Bill > LB105

This bill modifies procedures for voting precincts in public power and irrigation districts by making several key changes. The legislation allows districts to establish boundary lines for operating areas, chartered territories, and district elections using whole or divided voting precincts, and removes the previous requirement that these precinct divisions must be approved by the Secretary of State. The bill enables districts to more flexibly define their electoral subdivisions, particularly in cases involving rural electric customers or districts with irrigation services. Specifically, districts can now create subdivisions by following voting precinct or county boundary lines, even if population is not exactly equal, as long as the Nebraska Power Review Board determines that the interests of electricity or irrigation service users are not negatively impacted. For districts with a metropolitan city in their service area, the bill maintains existing provisions about creating election subdivisions with substantially equal population and allows for the assignment of board positions across these subdivisions. The legislation also includes an emergency clause, meaning it will take effect immediately upon being passed and approved, which suggests the changes are considered time-sensitive or critically important for the functioning of public power districts.

Agriculture and Natural Resources, Military Affairs and Security

https://nebraskalegislature.gov/bills/view_bill.php?DocumentID=58887