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NE Code § 22-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-303 - Offices and records; transfer; violations; penalty.

22-303.  Offices and records; transfer; violations; penalty.When any such county seat shall have been relocated it shall be the duty of all county officers to forthwith remove their respective offices and all county records and property in their charge to the place where said county seat shall have been relocated. Any county officer who shall refuse to comply with any of the provisions of sections 22-301 to 22-303 shall be guilty of a Class II misdemeanor, and a conviction of any such officer of such misdemeanor shall work a vacancy in his office.Source   Laws 1917, c. 169, § 3, p. 381;   C.S.1922, § 847;   C.S.1929, § 25-303;   R.S.1943, § 22-303;   Laws 1977, LB 40, § 82.
NE Code § 22-401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-401 - Counties; consolidation, when authorized.

22-401.  Counties; consolidation, when authorized.Any two or more adjoining counties in the state may (1) consolidate if the number of counties is reduced, (2) consolidate one or more county or township offices, or (3) provide for the joint performance of any common function or service, by complying with the requirements and procedure specified in sections 22-402 to 22-407. If two or more counties are consolidating, any county or part of a county may be added to an adjoining county or counties.Source   Laws 1933, c. 34, § 1, p. 217;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 25-401;   R.S.1943, § 22-401;   Laws 1951, c. 44, § 1, p. 155;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 9.  Cross References  Compacts between counties for the joint exercise of powers, see section 23-104.01.
NE Code § 22-402 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-402 - Consolidation agreement; contents; advisory committee.

22-402.  Consolidation agreement; contents; advisory committee.(1) The county boards of any two or more adjoining counties may enter into a consolidation agreement for the consolidation of such counties or for the consolidation of one or more county or township offices except the office of county commissioner or county supervisor. The county boards of any two or more adjoining counties may enter into a consolidation agreement for the joint performance of any common function or service. A consolidation agreement shall not be considered an interlocal cooperation agreement pursuant to the Interlocal Cooperation Act.(2) The consolidation agreement shall include (a) the names of the several counties which propose to consolidate, (b) the name or names under which the counties would consolidate which shall distinguish it from the name of any other county in Nebraska other than the consolidating counties, (c) the manner of financing and allocating all costs associated with the agreement, (d) the property, real and personal, belonging to each county and the fair value thereof in current money of the United States, (e) the indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of each county and the repayment of the indebtedness after consolidation, (f) the proposed name and location of the county seat of the consolidated county, (g) if the counties have different forms of county organization and government, the proposed form of county organization and government of the consolidated county or counties, and (h) any other terms of the agreement.(3) If the consolidation agreement provides for the joint performance of any common function or service or the consolidation of one or more county or township offices, the agreement shall also include (a) a description of the function or service which will be performed jointly or the office which will be consolidated, (b) the duration of the agreement, (c) the method for establishing and allocating salaries of holders of consolidated offices, (d) the method for adopting budgets and appropriating money for the joint function, service, or office, (e) the allocation of assets and liabilities pursuant to the agreement, (f) the procedure for amendment of the agreement, (g) the method of withdrawing from the agreement in accordance with section 22-416 and the distribution of assets upon withdrawal, and (h) the method of dissolving the agreement and the distribution of assets or liabilities upon dissolution.(4) Each county board may appoint an advisory committee composed of three persons to assist the board in the preparation of such agreement.Source   Laws 1933, c. 34, § 2, p. 217;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 25-402;   R.S.1943, § 22-402;   Laws 1951, c. 44, § 2, p. 155;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 11;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 22.  Cross References  Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
NE Code § 22-402.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-402.01 - Consolidation agreement; hearing; notice.

22-402.01.  Consolidation agreement; hearing; notice.The county board of each county proposing to enter into a consolidation agreement shall hold a public hearing on the agreement and shall give notice of the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing. Final publication shall be within seven calendar days prior to the hearing. The notice shall describe the contents of the agreement and specify that a copy of the agreement may be obtained at no charge at the county clerk's office.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 12.
NE Code § 22-402.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-402.02 - Consolidation agreement; adoption; vote required.

22-402.02.  Consolidation agreement; adoption; vote required.The county board of each county proposing to enter into a consolidation agreement shall adopt the consolidation agreement by a majority vote of the board on the joint or concurrent resolution.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 13.
NE Code § 22-402.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-402.03 - Consolidation of counties or county or township offices; vote required.

