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NE Code § 17-219.03 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-219.03 - Village; dissolution; board of trustees; county board; duties.

17-219.03.  Village; dissolution; board of trustees; county board; duties.(1) On and after the date of a vote by a majority of the registered voters of a village voting on the question in favor of the abolishment of the incorporation of a village, the village board of trustees shall not expend any funds of the village, liquidate any village assets, whether such assets are real or personal property, or otherwise encumber or exercise any authority over the property or funds of the village without the prior approval of the county board of the county within which the village is located.(2) Within ten days after a vote by a majority of the registered voters of a village voting on the question in favor of the abolishment of the incorporation of a village, the village board of trustees shall meet and approve a resolution setting out with particularity all of the assets and liabilities of the village, including a full and complete inventory of all property, real and personal, owned by the village. The resolution shall be transmitted to the county clerk of the county within which the village is located, and the county clerk shall provide copies to the members of the county board.(3) If the liabilities of the village exceed the value of all the assets of the village, the county board shall, within twenty days after the receipt of the resolution by the county clerk, schedule a joint meeting between the village board of trustees and the county board to review the resolution and discuss how to liquidate the liabilities with the village board of trustees.(4) Within thirty days after the date upon which the joint meeting is held pursuant to subsection (3) of this section, the county board shall adopt a plan for the liquidation of village assets to retire the liabilities of the village.Source   Laws 1935, c. 158, § 3, p. 581;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-229;   R.S.1943, § 17-219.03;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 17-228;   Laws 1998, LB 1346, § 8;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 86.
NE Code § 17-220 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-220 - Village situated in more than one county; how organized.

17-220.  Village situated in more than one county; how organized.A majority of the inhabitants of any village situated in two or more counties may present a petition to the county board of any county in which any part of such village is situated, requesting that they may be incorporated as a village; and such county board shall act upon the petition the same as if the village were situated wholly within the county where the petition was presented. If the county board shall declare such village incorporated, the village shall thereafter be governed by the provisions of the statutes of this state applicable to the government of villages. The county clerk of such county shall immediately certify the proceedings relating to the incorporation of such village to the county board of each other county in which any part of such village is situated, and each county board to which such proceedings shall be certified shall enter such proceedings upon its records.Source   Laws 1893, c. 9, § 1, p. 138;   R.S.1913, § 5069;   C.S.1922, § 4242;   C.S.1929, § 17-220;   R.S.1943, § 17-220;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 87.  Annotations  A village situated in one county may annex territory in another county. Barton v. City of Omaha, 180 Neb. 752, 145 N.W.2d 444 (1966). This section is broad enough to permit a village located upon the border of one county to annex contiguous territory situated in adjacent county, but such village has the burden of proving that the territory annexed will be benefited or that justice and equity require the territory be annexed. Village of Wakefield v. Utecht, 90 Neb. 252, 133 N.W. 240 (1911).
NE Code § 17-222 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-222 - Village situated in more than one county; jails.

17-222.  Village situated in more than one county; jails.Any village situated in two or more counties may use the jails of any and all counties in which any part of such village is situated.Source   Laws 1893, c. 9, § 4, p. 139;   R.S.1913, § 5072;   C.S.1922, § 4244;   C.S.1929, § 17-222;   R.S.1943, § 17-222;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 88.
NE Code § 17-223 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-223 - Village situated in more than one county; tax; how certified.

17-223.  Village situated in more than one county; tax; how certified.Taxes levied for village purposes, in villages situated in two or more counties, shall be certified to the county clerk of each county in which any part of such village is situated, and such county clerks shall place such certifications on the proper tax list.Source   Laws 1893, c. 9, § 5, p. 139;   R.S.1913, § 5073;   C.S.1922, § 4245;   C.S.1929, § 17-223;   R.S.1943, § 17-223;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 89.  Annotations A tax levy in a village situated in two or more counties shall be certified to the county clerks. Village of Wakefield v. Utecht, 90 Neb. 252, 133 N.W. 240 (1911).
NE Code § 17-224 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-224 - Village situated in more than one county; legal notices; publication.

