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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-960 - Cold storage plants; management; rates.

17-960.
Cold storage plants; management; rates.
When any cold storage or refrigeration plant shall have been established under section 17-956, the municipality shall provide by ordinance for the management thereof and the rates to be charged and the manner of payment for such cold storage or refrigeration plant service to be furnished. In municipalities maintaining a system of waterworks and having a water commissioner, he or she shall have charge of the cold storage or refrigeration plant unless the local governing body shall otherwise provide by the ordinance which shall establish rules and regulations to govern and control such utility.
Source
Laws 1941, c. 24, § 4, p. 119;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-804;
R.S.1943, § 17-960;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 292.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-961 - Facility; acquisition or construction; management; facility, defined.

17-961.
Facility; acquisition or construction; management; facility, defined.
Cities of the second class and villages are hereby authorized and empowered to (1) accept a gift or devise of or to purchase a facility or a building suitable for conversion into a facility, (2) purchase real estate and erect a building or buildings thereon for the purpose of establishing a facility, and (3) maintain, manage, improve, remodel, equip, and operate a facility.
For purposes of sections 17-961 to 17-966, facility shall mean a municipal hospital, a medical clinic, a nursing home, or multiunit housing.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 1, p. 149;
Laws 1957, c. 36, § 1, p. 200;
Laws 1965, c. 72, § 1, p. 293;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-962 - Gift or devise; approval by city council or village board of trustees.

17-962.
Gift or devise; approval by city council or village board of trustees.
Before any gift or devise specified in section 17-961 may be accepted, such gift or devise shall be approved by the city council or village board of trustees.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 2, p. 149;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 15;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 293.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-963 - Facility; acquisition or construction; issuance of bonds; interest; election.

17-963.
Facility; acquisition or construction; issuance of bonds; interest; election.
(1) The mayor and city council of a city of the second class or the chairperson and village board of trustees of a village adopting the proposition to accept a gift or devise, make such purchase, erect such building or buildings, or maintain, manage, improve, remodel, equip, and operate a facility under section 17-961 shall have the power to borrow money and pledge the property and credit of the city or village upon its municipal bonds, or otherwise, for such purpose or purposes, except that no such bonds shall be issued until after the same have been authorized by a majority vote of the electors voting on the proposition of their issuance at a general municipal election or at a special election called for the submission of such proposition.
(2) The bonds shall be payable in not to exceed twenty years from date and shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually. Notice of the time and place of the election shall be given by publication three successive weeks prior to such election in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village.
(3) No election shall be called until a petition for the election, signed by at least ten percent of the legal voters of such city or village, has been presented to the city council or to the village board of trustees. The number of voters of the city or village voting for the office of Governor at the last general election prior to the presenting of such petition shall be deemed the number of voters in the city or village for the purpose of determining the sufficiency of such a petition. If such a bond issue in such a city or village is defeated, the proposition of issuing bonds for such a purpose shall not be resubmitted to the voters therein within a period of six months from and after the date of such election.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 3, p. 149;
Laws 1947, c. 41, § 1, p. 156;
Laws 1957, c. 36, § 2, p. 201;
Laws 1965, c. 72, § 2, p. 293;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 59, p. 309;
Laws 1971, LB 534, § 20;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 16;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 294.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-964 - Facility; maintenance; tax.

17-964.
Facility; maintenance; tax.
The mayor and city council of cities of the second class and the chairperson and village board of trustees of villages shall have the power to levy a tax each year of not to exceed seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such cities or villages for the purpose of maintaining and operating a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966. The city council or village board of trustees shall by ordinance determine and declare how the facility shall be managed.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 4, p. 150;
Laws 1953, c. 287, § 26, p. 946;
Laws 1957, c. 36, § 3, p. 202;
Laws 1965, c. 72, § 3, p. 294;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 65;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 65;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 17;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 295.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-965 - Facility fund; established; custodian.

17-965.
Facility fund; established; custodian.
Whenever a city or village acquires a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966, there shall be established a facility fund of which the city treasurer or village treasurer shall be the custodian. All funds received by gift or devise or raised by taxation, as provided in such sections, shall be paid into such fund.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 5, p. 150;
Laws 1957, c. 36, § 4, p. 202;
Laws 1965, c. 72, § 4, p. 295;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 18;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 296.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-966 - Facility board; members; duties; powers; warrants.

17-966.
Facility board; members; duties; powers; warrants.
In each city or village where a facility as provided in sections 17-961 to 17-966 is established, the mayor and city council of such city or the chairperson and village board of trustees of such village may provide by ordinance for the creation of a facility board which shall be composed of not less than three nor more than seven members. The members of the facility board shall (1) be residents of such city or village, (2) have charge of the facility, and (3) have the power to establish rules for the management, operation, and use of the facility, as provided by such ordinance. When a facility board has been appointed and qualified, all accounts against the facility fund shall be audited by the facility board, warrants against such fund shall be drawn by the chairperson of such board, and warrants so drawn shall be paid by the city treasurer or village treasurer out of such fund.
Source
Laws 1945, c. 31, § 6, p. 150;
Laws 1957, c. 36, § 5, p. 202;
Laws 1965, c. 72, § 5, p. 295;
Laws 1992, LB 1240, § 19;
Laws 2003, LB 76, § 1;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 297.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-967 - Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy.

17-967.
Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy.
Any city of the second class or village is hereby authorized to issue bonds in aid of improving municipal libraries of cities of the second class and villages in an amount not exceeding seven-tenths of one percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property, as shown by the last assessment, within such city of the second class or village in the manner directed in this section:
(1) A petition signed by not less than fifty property owners of the city of the second class or village shall be presented to the city council or village board of trustees. Such petition shall set forth the nature of the work contemplated, the amount of bonds sought to be voted, the rate of interest, and the length of time such bonds run, which in no event shall be less than five years nor more than twenty years from the date of such petition. The petitioners shall give bond to be approved by the city council or village board of trustees for the payment of the expenses of the election in the event that the proposition fails to receive a majority of the votes cast at such election; and
(2) Upon the receipt of such petition, the city council or village board of trustees shall give notice and call an election in the city of the second class or village. Such notice, call, and election shall be governed by the Election Act. When a proposition is submitted for the issuance of bonds for the acquisition of a site or the construction of a single building for the purpose of housing the municipal public library in cities of the second class or villages, it shall be required as a condition precedent to the issuance of such bonds that a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of such proposition. Bonds in such city or village shall not be issued for such purpose in the aggregate to exceed one and four-tenths percent of the taxable valuation of all the taxable property in such a city or village as shown by the last assessment within such city or village.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 3, p. 154;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 60, p. 310;
Laws 1971, LB 534, § 21;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 66;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 66;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 298.
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Cross References
Election Act, see section 32-101.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-968 - Bonds; issuance; record.

17-968.
Bonds; issuance; record.
If a majority of the votes cast at an election called under section 17-967 are in favor of the proposition, the city council or village board of trustees shall cause to be prepared and shall issue the bonds in accordance with the petition and notice of election. The bonds shall be signed by the mayor and city clerk or chairperson of the village board of trustees and village clerk and shall be attested by the respective seals. The city clerk or village clerk shall enter upon the records of the city council or village board of trustees, the petition, bond, notice, and call for the election, canvass of the vote, the number, amount, and interest, and the date at which each bond issued shall become payable.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 4, p. 156;
Laws 1971, LB 534, § 22;
Laws 2001, LB 420, § 18;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 299.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-969 - Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy.

17-969.
Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy.
The city council or village board of trustees shall each year until the bonds issued under the authority of section 17-967 be paid, levy upon the taxable property in the city of the second class or village, a tax sufficient to pay the interest and five percent of the principal as a sinking fund; and at the tax levy preceding the maturity of any such bonds, levy an amount sufficient to pay the principal and interest due on such bonds.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 33, § 5, p. 156;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 300.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-970 - Water service districts; establishment; ordinance.

17-970.
Water service districts; establishment; ordinance.
The governing body of any city of the second class or village shall have power, by ordinance, (1) to lay out the city or village into suitable districts for the purpose of establishing a system of water service districts, (2) to provide water service systems and regulate the construction, repair, and use of the water service systems, (3) to compel all proper connections with the water service system and branches from other streets, avenues, and alleys, and from private property, and (4) to provide a penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars for any obstruction or injury to any water main or part thereof, or for failure to comply with the regulations prescribed therefor. No such improvements shall be ordered except as provided in sections 17-971 and 17-972.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 1, p. 237;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 301.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-971 - Water service districts; improvements; protest; effect; special assessments.

