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NE Code § 18-2519 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2519 - Measure; resubmission; limitation.

18-2519.  Measure; resubmission; limitation.The same measure, either in form or in essential substance, may not be submitted to the people by initiative petition, either affirmatively or negatively, more often than once every two years. No attempt to repeal or alter an existing measure or portion of such measure by referendum petition may be made within two years from the last attempt to do the same. Such prohibition shall apply only when the subsequent attempt to repeal or alter is designed to accomplish the same, or essentially the same purpose as the previous attempt.Source  Laws 1982, LB 807, § 19.
NE Code § 18-2520 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2520 - Measure submitted to voters by municipality; procedure; approval.

18-2520.  Measure submitted to voters by municipality; procedure; approval.(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the chief executive officer and governing body of a municipality may at any time, by resolution, provide for the submission to a direct vote of the electors of any measure pending before it, passed by it, including an override of any veto, if necessary, or enacted by the electors under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act and may provide in such resolution that such measure shall be submitted at a special election or the next regularly scheduled primary or general election. Immediately upon the passage of any such resolution for submission, the city clerk shall cause such measure to be submitted to a direct vote of the electors, at the time specified in such resolution and in the manner provided in the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act for submission of measures upon proposals and petitions filed by voters. Such matter shall become law if approved by a majority of the votes cast.(2) The chief executive officer and governing body of a municipality shall not submit to a direct vote of the electors the question of whether the municipality should initiate proceedings for the condemnation of a natural gas system.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 20;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 12;  Laws 2002, LB 384, § 26;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 172.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2521 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2521 - Elections; when held; city clerk; duties.

18-2521.  Elections; when held; city clerk; duties.Elections under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, either at a special election or regularly scheduled primary or general election, shall be called by the city clerk. Any special election to be conducted by the election commissioner or county clerk shall be subject to section 32-405.The city clerk shall cause notice of every such election to be printed in one or more legal newspapers in or of general circulation in such municipality at least once not less than thirty days prior to such election and also posted in the office of the city clerk and in at least three conspicuous places in such municipality at least thirty days prior to such election.The city clerk shall make available for photocopying a copy in pamphlet form of measures initiated or referred. Such notice provided in this section shall designate where such a copy in pamphlet form may be obtained.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 21;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 13;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 502;  Laws 2003, LB 521, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 173.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2522 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2522 - Ballots; preparation; form.

18-2522.  Ballots; preparation; form.All ballots for use in special elections under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be prepared by the city clerk and furnished by the governing body, unless the governing body contracts with the county for such service, and shall be in form the same as provided by law for election of the chief executive officer and governing body of such municipality. When ordinances under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act are submitted to the electors at a regularly scheduled primary or general election, they shall be placed upon the official ballots as provided in the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 22;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 14;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 174.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2524 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2524 - Initiative petition; failure of governing body to pass; effect; regular or special election.

18-2524.  Initiative petition; failure of governing body to pass; effect; regular or special election.Whenever an initiative petition bearing signatures equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the qualified electors of a municipality has been filed with the city clerk and verified pursuant to section 18-2518, it shall be the duty of the governing body of such municipality to consider passage of the measure contained in the petition, including an override of any veto, if necessary. If the governing body fails to pass the measure without amendment, including an override of any veto, if necessary, within thirty days from the date it received notification pursuant to section 18-2518, the city clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held within the municipality. If the governing body desires to submit the measure to a vote of the people at a special election prior to the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held within the municipality, the governing body shall, by resolution, direct the city clerk to cause the measure to be submitted at a special election. Such resolution shall not be subject to referendum or limited referendum.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 24;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 15;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 176.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2525 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2525 - Initiative petition; request for special election; failure of governing body to pass; effect.

18-2525.  Initiative petition; request for special election; failure of governing body to pass; effect.Whenever an initiative petition bearing signatures equal in number to at least twenty percent of the qualified electors of a municipality, which petition requests that a special election be called to submit the initiative measure to a vote of the people, has been filed with the city clerk and verified pursuant to section 18-2518, it shall be the duty of the governing body of such municipality to consider passage of the measure contained in the petition, including an override of any veto, if necessary. If the governing body fails to pass the measure, without amendment, including an override of any veto, if necessary, within thirty days from the date it received notification pursuant to section 18-2518, the city clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at a special election called for such purpose. Subject to the provisions of section 18-2521, the date of such election shall be set during the first available month that complies with sections 32-405 and 32-559.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 25;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 16;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 503;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 177.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2526 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2526 - Adopted initiative measure; when effective; amendment or repeal; restrictions.