17-224.  Village situated in more than one county; legal notices; publication.All notices and other publications, required by law to be published in any county in which any part of a village is situated, may be published in any legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such village, and such publication shall have the same force and effect as it would have if published in every county in which any part of such village is situated.Source   Laws 1893, c. 9, § 7, p. 140;   R.S.1913, § 5074;   C.S.1922, § 4246;   C.S.1929, § 17-224;   R.S.1943, § 17-224;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 90.
NE Code § 17-225 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-225 - Railroads; blocking crossings; penalty.

17-225.  Railroads; blocking crossings; penalty.It shall be unlawful for any railroad company or for any of its officers, agents, or employees to obstruct with car or cars, with engine or engines, or with any other rolling stock, for more than ten minutes at a time, any public highway, street, or alley in any unincorporated village in the State of Nebraska. Any corporation, person, firm, or individual violating any provision of this section shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any sum not less than ten dollars nor more than one hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1907, c. 109, § 1, p. 384;   Laws 1907, c. 109, § 2, p. 384;   R.S.1913, § 5075;   C.S.1922, § 4247;   C.S.1929, § 17-225;   R.S.1943, § 17-225;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 91.
NE Code § 17-226 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-226 - Transferred to section 17-219.01.

17-226.  Transferred to section 17-219.01.
NE Code § 17-227 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-227 - Transferred to section 17-219.02.

17-227.  Transferred to section 17-219.02.
NE Code § 17-228 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-228 - Transferred to section 17-219.03.

17-228.  Transferred to section 17-219.03.
NE Code § 17-229 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-229 - Street improvement program; authorization; tax levy.

17-229.  Street improvement program; authorization; tax levy.If the village board of trustees determines by a three-fourths vote the necessity of initiating a street improvement program within the village, which improvements are in the nature of a general benefit to the whole community and not of special benefit to adjoining or to abutting property and which consists of graveling, base stabilization, oiling, or other improvements to the streets, but which improvements do not consist of curb and gutter or asphalt or concrete pavings, the village board of trustees may, by ordinance, provide for the levy and collection of a special tax not exceeding seventeen and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars on the taxable value of all the taxable property in the village for a period not to exceed five years to create a fund for the payment of such improvements.Source   Laws 1963, c. 85, § 1, p. 293;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 46;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 49;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 92.
NE Code § 17-230 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-230 - Street improvement program; tax levy limitation.

17-230.  Street improvement program; tax levy limitation.Any levy pursuant to section 17-229 shall not be considered within the limitation on the village for the levy of taxes as contained in section 17-702.Source   Laws 1963, c. 85, § 2, p. 293;   Laws 1965, c. 69, § 2, p. 290;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 47;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 93.
NE Code § 17-231 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-231 - Street improvement program; construction of improvements; issuance of warrants; interest; unused funds transferred to general fund.

17-231.  Street improvement program; construction of improvements; issuance of warrants; interest; unused funds transferred to general fund.In order to construct the improvements as outlined in section 17-229, the village board of trustees may proceed from time to time to make such improvements costing not exceeding eighty-five percent of the amount of taxes to be collected under the special tax levy. In order to allow the construction of the contemplated improvements immediately, the village board of trustees may issue warrants from time to time in the aggregate amount of eighty-five percent of the estimated taxes to be collected over the period of years provided for the levy, the amount of such warrants authorized to be issued to be based upon the amount of revenue to be raised by the tax to be levied and the taxable valuation of the taxable property in the village at the time the determination of necessity is made by ordinance multiplied by the number of years the tax has to run. Such warrants shall not bear interest in excess of six percent per annum, may be issued in such denominations as the village board of trustees may determine, and shall be paid from the collection of the special tax levy. Any unpaid amount of the levy after the payment of any such warrants in full, including both principal and interest, shall be transferred to the general fund.Source   Laws 1963, c. 85, § 3, p. 293;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 48;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 50;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 94.
NE Code § 17-302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-302 - Government pending reorganization.

