No private person, firm, association or corporation proposing to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire any electric light and power plants, distribution system or transmission lines, from any city, village, or public electric light and power district of this state, nor any one on behalf or for the benefit of such proposed purchaser, may, in order to promote or bring about such sale, lease or transfer, pay out, contribute or expend, directly or indirectly, money or other valuable thing in excess of three thousand dollars nor, in any event, in excess of a sum in number of dollars greater than the number of the qualified voters in such municipality or public electric light and power district, based on the total vote cast for Governor at the last general election.

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Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 70-510

  • Acquire: when used in connection with a grant of power or property right to any person shall include the purchase, grant, gift, devise, bequest, and obtaining by eminent domain. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Lease: A contract transferring the use of property or occupancy of land, space, structures, or equipment in consideration of a payment (e.g., rent). Source: OCC
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801