22-402.03.  Consolidation of counties or county or township offices; vote required.If the consolidation agreement provides for the consolidation of counties or for the consolidation of one or more county or township offices, the county board of each county shall submit the consolidation agreement for approval by the registered voters at the next general election or a special election pursuant to sections 22-404 and 22-405.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 14;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 23.
NE Code § 22-402.04 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-402.04 - Joint performance of common function or service; vote required; when effective.

22-402.04.  Joint performance of common function or service; vote required; when effective.(1) If the consolidation agreement provides for the joint performance of any common function or service, the county board of each county may submit the consolidation agreement for approval by the registered voters at the next general election or a special election pursuant to sections 22-404 and 22-405.(2) If a consolidation agreement is adopted by resolution for the joint performance of any common function or service, the agreement becomes effective on the date specified in the agreement.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 15;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 24.
NE Code § 22-403 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-403 - Consolidation; petition; percentage required; duty of board of county commissioners or supervisors; failure to exercise duty, effect.

22-403.  Consolidation; petition; percentage required; duty of board of county commissioners or supervisors; failure to exercise duty, effect.(1) If the county board has not taken the initiative to enter into a consolidation agreement under section 22-402, the registered voters of the county may require the board to proceed by filing with the county clerk a petition, signed by registered voters of the county equal in number to ten percent of the total vote cast for Governor at the last general election, directing the board to develop a consolidation agreement pursuant to section 22-402 with the county or counties named in the petition.(2) The county board shall attempt to develop an agreement under section 22-402 with the county or counties named in the petition within six months after the filing date of the petition. Failure by the county board to make a good faith effort to develop an agreement pursuant to the petition constitutes willful neglect of duty for which the members of the board may be removed from office pursuant to sections 23-2001 to 23-2009. If after good faith attempts to develop an agreement the county board is unable to perfect an agreement within six months after the filing date of the petition, the petition is no longer valid.Source   Laws 1933, c. 34, § 3, p. 218;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 25-403;   R.S.1943, § 22-403;   Laws 1965, c. 92, § 1, p. 398;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 16.
NE Code § 22-404 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-404 - Consolidation agreement; publication; availability.

22-404.  Consolidation agreement; publication; availability.When a consolidation agreement is submitted to the voters for approval, the county board of each county entering into a consolidation agreement shall cause a description of the proposed consolidation agreement to be published in its county prior to the election at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the county. Final publication in each county shall be within seven calendar days prior to the election pursuant to section 22-405. Each board shall make a copy of the agreement available for inspection at the county clerk's office. A person may obtain a copy of the agreement at no charge upon request at the county clerk's office.Source   Laws 1933, c. 34, § 4, p. 218;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 25-404;   R.S.1943, § 22-404;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 17.
NE Code § 22-405.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-405.01 - Final approval of consolidation agreement; county boards; duties.

22-405.01.  Final approval of consolidation agreement; county boards; duties.On or before September 10 of the year preceding the effective date of a consolidation agreement, the county boards participating in the consolidation agreement shall adopt by joint or concurrent resolution the budget for the portion of the fiscal year in which the consolidation agreement will be effective. As provided in the consolidation agreement, the county boards shall certify to each county clerk the levies or amounts required to be raised by taxation. In the year in which the general election will be held to first elect consolidated county officers, each county board shall, by joint or concurrent resolution and pursuant to the consolidation agreement, (1) fix the salaries of all elected officers, deputies of elected officers, and appointive officers prior to January 15 and (2) adopt, on or before September 10, the budget for the first complete fiscal year that the counties are consolidated and certify to each county clerk the levies or amounts required to be raised by taxation. On or before September 10 of each year for the duration of the consolidation agreement, each county board shall adopt, by joint or concurrent resolution and pursuant to the agreement, the budget for the consolidated function, service, or office and shall certify to each county clerk the levies or amounts required to be raised by taxation.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 19;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 26.
NE Code § 22-405.02 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-405.02 - Consolidated county officers; county boards; adjust election district boundaries.

