2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 23-148 — Commissioners; election; township organization, change to commissioner system; procedure.

Section 23-148
Commissioners; election; township organization, change to commissioner system; procedure.

The county board of commissioners in all counties having not more than three hundred thousand inhabitants shall consist of three persons, except that the registered voters in any county containing not more than three hundred thousand inhabitants may vote at any general election as to whether their county board shall consist of three or five commissioners. The registered voters of counties under township organization voting as to a change to the commissioner system may vote at the same time as to the number of commissioners desired, except that the registered voters of counties may vote to have the same number of commissioners as there were supervisors in the county pursuant to sections 23-296 and 23-297 and to retain the existing county supervisor district boundaries until it becomes necessary to draw district boundaries under section 32-553. Upon the completion of the canvass by the county canvassing board, the proposition shall be decided and, if the number of commissioners is increased, vacancies shall be deemed to exist and the procedures set forth in section 32-567 shall be instituted.

Source:

Laws 1879, § 53, p. 369

Laws 1887, c. 29, § 1, p. 359

Laws 1891, c. 21, § 1, p. 225

Laws 1903, c. 30, § 1, p. 277

R.S.1913, § 978

Laws 1917, c. 16, § 1, p. 77

Laws 1919, c. 69, § 1, p. 182

C.S.1922, § 878

C.S.1929, § 26-132

R.S.1943, § 23-148

Laws 1945, c. 42, § 1, p. 202

Laws 1947, c. 62, § 2, p. 197

Laws 1951, c. 48, § 1, p. 165

Laws 1957, c. 60, § 1, p. 278

Laws 1979, LB 331, § 2

Laws 1985, LB 53, § 1

Laws 1991, LB 789, § 4

Laws 1994, LB 76, § 534

Cross References:

For discontinuance of township organization,see sections 23-292 to 23-299.

Annotations:

Increase in number of commissioner districts requires redistricting. Ludwig v. Board of County Commissioners of Sarpy County, 170 Neb. 600, 103 N.W.2d 838 (1960).

Removal of county commissioner out of district, where he continues to act, does not render void any order of county board in which he participates. Horton v. Howard, 97 Neb. 575, 150 N.W. 633 (1915).

Member of board must reside in district from which elected and office becomes vacant when he removes. State ex rel. Malloy v. Skirving, 19 Neb. 497, 27 N.W. 723 (1886).

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska