Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 17 Nebraska Statutes > Chapter 17 – Cities of the Second Class and Villages Current as of: 2024 | Check for updates | Other versions § 17-101 City of the second class, defined; population; exception § 17-102 Wards; number; how determined § 17-103 City council; members; number; qualifications § 17-104 City council members; election; term; qualifications § 17-105 City council; meetings; quorum § 17-106 City council; special meetings § 17-107 Mayor; qualifications; election; officers; appointment; removal; terms of office; police officers; appointment; removal, demotion, or suspension; procedure § 17-108 Officers and employees; salaries § 17-108.02 Officers and employees; merger of offices or employment; salaries § 17-110 Mayor; general duties and powers § 17-111 Mayor; ordinances; veto power; passage over veto § 17-112 Mayor; recommendations to city council § 17-113 Mayor; reports of officers; power to require § 17-114 Mayor; territorial jurisdiction § 17-117 Mayor; remission of fines; pardons; powers § 17-118 Police; arrest; power § 17-119 City overseer of streets; duties § 17-120 Public morals; powers; restrictions § 17-121 Health and sanitation; rules and regulations; board of health; members; powers § 17-122 Hospital; establishment and control § 17-123 Public health; regulations; water; power to supply § 17-124 Police; power to establish § 17-126 Public market; establishment; regulation § 17-127 Public buildings; power to erect § 17-129 Disorderly conduct; power to prevent § 17-130 Fire escapes; exits; regulation § 17-131 Safety regulations § 17-132 Places of amusement; safety regulations; revocation of license § 17-134 Peddlers; pawnbrokers; entertainers; licensing and regulation § 17-136 Fire hazards; dangerous buildings; elimination § 17-137 Explosives; storage; fireworks; regulation § 17-138 Animals; cruelty, prevention of § 17-139 Traffic; sales; regulation § 17-140 Signs and handbills; regulation § 17-141 Sidewalks and substructures; regulation § 17-142 Streets; moving of buildings; other obstructions; regulation § 17-143 Railroads; location, grade, and crossing; regulation § 17-145 Sewers and drains; regulation § 17-146 Refunding bonds; power to issue § 17-147 Fire department; organization and equipment § 17-148 City council; president; acting president; powers § 17-150 Sewerage system; establishment; estimates; duties of engineer; contracts; advertisement for bids § 17-151 Sewerage system; establishment; borrowing money; conditions precedent § 17-153 Sewerage system; bonds; sinking funds; investment § 17-154 Sewers; right-of-way; condemnation; procedure § 17-155 Board of equalization; counties under township organization; members; meetings § 17-156 Joint city and school district facility; acquisition of land; erection, equipment, furnishings, and maintenance § 17-157 Joint city and school district facility; expense; bonds; election; approval by electors § 17-158 Joint city and school district facility; indebtedness; bonds; principal and interest; in addition to other limitations § 17-159 Joint city and school district facility; city council and board of education; building commission; powers; duties § 17-160 Joint city and school district facility; building commission; plans and specifications; personnel; compensation; contracts § 17-161 Joint city and school district facility; annual budget of city and school district § 17-162 Joint city and school district facility; building commission; accept gifts § 17-163 Offstreet parking; declaration of purpose § 17-164 Offstreet parking; facilities; acquisition; procedure § 17-165 Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; issuance; terms § 17-166 Offstreet parking; plans and specifications; coordination with traffic control program § 17-167 Offstreet parking; city council; rules and regulations; contracts; rates § 17-168 Offstreet parking; acquisition of facilities; submission at election; notice § 17-169 Offstreet parking; facilities; lease; controls retained; business restricted § 17-170 Offstreet parking; private parking lot; not subject to eminent domain § 17-171 Offstreet parking; rights of bondholders § 17-172 Offstreet parking; revenue; use § 17-173 Offstreet parking; supplementary powers § 17-174 City of second class; public passenger transportation system; acquire; accept funds; administration; powers § 17-201 Village, defined; incorporation; restriction on territory; condition § 17-201.01 Villages; incorporation; presumption of regularity of proceedings § 17-202 Board of trustees; election; terms § 17-203 Board of