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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1508 - Highway superintendent; duties.

39-1508.
Highway superintendent; duties.
It shall be the duty of the county highway superintendent to:
(1) Annually submit to the county board a proposed schedule of construction, repair, maintenance, and supervision of county roads and bridges in conjunction with sections 39-2115, 39-2119, and 39-2120;
(2) Annually file with the county clerk a revised and current map of the county roads clearly distinguishing the primary and secondary roads, indicating the past year's improvements thereon, and showing the number of miles of roads established during the year and the location thereof; and
(3) Undertake the projects contained in subdivision (1) of this section, and when requested by the county board report the projects completed, the projects in construction, the equipment and material purchased, the amounts expended upon roads and bridges, and the sum remaining to be expended, except that deviations from the adopted program may be authorized by the unanimous vote of the county board in case of an emergency.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 8, p. 516;
Laws 2019, LB414, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1509 - Highway superintendent; interest in public contracts prohibited; reports to county board; neglect of duty; removal from office.

39-1509.
Highway superintendent; interest in public contracts prohibited; reports to county board; neglect of duty; removal from office.
The county highway superintendent shall not be interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the county, and shall render at any time an accounting of his acts and doings to the county board when requested by it so to do; and he may be removed from office by such board at any time upon failure to perform the duties of his office.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 9, p. 516.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1510 - Highway superintendent; office; plat records of public roads.

39-1510.
Highway superintendent; office; plat records of public roads.
The county highway superintendent shall be provided by the county with a suitable office which may be in the office or room occupied by the county board or elsewhere, as the board may choose, and he shall keep in his office plat records showing accurately all public roads and highways established in the county.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 10, p. 517.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1511 - Highway superintendent; construction work, duty to superintend; road claims; approval.

39-1511.
Highway superintendent; construction work, duty to superintend; road claims; approval.
The county highway superintendent shall be the superintendent of construction of all roads, bridges, culverts, road ditch improvements, and their maintenance, and make or cause to be made plans and specifications, when requested by the county board, for all road improvements, bridges, and culverts. All bills for payment of work on the county roads, bridges, culverts, or ditches shall be approved by the county highway superintendent before being allowed by the county board, and charged against the road or bridge to which it belongs and upon which it was expended, in the bridge and road records kept in the office of the superintendent.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 11, p. 517.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1513 - County road unit system; optional for township counties; procedure for adoption.

39-1513.
County road unit system; optional for township counties; procedure for adoption.
In the event of the filing with the county clerk of a petition signed by ten percent of the qualified electors in the county, the board of county supervisors shall adopt the provisions of the county road unit system by resolution at the next regular meeting of the board. The resolution shall be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published in the county or, if none is published in the county, in a legal newspaper of general circulation in the county. The adoption of the county unit plan shall take effect ninety days after the date of the first publication of the resolution providing for such adoption or any later date designated by the resolution, but not later than one year after the date of the first publication of the resolution unless before the effective date of adoption there is filed with the county clerk a petition signed by ten percent of the qualified electors in the county protesting such adoption. In that event, the board of county supervisors shall submit the question of a county road unit system to the electors of the respective counties.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 13, p. 517;
Laws 1959, c. 167, § 4, p. 610;
Laws 1986, LB 960, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1514 - County road unit system; abandonment; outstanding contracts.

39-1514.
County road unit system; abandonment; outstanding contracts.
Any county which adopts the county road unit system may at any general election after two years from the date of such adoption abandon the county road unit system and return to the county and township system;
Provided,
that every outstanding contract made by such county while operating under the provisions of the county road unit system be fully satisfied and complied with.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 14, p. 518.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1515 - County road unit system; abandonment; election.

39-1515.
County road unit system; abandonment; election.
The election to determine whether the county road unit system shall be abandoned shall be called by the board of county supervisors upon the presentation of a petition signed by at least ten percent of the qualified electors of the county. Such petition shall be filed by the petitioners with the county clerk. At any such election, the votes shall be taken for and against the county road unit system and if the majority of the votes cast at such election be against the county road unit system, then the county shall be restored to the county and township road system.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 15, p. 518.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1516 - County road unit system; adoption; transfer of township funds.

