02 - Aid to municipalities; terms, defined.

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77-27,139.02. Aid to municipalities; terms, defined.

For purposes of sections 77-27,139.01 to 77-27,139.04:

(1) Average per capita property tax levy means the total property taxes levied by all incorporated municipalities in each population group for the immediately preceding fiscal year, except for the amount of property tax levies committed to provide for principal and interest payments on the indebtedness of all incorporated municipalities, divided by the current population of all incorporated municipalities as certified by the Department of Revenue pursuant to section 77-3,119. The average per capita property tax levy shall be calculated separately for each population group;

(2) Average property tax levy means the total property taxes levied by all incorporated municipalities for the prior year, except for the amount of property tax levies committed to provide for principal and interest payments on the indebtedness of all incorporated municipalities, divided by the total amount of valuation subject to property tax in all incorporated municipalities for the immediately preceding fiscal year;

(3) Population means the population of a municipality as determined in section 77-3,119; and

(4) Population group means one of three groupings of municipalities for which the aid established by sections 77-27,139.01 to 77-27,139.04 is calculated based on the average per capita property tax levy calculated separately for each group. The three population groups shall be (a) municipalities with a population of five thousand inhabitants or more, (b) municipalities with a population between eight hundred and five thousand inhabitants, and (c) municipalities with a population of eight hundred inhabitants or less.

Source

  • Laws 1996, LB 1177, § 2;
  • Laws 1997, LB 269, § 54;
  • Laws 2011, LB383, § 3.


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