(A) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
LIMITS OF THE CITY. Includes the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city.
PERSON. Includes bodies corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, cooperatives and associations. PERSON does not include any federal, state or local government or any political subdivision thereof.
(B) (1) Except as otherwise provided in division (D) below, the governing body of the city shall have the power to require any individual whose primary residence or person who owns a place of business which is within the limits of the city and that owns and operates a motor vehicle within such limits to pay an annual motor vehicle fee and to require the payment of such fee upon the change of ownership of such vehicle. All such fees which may be provided for under this section shall be used exclusively for constructing, repairing, maintaining or improving streets, roads, alleys, public ways or parts thereof or for the amortization of bonded indebtedness when created for such purposes.
(2) To ensure compatibility with the Vehicle Title and Registration System maintained by the Department of Motor Vehicles:
(a) Any city that collects the annual motor vehicle fee authorized under this section shall use the plate types listed under Neb. RS 60-3,104 and, as applicable, weight categories listed under the Motor Vehicle Registration Act when reporting information to the Vehicle Title and Registration System; and
(b) Any city that adopts an annual motor vehicle fee under this section or that modifies an existing motor vehicle fee shall notify the Department of Motor Vehicles of such new or modified fee within ten business days after the passage of the ordinance authorizing such new or modified fee and at least 60 days prior to the implementation of such new or modified fee.
(C) No motor vehicle fee shall be required under this section if:
(1) A vehicle is used or stored but temporarily in the city for a period of six months or less in a 12-month period;
(2) An individual does not have a primary residence or a person does not own a place of business within the limits of the city and does not own and operate a motor vehicle within the limits of the city; or
(3) An individual is a full-time student attending a postsecondary institution within the limits of the city and the motor vehicle’s situs under the Motor Vehicle Certificate of Title Act is different from the place at which he or she is attending such institution.
(D) After December 31, 2012, no motor vehicle fee shall be required of any individual whose primary residence is or person who owns a place of business within the extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction of the city.
(E) The fee shall be paid to the County Treasurer of the county in which the city is located when the registration fees as provided in the Motor Vehicle Registration Act are paid. These fees shall be credited by the County Treasurer to the Road Fund of the city.
(Neb. RS 18-1214)
Statutory reference:
Motor Vehicle Registration Act, see Neb. RS 60-301