Section 70-670 - Eminent domain; procedure; duties of Attorney General; costs; certain property not subject to eminent domain(1) In addition to any other rights and powers conferred upon any district organized under or subject to Chapter 70, article 6, each such district shall have and exercise the power of eminent domain to acquire from any person, firm, association, or private corporation any and all property owned, used, or operated, or useful for operation, in the generation, transmission, or distribution of electrical energy, including an existing electric utility system or any part thereof. The procedure to condemn property shall be exercised in the manner set forth in Chapter 76, article 7.(2) In the case of the acquisition through the exercise of the power of eminent domain of an existing electric utility system or part thereof, the Attorney General shall, upon request of any district, represent such district in the institution and prosecution of condemnation proceedings. After acquisition of an existing electric utility system through the exercise of the power of eminent domain, the district shall reimburse the state for all costs and expenses incurred in the condemnation proceedings by the Attorney General.(3) A district may agree to limit its exercise of the power of eminent domain to acquire a project which is a renewable energy generation facility producing electricity with wind and any related facilities.(4) No property owned, used, or operated as part of a privately developed renewable energy generation facility meeting the requirements of section 70-1014.02 shall be subject to eminent domain by any consumer-owned electric supplier operating in the State of Nebraska.Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 70-670
Laws 1933, c. 86, § 7, p. 349; Laws 1941, c. 138, § 1, p. 545; C.S.Supp.,1941, § 70-707; R.S.1943, § 70-670; Laws 1945, c. 157, § 5, p. 519; Laws 1951, c. 101, § 107, p. 497; Laws 1981, LB 181, § 33; Laws 2009, LB 561, § 1; Laws 2016, LB 824, § 1.Amended by Laws 2016, LB 824,§ 1, eff. 7/21/2016.