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NE Code § 70-671 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-671 - District; breaks, overflow, and seepage; liability.

70-671.  District; breaks, overflow, and seepage; liability.Any such district shall be liable for all breaks, overflow and seepage damage. Damages from seepage shall be recoverable when and if it accrues.Source   Laws 1933, c. 86, § 7, p. 349;   Laws 1941, c. 138, § 1, p. 545;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-707;   R.S.1943, § 70-671. Annotations  1. Damages from seepage 2. Damages from overflow 3. Miscellaneous 1. Damages from seepage District is liable for seepage escaping from its works when and if it accrues. Scherz v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation Dist., 151 Neb. 415, 37 N.W.2d 721 (1949). Damages for seepage are recoverable in one action. Smith v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation Dist., 151 Neb. 49, 36 N.W.2d 478 (1949). This section gives a party damaged by seepage a plain, complete, adequate and speedy remedy at law. Halligan v. Elander, 147 Neb. 709, 25 N.W.2d 13 (1946). Districts are liable for overflow and seepage damages, but agreement to drain lands will not be enforced by mandatory injunction which would result in irreparable damage to third parties. Halligan v. Elander, 147 Neb. 156, 22 N.W.2d 647 (1946). District is liable for damages caused by seepage irrespective of negligence. Luchsinger v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 140 Neb. 179, 299 N.W. 549 (1941). Landowner is entitled to be compensated for loss of crops growing on land at time land is condemned arising from seepage. Heiden v. Loup River Public Power Dist., 139 Neb. 754, 298 N.W. 736 (1941). This section makes liability for damages from seepage absolute. Asche v. Loup River Public Power District, 138 Neb. 890, 296 N.W. 439 (1941). 2. Damages from overflow Liability for all overflow is absolute only for such waters as flow over and from or escape out of the reservoirs or canals of a public power district and cause damage. Robinson v. Central Nebraska Public Power & Irrigation Dist., 146 Neb. 534, 20 N.W.2d 509 (1945). Instruction stating a public power and irrigation district is liable for all overflow damage plaintiff suffered to his crop by such overflow unless such damages were caused by an act of God is not prejudicial error if supported by competent evidence. Webb v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation District, 146 Neb. 61, 18 N.W.2d 563 (1945). 3. Miscellaneous This section applies only to districts organized under this article. Baum v. County of Scotts Bluff, 172 Neb. 225, 109 N.W.2d 295 (1961).
NE Code § 70-672 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-672 - Water rights; eminent domain; condemnation; procedure.

70-672.  Water rights; eminent domain; condemnation; procedure.Whenever the directors of an irrigation district vote to acquire and appropriate by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any water being used for power purposes, or whenever any person, firm, association, corporation, or organization seeks to acquire any water being used for power purposes and shall be unable to agree with the user of such water for power purposes upon the compensation to be paid to such power user, the procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Chapter 76, article 7.Source   Laws 1941, c. 138, § 2, p. 546;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 46-515;   R.S.1943, § 70-672;   Laws 1951, c. 101, § 108, p. 497;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 34.  Annotations  An owner of a superior preference right who initiates condemnation proceedings to enforce that right is not barred from also challenging the validity of a power district's appropriation right. In re 2007 Appropriations of Niobrara River Waters, 278 Neb. 137, 768 N.W.2d 420 (2009). Where owner of a superior right seeks to acquire water being used for power purposes, eminent domain proceedings may be utilized. Hickman v. Loup River P. P. Dist., 173 Neb. 428, 113 N.W.2d 617 (1962).
NE Code § 70-673 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-673 - Competitive or proprietary information; withheld; when; procedures applicable.

70-673.  Competitive or proprietary information; withheld; when; procedures applicable.(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the public power industry as defined in section 70-601 and the Nebraska Power Review Board may withhold competitive or proprietary information which would give an advantage to business competitors. Competitive information is information which a reasonable person, knowledgeable of the electric utility industry, could conclude gives an advantage to business competitors.(2) Any request for records described in this section shall be subject to the procedures for public record requests provided in sections 84-712 to 84-712.09.Source Laws 2018, LB1008, § 3.
NE Code § 70-680 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-680 - Judicial proceedings; bond not required, when.

70-680.  Judicial proceedings; bond not required, when.No bond for costs, appeal, supersedeas, injunction, or attachment shall be required of any district organized under or subject to Chapter 70, article 6, or of any officer, board, head of any department, agent, or employee of such district in any proceeding or court action in which the district or any officer, board, head of department, agent, or employee is a party litigant in its, his, or her official capacity.Source   Laws 1971, LB 310, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 181, § 35.  Annotations This section does not violate Neb. Const., Art. III, section 14, because the law, as passed, was an act complete and independent in itself and its title called attention to the subject matter of the bill. Aschenbrenner v. Nebraska P. P. Dist., 206 Neb. 157, 291 N.W.2d 720 (1980).
NE Code § 70-681 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-681 - Districts existing on August 30, 2009; director holding office when charter amended; how treated.

70-681.  Districts existing on August 30, 2009; director holding office when charter amended; how treated.In order to provide for orderly compliance with Chapter 70, article 6, districts existing on August 30, 2009, are hereby deemed to be properly constituted and incorporated and their directors duly elected and, notwithstanding any other provision of law, a district shall not be required to amend its charter in order to be in such compliance until six months after the publication of the first federal decennial census published after August 30, 2009. A director holding office at the time of any such amendment to a charter may continue to serve until the expiration of his or her term of office if such director meets the qualifications of section 70-619 for holding office under the charter as so amended.Source   Laws 1986, LB 949, § 15;  Laws 2009, LB53, § 5.
NE Code § 70-682 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-682 - Generating power agency; authority to engage in commodity futures financial hedging transactions; procedure; limitation.

70-682.  Generating power agency; authority to engage in commodity futures financial hedging transactions; procedure; limitation.(1) For purposes of this section:(a) Generating power agency has the same meaning as in Chapter 70, article 6; and(b) Regional transmission organization has the same meaning as in section 70-1001.01.(2) Any generating power agency buying or selling fuel, power, or energy which operates in a regional transmission organization shall be authorized to engage in commodity futures financial hedging transactions with products regulated under the federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission for fuel, power, or energy as part of its sound business practices. Any generating power agency engaged in such transactions is authorized to grant a foreclosable security interest in and a lien on such agency’s commodity futures account contracts or funds used for such transactions in an amount not exceeding five percent of such agency’s annual gross revenue averaged over the preceding three calendar years.(3) The authority to enter into agreements for the use of commodity futures financial hedging transactions shall be authorized by a resolution adopted or an agreement approved by the governing body of the generating power agency.(4) The authority granted in this section is limited to granting a security interest in and a lien on future account contracts or funds specifically designated and used for such commodity futures financial hedging transactions. Except as otherwise authorized under Chapter 70, this section does not authorize granting a foreclosable security interest in or a lien on any other funds, assets, facilities, or property of a generating power agency.(5) An agreement authorized by this section shall be considered a bond as defined in section 10-1103.Source Laws 2016, LB897, § 2.
NE Code § 70-701 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-701 - Act, how cited.

70-701.  Act, how cited.Sections 70-701 to 70-738 may be cited as the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 1, p. 203;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-801;   R.S.1943, § 70-701.
NE Code § 70-702 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-702 - Terms, defined.

70-702.  Terms, defined.For purposes of the Electric Cooperative Corporation Act, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Corporation means a corporation organized pursuant to the act; (2) board means a board of directors of a corporation organized under the act; (3) member means the incorporators of a corporation and each person thereafter lawfully admitted to membership therein; (4) federal agency includes the United States of America and any department administration, commission, board, bureau, office, establishment, agency, authority, or instrumentality of the United States of America heretofore or hereafter ordered; (5) person includes any natural person, firm, association, corporation, business trust, partnership, limited liability company, federal agency, state, or political subdivision thereof, or any body politic; (6) acquire means and includes construct, acquire by purchase, lease, devise, gift, or other mode of acquisition; (7) obligations include bonds, notes, debentures, interim certificates or receipts, and all other evidences of indebtedness issued by a corporation; and (8) rural area means any area not included within the boundaries of any incorporated city, town, or village.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 2, p. 203;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-802;   R.S.1943, § 70-702;   Laws 1993, LB 121, § 416.
NE Code § 70-703 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-703 - Purpose.

70-703.  Purpose.Cooperative, nonprofit, membership corporations may be organized for the purpose of engaging in rural electrification and the furnishing of electric energy to persons in rural areas not served with electrical energy through existing facilities within such rural areas.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 3, p. 203;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-803;   R.S.1943, § 70-703.
NE Code § 70-705 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-705 - Who may organize.