39-1516.
County road unit system; adoption; transfer of township funds.
Upon the adoption of the county road unit system in any county, the township board of any township in such county shall forthwith pay over to the county treasurer of such county any and all unused money or funds or surplus funds in the hands of such township board which have been received or acquired by such township from any source for road purposes or for the purchase of machinery, equipment, or material for the construction and maintenance of roads. Upon receipt of said funds and money, the county treasurer shall credit the same to a special fund for each such township and the board of county supervisors shall expend the special fund for the construction and maintenance of roads in the township from which it was received, which expenditure shall be in addition to funds expended by the county in such township from the regular county road and bridge fund. The county treasurer shall likewise credit and transfer to the special fund of each township all tax money in his hands on the date the county road unit system is adopted which were received by him in payment of taxes levied by such township for road purposes and all such taxes thereafter collected by him, and he shall likewise credit and transfer to the special fund all other money in his hands on the date of adoption of the county road unit system which were received by him for the use of such township for road purposes.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 16, p. 518.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1518 - County road unit system; adoption; settlements with townships; warrants and tax levy.

39-1518.
County road unit system; adoption; settlements with townships; warrants and tax levy.
If the county board of supervisors determines that there are insufficient funds in the county road and bridge fund to compensate a township for the transfer of road machinery, equipment, and material for the construction and maintenance of roads within that township or to pay the cost of making payments on the contracts of purchase or lease of road machinery, equipment, and material assumed by the county under section 39-1517, the board may issue registered warrants for the purpose of paying such costs. The total amount of such warrants issued shall not exceed the total appraised value of all such road machinery and equipment received from all townships plus the amount necessary to make such payments on the contracts of purchase or lease of road machinery, equipment, and material assumed by such county. The proceeds received from the sale of the warrants shall only be used for the purpose for which the warrants are authorized to be issued. Whenever any county board of supervisors issues warrants under this section, the board shall levy a tax upon the taxable value of the taxable property in such county at the first tax-levying period after such warrants are issued sufficient to pay the warrants and the interest on such warrants. If the board deems it advisable not to make all of such levy in any one year, then the board may make an annual tax levy at not more than the next three tax-levying periods occurring after the issuance of the warrants, the total of which levies shall be sufficient to pay the warrants and the interest.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 18, p. 520;
Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 35;
Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1519 - Township counties without county road unit system; sections applicable.

39-1519.
Township counties without county road unit system; sections applicable.
The provisions of sections 39-1519 to 39-1527 shall relate only to those counties under the township organization not operating under a county road unit system as provided in sections 39-1513 to 39-1518.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 19, p. 521;
Laws 1959, c. 167, § 5, p. 610.
Cross References
For other applicable provisions in township counties not having road unit system, see sections 23-228 and 23-265.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1520 - Township highway superintendent; powers; compensation; failure of overseer to obey.

39-1520.
Township highway superintendent; powers; compensation; failure of overseer to obey.
All township road and culvert work shall be under the general supervision of the township board, except as hereinafter provided in this section. At the first regular board meeting in each year the board shall select one of its number to be township highway superintendent, under whose direction all township road and culvert work shall be done. Compensation for directing road and culvert work shall be fixed at the annual town meeting. If any overseer shall neglect or refuse to obey the directions of the township highway superintendent, he shall be subject to removal by the township board, and his office may be declared vacant and be filled by appointment by the township board, which appointee shall hold office until his successor is elected.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 20, p. 521;
Laws 1959, c. 181, § 10, p. 657.
Annotations
In the case of a road that is located within both a county and a township, the county board and the township board have concurrent authority over that road. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
The exercise of a county’s authority over township roads can supersede a township’s concurrent authority over those same roads. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
Under Nebraska statutes, the general supervision of public roads is vested in both county boards and township boards. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1520.01 - Township counties without county road unit system; road districts; creation.

