§ 347.23 — City hospital changed to county hospital

Iowa § 347.23

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title IX: LOCAL GOVERNMENT
• Ch. 347: COUNTY HOSPITALS

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1. Any hospital organized and existing as a city hospital may become a county hospital
organized and managed as provided for in this chapter, upon a proposition for such purpose
being submitted to and approved by a majority of the electors of both the city in which
such hospital is located and of the county under whose management it is proposed that
such hospital be placed. The proposition shall be placed upon the ballot by the board of
supervisors when requested by a petition signed by eligible electors of the county equal in
number to five percent of the votes cast for president of the United States or governor, as the
case may be, at the last general election. The proposition shall be submitted at an election
held on a date specified in section 39.2, subsection 4, paragraph “a”. Upon the approval of
the proposition the hospital, its assets and liabilities, will become the property of the county
and this chapter will govern its future management.
2. The question shall be submitted in substantially the following form:
Shall the municipal hospital of ........................, Iowa, be
transferred to and become the property of, and be managed by the
county of ........................, Iowa?
3. Forthepurposeofcomputingwhetherornotsaidpropositioniscarried, thevotesofthe
residents of the city in which said hospital is located shall be counted both for the purpose of

ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the city and also for the purpose
of ascertaining whether or not the proposition is carried within the county.

Legislative History

[C62, 66, 71, 73, §347.23, 380.12; C75, 77, 79, 81, §347.23]