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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2124 - Bonds; issuance; sources of payment; limitations.

18-2124.
Bonds; issuance; sources of payment; limitations.
An authority may issue bonds from time to time in its discretion for any of its corporate purposes, including the payment of principal and interest upon any advances for surveys and plans for redevelopment projects. An authority may also issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying, retiring, or otherwise refinancing or in exchange for any or all of the principal or interest upon bonds previously issued by the authority. An authority may issue such types of bonds as it may determine, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, bonds on which the principal and interest are payable: (1) Exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenue of the redevelopment project financed with proceeds of such bonds; (2) exclusively from the income, proceeds, and revenue of any of its redevelopment projects whether or not they are financed in whole or in part with the proceeds of such bonds; (3) exclusively from its revenue and income, including any special assessment levied pursuant to section 18-1722 and such tax revenue or receipts as may be authorized under the Community Development Law, including those which may be pledged under section 18-2150, and from such grants and loans as may be received; or (4) from all or part of the income, proceeds, and revenue enumerated in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this section. Any such bonds may be additionally secured by a pledge of any loan, grant, or contributions, or parts thereof, from the federal government or other source or a mortgage of any redevelopment project or projects of the authority. The authority shall not pledge the credit or taxing power of the state or any political subdivision thereof, except such tax receipts as may be authorized under this section or pledged under section 18-2150, or place any lien or encumbrance on any property owned by the state, county, or city used by the authority.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(1), p. 811;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1624;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 13, p. 238;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2624;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 5;
Laws 2012, LB729, § 3;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 135.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2126 - Bonds; terms.

18-2126.
Bonds; terms.
Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, be payable upon demand or mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(3), p. 812;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1626;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2626;
Laws 1969, c. 51, § 71, p. 319.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2127 - Bonds; sale.

18-2127.
Bonds; sale.
The bonds may be sold by the authority in such manner and for such price as the authority may determine, at par or above par, at private sale or at public sale after notice published prior to such sale in a legal newspaper having general circulation in the municipality, or in such other medium of publication as the authority may deem appropriate, or may be exchanged by the authority for other bonds issued by it under the Community Development Law. Bonds which are issued under this section may be sold by the authority to the federal government at private sale at par or above par, and, in the event that less than all of the authorized principal amount of such bonds is sold by the authority to the federal government, the balance or any portion of the balance may be sold by the authority at private sale at par or above par.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(4), p. 812;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1627;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2627;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 7;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 22.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2128 - Bonds; signatures; validity.

18-2128.
Bonds; signatures; validity.
In case any of the members or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on any bonds or coupons shall cease to be such members or officers before the delivery of such bonds, such signatures shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if such members or officers had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of section 18-2124 shall be fully negotiable.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(5), p. 812;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1628;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2628.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2129 - Bonds; actions; effect.

18-2129.
Bonds; actions; effect.
In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security therefor, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a redevelopment project, as herein defined, shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for such purpose and such project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of the Community Development Law.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 10(6), p. 813;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1629;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2629;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 23.
Annotations
Any suit, action, or proceeding brought outside the 30-day period in section 18-2142.01 is subject to the conclusive presumption of this section and section 18-2142.01 as long as the action is one challenging the validity or enforceability of a redevelopment bond or contract and the bond or contract recites in substance the language required by the two sections. Salem Grain Co. v. City of Falls City, 302 Neb. 548, 924 N.W.2d 678 (2019).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2131 - Bonds; default; causes of action.

18-2131.
Bonds; default; causes of action.
An authority may by resolution, trust indenture, mortgage, lease, or other instrument confer upon any obligee holding or representing a specified amount in bonds, the right, in addition to all rights that may otherwise be conferred, upon the happening of an event of default as defined in such resolution or instruments, by suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction: (1) To cause possession of any redevelopment project or any part thereof, title to which is in the authority, to be surrendered to any such obligee; (2) to obtain the appointment of a receiver of any redevelopment project of such authority or any part thereof, title to which is in the authority, and of the rents and profits therefrom. If such receiver be appointed, the receiver may enter and take possession of, carry out, operate, and maintain such project or any part thereof and collect and receive all fees, rents, revenue, or other charges thereafter arising from such project, and shall keep such money in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of such authority as the court shall direct; and (3) to require the authority and the members, officers, agents, and employees thereof to account as if it and they were the trustees of an express trust.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 11(2), p. 815;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1631;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2631;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 136.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2133 - Bonds; obligee; causes of action.