39-1520.01.
Township counties without county road unit system; road districts; creation.
The county board under township organization in counties not operating under the county road unit system shall divide the county, except the portion occupied by the cities and incorporated villages, into as many road districts as may be necessary, and alter the boundaries thereof as may seem proper;
Provided,
in no case shall any road district be so constituted as to be within the limits of two distinct voting precincts or townships.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 181, § 11, p. 658;
Laws 1973, LB 75, § 19.
Cross References
For road districts in commissioner counties having seven or more commissioners, see section 39-1637.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1521 - Bridges over streams; construction; maintenance; expense borne by county.

39-1521.
Bridges over streams; construction; maintenance; expense borne by county.
In counties under township organization the expense of building, maintaining, and repairing bridges over streams on all public roads of the county or township shall be borne exclusively by the county within which such bridges are located.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 21, p. 522.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1522 - Township roads; damages for right-of-way; expenses; payment from general road fund; division of tax levy; expenditure.

39-1522.
Township roads; damages for right-of-way; expenses; payment from general road fund; division of tax levy; expenditure.
The payment of damages for the right-of-way of any public road and the payment for services of county highway superintendent, surveyor, chainmen, and other persons engaged in locating, establishing, or altering any public road, if the road be finally established or altered as provided by law, shall be paid by the county treasurer out of the general road fund of the county upon warrants drawn thereon in the manner provided by law for the other payments out of such fund. Where cities and villages are located within the boundaries of any township, one-half of all money collected from the levy, except that part of the levy raising funds for township library or cemetery purposes, provided in section 23-259 on property within the corporate limits of such cities and villages, shall be paid by the county treasurer to the treasurer of such city or village, and such money when paid to the treasurer thereof shall be expended by the proper officers thereof for maintenance and repair of the streets and alleys of such city or village.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 22, p. 522;
Laws 1959, c. 181, § 12, p. 658;
Laws 1965, c. 226, § 1, p. 650.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1523 - Township road contracts; payment from township fund; bond issues for bridge construction or repair.

39-1523.
Township road contracts; payment from township fund; bond issues for bridge construction or repair.
Where any contract is let by the township board, the expense of which is to be borne exclusively by the township, it shall be paid from the township fund;
Provided,
if, under any law of this state, bonds are voted to aid in the building or repairing of any bridge, the expense shall be paid by such bonds or the proceeds thereof.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 23, p. 522.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1524 - Township roads; construction or repair; appropriations from county treasury; how obtained.

39-1524.
Township roads; construction or repair; appropriations from county treasury; how obtained.
When it shall be necessary to build, construct, or repair any road in any township, which would be an unreasonable burden to the same, the cost of which will be more than can be raised in one year by the levy provided in section 23-259, the township board shall present a petition to the county board of the county in which such township is situated, praying for an appropriation from the county treasury to aid in the building, constructing, or repairing of such road, and such county board may, by a majority vote of all the elected members thereof, make an appropriation of so much for that purpose as in its judgment the nature of the case requires and the funds of the county will justify; such appropriation to be expended under the supervision of an authorized agent or agents of the county, if the county board shall so order. In such case, where the county grants aid as provided in this section, the contract shall be let by the township board, under the provisions of law relating to letting contracts by county boards.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 24, p. 522.
Annotations
This section and section 39-1907, when read together, contemplate that both counties and townships may build and improve public roads within a township. Butler County Dairy v. Butler County, 285 Neb. 408, 827 N.W.2d 267 (2013).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1527 - Change from commissioner to township form of government; use of county road fund for maintenance of township roads.

39-1527.
Change from commissioner to township form of government; use of county road fund for maintenance of township roads.
It shall be lawful in all counties changing from the commissioner form of government to township organization, for such counties to continue for a period of one year after adoption of township organization to use funds from the county road fund to maintain township roads.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. II, § 27, p. 523.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1601 - Special improvement districts; petition for organization; dissolution; procedure; disposition of funds.

