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NE Code § 18-504 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-504 - Revenue bonds; payment; sinking fund; rates; rights of holders of bonds.

18-504.  Revenue bonds; payment; sinking fund; rates; rights of holders of bonds.(1) Revenue bonds which are issued, as provided in section 18-502, shall not be a general obligation of the city or village, but shall be paid only out of the revenue received from the service charges as provided in section 18-503.(2) If a service rate is charged, as a part of the revenue, as provided in subsection (1) of this section, to be paid as provided in this section, such portion of such rate as may be deemed sufficient shall be set aside as a sinking fund for the payment of the interest on such revenue bonds, and the principal of such revenue bonds at maturity.(3) It shall be the duty of the governing body of the city or village to charge rates for the service of the sewerage system, as referred to in subsection (1) of this section, which shall be sufficient, at all times, to pay the cost of operation and maintenance of such system and to pay the principal of and interest upon all revenue bonds issued, under the provisions of section 18-502, and to carry out any covenants that may be provided in the ordinance authorizing the issuance of any such bonds.(4) The holders of any of the revenue bonds or any of the coupons of any revenue bonds, issued under subsection (1) of this section, in any civil action, mandamus, or other proceeding may enforce and compel the performance of all duties required by this section and the covenants made by the city or village in the ordinance providing for the issuance of such bonds, including the making and collecting of sufficient rates or charges for the specified purposes and for the proper application of the income from such bonds.Source   Laws 1933, c. 146, § 4, p. 562;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1404;   R.S.1943, § 18-504;   Laws 1957, c. 40, § 2, p. 214;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 33.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-505 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-505 - Franchises; contracts authorized; rates.

18-505.  Franchises; contracts authorized; rates.For the purpose of providing for a sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, or improving or extending such existing system, any city or village may also enter into a contract with any corporation organized under or authorized by the laws of this state to engage in such business, to receive and treat in the manner provided in sections 18-501 to 18-510, the sewage of such system, and to construct, and provide the facilities and services as provided in section 18-501. Such contract may also authorize the corporation to charge the owners of the premises served such a service rate therefor as the governing body of such city or village may determine to be just and reasonable, or the city or village may contract to pay such corporation a flat rate for such service, and pay therefor out of its general fund or the proceeds of any tax levy applicable to the purposes of such contract, or assess the owners of the property served a reasonable charge for such service to be collected as provided in section 18-503 and paid into a fund to be used to defray such contract charges.Source   Laws 1933, c. 146, § 5, p. 562;   Laws 1937, c. 41, § 3, p. 181;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1405;   R.S.1943, § 18-505;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 34.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-506 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-506 - General obligation bonds; issuance; interest; not included in limit on bonds.

18-506.  General obligation bonds; issuance; interest; not included in limit on bonds.For the purpose of owning, operating, constructing, and equipping any sewage disposal plant and any sanitary or storm sewer system or combination storm and sanitary sewer system, or improving or extending such existing system, or for the purpose stated in sections 18-501 to 18-505, any city or village is authorized and empowered to issue and sell the general obligation bonds of such city or village upon compliance with the provisions of section 18-506.01. Such bonds shall not be sold or exchanged for less than the par value thereof and shall bear interest which shall be payable annually or semiannually. The governing body of such city or village shall have the power to determine the denominations of such bonds, and the date, time, and manner of the payment thereof. The amount of such general obligation bonds, either issued or outstanding, shall not be included in the maximum amount of bonds which such city or village may be authorized to issue and sell under its charter or any statutes of this state.Source   Laws 1933, c. 146, § 6, p. 563;   Laws 1937, c. 41, § 4, p. 182;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1406;   R.S.1943, § 18-506;   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 2, p. 99;   Laws 1955, c. 48, § 2, p. 167;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 63, p. 312;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 35.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-506.01 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-506.01 - Revenue bonds; general obligation bonds; issuance; conditions.

