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Statute: 51-501
Museums; local governmental subdivisions; establishment; tax
levy; limitation; authorization by election; discontinuance.
- The city council of any city, the board of trustees of any incorporated village, the county board of any county, and the electors of any township at their annual town meeting shall have the power to establish a museum for the use of the inhabitants of such city, village, county, or township or to contract for the use of a museum already established and may levy a tax of not more than seven cents on each one hundred dollars upon the taxable value of all the taxable property within the city, village, township, or county to be levied each year and collected in like manner as other taxes in such city, village, county, or township and to be known as the museum fund. The levy shall be part of the levy of the city, village, county, or township and shall be subject to sections 77-3442 and 77-3443.
- When the county board makes a levy for a county museum, it shall omit from the levy of the museum tax all property within the limits of any city, village, or township in such county which already maintains a museum by public tax. Before establishing such county museum or levying such tax, the county board shall submit the question to the voters of the county and a majority of the voters voting thereon shall have authorized the establishment of such county museum and the levying of the tax. Such questions shall be submitted at a general election only, and when so submitted and carried, it is hereby made the duty of the county board to include the county museum in its next succeeding estimate and levy.
- The electors of the county may discontinue such levy by vote of the people in the same manner that the initial levy was authorized, except that the proposition to discontinue such levy shall be placed on the ballot by the county board of such county at a general election only when requested to do so by a petition signed by at least twenty percent of the legal voters of such county based on the total vote cast for Governor at the last general election in the county.
Source:
Laws 1957, c. 224, § 1, p. 766; Laws 1979, LB 187, § 180;
Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 156; Laws 1996, LB 1114, § 62;
Laws 1997, LB 269, § 31; Laws 1998, LB 306, § 6.
Operative date July 1, 1998.
Statute: 51-502
Museums; city or village; establishment; museum board; members;
terms; vacancy, how filled.
A city or village may establish and maintain a
museum pursuant to sections 51-501 to 51-513 when approved by at
least fifty-one percent of the votes cast at the election by the
electors of the city or village voting on the proposition.
Notwithstanding the provisions of any home rule charter to the
contrary, any city or village which established a museum prior to
April 10, 1957, or any city or village contracting for the use of
a museum already established shall not be required to hold an
election to contract for or to establish and maintain such a
museum for any term of years deemed necessary or advisable by
such city or village. When the electors of a city or village
approve the establishment and the maintenance of a museum
pursuant to sections 51-501 to 51-513, the city council or
village board shall establish and maintain a museum pursuant to
such sections. Such city or village shall appoint a museum board
of not less than five but not more than nine members to be chosen
from the citizens of the city or village at large. Except as
further provided in this section, neither the mayor nor any
member of the city council or village board shall be a member of
the museum board. The members of the museum board first
appointed shall hold office, the first for a term of one year,
the second for a term of two years, the third for a term of three
years, the fourth for a term of four years, the fifth for a term
of five years, the sixth for a term of one year, the seventh for
a term of two years, the eighth for a term of three years, and
the ninth for a term of four years from the first day of July
following their appointment. As their terms expire, one member
shall be chosen annually thereafter for a term of five years. In
cases of vacancies by resignation, removal, or otherwise, the
city council or village board shall fill such vacancy for the
unexpired term. Cities having home rule charters may fix by
ordinance the number of members of such museum board. No member
shall receive any pay or compensation for any services rendered.
However, the city council of any city or the board of trustees of
any village which is contracting for the use of a museum already
established shall be the museum board and may establish the city
council or board of trustees as the museum board without regard
to the requirements for terms and numbers of members on the board
set forth in this section.
Source:
Laws 1957, c. 224, § 2, p. 767; Laws 1963, c. 306, § 1, p. 903;
Laws 1965, c. 316, § 1, p. 880; Laws 1989, LB 444, § 1.
Statute: 51-503
Museums; county or township; establishment; museum board;
members; terms; vacancies, how filled; compensation.
When the electors of any county or of any
township shall have voted to establish and maintain a museum, the
county board of such county or the township board of such
township shall appoint a museum board of not less than five but
not more than nine members, no member of which shall be a member
of the county or township board, the five members of the museum
board first appointed shall hold office, one for a term of one
year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years,
one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years,
the sixth member shall be for a term of one year, the seventh for
a term of two years, the eighth for a term of three years, and
the ninth for a term of four years, from the first day of July
following their appointment; and as the terms of the members
expire, the county or township board shall appoint annually one
trustee to serve for a term of five years. In case of vacancies,
the county or township board shall have the power to fill the
vacancy for the unexpired term. No trustee shall receive any pay
or compensation for any services rendered as a member of such
board.
Source:
Laws 1957, c. 224, § 3, p. 768; Laws 1963, c. 306, § 2, p. 904;
Laws 1965, c. 316, § 2, p. 881.
Statute: 51-504
Museums; trustees; officers; appointment; meetings; quorum.
The trustees of any city, village, county, or
township museum shall immediately after their appointment meet
and organize by electing from their number a president, secretary
and such other officers as may be necessary. Three members of
the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of
business.
Source:
Laws 1957, c. 224, § 4, p. 769; Laws 1963, c. 306, § 3, p. 904.
Statute: 51-505 Museums; board; powers.
The museum board shall have the power to make and adopt such bylaws, rules, and regulations for its own guidance and for the government of the museum as it may deem expedient and not inconsistent with the provisions of sections 51-501 to 51-512. The board shall have power to employ any and all personnel necessary for the operation of the museum and to fix their salaries.
Source:
Laws 1957, c. 224, § 5, p. 769.
