Whenever any city is furnished natural gas pursuant to a franchise agreement with a jurisdictional utility, a metropolitan utilities district shall not solicit such city to enter into a franchise agreement or promote discontinuance of natural gas service with the utility unless a specific invitation to submit a proposal on such a franchise has been formally presented to the board of directors of the metropolitan utilities district. For purposes of this section, a specific invitation to submit a proposal means a resolution adopted by the governing body of the city. Whenever a specific invitation to submit a proposal is received by the board of directors of a metropolitan utilities district, the invitation will be considered by the board at its next regularly scheduled monthly meeting.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1858
Metropolitan utilities district; solicitations prohibited; proposals authorized; when
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In re App. No. P-12.32 of Black Hills Neb. Gas (2022)
Most recently applied in In re App. No. P-12.32 of Black Hills Neb. Gas (June 2022)
Laws 1999, LB 78, § 2; R.S.1943, (2004), § 57-1301; Laws 2006, LB 1249, § 5.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.