§ 86-1078 — 911 service; costs; surcharges authorized; additional increase; when; agreement by governing bodies; use

Nebraska § 86-1078

• Jurisdiction: Nebraska
• Ch. 86: Telecommunications and Technology

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(1) A local governing body may incur any nonrecurring or recurring charges for the installation, maintenance, and operation of 911 service and shall pay such costs out of general funds which may be supplemented by funds from the imposition of a service surcharge. A local governing body incurring costs for 911 service may impose a uniform service surcharge of up to fifty cents per month on each telephone number or functional equivalent of service users whose primary place of use is within the local governing body's 911 service area, except for those service users served by wireless carriers. The initial service surcharge may be imposed at any time subsequent to the execution of an agreement for 911 service with a service supplier.
(2) Except in a county containing a city of the metropolitan class, such uniform service surcharge in subsection (1) of this section may be increased by an additional amount not to exceed fifty cents per month. Such additional increase shall be made only after:
(a) Publication of notices for a public hearing. Such notices shall:
(i) Be published at least once a week for three consecutive weeks in a legal newspaper published or of general circulation in the areas affected;
(ii) Set forth the time, place, and date of such public hearing; and
(iii) Set forth the purpose of the public hearing and the purpose of the increase; and
(b) A public hearing is held pursuant to such notices.
(3) If 911 service is to be provided for a territory which is included in whole or in part in the jurisdiction of two or more local governing bodies, the agreement for such service shall be entered into by each such local governing body unless any such local governing body expressly excludes itself from the agreement. Such an agreement shall provide that each local governing body which is a customer of 911 service will pay for its portion of the service. Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to prevent two or more local governing bodies from entering into a contract which establishes a separate legal entity for the purpose of entering into such an agreement as the customer of the service supplier or any supplier of equipment for 911 service.
(4) If a local governing body's 911 service area includes a local exchange area which intersects governmental boundary lines, the affected governmental units may cooperate to provide 911 service through an agreement as provided in the Interlocal Cooperation Act or the Joint Public Agency Act. The agreement shall provide for the assessment of a uniform service surcharge within a local governing body's 911 service area. The service surcharge on each telephone number or functional equivalent of service users whose primary place of use is within the local governing body's 911 service area, except for those service users served by wireless carriers, shall be the same as the amount allowed in subsections (1) and (2) of this section.
(5) Funds generated by the service surcharge shall be expended only for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and operation of telecommunications equipment and telecommunications-related services required for the provision of 911 service.

Legislative History

Source: Laws 1990, LB 240, § 9; Laws 1991, LB 133, § 2; Laws 1994, LB 1044, § 1; Laws 1997, LB 37, § 1; R.S.1943, (1999), § 86-1003; Laws 2002, LB 1105, § 236; Laws 2007, LB661, § 14; R.S.1943, (2024), § 86-435; Laws 2025, LB362, § 60. Effective Date: September 3, 2025 Cross References: Interlocal Cooperation Act, see section 13-801. Joint Public Agency Act, see section 13-2501.