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2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-625 - Approval by electors; governing body; duties.

18-625.
Approval by electors; governing body; duties.
If the construction of a viaduct or subway is approved by the electors as provided in section 18-624, the governing body of the city or village shall (1) by resolution approve the detailed plans and specifications for such construction, including a map showing the exact location of such viaduct or subway, (2) by resolution make provision for the assumption of liability, the payment of consequential damages to property owners resulting from such proposed construction, and the payment of damages for property taken therefor, and (3) award and pay damages as provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 7, p. 106;
Laws 1953, c. 39, § 1, p. 133;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 60.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-626 - Streets and highways; use.

18-626.
Streets and highways; use.
A city or village constructing a viaduct or subway as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636 may appropriate any existing street or highway therefor and may acquire, extend, widen, or enlarge any street or highway for such purpose.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 8, p. 107;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 61.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-627 - Private property; condemnation; resolution; requirements; procedure.

18-627.
Private property; condemnation; resolution; requirements; procedure.
When it becomes necessary to appropriate or damage any private property for the construction of a viaduct or subway as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636, such appropriation shall be made by resolution. The resolution shall be published once each week for three weeks in a legal newspaper published in or of general circulation in such city or village. The publication shall be sufficient notice to the owners, occupants, and parties interested, and all parties having equitable interest therein. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 9, p. 107;
Laws 1951, c. 101, § 63, p. 476;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 62.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-633 - Construction; cost; deposit; mandamus.

18-633.
Construction; cost; deposit; mandamus.
When any viaduct or subway construction project has been agreed to or when the division of costs has been otherwise finally determined and when such proposal has been approved by a vote as provided in sections 18-617 to 18-636, the railroad company or companies affected shall within ten days' notice or demand deposit with the city treasurer or village treasurer the amount of its proportionate share. The district court is hereby given jurisdiction upon the application of the governing body of the city or village to compel such deposit by mandamus together with such penalties as may be found and deemed reasonable by the court.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 15, p. 109;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 63.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-634 - Construction; contract; letting.

18-634.
Construction; contract; letting.
After a city or village has made provisions for financing its proportionate share of the costs and has complied with the provisions of sections 18-617 to 18-636, and the provisions of section 18-633 have been complied with, such city or village shall proceed to construct, in accordance with plans and specifications previously approved, the viaduct or subway, or such city or village is hereby authorized to contract for such construction in accordance with such plans and specifications. Any such contract shall be awarded as provided by law.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 16, p. 109;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 64.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-635 - Railroad company; obligations; sections; effect.

18-635.
Railroad company; obligations; sections; effect.
Nothing in sections 18-617 to 18-636 shall modify, change, or abrogate any obligation of any railroad company or companies to maintain, reconstruct, or keep in repair any viaduct or subway previously built or any replacement of such viaduct or subway under any agreement, statute, or ordinance previously in effect.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 17, p. 109;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 65.
Annotations
This section is not a special saving clause but is a proviso. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-636 - Sections, how construed.

18-636.
Sections, how construed.
Sections 18-617 to 18-636 shall be construed as independent, supplemental, and in addition to any other laws of the State of Nebraska relating to the elimination of grade crossings, and shall be deemed to provide the entire powers, facilities, and expenditures necessary to accomplish the elimination of grade crossings in the manner provided. No other provision of law shall be effectual as a limitation upon the powers or proceedings contained in such sections, but other provisions of law may be relied upon to supplement and effectuate the purposes of such sections.
Source
Laws 1949, c. 28, § 18, p. 109;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 66.
Annotations
This section is not a special saving clause but is a proviso. State ex rel. City of Grand Island v. Union Pacific R. R. Co., 152 Neb. 772, 42 N.W.2d 867 (1950).
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-802 - Legislative findings and declarations.