39-1601.
Special improvement districts; petition for organization; dissolution; procedure; disposition of funds.
(1) Whenever a petition, (a) containing a definite description of the territory to be embraced, (b) designating the name of the proposed district, and (c) signed by ten percent of the landowners within the limits of a proposed road improvement district is presented and filed with the county board of the county in which the greater portion of the area of the proposed district is located, the county board of any such county shall cause the question to be submitted to the legal voters of such proposed road improvement district as provided in section 39-1605. If fifty-five percent of those voting on the question are in favor of the proposition, the district shall be organized. No lands included within any municipal corporation shall be included in any road improvement district.
(2) Any road improvement district can be dissolved, if there are no outstanding debts, by the board of trustees of any such district, on its own motion or on the request in writing of ten electors, submitting at a special election, after due notice by publication in the manner provided for in subsection (1) of section 39-1604, the question of dissolution of the road improvement district. The special election shall be conducted by mail as provided in sections 32-953 to 32-959. If fifty-one percent of the votes cast on the question at such election are in favor of such dissolution, the board of trustees shall cause a record of such election and the vote thereon to be made in the office of the county clerk in the county in which the election was held to create the district, and the district shall thereupon stand dissolved. An election shall not be required for the dissolution of the district if a petition requesting the district be dissolved, signed by fifty percent of the owners of property located within the district, is presented to the county board of the county. The county board shall determine the sufficiency of the petition and dissolve the district by an order of such board.
(3) In case a district is dissolved pursuant to this section, the funds on hand or to be collected shall be held by the county treasurer in a separate fund, and the trustees of the district shall petition the district court of the county in which the election to form the district was held, for an order approving the distribution of funds to the landowners or easement owners as a dividend on the same basis as collected.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 1, p. 523;
Laws 2007, LB248, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1602 - Organization with temporary board of trustees; procedure; contracts of temporary board; duties of county board.

39-1602.
Organization with temporary board of trustees; procedure; contracts of temporary board; duties of county board.
Whenever the petition mentioned in subsection (1) of section 39-1601 shall (1) be signed by twenty percent of the landowners within the proposed limits of any such district, (2) contain a list of five legal voters who are owners of property and reside in the proposed district, (3) contain a request that the county board appoint from this list a temporary board of three trustees, and (4) authorize the board to (a) consult with and employ competent independent engineers as to the cost and feasibility of the construction of improvements, (b) consult with other firms or authorities on the feasibility of financing such improvements, and (c) enter into such contracts with attorneys and others which, in the judgment of the temporary board, are necessary in order to properly present the question of formation of the district to the voters therein, the county board shall give notice, by posting such notice in three conspicuous places in the district, that such a petition has been filed and that a temporary board will be appointed as requested. Such notice shall remain posted for ten days, contain the entire wording of the petition, and advise that if fifty percent of the property owners within the proposed district shall file written objections within ten days from the date the notice is first posted, objecting to the appointment of such a temporary board, no board shall be appointed;
Provided,
any such contract entered into by the temporary board shall be binding upon the board of trustees subsequently elected, in accordance with sections 39-1605 and 39-1606, but shall not be binding on the county or counties wherein the district is located if the district is not created. On the date recommended by the temporary board of trustees, the county board of the county, where the petition was filed, shall call a special election as provided in section 39-1605.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 2, p. 525.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1603 - Engineering services; duties of county board; estimate of cost.

39-1603.
Engineering services; duties of county board; estimate of cost.
Upon the filing of such petition in the office of the county board wherein the greater portion of the area of the proposed district is located, such county board shall engage the professional engineers, who have furnished engineering to the resident petitioners, who shall prepare an estimate of the cost of paving or improving certain road or roads within the district and file such estimate with the county board.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 3, p. 525;
Laws 1997, LB 622, § 60.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1604 - No temporary board; petition; notice; hearing; order.

