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NE Code § 17-958 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-958 - Cold storage plants; bonds; approval of electors; interest; redemption.

17-958.  Cold storage plants; bonds; approval of electors; interest; redemption.The question of issuing bonds for any purpose contemplated by sections 17-956 to 17-960 shall be submitted to the electors at any election held for that purpose after not less than thirty days' notice has 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 aggregate amount of bonds that may be issued for the construction or purchase of a cold storage or refrigeration plant shall not exceed five percent of the taxable valuation of all the property in such city or village subject to taxation.Source   Laws 1941, c. 24, § 3, p. 118;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-803;   R.S.1943, § 17-958;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 58, p. 308;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 19;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 9;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 64;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 290.
NE Code § 17-959 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-959 - Cold storage plants; operation and extension; tax.

17-959.  Cold storage plants; operation and extension; tax.The city council or village board of trustees shall levy annually a sufficient tax to maintain, operate, and extend any cold storage or refrigeration plant as provided under section 17-956 and to provide for the payment of the interest on, and principal of, any bonds that may have been issued as provided in section 17-957.Source   Laws 1941, c. 24, § 3, p. 119;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-803;   R.S.1943, § 17-959;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 291.
NE Code § 17-960 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-960 - Cold storage plants; management; rates.

17-960.  Cold storage plants; management; rates.When any cold storage or refrigeration plant shall have been established under section 17-956, the municipality shall provide by ordinance for the management thereof and the rates to be charged and the manner of payment for such cold storage or refrigeration plant service to be furnished. In municipalities maintaining a system of waterworks and having a water commissioner, he or she shall have charge of the cold storage or refrigeration plant unless the local governing body shall otherwise provide by the ordinance which shall establish rules and regulations to govern and control such utility.Source   Laws 1941, c. 24, § 4, p. 119;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-804;   R.S.1943, § 17-960;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 292.
NE Code § 17-961 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-961 - Facility; acquisition or construction; management; facility, defined.

17-961.  Facility; acquisition or construction; management; facility, defined.Cities of the second class and villages are hereby authorized and empowered to (1) accept a gift or devise of or to purchase a facility or a building suitable for conversion into a facility, (2) purchase real estate and erect a building or buildings thereon for the purpose of establishing a facility, and (3) maintain, manage, improve, remodel, equip, and operate a facility.For purposes of sections 17-961 to 17-966, facility shall mean a municipal hospital, a medical clinic, a nursing home, or multiunit housing.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 1, p. 149;   Laws 1957, c. 36, § 1, p. 200;   Laws 1965, c. 72, § 1, p. 293;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 14.
NE Code § 17-962 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-962 - Gift or devise; approval by city council or village board of trustees.

17-962.  Gift or devise; approval by city council or village board of trustees.Before any gift or devise specified in section 17-961 may be accepted, such gift or devise shall be approved by the city council or village board of trustees.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 2, p. 149;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 15;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 293.
NE Code § 17-963 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-963 - Facility; acquisition or construction; issuance of bonds; interest; election.

17-963.  Facility; acquisition or construction; issuance of bonds; interest; election.(1) The mayor and city council of a city of the second class or the chairperson and village board of trustees of a village adopting the proposition to accept a gift or devise, make such purchase, erect such building or buildings, or maintain, manage, improve, remodel, equip, and operate a facility under section 17-961 shall have the power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city or village upon its municipal bonds, or otherwise, for such purpose or purposes, except that no such bonds shall be issued until after the same have been authorized by a majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition of their issuance at a general municipal election or at a special election called for the submission of such proposition.(2) The bonds shall be payable in not to exceed twenty years from date and shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually. Notice of the time and place of the election shall be given by publication three successive weeks prior to such election in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village.(3) No election shall be called until a petition for the election, signed by at least ten percent of the legal voters of such city or village, has been presented to the city council or to the village board of trustees. The number of voters of the city or village voting for the office of Governor at the last general election prior to the presenting of such petition shall be deemed the number of voters in the city or village for the purpose of determining the sufficiency of such a petition. If such a bond issue in such a city or village is defeated, the proposition of issuing bonds for such a purpose shall not be resubmitted to the voters therein within a period of six months from and after the date of such election.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 3, p. 149;   Laws 1947, c. 41, § 1, p. 156;   Laws 1957, c. 36, § 2, p. 201;   Laws 1965, c. 72, § 2, p. 293;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 59, p. 309;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 20;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 16;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 294.
NE Code § 17-964 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-964 - Facility; maintenance; tax.

17-964.  Facility; maintenance; tax.The mayor and city council of cities of the second class and the chairperson and village board of trustees of villages shall have the power to levy a tax each year of not to exceed seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such cities or villages for the purpose of maintaining and operating a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966. The city council or village board of trustees shall by ordinance determine and declare how the facility shall be managed.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 4, p. 150;   Laws 1953, c. 287, § 26, p. 946;   Laws 1957, c. 36, § 3, p. 202;   Laws 1965, c. 72, § 3, p. 294;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 65;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 65;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 17;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 295.
NE Code § 17-965 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-965 - Facility fund; established; custodian.

