34-10-10. Annexation of territory by district--Petition, hearing, and order.
The boundaries of any public hospital district may be altered and outlying districts annexed from territory contiguous thereto in the following manner: a petition signed by sixty percent of the resident electors within the territory proposed to be annexed, designating the boundaries of such contiguous territory proposed to be annexed and asking that it be annexed to said public hospital district, shall be presented to the board of trustees. At the first regular meeting after the presentation of said petition, said board shall cause notice of said petition to be published in two successive issues of an official newspaper published in each county in which said district is situated prior to the date fixed by the board for a hearing of said petition, which date shall not be less than four weeks after the filing of such petition.
Upon the date fixed for such hearing or continuance thereof, said board shall take up and consider said petition and any objections which may be filed to the inclusion of any additional area or territory in said district. Said board shall have the power by order entered on its minutes to grant or deny said petition, and by order entered on its minutes to alter the boundaries of said hospital district and to annex thereto said area or territory described in said petition. This territory shall become and be a part of such public hospital district and shall be subject to the tax authorized by this chapter, together with the preexisting area of said district.
Source: SL 1959, ch 135, §17; SDC Supp 1960, §27.19B17.
Structure South Dakota Codified Laws
Title 34 - Public Health and Safety
Chapter 10 - Public Hospital Districts
Section 34-10-1 - Purpose of chapter--Types of institutions included.
Section 34-10-4 - Joint action of county commissioners of two or more counties.
Section 34-10-5 - Notice of election on establishment of district--General election laws applicable.
Section 34-10-6 - List of electors obtained from county auditors.
Section 34-10-7 - Qualifications of electors on establishment of district.
Section 34-10-10 - Annexation of territory by district--Petition, hearing, and order.
Section 34-10-11 - Board of trustees to manage district.
Section 34-10-12 - Terms of office of trustees--Election of first board.
Section 34-10-13 - Nomination of trustees--Date and notice of elections.
Section 34-10-14 - Trustees unpaid--Vacancy on board--Records of actions.
Section 34-10-18 - Failure of bond issue on failure of district.
Section 34-10-21 - Tax levy for retirement of bonds.
Section 34-10-22 - Reduction of tax levy on payment of other moneys into debt service fund.
Section 34-10-24 - Collection of taxes levied--Transfer of collections to district treasurer.
Section 34-10-26 - Tax levy for operation and maintenance of hospital--Maximum levy.
Section 34-10-27 - Accounting for district funds--Disbursements.
Section 34-10-28 - Lease of hospital facilities to others.
Section 34-10-29 - Annual audit of district affairs--Report of audit.
Section 34-10-30 - Dissolution of district--Provision for indebtedness.
Section 34-10-31 - Effective date of dissolution--Certification as to indebtedness.