislature finds and declares as follows:(1) Nebraska's municipalities are important to the social and economic vitality of the state, and many municipalities are struggling to cope with vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties;(2) Vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties represent lost revenue to municipalities and large costs associated with demolition, safety hazards, and the deterioration of neighborhoods;(3) There is an overriding public need to confront the problems caused by vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties through the creation of new tools for municipalities to use to turn vacant spaces into vibrant places; and(4) Land banks are one of the tools that can be utilized by municipalities to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties to productive use.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 2;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5202;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 2.
NE Code § 18-3403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3403 - Terms, defined.

18-3403.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act:(1) Board means the board of directors of a land bank;(2) Chief executive officer means the mayor, city manager, or chairperson of the board of trustees of a municipality;(3) Immediate family has the same meaning as in section 49-1425;(4) Land bank means a land bank established in accordance with the act;(5) Municipality means any city or village of this state; and(6) Real property means lands, lands under water, structures, and any and all easements, air rights, franchises, and incorporeal hereditaments and every estate and right therein, legal and equitable, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise, and any and all fixtures and improvements located thereon.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5203;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 3.
NE Code § 18-3404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3404 - Creation of land bank; procedure; use of Interlocal Cooperation Act; join by agreement; goal of land bank.

18-3404.  Creation of land bank; procedure; use of Interlocal Cooperation Act; join by agreement; goal of land bank.(1) A single municipality may create a land bank if the municipality is a city of the metropolitan class or city of the primary class. Such municipality shall create the land bank by the adoption of an ordinance which specifies the following:(a) The name of the land bank;(b) The initial individuals to serve as members of the board and the length of terms for which they are to serve; and(c) The qualifications and terms of office of members of the board.(2) Two or more municipalities may elect to enter into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act to create a single land bank to act on behalf of such municipalities, which agreement shall contain the information required by subsection (1) of this section.(3) A municipality may elect to join an existing land bank by entering into an agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act with a city of the metropolitan class or city of the primary class that has created a land bank pursuant to subsection (1) of this section or by joining an existing agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act with the municipalities that formed a land bank pursuant to subsection (2) of this section. Agreements entered into or joined under this subsection shall contain the information required by subsection (1) of this section.(4) Each land bank created pursuant to the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act shall be deemed to be a public corporation acting in a governmental capacity and a political subdivision of the state and shall have permanent and perpetual duration until terminated and dissolved in accordance with section 18-3414.(5) The primary goal of any land bank shall be to facilitate the return of vacant, abandoned, and tax-delinquent properties to productive use.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 4;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5204;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 4.  Cross References  Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
NE Code § 18-3406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3406 - Agents and employees.

18-3406.  Agents and employees.A land bank may employ such agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation and benefits of such persons.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 6;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5206;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 6.
NE Code § 18-3409 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3409 - Exemption from taxation.

18-3409.  Exemption from taxation.The real property of a land bank and the land bank's income and operations are exempt from all taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 9;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5209;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 9.
NE Code § 18-3411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3411 - Land bank; funding; real property taxes collected on conveyed property; allocation; notice to county treasurer; when required.

18-3411.  Land bank; funding; real property taxes collected on conveyed property; allocation; notice to county treasurer; when required.(1) A land bank may receive funding through grants and loans from the municipality or municipalities that created the land bank, from other municipalities, from the state, from the federal government, and from other public and private sources.(2) A land bank may receive and retain payments for services rendered, for rents and leasehold payments received, for consideration for disposition of real and personal property, for proceeds of insurance coverage for losses incurred, for income from investments, and for any other asset and activity lawfully permitted to a land bank under the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act.(3)(a) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (b) of this subsection, fifty percent of the real property taxes collected on real property conveyed by a land bank pursuant to the laws of this state shall be remitted to the land bank. Such allocation of property tax revenue shall commence with the first taxable year following the date of conveyance and shall continue for a period of five years. Such allocation of property tax revenue shall not occur if such taxes have been divided under section 18-2147 as part of a redevelopment project under the Community Development Law, unless the authority, as defined in section 18-2103, enters into an agreement with the land bank for the remittance of such funds to the land bank.(b) A land bank may, by resolution of the board, elect not to receive the real property taxes described in subdivision (a) of this subsection for any real property conveyed by the land bank. If such an election is made, the land bank shall notify the county treasurer of the county in which the real property is located by filing a copy of the resolution with the county treasurer, and thereafter the county treasurer shall remit such real property taxes to the appropriate taxing entities.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 11;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5211;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 11.  Cross References  Community Development Law, see section 18-2101.
NE Code § 18-3413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3413 - Board; minutes; record; meetings; public records; reports.

18-3413.  Board; minutes; record; meetings; public records; reports.(1) The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings. Meetings of the board shall be subject to the Open Meetings Act.(2) All of a land bank's records and documents shall be considered public records for purposes of sections 84-712 to 84-712.09.(3) The board shall provide monthly reports to the municipality or municipalities that created the land bank on the board's activities pursuant to the Nebraska Municipal Land Bank Act. The board shall also provide an annual report to the municipality or municipalities that created the land bank, the Speaker of the Legislature, the chairperson of the Executive Board of the Legislative Council, the Revenue Committee of the Legislature, and the Urban Affairs Committee of the Legislature by March 1 of each year summarizing the board's activities for the prior calendar year. The reports submitted to the Legislature shall be submitted electronically.(4) The annual report required under subsection (3) of this section shall include, but not be limited to:(a) A listing of each property owned by the land bank at the end of the prior calendar year, including how long each such property has been owned by the land bank and whether such property was acquired utilizing the automatically accepted bid under section 18-3417 or 18-3418;(b) A list of entities and individuals who received more than two thousand five hundred dollars from the land bank in the prior calendar year;(c) A list of financial institutions in which the land bank has deposited funds;(d) The percentage of total parcels located in each municipality which are held by the land bank; and(e) A statement certifying that all board members and employees of the land bank comply with the conflict of interest requirements in sections 18-3407 and 18-3415.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 13;  Laws 2016, LB699, § 3;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5213;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 13.  Cross References  Open Meetings Act, see section 84-1407.
NE Code § 18-3414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3414 - Land bank; dissolution; procedure; notice; assets.