18-506.01.  Revenue bonds; general obligation bonds; issuance; conditions.Revenue bonds, authorized by section 18-502, may be issued by ordinance duly passed by the mayor and city council of any city or the board of trustees of any village without any other authority. General obligation bonds, authorized by section 18-506, may be issued only after the question of their issuance shall have been submitted to the electors of such city or village at a general or special election, of which three weeks' notice thereof has been published in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village, and more than a majority of the electors voting at the election have voted in favor of the issuance of such bonds.Source   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 3, p. 100;   Laws 1967, c. 83, § 1, p. 259;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 36.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations Sewer bonds can be issued only after more than sixty percent of the electors voting at the election vote in favor of issuance of bonds. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Johnson, 175 Neb. 498, 122 N.W.2d 240 (1963).
NE Code § 18-508 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-508 - Service beyond corporate limits; conditions; contracts with users.

18-508.  Service beyond corporate limits; conditions; contracts with users.The owner of any sewerage system or sewage disposal plant, provided for in sections 18-501 to 18-507, or the city or village in which such system or plant is located, is authorized to extend such system or plant beyond the corporate limits of the city or village which it serves, under the same conditions as nearly as may be as within the corporate limits of such city or village and to charge to users of its services reasonable and fair rates consistent with those charged or which might be charged within such corporate limits and consistent with the expense of extending and maintaining such system or plant for the users thereof outside such corporate limits at a fair return to the owner thereof. The mayor and city council of any city or the board of trustees of any village shall have authority to enter into contracts with users of such sewerage system or sewage disposal plant, except that no contract shall provide for furnishing of such service for a period in excess of twenty years.Source   Laws 1937, c. 41, § 5, p. 182;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1409;   R.S.1943, § 18-508;   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 4, p. 100;   Laws 1957, c. 41, § 1, p. 217;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 38.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-509 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-509 - Rental and use charges; collection; use.

18-509.  Rental and use charges; collection; use.(1) The mayor and city council of any city or the board of trustees of any village, in addition to other sources of revenue available to the city or village, may by ordinance set up a rental or use charge, to be collected from users of any system of sewerage, and provide methods for collection of such rental or use charge. The charges shall be charged to each property served by the sewerage system, shall be a lien upon the property served, and may be collected either from the owner or the person, firm, or corporation requesting the service.(2) All money raised from the charges referred to in subsection (1) of this section shall be used for maintenance or operation of the existing system of sewerage, for payment of principal and interest on bonds issued as is provided for in section 17-925, 18-502, 18-506, or 19-1305, or to create a reserve fund for the purpose of future maintenance or construction of a new sewer system for the city or village. Any funds raised from this charge shall be placed in a separate fund and not be used for any other purpose or diverted to any other fund.Source   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 5, p. 101;   Laws 1957, c. 40, § 3, p. 215;   Laws 1971, LB 883, § 1;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 39.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations Provision for sewer rental or use charges did not conflict with similar charges authorized for cities of the metropolitan class. Metropolitan Utilities Dist. v. City of Omaha, 171 Neb. 609, 107 N.W.2d 397 (1961).
NE Code § 18-510 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-510 - Terms, defined; applicability of sections.

18-510.  Terms, defined; applicability of sections.The terms sewage system, sewerage system, and disposal plant or plants as used in sections 18-501 to 18-511 are defined to mean and include any system or works above or below ground which has for its purpose any or all of the following: The removal, discharge, conduction, carrying, treatment, purification, or disposal of the liquid and solid waste of a city or village. It is intended that sections 18-501 to 18-512 may be employed in connection with sewage projects which do not include the erection or enlargement of a sewage disposal plant.Source   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 6, p. 101;   Laws 1995, LB 589, § 2;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 40.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-511 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-511 - Sections, how construed.