18-802.
Legislative findings and declarations.
The Legislature finds and declares that:
(1) Passenger, truck, and pedestrian traffic on streets located in municipalities within metropolitan statistical areas or combined statistical areas have been and continue to be severely congested by the number of motor vehicles operating within such municipalities;
(2) Such existing traffic congestion has created a dangerous hazard to the lives and property of pedestrians and those traveling in private and public vehicles and obstructs the administration of firefighting forces and police protection forces in such municipalities;
(3) The availability of public transportation within such municipalities plays an increasing role in the recruitment and retention of both businesses and employees within such municipalities;
(4) Public transportation fosters economic development, real estate investment, and local job creation, and investment in new public transportation projects provides both short-term and long-term impacts on economic growth;
(5) Interconnectivity of public transportation systems across multiple municipalities within the same metropolitan statistical area or combined statistical area can play a critical role in fostering economic growth, avoiding duplication of service, ensuring equitable access to transportation service throughout contiguous urbanized areas, and supporting transportation that crosses jurisdictional boundaries; and
(6) Relieving congestion on the streets of such municipalities and providing for the establishment of comprehensive regional public transportation systems in such municipalities is a matter of public interest and statewide concern.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 2.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-803 - Terms, defined.

18-803.
Terms, defined.
For purposes of the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act:
(1) Board means the board of directors of any regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act;
(2) Combined statistical area means two or more adjacent metropolitan statistical areas or micropolitan statistical areas delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a combined statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;
(3) Governing body means the city council of a city or the village board of trustees of a village;
(4) Metropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a metropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;
(5) Micropolitan statistical area means a core-based statistical area delineated by the United States Office of Management and Budget as a micropolitan statistical area under standards developed using data from the 2010 Census of Population by the United States Bureau of the Census, and data from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimate by the United States Bureau of the Census, as such delineations existed on April 10, 2018;
(6) Municipality means any city or village in the State of Nebraska;
(7) Revenue bonds means revenue bonds issued by a regional metropolitan transit authority established under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act; and
(8) Territory means the operating jurisdiction of a regional metropolitan transit authority as established pursuant to section 18-804.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 3.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-805 - Act, how construed; limit on creation of authority.

18-805.
Act, how construed; limit on creation of authority.
(1) Nothing in the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act shall be construed to prohibit any municipality from contracting directly for passenger transportation services with a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law or with any regional metropolitan transit authority, other than a municipality in which the operating jurisdiction of a regional metropolitan transit authority has been extended pursuant to section 18-804.
(2) No more than one regional metropolitan transit authority shall be created within a single metropolitan statistical area or combined statistical area.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 5.
Cross References
Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-806 - Calculation of allowable growth under Nebraska Budget Act.

18-806.
Calculation of allowable growth under Nebraska Budget Act.
For purposes of calculating allowable growth under the Nebraska Budget Act, the following shall be treated as an annexation of territory by a regional metropolitan transit authority:
(1) If the municipality that established the transit authority prior to the conversion of such authority into a regional metropolitan transit authority annexes additional territory after such conversion; or
(2) If any other municipality which joined such regional metropolitan transit authority pursuant to subsection (2) of section 18-804 annexes additional territory after joining such regional metropolitan transit authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 6.
Cross References
Nebraska Budget Act, see section 13-501.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-807 - Regional metropolitan transit board; name; temporary board; vacancy.

18-807.
Regional metropolitan transit board; name; temporary board; vacancy.
(1) The governing body of a regional metropolitan transit authority shall be a board to be known as the Regional Metropolitan Transit Board of ................. (filling out the blank to coincide with the name of such regional metropolitan transit authority).
(2) As of the effective date of the conversion of a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law into a regional metropolitan transit authority under section 18-804, the board of the existing transit authority shall serve as the temporary board to govern the regional metropolitan transit authority until a board is elected pursuant to section 18-808.
(3) Any vacancy on the temporary board of a regional metropolitan transit authority shall be filled by appointment by the mayor of the city that appointed the members of such temporary board, with the approval of the governing bodies of such municipalities, to serve the unexpired portion of the temporary board member's term.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 7.
Cross References
Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-808 - Board; districts; redrawn; when; vacancy; appointment.

