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NE Code § 18-2201 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2201 - Legislative declaration; regulatory powers.

18-2201.  Legislative declaration; regulatory powers.The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the furnishing of community antenna television service is a business affected with such a public interest that it must be regulated locally. All municipalities in Nebraska are hereby authorized and empowered, by ordinance, to regulate, prohibit, and consent to the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance within their corporate limits of all persons or entities furnishing community antenna television service. All municipalities, acting through the mayor and city council or village board of trustees, shall have power to require every individual or entity offering such service, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, to furnish any person applying therefor along the lines of its wires, cables, or other conduits, with television and radio service. The mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall have power to prescribe reasonable quality standards for such service and shall regulate rate increases so as to provide reasonable and compensatory rents or rates for such service including installation charges. In the regulation of rate increases the procedure provided in section 18-2206 shall be used in any franchise granted or renewed after May 23, 1979. Such person or entity furnishing community antenna television service shall be required to carry all broadcast signals as prescribed by franchise and permitted to be carried by Federal Communications Commission regulations during the full period of the broadcast day of its stations.Source   Laws 1959, c. 68, § 1, p. 294;   R.R.S.1943, § 19-2801;   Laws 1969, c. 119, § 1, p. 536;   Laws 1979, LB 495, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 140.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations  Any statutory authority the district court might have to review rates under this section is limited only to the matter of rate increases. Plaintiff whose suit is addressed to rates as initially set rather than to an increase thereof has not stated a cause of action under this section. Bard v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 226 Neb. 880, 416 N.W.2d 4 (1987). A merely prospective cable television customer has no standing as a ratepayer to seek to void a franchise because of excessive rates, and any complaint about the rates themselves must first be directed to the ratesetting body. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).
NE Code § 18-2202 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2202 - Franchise; required; validity.

18-2202.  Franchise; required; validity.It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to construct, install, operate, or maintain in or along the streets, alleys, and public ways, or elsewhere within the corporate limits of any municipality, a community antenna television service without first obtaining, from such municipality involved, a franchise authorizing the community antenna television service. The governing bodies of such municipalities are hereby authorized to grant such a franchise and such franchise shall be effective and binding without submission to the electors and approval by a majority vote thereof, notwithstanding any other law or home rule charter, for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years upon such reasonable conditions as the circumstances may require.Source   Laws 1959, c. 68, § 2, p. 294;   R.R.S.1943, § 19-2802;   Laws 1969, c. 119, § 2, p. 537;   Laws 1979, LB 495, § 3;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 141.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations Regulation of community antenna television service is a matter of statewide concern, so that this section, allowing approval of a franchise without a vote of the electorate, takes precedence over a home rule charter provision to the contrary. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).
NE Code § 18-2203 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2203 - Underground cables and equipment; map required.

18-2203.  Underground cables and equipment; map required.Municipalities may by ordinance require the filing with the city clerk or village clerk by the person, firm, or corporation constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining community antenna television service of a proper map showing the exact location of all underground cables and equipment, together with a statement showing the exact nature of such cables and equipment.Source   Laws 1959, c. 68, § 3, p. 294;   R.R.S.1943, § 19-2803;   Laws 1969, c. 119, § 3, p. 537;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 142.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2204 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2204 - Annual occupation tax; levy; when due.

18-2204.  Annual occupation tax; levy; when due.Municipalities may, by appropriate ordinance, levy an annual occupation tax against any person, firm, or corporation maintaining and operating any community antenna television service within its boundaries and may levy an annual occupation tax against any persons, firms, or corporations constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining community antenna television service. Any such occupation tax so levied shall be due and payable on May 1 of each year to the city treasurer or village treasurer.Source   Laws 1959, c. 68, § 4, p. 295;   R.R.S.1943, § 19-2804;   Laws 1969, c. 119, § 4, p. 538;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 143.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations The power granted by this section to the city to levy by ordinance an occupation tax upon community antenna television service is a special statute which takes precedence over the general provisions of section 14-811 requiring submission of franchise annuity or royalty to the electorate. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).
NE Code § 18-2205 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2205 - Violation; notice; penalty.

18-2205.  Violation; notice; penalty.In the event of violation of any franchise provision or the provisions of sections 18-2201 to 18-2205 by any duly franchised person or entity furnishing community antenna television service, the municipality having granted such franchise shall immediately serve notice of such violation upon the franchise holder with directions to correct such violation within ninety days or show cause why such violation should not be corrected at a public hearing held in conjunction with the next regularly scheduled meeting of the franchising body. Continued violation of sections 18-2201 to 18-2205 may be enjoined by the district court. Any person who willfully violates any provision of sections 18-2201 to 18-2205 or of any local franchise ordinance shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.Source  Laws 1969, c. 119, § 5, p. 538.
NE Code § 18-2206 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2206 - Rate increase; approval; procedure.

