14-604. Board of trustees; membership; term; election. A hospital having been established, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen from the citizens of the city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The said trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent city election, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as other officers are elected, none of whom shall be physicians. In any city in which a regular city election as provided by law may be held only once every two years, then there shall be elected one trustee for a two-year term of office and one trustee for a four-year term of office or until their successors shall have been respectively elected and qualified, and the person receiving the greater number of votes shall be deemed elected to the four-year term of office. Any trustee now holding office whose term will expire in an even-numbered year shall hold over and continue in office until a successor shall be duly elected and qualified as provided herein.
Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions to the contrary, from and after the effective date of this act the governing body by resolution may increase the number of trustees to serve on the board to five (5) or seven (7) members. In the event the governing body does not increase by resolution the number of members to serve on the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall consist of three (3) members. Whenever the number of members of an existing board of trustees is increased by resolution of the governing body, said governing body shall provide by resolution for the initial appointment or election of the new members. The governing body shall also provide by resolution for the expiration of the terms of the members initially appointed or elected to new positions on the board of trustees.
History: L. 1917, ch. 104, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-604; L. 1949, ch. 167, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 63, § 3; July 1.
Structure Kansas Statutes
Chapter 14 - Cities Of The Second Class
14-601c Participation in cost of establishing hospital; bond election.
14-602 Hospital site and building; tax levy, use of proceeds; petition and election.
14-604 Board of trustees; membership; term; election.
14-609 Same; use of hospital; fees; regulations.
14-610 Same; rules and regulations.
14-612 Same; physicians; rights of patients.
14-613 Same; training school for nurses.
14-614 Same; fees; account of receipts.
14-618 Government of hospital.
14-634 Same; lease of hospital.
14-640d Hospital maintenance and improvements; tax levy, use of proceeds.
14-646 Same; plans and specifications; bids.
14-647 Same; use of hospital; fees; rules and regulations.
14-648 Same; control of staff, employees, patients and grounds.
14-649 Same; donations to hospital.
14-650 Same; training school for nurses.
14-651 Same; fixing of patients' fees; account of receipts.
14-652 Same; bylaws, rules and regulations.
14-652a Same; existing statutes not affected by act.
14-654 Same; invalidity of part.
14-654a Same; additional bonds for site, building and equipment; election.
14-656 Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
14-658 Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election; qualifications.
14-660 Same; leases; approval by trustees.
14-661 Same; contracts; federal aid.
14-663 Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
14-663a Same; additional bonds; limitation; election.
14-663b Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
14-665 Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election.
14-667 Same; leases; approval by trustees.
14-668 Same; contracts; federal aid.
14-670 Same; lease or rental by city governing body.
14-673 Same; bond limitations not to apply.
14-675 Same; application of general bond law.
14-680 Same; federal aid and donations or gifts.
14-683 Same; plans and specifications; contracts.
14-684 Same; training school for nurses.
14-685 Hospitals in certain cities under 3,000.
14-686 Same; bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment; limitation; election.
14-688 Same; federal aid and donations or gifts.
14-691 Same; plans and specifications; contracts.
14-692 Same; training school for nurses.
14-693 Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities.
14-696 Same; budget; tax levy; revenues.
14-697 Same; agreements for nurses' training.
14-698 Same; bonds for sites, buildings, equipment and improvements; election; costs.
14-699 Same; election of trustees; nominations; vacancies; expenses.
14-6,101 Same; bonds; limitation; election.
14-6,102 Same; bond limitations inapplicable.
14-6,104 Same; acceptance of gifts.
14-6,107 Same; application of classification under 14-6,100.
14-6,108 Cities located in counties which have issued maximum amount of bonds authorized by 19-1869.
14-6,112 Same; loans exempt from certain statutory provisions.
14-6,114 Anthony, Kansas, hospital district; payment of expenses.