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NE Code § 46-514 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-514 - Department, defined.

46-514.  Department, defined.For purposes of the Reclamation Act, department means the Department of Natural Resources.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 2(12), p. 526;  Laws 2000, LB 900, § 166.
NE Code § 46-515 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-515 - Department of Natural Resources; jurisdiction; power; authority.

46-515.  Department of Natural Resources; jurisdiction; power; authority.The department is hereby vested with jurisdiction, power and authority, when conditions stated in section 46-516 are found to exist, to establish reclamation districts for conserving, developing and stabilizing supplies of water for domestic, irrigation, power, manufacturing and other beneficial uses as herein provided.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 3, p. 526. Annotations This and succeeding fourteen sections provide generally for the organization and establishment of reclamation districts as political corporate quasi-municipal subdivisions of the state. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).
NE Code § 46-517 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-517 - Petition; bond; requirements.

46-517.  Petition; bond; requirements.At the time of filing the petition or at any time subsequent thereto, and prior to the time of hearing on said petition, a bond shall be filed in the amount of two thousand dollars, with security approved by the department to pay all expenses connected with the proceedings in case the organization of the district be not effected. If at any time during the proceeding the department shall be satisfied that the bond first executed is insufficient in amount, it may require the execution of an additional bond within a time to be fixed at not less than ten days distant. Upon a failure of the petitioner to execute the same, the petition shall be dismissed.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 5, p. 528.
NE Code § 46-518 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-518 - Petition; notice of hearing.

46-518.  Petition; notice of hearing.Immediately after the filing of such petition, the department shall (1) by order fix a place and time, not less than ninety days nor more than one hundred and twenty days after the petition is filed, for hearing thereon, (2) cause notice by publication to be made of the pendency of the petition and of the time and place of hearing thereon, and (3) forthwith cause a copy of said notice to be mailed by either registered or certified mail to the county boards of each of the several counties having territory within the proposed district.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 6, p. 529;   Laws 1957, c. 242, § 40, p. 853.
NE Code § 46-519 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-519 - Protest petition; contents.

46-519.  Protest petition; contents.At any time after the filing of a petition for the organization of a reclamation district and not less than thirty days prior to the time fixed by the order of the department for the hearing upon said petition, and not thereafter, a petition may be filed in the office of the department wherein the proceeding for the creation of said district is pending, signed by not fewer than the owners of thirty percent of the acreage of lands in the district, exclusive of land in cities and villages, who have not signed the petition for creating the district, protesting the creation of the district. The protesting petition shall list each tract or tracts of land and the total acreage of each signer opposite his name.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(1), p. 529.
NE Code § 46-520 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-520 - Protest petition; disqualification of signer.

46-520.  Protest petition; disqualification of signer.Any person who signs a petition for creation of a district as the owner of any land shall be disqualified to sign a protest petition.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(2), p. 529.
NE Code § 46-521 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-521 - Protest petition; when dismissed.

46-521.  Protest petition; when dismissed.Upon the day set for the hearing upon the original petition, if it shall appear to the department from such evidence as may be adduced by any party in interest, that said protesting petition is not signed by the requisite number of owners of lands, the department shall thereupon dismiss said protesting petition and shall proceed with the original hearing as provided in section 46-525.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(3), p. 529.
NE Code § 46-522 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-522 - Protest petition; requisite number of signers; dismissal of original petition.

46-522.  Protest petition; requisite number of signers; dismissal of original petition.If the department shall find from the evidence that said protesting petition is signed by the requisite number of owners of lands, the department shall forthwith dismiss the original petition praying for the creation of the district. The finding of the department upon said question of the genuineness of the signatures, and all matters of law and fact incident to such determination shall be final and conclusive on all parties in interest whether appearing or not.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(4), p. 530.
NE Code § 46-523 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-523 - Organization; objections.