18-3414.  Land bank; dissolution; procedure; notice; assets.A land bank may be dissolved sixty calendar days after a resolution of dissolution is approved in accordance with this section. For a land bank created pursuant to subsection (1) of section 18-3404, the resolution of dissolution must be approved by two-thirds of the members of the governing body of the municipality that created the land bank. For a land bank created pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of section 18-3404, the resolution of dissolution must be approved by a majority of the members of the governing body of each municipality that created the land bank. A governing body shall give sixty calendar days' advance written notice of its consideration of a resolution of dissolution by publishing such notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the municipality or municipalities that created the land bank and shall send such notice by certified mail to the trustee of any outstanding bonds of the land bank. Upon dissolution of the land bank, all real property, personal property, and other assets of the land bank shall become the assets of the municipality or municipalities that created the land bank.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 14;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5214;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 14.
NE Code § 18-3415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3415 - Conflicts of interest; board; duties.

18-3415.  Conflicts of interest; board; duties.(1) No member of the board or employee of a land bank shall acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in real property of the land bank, in any real property to be acquired by the land bank, or in any real property to be acquired from the land bank. No member of the board or employee of a land bank shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any contract or proposed contract for materials or services to be furnished or used by a land bank. No member of the board or employee of a land bank shall have any interest, direct or indirect, in any investment of the land bank. The restrictions in this subsection shall also apply to a board member's or employee's immediate family and to any business or entity in which the board member or employee has a financial interest.(2) The board shall adopt:(a) Rules addressing potential conflicts of interest; and(b) Ethical guidelines for members of the board and employees of the land bank.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 15;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5215;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 15.
NE Code § 18-3416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-3416 - Taxes or special assessments; lien or claim; discharge and extinguishment; procedure; remit payments to county treasurer.

18-3416.  Taxes or special assessments; lien or claim; discharge and extinguishment; procedure; remit payments to county treasurer.(1) Whenever any real property is acquired by a land bank and is encumbered by a lien or claim for real property taxes or special assessments owed to one or more political subdivisions of the state, the land bank may, by resolution of the board, discharge and extinguish any and all such liens or claims, except that no lien or claim represented by a tax sale certificate held by a private third party shall be discharged or extinguished pursuant to this section. To the extent necessary and appropriate, the land bank shall file in appropriate public records evidence of the extinguishment and dissolution of such liens or claims.(2) To the extent that a land bank receives payments of any kind attributable to liens or claims for real property taxes or special assessments owed to a political subdivision on property acquired by the land bank, the land bank shall remit the full amount of the payments to the county treasurer of the county that levied such taxes or special assessments for distribution to the appropriate taxing entity.Source  Laws 2013, LB97, § 16;   R.S.Supp.,2018, § 19-5216;  Laws 2020, LB424, § 16.
NE Code § 19-201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-201 - Toll bridges; licensing; regulation.

19-201.  Toll bridges; licensing; regulation.The mayor and city council in any city of the metropolitan class or city of the first class shall have power to license and regulate the keeping of toll bridges within or terminating within the city for the passage of persons and property over any river passing wholly or in part within or running by and adjoining the corporate limits of any such city, to fix and determine the rates of toll over any such bridge or over the part thereof within the city, and to authorize the owner or owners of any such bridge to charge and collect the rates of toll so fixed and determined from all persons passing over or using the same.Source   Laws 1871, § 1, p. 26;   R.S.1913, § 5273;   C.S.1922, § 4496;   C.S.1929, § 19-201;   R.S.1943, § 19-201;   Laws 1969, c. 111, § 1, p. 519;  Laws 2019, LB193, § 10.
NE Code § 19-301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-301 - Transferred to section 18-1901.

19-301.  Transferred to section 18-1901.
NE Code § 19-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-302 - Transferred to section 18-1902.

19-302.  Transferred to section 18-1902.
NE Code § 19-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-303 - Transferred to section 18-1903.

19-303.  Transferred to section 18-1903.
NE Code § 19-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-304 - Transferred to section 18-1904.

19-304.  Transferred to section 18-1904.
NE Code § 19-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-305 - Transferred to section 18-1905.

19-305.  Transferred to section 18-1905.
NE Code § 19-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-306 - Transferred to section 18-1906.

19-306.  Transferred to section 18-1906.
NE Code § 19-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-307 - Transferred to section 18-1907.

19-307.  Transferred to section 18-1907.
NE Code § 19-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-308 - Transferred to section 18-1908.

19-308.  Transferred to section 18-1908.
NE Code § 19-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-309 - Transferred to section 18-1909.

19-309.  Transferred to section 18-1909.
NE Code § 19-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-310 - Transferred to section 18-1910.

19-310.  Transferred to section 18-1910.
NE Code § 19-311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-311 - Transferred to section 18-1911.

19-311.  Transferred to section 18-1911.
NE Code § 19-312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-312 - Transferred to section 18-1912.

19-312.  Transferred to section 18-1912.
NE Code § 19-313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-313 - Transferred to section 18-1913.

19-313.  Transferred to section 18-1913.
NE Code § 19-314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 19 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to More Than One and Less Than All Classes|19-314 - Transferred to section 18-1914.

19-314.  Transferred to section 18-1914.