39-1604.
No temporary board; petition; notice; hearing; order.
(1) If no temporary board of trustees is appointed, then not later than four weeks after the filing of such petition in the office of the county board of the county wherein the greater portion of the area of the proposed district is located, such county board shall give notice by publication, in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the proposed district, once each week during the two weeks prior to such meeting of the time and place where the petition will be heard.
(2) At the time and place so fixed in accordance with subsection (1) of this section, the county board of such county shall meet for a hearing in regard to the formation of such a district as proposed. All persons in such proposed road improvement district shall have an opportunity to be heard touching the location and boundary of the proposed district. Within one week after said meeting, the county board, referred to in subsection (1) of this section, shall by an order determine as to the formation of the district and the boundaries thereof, whether the same way such boundaries are described in such petition or otherwise. If a majority of the resident property owners of such proposed road improvement district shall file written protests, within ten days after the first publication of the notice, the county board shall abandon all such proceedings.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 4, p. 526.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1605 - Organization; special election; ballot form; first board of trustees.

39-1605.
Organization; special election; ballot form; first board of trustees.
After the determination by the county board, or a majority thereof, as provided by subsection (2) of section 39-1604, it shall call a special election and submit to the legal voters of the proposed road improvement district the question of the organization of such district and the election of a board of trustees who shall be resident taxpayers. Notice of such election shall be given as provided in subsection (1) of section 39-1604. At such election each legal voter resident within the proposed road improvement district shall have a right to cast a ballot with the words thereon, For road improvement district, or Against road improvement district. The special election shall be conducted by mail as provided in sections 32-953 to 32-959. The result of such election shall be entered of record. If fifty-five percent of the votes cast are in favor of the proposed district, such proposed district shall be deemed an organized road improvement district. At the same election there shall be elected three members of a board of trustees. Such members so elected shall be the first board of trustees of such district if the formation of the district is so approved at such election. Such board of trustees shall hold office until their successors are elected and qualified under the provisions of section 39-1606. It shall elect a president and clerk substantially as is provided for in sections 39-1606 and 39-1609.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 5, p. 526;
Laws 2007, LB248, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1606 - Board of trustees; members; election; filing fee; term; compensation; district; name.

39-1606.
Board of trustees; members; election; filing fee; term; compensation; district; name.
(1) Any resident property owner desiring to file for the office of trustee of a road improvement district may file for such office with the county clerk or election commissioner of the county in which the greater proportion in area of the district is located, not later than forty-five days before the election, by paying a filing fee of five dollars.
(2)(a) The term of office of every member of a board of trustees of a road improvement district existing on January 1, 2008, shall be extended to the first Monday in October following the expiration of the original term. Their successors shall be elected for terms of six years at elections held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of odd-numbered years. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday in October after the election.
(b) The successors to the initial board of trustees of a road improvement district shall be elected on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of the first odd-numbered year which is at least fifteen months after the organization of the district pursuant to section 39-1605. One trustee shall be elected for a term of two years, one trustee for a term of four years, and one trustee for a term of six years, and thereafter their respective successors shall be elected for terms of six years at succeeding elections held on the first Tuesday after the second Monday in September of odd-numbered years. The term of office shall begin on the first Monday in October after the election.
(c) Elections under this subsection shall be conducted by mail as provided in sections 32-953 to 32-959.
(3) At the first meeting of the trustees of such district after the election of one or more members, the board shall elect one of their number president. Such district shall be a body corporate and politic by name of Road Improvement District No. ........ of ........... County or ....... Counties, as the case may be, with power to sue, be sued, contract, acquire and hold property, and adopt a common seal. Each trustee shall receive as his or her salary the sum of five dollars for each meeting.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 6, p. 527;
Laws 1994, LB 76, § 552;
Laws 2007, LB248, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1607 - Trustees; failure to qualify; vacancy; how filled.

39-1607.
Trustees; failure to qualify; vacancy; how filled.
If any trustee fails to qualify within sixty days after receipt of the certificate of election, the office to which he or she was elected shall be declared vacant. Any vacancy in the board of trustees from any cause may be filled by the remaining trustees until the next election pursuant to section 39-1606. At such election a trustee shall be elected by the voters of the district for the balance of the unexpired term of such trustee, if any.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 7, p. 528;
Laws 2007, LB248, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1608 - Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; premium; suit on bond.