18-2206.  Rate increase; approval; procedure.(1) Approval of a rate increase for a person or entity furnishing community antenna television service shall be required and shall be made by the city council or village board of trustees which granted the franchise to such person or entity. Such approval shall be made by ordinance or resolution.(2) Prior to voting on a rate increase the city council or village board of trustees shall hold at least two public meetings at which the ratepayers and the franchisee may comment on the programming content and rates of such franchisee.(3) At least thirty days prior to the first public meeting held to examine programming content and rates, each ratepayer or subscriber shall be notified by a billing statement or other written notice when and where such public meeting shall be held. Such notice shall also provide information as to what rates are proposed by the franchisee for consideration by the city council or village board of trustees.Source   Laws 1979, LB 495, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 144.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2301 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2301 - Terms, defined.

18-2301.  Terms, defined.For purposes of sections 18-2301 to 18-2315, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) Air conditioning air distribution means the control of any one or more of the following factors affecting both physical and chemical conditions of the atmosphere within a structure: Temperature, humidity, movement and purity;(2) Furnace means a self-contained, flue-connected or vented, appliance intended primarily to supply heated air through ducts to spaces remote from or adjacent to the appliance location as well as to the space in which it is located;(3) Contractor means a holder of a valid certificate of competency for air conditioning air distribution;(4) Ventilating system means each process of removing air by natural gravity exhauster or mechanical exhaust fan from any space; and(5) Kitchen exhaust system means a duct system or air passageway for removal of kitchen air contaminates by mechanical means.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 1, p. 468;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 145.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2302 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2302 - Board for examination of contractors; membership; duties.

18-2302.  Board for examination of contractors; membership; duties.In any city or village, there may be a board for the examination of air conditioning air distribution contractors for the issuance of certificates of competency and for such other duties and responsibilities as may be prescribed by sections 18-2301 to 18-2315. Such board shall consist of not more than five members all of whom shall be appointed by the mayor, the chairperson of the village board of trustees, or the city manager with the approval of the city council or village board of trustees. All vacancies occurring on the air conditioning air distribution board by reason of death, disability, or inability of a member to serve shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. The qualifications for members of the air conditioning air distribution board may be prescribed by the city council or village board of trustees.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 2, p. 469;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 146.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2303 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2303 - Officers; secretary; duties.

18-2303.  Officers; secretary; duties.Members of the air conditioning air distribution board shall, within ten days after their appointments, meet in their respective city or village building or place designated by the city council, city manager, or village board of trustees and organize by the selection of one of their members as chairperson, one as vice-chairperson, and one as secretary. It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep full, true, and correct minutes and records of all meetings, applications for examinations, examinations given and results thereof, and certificates issued, which records shall be open for free inspection by all persons during business hours.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 3, p. 469;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 147.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2304 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2304 - Members; terms; compensation.

18-2304.  Members; terms; compensation.The appointment of the air conditioning air distribution board shall be for staggered terms of three years as provided by the city council or village board of trustees with the appointments to be made in December of each year. Compensation shall be determined by the city council or village board of trustees.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 4, p. 469;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 148.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2305 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2305 - Meetings; certificates of competency; examination; rules.

18-2305.  Meetings; certificates of competency; examination; rules.The air conditioning air distribution board shall meet at least once a month at a fixed time as determined by the city council or village board of trustees. The board shall adopt rules for the examination at such times and places of all persons who desire a certificate of competency to engage in the business of designing, installing, altering, repairing, cleaning, or adding to any air conditioning air distribution system, furnace, restaurant appliance hood and duct system, or other exhaust or intake ventilating system within the city or village and also within the area of extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 5, p. 469;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 149.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2306 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2306 - Rules and regulations; approval; plans and specifications; approval.

18-2306.  Rules and regulations; approval; plans and specifications; approval.The air conditioning air distribution board, subject to the approval of the city council or village board of trustees, may adopt rules and regulations, not inconsistent with the laws of the state or the ordinances of the city or village, for the designing, installing, altering, inspecting, or repairing of an air conditioning air distribution and ventilating system placed in or in connection with any building in such city or village or within the area of extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class describing the kind and size of materials to be used in such systems and the manner in which such work shall be done. All plans and specifications for any such system to be placed in a building shall be first submitted to the board or other body designated by the city council or village board of trustees for its approval before such system shall be installed.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 6, p. 470;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 150.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2307 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2307 - Contractor; certificate of competency; application; examination; issuance.

18-2307.  Contractor; certificate of competency; application; examination; issuance.(1) Any person desiring to engage in business as an air conditioning air distribution contractor in a city or village which has established an air conditioning air distribution board or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class if such city has such a board, shall secure a certificate of competency. Any person desiring to engage in the business, or to proceed to install, alter, repair, clean, or add to or change in any manner any air conditioning air distribution system or any furnace, restaurant appliance hood and duct system, or other exhaust or intake ventilating system within such city or village or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class shall be the holder of a certificate of competency or in the direct employ of a person, firm, or corporation holding such certificate.(2) The air conditioning air distribution board shall, upon written application, examine the applicant at its next meeting or at an adjourned meeting as to his or her practical and theoretical knowledge of the designing and installing of residential, commercial, and industrial air conditioning air distribution and ventilating systems and, if found competent, deliver to the applicant a certificate of competency.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 7, p. 470;   Laws 1997, LB 752, § 77;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 151.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2308 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2308 - Sections; exemptions.

18-2308.  Sections; exemptions.Nothing contained in sections 18-2301 to 18-2315 shall be construed to prohibit a homeowner from personally performing air conditioning air distribution work on the property in which the homeowner resides, and the homeowner will not be required to have a certificate of competency to do such work, but the work must conform to the rules and regulations set forth by the city council or village board of trustees for such work as provided by sections 18-2301 to 18-2315.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 8, p. 471;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 152.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2309 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2309 - Certificate of competency; applicant; bond; conditions.

18-2309.  Certificate of competency; applicant; bond; conditions.All applicants who have successfully passed an examination may, prior to receiving a certificate of competency, be required by the air conditioning air distribution board to furnish a corporate surety bond in the penal sum of not more than ten thousand dollars conditioned that the applicant shall, in all material furnished by the applicant and in all work performed by the applicant and performed within the city or village or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class, in installing, altering, and repairing any air conditioning air distribution system or ventilating system, strictly comply with all regulations of the air conditioning air distribution board and ordinances of the city or village related thereto.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 9, p. 471;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 153.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2310 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2310 - Certificate of competency; renewal; examination; when.

18-2310.  Certificate of competency; renewal; examination; when.All original certificates of competency may be renewed and all renewed certificates of competency may be renewed by the air conditioning air distribution board before the dates of their expiration. Such renewal certificates shall be granted without a reexamination upon the written application of the certificate holder filed with the board and showing that the certificate holder's purposes and condition remain unchanged unless it is made to appear by affidavit before the board that the certificate holder is no longer competent or entitled to such renewal certificate, in which event the renewal certificate shall not be granted until the applicant has undergone the examination required by section 18-2307.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 10, p. 471;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 154.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2311 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2311 - Certificate of competency; term; revocation.

18-2311.  Certificate of competency; term; revocation.All original and renewal certificates shall be good for one year from their dates, but any certificate may be revoked by the air conditioning air distribution board at any time after a hearing upon sufficient notice after sworn charges are filed with the board showing the holder of the certificate to be then incompetent, guilty of willful breach of the rules, regulations, or requirements of the board or of the laws or ordinances relating thereto, or of other causes sufficient for the revocation of the certificate as determined by the city council or village board of trustees of which charges and hearing the holder of such certificate shall have written notice.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 11, p. 472;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 155.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2312 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2312 - Certificate of competency; requirement.

18-2312.  Certificate of competency; requirement.It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in business as an air conditioning air distribution contractor or to engage in the business of installing, altering, repairing, cleaning, adding to, or changing in any manner any air conditioning air distribution system or any furnace, any restaurant appliance hood or its duct system, or any other exhaust or intake ventilating system within a city or village having an air conditioning air distribution board or within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of cities of the metropolitan class having such a board unless such person holds a certificate or is employed by a person, firm, or corporation holding such a certificate.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 12, p. 472;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 156.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2313 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2313 - Certificate of competency; permit; fees.

18-2313.  Certificate of competency; permit; fees.Fees for the original certificates, renewal certificates, and permits shall be fixed by the city council or village board of trustees of each city or village having an air conditioning air distribution board. The fee for the original or renewal certificate shall in no event be more than fifty dollars.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 13, p. 472;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 157.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2314 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2314 - Inspectors; employment authorized; noncomplying system; correction or removal.

18-2314.  Inspectors; employment authorized; noncomplying system; correction or removal.Any city or village having an air conditioning air distribution board shall be authorized to employ inspectors who shall inspect all parts of any air conditioning air distribution system or ventilating or exhaust system in process of construction, alteration, or repair within the respective jurisdiction of such city or village. Any such system found not to comply with the regulations of the air conditioning air distribution board or ordinances of the city or village shall be reported to the board and if not corrected in accordance with requirements of the rules and regulations of the board and ordinances of the city or village shall be removed, if, after notice to the owner or contractor or certificate holder doing the work, the board shall find the work or any part of such work to be defective or not in compliance with such rules and regulations or ordinances.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 14, p. 472;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 158.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2315 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2315 - Violations; penalties.

18-2315.  Violations; penalties.Any person violating sections 18-2301 to 18-2315 or any rules or regulations adopted or ordinances passed pursuant to such sections shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined not more than five hundred dollars, or be imprisoned not more than six months, or be both so fined and imprisoned, and as a part of such punishment such person's license may be revoked.Source   Laws 1969, c. 98, § 15, p. 473;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 159.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-2401 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-2401 - Act, how cited.

18-2401.  Act, how cited.Sections 18-2401 to 18-2485 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Cooperative Financing Act.Source  Laws 1981, LB 132, § 1.