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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-691.01 - Board of public works; surplus funds; investment; securities; purchase; sale.

16-691.01.
Board of public works; surplus funds; investment; securities; purchase; sale.
Any surplus funds remaining in the hands of the city treasurer of a city of the first class, to the credit of such various funds, may be invested by the board of public works, with the approval of the mayor and city council, in accordance with the provisions of sections 16-712, 16-713, and 16-715, in interest-bearing securities of the State of Nebraska or any political subdivision thereof, in certificates of deposit of banks which are members of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, or in interest-bearing securities of the United States upon an order for that purpose drawn by the board of public works upon the city treasurer. Such securities may be purchased, sold, or hypothecated by the board of public works with the approval of the mayor and city council, at their fair market value, and the interest earned by such securities shall be credited to the account of the utility from which the funds paid for the securities were originally drawn. In cities which have not conferred upon any board of public works the active direction and supervision of the city's system of waterworks, power plant, sewerage, and heating or lighting plant, the powers and duties conferred upon the board of public works as to the purchase, sale, and hypothecation of such securities shall be exercised by the city treasurer. Securities so purchased shall be held by the city treasurer who shall provide adequate bond for their safekeeping. When sold, the treasurer shall deliver such securities to the purchaser and collect the sale price.
Source
Laws 1947, c. 26, § 5, p. 130;
Laws 1949, c. 29, § 1(2), p. 112;
Laws 1969, c. 84, § 2, p. 424;
Laws 1972, LB 1213, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 149;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 70.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-691.02 - Board of public works; surplus funds; disposition; transfer.

16-691.02.
Board of public works; surplus funds; disposition; transfer.
The mayor and city council of any city of the first class may, by resolution, direct and authorize the city treasurer to dispose of the surplus electric light, water, or natural gas distribution system funds, or the funds arising from the sale of electric light and water properties, by the payment of outstanding electric light, water, or natural gas distribution system warrants or bonds then due and by the payment of all current amounts required in any revenue bond ordinance in which any part of the earnings of the electric light or water utility or natural gas distribution system are pledged. The excess, if any, after such payments, may be transferred to the general fund of such city at the conclusion of the fiscal year.
Source
Laws 1965, c. 60, § 1, p. 275;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 150.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-692 - Water commissioner; city council member and mayor ineligible.

16-692.
Water commissioner; city council member and mayor ineligible.
No member of the city council or the mayor of a city of the first class shall be eligible to the office of water commissioner during the term for which he or she shall be elected.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 64, p. 278;
R.S.1913, § 4964;
C.S.1922, § 4133;
C.S.1929, § 16-662;
R.S.1943, § 16-692;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 151;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 71.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-693 - Bonds; tax authorized; how used.

16-693.
Bonds; tax authorized; how used.
When any bonds shall have been issued by a city of the first class for the purpose of constructing or aiding in the construction of a system of waterworks, power plant, sewerage, heating, lighting, or drainage, there shall thereafter be levied annually upon all taxable property of such city a tax not exceeding seven cents on each one hundred dollars for every twenty thousand dollars of bonds so issued, which shall be known as the waterworks tax, power tax, sewerage tax, heat tax, light tax, or drainage tax, as the case may be, and shall be payable only in money. The proceeds of such tax, together with all income received by the city from the payment and collection of water, power, heat, or light, rent, taxes, and rates of assessments, shall first be applied to the payment of the current expenses of waterworks, power plant, heating, or lighting, to improvements, extensions, and additions thereto, and interest on money borrowed and bonds issued for their construction. The surplus, if any, shall be retained for a sinking fund for the payment of such loan or bonds at maturity.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 65, p. 278;
Laws 1913, c. 35, § 4, p. 115;
R.S.1913, § 4965;
Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 257;
C.S.1922, § 4134;
C.S.1929, § 16-663;
R.S.1943, § 16-693;
Laws 1965, c. 60, § 2, p. 275;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 42;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 152;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 72.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-694 - Sewers; maintenance and repairs; annual tax; service rate in lieu of tax; lien.