18-808.
Board; districts; redrawn; when; vacancy; appointment.
(1) Following the effective date of a conversion of a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law into a regional metropolitan transit authority, the election commissioner or county clerk of the county in which the majority of the territory of the authority is located shall divide the territory of the authority into seven numbered districts for the purpose of electing members to the board. Such districts shall be compact and contiguous and substantially equal in population. The newly established districts shall be certified to the Secretary of State following such creation. The newly established districts shall apply beginning with the nomination and election of board members at the next statewide primary and general elections held at least seventy days after the effective date of such conversion. Following the drawing of initial districts pursuant to this section, additional redistricting shall be undertaken by the board according to section 32-553. One member shall be elected from each district as provided in section 32-551.
(2) Upon the joining of a municipality or municipalities to an existing regional metropolitan transit authority by agreement pursuant to subdivision (2)(a) of section 18-804, or upon a municipality leaving such regional metropolitan transit authority by vote pursuant to subdivision (2)(b) of section 18-804, the board shall redraw the boundaries of the districts to ensure that such districts remain compact and contiguous and substantially equal in population. The redrawn districts shall be certified to the Secretary of State within six months following the joining or leaving of such municipality or municipalities and shall apply beginning with the nomination and election of board members at the next statewide primary and general elections held at least seventy days after the certification of the districts.
(3) A vacancy in office for an elected member of the board shall occur as set forth in section 32-560. Whenever any such vacancy occurs, the remaining members of the board shall appoint an individual residing within the geographical boundaries of the district in which the vacancy occurred for the balance of the unexpired term.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 8.
Cross References
Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-809 - Board; member; oath; bond.

18-809.
Board; member; oath; bond.
Each member of the board, before entering upon the duties of office, shall file with the city clerk or village clerk of the municipality in which he or she resides an oath that he or she will duly and faithfully perform all the duties of the office to the best of his or her ability and a bond in the penal sum of five thousand dollars executed by one or more qualified sureties for the faithful performance of his or her duties. If any member fails to file such oath and bond on or before the first day of the term for which he or she was appointed or elected, his or her office shall be deemed to be vacant.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-810 - Board; organization; quorum; meetings; minutes; public records.

18-810.
Board; organization; quorum; meetings; minutes; public records.
(1) Not later than seven days after the qualification of the members, the board shall organize for the transaction of business, shall select a chairperson and vice-chairperson from among its members, and shall adopt bylaws, rules, and regulations to govern its proceedings. The chairperson and vice-chairperson and their successors shall be elected annually by the board and shall serve for a term of one year. Any vacancy in the office of chairperson or vice-chairperson shall be filled by election by the board for the remainder of the term.
(2) A quorum for the transaction of business shall consist of four members of the board, unless such board is a temporary board under section 18-807, in which case a quorum shall consist of three members of the board.
(3) Regular meetings of the board shall be held at least once in each calendar month at a time and place to be fixed by the board.
(4) All actions of the board shall be by resolution except as may otherwise be provided in the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, and the affirmative vote of a majority of the board members shall be necessary for the adoption of any resolution.
(5) The board shall keep accurate minutes of all its proceedings. All resolutions and all proceedings of a regional metropolitan transit authority and all official documents and records of such authority shall be public records and open to public inspection, except for such documents which may be withheld from the public pursuant to section 84-712.05.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 10.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-811 - Board; member; conflict of interest.

18-811.
Board; member; conflict of interest.
No member of the board and no officer or employee of a regional metropolitan transit authority shall have any private financial interest, profit, or benefit in any contract, work, or business of such authority or in the sale or lease of any property to or from such authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 11.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-813 - Revenue; use.

18-813.
Revenue; use.
The revenue derived from rates, fares, and charges fixed under subdivision (19) of section 18-812, from property taxes levied pursuant to section 18-822, from any grants or loans received under subdivision (17) of section 18-812, and from any donations or other funds received from other sources shall at all times be sufficient in the aggregate to provide for the payment of (1) all operating costs of the regional metropolitan transit authority, (2) interest on the principal of all revenue bonds, revenue certificates, equipment trust notes or certificates, and other obligations of the authority, and all other charges upon such revenue as may be provided by any trust agreement executed by such authority in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds or certificates under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, and (3) any other costs and charges, acquisitions, installations, replacements, or reconstruction of equipment, structures, or rights-of-way not financed through the issuance of revenue bonds or certificates.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 13.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-814 - Retirement plan; report; contents; Auditor of Public Accounts; powers.

18-814.
Retirement plan; report; contents; Auditor of Public Accounts; powers.
(1) Beginning on the first December 31 following the date of the conversion of a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law into a regional metropolitan transit authority, and each December 31 thereafter, for a retirement plan established pursuant to subdivision (23) of section 18-812 or pursuant to subdivision (24) of section 14-1805 by any regional metropolitan transit authority which is a defined benefit plan, the chairperson of the board or his or her designee shall prepare and electronically file an annual report with the Auditor of Public Accounts and the Nebraska Retirement Systems Committee of the Legislature. The report shall be on a form prescribed by the Auditor of Public Accounts and shall include, but not be limited to, the following information:
(a) The levels of benefits of participants in the plan, the number of members who are eligible for a benefit, the total present value of such members' benefits, and the funding sources which will pay for such benefits; and
(b) A copy of a full actuarial analysis of each such defined benefit plan. The analysis shall be prepared by an independent private organization or public entity employing actuaries who are members in good standing of the American Academy of Actuaries, and which organization or entity has demonstrated expertise to perform this type of analysis and is unrelated to any organization which offers investment advice or provides investment management services to the retirement plan.
(2) The Auditor of Public Accounts may prepare a review of such report pursuant to section 84-304.02 but is not required to do so. If the authority does not submit a copy of the report to the Auditor of Public Accounts within six months after the end of the plan year, the Auditor of Public Accounts may audit, or cause to be audited, the authority. All costs of the audit shall be paid by the authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 14.
Cross References
Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-816 - Revenue bonds or certificates; statement required.

18-816.
Revenue bonds or certificates; statement required.
Under no circumstances shall any revenue bonds or certificates issued by a regional metropolitan transit authority or any other obligation of such authority be or become an indebtedness or obligation of the State of Nebraska, or of any other political subdivision or body corporate and politic or of any municipality within the state, nor shall any such revenue bond, certificate, or obligation be or become an indebtedness of the authority within the purview of any constitutional limitation or provision, and it shall be plainly stated on the face of each revenue bond and certificate that it does not constitute such an indebtedness or obligation but is payable solely from revenue and income and other sources of revenue of such authority as provided in subsection (3) of section 18-815.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 16.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-817 - Revenue bonds or certificates; sale as unit after advertising for bids.

18-817.
Revenue bonds or certificates; sale as unit after advertising for bids.
Before any revenue bonds or certificates, excepting refunding bonds or certificates, are sold pursuant to section 18-815, the entire authorized issue, or any part thereof, shall be offered for sale as a unit after advertising for bids at least three times in a legal newspaper in or of general circulation in the municipality or municipalities served by the regional metropolitan transit authority, the last publication to be at least ten days before bids are required to be filed. Copies of such advertisement may also be published in any newspaper or financial publication in the United States. All bids shall be sealed, filed, and opened as provided by resolution adopted by the board, and the revenue bonds or certificates shall be awarded to the highest and best bidder or bidders therefor. The authority shall have the right to reject all bids and readvertise for bids in the manner provided for in the initial advertisement. If no bids are received, such revenue bonds or certificates may be sold at the best possible price according to the discretion of the board, without further advertising, and within thirty days after the bids are required to be filed pursuant to any advertisement.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 17.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-818 - Revenue bonds; securities.

