Title IX, LOCAL GOVERNMENT (Ch. 331 - 420)

Whenever a position in the classified service is to be filled, the sheriff shall notify the commission of that fact, and the commission shall certify the names and addresses of the ten candidates standing highest on the eligibility list for the class or grade for the position to …

No treasurer, auditor, or other officer, or employee of any county subject to this chapter shall approve the payment of or be in any manner involved in paying, auditing, or approving salary, wage, or other compensation for services to any person subject to the provisions of this …

Leave of absence, without pay, may be granted by any county sheriff to any person under civil service. The sheriff shall give notice of leave to the commission. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.15 ] 2013 Acts, ch 90, §94

The commission shall initiate and conduct all civil suits necessary for the proper enforcement of this chapter and the rules of the commission. The commission shall be represented in such suits by the county attorney. In the case of the combined counties, any one or more of the c…

A commissioner or any other person shall not, in person or in cooperation with another, deceive or obstruct any person in respect to the person’s right of examination or registration according to the commission rules, or falsely mark, grade, estimate, or report upon the examinati…

1. A person shall not be appointed or promoted to, or demoted or discharged from, any position subject to civil service, or in any way favored or discriminated against with respect to employment in the sheriff’s office because of the person’s political or religious opinions or af…

All officers and employees of each county shall aid in carrying out the provisions of this chapter . Rules as may, from time to time, be prescribed by the commission shall afford the commission, its members, and employees, all reasonable facilities and assistance in the inspectio…

1. Subject to the alternate plan enumerated in section 341A.3 , there is created in each county a civil service commission composed of three members. Two members shall be appointed by the county board of supervisors and one member shall be appointed by the county attorney of each…

The county board of supervisors of each county shall provide in the county budget for each fiscal year a sum equal to one-half of one percent of the preceding year’s total payroll of those included under the jurisdiction and scope of this chapter . The funds so provided shall be …

Any person who willfully violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a simple misdemeanor. The district court shall have jurisdiction of all such offenses. [C75, 77, 79, 81, §341A.21 ]

1. Any combination of counties in this state may, by resolution of the boards of supervisors in each county, establish a combined civil service system to serve such counties. The specific terms of the agreement regarding the operation of the combined civil service system, includi…

1. If a county or combination of counties has a civil service commission, this commission shall serve as the commission established by this chapter and shall have all the powers and duties provided by this chapter . 2. If more than one civil service commission exists, the one fro…

1. The commission shall hold an organizational meeting immediately after its establishment and shall elect one of its members as chairperson. The commission shall hold regular meetings at least once annually, and may hold additional meetings as may be required in the fulfillment …

The commission shall have the following powers and duties: 1. To adopt, and amend as necessary, rules pursuant to the provisions of this chapter , which shall specify the manner in which examinations are to be held and appointments, promotions, transfers, reinstatements, demotion…

If a veteran has been honorably discharged between forty-five days before and sixty days after an examination or test is administered under section 341A.6 , the commission may allow the veteran to be subject to such examination or testing up to ninety days following the date that…

1. The classified civil service positions covered by this chapter include persons actually serving as deputy sheriffs who are salaried pursuant to section 331.904, subsection 2 , but do not include a chief deputy sheriff, two second deputy sheriffs in counties with a population o…

1. All appointments to and promotions to classified civil service positions in the office of county sheriff shall be made solely on merit, efficiency, and fitness, which shall be ascertained by open competitive examinations and impartial investigations, and no person in the class…

All persons holding a position on August 15, 1973, which is deemed classified by section 341A.7 are eligible for a permanent appointment under civil service to the offices or positions currently held if they qualify for appointment pursuant to section 341A.8 , and every such pers…

No county or other political corporation shall become indebted for its general or ordinary purposes to an amount exceeding in the aggregate one and one-fourth percent of the actual value of the taxable property within the corporation. The value of property shall be ascertained by…

1. Any joint building acquired, owned, erected, constructed, controlled, or occupied in accordance with the authorization contained in this section is declared to be acquired, owned, erected, constructed, controlled, or occupied for a public purpose and as a matter of public need…

When used in this chapter , unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Board” means the board of supervisors of the county. 2. “Health center” means a building or buildings, together with necessary equipment, furnishings, facilities, accessories and appurtenances and the site or …

Counties may undertake and carry out any project as defined in section 346A.1 , and the boards may operate, control, maintain and manage health centers and additions to and facilities for health centers. The boards may appoint committees, groups, or operating boards as they deem …