16-694.
Sewers; maintenance and repairs; annual tax; service rate in lieu of tax; lien.
After the establishment of a system of sewerage in any city of the first class, the mayor and city council may, at the time of levying other taxes for city purposes, levy an annual tax of not more than three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city for the purpose of creating a fund to be used exclusively for the maintenance and repairing of any sewers in such city. In lieu of the levy of a tax, the mayor and city council may establish, by ordinance, such rates for such sewer service as may be deemed by them to be fair and reasonable, to be collected from either the owner or the person, firm, or corporation requesting the service at such times, either monthly, quarterly, or otherwise, as may be specified in the ordinance. All such sewer charges shall be a lien upon the premises or real estate for which the sewer service is used or supplied. Such lien shall be enforced in such manner as the city council provides by ordinance. The charges thus made, when collected, shall be placed in a separate fund and used exclusively for the purpose of maintenance and repairs of any sewers in such city.
Source
Laws 1925, c. 46, § 1, p. 186;
C.S.1929, § 16-664;
Laws 1943, c. 33, § 1, p. 151;
R.S.1943, § 16-694;
Laws 1947, c. 51, § 1, p. 172;
Laws 1951, c. 27, § 1, p. 122;
Laws 1953, c. 287, § 11, p. 935;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 43;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 47;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 153.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-695 - Parks; swimming pool; stadium; other facilities; acquisition of land; bonds; election; issuance; interest; term.

16-695.
Parks; swimming pool; stadium; other facilities; acquisition of land; bonds; election; issuance; interest; term.
The mayor and city council of any city of the first class are hereby authorized to acquire by purchase or otherwise and hold in the name of the city, lands, lots, or grounds within or without the limits of the city to be used and improved for parks, parkways, or boulevards. To pay for and improve such lands, lots, or grounds, the mayor and city council are authorized to issue bonds for such purposes, except that no such bonds shall be issued until the question of issuing such bonds shall have been submitted to the electors of the city, at a general election therein, or at a special election appointed and called by the mayor and city council for such purposes, and a majority of electors voting at such election shall have voted in favor of issuing the bonds. Notice of such election shall be given by publication once each week for three successive weeks prior thereto in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city. Such bonds shall be payable in not to exceed twenty years from the date of issuance thereof, and shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached to the bonds. The mayor and city council may at their discretion construct in any park a swimming pool, stadium, or other facilities for public use and recreation and pay for such facilities out of the proceeds of such bonds.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 80, p. 289;
R.S.1913, § 4966;
C.S.1922, § 4135;
C.S.1929, § 16-665;
R.S.1943, § 16-695;
Laws 1947, c. 28, § 1, p. 134;
Laws 1951, c. 26, § 6, p. 120;
Laws 1965, c. 61, § 1, p. 276;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 38, p. 295;
Laws 1982, LB 692, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 154.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-697 - Park fund or park and recreation fund; annual levy; audit of accounts; warrants; contracts; reports.

16-697.
Park fund or park and recreation fund; annual levy; audit of accounts; warrants; contracts; reports.
(1) For the purpose of (a) providing funds for amusements and recreation, (b) providing funds for laying out, purchasing, improving, and beautifying parks and public grounds, and (c) providing for the payment of the salaries and wages of employees of the board of park commissioners or the board of park and recreation commissioners, the mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall, each year at the time of making the levy for general city purposes, make a levy upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city. Such levy shall be collected and paid into the city treasury and shall constitute the park fund or park and recreation fund as the case may be.
(2) All accounts against the park fund or park and recreation fund of such city, provided for by subsection (1) of this section, for salaries and wages of the employees and all other expenses of such parks or recreational facilities shall be audited and allowed by the park or park and recreation commissioners. All warrants thereon shall be drawn only by the chairperson of the commissioners. Warrants so drawn shall be paid by the city treasurer out of such fund.
(3) The park or park and recreation commissioners of such city, as the case may be, shall enter into any contracts of any nature involving an expenditure in accordance with the policies of the city council.
(4) The chairperson of the board of park or park and recreation commissioners shall, on January 1 and July 1 of each year, file with the city clerk an itemized statement of all the expenditures of the board.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 81, p. 290;
Laws 1901, c. 19, § 8, p. 318;
R.S.1913, § 4968;
Laws 1915, c. 88, § 1, p. 228;
C.S.1922, § 4137;
Laws 1925, c. 52, § 1, p. 204;
C.S.1929, § 16-667;
Laws 1933, c. 26, § 1, p. 200;
Laws 1935, c. 30, § 1, p. 134;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-667;
R.S.1943, § 16-697;
Laws 1953, c. 31, § 1, p. 119;
Laws 1969, c. 86, § 2, p. 431;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 44;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 48;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 156;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 73.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-697.01 - Parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds; acquisition; control.

