Section 145A.21 – Amendment of plan of merger — procedures — qualifications.
145A.21 Amendment of plan of merger — procedures — qualifications. A plan of merger once approved may be amended. An amendment shall be formulated and approved in the same manner and subject to the same limitations as provided in sections 145A.3 through 145A.9 for the formulation and approval of an original plan of merger. However, […]
Section 145A.22 – Actions subject to contest of elections — filing actions — limitation.
145A.22 Actions subject to contest of elections — filing actions — limitation. A special election called to approve or reject an original plan of merger or an amendment to an approved plan of merger is subject to the provisions for contest of elections for public measures set forth in chapter 57. Except as provided with […]
Section 145A.7 – Special election.
145A.7 Special election. When a protesting petition is received, the officials receiving the petition shall call a special election of all registered voters of that political subdivision upon the question of approving or rejecting the order setting out the proposed merger plan. The election shall be held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection […]
Section 145A.8 – Effect on other subdivisions.
145A.8 Effect on other subdivisions. A protest petition filed in one political subdivision shall have no effect upon the other political subdivisions of the proposed merged area; and in the portion of the proposed area where no protest petition is filed within sixty days after the last published notice, the residents of that portion of […]
Section 145A.9 – Continuance or abandonment.
145A.9 Continuance or abandonment. If the voters at the special election approve by a majority vote the proposed plan, then the plan may be carried out as originally proposed. However, if the voters of any political subdivision within the proposed area reject the plan as set out in the original order, then said original order […]
Section 145A.10 – Board of hospital trustees.
145A.10 Board of hospital trustees. Upon acceptance of a plan, the officials of the merged area acting as a committee of the whole shall appoint a board of hospital trustees. The board of trustees shall then meet, elect a chairperson and adopt such rules for the organization of the board as may be necessary. The […]
Section 145A.11 – Terms of members.
145A.11 Terms of members. The terms of members of the board shall be four years, except that members of the initial board shall determine their respective terms by lot so that the terms of one-half of the members, as nearly as may be, shall expire at the next general election. The remaining initial terms shall […]
Section 145A.12 – Operation and management.
145A.12 Operation and management. The board shall govern the operation and management of the area hospital and may do all things necessary to establish and operate the hospital. The board has all the general powers, duties, and responsibilities of the trustees of county public hospitals as set out in sections 347.13 and 347.14 and may […]
Section 145A.13 – Political status.
145A.13 Political status. A merged area as a public corporation formed under this chapter may exercise the powers granted under this chapter, and may sue and be sued, purchase and sell property, incur indebtedness in accordance with constitutional limitations, and exercise all the powers granted by law and other powers incident to public corporations of […]
Section 145A.14 – Budget for operation.
145A.14 Budget for operation. The board shall prepare an annual budget designating the proposed expenditures for operation of the area hospital and payment of bonded indebtedness, and the amount to be raised by taxation, following the requirements of chapter 24. The board shall prorate the amount to be raised for operations by local taxation among […]