18-2133.
Bonds; obligee; causes of action.
An obligee of an authority shall have the right in addition to all other rights which may be conferred upon such obligee, subject only to any contractual restrictions binding upon such obligee:
(1) By mandamus, suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity to compel such authority and the members, officers, agents, or employees thereof to perform each and every term, provision, and covenant contained in any contract of such authority with or for the benefit of such obligee, and to require the carrying out of any or all such covenants and agreements to the authority and the fulfillment of all duties imposed upon the authority by the Community Development Law; and
(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in equity to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful, or the violation of any of the rights of such obligee of the authority.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 13, p. 816;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1633;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2633;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 24;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 137.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2134 - Bonds; who may purchase.

18-2134.
Bonds; who may purchase.
All public officers, municipal corporations, political subdivisions, and public bodies; all banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, money, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by an authority pursuant to the Community Development Law or by any public housing or redevelopment authority or commission, or agency or any other public body in the United States for redevelopment purposes, when such bonds and other obligations are secured by an agreement between the issuing agency and the federal government in which the issuing agency agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuing agency, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, money in an amount which, together with any other money irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on such bonds or other obligations, will suffice to pay the principal of such bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which money under the terms of the agreement is required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on such bonds or other obligations at their maturity, and such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. However, nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in the selection of securities.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 14, p. 816;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1634;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2634;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 25.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2135 - Federal government; contract for financial assistance; default; effect of cure.

18-2135.
Federal government; contract for financial assistance; default; effect of cure.
In any contract for financial assistance with the federal government, an authority may obligate itself, which obligation shall be specifically enforceable and shall not constitute a mortgage, notwithstanding any other laws, to convey to the federal government possession of or title to a redevelopment project and land therein to which such contract relates which is owned by the authority, upon the occurrence of a substantial default, as defined in such contract, with respect to the covenants or conditions to which the authority is subject. Such contract may further provide that in case of such conveyance, the federal government may complete, operate, manage, lease, convey, or otherwise deal with the redevelopment project in accordance with the terms of such contract, if
the contract requires that, as soon as practicable after the federal government is satisfied that all defaults with respect to the redevelopment project have been cured and that the redevelopment project will thereafter be operated in accordance with the terms of the contract, the federal government shall reconvey to the authority the redevelopment project as then constituted.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 15, p. 817;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1635;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2635;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 138.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2136 - Property; exempt from execution.

18-2136.
Property; exempt from execution.
All property including funds of an authority shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution, and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against such property nor shall judgment against an authority be a charge or lien upon its property. The provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedies for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by an authority on its rents, fees, grants, or revenue.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 16(1), p. 817;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1636;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2636;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 139.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2137 - Property; exempt from taxation; payments in lieu of taxes.

18-2137.
Property; exempt from taxation; payments in lieu of taxes.
The property of an authority is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and shall be exempt from all taxes. Whenever such authority shall purchase or acquire real property pursuant to the Community Development Law, the authority shall annually, so long as it shall continue to own such property, pay out of its revenue to the State of Nebraska, county, city, township, school district, or other taxing subdivision in which such real property is located, in lieu of taxes, a sum equal to the amount which such state, county, city, township, school district or other taxing subdivision received from taxation from such real property during the year immediately preceding the purchase or acquisition of such real property by the authority. The county board of equalization may, in any year subsequent to the purchase or acquisition of such property by the authority, determine the amount that said authority shall pay out of its revenue to the State of Nebraska and its several governmental subdivisions in lieu of taxes, which sum shall be as justice and equity may require, notwithstanding the amount which the state and its governmental subdivisions may have received from taxation during the year immediately preceding the purchase or acquisition of such property. With respect to any property in a redevelopment project, the tax exemption provided herein shall terminate when the authority sells, leases, or otherwise disposes of such property to a redeveloper for redevelopment. The members of the authority shall not incur any personal liability by reason of the making of such payments.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 16(2), p. 818;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1637;
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 14, p. 260;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2637;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 26.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2138 - Public body; cooperate in planning; powers.