18-2526.  Adopted initiative measure; when effective; amendment or repeal; restrictions.If a majority of the voters voting on an initiative measure pursuant to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall vote in favor of such measure, it shall become a valid and binding measure of the municipality thirty days after certification of the election results, unless the governing body by resolution orders an earlier effective date or the measure itself provides for a later effective date, which resolution shall not be subject to referendum or limited referendum. A measure passed by such method shall not be amended or repealed except by two-thirds majority of the members of the governing body. No such attempt to amend or repeal shall be made within one year from the passage of the measure by the electors.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 26;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 17;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 178.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2527 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2527 - Referendum powers; scope.

18-2527.  Referendum powers; scope.The power of referendum allows citizens the right to repeal or amend existing measures, or portions thereof, affecting the governance of each municipality in the state.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 27;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 179.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations  Although the Nebraska Constitution does not prohibit a municipal ballot measure from asking voters to approve distinct and independent propositions in a single vote, a common-law single subject rule does prohibit this type of municipal ballot measure to preserve the integrity of the municipal electoral process. City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011). A municipal ballot measure with separate provisions does not violate the common-law single subject rule if each of its provisions has a natural and necessary connection with each other and together are part of one general subject. City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011). A proposed municipal ballot measure is invalid if it would (1) compel voters to vote for or against distinct propositions in a single vote⁚when they might not do so if presented separately, (2) confuse voters on the issues they are asked to decide, or (3) create doubt as to what action they have authorized after the election. City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011). Courts liberally construe grants of municipal initiative and referendum powers to permit, rather than restrict, the power and to attain, rather than prevent, its object. City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011). To determine whether petitioners for a municipal ballot measure are acting under their initiative power or their referendum power, a court should look to the function of their proposed ballot measure⁚not its label. City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011). When petitioners for a municipal ballot measure are not seeking to repeal an ordinance, the correct distinction for determining whether their proposed measure falls under the petitioners' initiative power or their referendum power is whether the proposed measure would enact a new ordinance (initiative power) or would amend an existing ordinance (referendum power). City of North Platte v. Tilgner, 282 Neb. 328, 803 N.W.2d 469 (2011).
NE Code § 18-2529 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2529 - Referendum petition; failure of governing body to act; effect; special election.

18-2529.  Referendum petition; failure of governing body to act; effect; special election.Whenever a referendum petition bearing signatures equal in number to at least fifteen percent of the qualified electors of a municipality has been filed with the city clerk and verified pursuant to section 18-2518, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the municipality to reconsider the measure or portion of such measure which is the object of the referendum. If the governing body fails to repeal or amend the measure or portion thereof in the manner proposed by the referendum, including an override of any veto, if necessary, within thirty days from the date the governing body receives notification pursuant to section 18-2518, the city clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held within the municipality. If the governing body desires to submit the measure to a vote of the people at a special election prior to the next regularly scheduled primary or general election held within the municipality, the governing body shall, by resolution, direct the city clerk to cause the measure to be submitted at a special election. Such resolution shall not be subject to referendum or limited referendum.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 29;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 19;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 181.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2530 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2530 - Referendum petition; request for special election; failure of governing body to act; effect.

18-2530.  Referendum petition; request for special election; failure of governing body to act; effect.Whenever a referendum petition bearing signatures equal in number to at least twenty percent of the qualified voters of a municipality, which petition requests that a special election be called to submit the referendum measure to a vote of the people, has been filed with the city clerk and verified pursuant to section 18-2518, it shall be the duty of the governing body of the municipality to reconsider the measure or portion of such measure which is the object of the referendum. If the governing body fails to repeal or amend the measure or portion thereof, in the manner proposed by the referendum, including an override of any veto, if necessary, the city clerk shall cause the measure to be submitted to a vote of the people at a special election called for such purpose within thirty days from the date the governing body received notification pursuant to section 18-2518. Subject to the provisions of section 18-2521, the date of such special election shall be set during the first available month that complies with sections 32-405 and 32-559.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 30;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 20;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 505;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 182.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2531 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2531 - Adopted referendum measure; reenactment or return to original form; restrictions; failure of referendum; effect.

18-2531.  Adopted referendum measure; reenactment or return to original form; restrictions; failure of referendum; effect.If a majority of the electors voting on the referendum measure shall vote in favor of such measure, the law subject to the referendum shall be repealed or amended. A measure repealed or amended by referendum shall not be reenacted or returned to its original form except by a two-thirds majority of the members of the governing body. No such attempt to reenact or return the measure to its original form shall be made within one year of the repeal or amendment of the measure by the electors. If the referendum measure does not receive a majority vote, the ordinance shall immediately become effective or remain in effect.Source  Laws 1982, LB 807, § 31.
NE Code § 18-2532 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2532 - False affidavit; false oath; penalty.

