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NE Code § 17-902 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-902 - Utilities; contracts for service; transmission lines authorized.

17-902.  Utilities; contracts for service; transmission lines authorized.Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered to enter into a contract with any person or corporation either within or without the corporate limits of such city or village for the furnishing of electricity, power, steam or other product to such city or village or to any electric, power, steam or other system or plant owned and operated by such city or village. Such city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of sections 17-901 to 17-904, to have a right-of-way for and to maintain transmission lines upon, within and across any of the public highways of this state as is provided by law for persons, firms, associations and corporations engaged in generating and transmitting electric current within this state.Source   Laws 1919, c. 49, § 1, p. 142;   C.S.1922, § 4317;   C.S.1929, § 17-508;   R.S.1943, § 17-902.
NE Code § 17-903 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-903 - Utilities; contracts for service; approval of electors; bonds; interest; taxes.

17-903.  Utilities; contracts for service; approval of electors; bonds; interest; taxes.Before any city of the second class or village shall make any contract with any person or corporation within or without such city or village for the furnishing of electricity, power, steam, or other product to such city or village, or any such municipal plant within such city or village, the question shall be submitted to the electors voting at any regular or special election upon the proposition. Such city of the second class or village may, by a majority vote at such election, vote bonds or taxes for the purpose of defraying the cost of such transmission line and connection with any person, firm, corporation, or other city or village with which it may enter into a contract for the purchasing of electricity, power, steam, or other product. The question of issuing bonds for any of the purposes provided in this section shall be submitted to the electors at an election held for that purpose, after not less than twenty days' notice thereof shall have been given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such municipality. Such bonds may be issued only when a majority of the electors voting on the question favor their issuance. Such bonds shall bear interest, payable annually or semiannually, and shall be payable any time the municipality may determine at the time of their issuance, but in not more than twenty years after their issuance. The city council or village board of trustees shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain, operate, and extend any system or plant and to provide for the payment of the interest on, and the principal of, any bonds that may have been issued as provided in this section. If no tax or issuance of bonds is required, any city of the second class or village may by resolution of the city council or village board of trustees contract for the furnishing of electricity at retail to such city or village, or to any electric plant within such city or village, with any public power district, or an electric cooperative which cooperative has an approved retail service area adjoining such city or village.Source   Laws 1917, c. 104, § 1, p. 275;   Laws 1919, c. 49, § 1, p. 143;   C.S.1922, § 4317;   C.S.1929, § 17-508;   R.S.1943, § 17-903;   Laws 1965, c. 58, § 4, p. 268;   Laws 1969, c. 83, § 4, p. 420;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 49, p. 302;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 239.  Annotations Village could abandon contract without authorization by electors. Babson v. Village of Ulysses, 155 Neb. 492, 52 N.W.2d 320 (1952).
NE Code § 17-904 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-904 - Transmission line outside city prohibited.

17-904.  Transmission line outside city prohibited.Nothing contained in sections 17-901 to 17-903 shall be construed as granting power to any city of the second class or village to construct and maintain transmission lines outside of such city or village for the purpose of selling electricity, power, steam or other product of its plant to another municipality or the residents therein.Source   Laws 1919, c. 49, § 1, p. 144;   C.S.1922, § 4317;   C.S.1929, § 17-508;   R.S.1943, § 17-904.
NE Code § 17-905.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-905.01 - Gas distribution system or bottled gas plant; lease by city; terms; submission to election.

17-905.01.  Gas distribution system or bottled gas plant; lease by city; terms; submission to election.Any city of the second class or any village which constructs a gas distribution system, or purchases or otherwise acquires a bottled gas plant, within the corporate limits of the city or village as provided in section 17-905, may lease any such facility or facilities to any such person, persons, corporation, or corporations as the city council or village board of trustees may select, upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem advisable. If there are any revenue bonds outstanding or to be outstanding at the time the lease becomes effective, for which the revenue and earnings of such facility or facilities are or shall be pledged and hypothecated, the net lease payments shall be sufficient to pay the principal and interest on such revenue bonds as the same become due. Such proposition shall be first submitted to the qualified voters of such city of the second class or village in the manner set forth in section 17-905, to be submitted either independently of or in conjunction with the proposition set forth in section 17-905.Source   Laws 1963, c. 69, § 1, p. 270;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 241.
NE Code § 17-906 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-906 - Power plant; construction; eminent domain; procedure.

