15-332. City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.
The power to remove from office the mayor or any city council member or other officer of a city of the primary class for good and sufficient cause is hereby conferred upon the district court for the county in which such city is situated, when not otherwise provided by law, and whenever any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against the mayor, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance as such officer, or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties as mayor, or that for any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office as mayor; or whenever the mayor or any three city council members shall make and file with the clerk of such court the proper charges and specifications against any city council member or other officer, alleging and showing that he or she is guilty of malfeasance or misfeasance in office or that he or she is incompetent or neglects any of his or her duties, or that from any other good and sufficient cause stated, he or she should be removed from office, the judge of such court may issue the proper order, requiring such officer to appear before him or her on a day named therein, not more than ten days after the service of such order, together with a copy of such charges and specifications, upon such officer to show cause why he or she should not be removed from his or her office. The proceedings in such case shall take precedence over all civil cases and be conducted according to the rules of such court in such cases made and provided, and such officer may be suspended from the duties of his or her office during the pendency of such proceedings by order of such court. During the time any officer is suspended, the mayor and city council, or in case the mayor is suspended, then the city council, may appoint any competent person to perform the duties of the officer so suspended, provide for his or her compensation, and require such appointee to execute a good and sufficient bond for the faithful performance of the duties of the office.
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Structure Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 15 - Cities of the Primary Class
15-101 - Cities of the primary class, defined; population required.
15-102 - Declaration as city of the primary class; when.
15-103 - Declaration as city of the primary class; government pending reorganization.
15-104 - Corporate limits; extension; annexation of villages; powers of city council.
15-105 - Corporate limits; extension; contiguous territory, defined.
15-107 - Corporate name; service of process.
15-108 - Reorganization; rights and privileges preserved.
15-110 - Precincts; numbering; division.
15-111 - Cities and villages; consolidation; petition; election; ballot forms.
15-112 - Consolidation; approval at election; certification.
15-117 - Consolidated or annexed cities and villages; actions pending; claims; claimants' rights.
15-201 - General powers; how exercised; seal.
15-201.01 - Extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction or authority; exercise outside of county.
15-201.02 - Purchase of real or personal property; installment contracts authorized.
15-202 - Property and occupation taxes; power to levy; limitations.
15-203 - Occupation tax; power to levy; exemptions.
15-204 - Additional taxes; authorized.
15-205 - Safety regulations; sidewalk structures; powers.
15-207 - Traffic; regulations; vehicle tax; powers.
15-209 - Railroads, depots, warehouses; power to regulate.
15-210 - Parks, monuments, recreation centers; acquire; construct; maintain; donations.
15-211 - Lots; drainage; costs; special assessment.
15-212 - Peddlers and vendors; regulation.
15-215 - Theatres, churches, halls; licenses; safety regulations.
15-216 - Buildings; construction; safety devices; regulation.
15-217 - Auctions; licensing; regulation.
15-218 - Animals at large; regulation; penalty.
15-219 - Pounds; power to establish; operation.
15-220 - Dogs and other animals; licensing; regulation.
15-221 - Nuisances; prevention; abatement.
15-222 - Public utilities; franchises; power to grant; elections required, when.
15-223 - Water; rates; regulation.
15-224 - Watercourses; wells; reservoirs; regulation.
15-225 - Fire department; establishment; government.
15-228 - Water districts; water mains; enlarging; construction; assessments.
15-229 - Eminent domain; power to exercise; procedure; entry to make surveys and tests; damages.
15-229.01 - Acquisition of land, property, or interest; uneconomic remnants of land; acquire, when.
15-229.02 - Real property; acquisition.
15-230 - Public libraries; establishment.
15-231 - Hospital; establishment.
15-234 - Hospital; rules; management.
15-235 - Hospital; contracts to support; when authorized.
15-235.01 - Hospital; terms, defined.
15-235.02 - Hospital; sinking fund; levy.
15-235.03 - Hospital; income, revenue, profits; disbursement.
15-235.04 - Hospital; sinking fund; investment.
15-236 - Contagious diseases; control; board of health; hospitals.
15-237 - Health regulations; nuisances; abatement; slaughterhouses; stockyards; location.
15-238 - Health regulations; sewer connections; power to compel.
15-239 - Cemeteries; establishment.
15-240 - Cemeteries; improvement.
15-241 - Cemeteries; conveyance of lots.
15-242 - Cemeteries; ownership of lots; monuments.
15-243 - Cemeteries; regulation.
15-244 - Money; power to borrow; pledges to secure; issuance of bonds; purposes; conditions.
15-247 - Election districts; establishment.
15-249 - Officers; removal; vacancies; how filled.
15-250 - Officers; powers, duties; compensation; power to prescribe.
15-251 - Officers and employees; bonds or insurance.
15-252 - Officers; reports required.
15-254 - Ordinances; revision; publication.
15-255 - Public safety; measures to protect.
15-256 - Public safety; disturbing the peace; power to punish.
15-257 - Vagrancy; offenses against public morals; punishment.
15-258 - Billiard halls; disorderly houses; prohibition; exceptions.
15-259 - Jail facilities; establishment.
15-261 - Railroads; railroad crossings; buses; safety regulations; installation of safety devices.
15-262 - Census; city may take.
15-263 - General welfare; ordinances to insure; powers; enforcement; penalties; imposition.
15-264 - City; keeping prisoners; contract.
15-265 - Public grounds and highways; control.
15-266 - Streets; lights; telephone lines; regulation.
15-268 - Weeds; destruction and removal; procedure; special assessment.
15-268.01 - Garbage or refuse; constituting a nuisance; collection and removal; notice.
15-268.02 - Garbage or refuse; nuisance; removal by city; assess cost.