46-523.  Organization; objections.Any owner of real property in said proposed district who did not individually sign a petition for the organization of a reclamation district and who desires to object to the organization and incorporation of said district may, on or before the date set for the cause to be heard, file objection to the organization and incorporation of the district.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(5), p. 530.
NE Code § 46-524 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-524 - Objections; contents; hearing.

46-524.  Objections; contents; hearing.Such objection shall be limited to a denial of the statements in the petition. It shall be heard by the department without unnecessary delay.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(6), p. 530.
NE Code § 46-525 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-525 - Hearing; decree; district established.

46-525.  Hearing; decree; district established.Upon the said hearing, if it shall appear that a petition for the organization of a reclamation district has been signed and presented, as provided in section 46-516, in conformity with sections 46-501 to 46-573, and that the allegations of the petition are true, and that no protesting petition has been filed, or if filed has been dismissed as provided in section 46-521, the department shall, by order duly entered of record, adjudicate all questions of jurisdiction, declare the district organized and give it a corporate name, by which it shall thereafter be known in all proceedings. Thereupon the district shall be a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska and a body corporate with all the powers of a public or municipal corporation.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(7), p. 530.
NE Code § 46-526 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-526 - Decree; contents; office of the district.

46-526.  Decree; contents; office of the district.In such decree the department shall designate the place, prayed for in the petition, where the office or principal place of business of the district shall be located, which shall be within the corporate limits of the district. It may be changed by order of the department from time to time, upon the application of the board of directors of said district. The regular meetings of the board shall be held at such office or place of business, but for cause may be adjourned to any convenient place. The official records and files of the district shall be kept at the office so established.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(8), p. 530.
NE Code § 46-527 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-527 - Petition; dismissal; appeal and writ of error denied.

46-527.  Petition; dismissal; appeal and writ of error denied.If the department finds that no petition has been signed and presented in conformity with sections 46-501 to 46-573, or that the material facts are not as set forth in the petition filed, it shall dismiss said proceedings and adjudge the costs against the signers of the petition in such proportion as it shall deem just and equitable. No appeal or writ of error shall lie from an order dismissing said proceeding. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the filing of a subsequent petition or petitions for similar improvements or for a similar reclamation district, and the right to so renew such proceeding is hereby expressly granted and authorized.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(9), p. 531.
NE Code § 46-528 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-528 - Decree; district established; appeal.

46-528.  Decree; district established; appeal.If an order is entered establishing the district, such order shall be deemed final. Any person, firm, or corporation owning real property within any reclamation district, created or established by virtue of the Reclamation Act, feeling himself or herself aggrieved by the establishment of such district, the determination of its boundaries, or the enclosure therein of any of his or her property may appeal the final order of the department adjudging such district to be duly incorporated. The appeal shall be in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, except that the appeal shall be to the district court of the county wherein the principal office of the reclamation district is located. If no appeal is taken within the time prescribed in the Administrative Procedure Act, the entry of such final order by the department shall finally and conclusively establish the regular organization of the district against all persons, except the State of Nebraska in an action in the nature of a writ of quo warranto commenced by the Attorney General within three months after the decree declaring such district organized as herein provided and not otherwise. The organization of such districts shall not be directly or collaterally questioned in any suit, action, or proceeding, except as herein expressly authorized.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 7(10), p. 531;   Laws 1988, LB 352, § 77.  Cross References  Administrative Procedure Act, see section 84-920.
NE Code § 46-529 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-529 - Decree; filing; fees.

46-529.  Decree; filing; fees.Within thirty days after the said district has been declared a corporation by the department, such department shall transmit to the Secretary of State and to the county clerk in each of the counties having lands in said district copies of the findings and the decree of the department incorporating said district. The same shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State, in the same manner as articles of incorporation are now required to be filed under the general laws concerning corporations, and also be filed in the office of the county clerk of each county in which a part of the district is located where they shall become permanent records. The clerk in each county shall receive a fee of one dollar for filing and preserving the same. The Secretary of State shall receive for filing said copies such fees as now are or hereafter may be provided by law for like services in similar cases.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 8, p. 531.
NE Code § 46-530 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-530 - Directors; appointment; election; take office, when; qualified electors; candidates.

