31-1020 – Local government; failure to implement flood plain management regulations; department; powers and duties.
31-1020. Local government; failure to implement flood plain management regulations; department; powers and duties. If a local government does not adopt and implement flood plain management regulations in accordance with section 31-1019 within one year after flood hazard data and maps have been provided to it pursuant to such section, the department shall, upon petition […]
31-1021 – Local government; enforce department regulations.
31-1021. Local government; enforce department regulations. It shall be the duty of the local government to administer and enforce any regulations adopted by the department pursuant to section 31-1020 in the same manner as if the local government had enacted such regulations. Such duty may be enforced in a mandamus action brought against such local […]
31-1022 – Adoption of regulations; notice; hearing; appeal.
31-1022. Adoption of regulations; notice; hearing; appeal. Notice of any hearing to be conducted by the department pursuant to section 31-1020 shall be given to the clerk of the local government and to such other local officials as the department deems appropriate, at least thirty days prior to the hearing. Notice shall also be published […]
31-1023 – State agencies, boards, and commissions; flood plain management duties.
31-1023. State agencies, boards, and commissions; flood plain management duties. (1) All state agencies, boards, and commissions shall take preventive action to minimize flood hazards and losses in connection with state-owned and state-financed buildings, roads, and other facilities, and shall take such steps as are necessary to insure compliance with the minimum standards adopted by […]
31-1015 – Obstruction, defined.
31-1015. Obstruction, defined. Obstruction shall mean any wall, wharf, embankment, levee, dike, pile, abutment, projection, excavation, channel rectification, bridge, conduit, culvert, building, wire, fence, rock, gravel, refuse, fill, or other analogous structure or matter which may impede, retard, or change the direction of the flow of water, either in itself or by catching or collecting […]
31-932 – Drainage district; dissolution; right-of-way interest becomes property of county.
31-932. Drainage district; dissolution; right-of-way interest becomes property of county. Upon dissolution of any drainage district, the right-of-way interest of such drainage district shall pass to and become the property of the county where located. Nothing in this section shall apply to any irrigation ditch or ditches. Source Laws 1959, c. 132, § 32, p. […]
31-1016 – Watercourse, defined.
31-1016. Watercourse, defined. Watercourse shall mean any depression two feet or more below the surrounding land which serves to give direction to a current of water at least nine months of the year and which has a bed and well-defined banks. Source Laws 1983, LB 35, § 16.
31-933 – Act, how cited.
31-933. Act, how cited. Sections 31-901 to 31-933 shall be known and may be cited as the County Drainage Act. Source Laws 1959, c. 132, § 33, p. 493.
31-1017 – Department; flood plain management; powers and duties.
31-1017. Department; flood plain management; powers and duties. The department shall be the official state agency for all matters pertaining to flood plain management. In carrying out that function, the department shall have the power and authority to: (1) Coordinate flood plain management activities of local, state, and federal agencies; (2) Receive federal funds intended […]
31-1001 – Legislative findings; purpose of sections.
31-1001. Legislative findings; purpose of sections. (1) The Legislature finds that recurrent flooding in various areas of the state presents serious hazards to the health, safety, welfare, and property of the people of the state, both within and outside such areas. The hazards include loss of life, loss of and damage to private and public […]