Vacancies on the board of trustees may be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of trustees or, if fewer than 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 appointmen…

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,…

1. Before the fifteenth day of each month, the county treasurer shall give notice to the chairperson of the board of hospital trustees or the chairperson’s designee of the amount of revenue collected for each fund of the hospital to the first day of that month and the county trea…

A board of hospital trustees’ duties shall include all of the following: 1. Engage in all activities necessary to manage, control, and govern the hospital unless otherwise prohibited under this chapter . 2. Exercise all the rights and duties of hospital trustees including but not…

The board of trustees may: 1. Purchase, condemn, or lease a site for such public hospital and provide and equip suitable hospital buildings. 2. Cause plans and specifications to be made and adopted for all hospital buildings, and advertise for bids, as required by law for other c…

1. Any resident of a county in this state who is sick or injured shall be entitled to care and treatment in any public hospital established and maintained by that county under this chapter , so long as that person observes the rules of conduct prescribed by the board of hospital …

It shall be the duty of the trustees either by themselves or through the superintendent to make collections of all accounts for hospital services rendered to persons other than indigent patients or patients entitled to free care as provided in section 347.16 . Such account shall …

A trustee shall not receive any compensation for services performed under this chapter , but a trustee shall be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of the trustee’s duties. [S13, §409-d; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5365; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71…

When a county hospital is located on land outside of but adjacent to a city, the ordinances of the city relating to fire and police protection and control, sanitary regulations, and public utility service shall be in force upon and over the hospital and grounds, and the city shal…

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…

1. A hospital established as a memorial hospital under chapter 37 or a county hospital supported by revenue bonds and organized under chapter 347A may become, in accordance with the provisions of this section , a county hospital organized and managed as provided for in this chapt…

Hospitals organized under chapter 37 or chapter 347A may be operated as provided for in this chapter in any way not clearly inconsistent with the specific provisions of their chapters. [C62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.24 ]

1. The election of hospital trustees whose offices are established by this chapter or chapter 145A or 347A shall take place at the general election on ballots which shall not reflect a nominee’s political affiliation. Nomination shall be made by petition in accordance with chapte…

In any county where there is a county hospital in existence, a health care facility as defined in section 135C.1 may be established to be operated in conjunction therewith, and all of the provisions of this chapter and all of the proceedings authorized thereby relating to hospita…

A county or city hospital may expend available funds for establishment and operation of facilities, programs, and services which provide health benefits to persons served by those facilities, programs, or services. Where appropriate, the county or city hospital shall enter into a…

This chapter does not deprive any hospital of its tax exempt or nonprofit status, except that any portion of hospital property which is used for purposes other than nonprofit, health-related purposes shall be subject to property tax as provided for in section 427.1, subsection 14…

1. a. If a county hospital is established, the board of supervisors, at the time of levying ordinary taxes, shall levy a tax at the rate voted not to exceed fifty-four cents per thousand dollars of assessed value in any one year for the erection and equipment of the hospital, and…

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. The appointed trustees shall hold offic…

1. The following persons shall not be eligible to serve as a trustee for a county public hospital: a. A person or spouse of a person with medical or special staff privileges in the county public hospital. b. A person or spouse of a person who receives direct compensation in an am…

1. A county having a population less than one hundred fifty thousand may issue revenue bonds for a county hospital as provided in section 331.461, subsection 2 , paragraph “e” . 2. a. The administration and management of the hospital shall be vested in a board of hospital trustee…

1. If in any year, after payment of the accruing interest on and principal due of revenue bonds issued under chapter 331, subchapter IV, part 4 , and payable from the revenues derived from the operation of the county hospital, there is a balance of such revenues insufficient to p…

It shall be the duty of the hospital trustees either by themselves or through the superintendent or similar person to make collections of all accounts for hospital services. Such account shall be payable on presentation to the person liable thereby of an itemized statement and if…

The purpose of this chapter is to grant to hospital trustees additional powers, and to consolidate and combine under one management all of the public hospital service of the counties and cities coming within its provisions. [C27, 31, 35, §5368-a1; C39, § 5368.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, …

In all counties of the state having a population of one hundred thirty-five thousand inhabitants or over, and in which consolidation of hospital service has been completed as contemplated in this chapter , said board of hospital trustees shall: 1. Have general supervision and car…