17-906.  Power plant; construction; eminent domain; procedure.Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized and empowered to erect a power plant, electric or other light works outside the corporate limits of such city or village and to acquire real estate required for such power plant, electric or other light works. Such city or village in establishing and erecting such power plant, electric or other light works shall have the right to purchase or take private property for the purpose of erecting such power plant, electric or other light works and constructing, running, and extending its transmission line. In all cases such city or village shall pay to such person or persons whose property shall be taken or injured thereby such compensation therefor as may be agreed upon or as shall be allowed by lawful condemnation proceedings. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724, except as to property specifically excluded by section 76-703 and as to which sections 19-701 to 19-707 are applicable.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 1, p. 711;   C.S.1922, § 4394;   C.S.1929, § 17-601;   R.S.1943, § 17-906;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 59, p. 474;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 242.  Annotations Power is conferred upon municipality to erect electric or other light works outside the corporate limits of the municipality, and to raise funds therefor. Interstate Power Co. v. City of Ainsworth, 125 Neb. 419, 250 N.W. 649 (1933).
NE Code § 17-907 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-907 - Power plant; transmission lines; right-of-way.

17-907.  Power plant; transmission lines; right-of-way.A city of the second class or village is hereby given, for the purpose of erecting and operating a power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906, a right-of-way over and the right to erect and maintain transmission lines upon, within, and across any of the public highways of the state, subject to sections 75-709 to 75-724.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 1, p. 711;   C.S.1922, § 4394;   C.S.1929, § 17-601;   R.S.1943, § 17-907;   Laws 1992, LB 866, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 243.
NE Code § 17-908 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-908 - Power plant; construction; election; bonds; interest; redemption.

17-908.  Power plant; construction; election; bonds; interest; redemption.Before any city of the second class or village makes any contract with any person or corporation relating in any manner whatever to the erection of a proposed power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906, the question as to whether such power plant, electric or other light works shall be erected shall be duly submitted to the electors voting at any regular or special election upon the proposition, and such city of the second class or village may by a majority of the votes cast at such election vote bonds in an amount not in excess of seven percent of the taxable valuation of such city or village for the purpose of defraying the cost of such plant. The question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted to the electors at an election held for that purpose after not less than thirty days' notice thereof has been given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village. Such bonds shall bear interest, payable annually or semiannually, and shall be payable any time the city or village may determine at the time of their issuance but in not more than twenty years after their issuance. The city or village shall have the option of paying any or all of such bonds at any time after five years from their date.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 1, p. 712;   C.S.1922, § 4394;   C.S.1929, § 17-601;   R.S.1943, § 17-908;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 50, p. 304;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 15;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 60;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 244.
NE Code § 17-909 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-909 - Power plant; operation and extension; tax authorized.

17-909.  Power plant; operation and extension; tax authorized.The city council or village board of trustees of a city of the second class or village shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain, operate, and extend any power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906 and to provide for the payment of the interest on the principal of any bonds that may have been issued as provided in section 17-908.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 1, p. 712;   C.S.1922, § 4394;   C.S.1929, § 17-601;   R.S.1943, § 17-909;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 245.
NE Code § 17-910 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-910 - Joint power plant; construction; approval of electors.

17-910.  Joint power plant; construction; approval of electors.Two or more cities of the second class or villages may jointly erect a power plant, electric or other light works as provided in section 17-906 which shall serve such respective cities or villages, and such power plant, electric or other light works may be owned and operated jointly by such respective cities or villages. Such cities or villages shall have the same rights and privileges as are in sections 17-906 to 17-909 granted to any single city or village. Before such cities or villages shall make any contract with any person or corporation relating in any manner whatever to the erection of such proposed power plant, electric or other light works, the question as to whether such jointly owned and operated power plant, electric or other light works shall be erected shall first be duly submitted to the electors of the respective cities or villages contemplating the erection of such power plant, electric or other light works and be approved by a sixty percent majority of the voters in each of such cities or villages in the manner provided in section 17-908.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 2, p. 712;   C.S.1922, § 4395;   C.S.1929, § 17-602;   R.S.1943, § 17-910;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 246.  Annotations Electric or other light works may be constructed by a municipality outside its corporate limits. Interstate Power Co. v. City of Ainsworth, 125 Neb. 419, 250 N.W. 649 (1933).
NE Code § 17-911 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-911 - Joint power plant; bonds; election; interest.

