(1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the chief executive officer and governing body of a municipality may at any time, by resolution, provide for the submission to a direct vote of the electors of any measure pending before it, passed by it, including an override of any veto, if necessary, or enacted by the electors under the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act and may provide in such resolution that such measure shall be submitted at a special election or the next regularly scheduled primary or general election. Immediately upon the passage of any such resolution for submission, the city clerk shall cause such measure to be submitted to a direct vote of the electors, at the time specified in such resolution and in the manner provided in the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act for submission of measures upon proposals and petitions filed by voters. Such matter shall become law if approved by a majority of the votes cast.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 18-2520

  • Chief executive officer: means the mayor, the city manager, or the chairperson of the board of trustees of a municipality. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2502.01
  • City clerk: means the city clerk, village clerk, or other municipal official in charge of elections. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2504
  • Governing body: means the city council or village board of trustees of any municipality subject to the Municipal Initiative and Referendum Act. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2505
  • Measure: means an ordinance, charter provision, or resolution which is within the legislative authority of the governing body of a municipality to pass and which is not excluded from the operation of referendum by the exceptions in section 18-2528. See Nebraska Statutes 18-2506
  • 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
  • Veto: The procedure established under the Constitution by which the President/Governor refuses to approve a bill or joint resolution and thus prevents its enactment into law. A regular veto occurs when the President/Governor returns the legislation to the house in which it originated. The President/Governor usually returns a vetoed bill with a message indicating his reasons for rejecting the measure. In Congress, the veto can be overridden only by a two-thirds vote in both the Senate and the House.

(2) The chief executive officer and governing body of a municipality shall not submit to a direct vote of the electors the question of whether the municipality should initiate proceedings for the condemnation of a natural gas system.