22-405.02.  Consolidated county officers; county boards; adjust election district boundaries.On or before February 15 of the year of the general election at which consolidated county officers are to be elected, the county boards of each county involved in the consolidation agreement shall meet and adjust jointly the boundaries for the election districts for the consolidated offices.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 20.
NE Code § 22-406 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-406 - Consolidated counties; officers; election; terms; appointment.

22-406.  Consolidated counties; officers; election; terms; appointment.(1) At the next general election held after the election at which consolidation is approved by the voters, the consolidated county officers shall be elected. Their terms shall begin on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday of January after their election, and the terms of the incumbents in the offices involved in the agreement shall be deemed to end on that date. The term of a consolidated officer shall be four years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified, except that the term of a consolidated officer elected in year 2000 or any fourth year thereafter shall be two years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.(2) All appointive county officers shall be appointed by the person, board, or authority upon whom the power to appoint such officers in other counties is conferred. The terms of such officers shall commence on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday of January after the first election of officers for the consolidated county or counties and shall continue, unless otherwise removed, until their successors have been appointed and qualified.Source   Laws 1933, c. 34, § 6, p. 219;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 25-406;   R.S.1943, § 22-406;   Laws 1951, c. 44, § 4, p. 158;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 21.
NE Code § 22-411 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-411 - Approval of consolidation; salary determinations.

22-411.  Approval of consolidation; salary determinations.Following approval of the consolidation of county or township offices and prior to January 15 of the year in which the general election is held for consolidated offices, the county boards of each county included within such consolidation shall, by joint or concurrent action, establish the salary to be paid to the holder of the consolidated office and shall apportion such salary among the counties in the proportion that the population in each county bears to the population in all such counties or according to the consolidation agreement. In establishing salaries for a consolidated office, the county boards shall use the population of the counties involved according to the most recent federal decennial census. Minimum annual salaries are established by sections 23-1114.02 to 23-1114.07, and the combined population of the counties involved shall be used to determine the class pursuant to section 23-1114.01. The county boards shall further agree upon the actual payment of such salary by a single county and the monthly remittance to such paying county of the proportionate share of each of the other counties.Source   Laws 1969, c. 139, § 4, p. 639;   Laws 1971, LB 44, § 5;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 23.
NE Code § 22-412 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-412 - Candidates for consolidated office; election; procedure.

22-412.  Candidates for consolidated office; election; procedure.Candidates for the consolidated office shall file with the county clerk or election commissioner of their county of residence. The names of such candidates shall be certified to the appropriate office of each of the other counties to be placed on the primary ballot. At the primary election following the approval of the consolidation of county or township offices, and in the year prior to the expiration of the office or offices consolidated, the two candidates receiving the greater number of votes for the position of consolidated nonpartisan office shall be nominated. If the consolidated office is under the laws of this state a partisan office, the candidate receiving the greatest number of votes for each political party shall be nominated. The election commissioner or county clerk shall certify the results of the primary election, as well as of the ensuing general election, from his or her county to the election commissioner or county clerk of the county having the largest population involved in the consolidation who shall certify the winner to each of the other counties.Source   Laws 1969, c. 139, § 5, p. 640;   Laws 1971, LB 44, § 6;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 24.
NE Code § 22-413 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-413 - Consolidated office; officer; bond; conditions; filing.

22-413.  Consolidated office; officer; bond; conditions; filing.An officer of the consolidated counties shall file the same bond required of the same office in a county having a population equivalent to the population of the consolidated counties. Such bond shall be filed in the office of the county clerk of the county designated to make actual payment of his salary and approved by the board of such county. The fact of such filing and approval shall be certified to the county clerk of each of the other consolidated counties.Source   Laws 1969, c. 139, § 6, p. 640;   Laws 1971, LB 44, § 7.
NE Code § 22-414 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-414 - Officer of consolidated counties; duties.

22-414.  Officer of consolidated counties; duties.An officer of consolidated counties shall have the same duties and responsibilities provided by law for the same office in a single county.Source  Laws 1969, c. 139, § 7, p. 640.
NE Code § 22-415 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-415 - Officer of consolidated county; legal advisor.

22-415.  Officer of consolidated county; legal advisor.For the purpose of securing necessary legal advice and legal services, the officer of consolidated counties shall be entitled to call upon the county attorney in the county who would have been obligated to provide such advice and services in the particular situation if there were a county officer rather than a consolidated county officer.Source  Laws 1969, c. 139, § 8, p. 640.
NE Code § 22-416 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-416 - Consolidated office; withdrawal of county; procedure; effect.

