Nebraska Statutes 18-2501. Act, how cited; initiative and referendum; powers; use; provisions governing
(1) Sections 18-2501 to 18-2538 shall be known and may be cited as the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 18-2501
- Municipality: means all cities and villages, not operating under home rule charters, including those functioning under the commission and city manager plans of government. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2507
- Qualified electors: shall mean all persons registered to vote, at the time the prospective petition is filed, in the jurisdiction governed or to be governed by any measure sought to be enacted by initiative, or altered or repealed by referendum. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2510
- 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
(2) The powers of initiative and referendum are hereby reserved to the qualified electors of each municipality in the state. The Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall govern the use of initiative to enact and the use of referendum to amend or repeal measures affecting the governance of all municipalities in the state, except those operating under home rule charter and as specified in section 18-2537.
(3) Cities operating under home rule charter shall provide, by charter provision or ordinance, for the exercise of the powers of initiative and referendum within such cities. Nothing in the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act shall be construed to prevent such cities from adopting any or all of the provisions of the act.
Source
- Laws 1982, LB 807, § 1;
- Laws 2021, LB163, § 164.