70-705.  Who may organize.Any twenty or more natural persons, residents of the territory to be served by the corporation, of the age of twenty-one years or more, residents of this state, may act as incorporators of a corporation to be organized under sections 70-701 to 70-738 by executing articles of incorporation as provided in said sections.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 5, p. 205;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-805;   R.S.1943, § 70-705.
NE Code § 70-706 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-706 - Articles of incorporation; contents.

70-706.  Articles of incorporation; contents.The articles of incorporation shall state (1) the name of the corporation, which name shall include the words electric cooperative and the word corporation, incorporated, inc., association or company, and the name shall be such as to not be deceptively similar to any other corporation organized and existing under the laws of this state; (2) the purpose for which the corporation is formed; (3) the names and addresses of the incorporators who shall serve as directors and manage the affairs of the corporation until its first annual meeting of members, or until their successors are elected and qualify; (4) the number of directors, not less than five, to be elected at the annual meetings of members; (5) the address of its principal office; (6) the period of duration of the corporation, which may be perpetual; (7) the terms and conditions upon which persons shall be admitted to membership and retain membership in the corporation, but, if expressly so stated, the determination of such matter may be reserved to the directors by the bylaws; and (8) any provisions, not inconsistent with law, which the incorporators may choose to insert for the regulation of the business and the conduct of the affairs of the corporation. It shall not be necessary to set forth in the articles of incorporation any of the corporate powers enumerated in section 70-704.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 6, p. 205;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-806;   R.S.1943, § 70-706;  Laws 2003, LB 464, § 10.
NE Code § 70-707 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-707 - Electric cooperative; use of term restricted.

70-707.  Electric cooperative; use of term restricted.The words electric cooperative shall not be used in the corporate name of corporations organized under the laws of this state, or authorized to do business herein, other than those organized pursuant to the provisions of sections 70-701 to 70-738.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 7, p. 205;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-807;   R.S.1943, § 70-707.
NE Code § 70-708 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-708 - Articles of incorporation; filing; certificate of incorporation; issuance.

70-708.  Articles of incorporation; filing; certificate of incorporation; issuance.The original copy of the articles of incorporation shall be signed by the incorporators, and acknowledged before any officer authorized by the law of this state to acknowledge the execution of deeds and conveyances. It shall be filed in the office of the Secretary of State. If the Secretary of State finds that the articles of incorporation conform to law, he shall, when the fees prescribed by section 70-733 have been paid, (1) endorse on the original copy the word filed, and the month, day and year of the filing thereof; (2) file the original in his office; and (3) issue a certificate of incorporation to the incorporators. The incorporators shall file for recording a true copy of the articles of incorporation in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the principal office of the corporation in this state is located.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 8, p. 206;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-808;   R.S.1943, § 70-708.
NE Code § 70-709 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-709 - Certificate of incorporation; effect.

70-709.  Certificate of incorporation; effect.Upon the filing of articles of incorporation with the Secretary of State, the corporate existence of the corporation shall begin. The certificate of incorporation shall be conclusive evidence, except as against the state, that all conditions precedent required to be performed by the incorporators have been complied with, and that the corporation has been incorporated.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 9, p. 206;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-809;   R.S.1943, § 70-709.
NE Code § 70-710 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-710 - Organizational meeting; bylaws; adoption; election of officers; notice; waiver.

70-710.  Organizational meeting; bylaws; adoption; election of officers; notice; waiver.After the issuance of the certificate of incorporation an organization meeting shall be held, at the call of a majority of the incorporators, for the purpose of adopting bylaws and electing officers, and for the transaction of such other business as may properly come before the meeting. The incorporators calling the meeting shall give at least three days' notice thereof by mail to each incorporator, which notice shall state the time and place of the meeting, but such notice may be waived in writing.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 10, p. 206;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-810;   R.S.1943, § 70-710.
NE Code § 70-711 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-711 - Bylaws; make, alter, amend, or repeal; contents.

70-711.  Bylaws; make, alter, amend, or repeal; contents.The power to make, alter, amend or repeal the bylaws of the corporation shall be vested in the board of directors. The bylaws may contain any provisions for the regulation and management of the affairs of the corporation not inconsistent with law or the articles of incorporation.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 11, p. 206;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-811;   R.S.1943, § 70-711.
NE Code § 70-712 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-712 - Membership; conditions.