22-416.  Consolidated office; withdrawal of county; procedure; effect.The question of the withdrawal of a county from an agreement for the joint performance of common functions or services or the consolidation of county or township offices shall be placed on the ballot for submission to the voters upon the petition of registered voters equal in number, in the county desiring to so withdraw, to ten percent of the total vote cast for Governor in such county at the preceding general election. The registered voters signing such petitions shall be so distributed as to include ten percent of the registered voters of each of one-half of the voting precincts in the county. Such petitions shall be filed with the election commissioner or county clerk of the county proposed to be withdrawn from the agreement not later than four months preceding the next general election or at a special election. The election commissioner or county clerk shall examine the petitions filed in his or her office to determine whether they are in proper form and signed by a sufficient number of registered voters. Not later than thirty days after the petitions are filed in his or her office, he or she shall certify the determination to the election commissioner or county clerk of each county which is part of the agreement. If the petitions are in proper form and signed by a sufficient number of registered voters, the question of the withdrawal of the county from the agreement shall be placed on the ballot in the county proposed to be withdrawn from the agreement at the next general election or at a special election called for such purpose and held at least four months after the filing of the petitions. A majority of all votes cast in the affirmative on the question shall be necessary for the withdrawal of the county from the agreement. The election commissioner or county clerk of the county which votes to withdraw from the agreement shall certify the results of the election to the other counties in the agreement. If the agreement involved the consolidation of offices, such withdrawal shall only be effective at the expiration of a term of office of the consolidated counties.Source   Laws 1969, c. 139, § 9, p. 640;   Laws 1971, LB 44, § 8;   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 25;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 27.
NE Code § 22-417 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-417 - Consolidation of county offices; powers and duties; procedure; hearing; ballot; form; election; term.

22-417.  Consolidation of county offices; powers and duties; procedure; hearing; ballot; form; election; term.(1) Any county may consolidate the office of clerk of the district court, county assessor, county clerk, county engineer, county surveyor, or register of deeds, except that the consolidated officeholder shall meet the qualifications of each office as required by law. The consolidated office shall have the powers and duties provided by law for each office consolidated. The county board may adopt a resolution for the consolidation of any of such offices and submit the issue of the consolidated office to the registered voters for approval at the next general election or at a special election called for such purpose. The county board shall hold a public hearing prior to adoption of a resolution for the consolidation of offices and shall give notice of the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county once each week for three consecutive weeks prior to the hearing. Final publication shall be within seven calendar days prior to the hearing. The notice shall describe the offices to be consolidated and that the holder of the offices to be consolidated shall have his or her term of office end on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January following the general election in which the holder of the consolidated office is elected.(2) The county board shall adopt the resolution for the consolidation of offices by majority vote of the board and shall submit the issue of consolidation to the registered voters for approval at the next general election or at a special election called for such purpose. For each consolidated office submitted for approval, the question shall be submitted to the voters in substantially the following form:"Shall (name of each office proposed to be consolidated) be consolidated into one consolidated office according to the resolution adopted by the county board of (name of county) on (date of adoption of the resolution by the county board)? Yes No".(3) If the majority of the registered voters in the county voting on the question vote in favor of consolidation, the consolidated office shall be filled at the next general election, and the terms of the incumbents shall end on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January following the general election in which the holder of the consolidated office is elected.(4) The term of a consolidated officer shall be four years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified, except that the term of a consolidated officer elected in the year 2000 or any fourth year thereafter shall be two years or until his or her successor is elected and qualified.(5) Any election under this section shall be in accordance with the Election Act.Source   Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 26;   Laws 1997, LB 269, § 28.  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 22-418 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 22 - Counties|22-418 - Consolidation of counties, offices, or services; county board; duty.

22-418.  Consolidation of counties, offices, or services; county board; duty.Each county board shall, by January 1, 1998, examine the question of whether property taxes might be reduced through consolidation of counties, offices, or services with another county. The examination shall include a public hearing and a fiscal estimate of property tax savings, if any, anticipated by a consolidation.Source  Laws 1996, LB 1085, § 10.