trustees; qualifications § 17-204 Board of trustees; oath; meetings § 17-205 Board of trustees; quorum; compulsory attendance § 17-206 Board of trustees; journal; roll calls; public proceedings § 17-207 Board of trustees; powers; restrictions § 17-207.01 Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; procedure § 17-207.02 Offstreet motor vehicle parking; acquisition; board of trustees; powers § 17-208 Appointive officers; term of office; police officer; removal, demotion, or suspension; procedure; board of health; members; duties § 17-209 Appointed officers and employees; compensation; fixed by ordinance § 17-209.02 Officers and employees; combine or merge office, employment, or duties § 17-210 Board of trustees; ordinances; publication; chairperson pro tempore § 17-211 Elections; notice § 17-212 Elections; officers of election; vacancies; how filled § 17-213 Village chief of police; powers and duties § 17-213.01 Village engineer; powers and duties § 17-214 Village overseer of streets; power and duties § 17-215 Village; dissolution; how effected § 17-215.01 Village; dissolution; county, defined § 17-216 Village; dissolution; petition or resolution; election § 17-217 Village; dissolution; election; form of ballot § 17-218 Village; dissolution; when effective § 17-219 Village; dissolution; village property, records, and funds; disposition § 17-219.01 Village; dissolution; property; sale by county board; when authorized § 17-219.02 Village; dissolution; property; sale; notice § 17-219.03 Village; dissolution; board of trustees; county board; duties § 17-220 Village situated in more than one county; how organized § 17-222 Village situated in more than one county; jails § 17-223 Village situated in more than one county; tax; how certified § 17-224 Village situated in more than one county; legal notices; publication § 17-225 Railroads; blocking crossings; penalty § 17-229 Street improvement program; authorization; tax levy § 17-230 Street improvement program; tax levy limitation § 17-231 Street improvement program; construction of improvements; issuance of warrants; interest; unused funds transferred to general fund § 17-301 City of the first class; reorganization as city of the second class; procedure; mayor, city council, and Secretary of State; duties § 17-302 Government pending reorganization § 17-303 Wards; establish § 17-304 Reorganization; council; members; qualifications § 17-305 Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; modification § 17-306 City of the second class; reorganizationas village; petition; election § 17-306.01 Village reorganized from city of second class; discontinuation; reorganize as city of the second class; petition; election § 17-308 Reorganization; transfer of property; how effected § 17-309 Reorganization; existing ordinances; effect; debts; taxes § 17-310 Decrease in population; remain city of the second class § 17-311 Village; increase in population; reorganization as city of the second class § 17-312 Village; retention of village government; petition; election § 17-313 Village; organize as city of second class; petition; election § 17-401 Consolidation; authority § 17-402 Consolidation; procedure § 17-403 Consolidation; when effective; existing rights and liabilities preserved § 17-404 Consolidation; property § 17-405.01 Annexation; powers; restrictions § 17-405.02 Contiguous land, defined § 17-405.03 Laws, codes, rules, or regulations; effect of annexation § 17-405.04 Inhabitants of annexed land; benefits; ordinances § 17-405.05 City or village in two or more counties; annexation by city or village; procedure § 17-407 Annexation by city or village within county between 100,000 and 250,000 inhabitants; mayor and city council or chairperson and village board of trustees; powers; notice; contents; liability; limitation on action § 17-501 Cities of the second class and villages; powers; board of public trust; members; duties § 17-502 Seal; other powers § 17-503 Real property; sale; exception; procedure; remonstrance petition; procedure; hearing § 17-503.01 Real property less than five thousand dollars; sale; procedure § 17-503.02 Personal property; sale; procedure; other conveyance § 17-504 Corporate name; process; service § 17-505 Ordinances, rules, and regulations; enactment; enforcement § 17-505.01 Notice; publication § 17-506 Property tax; amount of levy authorized § 17-507 Other taxes; power to levy § 17-508 Streets; grading and repair, when; bridges and sewers; construction § 17-508.01 Streets; maintenance and repair; contracts with county authorized § 17-508.02 Streets; grading and repair; bridges and sewers; tax