2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 17-541 — Waterworks; water commissioner; appointment; term; bond; removal; public works commissioner, when.

Section 17-541
Waterworks; water commissioner; appointment; term; bond; removal; public works commissioner, when.

As soon as a system of waterworks or mains or portion or extension of any system of waterworks or water supply has been established by any city or village, the mayor of such city or the chairperson of the board of trustees of such village shall nominate and by and with the advice and consent of the city council or board of trustees, as the case may be, shall appoint any competent person who shall be known as the water commissioner of such city or village and whose term of office shall be for one fiscal year or until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. Annually at the first regular meeting of the city council or board of trustees in December, the water commissioner shall be appointed as provided in this section. The water commissioner may at any time, for sufficient cause, be removed by a two-thirds vote of the city council or board of trustees. Any vacancy occurring in the office of water commissioner by death, resignation, removal from office, or removal from the city or village may be filled in the manner provided in this section for the appointment of such commissioner. The water commissioner shall, before he or she enters upon the discharge of his or her duties, execute a bond to such city or village in a sum to be fixed by the mayor and council or the board of trustees, but not less than five thousand dollars, conditioned upon the faithful discharge of his or her duties, and signed by two or more good and sufficient sureties, to be approved by the mayor and council or board of trustees or executed by a corporate surety. The water commissioner, subject to the supervision of the mayor and council or board of trustees, shall have the general management and control of the system of waterworks or mains or portion or extension of any system of waterworks or water supply in the city or village. In a city or village where no board of public works exists, and such municipality has other public utilities than its waterworks system, the mayor and council or the board of trustees, as the case may be, shall by ordinance designate the water commissioner as public works commissioner with authority to manage not only the system of waterworks but also other public utilities, and all of the provisions of this section applying to the water commissioner shall apply to the public works commissioner.

Source:

Laws 1881, c. 23, § 8, XV, p. 180

Laws 1885, c. 20, § 1, XV, p. 170

Laws 1887, c. 12, § 1, XV, p. 299

Laws 1893, c. 8, § 1, p. 136

Laws 1903, c. 21, § 1, p. 252

Laws 1905, c. 30, § 1, p. 259

Laws 1907, c. 17, § 1, p. 129

R.S.1913, § 5119

Laws 1917, c. 103, § 1, p. 273

Laws 1919, c. 48, § 1, p. 139

Laws 1919, c. 52, § 1, p. 153

Laws 1919, c. 46, § 2, p. 134

C.S.1922, § 4292

Laws 1925, c. 41, § 1, p. 160

C.S.1929, § 17-441

Laws 1935, c. 34, § 1, p. 144

Laws 1937, c. 33, § 1, p. 158

C.S.Supp.,1941, § 17-441

R.S.1943, § 17-541

Laws 1961, c. 51, § 1, p. 193

Laws 2001, LB 484, § 1

~Revised Statutes Cumulative Supplement, 2006