70-712.  Membership; conditions.All persons in rural areas proposed to be served by a corporation shall be eligible to membership in a corporation. No person shall become, be or remain a member of a corporation unless such person shall use or agree to use electric energy furnished by the corporation. A corporation organized under sections 70-701 to 70-738 may become a member of another corporation, and may avail itself fully of the facilities and services thereof.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 12, p. 207;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-812;   R.S.1943, § 70-712.
NE Code § 70-713 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-713 - Meetings, where held; annual and special meetings.

70-713.  Meetings, where held; annual and special meetings.Meetings of members may be held at such place as may be provided in the bylaws. In the absence of any such provision, all meetings shall be held in the principal office of the corporation in this state. An annual meeting of the members shall be held at such time as may be provided in the bylaws. Failure to hold the annual meeting at the designated time shall not work forfeiture or dissolution of the corporation. Special meetings of the members may be called by the president, by the board of directors, by a petition signed by not less than one-tenth of all the members, or by such other officers or persons as may be provided in the articles of incorporation or the bylaws.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 13, p. 207;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-813;   R.S.1943, § 70-713.
NE Code § 70-714 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-714 - Meetings; notice; waiver.

70-714.  Meetings; notice; waiver.Written or printed notice stating the place, day and hour of the meeting of members and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, shall be delivered not less than three nor more than five days before the date of the meeting, either personally or by mail, by or at the direction of the president or the secretary, or the officers or persons calling the meeting, to each member of record entitled to vote at such meeting. If mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States mails in a sealed envelope addressed to the member at his address as it appears on the records of the corporation, with postage thereon prepaid. Notice of meetings of members may be waived in writing.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 14, p. 207;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-814;   R.S.1943, § 70-714.
NE Code § 70-715 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-715 - Members; voting rights.

70-715.  Members; voting rights.Each member present shall be entitled to one, and only one, vote on each matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of members.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 15, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-815;   R.S.1943, § 70-715.
NE Code § 70-716 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-716 - Membership certificate; issuance; transfer; conditions.

70-716.  Membership certificate; issuance; transfer; conditions.When a member of a corporation has paid the membership fee in full, a certificate of membership shall be issued to such member. After such membership fee has been paid in full, memberships and certificates in the corporation shall be transferable upon the books of the corporation to other persons eligible for membership in such corporation; Provided, that, five days before the transfer thereof, such membership, and certificate, has been offered for redemption to the corporation at its book value and such corporation has refused to purchase the same.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 16, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-816;   R.S.1943, § 70-716.
NE Code § 70-717 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-717 - Meetings; quorum.

70-717.  Meetings; quorum.Unless otherwise provided in the articles of incorporation, a majority of the members present in person shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at a meeting of members.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 17, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-817;   R.S.1943, § 70-717.
NE Code § 70-718 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-718 - Board of directors; number; powers; qualifications.

70-718.  Board of directors; number; powers; qualifications.The business and affairs of a corporation shall be managed by a board of directors, not less than five in number, which shall exercise all the powers of the corporation except such as are conferred upon the members by sections 70-701 to 70-738, by the articles of incorporation, or by the bylaws of the corporation. The bylaws may prescribe qualifications for directors.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 18, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-818;   R.S.1943, § 70-718.
NE Code § 70-719 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-719 - Directors; alternate directors; election; compensation; expenses.

70-719.  Directors; alternate directors; election; compensation; expenses.The directors, other than those named in the certificate of incorporation to serve until the first annual meeting of members, shall be elected annually, or as otherwise provided in the bylaws, by the members. The directors shall be members of the corporation and shall be entitled to such compensation and reimbursement for expenses incurred by them as provided in sections 81-1174 to 81-1177. The bylaws may provide for the election of alternate directors, who shall be elected and serve in the same manner as members elected to the board of directors. Such alternate directors shall serve in the event of the absence, disability, disqualification, or death of an elected director.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 19, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-819;   R.S.1943, § 70-719;   Laws 1974, LB 833, § 1;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 106;  Laws 2020, LB381, § 56.
NE Code § 70-720 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 70 - Power Districts and Corporations|70-720 - Directors; alternate directors; vacancy; how filled.

70-720.  Directors; alternate directors; vacancy; how filled.Any vacancy occurring in the board or in the position of alternate director, and any directorship to be filled, shall be filled as provided in the bylaws by persons who shall serve until directors or alternate directors may be regularly elected as provided for in section 70-719.Source   Laws 1937, c. 50, § 20, p. 208;   C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-820;   R.S.1943, § 70-720;   Laws 1974, LB 833, § 2.