Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-601 (2026)

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For purposes of Chapter 70, article 6, unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) District means a public power district, public irrigation district, or public power and irrigation district, organized under Chapter 70, article 6, either as originally organized or as the same may from time to time be altered or extended, and includes, when applicable, rural public power districts organized under Chapter 70, article 8, and subject to Chapter 70, article 6;

(2) Municipality, when used in relation to the organization or charter of a public power district or to the election of successors to the board of directors of a public power district, means any county, city, incorporated village, or voting precinct in this state;

(3) Governing body, whenever used in relation to any municipality, means the duly constituted legislative body or authority within and for such municipality as a public corporation and governmental subdivision. When used with reference to a voting precinct, governing body means the county board of the county in which the precinct is located;

(4) Irrigation works means any and all sites, dams, dikes, abutments, reservoirs, canals, flumes, ditches, head gates, machinery, equipment, materials, apparatus, and all other property used or useful for the storage, diversion, damming, distribution, sale, or furnishing of water supply or storage of water for irrigation purposes or for flood control, or used or useful for flood control, whether such works be operated in conjunction with or separately from electric light and power plants or systems;

(5) Power includes any and all electrical energy and capacity generated, produced, transmitted, distributed, bought, or sold, hydrogen produced, stored, or distributed, and ethanol produced for purposes of lighting, heating, power, and any and every other useful purpose whatsoever;

(6) Plant or system includes any and all property owned, used, operated, or useful for operation in the district's business, including the generation by means of water power, steam, or other means or in the transmission, distribution, sale, or purchase of electrical energy, hydrogen, or ethanol for any and every useful purpose, including any and all irrigation works which may be owned, used, or operated in conjunction with such power plant or system;

(7) Energy equipment includes, but is not limited to, equipment or facilities used or useful to generate, produce, transmit, or distribute power, heated or chilled water, or steam for use by the district or the district's commercial and industrial customers; and

(8) Public power industry means public power districts, public power and irrigation districts, municipalities, registered groups of municipalities, electric cooperatives, electric membership associations, joint entities formed under the Interlocal Cooperation Act, joint public agencies formed under the Joint Public Agency Act, agencies formed under the Municipal Cooperative Financing Act, and any other governmental entities providing electric service.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 23 cases, 1936–2005 · leading case: Cent. Nebraska Pub. Power & Irrigation Dist. v. Persons Identified as Registered Irrigation Well Owners, 699 N.W.2d 372 (Neb. 2005).

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Cent. Nebraska Pub. Power & Irrigation Dist. v. Persons Identified as Registered Irrigation Well Owners, 699 N.W.2d 372 (Neb. 2005). · cites it 2× “One of the principal features of this system is Lake McConaughy.”

Johnson Lakes Dev. Inc. v. Cent. Nebraska Pub. Power & Irrigation Dist., 576 N.W.2d 806 (Neb. 1998). · cites it 2× “1417, which included dams, reservoirs, canals, power plants, transmission lines, and related improvements along the North Platte and Platte Rivers in several Nebraska counties.”

Sanitary & Improvement Dist. No. 1 v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 573 N.W.2d 460 (Neb. 1998). · cites it 2× “See Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-601 et seq. (Reissue 1996).”

In Re Boundaries of Mccook Pub. Power Dist., 347 N.W.2d 554 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 8× “§ 70-602 (Reissue 1981) states in part: A public power district may be composed of the territory of one or more municipalities as defined in subsection (2) of section 70-601, whether contiguous or otherwise, but no city, village, or voting precinct shall be divided in the…”

Jensen v. Omaha Pub. Power Dist., 66 N.W.2d 591 (Neb. 1954). · cites it 2× “The Omaha Public Power District, a public corporation organized under sections 70-601 to 70-672, R. R. S. 1943, and pursuant to section 70-670, R.”

York Cnty. Rural Pub. Power Dist. v. O'CONNOR, 111 N.W.2d 376 (Neb. 1961). · cites it 2× “Plaintiff is a public power district and a political subdivision of the State of Nebraska, duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the applicable provisions of sections 70-601 to 70-679, R. R. S. 1943, with its principal place of business in the city of York, York…”

Omaha Pub. Power Dist. v. O'Malley, 114 F. Supp. 3 (D. Neb. 1953). · cites it 3× “310, Chapter 86, Laws of Nebraska, 1933 (now embodied in sections 70-601 to 70-679, inclusive, Revised Statutes of Nebraska, 1943), known as “Public Power and Irrigation District Act”.”

Sheldon Station Employees Ass'n v. Nebraska Pub. Power Dist., 275 N.W.2d 816 (Neb. 1979). · cites it 2× “Its general offices are located in Columbus, Nebraska, although the District operates generating facilities at some eight locations throughout the state.”

State ex rel. Johnson v. Consumers Pub. Power Dist., 10 N.W.2d 784 (Neb. 1943). “From sections 70-601 to and including 70-717, Comp.”

Burnett v. Cent. Nebraska Pub. Power & Irrigation Dist., 23 N.W.2d 661 (Neb. 1946). “1943, is in part as follows: “All laws applicable to works of internal improvement, and all provisions of law now applicable to electric light and power corporations, or to irrigation districts, or to privately owned irrigation corporations, as regards the exercise of the power…”

Halligan v. Elander, 25 N.W.2d 13 (Neb. 1946). “1943, which provides that all provisions of law now applicable to irrigation districts, as regards certain functions, should be applicable “as nearly as may be” to districts organized under sections 70-601 to 70-679, R. S. 1943. It will be noted that section 46-156, R.”

Myers v. Platte Valley Pub. Power & Irrigation Dist., 67 N.W.2d 739 (Neb. 1954). “That the defendant, Platte Valley Public Power and Irrigation District, is a public power and irrigation district organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Nebraska, and particularly under the provisions of sections 70-601 to 70-679, R. R. S. 1943,…”

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— Neb. Rev. Stat. § 70-601(2) — 2 cases

In Re Boundaries of Mccook Pub. Power Dist., 347 N.W.2d 554 (Neb. 1984). “§ 70-602 (Reissue 1981) states in part: A public power district may be composed of the territory of one or more municipalities as defined in subsection (2) of section 70-601, whether contiguous or otherwise, but no city, village, or voting precinct shall be divided in the…”

Neel v. McCook Pub. Power Dist., 347 N.W.2d 554 (Neb. 1984).

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