limits § 17-509 Streets and malls; power to improve; districts § 17-510 Streets; improvement district; creation by petition; denial; special assessments § 17-511 Streets; improvement by ordinance; objections; time of filing; special assessment § 17-512 Streets; main thoroughfares; improvement by ordinance; assessments § 17-513 Streets; improvement; petitions and protests; sufficiency; how determined; appeal § 17-514 Streets; improvement; assessments; certification to county treasurer § 17-515 Streets and malls; improvement; assessments; interest; when delinquent; payment in installments § 17-516 Streets and malls; improvement; paving bonds; warrants; interest; terms § 17-518 Streets; improvement; sinking fund; investment § 17-519 Streets; improvement; assessments against public lands; payment § 17-520 Streets; improvement; intersections; property; assessment; Intersection Paving Bonds; warrants; interest; partial payments; final payments § 17-521 Streets; improvement; railways; duty to pave § 17-522 Sidewalks; repair; cost; assessment; notice § 17-523 Sidewalks; temporary walks; construction; cost § 17-524 Streets and sidewalks; improvements; assessments; how made; collection § 17-525 Occupation tax; power to levy; exceptions § 17-526 Dogs and other animals; license tax; enforcement § 17-527 Elections; rules governing; power to prescribe § 17-528 Electricity; franchises and contracts; tax; sale by public service company to city § 17-528.02 Gas franchises; length; conditions; tax § 17-528.03 Electricity franchises; length; conditions; election, when required; exceptions § 17-529 Watercourses; aqueducts; wells; regulation § 17-529.01 Dikes; erection and maintenance; eminent domain; procedure § 17-529.02 Flood control projects; cooperation with United States; consent to requirements § 17-529.03 Flood control projects; removal to another site; definitions § 17-529.04 Flood control projects; removal to another site; when authorized § 17-529.05 Flood control projects; removal to another site; petition; contents; order for hearing; notice § 17-529.06 Flood control projects; removal to another site; hearing; entry of order § 17-529.07 Flood control projects; removal to another site; order; effect § 17-529.08 Flood control projects; bonds; interest; election; tax; levy § 17-530 Waterworks; franchises; terms § 17-531 Waterworks; acquisition or construction authorized § 17-532 Waterworks; private companies; compulsory connections § 17-533 Waterworks; construction; bids § 17-534 Waterworks; purchase or construction; bonds; interest; limitation; tax; approval of electors required; exception § 17-535 Waterworks; construction and maintenance; acquisition of land beyond extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction; procedure § 17-536 Waterworks; water supply; pollution; power to prevent § 17-537 Waterworks; rules and regulations § 17-538 Waterworks; use of water; rates or rental; collection § 17-539 Waterworks; construction; cost; special assessments § 17-540 Waterworks; income; how used; surplus, investment § 17-541 Waterworks; water commissioner; appointment; term; bond or insurance; removal; public works commissioner, when § 17-542 Waterworks; rates; regulation § 17-543 Waterworks; water commissioner; duty to account; report; salary; public works commissioner; duties § 17-545 Waterworks; additional tax; when authorized § 17-546 Waterworks; additional tax; provision cumulative § 17-547 Animals running at large; regulation § 17-548 Pounds; establishment § 17-549 Fire prevention; regulations § 17-550 Buildings; construction; regulation § 17-551 Railways; depots; regulation § 17-552 Railways; crossings; safety regulations § 17-554 Fuel and feed; inspection and weighing § 17-555 Streets and sidewalks; removal of obstructions; trees; declaration of nuisance; procedure; special assessment § 17-556 Public safety; firearms; explosives; riots; regulation § 17-557 Streets; safety regulations; removal of snow, ice, and other encroachments § 17-557.01 Sidewalks; removal of encroachments; cost of removal; special assessments; interest § 17-558 Streets; improving; vacating; abutting property; how treated § 17-559 Streets; offstreet parking; markets; public utilities; establishment; eminent domain; procedure § 17-560 Borrowing power; pledges § 17-561 Railway tracks; lighting, city may require; cost; assessment § 17-563 Lots; drainage; weeds or litter; nuisance; noncompliance by owner; notice; hearing; special assessment; violation; penalty; civil action § 17-564 Fines; actions to recover § 17-565 Fines; action to recover; limitation § 17-566 County jail; use by