18-818.
Revenue bonds; securities.
(1) Revenue bonds issued by a regional metropolitan transit authority under the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act are hereby made securities in which (a) the state and all its political subdivisions and their officers, boards, commissions, departments, or other agencies, (b) all banks, bankers, savings banks, trust companies, savings and loan associations, investment companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, (c) all administrators, executors, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries, and (d) all other persons whatsoever who now are or may hereafter be authorized to invest in bonds or other obligation of the state, may properly and legally invest any funds, including capital belonging to them or within their control.
(2) Such revenue bonds or other securities or obligations are hereby made securities which may properly and legally be deposited with and received by any state or municipal officer or any agency of the state for any purpose for which the deposit of bonds or other obligations of the state is authorized by law.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 18.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-819 - Exemption from assessment and taxation; exceptions.

18-819.
Exemption from assessment and taxation; exceptions.
All property of a regional metropolitan transit authority created pursuant to the Regional Metropolitan Transit Authority Act, all such authority's revenue, income, and operations, and all such authority's revenue bonds and equipment trust notes or certificates shall be exempt from any and all forms of assessment and taxation by the state or any political subdivision thereof, except for assessments under the Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act and any combined tax due or payments in lieu of contributions as required under the Employment Security Law.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 19;
Laws 2022, LB780, § 2.
Cross References
Employment Security Law, see section 48-601.
Nebraska Workers' Compensation Act, see section 48-1,110.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-820 - Use of revenue; agreements, leases, contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates; authorized.

18-820.
Use of revenue; agreements, leases, contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates; authorized.
(1) A regional metropolitan transit authority may purchase equipment, may execute agreements, leases, conditional sales contracts, conditional lease contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates in the form customarily used in such cases appropriate to effect such purchase, and may dispose of such equipment trust notes or certificates. All money required to be paid by the authority under such agreements, leases, and equipment trust notes or certificates shall be payable solely from the revenue or income to be derived from the public transit system and related facilities of the authority, including, without limitation, the revenue derived from rates, fares, and charges fixed under subdivision (19) of section 18-812, from property taxes levied pursuant to section 18-822, from any grants or loans received under subdivision (17) of section 18-812, and from any donations or other funds received from other sources. Payment for such equipment, or rentals therefor, may be made in installments, and the deferred installments may be evidenced by equipment trust notes or certificates payable solely from such sources of income, and title to such equipment need not vest in the authority until the equipment trust notes or certificates are paid, but when payment is accomplished the equipment title shall vest in the authority.
(2) Any such agreement to purchase equipment may direct the vendor to sell and assign the equipment to a bank or trust company, duly authorized to transact business in the State of Nebraska, as trustee, for the benefit and security of the equipment trust notes or certificates, may direct the trustee to deliver the equipment to one or more designated officers of the authority, and may authorize the trustee simultaneously therewith to execute and deliver a lease of the equipment to the authority.
(3) Any such agreements, leases, contracts, or equipment trust notes or certificates shall be duly acknowledged before some person authorized by law to take acknowledgments of deeds, and in the form required for acknowledgment of deeds, and such agreements, leases, contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates shall be authorized by resolution of the board and shall contain such covenants, conditions, and provisions as may be deemed necessary or appropriate to insure the payment of the equipment trust notes or certificates from the revenue and income of the authority.
(4) The covenants, conditions, and provisions of such agreements, leases, contracts, and equipment trust notes or certificates shall not conflict with any of the provisions of any trust agreement securing the payment of revenue bonds or certificates of the authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 20.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-821 - Fiscal operating year; established; budget; certain expenditures; vote required; report and financial statement.