18-2138.
Public body; cooperate in planning; powers.
In addition to any other provisions governing any public body set forth in the Community Development Law, for the purpose of aiding and cooperating in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of a redevelopment project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine: (1) Dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property, or grant easements, licenses, or any other rights or privileges therein to an authority; (2) cause parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works which it is otherwise empowered to undertake, to be furnished in connection with a redevelopment project; (3) furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan, or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places, which it is otherwise empowered to undertake; (4) plan or replan, zone or rezone any part of the public body, or make exceptions from building regulations and ordinances if such functions are of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to perform; (5) cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the authority of the character which the public body is otherwise empowered to undertake or furnish for the same or other purposes; (6) incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section; (7) do any and all things necessary or convenient to aid and cooperate in the planning or carrying out of a redevelopment plan; (8) lend, grant, or contribute funds to an authority; (9) employ any funds belonging to or within the control of such public body, including funds derived from the sale or furnishing of property, service, or facilities to an authority, in the purchase of the bonds or other obligations of an authority and, as the holder of such bonds or other obligations, exercise the rights connected therewith; and (10) enter into agreements, which may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law to the contrary, with an authority respecting action to be taken by such public body pursuant to any of the powers granted by the Community Development Law. If at any time title to, or possession of, any redevelopment project is held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the authority, authorized by law to engage in the undertaking, carrying out or administration of redevelopment projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the provisions of such agreements shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 17(1), p. 818;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1638;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2638;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 8;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 27.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2139 - Public body; sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement; how made.

18-2139.
Public body; sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement; how made.
Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in section 18-2138 may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 17(2), p. 819;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1639;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2639.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2140 - Estimate of expenditures; cities; grant funds; levy taxes; issue bonds.

18-2140.
Estimate of expenditures; cities; grant funds; levy taxes; issue bonds.
An authority may, at such time as it may deem necessary, file with the governing body an estimate of the amounts necessary to be appropriated by the governing body to defray the expense of the authority. The governing body of such city is hereby authorized, in its discretion, to appropriate from its general fund and to place at the disposal of the authority an amount sufficient to assist in defraying such expense. Any city located within the area of operation of an authority may grant funds to an authority for the purpose of aiding such authority in carrying out any of its powers and functions under the Community Development Law. To obtain funds for this purpose, the city may levy taxes and may issue and sell its bonds. Any bonds to be issued by the city pursuant to the provisions of this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations, except as otherwise provided by the Community Development Law, prescribed by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of bonds by a city for any public purpose.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 18, p. 819;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1640;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 15, p. 241;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2640;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 28.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2141 - Instrument of conveyance; execution; effect.

18-2141.
Instrument of conveyance; execution; effect.
Any instrument executed by an authority and purporting to convey any right, title, or interest in any property under the Community Development Law shall be conclusive evidence of compliance with the Community Development Law insofar as title or other interest of any bona fide purchasers, lessees, or other transferees of such property is concerned.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 19, p. 820;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1641;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2641;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 29.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2142.01 - Validity and enforceability of bonds and agreements; presumption.

18-2142.01.
Validity and enforceability of bonds and agreements; presumption.
(1) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of a city, village, or authority or the security therefor brought after the lapse of thirty days after the issuance of such bonds has been authorized, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been authorized by the city, village, or authority to aid in financing a redevelopment project shall be conclusively deemed to have been authorized for such purpose and such redevelopment project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of the Community Development Law.
(2) In any suit, action, or proceeding involving the validity or enforceability of any agreement of a city, village, or authority brought after the lapse of thirty days after the agreement has been formally entered into, any such agreement reciting in substance that it has been entered into by the city, village, or authority to provide financing for an approved redevelopment project shall be conclusively deemed to have been entered into for such purpose and such project shall be conclusively deemed to have been planned, located, and carried out in accordance with the purposes and provisions of the Community Development Law.
Source
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 16;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 30.
Annotations
Any suit, action, or proceeding brought outside the 30-day period in this section is subject to the conclusive presumption of section 18-2129 and this section as long as the action is one challenging the validity or enforceability of a redevelopment bond or contract and the bond or contract recites in substance the language required by the two sections. Salem Grain Co. v. City of Falls City, 302 Neb. 548, 924 N.W.2d 678 (2019).
Subsection (2) of this section requires that a party wishing to challenge a contract that provides financing for an approved redevelopment project initiate any suit, action, or challenge within 30 days of the party's formally entering into the contract; after 30 days, the project shall be conclusively deemed to have complied with Nebraska's community development laws. Community Dev. Agency v. PRP Holdings, 277 Neb. 1015, 767 N.W.2d 68 (2009).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2142.02 - Enhanced employment area; redevelopment project; levy of general business occupation tax authorized; governing body; powers; occupation tax; power to levy; exceptions.

