Bill Text: IA SF2290 | 2017-2018 | 87th General Assembly | Enrolled

Iowa Senate Bill 2290 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: A bill for an act relating to boards of trustees for county and city hospitals. (Formerly SSB 3114.) Effective 7-1-18.

Sponsorship: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2018-03-28 - Signed by Governor. S.J. 812. [SF2290 Detail]

Download: Iowa-2017-SF2290-Enrolled.html

Senate File 2290 - Enrolled

SENATE FILE
BY COMMITTEE ON STATE
GOVERNMENT

(SUCCESSOR TO SSB
3114)
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A BILL FOR
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Senate File 2290

AN ACT
RELATING TO BOARDS OF TRUSTEES FOR COUNTY AND CITY
HOSPITALS.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA:
Section 1. NEW SECTION. 66.31 County and city hospital
trustees.
A county or city hospital board of trustees may include in
their bylaws a process for removal of a trustee for which there
is cause that would be grounds for an equitable action for
removal in the district court. The process shall provide for a
hearing on written charges filed with the board of trustees.
Sec. 2. Section 347.9, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
347.9 Trustees == appointment == terms of office.
1. When it has been determined by the voters of a county
to establish a county public hospital, the board shall appoint
five or seven trustees chosen from among the resident citizens
of the county with reference to their fitness for office, and
not more than four of the trustees shall be residents of the
city at which the hospital is located. The appointed trustees
shall hold office until the following general election, at
which time their successors shall be elected, two three for
a term of two four years, two for four years, and three for
six and the remainder for a term of two years, and they shall
determine by lot their respective terms, and thereafter their
successors shall be elected for regular terms of six four years
each.
2. Upon approval of a majority of the current board of
trustees, the board may reduce an existing seven=member board
to a five=member board. The board shall establish how to
reduce the number of trustees on the board and shall provide
for a staggered election cycle for election to the five=member
board, which election shall be for a term of four years.
However, the manner of reducing the number of trustees shall
ensure that the current trustees on the seven=member board may
continue to hold office through the end of their respective
terms.
Sec. 3. Section 347.10, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
347.10 Vacancies.
Vacancies on the board of trustees may, until the next
general election, be filled by appointment by the remaining
members of the board of trustees or, if fewer than four a
majority of the trustees remain on the board, by the board of
supervisors for the period until the vacancies are filled by
election. An appointment made under this section shall be for
the unexpired balance of the term of the preceding trustee. If
a board member is absent for four consecutive regular board
meetings, without prior excuse, or fails to comply with more
stringent attendance requirements for regular board meetings
included in the bylaws governing the board, the member's
position shall be declared vacant and filled as set out in this
section.
Sec. 4. Section 347.11, Code 2018, is amended to read as
follows:
347.11 Organization == meetings == quorum.
Hospital trustees shall qualify by taking the usual oath of
office as provided in chapter 63 and organize by the election
of a chairperson, a secretary, and a treasurer. The secretary
shall report to the county auditor and county treasurer the
names of the chairperson, secretary, and treasurer of the
board of hospital trustees as soon as practicable after the
qualification of each. A board of hospital trustees shall
meet as necessary to adequately oversee the operation of the
hospital. Four A majority of the board of trustees shall
constitute a quorum necessary for actions by the board of
hospital trustees. The secretary shall maintain a complete
record of board meetings, proceedings, and actions.
Sec. 5. Section 347.13, subsection 3, Code 2018, is amended
to read as follows:
3. Adopt bylaws and rules for its own guidance and for the
government of the hospital. The bylaws may contain limits on
the number of terms a trustee may serve on the board.
Sec. 6. Section 347A.1, subsection 2, paragraph b, Code
2018, is amended to read as follows:
b. The trustees shall hold office until the next succeeding
election, at which time their successors shall be elected,
two for a term of two years, two and three for a term of four
years, and one for a term of six years, and thereafter their
successors shall be elected for regular terms of six four years
each. Vacancies on the board of trustees may be filled in the
same manner as original appointments, to hold office until the
vacancies are filled pursuant to section 69.12. If a board
member is absent for four consecutive regular board meetings,
without prior excuse, or fails to comply with more stringent
attendance requirements for regular board meetings included in
the bylaws governing the board, the member's position shall be
declared vacant and filled as set out in this paragraph.
Sec. 7. Section 392.6, subsection 3, paragraph b, Code 2018,
is amended to read as follows:
b. Vacancies on the board of trustees may, until the next
general or regular city election, be filled in the same manner
as provided in section 347.10. An appointment made under this
paragraph shall be for the unexpired balance of the term of
the preceding trustee. If a board member is absent for four
consecutive regular board meetings, without prior excuse, or
fails to comply with more stringent attendance requirements
for regular board meetings included in the bylaws governing
the board, the member's position shall be declared vacant and
filled as set out in this paragraph.

JACK WHITVER

LINDA UPMEYER

W. CHARLES SMITH

KIM REYNOLDS

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