16-697.01.
Parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds; acquisition; control.
Any city of the first class is hereby authorized and empowered to take land in fee, within or without its corporate limits, by donation, gift, devise, purchase, or appropriation, and to hold, improve and control such land for parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds. The jurisdiction and police power of the mayor and city council of any city that shall acquire any such real estate shall be at once extended over such real estate. The mayor and city council shall have power to enact bylaws, rules, and ordinances for the protection, preservation, and control of any real estate acquired under this section and provide suitable penalties for the violation of any such bylaws, rules, or ordinances.
Source
Laws 1899, c. 15, § 1, p. 80;
R.S.1913, § 5271;
C.S.1922, § 4490;
C.S.1929, § 19-101;
R.S.1943, § 19-101;
Laws 1969, c. 86, § 6, p. 433;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 157.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-697.02 - Borrowing; authorized; bonds; approval of electors; mayor and city council; duties; issuance of refunding bonds; approval of electors.

16-697.02.
Borrowing; authorized; bonds; approval of electors; mayor and city council; duties; issuance of refunding bonds; approval of electors.
(1) The mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall have power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise, for the purpose of purchasing and improving land for parks, recreational facilities, and public grounds, authority therefor having first been obtained by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the city voting on such question at any general city election of such city or at an election called for that purpose, upon a proposition or propositions submitted in the manner provided by law for the submission of propositions to aid in the construction of railroads and other works of internal improvement.
(2) The mayor and city council shall identify the specific type of security pledge securing any financing or bond issue in the proposition to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise for the purposes described in subsection (1) of this section. The proposition with language identifying the specific type of security pledged to be used shall be placed on the ballot to be voted on by the qualified electors of the city.
(3) If the mayor and city council decide to issue refunding bonds under section 10-142 for bonds issued pursuant to this section that change the specific type of security pledged from revenue bonds to general obligation bonds, authority therefor must first be obtained by a majority vote of the qualified electors of the city voting on such refinancing proposition at any general city election of such city or at an election called for that purpose.
Source
Laws 1899, c. 15, § 2, p. 81;
Laws 1913, c. 190, § 1, p. 567;
R.S.1913, § 5272;
C.S.1922, § 4491;
C.S.1929, § 19-102;
R.S.1943, § 19-102;
Laws 1969, c. 86, § 7, p. 433;
Laws 2016, LB378, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 158.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-698 - Markets; construction; operation; location; approval of electors; notice; when required.

16-698.
Markets; construction; operation; location; approval of electors; notice; when required.
Any city of the first class may, by ordinance, (1) purchase and hold grounds for and erect and establish market houses and market places, and regulate and govern such market houses and market places, (2) contract with any person or persons or companies or corporations for the erection and regulation of such market houses and market places on such terms and conditions and in such manner as the city council may prescribe, and (3) raise all necessary revenue for the purposes provided in this section. The city council may provide for the erection of all other useful and necessary buildings for the use of the city and for the protection and safety of all property owned by the city, in connection with such market houses and places. It may locate such market houses, market places, and buildings on any street, alley, or public grounds, or on any land purchased for such purposes, and establish, alter, and change the channel of streams and watercourses within the city, and bridge such streams and watercourses. Any such improvement costing in the aggregate a sum greater than two thousand dollars shall not be authorized until the ordinance providing for the improvement shall first be submitted to and ratified by a majority of the legal voters of such city voting thereon, notice of which shall be given by publication once each week for three successive weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 48, XXVI, p. 251;
R.S.1913, § 4969;
C.S.1922, § 4138;
C.S.1929, § 16-668;
R.S.1943, § 16-698;
Laws 1951, c. 26, § 7, p. 121;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 159.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-699 - Regulation of markets.

16-699.
Regulation of markets.
No charge or assessment of any kind shall be made or levied on any vehicle or on the owner of any vehicle bringing produce or provisions to any market place in a city of the first class, or standing in or occupying a place in any of the market places of the city, or in the street contiguous to such market places on market days. The mayor and city council shall have full power to prescribe the kind and description of articles which may be sold and the stand or place to be occupied by the vendors and may authorize the immediate seizure and arrest and removal from the markets of any person violating the regulations as established by ordinance, together with any article of produce in his or her possession, and the immediate seizure and destruction of tainted or unsound meat, provisions, or other articles of food.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 36, p. 239;
R.S.1913, § 4970;
C.S.1922, § 4139;
C.S.1929, § 16-669;
R.S.1943, § 16-699;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 160;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 74.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100 - Public buildings; construction; bonds authorized; approval of electors required, when.