18-2532.  False affidavit; false oath; penalty.Whoever knowingly or willfully makes a false affidavit or takes a false oath regarding the qualifications of any person to sign petitions under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 32;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 183.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2533 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2533 - Petitions; illegal acts; penalty.

18-2533.  Petitions; illegal acts; penalty.Whoever falsely makes or willfully destroys a petition or any part thereof, or signs a false name thereto, or signs or files any petition knowing the same or any part thereof to be falsely made, or suppresses any petition, or any part thereof, which has been duly filed, pursuant to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 33;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 184.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2534 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2534 - Signing of petition; illegal acts; penalty.

18-2534.  Signing of petition; illegal acts; penalty.Whoever signs any petition under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, knowing that he or she is not a registered voter in the place where such petition is made, aids or abets any other person in doing any of the acts mentioned in this section, bribes or gives or pays any money or thing of value to any person directly or indirectly to induce him or her to sign such petition, or engages in any deceptive practice intended to induce any person to sign a petition, shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor with a fine not to exceed three hundred dollars.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 34;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 185.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2535 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2535 - City clerk; illegal acts; penalty.

18-2535.  City clerk; illegal acts; penalty.Any city clerk who willfully refuses to comply with the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act or who willfully causes unreasonable delay in the execution of his or her duties under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be guilty of a Class I misdemeanor, but imprisonment shall not be included as part of the punishment.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 35;   Laws 1984, LB 1010, § 21;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 186.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2536 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2536 - Election Act; applicability.

18-2536.  Election Act; applicability.The Election Act, so far as applicable and when not in conflict with the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, shall apply to voting on ordinances by the registered voters pursuant to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 36;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 506;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 187.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Cross References  Election Act, see section 32-101.
NE Code § 18-2537 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2537 - Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act; inapplicability.

18-2537.  Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act; inapplicability.Nothing in the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall apply to procedures for initiatives or referendums provided in sections 14-210 to 14-212 relating to cities of the metropolitan class, sections 18-412 and 18-412.02 relating to municipal light and power plants, sections 70-504 and 70-650.01 relating to public power districts, and sections 80-203 to 80-205 relating to soldiers and sailors monuments.Source   Laws 1982, LB 807, § 37;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 188.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2701 - Act, how cited.

18-2701.  Act, how cited.Sections 18-2701 to 18-2739 shall be known and may be cited as the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act.Source   Laws 1991, LB 840, § 1;   Laws 1993, LB 732, § 16;   Laws 1995, LB 207, § 1;  Laws 2001, LB 827, § 9;  Laws 2012, LB863, § 1;  Laws 2016, LB1059, § 2.
NE Code § 18-2702 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2702 - Legislative findings.

18-2702.  Legislative findings.The Legislature finds that:(1) There is a high degree of competition among states and municipalities in our nation in their efforts to provide incentives for businesses to expand or to locate in their respective jurisdictions;(2) Municipalities in Nebraska are hampered in their efforts to effectively compete because of their inability under Nebraska law to respond quickly to opportunities or to raise sufficient capital from local sources to provide incentives for the provision of new services or business location or expansion decisions which are tailored to meet the needs of the local community;(3) The ability of a municipality to encourage the provision of new services or business location and expansion has a direct impact not only upon the economic well-being of the community and its residents but upon the whole state as well; and(4) There is a need to provide Nebraska municipalities with the opportunity of providing assistance to business enterprises in their communities, whether for expansion of existing operations, the creation of new businesses, or the provision of new services, by the use of funds raised by local taxation when the voters in the municipality determine that it is in the best interest of their community to do so.Source   Laws 1991, LB 840, § 2;  Laws 2001, LB 827, § 10.
NE Code § 18-2703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2703 - Definitions, where found.

18-2703.  Definitions, where found.For purposes of the Local Option Municipal Economic Development Act, the definitions found in sections 18-2703.01 to 18-2709.01 shall be used.Source   Laws 1991, LB 840, § 4;  Laws 2001, LB 827, § 11;  Laws 2016, LB1059, § 3.
NE Code § 18-2703.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2703.01 - Advanced telecommunications capability, defined.

18-2703.01.  Advanced telecommunications capability, defined.Advanced telecommunications capability shall mean high-speed, broadband telecommunications capability that enables users to originate and receive high-quality voice, data, graphics, and video telecommunications using any technology.Source Laws 2001, LB 827, § 12.
NE Code § 18-2704 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2704 - City, defined.

18-2704.  City, defined.City shall mean any city of the metropolitan class, city of the primary class, city of the first class, city of the second class, or village, including any city operated under a home rule charter. City shall also include any group of two or more cities acting in concert under the terms of the Interlocal Cooperation Act or Joint Public Agency Act by means of a properly executed agreement.Source   Laws 1991, LB 840, § 5;  Laws 1999, LB 87, § 64.  Cross References   Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.  Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.