46-530.  Directors; appointment; election; take office, when; qualified electors; candidates.Within thirty days after entering the final order establishing the district, the department shall enter an order appointing the board of directors named in the petition in accordance with subsection (5) of section 46-516. After the selection of the original board of directors of a district as provided for in subsection (5) of section 46-516, their successors shall be elected as provided in section 32-516. Elections shall be conducted as provided in the Election Act and shall take office on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next succeeding their election. Qualified electors of the municipality or municipalities within the territory which composes the territory of a district shall be qualified electors of such district. A qualified elector of a subdivision may only cast his or her ballot for a director to be elected from such subdivision.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 9(1), p. 532;   Laws 1975, LB 453, § 55;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 556;   Laws 1995, LB 99, § 18.  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.Annotations This and succeeding eleven sections provide for election of directors, and define the rights, general powers, and duties of the board of directors. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).
NE Code § 46-534 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-534 - Directors; vacancy; filled by board of directors.

46-534.  Directors; vacancy; filled by board of directors.In addition to the events listed in section 32-560, a vacancy on the board of directors shall exist in the event of (1) removal from any district of a director, (2) removal of a director from a subdivision in which he or she was a director, or (3) elimination or detachment from a district of the part thereof where a director or directors reside. In the event of a vacancy, such vacancy shall be filled by the board of directors. Such appointments shall be in writing and continue for the unexpired term and until a successor is elected and qualified. The written appointment shall be filed with the Secretary of State.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 9(5), p. 533;   Laws 1957, c. 124, § 20, p. 431;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 557.
NE Code § 46-535 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-535 - Directors; bond required.

46-535.  Directors; bond required.Each director shall furnish a corporate surety bond at the expense of the district in the sum of ten thousand dollars to be approved by the Secretary of State and filed in his office, conditioned for the faithful performance of his duties as such director.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 9(6), p. 533.
NE Code § 46-536 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-536 - Directors; oath.

46-536.  Directors; oath.Each director before entering upon his official duties shall take and subscribe to an oath before an officer authorized to administer oaths, that he will support the Constitutions of the United States and the State of Nebraska, will honestly, faithfully and impartially perform the duties of his office and will not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract let by said district. The oath shall be filed in the office of the department in the original case.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 10(1), p. 534.
NE Code § 46-537 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-537 - Directors; chairman; secretary; seal; records.

46-537.  Directors; chairman; secretary; seal; records.Upon taking the oath, the members of the board shall choose one of their number chairman of the board and president of the district and elect some suitable person secretary of the board and of the district, who may or may not be a member of the board. Such board shall adopt a seal and keep in a well-bound book a record of all of its proceedings, minutes of all meetings, certificates, contracts, bonds given by employees and all corporate acts which shall be open to the inspection of all owners of property in the district, as well as to all other interested parties.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 10(2), p. 534.
NE Code § 46-538 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-538 - Directors; compensation; expenses.

46-538.  Directors; compensation; expenses.Each director shall receive from the board a per diem of not to exceed seventy dollars per day for each day that such director attends a board meeting or is engaged in matters concerning the district, but no director shall receive more than two thousand eight hundred dollars in any one year. Each director shall also be entitled to expenses in the performance of his or her duties as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 10(3), p. 534;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 76;  Laws 2001, LB 409, § 1;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 38.  Cross References  Additional expenses, board may reimburse, Local Government Miscellaneous Expenditure Act, see section 13-2203.
NE Code § 46-539 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-539 - Directors; quorum.

46-539.  Directors; quorum.A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum and concurrence of a majority of those in attendance, in any matter within their duties, shall be sufficient for its determination except as otherwise herein provided.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 11, p. 534.
NE Code § 46-540 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-540 - Officers and employees; compensation; bond; duties.