16-6,100.
Public buildings; construction; bonds authorized; approval of electors required, when.
The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall have the power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city upon its negotiable bonds or otherwise for the purpose of acquiring, by purchasing or constructing, including site acquisition, or aiding in the acquiring of a city hall, jail, auditorium, buildings for the fire department, and other public buildings, including the acquisition of buildings authorized to be acquired by Chapter 72, article 14, and including acquisition of buildings to be leased in whole or in part by the city to any other political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska authorized by law to lease such buildings. No such bonds shall be issued until after the same have been authorized by a majority vote of the electors of the city voting on the proposition of their issuance at an election called for the submission of such proposition and of which election notice of the time and place thereof shall have been given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city three successive weeks prior thereto. If the buildings to be acquired are to be used by the State of Nebraska or its agency or agencies under a lease authorized by Chapter 72, article 14, or the buildings are to be leased by any other political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska or other governmental agencies and if the combined area of the buildings to be leased by the state or its agency or agencies and the political or governmental subdivision of the State of Nebraska is more than fifty percent of the area of the buildings and if the cost of acquisition does not exceed five million dollars, no such vote of the electors will be required.
Source
Laws 1911, c. 15, § 1, p. 132;
R.S.1913, § 4971;
Laws 1915, c. 89, § 1, p. 229;
Laws 1919, c. 39, § 1, p. 122;
C.S.1922, § 4140;
C.S.1929, § 16-670;
Laws 1941, c. 23, § 1, p. 116;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-670;
R.S.1943, § 16-6,100;
Laws 1945, c. 23, § 1, p. 131;
Laws 1947, c. 30, § 1, p. 138;
Laws 1947, c. 28, § 2, p. 135;
Laws 1969, c. 87, § 1, p. 436;
Laws 1972, LB 876, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 161;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 75;
Laws 2021, LB131, § 12.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.01 - Joint city-county building; authorized; acquisition of land; erect; equip, furnish, maintain, and operate.

16-6,100.01.
Joint city-county building; authorized; acquisition of land; erect; equip, furnish, maintain, and operate.
Any county in this state may, together with any city of the first class of the county in which the county seat is located, jointly acquire land for, erect, equip, furnish, maintain, and operate a joint city-county building to be used jointly by such county and city.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 1, p. 120.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.02 - Joint city-county building; expense; bonds; election; approval by electors.

16-6,100.02.
Joint city-county building; expense; bonds; election; approval by electors.
The cost and expense of acquiring land for, erecting, equipping, furnishing, and maintaining a joint city-county building shall be borne by such county and city in the proportion determined by the county board of the county and the city council of the city of the first class. The building shall not be erected or contracted to be erected, no land shall be acquired therefor, and no bonds shall be issued or sold by the county or the city of the first class until the county and the city of the first class have each been authorized to issue bonds to defray its proportion of the cost of such land, building, equipment, and furnishings by the required number of electors of the county and the city of the first class in the manner provided by sections 16-6,100 and 23-3501.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 2, p. 121.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.03 - Joint city-county building; indebtedness; bonds; principal and interest; in addition to other limitations.

16-6,100.03.
Joint city-county building; indebtedness; bonds; principal and interest; in addition to other limitations.
The amount of indebtedness authorized to be incurred by any county or city of the first class for the payment of principal and interest for the bonds authorized by the provisions of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07 shall be in addition to and over and above any limits provided by law.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 3, p. 121;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 162.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.04 - Joint city-county building; county board and city council; building commission; powers; duties.

16-6,100.04.
Joint city-county building; county board and city council; building commission; powers; duties.
The members of the county board of the county and the city council of the city of the first class which agree to build a joint city-county building shall be the building commission to purchase the land for the building and to contract for the erection, equipment, and furnishings of the building and, after completion thereof, shall be in charge of its maintenance and repair.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 4, p. 121.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.05 - Joint city-county building; building commission; plans and specifications; personnel; compensation; contracts.

16-6,100.05.
Joint city-county building; building commission; plans and specifications; personnel; compensation; contracts.
The building commission shall cause to be prepared building plans and specifications for the joint city-county building, and may employ architects, engineers, draftsmen, and such clerical help as may be deemed necessary for the purpose of preparing such plans and specifications. The compensation of such personnel shall be fixed by the commission and shall be paid in the same proportion as is determined for defraying the cost as set forth in section 16-6,100.02. The contract for erecting the building, for the equipment, and for furnishings shall be let by the commission in the same manner as for other public buildings. The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services as members of the commission.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 5, p. 121;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 163.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.06 - Joint city-county building; annual budget of city and county.