39-1608.
Trustees; bond; amount; conditions; premium; suit on bond.
Each trustee of any such district shall, prior to entering upon his office, execute and file with the county clerk of the county in which said district, or the greater portion of the area thereof, is located, his bond with one or more sureties, to be approved by the county clerk, running to the district in the penal sum of five thousand dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance by said trustee of his official duties and the faithful accounting by him for all funds and property of the district that shall come into his possession or control during his term of office. The premium, if any, on any such bond shall be paid out of the funds of the district. Suit may be brought on such bonds by any person, firm, or corporation that has sustained loss or damage in consequence of the breach thereof.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 8, p. 528.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1609 - Trustees; clerk; engineer; rules and regulations; publication of proceedings.

39-1609.
Trustees; clerk; engineer; rules and regulations; publication of proceedings.
The board of trustees shall elect one of their members clerk and have the power to appoint, employ, and pay an engineer, who shall be removable at the pleasure of the board. The clerk may be paid not to exceed twelve hundred dollars per year by said board. The board shall have the power to pass all necessary ordinances, resolutions, orders, rules and regulations for the necessary conduct of its business and to carry into effect the objects for which such road improvement district is formed. Immediately after each regular and special meeting of the board, it shall cause to be published, in one newspaper of general circulation in the district, a brief statement of its proceedings including an itemized list of bills and claims allowed, specifying the amount of each, to whom paid, and for what purpose;
Provided,
no publication shall be required unless the same can be done at an expense not exceeding one-third of the rate of the publication of legal notices.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 9, p. 528.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1610 - Trustees; powers.

39-1610.
Trustees; powers.
The board of trustees of any road improvement district, created by sections 39-1601 to 39-1609, shall have the power to grade, establish grade, change grade, pave, repave, gravel, regravel, macadamize, remacadamize, widen or narrow roads, resurface or relay existing pavement, or otherwise improve any road or roads, or parts thereof, at public cost or by levy of special assessment on the property especially benefited thereby, proportionate to benefits;
Provided,
that none of the improvements hereinbefore named shall be ordered, except as provided in section 39-1611 or 39-1612.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 10, p. 529.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1611 - Trustees; improvements; petition of abutting landowners.

39-1611.
Trustees; improvements; petition of abutting landowners.
Whenever a petition signed by sixty percent of the resident landowners abutting on or adjacent to any road, highway, or street in the district shall be presented and filed with the clerk of the board of trustees, petitioning therefor, the board of trustees shall (1) by resolution cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, (2) contract therefor, and (3) levy assessments as provided in sections 39-1623 to 39-1625.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 11, p. 529.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1612 - Trustees; improvements without petition; notice; protests.

39-1612.
Trustees; improvements without petition; notice; protests.
Whenever the board of trustees shall deem it necessary to make any of the improvements of any road, highway, or street named in section 39-1610, without the filing of the petition referred to in section 39-1611, it shall so determine by resolution of the board. The board shall thereupon publish a notice of the improvements to be made in one or more newspapers having a general circulation in the district once each week during two consecutive weeks. If a majority of the resident owners of land abutting on or adjacent to such road, highway, or street in the district shall file with the clerk of the board of trustees, within twenty days after the first publication of said notice, written objections to the making of said improvements, said improvements shall not be made as provided in said resolution, referred to in section 39-1611, and the resolution shall be repealed. If the objections are not filed against the improvement in the time and manner provided by this section, the board of trustees shall forthwith cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, contract therefor, and levy assessments, as set forth in sections 39-1623 to 39-1625 to pay the cost thereof.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 12, p. 529.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1613 - Protests or petitions; determination of sufficiency.