17-302.  Government pending reorganization.The government of a city shall continue, as organized at the date of the declaration of the Secretary of State under section 17-301, until the reorganization of such city under section 17-305.Source   Laws 1933, c. 112, § 2, p. 453;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-163;   R.S.1943, § 17-302;  Laws 2002, LB 729, § 6;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 96.  Annotations Upon decrease in population of a first-class city below five thousand inhabitants, the form of government continues until reorganization as second-class city. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
NE Code § 17-303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-303 - Wards; establish.

17-303.  Wards; establish.The mayor and city council shall, within ninety days after the declaration of the Secretary of State under section 17-301, divide the city into not less than two nor more than six wards as may be provided by ordinance. Such wards shall contain, as nearly as practicable, an equal area and an equal number of legal voters. The division and boundaries of such wards, as defined by ordinance, shall take effect on the first day of the first succeeding municipal year following the next general city election after such reorganization. Any city council member whose term continues, by reason of his or her prior election under the statutes governing cities of the first class, through another year or years beyond the date of the reorganization as a city of the second class shall continue to hold his or her office as city council member from the ward in which he or she is a resident as if elected for the same term under the statutes governing cities of the second class.Source   Laws 1933, c. 112, § 3, p. 453;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-164;   R.S.1943, § 17-303;  Laws 2002, LB 729, § 7;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 97.  Annotations This section provides how the number of wards shall be determined after proclamation of change from first-class city to second-class city. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
NE Code § 17-304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-304 - Reorganization; council; members; qualifications.

17-304.  Reorganization; council; members; qualifications.After the terms of members of the city council in office at the time of reorganization as a city of the second class shall have expired, the city council shall consist of not less than four nor more than twelve citizens of such city, who shall be qualified electors under the Constitution and laws of the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1933, c. 112, § 4, p. 454;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-165;   R.S.1943, § 17-304;   Laws 1973, LB 559, § 7;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 98.  Annotations This section provides the number and qualification of members of city council after expiration of terms of incumbents, where first-class city becomes second-class city through decrease in population. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
NE Code § 17-305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-305 - Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; modification.

17-305.  Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; modification.(1) Upon the expiration of one year after the date of the declaration of the Secretary of State under section 17-301, the city shall be, as of that date, incorporated as a city of the second class. All ordinances, bylaws, acts, regulations, obligations, rules, and proclamations existing and in force in or with respect to any such city at the time of the declaration of the Secretary of State under section 17-301 shall be and remain in full force and effect for a period of one year and may be enacted, altered, or amended during such period in a manner consistent with the statutes governing cities of the first class, except that any such acts, alterations, or amendments shall not be effective beyond the date upon which the city is incorporated as a city of the second class.(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, a city shall amend, repeal, or modify all ordinances, bylaws, acts, regulations, obligations, rules, and proclamations which are existing and in force in or with respect to such city at the time of the declaration of the Secretary of State under section 17-301 and which are inconsistent with the statutes governing cities of the second class in a manner which is in conformance and consistent with the statutes governing cities of the second class to take effect upon the effective date of the city's incorporation as a city of the second class.Source   Laws 1933, c. 112, § 5, p. 454;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-166;   R.S.1943, § 17-305;   Laws 1984, LB 1119, § 4;  Laws 2002, LB 729, § 8.  Annotations Upon decrease in population of first-class city below five thousand inhabitants, the ordinances, rules, and regulations remain in effect. State ex rel. Cashman v. Carmean, 138 Neb. 819, 295 N.W. 801 (1941).
NE Code § 17-306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-306 - City of the second class; reorganization as village; petition; election.

