Section 145A.3 – Official planning — maximum levy.
145A.3 Official planning — maximum levy. The officials of a political subdivision may plan the formation of a public corporation as a merged area to establish and operate an area hospital. In planning for an area hospital, a county board of supervisors may exclude from the merged area any township of the county which the […]
Section 145A.19 – Special tax.
145A.19 Special tax. In addition to the tax authorized in connection with the annual budget and with the issuance of bonds, the voters in any merged area may at any regular election vote a special tax for a period not to exceed five years for the purchase of grounds, purchase or construction of buildings, purchase […]
Section 145A.4 – Plans.
145A.4 Plans. Officials of the various subdivisions may expend public funds for the purpose of formulating plans and in carrying out plans for a merged area and may arrive at an equitable distribution of costs to be paid by each participating political subdivision. [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §145A.4] Referred to in §145A.21, 347A.3
Section 145A.20 – Revenue bonds.
145A.20 Revenue bonds. In addition to any other provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of acquiring, constructing, equipping, enlarging, or improving a hospital building or any part of a hospital building, merged areas may issue revenue bonds and the board has all the powers and duties of a county board of supervisors as […]
Section 145A.5 – Order of approval.
145A.5 Order of approval. When a plan is approved, the officials approving the plan shall jointly issue an order of approval. The order shall specify the area to be merged, the maximum rate of tax to be levied for debt service and operation and maintenance of the proposed area hospital in the portion of the […]
Section 145A.6 – Petition of protest.
145A.6 Petition of protest. The plans formulated for the area hospital shall be deemed approved unless, within sixty days after the third and final publication of the order, a petition protesting the proposed plan containing the signatures of at least five percent of the registered voters of any political subdivision within the proposed merged area […]
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 […]