17-971.
Water service districts; improvements; protest; effect; special assessments.
If a governing body deems it necessary or desirable to make improvements in a water service district, it shall by ordinance create such water service district and, after the passage, approval, and publication of such ordinance, shall publish notice of the creation of such district for two consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the city or village. If a majority of the resident owners of the property directly abutting upon any water main to be constructed within such water service district shall file with the city clerk or the village clerk within twenty days after the first publication of such notice written objections to the creation of such district, such improvement shall not be made as provided in such ordinance, but such ordinance shall be repealed. If such objections are not so filed against the district, the governing body shall immediately cause such work to be done or such improvement to be made, shall contract for the work or improvement, and shall levy special assessments on the lots and parcels of land within such district or districts specially benefited in proportion to such benefits in order to pay the cost of such improvement.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 2, p. 237;
Laws 1986, LB 960, § 10;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 38;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 302.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-972 - Water service districts; failure to comply with regulation or make connection; effect; special assessment.

17-972.
Water service districts; failure to comply with regulation or make connection; effect; special assessment.
If any property owner shall neglect or fail, for ten days after notice either by personal service or by publication in a legal newspaper in the manner prescribed in section 17-971, to comply with the regulations adopted pursuant to section 17-970 or to make any required connections, the governing body may cause the compliance or connections to be done and assess the cost against the property as a special assessment and collect the special assessment in the manner provided for other special assessments.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 3, p. 238;
Laws 1986, LB 960, § 11;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 39.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-973 - Water service district; assessments; lien; date due; payable.

17-973.
Water service district; assessments; lien; date due; payable.
All assessments made under the provisions of sections 17-970 to 17-976 shall be a lien on the property against which levied from the date of levy and shall thereupon be certified by direction of the governing body to the city treasurer or village treasurer for collection. Except as provided in section 18-1216, such assessments shall be due and payable to such treasurer until November 1 thereafter or until the delivery of the tax list for such year to the treasurer of the county in which such city or village may be situated, at and after which time the same shall be due and payable to such county treasurer. The governing body of such city or village shall, within the time provided by law, cause such assessments, or the portion thereof remaining unpaid, to be certified to the county clerk for entry upon the proper tax lists. If the city treasurer or village treasurer collects any assessment or portion thereof so certified while the same shall be payable to the county treasurer, the city treasurer or village treasurer shall certify the assessment or portion thereof to the county treasurer at once, and the county treasurer shall correct the record to show such payment.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 4, p. 238;
Laws 1996, LB 962, § 2;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 303.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-974 - Water service district; assessments; delinquent; interest; rate; payment.

17-974.
Water service district; assessments; delinquent; interest; rate; payment.
Assessments under section 17-973 shall become delinquent in equal annual installments over such period of years, not to exceed ten, as the governing body may determine at the time of making the levy, the first such equal installment to become delinquent in fifty days after the date of such levy. 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 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. All of such installments may be paid at one time on any lot or land within fifty days from the date of the levy without interest and, if so paid, such lot or land shall be exempt from any lien or charge for such installments.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 5, p. 239;
Laws 1980, LB 933, § 21;
Laws 1981, LB 167, § 22;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 304.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-975 - Water service districts; cost of improvements; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest.

17-975.
Water service districts; cost of improvements; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest.
For the purpose of making partial payments as the work progresses under the provisions of sections 17-970 to 17-976, warrants may be issued by the governing body upon certificates of the engineer in charge showing the amount of work completed and materials necessarily purchased and delivered for the orderly and proper continuation of the project in the total amount of not to exceed ninety-five percent of the cost thereof. Upon the completion and acceptance of the work a final warrant shall be issued for the balance of the amount due the contractor or other party entitled to payment. The governing body 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. Such warrants shall be payable in the order of their number and shall bear interest at not to exceed six percent per annum from the date of registration until paid.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 6, p. 239;
Laws 1974, LB 636, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-976 - Water service districts; cost of improvements; bonds; interest; issuance; tax; levy.

17-976.
Water service districts; cost of improvements; bonds; interest; issuance; tax; levy.
For the purpose of paying the cost of improvements in any water service district and the funding of any warrants issued, the governing body may by ordinance cause to be issued bonds of the city or village to be called Water Service District Bonds of District No. ..., payable in not to exceed ten years from date and to bear interest payable annually or semiannually. Such bonds shall be general obligations of the city or village, and the governing body shall levy and collect annually a tax upon all of the taxable property in such city or village sufficient in rate and amount to pay in full, when taken together with the assessments provided for in section 17-971, the principal and interest of such bonds as the same become due. The amount of such tax shall not be included in the maximum amount of tax which any such city of the second class or village is authorized to levy annually.
Source
Laws 1967, c. 73, § 7, p. 239;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 61, p. 311;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 67;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 305.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-1003 - Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys.