15-269 - Offstreet parking; legislative findings; necessity.
15-271 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; authorized.
15-272 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; agreements; terms.
15-273 - Offstreet parking; rules and regulations; security for bonds.
15-274 - Offstreet parking; revenue bonds; performance; action to compel.
15-275 - Offstreet parking; revenue from onstreet parking meters; use.
15-276 - Offstreet parking; sections; supplementary to existing law.
15-277 - Commission on the status of women; establish; fund.
15-278 - Commission on the status of women; purposes.
15-301 - Elections; when held.
15-307 - Elective officers; bond or insurance.
15-308 - Appointive officers; bond or insurance.
15-309 - Officers, employees; compensation.
15-309.01 - Officer; extra compensation prohibited; exception.
15-310 - Mayor; head of city government; powers and duties.
15-311 - Mayor; territorial jurisdiction.
15-314 - Mayor and chief of police; citizen aid in law enforcement; powers.
15-315 - Mayor; remission of fines; pardons.
15-316 - City clerk; duties; deputy.
15-317 - Treasurer; bond or insurance; deputy; duties; continuing education; requirements.
15-322 - City attorney; duties; deputy; assistants; appointment.
15-326 - Chief of police; powers and duties.
15-332 - City officers; removal; power of district court; procedure.
15-401 - City council; meetings; quorum; vote required to transact business.
15-402 - Ordinances, passage; publication; proof.
15-403 - Ordinances; form; publication; when operative.
15-404 - Ordinances; enactment; amendment; procedure.
15-406 - Mayor; recommendations to city council.
15-501 - Waterworks; construction; right of eminent domain; procedure.
15-502 - Waterworks; contract for water; option to buy plant.
15-603 - Transferred to section 15-309.01.
15-701.01 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; establish grade; special assessment.
15-701.02 - Streets, sidewalks, public ways; hard surface; special assessments.
15-702.01 - Controlled-access facilities; designation; limitations on use.
15-702.02 - Controlled-access facilities; frontage roads.
15-702.03 - Streets; egress and ingress; rights to.
15-702.04 - Access ways; materials; standards; establish.
15-708 - Streets; improvements; public property, how assessed.
15-709 - Streets; improvements; utility service connections; duty of landowner; special assessment.
15-713 - Curbing gutter bonds; special assessment.
15-717 - Sewers and drains; construction; cost; assessment against property owners.
15-718 - Sewers and drains; construction; assessment of benefits; collection.
15-720 - Sewer district bonds.
15-724 - Public markets; establishment.
15-725 - Public improvements; special tax assessments.
15-726 - Special tax assessments; certificate; warrants.
15-727 - Special tax assessments; multiple owners; treatment.
15-728 - Public improvements; city engineer; inspection and acceptance.
15-729 - Street railway systems; powers of city.
15-735 - Special sidewalk assessments; collection.
15-752 - Joint city and county facilities; authorization; vote required.
15-753 - Ornamental lighting districts; bids; letting; special assessment.
15-754 - Public improvement districts; cost; special assessment.
15-801 - Biennial budget authorized.
15-807 - Board of equalization; procedure; quorum.
15-807.01 - Board of equalization for cities of primary class; delinquency.
15-808 - Board of equalization; hearings; duties.
15-809 - Board of equalization; special assessments; equalization.
15-810 - Board of equalization; power to compel testimony.
15-811 - Taxes; omitted property; assessment.
15-812 - Tax list; delivered to city treasurer; errors.
15-813 - Taxes; warrant of city clerk; form.
15-814 - Taxes; warrant of city clerk; authority of city treasurer.
15-816 - Delinquent taxes; collection.
15-817 - Ordinances to enforce collection of taxes; power.
15-818 - Taxes; payable in money, warrants, and coupons.
15-819 - Personal property tax; lien upon personal property.
15-821 - Special assessments; lien, when; collection; interest.
15-822 - Special assessments; reassessment; procedure.
15-823 - Taxes; revenue to pay bonds; investment.
15-824 - Taxes; irregularities; effect.
15-835 - Special funds; diversion of surplus.
15-840 - Claims; how submitted and allowed.
15-841 - Claims; allowance; disallowance; appeal.
15-842.01 - Claims; appeal and actions by city; bond not required.
15-844 - Property belonging to city; exempt from taxation; when.
15-845 - Deposit of city funds; conditions.
15-846 - Deposit of funds; bond required; conditions.
15-847 - Deposit of city funds; security in lieu of bond.
15-848 - Deposit of city funds; limitations; city treasurer liability.
15-849 - City funds; additional investments authorized.
15-850 - Municipal bidding procedure; waiver; when.
15-902 - Building regulations; zoning; powers; requirements; comprehensive plan; manufactured homes.
15-904 - Transferred to section 19-3101.
15-905 - Building regulations; zoning; powers granted.
15-1012 - Firemen; existing system; rights retained.
15-1017 - Pension funds; investment; report.
15-1026 - Fire and police pension fund; authorized; tax levy; authorized.
15-1027 - Pension or benefits; existing system; rights retained.
15-1101 - Planning department; commission; planning director; employees.
15-1102 - Comprehensive plan; requirements; contents.
15-1104 - Ordinance or resolution; submit to planning department; report.
15-1105 - Planning director; duties; commission; hearings.
15-1106 - Board of zoning appeals; powers; appeals; variances.
15-1202 - Appeal; procedure; fees; bond; indigent appellant.
15-1204 - Petition on appeal; time for filing; indigency.
15-1205 - District court; hearing; order; appeal.
15-1302 - Community development agency; powers.
15-1303 - Citizen participation.
15-1304 - Power to levy taxes and issue bonds and notes.