18-511.  Sections, how construed.Sections 18-501 to 18-512 shall be construed as independent, supplemental, and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska relating to sewage disposal plants and sewerage systems in cities and villages. Such sections shall not be considered amendatory of or limited by any other provision of the laws of the State of Nebraska.Source   Laws 1951, c. 19, § 7, p. 101;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 64, p. 312;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 41.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-512 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-512 - Anti-pollution-of-water measures; special levy.

18-512.  Anti-pollution-of-water measures; special levy.For the purpose of creating a fund out of which anti-pollution-of-water measures may be financed, any city or village in this state is hereby authorized and empowered to make a special levy of not exceeding three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within such city or village, the proceeds of such levy to be used for such measures.Source   Laws 1955, c. 49, § 1, p. 168;   Laws 1961, c. 37, § 3, p. 164;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 68;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 69;   Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 33;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 42.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-601 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-601 - Construction; federal aid; plans; assumption of liability; condemnation procedure.

18-601.  Construction; federal aid; plans; assumption of liability; condemnation procedure.Any city or village shall have power by ordinance to avail itself of federal funds for the construction within the city or village limits of subways, viaducts, and approaches thereto, over or under railroad tracks, and may authorize agreements with the Department of Transportation to construct such subways or viaducts, which shall be paid for out of funds furnished by the federal government. Such ordinance shall approve detailed plans and specifications for such construction, including a map showing the exact location that such subway or viaduct is to occupy, which shall be kept on file with the city clerk or village clerk and be open to public inspection. The ordinance shall make provision for the assumption of liability and payment of consequential damages to property owners resulting from such proposed construction and payment of damages for property taken therefor. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 1, p. 196;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-901;   R.S.1943, § 18-601;   Laws 1947, c. 47, § 1, p. 166;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 61, p. 475;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 79;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 43.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-602 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-602 - Grade crossing projects; effect on railroads.

18-602.  Grade crossing projects; effect on railroads.Grade crossing projects within the boundaries of a municipality shall be undertaken on a basis that will impose no involuntary contributions on the affected railroads except as provided by 23 U.S.C. 130(b) and (c), as such sections existed on January 1, 2021, and shall not interfere with the use of present railroad tracks without the consent of such railroads.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 2, p. 197;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1902;   R.S.1943, § 18-602;   Laws 1947, c. 47, § 2, p. 166;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 44.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021  Annotations Where the primary purpose and effect of an improvement is to benefit the public, the improvement is not local though it may incidentally benefit property in the particular locality. Hinman v. Temple, 133 Neb. 268, 274 N.W. 605 (1937).
NE Code § 18-603 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-603 - Streets and highways; use.

18-603.  Streets and highways; use.Any city or village that constructs subways or viaducts as provided in section 18-601 may appropriate an existing street or highway for such subway or viaduct and may acquire, extend, widen, or enlarge any street or highway for such purpose.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 3, p. 197;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1903;   R.S.1943, § 18-603;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 45.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-604 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-604 - Private property; condemnation; ordinance; requirements.

18-604.  Private property; condemnation; ordinance; requirements.When it becomes necessary to appropriate or damage any private property for the construction of a viaduct or subway as provided in section 18-601, such appropriation shall be made by ordinance. Such ordinance shall be published once each week for three weeks in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village. Such publication shall be sufficient notice to the owners, occupants, and parties interested, and all parties having equitable interests therein.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 4, p. 197;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1904;   R.S.1943, § 18-604;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 46.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-610 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-610 - Bonds; election; notice; failure to approve; effect.

18-610.  Bonds; election; notice; failure to approve; effect.The original ordinance authorizing construction of subways or viaducts as provided in section 18-601 shall also give notice of an election to authorize issuance of bonds, for such amount as may be necessary to pay for right-of-way and damages. A majority of those voting shall be sufficient to carry authority to issue bonds, as provided in sections 18-610 to 18-612. A failure to approve the issue of bonds shall cancel all proceedings, except that in that event, the city or village shall pay the cost of survey and preparation of plans and specifications that have been filed and may levy a tax for that purpose.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 10, p. 199;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1910;   R.S.1943, § 18-610;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 62, p. 476;   Laws 1971, LB 534, § 23;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 47.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-611 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-611 - Bonds; terms; payment.

18-611.  Bonds; terms; payment.Upon approval of the issuance of bonds pursuant to section 18-610, a city or village may, without further vote of the electors, issue negotiable bonds in such amount as may be needed to pay for acquisition, extension, or enlargement of any street or highway, and the amount of damages that may accrue by the appropriation thereof and construction of viaducts or subways pursuant to section 18-601. Such bonds shall draw interest and may be sold at not less than par, shall be payable in annual installments over a period of not to exceed twenty years, and shall be subject to retirement at the option of the city or village at any time after five years. Such bonds shall be payable out of the general fund, and the city or village shall annually make a levy and an appropriation for the payment of interest and the installment of the principal.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 11, p. 199;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1911;   R.S.1943, § 18-611;   Laws 1969, c. 51, § 65, p. 312;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 48.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-612 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-612 - Bonds; vesting of powers.

18-612.  Bonds; vesting of powers.On the approval of a bond issue pursuant to section 18-610, the mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall be vested with all the powers provided for them in sections 18-601 to 18-614, without such powers having been specifically mentioned in the ordinance authorizing construction of subways and viaducts pursuant to section 18-601.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 12, p. 199;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1912;   R.S.1943, § 18-612;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 49.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-613 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-613 - Department of Transportation; construction contracts authorized.

18-613.  Department of Transportation; construction contracts authorized.The Department of Transportation shall be authorized to enter into contracts for the construction of viaducts or subways, in accordance with plans and specifications approved under section 18-601, immediately upon the approval by the voters of the issuance of bonds under section 18-610.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 13, p. 199;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1913;   R.S.1943, § 18-613;  Laws 2017, LB339, § 80;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 50.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-614 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-614 - Damages; payment methods.

18-614.  Damages; payment methods.In lieu of, or in addition to, the issuance of bonds under section 18-610, the city council or village board of trustees may issue warrants for the payment of damages, and levy taxes, if necessary, to provide funds for their payment, or may temporarily borrow any funds in the treasury belonging to any other fund, for the purpose of making the payments required under sections 18-601 to 18-615, restoring such funds within a reasonable time.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 14, p. 200;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1914;   R.S.1943, § 18-614;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 51.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-615 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-615 - Funds; appropriation not required.

18-615.  Funds; appropriation not required.No previous annual appropriation of funds shall be required as a condition precedent to disbursement of any funds for the purpose of carrying out the objects of section 18-601.Source   Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 34, § 15, p. 200;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1915;   R.S.1943, § 18-615.
NE Code § 18-617 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-617 - Construction; resolution; notice.

18-617.  Construction; resolution; notice.Whenever the governing body of any city or village within the state believes the construction of a viaduct over or subway under the track or tracks of any railroad within its corporate limits is necessary for the public safety, convenience, and welfare, such governing body shall pass a resolution so declaring. The governing body shall publish a notice of the passage of such resolution six consecutive days in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village or, if there is no such daily legal newspaper, then two consecutive weeks in a weekly legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village. The notice of the passage of such resolution shall include an exact copy of the resolution.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 1, p. 103;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 52.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021
NE Code § 18-618 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All|18-618 - Construction; contracts and agreements; conditions.

18-618.  Construction; contracts and agreements; conditions.After the passage and publication of a resolution as provided in section 18-617, a city or village shall have authority to enter into contracts and agreements with any railroad company or companies over or under whose railroad a viaduct or subway is to be constructed providing for the construction and maintenance of such viaduct or subway and for the apportionment of the costs thereof. Such agreement or contract shall not be effective nor shall any work be commenced until after such matter is submitted to a vote of the electors as provided in section 18-623.Source   Laws 1949, c. 28, § 2, p. 103;  Laws 2021, LB163, § 53.   Effective Date: August 28, 2021