18-821.
Fiscal operating year; established; budget; certain expenditures; vote required; report and financial statement.
(1) At least thirty days prior to the beginning of the first full fiscal year following the effective date of the conversion of a transit authority established under the Transit Authority Law into a regional metropolitan transit authority, the board shall establish a fiscal operating year, and annually thereafter the board shall cause to be prepared a tentative budget which shall include all operation and maintenance expenses for the ensuing fiscal year. The tentative budget shall be considered by the board and, subject to any revision and amendments adopted by the board, shall be adopted prior to the first day of the ensuing fiscal year as the budget for that year. No expenditure for operations and maintenance in excess of the budget shall be made during any fiscal year except by a two-thirds vote of the board. It shall not be necessary to include in the annual budget any statement of interest or principal payments on revenue bonds or certificates or for capital outlays, but the board shall make provision for payment of the same from appropriate funds.
(2) As soon after the end of each fiscal year as practicable, the board shall cause to be prepared and printed a complete and detailed report and financial statement of its operations and of its assets and liabilities. A reasonably sufficient number of copies of such report shall be printed for distribution to persons interested upon request, and a copy shall be mailed to the mayor of the city or chairperson of the village board of trustees and the governing body of the municipality or municipalities that form the authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 21.
Cross References
Transit Authority Law, see section 14-1826.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-822 - Tax levy.

18-822.
Tax levy.
(1) To assist in defraying the expenses of a regional metropolitan transit authority, and to such extent as in its discretion and judgment may be necessary, the board shall annually certify a tax levy for the fiscal year commencing on the following January 1. Such levy shall not exceed in any one year ten cents on each one hundred dollars on the taxable value of the taxable property that at the time of the levy is located in or during the ensuing fiscal year will be located in any municipality in which such authority shall be deemed to have operating jurisdiction pursuant to section 18-804.
(2) The board shall by resolution, on or before September 30 of each year, certify such tax levy to the county assessor of the county or counties in which the authority operates. If in any year the full amount so certified and collected is not needed for the current purposes of such authority, the balance shall be credited to the operating fund of such authority and, as the board in its discretion deems convenient, to other reserve funds of such authority.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 22;
Laws 2021, LB644, § 9.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-823 - Rules and regulations.

18-823.
Rules and regulations.
The board shall adopt rules and regulations governing the operation of any public transit system of the regional metropolitan transit authority and shall determine all routes of such system. The board shall, subject to subdivision (19) of section 18-812, fix all rates, fares, and charges for transportation on such system.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 23.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-824 - Board; rehabilitate, reconstruct, and modernize system; establish depreciation policy.

18-824.
Board; rehabilitate, reconstruct, and modernize system; establish depreciation policy.
(1) The board shall, as promptly as possible, rehabilitate, reconstruct, and modernize all portions of any transportation system acquired by the regional metropolitan transit authority, maintain at all times an adequate and modern public transit system suitable and adapted to the needs of the municipality or municipalities that form such authority, and provide for safe, comfortable, convenient, and expeditious transit service.
(2) To ensure a modern, attractive public transit system, the board may establish a depreciation policy which makes provision for the continuous and prompt replacement of worn out and obsolete property. The board may make provision for such depreciation of property as is not offset by current expenditures for maintenance, repairs, and replacements under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed by the board.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 24.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-825 - Employees; effect on collective-bargaining agreement.

18-825.
Employees; effect on collective-bargaining agreement.
(1) The board may negotiate and enter into written contracts with the employees of a regional metropolitan transit authority through accredited representatives of such employees or representatives of any labor organization authorized to act for such employees concerning wages, salaries, hours, and general working conditions. All employees of all classes serving any passenger transportation company at the time of its acquisition by such authority shall continue in their respective positions and at their respective compensation for three months after any such acquisition. Thereafter, the board shall exercise its discretion as to retention of and compensation of all classes, except that the terms and conditions of any existing collective-bargaining agreement between any passenger transportation company acquired by such authority and its employees shall be recognized and accepted by the board.
(2) Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to amend, alter, modify, or affect in any way whatsoever the provisions of any collective-bargaining agreement or the employment relationship between the authority and any of its officers or other employees, whether or not such employees are members of a collective-bargaining unit, including, but not limited to, the terms of any deferred compensation, pension, or retirement plans.
Source
Laws 2019, LB492, § 25.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1001 - Public policy; sites; acquisition; conveyance to state; construction of buildings.