17-1003.
Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys.
The city council of a city of the second class or village board of trustees shall have power, by ordinance, to provide the manner, plan, or method by which the real property within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city or village may be subdivided, platted, or laid out, including a plan or system for the avenues, streets, or alleys to be laid out within or across the same. The city council or village board of trustees shall have the power to compel the owner of any such real property, in subdividing, platting, or laying out of same, to conform to the requirements of such ordinance and to lay out and dedicate the avenues, streets, and alleys in accordance therewith.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 37, § 3, p. 204;
Laws 2017, LB133, § 308.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 17 - Cities of the Second Class and Villages › 17-1004 - Designation of jurisdiction; how described.

17-1004.
Designation of jurisdiction; how described.
An ordinance of a city of the second class or village designating its jurisdiction over territory outside of the corporate limits of the city or village under section 17-1001 or 17-1002 shall describe such territory by metes and bounds or by reference to an official map.
Source
Laws 1993, LB 208, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-131 - Publication.

18-131.
Publication.
Ordinances passed by cities of all classes and villages must be posted, published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the respective cities or villages, or published in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, as required by their respective charters or general laws.
Source
Laws 1933, c. 111, § 1, p. 451;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1501;
R.S.1943, § 18-131;
Laws 2021, LB159, § 6;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-132 - Adoption of standard codes.

18-132.
Adoption of standard codes.
(1) The city council of any city or board of trustees of any village may adopt by ordinance the conditions, provisions, limitations, and terms of a plumbing code, an electrical code, a fire prevention code, a building or construction code, and any other standard code which contains rules and regulations printed as a code in book, pamphlet, or electronic form, by reference to such code, or portions thereof, alone, without setting forth in the ordinance the conditions, provisions, limitations, and terms of such code. When any such code, or portion thereof, has been incorporated by reference into such ordinance, as provided in this section, it shall have the same force and effect as though it had been written in its entirety in such ordinance without further or additional publication thereof.
(2) Not less than one copy of such standard code, or portion thereof, shall be kept for use and examination by the public in the office of the city clerk or village clerk prior to the adoption thereof and as long as such standard code is in effect in such city or village.
(3) Any building or construction code implemented under this section shall be adopted and enforced as provided in section 71-6406.
(4) If there is no ordinance adopting a plumbing code in effect in a city or village, the 2018 Uniform Plumbing Code designated by the American National Standards Institute as an American National Standard shall serve as the plumbing code for all the area within the jurisdiction of the city or village. Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as creating an obligation for the city or village to inspect plumbing work done within its jurisdiction to determine compliance with the plumbing code.
Source
Laws 1933, c. 111, § 1, p. 451;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1501;
R.S.1943, § 18-132;
Laws 1984, LB 748, § 1;
Laws 1996, LB 1304, § 1;
Laws 2012, LB42, § 1;
Laws 2016, LB704, § 209;
Laws 2021, LB131, § 16;
Laws 2021, LB159, § 7;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-305 - Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.

18-305.
Telephones; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
It shall be unlawful for any telephone company to furnish to any elected or appointed officer of any city or village in this state a telephone free of charge, or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar service, or for any such officer to accept such telephone or telephone service free of charge, or at a price less than shall be charged to other customers for similar service. Any violation of this section by a telephone company shall be a Class III misdemeanor, and the officer or agent of any such telephone company acting or assisting in such violation shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. Any violation of this section by any officer of any such city or village shall be a Class III misdemeanor, and the officer shall upon conviction forfeit the office held by him or her at the time of committing such offense.
Source
Laws 1897, c. 13, § 3, p. 137;
R.S.1913, § 5218;
C.S.1922, § 4419;
C.S.1929, § 18-403;
R.S.1943, § 18-305;
Laws 1982, LB 347, § 2;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 5.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-306 - Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.