city; compensation § 17-567 Highways, streets, bridges; maintenance and control § 17-568 Employment of special engineer § 17-568.01 City engineer or village engineer; public works; prepare estimate of cost; board of public works; powers; contracts; procedure; city council or village board of trustees; powers and duties; public emergency § 17-568.02 Municipal bidding procedure; waiver; when § 17-569 Abandoned real estate; sale; ordinance § 17-570 Abandoned real estate; sale; notice § 17-571 Abandoned real estate; sale; sealed bids; deed § 17-572 Loans to students; conditions § 17-573 Litter; removal; notice; action by city or village § 17-574 Sewerage and drainage; districts; regulation § 17-575 Sewerage and drainage; failure of property owner to connect; notice; cost; special assessment; collection § 17-601.01 Caucus; when held; notice § 17-601.02 Caucus; notice to village clerk; contents § 17-601.03 Caucus; additional filings § 17-602 Registered voters; qualifications § 17-603 Officers; canvass; certificates of election; failure to qualify, effect § 17-604 Officers; powers, duties, and compensation; regulate by ordinance; bond or insurance; premium § 17-605 City clerk or village clerk; duties § 17-606 Treasurer; duties; failure to file account; penalty; continuing education; requirements § 17-607 Treasurer; depositories; qualification; bond; exemption of treasurer from liability; conflict of interest § 17-608 Treasurer; surplus funds; investments authorized; interest § 17-609 Treasurer; utility funds; retirement of bonds or warrants § 17-610 City attorney or village attorney; duties § 17-611 Officer; extra compensation prohibited § 17-612 Elective officers, salary; increase during term of office prohibited; exception § 17-613 Ordinances; style; publication; proof § 17-614 Ordinances; how enacted; title § 17-615 Ordinances; passage; rules and regulations; proof § 17-616 Ordinances; contracts; appointments; vote; record § 17-701 Fiscal year; commencement § 17-702 Property tax; general levy authorized; sale for delinquent taxes; additional levies § 17-703 Special assessments; relevy or reassess tax limit; refunding; when authorized; how paid § 17-706 Annual appropriation bill; contents § 17-708 Funds; expenditure; appropriation condition precedent § 17-709 Contracts; appropriation condition precedent § 17-710 Special assessments; expenditure; limitations § 17-711 Warrants; how executed § 17-713 Road tax; amount; when authorized § 17-714 Claims and accounts payable; filing; requirements; disallowance; notice; costs § 17-715 Claims; allowance; payment § 17-717 Intersection paving bonds; tax authorized § 17-718 Voluntary fire departments; maintenance; tax; limitation § 17-720 Certificates of deposit; time deposits; security required § 17-801 Board of public works; how created; members; appointment; removal; qualifications; terms § 17-802 Board of public works; powers and duties; city council; approve budget § 17-802.01 Board of public works; insurance plan; cooperation and participation § 17-803 Board of public works; surplus funds; investment § 17-804 Water commissioner and light commissioner; compensation; removal § 17-805 Board of public works; organization; meetings; records § 17-806 Board members; oath; bond § 17-807 Board members; interest in contracts prohibited § 17-808 Bookkeeper and city clerk § 17-810 Rates; power to fix § 17-901 Utilities; service; contracts for sale; when authorized § 17-902 Utilities; contracts for service; transmission lines authorized § 17-903 Utilities; contracts for service; approval of electors; bonds; interest; taxes § 17-904 Transmission line outside city prohibited § 17-905 Utilities; acquisition; revenue bonds; issuance; when authorized § 17-905.01 Gas distribution system or bottled gas plant; lease by city; terms; submission to election § 17-906 Power plant; construction; eminent domain; procedure § 17-907 Power plant; transmission lines; right-of-way § 17-908 Power plant; construction; election; bonds; interest; redemption § 17-909 Power plant; operation and extension; tax authorized § 17-910 Joint power plant; construction; approval of electors § 17-911 Joint power plant; bonds; election; interest § 17-912 Joint power plant; operation and extension; tax § 17-913 Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; contents; estimate of cost; special assessment § 17-914 Sewers; resolution to construct; publication; hearing § 17-916 Sewers; resolution to construct; petition in opposition; effect § 17-917 Sewers; resolution to construct, purchase, or acquire; vote required § 17-918 Sewers; construction; contracts; notice; bids; acceptance § 17-919 Sewers; acceptance by engineer; approval; cost; assessments; notice § 17-920 Sewers; assessments; hearing; equalization; payable in installments; interest § 17-921 Sewers; special assessments; levy; collection § 17-922 Sewers; assessments; interest; exempt property; cost; how paid § 17-923 Sewers; assessments; when due; interest § 17-924 Sewers; assessments; sinking fund; purpose § 17-925 Sewers; bonds; term; rate of interest; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest; special assessments; tax authorized § 17-925.01 Sewers; water utilities; maintenance and repair; tax authorized; service rate in lieu of tax; lien § 17-925.02 Sewers; rental charges; collection § 17-925.03 Sewers; rental charges; reduction in taxes § 17-925.04 Sewers; rental charges; cumulative to service rate for maintenance and repair § 17-926 Cemetery; acquisition; condemnation; procedure § 17-933 Cemetery; acquisition; title § 17-934 Cemetery; existing cemetery association; transfer to; conditions § 17-935 Existing cemetery association; transfer; deeds; how executed § 17-936 Existing cemetery association; transfer of funds § 17-937 Existing cemetery association; trustees; oath; bond; vacancy; how filled § 17-938 Cemetery; maintenance; tax; forfeiture of lot; resale; reclamation of lot; procedure § 17-939 Cemetery; acquisition; bonds; interest; approval of electors required § 17-940 Cemetery; improvement § 17-941 Cemetery; lots; conveyance § 17-942 Cemetery; lots; ownership and use; regulations § 17-943 Cemetery; protection; rules and regulations § 17-944 Cemetery association;formation; when authorized § 17-945 Cemetery association; trustees; conveyances § 17-946 Cemetery association; powers of board of trustees; income; use § 17-947 Cemetery association; formation; funds; transfer to § 17-948 Recreation and conservation; real estate; acquisition by gift or purchase; title § 17-949 Recreation and conservation; real estate; regulation and control; penalties authorized § 17-950 Recreation and conservation; real estate; acquisition; purposes; bonds; interest; approval of electors required § 17-951 Facilities; maintenance and improvement; tax authorized § 17-952 Board of commissioners; members; duties § 17-953 Public buildings; acquisition or construction; approval of electors required; exception § 17-953.01 Purchase or construction of public buildings without bond issue; remonstrance petition; procedure § 17-954 Public buildings; purchase or construction; bonds; approval of electors required; exception § 17-955 Public buildings; maintenance; tax § 17-956 Cold storage plants; construction and operation; power § 17-957 Cold storage plants; construction; cost; tax; bonds § 17-958 Cold storage plants; bonds; approval of electors; interest; redemption § 17-959 Cold storage plants; operation and extension; tax § 17-960 Cold storage plants; management; rates § 17-961 Facility; acquisition or construction; management; facility, defined § 17-962 Gift or devise; approval by city council or village board of trustees § 17-963 Facility; acquisition or construction; issuance of bonds; interest; election § 17-964 Facility; maintenance; tax § 17-965 Facility fund; established; custodian § 17-966 Facility board; members; duties; powers; warrants § 17-967 Bonds; city of the second class or village; municipal library; issuance; interest; conditions; limitations; tax levy § 17-968 Bonds; issuance; record § 17-969 Bonds; sinking fund; interest; levy § 17-970 Water service districts; establishment; ordinance § 17-971 Water service districts; improvements; protest; effect; special assessments § 17-972 Water service districts; failure to comply with regulation or make connection; effect; special assessment § 17-973 Water service district; assessments; lien; date due; payable § 17-974 Water service district; assessments; delinquent; interest; rate; payment § 17-975 Water service districts; cost of improvements; partial payments; final payment; contractor; interest § 17-976 Water service districts; cost of improvements; bonds; interest; issuance; tax; levy § 17-1001 Suburban development; zoning ordinances; building regulations; public utility codes; extension; notice to county board § 17-1002 Designation of jurisdiction; suburban development; subdivision; platting; consent required; review; when required § 17-1003 Suburban development; powers of city council or village board of trustees; dedication of avenues, streets, and alleys § 17-1004 Designation of jurisdiction; how described Ask a legal question, get an answer ASAP!Click here to chat with a lawyer about your rights.