{"data":{"id":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-66-1861","jurisdiction":"us-ne","citation":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1861","heading":"Neb. Rev. Stat. § 66-1861","body":"In determining whether an enlargement or extension of a natural gas service area, natural gas mains, or natural gas services is in the public interest pursuant to section 66-1860 , the following shall constitute rebuttable presumptions:\n\n(1) Any enlargement or extension by a metropolitan utilities district within a city of the metropolitan class or its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction is in the public interest;\n\n(2) Any enlargement or extension by a jurisdictional utility within a city other than a city of the metropolitan class in which it serves natural gas on a franchise basis or its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction is in the public interest; and\n\n(3) Any enlargement or extension by a metropolitan utilities district within its statutory boundary or within a city other than a city of the metropolitan or primary class in which it serves natural gas on a franchise basis or its extraterritorial zoning jurisdiction is in the public interest.\n\nAny enlargement or extension by a metropolitan utilities district within the boundaries of a city of the metropolitan class involving the exercise of the power of eminent domain pursuant to subsection (2) of section 14-2116 shall, by reason of such exercise, be conclusively determined to be in the public interest.","path":["NE Code","Chapter 57"],"source_url":"https://nebraskalegislature.gov/laws/statutes.php?statute=66-1861","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:21Z","sha256":"e197a23f6ac38ef3d28885958df75c00389042b478664a7174b30421fe035a2f","source_id":"us-ne","stale":false,"prev":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-66-1860","next":"us-ne/neb.-rev.-stat.-66-1862"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}