18-2142.02.
Enhanced employment area; redevelopment project; levy of general business occupation tax authorized; governing body; powers; occupation tax; power to levy; exceptions.
A city may levy a general business occupation tax upon the businesses and users of space within an enhanced employment area for the purpose of paying all or any part of the costs and expenses of any redevelopment project within such enhanced employment area. After March 27, 2014, any occupation tax imposed pursuant to this section shall make a reasonable classification of businesses, users of space, or kinds of transactions for purposes of imposing such tax, except that no occupation tax shall be imposed on any transaction which is subject to tax under section 53-160, 66-489, 66-489.02, 66-4,140, 66-4,145, 66-4,146, 77-2602, or 77-4008 or which is exempt from tax under section 77-2704.24. The collection of a tax imposed pursuant to this section shall be made and enforced in such a manner as the governing body shall by ordinance determine to produce the required revenue. The governing body may provide that failure to pay the tax imposed pursuant to this section shall constitute a violation of the ordinance and subject the violator to a fine or other punishment as provided by ordinance. Any such occupation tax agreed to by the authority and the city shall remain in effect so long as the authority has bonds outstanding which have been issued stating such occupation tax as an available source for payment.
Source
Laws 2007, LB562, § 8;
Laws 2014, LB474, § 6.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2142.03 - Enhanced employment area; use of eminent domain prohibited.

18-2142.03.
Enhanced employment area; use of eminent domain prohibited.
Eminent domain shall not be used to acquire property that will be transferred to a private party in the enhanced employment area.
Source
Laws 2007, LB562, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2142.05 - Construction of workforce housing; governing body; duties.

18-2142.05.
Construction of workforce housing; governing body; duties.
Prior to approving a redevelopment project that expressly carries out the construction of workforce housing, a governing body shall (1) receive a housing study which is current within twenty-four months for any city of the metropolitan class or current within sixty months for any other city or village, (2) prepare an incentive plan for construction of housing in the municipality targeted to house existing or new workers, (3) hold a public hearing on such incentive plan with notice which complies with the conditions set forth in section 18-2115.01, and (4) after the public hearing find that such incentive plan is necessary to prevent the spread of blight and substandard conditions within the municipality, will promote additional safe and suitable housing for individuals and families employed in the municipality, and will not result in the unjust enrichment of any individual or company. A public hearing held under this section shall be separate from any public hearing held under section 18-2115.
Source
Laws 2018, LB496, § 3;
Laws 2020, LB1003, § 179;
Laws 2023, LB531, § 16.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2143 - Community Development Law, how construed.

18-2143.
Community Development Law, how construed.
The powers conferred by the Community Development Law shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and shall be independent of and in addition to any other provision of the laws of the State of Nebraska with reference to the matters covered in the Community Development Law and shall be considered as a complete and independent act and not as amendatory of or limited by any other provision of the laws of the State of Nebraska. Notwithstanding any other evidence of legislative intent, it is hereby declared to be the controlling legislative intent that if any provision of the Community Development Law, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held unconstitutional or invalid, it shall not affect the other provisions of the Community Development Law or the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances. The Community Development Law and all grants of power, authority, rights, or discretion made to a city and to an authority created under the Community Development Law shall be liberally construed, and all incidental powers necessary to carry into effect the Community Development Law are hereby expressly granted to and conferred upon a city or an authority created pursuant thereto.
Source
Laws 1951, c. 224, § 23, p. 820;
R.R.S.1943, § 14-1643;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 17, p. 242;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2643;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 31.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2144 - Community Development Law; controlling over other laws and city charters.

18-2144.
Community Development Law; controlling over other laws and city charters.
The Community Development Law shall be full authority for the creation of a community redevelopment authority by a city or village, and for the exercise of the powers therein granted to a city or village and to such authority, and shall also be full authority for the creation of a community development agency by a city or village, and for the exercise of the powers therein granted to a city or village for such purpose, and no action, proceeding, or election shall be required prior to the creation of a community redevelopment authority or community development agency or to authorize the exercise of any of the powers granted in the Community Development Law, except as specifically provided in the Community Development Law, any provision of law or of any city charter or village law to the contrary notwithstanding.
No proceedings for the issuance of bonds of an authority or of a city or village for its community development agency shall be required other than those required by the Community Development Law; and the provisions of all other laws and city charters, if any, relative to the terms and conditions for the issuance, payment, redemption, registration, sale or delivery of bonds of public bodies, corporations, or political subdivisions of this state shall not be applicable to bonds issued by an authority pursuant to the Community Development Law.
Insofar as the provisions of the Community Development Law are inconsistent with the provisions of any other law or of any city charter, if any, the provisions of the Community Development Law shall be controlling.
Source
Laws 1957, c. 52, § 15, p. 261;
Laws 1961, c. 61, § 18, p. 243;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2644;
Laws 1973, LB 299, § 4;
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 9;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 32.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2145 - Limited community redevelopment authority; laws applicable.