17-911.  Joint power plant; bonds; election; interest.Cities of the second class or villages contemplating the erection of a joint power plant, electric or other light works under section 17-910 may vote joint bonds in an amount not in excess of seven percent of the valuation of such cities or villages for the purpose of defraying the cost of such power plant, electric or other light works. The question of issuing such joint bonds for the purpose contemplated shall be submitted to the electors of the respective cities or villages interested at an election held for that purpose in each of such cities or villages after notice of such election for not less than twenty days shall have been given by publication in the manner provided in section 17-908. Such bonds may be issued only when a majority of the electors in each of the cities or villages interested and voting on the question favor their issuance. If in any one of such cities or villages voting on such question a majority of the electors voting in such city or village shall fail to favor the issuance of such joint bonds then the entire election in all of the cities or villages voting shall be deemed void and of no effect. Such joint bonds shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually and shall be payable any time the cities or villages may determine at the time of their issuance, but in not more than twenty years after their issuance, with the option of paying any or all of such bonds at any time after five years from their date.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 2, p. 713;   C.S.1922, § 4395;   C.S.1929, § 17-602;   R.S.1943, § 17-911;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 51, p. 304;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 16;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 247.
NE Code § 17-912 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-912 - Joint power plant; operation and extension; tax.

17-912.  Joint power plant; operation and extension; tax.The city councils or village boards of trustees of the cities of the second class or villages issuing joint bonds under section 17-911 shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain and operate and extend the power plant, electric or other light work and to provide for the payment of interest on, and principal of, any bonds that may have been issued as provided in section 17-911.Source   Laws 1921, c. 192, § 2, p. 713;   C.S.1922, § 4395;   C.S.1929, § 17-602;   R.S.1943, § 17-912;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 248.
NE Code § 17-914 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-914 - Sewers; resolution to construct; publication; hearing.

17-914.  Sewers; resolution to construct; publication; hearing.Notice of the time when any resolution under section 17-913 shall be set for consideration before the city council or village board of trustees shall be given by at least two publications in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village, which publication shall contain the entire wording of the resolution. The last publication shall be not less than five days nor more than two weeks prior to the time set for hearing of objections to the passage of any such resolution, at which hearing the owners of the property which might become subject to assessment for the contemplated improvement may appear and make objections to the proposed improvement. Following the publication, the resolution may be amended and passed or passed as proposed.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 1, p. 428;   C.S.1922, § 4338;   C.S.1929, § 17-529;   R.S.1943, § 17-914;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 250.  Annotations  Compliance was had with the requirements of this section. Jones v. Village of Farnam, 174 Neb. 704, 119 N.W.2d 157 (1963). Resolution of necessity may be amended. Hutton v. Village of Cairo, 159 Neb. 342, 66 N.W.2d 820 (1954).
NE Code § 17-916 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-916 - Sewers; resolution to construct; petition in opposition; effect.

17-916.  Sewers; resolution to construct; petition in opposition; effect.If a petition opposing a resolution proposed under section 17-913, signed by property owners representing a majority of the front footage which may become subject to assessment for the cost in any proposed lateral sewer district, be filed with the city clerk or village clerk within three days before the date of the meeting for the hearing on such resolution, such resolution shall not be passed.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 4, p. 428;   C.S.1922, § 4340;   C.S.1929, § 17-531;   R.S.1943, § 17-916;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 251.  Annotations  Ample opportunity is given to make objections to the creation of a sanitary sewer system. Jones v. Village of Farnam, 174 Neb. 704, 119 N.W.2d 157 (1963). Special assessments, levied by the frontage rule, must be uniform and levied on abutting property only and must not exceed the local benefits conferred. Hurd v. Sanitary Sewer District No. 1 of Harvard, 109 Neb. 384, 191 N.W. 438 (1922).
NE Code § 17-917 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-917 - Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; vote required.