39-1613.
Protests or petitions; determination of sufficiency.
The sufficiency of the protests or petitions, referred to in sections 39-1611 and 39-1612 as to the ownership of land, shall be determined by the record in the office of the county clerk or register of deeds, of the county or counties where the lands of the district are located, at the time of the adoption of said resolution. In determining the sufficiency of the petitions or objections, intersections shall be disregarded, and any lot of ground owned by the county shall not be counted for or against such improvement.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 13, p. 530.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1614 - Assessments; lien; certification.

39-1614.
Assessments; lien; certification.
All assessments shall be a lien on the property on which levied from the date of levy. The board of trustees of such road improvement district shall cause such assessments, or portion thereof remaining unpaid, to be certified to the county clerk of the county or counties for entry upon the proper tax lists as more particularly set forth in section 39-1625.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 14, p. 530.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1615 - Assessment; payment; delinquency; interest.

39-1615.
Assessment; payment; delinquency; interest.
One-tenth of the total amount assessed against each lot or parcel of land shall become delinquent in fifty days after the date of such levy; one-tenth in one year; one-tenth in two years; one-tenth in three years; one-tenth in four years; one-tenth in five years; one-tenth in six years; one-tenth in seven years; one-tenth in eight years; and one-tenth in nine years, unless a different number of yearly payments shall be fixed by the board of trustees as permitted under section 39-1626. Each of such installments, except the first, shall draw interest at a rate not exceeding the rate of interest specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, payable annually, from the time of the levy, provided for by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636, until the same shall become delinquent; and after the same becomes delinquent, interest at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, shall be paid thereon from the date the same is delinquent until paid;
Provided,
all of the installments may be paid at one time on any lot or land within fifty days from the date of such levy without interest. If so paid within fifty days, such lot or land shall be exempt from any lien or charge therefor.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 15, p. 530;
Laws 1961, c. 200, § 1, p. 602;
Laws 1980, LB 933, § 28;
Laws 1981, LB 167, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1616 - Bonds; issuance; payment; interest.

39-1616.
Bonds; issuance; payment; interest.
For the purpose of paying the cost of grading, paving, repaving, graveling, regraveling, macadamizing, remacadamizing, or improving the road or roads in any road improvement districts, the board of trustees shall have the power and may, by resolution, cause to be issued bonds of the road improvement district to be called Assessment Paving Bond of Road Improvement District No. ... of ........ County or ........ Counties, as the case may be. Such paving bonds shall be payable within the time provided by section 39-1627. They shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached, payable serially, to be issued in such denominations as may be deemed advisable.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 16, p. 531;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 105, p. 338.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1617 - Sinking fund; investments authorized.

39-1617.
Sinking fund; investments authorized.
Pending final redemption of bond or bonds for improving the road, roads, highway, or street, the county treasurer is hereby authorized to invest such sinking fund in interest-bearing time certificates of deposit in depositories approved and authorized to receive county money, but in no greater amount in any depository than the same is authorized to receive deposits of county funds; and the interest arising from such certificate of deposit shall be credited to its respective sinking fund as provided by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 17, p. 531.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1618 - Assessments; school district, county, or quasi-municipal corporation; lands subject to.

39-1618.
Assessments; school district, county, or quasi-municipal corporation; lands subject to.
If, in any road improvement district, there shall be any real estate belonging to any county, school district, or other quasi-municipal corporation, adjacent to or abutting upon the road, roads, highways, or street upon which the improvement has been ordered it shall be the duty of the county board, board of education, or other proper officers to provide for the payment of such special assessments or taxes as may be assessed against the real estate so adjacent or abutting, or within such road improvement district, belonging to the county, school district, or quasi-municipal corporation. In the event of a neglect or refusal to do so, the road improvement district may recover the amount of such special taxes or assessments in any proper action. Any such judgment so obtained may be enforced in the usual manner.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 18, p. 532.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1619 - Intersections; roads adjacent to federal or state lands; assessments; intersection paving bonds; term; interest; warrants.