18-2145.
Limited community redevelopment authority; laws applicable.
The provisions of the Community Development Law that are not in conflict with the provisions relating to limited community redevelopment authorities and that are necessary or convenient to carry out the powers expressly conferred upon limited community redevelopment authorities shall apply to limited community redevelopment authorities.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 106, § 5, p. 498;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 33.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2146 - Minimum standards housing ordinance; adopt, when.

18-2146.
Minimum standards housing ordinance; adopt, when.
Each city and village shall adopt a minimum standards housing ordinance if such city or village has completed an approved workable program or is in the process of the preparation of such a program.
Source
Laws 1969, c. 106, § 6, p. 498;
Laws 1971, LB 747, § 1.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2147.01 - Cost-benefit analysis; reimbursement.

18-2147.01.
Cost-benefit analysis; reimbursement.
The Department of Economic Development shall, to the extent that funds are appropriated for such purpose, reimburse applying cities or villages for the fees paid by such cities or villages for the use of the cost-benefit analysis model, developed and approved by the Legislature, for projects using funds authorized by section 18-2147.
Source
Laws 1999, LB 774, § 3;
Laws 2000, LB 1135, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2148 - Project valuation; county assessor; duties.

18-2148.
Project valuation; county assessor; duties.
Commencing on the effective date of the provision outlined in section 18-2147, the county assessor, or county clerk where he or she is ex officio county assessor, of the county in which the redevelopment project is located, shall transmit to an authority and the county treasurer, upon request of the authority, the redevelopment project valuation and shall annually certify, on or before August 20, to the authority and the county treasurer the current valuation for assessment of taxable real property in the redevelopment project. The county assessor shall undertake, upon request of an authority, an investigation, examination, and inspection of the taxable real property in the redevelopment project and shall reaffirm or revalue the current value for assessment of such property in accordance with the findings of such investigation, examination, and inspection.
Source
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 11;
Laws 2006, LB 808, § 3.
Annotations
A mandamus action is an appropriate remedy for a redevelopment authority that believes that a county assessor has not complied with his or her duty under this section to transmit a redevelopment project valuation. Community Redev. Auth. v. Gizinski, 16 Neb. App. 504, 745 N.W.2d 616 (2008).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2149 - Project valuation; how treated.

18-2149.
Project valuation; how treated.
In each year after the determination of a redevelopment project valuation as outlined in section 18-2148, the county assessor and the county board of equalization shall include no more than the redevelopment project valuation of the taxable real property in the redevelopment project in the assessed valuation upon which is computed the tax rates levied by any public body on such project. In each year for which the current assessed valuation on taxable real property in the redevelopment project exceeds the redevelopment project valuation, the county treasurer shall remit to the authority, instead of to any public body, that proportion of all ad valorem taxes on real property paid that year on the redevelopment project which such excess valuation bears to the current assessed valuation.
If the current assessed valuation on taxable real property in the redevelopment project is less than the redevelopment project valuation, the current assessed valuation shall be the value assessable to the public bodies for the current year and there will be no excess valuation or tax proceeds available to the redevelopment project. The redevelopment project valuation shall be reinstated when the current assessed valuation on taxable real property in the redevelopment project is equal to or greater than the redevelopment project valuation.
Source
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 12;
Laws 2006, LB 808, § 4.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2150 - Financing; pledge of taxes.

18-2150.
Financing; pledge of taxes.
In the proceedings for the issuance of bonds, the making of loans or advances of money, or the incurring of any indebtedness, whether funded, refunded, assumed, or otherwise, by an authority to finance or refinance, in whole or in part, a redevelopment project, the portion of taxes mentioned in subdivision (1)(b) of section 18-2147 shall be pledged for the payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on such bonds, loans, notes, advances, or indebtedness.
Source
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 13;
Laws 1997, LB 875, § 15.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2151 - Redeveloper; penal bond; when required; purpose.