17-965.  Facility fund; established; custodian.Whenever a city or village acquires a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966, there shall be established a facility fund of which the city treasurer or village treasurer shall be the custodian. All funds received by gift or devise or raised by taxation, as provided in such sections, shall be paid into such fund.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 5, p. 150;   Laws 1957, c. 36, § 4, p. 202;   Laws 1965, c. 72, § 4, p. 295;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 18;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 296.
NE Code § 17-966 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-966 - Facility board; members; duties; powers; warrants.

17-966.  Facility board; members; duties; powers; warrants.In each city or village where a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966 is established, the mayor and city council of such city or the chairperson and village board of trustees of such village may provide by ordinance for the creation of a facility board which shall be composed of not less than three nor more than seven members. The members of the facility board shall (1) be residents of such city or village, (2) have charge of the facility, and (3) have the power to establish rules for the management, operation, and use of the facility, as provided by such ordinance. When a facility board has been appointed and qualified, all accounts against the facility fund shall be audited by the facility board, warrants against such fund shall be drawn by the chairperson of such board, and warrants so drawn shall be paid by the city treasurer or village treasurer out of such fund.Source   Laws 1945, c. 31, § 6, p. 150;   Laws 1957, c. 36, § 5, p. 202;   Laws 1965, c. 72, § 5, p. 295;   Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 19;  Laws 2003, LB 76, § 1;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 297.
NE Code § 17-967 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-967 - Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy.

17-967.  Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy.Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized to issue bonds in aid of improving municipal libraries of cities of the second class and villages in an amount not exceeding seven-tenths of one percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property, as shown by the last assessment, within such city of the second class or village in the manner directed in this section:(1) A petition signed by not less than fifty property owners of the city of the second class or village shall be presented to the city council or village board of trustees. Such petition shall set forth the nature of the work contemplated, the amount of bonds sought to be voted, the rate of interest, and the length of time such bonds run, which in no event shall be less than five years nor more than twenty years from the date of such petition. The petitioners shall give bond to be approved by the city council or village board of trustees for the payment of the expenses of the election in the event that the proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes cast at such election; and(2) Upon the receipt of such petition, the city council or village board of trustees shall give notice and call an election in the city of the second class or village. Such notice, call, and election shall be governed by the Election Act. When a proposition is submitted for the issuance of bonds for the acquisition of a site or the construction of a single building for the purpose of housing the municipal public library in cities of the second class or villages, it shall be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of such bonds that a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of such proposition. Bonds in such city or village shall not be issued for such purpose in the aggregate to exceed one and four-tenths percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property in such a city or village as shown by the last assessment within such city or village.Source   Laws 1967, c. 33, § 3, p. 154;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 60, p. 310;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 21;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 66;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 66;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 298.  >Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 17-968 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-968 - Bonds; issuance; record.

17-968.  Bonds; issuance; record.If a majority of the votes cast at an election called under section 17-967 are in favor of the proposition, the city council or village board of trustees shall cause to be prepared and shall issue the bonds in accordance with the petition and notice of election. The bonds shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk or chairperson of the village board of trustees and village clerk and shall be attested by the respective seals. The city clerk or village clerk shall enter upon the records of the city council or village board of trustees, the petition, bond, notice, and call for the election, canvass of the vote, the number, amount, and interest, and the date at which each bond issued shall become payable.Source   Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, p. 156;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 22;  Laws 2001, LB 420, § 18;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 299.
NE Code § 17-969 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-969 - Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy.

17-969.  Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy.The city council or village board of trustees shall each year until the bonds issued under the authority of section 17-967 be paid, levy upon the taxable property in the city of the second class or village, a tax sufficient to pay the interest and five percent of the principal as a sinking fund; and at the tax levy preceding the maturity of any such bonds, levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on such bonds.Source   Laws 1967, c. 33, § 5, p. 156;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 300.
NE Code § 17-970 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-970 - Water service districts; establishment; ordinance.

17-970.  Water service districts; establishment; ordinance.The governing body of any city of the second class or village shall have power, by ordinance, (1) to lay out the city or village into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of water service districts, (2) to provide water service systems and regulate the construction, repair, and use of the water service systems, (3) to compel all proper connections with the water service system and branches from other streets, avenues, and alleys, and from private property, and (4) to provide a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars for any obstruction or injury to any water main or part thereof, or for failure to comply with the regulations prescribed therefor. No such improvements shall be ordered except as provided in sections 17-971 and 17-972.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 1, p. 237;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 301.
NE Code § 17-971 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-971 - Water service districts; improvements; protest; effect; special assessments.