18-1001.
Public policy; sites; acquisition; conveyance to state; construction of buildings.
The Legislature hereby declares the public policy of the State of Nebraska to be that the acquisition of real estate sites for the construction of state armories within the corporate limits of cities or villages for the uses and purposes of the Nebraska National Guard and State Guard is a matter of general state concern and that the use of such sites is a state use and not a city, village, or local use. One of the corporate purposes of all cities and villages is hereby declared to be to acquire real estate sites within their corporate limits and to convey such sites without consideration to the State of Nebraska for the uses and purposes of the Nebraska National Guard and State Guard, as provided in sections 18-1002 to 18-1005. Notwithstanding any more general or special law respecting armories in force and effect in this state, the governing bodies of cities or villages are hereby empowered by ordinance to acquire through the exercise of the right of eminent domain, or otherwise, real estate to be used as a site or sites for the construction of state armories to be devoted to the uses and purposes of the Nebraska National Guard and State Guard and to convey such real estate without consideration, when acquired, to the State of Nebraska to the end that through state aid, federal aid, or both, state armory buildings may be constructed on such sites without cost to such cities or villages other than the cost to such cities or villages to acquire and convey such real estate.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 69;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 491;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1001;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 67.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1002 - Site; purchase; payment.

18-1002.
Site; purchase; payment.
Whenever the Nebraska National Guard and State Guard desire any city or village in this state to acquire at the cost of not to exceed ten thousand dollars to such city or village by condemnation, or otherwise, any lot, piece, or parcel of land within the corporate limits of such city or village for a state armory site, the Adjutant General shall notify the city clerk or village clerk of such city or village in writing to that effect. The city clerk or village clerk shall present the notice to the governing body at its next regular or special meeting. If a majority of the members of the governing body shall favor the acquisition of such lot, piece, or parcel of land, the governing body shall order such acquisition by resolution duly passed and approved and recorded in the minutes. The mayor or chairperson of the village board of trustees, as the case may be, shall designate a committee from the governing body to negotiate with the owner or owners of such real estate for the purchase thereof for the purposes and uses provided in this section. If the committee and the owners are able to agree on the price, value, and title of the land, the committee shall report in writing its agreement with the owners to the governing body. If the agreement is ratified, approved, and confirmed in all things by the governing body by a majority vote of its members, by ordinance upon receipt of a deed properly executed, approved as to form and substance by the city attorney or village attorney in writing, from the owner or owners, as grantors to the city or village, as the case may be, as grantee, such governing body shall direct the issuance through its proper officers of warrants upon the state armory site fund, as authorized by sections 18-1005 and 18-1006. Such warrants so issued shall be drawn payable to the owner or owners of the land.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 70;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 492;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1002;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 68.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1003 - Site; condemnation; payment.

18-1003.
Site; condemnation; payment.
If the owner or owners and the committee cannot agree on the price, value, or title of land as provided in section 18-1002, within a period of negotiation extending not more than ten days from the date of appointment of the committee by the governing body, the committee shall report the fact of disagreement to the mayor and city council or to the chairperson and village board of trustees, as the case may be. The city clerk or village clerk shall immediately notify in writing the Adjutant General to that effect, whereupon it shall be the duty of the Attorney General, collaborating with the city attorney or village attorney, to institute proper legal proceedings to acquire the land for state use through the exercise of the power of eminent domain. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in sections 76-704 to 76-724. Payment of the award made or any other necessary costs or expenses incident to the condemnation suit shall be made by the city or village.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 71;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 493;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1003;
Laws 1951, c. 101, § 65, p. 477;
Laws 1959, c. 54, § 1, p. 246;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 69.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1004 - Armory site; conveyances.

18-1004.
Armory site; conveyances.
Notwithstanding any more general or special law respecting sale or conveyance of real estate now or hereafter owned by cities and villages in force and effect in this state, the governing bodies of cities and villages are empowered to direct their proper officers to execute deeds for conveyance of any real estate of such cities or villages without consideration to the State of Nebraska for the construction of state armory buildings on such real estate. Such construction shall be made without cost to such cities or villages.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 71;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 493;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1004;
Laws 1988, LB 793, § 6;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 70.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1005 - Tax levy; state armory site fund; use.