18-2151.
Redeveloper; penal bond; when required; purpose.
Any redeveloper entering into a contract with an authority for the undertaking of a redevelopment project pursuant to a redevelopment plan which contains the provision outlined in section 18-2147 shall be required before commencing work to execute, in addition to all bonds that may be required, a penal bond with good and sufficient surety to be approved by an authority, conditioned that such contractor shall at all times promptly make payments of all amounts lawfully due to all persons supplying or furnishing the contractor or his or her subcontractors with labor or materials performed or used in the prosecution of the work provided for in such contract, and will indemnify and save harmless the authority to the extent any payments in connection with the carrying out of such contracts which an authority may be required to make under the law.
Source
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 14.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2153 - Sections, how construed.

18-2153.
Sections, how construed.
The powers conferred by sections 18-2147 to 18-2153 shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law and shall be independent of and in addition to any other provision of the laws of the State of Nebraska with reference to the matters covered in such sections. The provisions of such sections and all grants of power, authority, rights, or discretion to a city or village and to an authority created under the Community Development Law shall be liberally construed, and all incidental powers necessary to carry into effect such sections are hereby expressly granted to and conferred upon a city or village or an authority created pursuant to the Community Development Law.
Source
Laws 1979, LB 158, § 16;
Laws 1991, LB 15, § 9;
Laws 1999, LB 774, § 4;
Laws 2018, LB874, § 35.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2154 - Authority; relocate individuals and businesses; replace housing units.

18-2154.
Authority; relocate individuals and businesses; replace housing units.
A redevelopment authority shall relocate or provide assistance in the relocation of individuals, families, and businesses occupying premises acquired for a redevelopment project pursuant to the procedures described in the Relocation Assistance Act. In the event any housing units are eliminated by a redevelopment project, the redevelopment plan for any such project shall include plans for equivalent replacement housing units elsewhere in the community.
Source
Laws 1980, LB 986, § 4;
Laws 1989, LB 254, § 31.
Cross References
Relocation Assistance Act, see section 76-1214.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2156 - Substandard and blighted area; extremely blighted area; review; governing body; powers; remove designation; resolution; effect.

18-2156.
Substandard and blighted area; extremely blighted area; review; governing body; powers; remove designation; resolution; effect.
(1) If an area has been designated as a substandard and blighted area under section 18-2109 or an extremely blighted area under section 18-2101.02, the governing body of the city may review such area at any time to determine whether the area is still eligible for the relevant designation. As part of such review, the governing body may, but need not:
(a) Examine any study or analysis of such area conducted pursuant to section 18-2101.02 or 18-2109 to determine whether the conditions that led to the relevant designation still exist; and
(b) Examine the conditions within the area to determine whether the area still qualifies as a blighted area, a substandard area, or an extremely blighted area as such terms are defined in section 18-2103.
(2) If a review is conducted under this section and the governing body of the city finds that an area is no longer a substandard and blighted area or an extremely blighted area, the governing body may remove the relevant designation by passing a resolution declaring such area to no longer be a substandard and blighted area or an extremely blighted area. If the same area has been designated as both a substandard and blighted area and an extremely blighted area, the governing body may remove both designations in a single resolution.
(3) Removal of a substandard and blighted area designation or an extremely blighted area designation pursuant to this section shall not affect the validity of (a) any redevelopment plan or redevelopment project involving such area that was approved prior to the removal of such designation or (b) any bond, security for such bond, redevelopment contract, or agreement relating to such a redevelopment plan or redevelopment project.
Source
Laws 2023, LB531, § 18.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2157 - Substandard and blighted area; extremely blighted area; designation for more than thirty years; analysis of redevelopment projects; when; applicability.

18-2157.
Substandard and blighted area; extremely blighted area; designation for more than thirty years; analysis of redevelopment projects; when; applicability.
(1) Beginning January 1, 2026, if an area has been designated as a substandard and blighted area under section 18-2109 or an extremely blighted area under section 18-2101.02 for more than thirty years, the governing body of the city shall not approve a new redevelopment plan or redevelopment project within such area unless and until the city conducts an analysis of the redevelopment projects that have occurred within such area. The analysis shall, at a minimum, include an assessment of the factors contributing to the lack of redevelopment in those parts of the area where significant redevelopment has not occurred and goals for the future redevelopment of the area. The analysis shall be provided to the planning commission or board of the city and to the governing body of the city. A copy of such analysis shall be made available for public inspection at a location designated by the city.
(2) This section does not apply to the downtown area of a city of the first class, city of the second class, or village. For purposes of this section, downtown area means the urban core of population density and concentrated commercial activity.
Source
Laws 2023, LB531, § 19.
Operative Date: June 7, 2023
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2201 - Legislative declaration; regulatory powers.