16-6,100.06.
Joint city-county building; annual budget of city and county.
The county and the city of the first class shall each provide in their annual budgets an item for their proportion of the expense of maintaining such joint city-county building.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 6, p. 122.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,100.07 - Joint city-county building; building commission; accept gifts.

16-6,100.07.
Joint city-county building; building commission; accept gifts.
The building commission shall have power to accept gifts, devises, and bequests of real and personal property to carry out the purposes of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07 and, to the extent of the powers conferred upon such board by the provisions of sections 16-6,100.01 to 16-6,100.07, to execute and carry out such conditions as may be annexed to any gift, devises, or bequest.
Source
Laws 1953, c. 32, § 7, p. 122.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,101 - Acquisition; revenue bonds; approval of electors required.

16-6,101.
Acquisition; revenue bonds; approval of electors required.
Supplemental to any existing law on the subject and in lieu of the issuance of general obligation bonds, or the levying of taxes upon property, as by law provided, any city of the first class may construct, purchase, or otherwise acquire a waterworks plant or a water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, either within or without the corporate limits of such city, and real and personal property needed or useful in connection therewith, and pay the cost thereof by pledging and hypothecating the revenue and earnings of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned or to be owned by such city. In the exercise of the authority granted in this section, any city may issue and sell revenue bonds or debentures and enter into such contracts in connection therewith as may be proper and necessary. Such revenue bonds or debentures shall be a lien only upon the revenue and earnings of the waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned or to be owned by such city. No such city shall pledge or hypothecate the revenue and earnings of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, nor issue revenue bonds or debentures, as authorized in this section, until the proposition relating thereto has been submitted in the usual manner to the qualified voters of such city at a general or special election and approved by a majority of the electors voting on the proposition submitted. Such proposition shall be submitted whenever requested, within thirty days after a sufficient petition signed by the qualified voters of such city equal in number to twenty percent of the vote cast at the last general municipal election held therein, shall be filed with the city clerk. Three weeks' notice of the submission of the proposition shall be given by publication in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city. The requirement for a vote of the electors, however, shall not apply when such city seeks to pledge or hypothecate such revenue or earnings or issues revenue bonds or debentures solely for the maintenance, extension, or enlargement of any waterworks plant or water system, or a gas plant or a gas system, including a natural or bottled gas plant, gas distribution system, or gas pipelines, owned by such city.
Source
Laws 1937, c. 29, § 1, p. 151;
Laws 1941, c. 22, § 1, p. 113;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-671;
R.S.1943, § 16-6,101;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 164.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,102 - Districts; created.

16-6,102.
Districts; created.
In addition to any other provision of state law, whenever the mayor and city council of any city of the first class shall deem it necessary and advisable to construct sanitary sewer mains or water mains, the mayor and city council may, by ordinance passed by not less than three-fourths of all members of the city council, create a district or districts to be known as sanitary sewer connection districts or water connection districts and such district or districts may include properties within the corporate limits of the city and within the city's extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction. Such ordinance shall state the size and kind of sewer mains or water mains proposed to be constructed in such district and shall designate the outer boundaries of the district or districts in which it is proposed to construct the sewer mains or water mains.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 73, § 1, p. 397;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 165.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,103 - Districts; benefits; certification; connection fee.

16-6,103.
Districts; benefits; certification; connection fee.
After sanitary sewer mains or water mains have been constructed in the districts as provided under section 16-6,102, the cost thereof shall be reported to the city council and the city council, sitting as a board of equalization, shall determine benefits to abutting property. The special benefits as determined by the board of equalization shall not be levied as special assessments against the property within the district but shall be certified in a resolution of the city council to the register of deeds of the county in which the improvement district is constructed. A connection fee in the amount of the benefit accruing to the property in the district shall be paid to the city at the time such property becomes connected to the sewer main or water main. The city shall provide that no property thus benefited by sanitary sewer or water main improvements shall be connected to the sanitary sewer or water mains until the connection fee is paid.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 73, § 2, p. 397;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 166.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,104 - Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; payment; connection fees; use.