18-306.
Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; prohibited; penalties.
It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation engaged in furnishing in any city or village in this state artificial light, such as electric light, gas light, or light from oil, to furnish light to any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in which such person, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation is engaged in furnishing such lights, free or for a price less than is charged other customers in such city or village for similar services. Any violation of this section shall be a Class III misdemeanor. Each day any service is furnished or accepted in violation of this section shall be considered as a separate offense and punished accordingly.
Source
Laws 1897, c. 13, § 4, p. 137;
R.S.1913, § 5219;
C.S.1922, § 4420;
C.S.1929, § 18-404;
R.S.1943, § 18-306;
Laws 1982, LB 347, § 3;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 137;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-307 - Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.

18-307.
Electric or other lights; free or underpriced service; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalty.
If any elected or appointed officer in any city or village in this state accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged other customers for similar services in such city or village electric services from any electric utility company or from any person, partnership, or limited liability company which provides electric service in such city or village, such officer shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall also forfeit the office held by him or her at the date of such offense.
Source
Laws 1897, c. 13, § 5, p. 138;
R.S.1913, § 5220;
C.S.1922, § 4421;
C.S.1929, § 18-405;
R.S.1943, § 18-307;
Laws 1982, LB 347, § 4;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 138;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 7.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-308 - Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.

18-308.
Water; free or underpriced service to city or village officers; acceptance by officer; prohibited; penalties.
Any water company engaged in furnishing water in any city or village in this state and any person, corporation, partnership, or limited liability company engaged in such services who furnishes to any elected or appointed officer in such city or village, water free of charge or for a price less than is at the time charged for similar service to other customers in such city or village shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor. If any officer in any such city or village accepts free of charge or for a price less than is charged to other customers in such city or village any of the services mentioned in this section, such officer shall be guilty of a Class III misdemeanor and shall also forfeit the office held by him or her at the date of such violation. Each day such service or services are furnished or accepted in violation of this section shall constitute a separate and distinct offense and shall be punished accordingly.
Source
Laws 1897, c. 13, § 6, p. 138;
R.S.1913, § 5221;
C.S.1922, § 4422;
C.S.1929, § 18-406;
R.S.1943, § 18-308;
Laws 1982, LB 347, § 5;
Laws 1993, LB 121, § 139;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 8.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-309 - Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.

18-309.
Prosecutions for violations; evidence; immunity of witnesses.
No person shall be excused from attending and testifying or producing books and papers, in any prosecution under sections 18-305 to 18-309, for the reason that the required testimony, documentary or otherwise, may tend to incriminate such person or subject such person to a penalty or forfeiture. No person shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which such person may testify or produce evidence, documentary or otherwise, in any prosecution under such sections, except that no person so testifying shall be exempt from prosecution for perjury committed in so testifying.
Source
Laws 1897, c. 13, § 8, p. 139;
R.S.1913, § 5223;
C.S.1922, § 4424;
C.S.1929, § 18-408;
R.S.1943, § 18-309;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-310 - Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.

18-310.
Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; contrary to public policy.
The Legislature finds and declares that it is detrimental to good government and the best interests of the state to permit payment to any person, firm, or corporation of fees or compensation in any form, other than regular salaries of duly elected or appointed officers of a city or village, for services rendered to a city or village contingent or dependent upon the outcome of any municipal election.
Source
Laws 1947, c. 49, § 1, p. 168;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-311 - Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.

18-311.
Compensation contracts contingent upon outcome of municipal election; prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for the mayor and city council of any city, or the chairperson and board of trustees of any village, to contract with, retain, or employ any person, firm, or corporation upon the basis that the amount of the fees or compensation to be paid shall be contingent or depend, in whole or in part, upon the outcome of any municipal election.
Source
Laws 1947, c. 49, § 2, p. 169;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-312 - Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.

18-312.
Contingent compensation contracts; violations; penalty.
Any person, firm, or corporation that shall violate any of the provisions of sections 18-310 to 18-312 shall be guilty of a Class V misdemeanor.
Source
Laws 1947, c. 49, § 3, p. 169;
Laws 1982, LB 347, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-401 - Public utility districts; creation authorized; extension or enlargement of service; limitation.