18-2201.
Legislative declaration; regulatory powers.
The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the furnishing of community antenna television service is a business affected with such a public interest that it must be regulated locally. All municipalities in Nebraska are hereby authorized and empowered, by ordinance, to regulate, prohibit, and consent to the construction, installation, operation, and maintenance within their corporate limits of all persons or entities furnishing community antenna television service. All municipalities, acting through the mayor and city council or village board of trustees, shall have power to require every individual or entity offering such service, subject to reasonable rules and regulations, to furnish any person applying therefor along the lines of its wires, cables, or other conduits, with television and radio service. The mayor and city council or village board of trustees shall have power to prescribe reasonable quality standards for such service and shall regulate rate increases so as to provide reasonable and compensatory rents or rates for such service including installation charges. In the regulation of rate increases the procedure provided in section 18-2206 shall be used in any franchise granted or renewed after May 23, 1979. Such person or entity furnishing community antenna television service shall be required to carry all broadcast signals as prescribed by franchise and permitted to be carried by Federal Communications Commission regulations during the full period of the broadcast day of its stations.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 68, § 1, p. 294;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2801;
Laws 1969, c. 119, § 1, p. 536;
Laws 1979, LB 495, § 1;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 140.
Annotations
Any statutory authority the district court might have to review rates under this section is limited only to the matter of rate increases. Plaintiff whose suit is addressed to rates as initially set rather than to an increase thereof has not stated a cause of action under this section. Bard v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 226 Neb. 880, 416 N.W.2d 4 (1987).
A merely prospective cable television customer has no standing as a ratepayer to seek to void a franchise because of excessive rates, and any complaint about the rates themselves must first be directed to the ratesetting body. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2202 - Franchise; required; validity.

18-2202.
Franchise; required; validity.
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation to construct, install, operate, or maintain in or along the streets, alleys, and public ways, or elsewhere within the corporate limits of any municipality, a community antenna television service without first obtaining, from such municipality involved, a franchise authorizing the community antenna television service. The governing bodies of such municipalities are hereby authorized to grant such a franchise and such franchise shall be effective and binding without submission to the electors and approval by a majority vote thereof, notwithstanding any other law or home rule charter, for a term of not to exceed twenty-five years upon such reasonable conditions as the circumstances may require.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 68, § 2, p. 294;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2802;
Laws 1969, c. 119, § 2, p. 537;
Laws 1979, LB 495, § 3;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 141.
Annotations
Regulation of community antenna television service is a matter of statewide concern, so that this section, allowing approval of a franchise without a vote of the electorate, takes precedence over a home rule charter provision to the contrary. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2203 - Underground cables and equipment; map required.

18-2203.
Underground cables and equipment; map required.
Municipalities may by ordinance require the filing with the city clerk or village clerk by the person, firm, or corporation constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining community antenna television service of a proper map showing the exact location of all underground cables and equipment, together with a statement showing the exact nature of such cables and equipment.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 68, § 3, p. 294;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2803;
Laws 1969, c. 119, § 3, p. 537;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 142.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-2204 - Annual occupation tax; levy; when due.

18-2204.
Annual occupation tax; levy; when due.
Municipalities may, by appropriate ordinance, levy an annual occupation tax against any person, firm, or corporation maintaining and operating any community antenna television service within its boundaries and may levy an annual occupation tax against any persons, firms, or corporations constructing, installing, operating, or maintaining community antenna television service. Any such occupation tax so levied shall be due and payable on May 1 of each year to the city treasurer or village treasurer.
Source
Laws 1959, c. 68, § 4, p. 295;
R.R.S.1943, § 19-2804;
Laws 1969, c. 119, § 4, p. 538;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 143.
Annotations
The power granted by this section to the city to levy by ordinance an occupation tax upon community antenna television service is a special statute which takes precedence over the general provisions of section 14-811 requiring submission of franchise annuity or royalty to the electorate. Hall v. Cox Cable of Omaha, Inc., 212 Neb. 887, 327 N.W.2d 595 (1982).