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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(1) Any city or village in this state is hereby authorized to own, construct, equip, and operate, either within or without the corporate limits of such city or village, a sewerage system, including any storm sewer system or combination storm and sanitary sewer system, and plant or plants for the treatment, purification, and disposal in a sanitary manner of the liquid and solid wastes and sewage of such city or village or to extend or improve any existing storm sewer system, sanitary sewer system, or combination storm and sanitary sewer system.
(2) Any city or village shall have authority to acquire by gift, grant, purchase, or condemnation necessary lands for the construction of a sewerage system, either within or without the corporate limits of such city or village.
(3) For the purpose of owning, operating, constructing, maintaining, and equipping a sewage disposal plant and sewerage system, including any storm sewer system or combination storm and sanitary sewer system, referred to in subsections (1), (2), and (4) of this section, or improving or extending such existing system, any city or village is authorized and empowered to make a special levy of not to exceed three and five-tenths cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within any such city or village. The proceeds of the tax may be used for any of the purposes enumerated in this section and for no other purpose.
(4) In the event the present or proposed sewage disposal system of any city or village does not comply with the provisions of any other law relating to sewer systems, sewage disposal, or water pollution, such city or village shall levy each year a tax of seven cents on each one hundred dollars of taxable valuation for such purpose until sufficient funds are available for the financing of a system in compliance with law. In the event any city or village is otherwise raising funds for such purpose, equivalent to such a levy, such city or village shall not be required, in addition thereto, to make such levy.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Nebraska Revised Statutes Chapter 18. Cities and Villages; Laws Applicable to All § 18-501. Construction and operation; powers; tax levies - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ne/chapter-18-cities-and-villages-laws-applicable-to-all/ne-rev-st-sect-18-501/
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