LB 105 — Change procedures for voting or election precincts for public power districts

LB105 LB105 2025 LEGISLATURELEGISLATIVE OFBILL NEBRASKA105 ONEApproved HUNDREDby NINTHthe LEGISLATUREGovernor FIRSTApril SESSION7, LEGISLATIVE2025 BILL 105 FINAL READING   Introduced by Hughes, 24;

Read  firstA timeBILL JanuaryFOR 10,AN 2025ACT Committee:relating to public power and irrigation districts;

Natural Resources A BILL FOR AN ACT relating to public power and irrigation districts;

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Nebraska, -1- LB105 LB105 2025 Section 1.

The district shall certify to the Secretary of State the names of -2- LB105 LB105 2025 all such retail customers for whom such request to vote has been made along with identification of the voting or election precincts in which such retail customers reside, and each such retail customer shall be a registered voter and qualified to hold office as a member of the board of directors, if otherwise qualified to vote.

(b) In the event a district formed includes all or part of two or -3- LB105 LB105 2025 more counties and is (i) engaged in furnishing electric light and power and more than fifty percent of its customers are rural customers or (ii) engaged in furnishing electric light and power and in the business of owning and operating irrigation works, then and in that event such subdivisions may be formed by following the boundary lines of whole or divided voting precincts precinct or county boundary lines without regard to population if in the judgment of the Nebraska Power Review Board the interests of the rural users of electricity or of users of irrigation water service in such district will not be prejudiced -1- LB105 LB105 2025 thereby.

(c) A successor who resides in the numbered election subdivision shall be nominated and elected at the statewide primary and general elections held in the calendar year prior to the expiration of the term -4- LB105 LB105 2025 of the member who represents such numbered election subdivision.

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