16-6,104.
Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; payment; connection fees; use.
For the purpose of paying the cost of any sanitary sewer mains or water mains constructed in a connection district created under section 16-6,102, the mayor and city council may spend funds accumulated in any sanitary sewer or water department surplus funds of the city. The connection fees collected by any such city for properties connecting to such sanitary sewer mains or water mains shall be paid into the sanitary sewer or water department surplus fund to replenish such funds for the construction costs.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 73, § 3, p. 398;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 167.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,105 - Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; revenue bonds; issuance authorized.

16-6,105.
Construction of sewer and water mains; cost; revenue bonds; issuance authorized.
As an alternative to spending surplus funds as provided in section 16-6,104, or to pay for part of the construction of sanitary sewer mains or water mains, the mayor and city council may issue revenue bonds. Such revenue bonds shall not impose any general liability upon the city but shall be secured by the revenue received by the city for the operation of the sanitary sewer system or waterworks system, and the amount of connection fees collected by the city for connections to such sanitary sewer mains or water mains. Such revenue bonds shall be sold for not less than par and bear interest at a rate not to exceed the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature. The amount of such revenue bonds, either issued or outstanding, shall not be included in computing the maximum amount of bonds which the city may be authorized to issue under its charter or any statute of this state.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 73, § 4, p. 398;
Laws 1980, LB 933, § 17;
Laws 1981, LB 167, § 18;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 168.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,106 - Powers.

16-6,106.
Powers.
Cities of the first class are hereby authorized and empowered to develop and implement and from time to time amend, change, and modify a general plan or program of flood and storm water control, drainage, and disposal for such city. If the plan or program requires works of improvement outside of the city limits, it shall be submitted for review to the boards of the county or counties affected and to the Department of Natural Resources. To accomplish such purposes, or any of them, the city may to the extent deemed needful or useful in the judgment of the city council:
(1) Procure and contract for professional and technical assistance of all kinds;
(2) Build, construct, alter, modify, and improve, using either its own employees, equipment, and facilities or by contract with others, dams, dikes, levees, drainways, channels, structures, devices, storm water sewers and systems, and works of all kinds and appurtenances thereto all without any limitation whatsoever, including extensions, additions, and improvements and alterations of any such existing facilities, for the control, management, drainage, and disposal of flood, storm, or surface waters, both within and without the city as in the discretion of the city council may be required for the protection, benefit, and welfare of the city and its inhabitants and their property; and
(3) Acquire by purchase, lease, gift, and contract and through the exercise of the right of eminent domain all lands, structures, easements, rights-of-way, or other property real or personal both within and without the city as may in the discretion of the city council be required or useful in connection with any such plan or program and the implementation thereof.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 57, § 1;
Laws 2000, LB 900, § 64.
Cross References
For additional flood control powers of cities of the first class, see section 23-320.07.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,107 - Costs; financing.

16-6,107.
Costs; financing.
For carrying out the purposes and powers set forth in section 16-6,106, including payment of the cost thereof, the city may:
(1) Borrow money and issue its negotiable general obligation bonds upon such terms and conditions as the mayor and city council may determine, without a vote of the electors;
(2) Levy a tax upon all taxable property in the city to pay such bonds and interest thereon and establish a sinking fund for such payment;
(3) Issue warrants to contractors and others furnishing services or materials or in satisfaction of other obligations created under section 16-6,106, such warrants to be issued in such amounts and on such terms and conditions as the mayor and city council shall determine, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of bonds or receipt of other funds available for such purpose;
(4) Receive gifts, grants, and funds from any source, including, but not limited to, state, federal, or private sources; and
(5) Cooperate and contract with any other government, governmental agency, or political subdivision, whether state or federal, and any person or organization providing funds for the purposes covered by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 57, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 169.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,108 - General obligation bonds; issuance; hearing.

16-6,108.
General obligation bonds; issuance; hearing.
The powers granted by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109 may be exercised in whole or in part and from time to time as the city council may in its discretion determine but before general obligation bonds are issued for the purposes of sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109, the city council shall hold a public hearing after three weeks' notice published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city, and the referendum provisions of the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall apply to any ordinance or resolution authorizing issuance of such bonds. The program for implementation of the plan may be adopted and carried out in parts, sections, or stages.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 57, § 3;
Laws 1982, LB 807, § 42;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 170;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 1.
Cross References
Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act, see section 18-2501.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,109 - Sections; supplemental to other laws.