17-971.  Water service districts; improvements; protest; effect; special assessments.If a governing body deems it necessary or desirable to make improvements in a water service district, it shall by ordinance create such water service district and, after the passage, approval, and publication of such ordinance, shall publish notice of the creation of such district for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village. If a majority of the resident owners of the property directly abutting upon any water main to be constructed within such water service district shall file with the city clerk or the village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of such notice written objections to the creation of such district, such improvement shall not be made as provided in such ordinance, but such ordinance shall be repealed. If such objections are not so filed against the district, the governing body shall immediately cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, shall contract for the work or improvement, and shall levy special assessments on the lots and parcels of land within such district or districts specially benefited in proportion to such benefits in order to pay the cost of such improvement.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 2, p. 237;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 10;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 38;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 302.
NE Code § 17-972 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-972 - Water service districts; failure to comply with regulation or make connection; effect; special assessment.

17-972.  Water service districts; failure to comply with regulation or make connection; effect; special assessment.If any property owner shall neglect or fail, for ten days after notice either by personal service or by publication in a legal newspaper in the manner prescribed in section 17-971, to comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 17-970 or to make any required connections, the governing body may cause the compliance or connections to be done and assess the cost against the property as a special assessment and collect the special assessment in the manner provided for other special assessments.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 3, p. 238;   Laws 1986, LB 960, § 11;  Laws 2015, LB361, § 39.
NE Code § 17-973 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-973 - Water service district; assessments; lien; date due; payable.

17-973.  Water service district; assessments; lien; date due; payable.All assessments made under the provisions of sections 17-970 to 17-976 shall be a lien on the property against which levied from the date of levy and shall thereupon be certified by direction of the governing body to the city treasurer or village treasurer for collection. Except as provided in section 18-1216, such assessments shall be due and payable to such treasurer until November 1 thereafter or until the delivery of the tax list for such year to the treasurer of the county in which such city or village may be situated, at and after which time the same shall be due and payable to such county treasurer. The governing body of such city or village shall, within the time provided by law, cause such assessments, or the portion thereof remaining unpaid, to be certified to the county clerk for entry upon the proper tax lists. If the city treasurer or village treasurer collects any assessment or portion thereof so certified while the same shall be payable to the county treasurer, the city treasurer or village treasurer shall certify the assessment or portion thereof to the county treasurer at once, and the county treasurer shall correct the record to show such payment.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 4, p. 238;   Laws 1996, LB 962, § 2;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 303.
NE Code § 17-974 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-974 - Water service district; assessments; delinquent; interest; rate; payment.

17-974.  Water service district; assessments; delinquent; interest; rate; payment.Assessments under section 17-973 shall become delinquent in equal annual installments over such period of years, not to exceed ten, as the governing body may determine at the time of making the levy, the first such equal installment to become delinquent in fifty days after the date of such levy. Each of such installments, except the first, shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, payable annually, from the time of the levy until the same shall become delinquent, and after the same becomes delinquent, interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, shall be paid thereon. All of such installments may be paid at one time on any lot or land within fifty days from the date of the levy without interest and, if so paid, such lot or land shall be exempt from any lien or charge for such installments.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 5, p. 239;   Laws 1980, LB 933, § 21;   Laws 1981, LB 167, § 22;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 304.
NE Code § 17-975 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-975 - Water service districts; cost of improvements; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest.

17-975.  Water service districts; cost of improvements; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest.For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses under the provisions of sections 17-970 to 17-976, warrants may be issued by the governing body upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project in the total amount of not to exceed ninety-five percent of the cost thereof. Upon the completion and acceptance of the work a final warrant shall be issued for the balance of the amount due the contractor or other party entitled to payment. The governing body shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the governing body, and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor. Such warrants shall be payable in the order of their number and shall bear interest at not to exceed six percent per annum from the date of registration until paid.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 6, p. 239;   Laws 1974, LB 636, § 5.
NE Code § 17-976 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-976 - Water service districts; cost of improvements; bonds; interest; issuance; tax; levy.

17-976.  Water service districts; cost of improvements; bonds; interest; issuance; tax; levy.For the purpose of paying the cost of improvements in any water service district and the funding of any warrants issued, the governing body may by ordinance cause to be issued bonds of the city or village to be called Water Service District Bonds of District No. ..., payable in not to exceed ten years from date and to bear interest payable annually or semiannually. Such bonds shall be general obligations of the city or village, and the governing body shall levy and collect annually a tax upon all of the taxable property in such city or village sufficient in rate and amount to pay in full, when taken together with the assessments provided for in section 17-971, the principal and interest of such bonds as the same become due. The amount of such tax shall not be included in the maximum amount of tax which any such city of the second class or village is authorized to levy annually.Source   Laws 1967, c. 73, § 7, p. 239;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 61, p. 311;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 67;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 305.
NE Code § 17-1003 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-1003 - Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys.

17-1003.  Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys.The city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees shall have power, by ordinance, to provide the manner, plan, or method by which the real property within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city or village may be subdivided, platted, or laid out, including a plan or system for the avenues, streets, or alleys to be laid out within or across the same. The city council or village board of trustees shall have the power to compel the owner of any such real property, in subdividing, platting, or laying out of same, to conform to the requirements of such ordinance and to lay out and dedicate the avenues, streets, and alleys in accordance therewith.Source   Laws 1957, c. 37, § 3, p. 204;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 308.