Nebraska § 19-605 - City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.
Full text of Nebraska Revised Statutes of Nebraska § 19-605 — City manager plan; petition for adoption; election., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 19-605. City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.
Whenever the electors of any city, equal in number to twenty percent of those who voted at the last regular city election, shall file a petition with the city clerk, asking that the question of organizing the city under the city manager plan of government be submitted to the electors of such city, the city clerk shall within one week certify that fact to the city council, and the city council shall, within thirty days, adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at a special election to be held not less than thirty days after the adoption of the resolution except as provided in this section. Any such election shall be conducted in accordance with the Election Act except as otherwise provided in the City Manager Plan of Government Act. If such petition is filed not more than one hundred eighty days nor less than seventy days prior to the regular municipal statewide primary or statewide general election, the city council shall adopt a resolution to provide for submitting such question at the next such election.
Source: official Nebraska text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 19-605 ("City manager plan; petition for adoption; election.") is part of the Revised Statutes of Nebraska, the codified statutory law of Nebraska. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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