18-401.
Public utility districts; creation authorized; extension or enlargement of service; limitation.
In all cities, villages, or metropolitan utilities districts owning or operating a waterworks system, sanitary sewerage system, storm sewer system, gas plant, or other public utility plant and in which water, gas, or other public utility is supplied by municipal authority for domestic, mechanical, public, or other purposes, or sewage and storm water disposal, or other services furnished, the authorities having general charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the water, gas, or other public utility supplied by any city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, or the furnishing of any public service such as sewage and storm water disposal, shall have the power and authority to create a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, as the case may be, either within or without the corporate limits of the city, village, or metropolitan utilities district involved, and to order and cause to be made extensions or enlargements of water mains, sanitary sewers, storm water disposal mains, gas mains, or other public utility service through such public utility district, except that nothing contained in this section shall be construed as authorizing the creation of any such public utility district outside of the corporate limits of a city of the primary class.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 1, p. 386;
C.S.1922, § 4475;
C.S.1929, § 18-1001;
R.S.1943, § 18-401;
Laws 1963, c. 79, § 1, p. 286;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 63;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 12.
Annotations
Chapter 110, Laws 1921 (sections 18-401 to 18-411), is constitutional. Murphy v. Metropolitan Utilities Dist., 126 Neb. 663, 255 N.W. 20 (1934).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-402 - Public utility districts; how created.

18-402.
Public utility districts; how created.
Any water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district as provided in section 18-401 shall be created by ordinance if such public utility district is created by a city or village, or by resolution of the board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district if such public utility district is created by a metropolitan utilities district.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 2, p. 386;
C.S.1922, § 4476;
C.S.1929, § 18-1002;
R.S.1943, § 18-402;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-403 - Public utility districts; creation; extension or enlargement of service; notice requirements; protests.

18-403.
Public utility districts; creation; extension or enlargement of service; notice requirements; protests.
Upon the passage of an ordinance or resolution under section 18-402 creating a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district or ordering the extension or enlargement of a water main, gas main, or other public utility service through such district, it shall be the duty of the city council or village board of trustees which passed the ordinance or of the board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district which passed the resolution to cause a notice to be published in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in such city or village or in the principal city within the metropolitan utilities district, addressed generally to the owners of the real estate within such public utility district, notifying them of the creation of the district and of the ordering of the extension or enlargement of the water main, gas main, or other public utility service within such district and further notifying the owners of the real estate that they have thirty days from and after such publication to file with such city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors their written protest against the creation of the district and of the extension or enlargement of the water main, gas main, or other public utility service so ordered.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 3, p. 386;
C.S.1922, § 4477;
C.S.1929, § 18-1003;
R.S.1943, § 18-403;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 64;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 14.
Annotations
In absence of notice giving owners of real estate thirty days to file written protest, city cannot levy special assessments for water main extension. Matzke v. City of Seward, 193 Neb. 211, 226 N.W.2d 340 (1975).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-404 - Public utility districts; creation; protest; effect.

18-404.
Public utility districts; creation; protest; effect.
If within thirty days there is filed, as provided in section 18-403, a written protest signed by the record owners of a majority of the foot frontage of taxable property in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, then the filing of such protest shall operate as a repeal or rescission of the ordinance or resolution creating such district, but if no such protest is filed within thirty days, then the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors shall proceed to contract for and on behalf of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district for the extension or enlargement of the main or utility service so ordered or to make such extension or enlargement.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 4, p. 387;
C.S.1922, § 4478;
C.S.1929, § 18-1004;
R.S.1943, § 18-404;
Laws 1959, c. 53, § 1, p. 244;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 65;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 15.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-405 - Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; cost; payment; assessment.

18-405.
Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; cost; payment; assessment.
Upon the completion of an extension or enlargement of any water or gas main or other utility service in a water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district created pursuant to section 18-401, the actual cost of such extension or enlargement shall be duly certified to the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district when done by contract, but when done by utilizing the equipment and employees of any such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, the average cost, based upon the average cost per foot to such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district in the previous calendar year, of installing water or gas distribution mains, as the case may be, shall be thus certified. Such city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors shall assess, to the extent of special benefits, the cost, not exceeding the actual cost or average cost, as the case may be, of installing such water main, gas main, or other utility service, upon all real estate in such district, in proportion to the frontage of the real estate upon the main or utility service. The cost of any such extension or enlargement in excess of the actual or average cost of installing the water main, gas main, or other utility service authorized to be assessed and levied against the real estate in such district shall be paid out of the water fund, gas fund, or other utility fund of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district, if there is such a fund, and if such city or village has no water fund, gas fund, or other utility fund, then the costs shall be paid out of the general fund. No real estate in any city, village, or metropolitan utilities district shall be subject to more than one special tax assessment for the same extension or enlargement of water mains, gas mains, or other utility service.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 5, p. 387;
C.S.1922, § 4479;
C.S.1929, § 18-1005;
Laws 1941, c. 27, § 1, p. 128;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1005;
R.S.1943, § 18-405;
Laws 1959, c. 53, § 2, p. 245;
Laws 1972, LB 1454, § 1;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 66;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 16.
Annotations
A finding by the Board of Equalization that lands are specially benefited to full amount of assessment is tantamount to finding that such benefits are equal and uniform, warranting the adoption of foot front rule. Murphy v. Metropolitan Utilities District, 126 Neb. 663, 255 N.W. 20 (1934).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-406 - Public utility districts; special assessments; when due; equalization; interest.

18-406.
Public utility districts; special assessments; when due; equalization; interest.
The special assessment provided in section 18-405 shall be paid in ten installments. The first installment, or one-tenth of the assessment, shall become due and delinquent fifty days after the date of levy, and one-tenth of such assessment shall become due and delinquent each year thereafter, counting from the date of levy, for nine years. The special assessment shall 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, prior to delinquency, and at the rate specified in section 45-104.01, as such rate may from time to time be adjusted by the Legislature, after delinquency. Prior to the levy of the special assessment as provided in section 18-405, such assessment shall be equalized in the same manner as provided by law for the equalization of special assessments levied in the city or village that levied such special assessment, or in the city of the metropolitan class within the metropolitan utilities district that levied such special assessment.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 5, p. 388;
C.S.1922, § 4479;
C.S.1929, § 18-1005;
Laws 1941, c. 27, § 1, p. 129;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1005;
R.S.1943, § 18-406;
Laws 1963, c. 80, § 1, p. 287;
Laws 1980, LB 933, § 22;
Laws 1981, LB 167, § 23;
Laws 1983, LB 438, § 1;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 67;
Laws 2015, LB361, § 40;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-407 - Public utility districts; creation by petition; denial.

18-407.
Public utility districts; creation by petition; denial.
If a petition is filed, signed by the owners of a majority of the front footage of real estate within a proposed water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, which petition shall contain the consent of the owners of such real estate for the installation of gas mains or water mains of sizes designated by the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district and inserted in such petition, or of other utility service, then such water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district shall be created, and the entire cost of laying such water main, gas main, or other utility service shall be assessed and collected as provided in sections 18-405 to 18-410. The city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors shall have the discretion to deny the formation of the proposed district when the area to be improved has not previously been improved with a water system, sewer system, and grading of streets. If the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors should deny a requested district formation, it shall state the grounds for such denial in a written letter to interested parties.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 5, p. 388;
C.S.1922, § 4479;
C.S.1929, § 18-1005;
Laws 1941, c. 27, § 1, p. 129;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1005;
R.S.1943, § 18-407;
Laws 1983, LB 125, § 3;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-408 - Public utility districts; warrants; issuance.

18-408.
Public utility districts; warrants; issuance.
After the levy of a special assessment and the extension of such assessment against the real estate in such water main district, gas main district, sanitary sewer district, storm water disposal district, or other public utility district, the city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district having charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the water or gas supply or other utility service of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district shall have the power to issue or cause to be issued against the fund so created special warrants payable out of the funds, which warrants shall be delivered to the contractor in payment of the money due him or her under his or her contract for the extension or enlargement of the water or gas main or other utility service, as the case may be, to cover the cost for which the special assessments were levied.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 6, p. 389;
C.S.1922, § 4480;
C.S.1929, § 18-1006;
R.S.1943, § 18-408;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 68;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 19.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-409 - Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; optional procedures.

18-409.
Public utility districts; extension or enlargement of service; optional procedures.
The city council, village board of trustees, or board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district in the city, village, or metropolitan utilities district in this state having general charge, supervision, and control of all matters pertaining to the water or gas supply or other utility service of such city, village, or metropolitan utilities district may by resolution elect and determine to proceed under sections 18-401 to 18-411 in the matter of ordering and making and causing to be made extensions or enlargements of water or gas mains or other utility service in such cities, villages, or metropolitan utilities districts but are not required to do so.
Source
Laws 1921, c. 110, § 7, p. 389;
C.S.1922, § 4481;
C.S.1929, § 18-1007;
R.S.1943, § 18-409;
Laws 1992, LB 746, § 69;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 20.
Annotations
The district may extend water mains beyond city limits and enlarge district to include territory served by such extensions. Murphy v. Metropolitan Utilities Dist., 126 Neb. 663, 255 N.W. 20 (1934).