18-1005.
Tax levy; state armory site fund; use.
All cities or villages in the State of Nebraska shall have the power and authority to levy a special tax each year of not more than five and two-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property in such city or village for the acquisition of real estate by agreement with the owner or owners or by condemnation as provided in sections 18-1002 and 18-1003 to be used for state armory sites. Such special levy shall be made by the same governing body and shall be levied in the same manner as in the case of general city or village taxes. The proceeds of such levy shall be credited to the state armory site fund created by the governing body as provided in section 18-1006. Revenue raised by such special levy shall be used only for the purpose of acquiring real estate for a state armory site within the corporate limits of such city or village or in the payment of warrants as authorized by section 18-1006.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 71;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 493;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1005;
Laws 1953, c. 287, § 28, p. 947;
Laws 1979, LB 187, § 69;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 70;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 71.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1006 - Warrants; issuance; amount; fund; purpose.

18-1006.
Warrants; issuance; amount; fund; purpose.
Any city or village may anticipate the collection of a special tax collected as provided in section 18-1005 to be budgeted and levied in its adopted budget statement and for that purpose may issue its warrants, in a sum amounting to eighty-five percent of the tax to be levied, as provided in section 18-1005, for the amount of any award issued in condemnation and for the costs and expenses incident thereto, as provided in section 18-1003. Warrants so issued shall be secured by such tax which shall be assessed and levied, as provided by law, and shall be payable only out of funds derived from such tax. In any case in which warrants are issued, as provided in this section, it shall be the duty of such city or village, on receipt of such tax when paid, to hold the same as a separate fund, to be known as the state armory site fund, to the amount of the warrants so issued, and the interest thereon, for the purpose of paying or redeeming such warrants.
Source
Laws 1935, Spec. Sess., c. 10, § 1, p. 72;
Laws 1941, c. 130, § 7, p. 494;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-1801;
R.S.1943, § 18-1006;
Laws 1959, c. 54, § 2, p. 247;
Laws 1969, c. 145, § 25, p. 687;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 72.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1101 - Refunding outstanding instruments; powers.

18-1101.
Refunding outstanding instruments; powers.
The mayor and city council of any city or the chairperson and village board of trustees of any village of the State of Nebraska, which has issued valid pledge warrants, revenue bonds, revenue notes, or revenue debentures, which instruments are outstanding and unpaid, may take up and pay off any such outstanding instruments whenever the same can be done by lawful means by the issue and sale, or the issue and exchange therefor, of other pledge warrants, revenue bonds, revenue notes, or revenue debentures. Such instruments shall not be general obligations of such city or village. Any city or village which has issued and has outstanding valid pledge warrants, revenue bonds, revenue notes, or revenue debentures which are unpaid, some of which are secured by the pledge of the revenue and earnings of one public utility and others are secured by the pledge of the revenue and earnings of another public utility, may take up and pay off all such outstanding instruments by the issuance and sale of its combined revenue bonds or revenue notes which may be secured by the pledge of the revenue and earnings of any two or more of such public utilities. Any city or village may enter into such a contract or contracts in connection with such instruments as may be proper and necessary.
Source
Laws 1937, c. 40, § 1, p. 178;
Laws 1939, c. 13, § 1, p. 88;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-2201;
R.S.1943, § 18-1101;
Laws 1945, c. 32, § 1, p. 152;
Laws 1971, LB 984, § 1;
Laws 1976, LB 825, § 5;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 73.
2023 Nebraska Revised Statutes › Chapter 18 - Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All › 18-1102 - Refunding instruments; how issued.

18-1102.
Refunding instruments; how issued.
Whenever it is desired to issue pledge warrants, revenue bonds, or revenue debentures under section 18-1101, the city council or village board of trustees shall, by resolution recorded in the minutes of its proceedings, provide for the issuance and sale or exchange of the refunding instruments.
Source
Laws 1937, c. 40, § 2, p. 179;
C.S.Supp.,1941, § 18-2202;
R.S.1943, § 18-1102;
Laws 2021, LB163, § 74.