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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1972
Page
9
The text states that certain amendments were not maintained for the legally required minimum term and that sections 14 15 10 and 127 are hereby repealed, signaling legal changes and enforcement of term limits.
Amendment asks voters to empower Legislature to let municipalities provide and maintain off-street parking facilities financed by special assessments or taxes within parking districts. A FOR vote grants authority. AGAINST would withhold it.
Text of a proposed constitutional amendment to Article VIII section 6 authorizing cities to create off street parking facilities via special assessments or taxes, allocate benefits, and maintain or reconstruct facilities. It covers uniform taxation for other municipal purposes and allows separate taxes within off street parking districts. The amendment targets general election approval in November 1972.
Constitutional proposal enlarges the judicial nominating commissions from seven to nine, bars supreme court judges who serve as chairmen from voting, increases bar and governor appointments, limits party homogeneity, requires candidate names public before hearings, and mandates roll call voting with a majority to submit a name to the Governor. The amendment preserves current composition and procedures otherwise.
Text outlines that when a vacancy occurs in the Supreme Court or any district or specified courts, the Governor shall fill the vacancy. The section specifies the process for filling such vacancies.
The text outlines the process for filling judicial vacancies: governors receive a list of candidates from commissions. if no appointment in sixty days, the Chief Justice appoints from the same list. It creates a system of retention elections every six years, establishes a judicial nominating commission for the Chief Justice and for each district, details composition, qualifications, and voting rules, and requires majority approval within commissions before submitting a nominee to the Governor.
The text outlines that the Legislature could authorize adjustments to retirement benefits for retired public employees to reflect post retirement cost of living and wage changes and would let local governments periodically review and adjust vested pension benefits by ordinance. It also states it would prevent adjustments based on conditions after retirement dates. It would authorize benefits may be adjusted for cost of living and wages after retirement and permit local bodies to review vested pensions.
The section proposed by the Legislature forbids increasing pay after services or contracts unless for post retirement cost of living adjustments. It allows pension adjustments and permits raises or reductions at the start of a member’s full term for multi member bodies. Local bodies may review vested pension benefits by ordinance.
Proposal would remove the State Tax Commissioner as a member but keep him as an adviser on the board. The board would consist of the Governor Secretary of State Auditor of Public Accounts State Treasurer and possibly one new member to be chosen by law. The amendment also harmonizes provisions with prior amendments and clarifies duties of the Tax Commissioner.
The proposal to Section 28 of Article 1V sets a Tax Commissioner to be named by the Governor with Legislature consent. The commissioner will oversee revenue laws and advise the State Board of Equalization and Assessment, whose members include the Governor and other state officials. The board will review property tax assessments and the commissioner’s term and pay are to be defined by law.
Amendment to delete exceptions to eligibility for Legislature members and to prohibit any member or state officer from direct conflicts in contracts with the state or counties or municipalities. It preserves existing eligibility and civil appointment provisions and requires standards and enforcement for conflicts.
A summary item noting a county or municipal body adopting standards and definitions for determining conflicts of interest and their effects, with voting tallies showing 0 for and 0 against.
The notice lists patients and staff movements at a hospital with names of those admitted dismissed and transferred. A later item reports Mrs Alfred Gondringer hosting a housewarming for relatives and friends at a southeast Osceola home with guests from Lincoln and Columbus, sharing cards and lunch.
Osceola Neb reader Leona Imhoff reports a flurry of visits and social events. Local residents attend LCW convention in Hastings. relatives from Pender, Rising City, Fullerton and Columbus stop by. Family gatherings, birthdays, and church outings fill a busy week in Osceola and nearby towns.
Mr and Mrs LaVern Boss of Shelby announce the engagement of their daughter Debra to Lee Grossnicklaus son of Mr and Mrs Ray Grossnicklaus of Shelby Debra a Shelby High School and Platte College graduate is an LPN at Annie Jeffrey Hospital in Osceola Her fiancé a graduate of Aquinas attended Doane College now serves as helicopter instructor in the Army at Fort Carson Colorado Springs The wedding is set for January 27
The measure, enacted by the people under Article III, sections 9 and 16, would bar federal or state lucrative offices from legislators and void civil appointments to state offices during service. It also prohibits conflicts of interest in contracts by legislators or state officers during their terms or one year after, with the Legislature to set standards and sanctions.
Proposal seeks to rename the State Railway Commission to Public Service Commission while retaining the existing body’s authority and structure. The amendment text notes initial language and presents the change as altering the commission’s name rather than its functions. Opposition is referenced with a terse “O Against” qualifier.
Article IV section 20 est a Public Service Commission with three to seven members elected by districts. Terms span six years and pay is set by the Legislature. It regulates rates and service of common carriers, with powers outlined or later specified by law.
Respectfully submitted, ALLEN J. BEERMANN Secretary of State publish three times, weeks of October 16, 23, and 30, 1972.
Local society page lists meetings of City Council Scouts IOOF Board of Education American Legion Rebekahs Entre Nous and more for early November. Weekend visits include Mr. and Mrs. Lavern Miller at the Oklahoma State Nebraska game in Lincoln and Dr and Mrs John LeMar of Fargo with the Inness families.
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