39-1619.
Intersections; roads adjacent to federal or state lands; assessments; intersection paving bonds; term; interest; warrants.
(1) For the payment of all improvements of the intersections and areas formed by the crossing of roads or alleys and one-half of the roads adjacent to real estate owned by the United States or the State of Nebraska, the assessment shall be made upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such road improvement district and shall be levied in the manner referred to in subsection (1) of section 39-1621, and for the payment of such improvements, the board of trustees is hereby authorized to issue paving bonds of the road improvement district, in such denominations as it deems to be proper, to be called Intersection Paving Bonds, payable over the life of the improvements and in no event exceeding twenty years from date. Such bonds shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually, with interest coupons attached. For the prompt payment of such bonds, the full faith and credit of all the property in the district is pledged. Such bonds shall not be issued until the work is completed and then not in excess of the cost of the improvements.
(2) For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses, warrants may be issued by the board of trustees upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of the work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project, in a sum not exceeding ninety-five percent of the cost thereof, which warrants shall be redeemed and paid upon the sale of the bonds referred to in subsection (1) of this section and in section 39-1616 when issued and sold. The bonds may be sold or delivered to the contractor in payment at not less than par. The district shall pay to the contractor interest at the rate of eight percent per annum on the amounts due on partial and final payments, beginning forty-five days after the certification of the amounts due by the engineer in charge and approval by the governing body and running until the date that the warrant is tendered to the contractor.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 19, p. 532;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 106, p. 339;
Laws 1975, LB 112, § 8;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 158;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 139.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1620 - Contracts; letting of bids; notice.

39-1620.
Contracts; letting of bids; notice.
All contracts for work to be done, the expense of which is more than five hundred dollars, shall be let to the lowest responsible bidder, upon notice of not less than twenty days of the terms and conditions of the contract to be let. The board of trustees shall have power to reject any and all bids and readvertise for the letting of such work.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 20, p. 533.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1621 - Budget; taxes; levy; limitation; certification; collection; disbursement.

39-1621.
Budget; taxes; levy; limitation; certification; collection; disbursement.
(1) The board of trustees may, after adoption of the budget statement for such district, annually levy and collect the amount of taxes provided in the adopted budget statement of the district to be received from taxation for corporate purposes upon property within the limits of such road improvement district to the amount of not more than three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of the taxable property in such district for general maintenance and operating purposes subject to section 77-3443. The board shall, on or before September 30 of each year, certify any such levy to the county clerk of the counties in which such district is located who shall extend the levy upon the county tax list.
(2) The county treasurer of the county in which the greater portion of the area of the district is located shall be ex officio treasurer of the road improvement district and shall be responsible for all funds of the district coming into his or her hands. The treasurer shall collect all taxes and special assessments levied by the district and collected by him or her from his or her county or from other county treasurers if there is more than one county having land in the district and all money derived from the sale of bonds or warrants. The treasurer shall not be responsible for such funds until they are received by him or her. The treasurer shall disburse the funds of the district only on warrants authorized by the trustees and signed by the president and clerk.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 21, p. 533;
Laws 1969, c. 145, § 35, p. 694;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 159;
Laws 1992, LB 1063, § 36;
Laws 1992, Second Spec. Sess., LB 1, § 36;
Laws 1993, LB 734, § 39;
Laws 1995, LB 452, § 12;
Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 57;
Laws 2021, LB644, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 39 - Highways and Bridges › 39-1622 - Special assessments; special benefits; general benefits; levy; lien.

39-1622.
Special assessments; special benefits; general benefits; levy; lien.
The board of trustees of the road improvement district shall, in addition to its other powers, levy a special assessment to the extent of special benefits conferred the cost of such portion of such improvements as are local improvements upon property found specially benefited thereby which shall be a lien as provided by section 39-1614 when properly levied and certified as required by sections 39-1601 to 39-1636. The board of trustees of such district may find the remainder of the cost of such improvements made are of general benefit to the district and the costs thereof shall be paid from taxes levied against all the property in the district in the manner provided for by subsection (1) of section 39-1621.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 155, art. III, § 22, p. 534;
Laws 1959, c. 182, § 1, p. 663;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 54.