16-6,109.
Sections; supplemental to other laws.
The powers granted by sections 16-6,106 to 16-6,109 are independent of and in addition to all other grants of powers on the same or related subjects but may be exercised jointly with or supplemented by the powers granted by existing state law, including, but not limited to, sections 16-667 to 16-672.11, 16-680, 16-683, 16-693, 18-401 to 18-411, 18-501 to 18-512, 19-1305, 23-320.07 to 23-320.13, and 31-501 to 31-553 and the Combined Improvement Act.
Source
Laws 1971, LB 57, § 4;
Laws 2003, LB 52, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 171;
Laws 2022, LB800, § 326.
Cross References
Combined Improvement Act, see section 19-2415.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-6,110 - Acquisition of system; acceptance of funds; administration; powers.

16-6,110.
Acquisition of system; acceptance of funds; administration; powers.
A city of the first class shall have the power by ordinance to acquire, by the exercise of the power of eminent domain or otherwise, lease, purchase, construct, own, maintain, and operate, or contract for the operation of public passenger transportation systems, excluding railroad systems, including all property and facilities required therefor, within and without the limits of the city, to redeem such property from prior encumbrance in order to protect or preserve the interest of the city therein, to exercise all powers granted by the Constitution and laws of the State of Nebraska or exercised by or pursuant to a home rule charter adopted pursuant thereto, including but not limited to receiving and accepting from the government of the United States or any agency thereof, from the State of Nebraska, or any subdivision thereof, and from any person or corporation, donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants for or in aid of the acquisition, operation, and maintenance of such public passenger transportation systems, and to administer, hold, use, and apply the same for the purposes for which such donations, devises, gifts, bequests, loans, or grants may have been made, to negotiate with employees and enter into contracts of employment, to employ by contract or otherwise individuals singularly or collectively, to enter into agreements authorized under the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act, to contract with an operating and management company for the purpose of operating, servicing, and maintaining any public passenger transportation systems any such city shall acquire under the provisions of sections 16-6,110 and 75-303, and to exercise such other and further powers with respect thereto as may be necessary, incident, or appropriate to the powers of such city.
Source
Laws 1973, LB 345, § 1;
Laws 1975, LB 395, § 1;
Laws 1999, LB 87, § 61.
Cross References
Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801.
Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-701 - Fiscal year, commencement.

16-701.
Fiscal year, commencement.
The fiscal year of each city of the first class and of any public utility of a city of the first class commences on October 1 and extends through the following September 30 except as provided in the Municipal Proprietary Function Act.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 40, p. 242;
R.S.1913, § 4972;
C.S.1922, § 4141;
C.S.1929, § 16-701;
R.S.1943, § 16-701;
Laws 1963, c. 67, § 1, p. 267;
Laws 1995, LB 194, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 172.
Cross References
Municipal Proprietary Function Act, see section 18-2801.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-704 - Annual appropriation bill; contents.

16-704.
Annual appropriation bill; contents.
Each city of the first class shall adopt a budget statement pursuant to the Nebraska Budget Act, to be termed "The Annual Appropriation Bill", in which the city may appropriate such sums of money as may be deemed necessary to defray all necessary expenses and liabilities of such city.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 41, p. 242;
R.S.1913, § 4974;
Laws 1917, c. 95, § 1, p. 257;
C.S.1922, § 4143;
Laws 1925, c. 37, § 2, p. 146;
C.S.1929, § 16-703;
R.S.1943, § 16-704;
Laws 1993, LB 734, § 25;
Laws 1995, LB 194, § 2;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 174.
Cross References
Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.
Annotations
Levy of taxes should be certified to the county clerk for levy by the county. McDonald v. Lincoln County, 141 Neb. 741, 4 N.W.2d 903 (1942).
The term "government" as used in the Constitution in relation to law governing cities of the first class is not limited to the administration of laws or regulation, but includes all activities engaged in lawfully by such city. Mutual Oil Co. v. Zehrung, 11 F.2d 887 (D. Neb. 1925).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-706 - Expenditures; how made; limitations; diversion of funds; violation; penalty; payment of judgments.