17-917.  Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; vote required.Upon compliance with sections 17-913 to 17-916, the city council or village board of trustees may by resolution order the making, reconstruction, purchase, or otherwise acquiring of any of the improvements provided for in section 17-913. The vote upon any such resolution shall be as required by section 17-616.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 5, p. 429;   C.S.1922, § 4341;   C.S.1929, § 17-532;   R.S.1943, § 17-917;   Laws 1947, c. 39, § 2, p. 152;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 252.
NE Code § 17-919 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-919 - Sewers; acceptance by engineer; approval; cost; assessments; notice.

17-919.  Sewers; acceptance by engineer; approval; cost; assessments; notice.After the completion of any work or purchase or otherwise acquiring the improvements authorized pursuant to section 17-913, the engineer shall file with the city clerk or village clerk a certificate of acceptance, which acceptance shall be approved by the city council or village board of trustees by resolution. The city council or village board of trustees shall then require the engineer to make a complete statement of all the costs of any such improvement and a plat of the property in the district and a schedule of the amount proposed to be assessed against each separate piece of property in such district, which shall be filed with the city clerk or village clerk within ten days from date of acceptance of the work, purchase, or otherwise acquiring the system. The city council or village board of trustees shall then order the city clerk or village clerk to give notice that such plat and schedules are on file in his or her office and that all objections thereto, or to prior proceedings on account of errors, irregularities, or inequalities, not made in writing and filed with the city clerk or village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of such notice, shall be deemed to have been waived. Such notice shall be given by two publications in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village. Such notice shall state the time and place where objections, filed as provided for in this section, shall be considered by the city council or village board of trustees.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 7, p. 430;   C.S.1922, § 4343;   C.S.1929, § 17-534;   R.S.1943, § 17-919;   Laws 1947, c. 39, § 3, p. 152;   Laws 1963, c. 75, § 1, p. 278;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 254.
NE Code § 17-920 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-920 - Sewers; assessments; hearing; equalization; payable in installments; interest.

17-920.  Sewers; assessments; hearing; equalization; payable in installments; interest.The hearing on the proposed assessment under section 17-919 shall be held by the city council or village board of trustees, sitting as a board of adjustment and equalization, at the time specified in the notice which shall be not less than twenty days nor more than thirty days after the date of first publication unless adjourned. Such session may be adjourned, with provisions for proper notice of such adjournment. At such meeting, the proposed assessment shall be adjusted and equalized with reference to benefits resulting from the improvement and shall not exceed such benefits. If any special assessment be payable in installments, each installment shall draw interest payable semiannually or annually from the date of levy until due. Such delinquent installments shall draw interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, until paid.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 8, p. 430;   C.S.1922, § 4344;   C.S.1929, § 17-535;   Laws 1935, c. 136, § 21, p. 534;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-535;   R.S.1943, § 17-920;   Laws 1949, c. 27, § 1, p. 100;   Laws 1957, c. 34, § 1, p. 198;   Laws 1959, c. 64, § 4, p. 288;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 52, p. 305;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 19;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 20;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 255.  Annotations Levy of special benefits, by the frontage rule, should be equal and uniform and levied on abutting property only. Such levy must not exceed the benefits to such property. Hurd v. Sanitary Sewer District No. 1 of Harvard, 109 Neb. 384, 191 N.W. 438 (1922).
NE Code § 17-921 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-921 - Sewers; special assessments; levy; collection.

17-921.  Sewers; special assessments; levy; collection.After the equalization of special assessments as required by section 17-920, the special assessments shall be levied by the mayor and city council or the village board of trustees, upon all lots or parcels of ground within the district specified which are benefited by reason of the improvement. The special assessments may be relevied if, for any reason, the levy thereof is void or not enforceable and in an amount not exceeding the previous levy. Such levy shall be enforced as a special assessment, and any payments thereof under previous levies shall be credited to the person or property making the same. All special assessments made for such purposes shall be collected in the same manner as other special assessments.Source   Laws 1919, c. 189, § 9, p. 430;   C.S.1922, § 4345;   C.S.1929, § 17-536;   R.S.1943, § 17-921;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 37;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 256.  Annotations  Special assessments are a lien when levied and assessed. Belza v. Village of Emerson, 159 Neb. 651, 68 N.W.2d 272 (1955). Where improvements are made, and property owner had opportunity to object when special assessments were determined by board, he cannot, after the levy is made, attack such levy collaterally, except for a jurisdictional defect in proceedings. Weilage v. City of Crete, 110 Neb. 544, 194 N.W. 437 (1923).