(a)The erection, management and control of the county
memorial hospital, county memorial hospital fund and all
property and funds received for the benefit of the hospital
shall be by a board of trustees composed of at least five (5)
but not more than eleven (11) competent and responsible citizens
of the county appointed by the board of county commissioners.
The number of members of any board of trustees shall be an odd
number determined by the county commissioners. The first board
of trustees, or additional members to a board of trustees, as
soon as appointed shall draw lots for the purpose of determining
the term of each member of the board. Up to two (2) members of
the original board or additional members of the board shall
serve for a term of one (1) year, up to two (2) for a term of
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(a) The erection, management and control of the county
memorial hospital, county memorial hospital fund and all
property and funds received for the benefit of the hospital
shall be by a board of trustees composed of at least five (5)
but not more than eleven (11) competent and responsible citizens
of the county appointed by the board of county commissioners.
The number of members of any board of trustees shall be an odd
number determined by the county commissioners. The first board
of trustees, or additional members to a board of trustees, as
soon as appointed shall draw lots for the purpose of determining
the term of each member of the board. Up to two (2) members of
the original board or additional members of the board shall
serve for a term of one (1) year, up to two (2) for a term of
two (2) years, up to two (2) for a term of three (3) years, up
to two (2) for a term of four (4) years and up to two (2) for a
term of five (5) years after their appointment. Terms
thereafter shall be five (5) years, consecutively staggered.
Each trustee shall serve until the first Monday of July
following the expiration of their term and the board of county
commissioners annually at their meeting in June shall appoint a
successor to the trustee or trustees whose term expires. As
soon as the original board has determined the terms of its
members they shall organize by electing a president, secretary
and treasurer of the board. As soon as they are organized they
shall file with the county clerk and the secretary of state a
certificate showing their organization, for which filing no fee
or charge shall be paid. Upon filing the certificate the board
of trustees is a body corporate with power to sue and be sued
under the name of "Board of Trustees of the Memorial Hospital of
.... County". No individual member of the board of trustees is
personally liable for any action or procedure of the board. The
corporation has perpetual existence and it is not necessary to
file any other or further certificate than that filed upon the
original organization of the board of trustees.
(b) Annually upon the appointment of a new member of the
board, the trustees shall meet and organize by electing a
president, secretary and treasurer. Each member of the board
shall serve without compensation and the treasurer of the board
shall give bond in such amount and with such sureties as
approved by the board of county commissioners conditioned for
the faithful performance of his duties and the full accounting
for all monies received as treasurer. The board may allow and
pay to the secretary such reasonable compensation as they deem
proper for secretarial, accounting and other services required
of him in addition to his general duties as a member of the
board.
(c) The hospital shall be erected and maintained on lands
whose title is in the county or upon which the county has a
lease for the term of ninety-nine (99) years. If any county
hospital is already owned and maintained by the county, the
board of county commissioners may permit the erection of the
county memorial hospital upon the grounds already owned and used
as a county hospital with any additional grounds deemed
necessary and may transfer the management and control of the old
hospital to the board of trustees of the memorial county
hospital so that the old and the new may be consolidated and
operated, controlled and maintained as a single hospital. If any
county is without title to sufficient land for the county
hospital it may acquire necessary lands by gift, purchase or
condemnation under the procedure authorized in exercising the
right to eminent domain.
(d) Subject to constitutional limitations, in addition to
any other securities the legislature authorizes or has
authorized by law for investment, any funds of the hospital may
be invested by the hospital board in any security which has been
recommended by an investment advisor registered under the
Uniform Investment Advisor's Act of 1940 as amended, or any bank
exercising its trust powers, and approved by the board. In
approving securities for the investment under this subsection,
the board shall be subject to and act in accordance with the
provisions of the Wyoming Uniform Prudent Investor Act. The
provisions of this subsection shall not be construed to
authorize the use of any revenues generated from taxes to engage
in any activity authorized under W.S. 18-8-301(a).
(e) The county commissioners may remove any member of the
board of trustees for just cause without a public hearing unless
the trustee requests a public hearing. Vacancies on the board
of trustees shall be filled by the county commissioners for the
balance of the unexpired term created by the vacancy.