16-706.
Expenditures; how made; limitations; diversion of funds; violation; penalty; payment of judgments.
The mayor and city council of a city of the first class shall not have power to appropriate, issue, or draw any order or warrant on the city treasurer for money, unless the order or warrant has been appropriated or ordered by ordinance or the claim for the payment of which such order or warrant is issued has been allowed according to sections 16-726 to 16-729, and a fund has been provided in the adopted budget statement out of which such claim is payable. Any transfer or diversion of the money or credits from any of the funds to another fund or to a purpose other and different from that for which proposed, except as provided in section 16-721, shall render any city council member voting therefor or any officer of the city participating therein guilty of a misdemeanor, and any person shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined twenty-five dollars for each offense, together with costs of prosecution. Should any judgment be obtained against the city, the mayor and finance committee, with the sanction of the city council, may borrow a sufficient amount to pay the judgments, for a period of time not to extend beyond the close of the next fiscal year, which sum and interest thereon shall, in like manner, be added to the amount authorized to be raised in the general tax levy of the next year and embraced therein.
Source
Laws 1901, c. 18, § 43, p. 243;
R.S.1913, § 4976;
C.S.1922, § 4145;
C.S.1929, § 16-705;
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 11, p. 78;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 17, p. 501;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 16-705;
R.S.1943, § 16-706;
Laws 1959, c. 63, § 1, p. 282;
Laws 1961, c. 40, § 2, p. 168;
Laws 1969, c. 145, § 17, p. 682;
Laws 1987, LB 652, § 3;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 175;
Laws 2019, LB194, § 77.
Annotations
Where city has in its general funds sufficient unappropriated funds, it may use the same for the creation of a lighting system, if sanctioned by a majority of the electors, even where there was no provision therefor in the annual appropriation bill. Christensen v. City of Fremont, 45 Neb. 160, 63 N.W. 364 (1895).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-708 - Special assessments; invalidity; reassessment.

16-708.
Special assessments; invalidity; reassessment.
Whenever any special assessment upon any lot or lots or lands or parcels of land in a city of the first class is found to be invalid and uncollectible, shall be adjudged to be void by a court of competent jurisdiction, or is paid under protest and recovered by suit, because of any defect, irregularity, or invalidity in any of the proceedings or on account of the failure to observe and comply with any of the conditions, prerequisites, and requirements of any statute or ordinance, the mayor and city council may relevy or reassess the special assessment upon the lot or lots or lands or parcels of land in the same manner as other special assessments are levied, without regard to whether the formalities, prerequisites, or conditions prior to equalization have been had or not.
Source
Laws 1925, c. 47, § 1, p. 187;
C.S.1929, § 16-707;
R.S.1943, § 16-708;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 27;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 177.
Annotations
Reassessment of benefits is provided for when original assessment is invalid. Shanahan v. Johnson, 170 Neb. 399, 102 N.W.2d 858 (1960).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-708.01 - Special assessments; illegal annexation; validation.

16-708.01.
Special assessments; illegal annexation; validation.
Whenever a city of the first class lawfully reannexes territory which it had formerly annexed but which annexation was illegal because the statutes under which such original annexation was made were unconstitutional and void, (1) all special assessments levied by such city of the first class with respect to such territory shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, (2) all zoning, special use permits and contracts for municipal services made or entered into with respect to such territory by such city of the first class shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, (3) any prior actions by any officials of such city of the first class, including the election of council members from such territory or a part thereof shall be validated, binding and legal upon such city of the first class and the inhabitants of such territory in the same manner as if the original annexation had been lawful, and (4) such city of the first class shall have power to assess or reassess and levy or relevy new assessments equal to the special benefits and not exceeding the cost of improvements for which any assessment was originally made upon such territory to be made in substantially the manner provided for making original assessments of like nature and when so made, shall constitute a lien upon the property prior and superior to all other liens except liens for other special assessments, and taxes or special assessments so assessed or reassessed shall be enforced and collected as other special taxes, and in making such assessment or reassessment, the city council sitting as a board of equalization and assessment shall take into consideration payments, if any, made on behalf of the property reassessed under assessments made prior to the reannexation.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 62, § 1, p. 210.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 16 - Cities of the First Class › 16-709 - Special assessments; irregularities; correction.

16-709.
Special assessments; irregularities; correction.
In cases of any omission, mistake, defect, or irregularity in the preliminary proceedings on any special assessment in a city of the first class, the city council shall have power to correct such mistake, omission, defect, or irregularity, and levy or relevy, as the case may be, a special assessment on any or all property in the district, in accordance with the special benefits received and damages sustained to the property on account of such improvement as found by the city council sitting as a board of equalization. The city council shall deduct from the benefits and allow as a credit, before such relevy, an amount equal to the sum of the installments paid in the original levy.
Source
Laws 1925, c. 47, § 2, p. 188;
C.S.1929, § 16-708;
R.S.1943, § 16-709;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 178.