46-540.  Officers and employees; compensation; bond; duties.The secretary shall (1) be custodian of the records of the district and of its corporate seal, (2) assist the board in such particulars as it may direct in the performance of its duties, (3) attest, under the corporate seal of the district, all certified copies of the official records and files of the district that may be required of him by sections 46-501 to 46-573, or by any person ordering the same and paying the reasonable cost of transcription, and any portion of the record so certified and attested shall prima facie import verity, and (4) also serve as treasurer of the district unless a treasurer is otherwise provided for by the board. The board may also employ a chief engineer, an attorney, and such other agents and assistants as may be necessary and provide for their compensation which, with all other necessary expenditures, shall be taken as a part of the cost or maintenance of the improvement. The chief engineer shall be superintendent of all the works and improvements. He shall make a full report to the board each year, or more often if required by the board, and may make such suggestions and recommendations to the board as he may deem proper. The secretary and treasurer, and such other agents or employees of the district as the board may direct, shall furnish corporate surety bonds, at the expense of the district, in such amount and form as may be fixed and approved by the board conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties.Source  Laws 1947, c. 173, § 12, p. 534. Cross References  Additional expenses, board may reimburse, Local Government Miscellaneous Expenditure Act, see section 13-2203.
NE Code § 46-542 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-542 - District; levy and collection of taxes; classification of methods.

46-542.  District; levy and collection of taxes; classification of methods.In addition to the other means of providing revenue for such districts, the board shall have power and authority to levy and collect taxes and special assessments for maintaining and operating such works and paying the obligations and indebtedness of the district by any one or more of the methods or combinations thereof, classified as follows:Class A. To levy and collect taxes upon the taxable value of the taxable property within the district;Class B. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands within municipalities for which water service is furnished;Class C. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands within irrigation districts for which water service is furnished; andClass D. To levy and collect assessments for special benefits accruing to lands for which water service is furnished.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 14, p. 538;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 38;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 38.  Annotations This and succeeding seventeen sections provide for fiscal management of a reclamation district, and give the board of directors power to levy and collect taxes and special assessments. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).
NE Code § 46-543 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 46 - Irrigation and Regulation of Water|46-543 - Taxes; levy; Class A; submission to qualified voters of district.

46-543.  Taxes; levy; Class A; submission to qualified voters of district.To levy and collect taxes under Class A, the board shall, in each year, determine the amount of money necessary to be raised by taxation, taking into consideration other sources of revenue of the district, to supply funds for paying expenses of organization, for surveys and plans, and for paying the cost of constructing, operating, and maintaining the works of the district. The amount shall not exceed three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars prior to the delivery of water from the works and thereafter shall not exceed seven cents on each one hundred dollars of the taxable value of the taxable property within the district, except that in the event of accruing defaults, deficiencies, or defaults and deficiencies, an additional levy may be made as provided in section 46-553.The board shall, on or before September 30 of each year, certify to the county board of each county within the district or having a portion of its territory within the district the amount so fixed with direction that, at the time and in the manner required by law for levying of taxes for county purposes, such county board shall levy such tax upon the taxable value of the taxable property within the district in addition to such other taxes as may be levied by such county board at the rate required to produce the amount so fixed and determined.No tax shall be levied and collected under Class A until the proposition of levying taxes has been submitted by a resolution of the board to the qualified electors of the district at an election held for that purpose in the same manner as provided for submission of incurring bonded indebtedness in sections 46-564 to 46-566, and when the proposition has been approved by a majority of the qualified electors of the district voting on the proposition at such election, thereafter the board shall be entitled to certify to the county board the amount of tax to be levied.Source   Laws 1947, c. 173, § 15(1), p. 539;   Laws 1969, c. 145, § 37, p. 695;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 172;   Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 39;   Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 39;   Laws 1993, LB 734, § 40;   Laws 1995, LB 452, § 13;  Laws 2021, LB644, § 18.   Operative Date: January 1, 2022  Cross References  Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.Annotations Class A are general taxes, uniformly levied upon all tangible property within the district. Nebraska Mid-State Reclamation District v. Hall County, 152 Neb. 410, 41 N.W.2d 397 (1950).