17-306.  City of the second class; reorganization as village; petition; election.(1) The registered voters of a city of the second class may vote to discontinue organization as a city of the second class and organize as a village. The issue may be placed before the voters by a resolution adopted by the city council or by petition signed by one-fourth of the registered voters of such city.(2) The petitions shall conform to section 32-628. The Secretary of State shall design the form to be used for the petitions. Petition signers and petition circulators shall conform to the requirements of sections 32-629 and 32-630. The city council shall submit the petitions to the election commissioner or county clerk for signature verification pursuant to section 32-631. The required number of signatures shall be one-fourth of the number of voters registered in the city at the last statewide general election. The election commissioner or county clerk shall notify the city council within thirty days after receiving the petitions from the city council whether the required number of signatures has been gathered. The city shall reimburse the county for any costs incurred by the election commissioner or county clerk.(3) If the city council determines that the petitions are in proper form and signed by the necessary number of registered voters or after adoption of the resolution by the city council, the city council shall submit the question to the voters of whether to discontinue organization as a city of the second class and organize as a village at a special election pursuant to section 32-559 or at the same time as a local or statewide primary or general election held in the city of the second class. The form of ballot shall be For organization as a village, and Against organization as a village, and at the same election the voters shall vote for five trustees for the village. If a majority of the votes cast are For organization as a village, then such city shall within sixty days after such election become a village and be governed under the laws of this state applicable to a village unless at some future election such village votes to reorganize as a city of the second class in the manner provided in section 17-306.01.Source   Laws 1879, § 53, p. 205;   Laws 1909, c. 21, § 1, p. 189;   R.S.1913, § 5077;   C.S.1922, § 4249;   C.S.1929, § 17-301;   R.S.1943, § 17-306;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 3;  Laws 2014, LB702, § 3. Annotations Whenever a city of second class desires to discontinue its organization and return to a village organization, it may do so. State ex rel. Hostetter v. Holden, 19 Neb. 249, 27 N.W. 120 (1886).
NE Code § 17-307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-307 - Transferred to section 17-312.

17-307.  Transferred to section 17-312.
NE Code § 17-308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-308 - Reorganization; transfer of property; how effected.

17-308.  Reorganization; transfer of property; how effected.If a city of the second class reorganizes as a village pursuant to section 17-306, the village board of trustees shall, at the expiration of sixty days from such election, enter upon the duties of their offices; and all books, papers, records, money, and property of such city shall be delivered over to the village board of trustees; and the authority of the city council and all city officers shall cease from and after the taking effect of village government in such city.Source   Laws 1879, § 54, p. 206;   R.S.1913, § 5078;   C.S.1922, § 4250;   C.S.1929, § 17-302;   R.S.1943, § 17-308;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 100.
NE Code § 17-309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-309 - Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; debts; taxes.

17-309.  Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; debts; taxes.Upon reorganization of a city of the second class as a village pursuant to section 17-306, all ordinances of the city shall remain and be in full force in the village until amended or repealed by the village board of trustees, and the village board of trustees shall provide for the payment of indebtedness of the city and levy necessary taxes for such indebtedness as if the indebtedness had been incurred by the village.Source   Laws 1879, § 55, p. 206;   R.S.1913, § 5079;   C.S.1922, § 4251;   C.S.1929, § 17-303;   R.S.1943, § 17-309;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 101.
NE Code § 17-310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages|17-310 - Decrease in population; remain city of the second class.

17-310.  Decrease in population; remain city of the second class.Whenever any city of the second class decreases in population until it has a population of less than eight hundred inhabitants and more than one hundred inhabitants, as determined by the most recent federal decennial census or the most recent revised certified count by the United States Bureau of the Census, the mayor and city council may decide by ordinance to remain a city of the second class. If the mayor and city council enact such an ordinance, the mayor shall certify such fact to the Secretary of State who, upon the filing of such a certificate, shall by proclamation declare such city to remain a city of the second class. Such city shall continue to be governed by laws of this state applicable to cities of the second class.Source   Laws 1984, LB 1119, § 5;  Laws 2017, LB113, § 16;  Laws 2017, LB133, § 102.