Chapter 14 — CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS

14-644. Governing body of city vested with control of hospital; management by city governing body; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; administrator; assistants; pension and deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and d…

14-645. Same; eminent domain. If the governing body of said city and the owner of any property desired by them for hospital and training school purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, said governing body is authorized and empowered to institute and prosecute to…

14-646. Same; plans and specifications; bids. No hospital or training school buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and adopted by the governing body of the city, and bids advertised for according to law for other publ…

14-647. Same; use of hospital; fees; rules and regulations. Every hospital established under this act shall be for the benefit of all the inhabitants of said city, and of any person falling sick or being injured or maimed within its limits, but every such inhabitant or person sha…

14-648. Same; control of staff, employees, patients and grounds. When such hospital and training school for nurses are established, the physicians, nurses, attendants, the persons sick therein, and all persons approaching or coming within said hospital and nurses training school …

14-649. Same; donations to hospital. Any person or persons, firm, organization, corporation or society, desiring to make a donation of money, personal property or real estate for the benefit of such hospital or training school for nurses, shall have the right to vest title of the…

14-650. Same; training school for nurses. A training school for nurses may be established and maintained in connection with such hospital, and as a part of same. History: L. 1941, ch. 159, § 10; February 21. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 A…

14-651. Same; fixing of patients' fees; account of receipts. The governing body of the city shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented at said city hospital for treatment are subject to charity, and shall fix such prices for compensation for patients, as the …

14-652. Same; bylaws, rules and regulations. The governing body of such city is hereby authorized and required to make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations as are necessary for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this act and acts amendatory thereof and suppleme…

14-652a. Same; existing statutes not affected by act. This act and all the provisions thereof shall not alter, amend, limit, repeal, modify, or otherwise affect the provisions of any existing statutes, or any part thereof, whereby any city of the second class may acquire and oper…

14-653. History: L. 1941, ch. 159, § 13; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 137, § 13; February 23. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Docum…

14-654. Same; invalidity of part. If any provision of this act, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this act and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. No caption t…

14-654a. Same; additional bonds for site, building and equipment; election. The governing body of any city of the second class which has authorized the issuance of bonds under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-641 to 14-654, for the purpose of acquiring a site and building and equippin…

14-655. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities in certain counties between 14,000 and 18,000 population; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class, located in a county having a population of not less than fourtee…

14-656. Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as in this act otherwise provide…

14-657. History: L. 1941, ch. 163, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 6; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

14-658. Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election; qualifications. Whenever any election shall have been held for the purpose of determining whether bonds shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping such hospital and the electors of suc…

14-659. Same; management. The government of any such hospital shall be as provided in K.S.A. 14-605 to 14-614, inclusive, or any amendments thereto. History: L. 1941, ch. 163, § 5; March 15. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Docum…

14-660. Same; leases; approval by trustees. The governing body of any such city shall have power to lease, let or rent to any person, firm, corporation or other legally organized society the building and equipment herein provided for upon such terms and conditions, including spec…

14-661. Same; contracts; federal aid. The board of trustees of such hospital is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for a site, the construction and equipment of said hospital buildings and to do so in such manner as to comply with and secure the benefits of any federal a…

14-661a. History: L. 1943, ch. 121, § 1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 135, § 1; June 29. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived School Finance Documents …

14-662. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in cities in certain counties between 20,000 and 25,000 population; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class located in a county having a population of not less than twenty thousand …

14-663. Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as in this act otherwise provide…

14-663a. Same; additional bonds; limitation; election. This act shall apply to any city of the second class wherein the qualified electors thereof have voted in accordance with the provisions of K.S.A. 14-662, to issue bonds for the purpose of providing revenue for the purpose of…

14-663b. Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable. All bonds issued under the authority conferred in this act shall be issued, sold, registered, delivered and retired in the manner prescribed by K.S.A. 14-663, and said section shall be applicable to all bonds issued under…

14-664. History: L. 1941, ch. 164, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 7; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

14-665. Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election. Whenever any election shall have been held for the purpose of determining whether bonds shall be issued for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping such hospital and the electors of such city have decl…

14-666. Same; management. The government of any such hospital shall be as provided in K.S.A. 14-605 to 14-614, inclusive, or any amendments thereto. History: L. 1941, ch. 164, § 5; March 24. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Docum…

14-667. Same; leases; approval by trustees. The governing body of any such city shall have power to lease, let or rent to any person, firm, corporation or other legally organized society the building and equipment herein provided for upon such terms and conditions, including spec…

14-668. Same; contracts; federal aid. The board of trustees of such hospital is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for a site, the construction and equipment of said hospital buildings and to do so in such manner as to comply with and secure the benefits of any federal a…

14-669. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000 population; limitation; election; petition. The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of not less than five thousand nor more than eight thousa…

14-670. Same; lease or rental by city governing body. Upon the establishment and building of a hospital in said city of the second class, the governing body of said city shall have the power by resolution to rent, lease or let said hospital unto any person, persons, corporation o…

14-671. Same; federal aid. The governing bodies of such cities of the second class are hereby authorized and empowered to accept and secure any benefits of federal aid in the construction of any such hospital. History: L. 1945, ch. 142, § 3; March 6. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE C…

14-672. Same; donations. The governing body of said city is hereby authorized to accept any grants, donations or gifts which shall be in addition to the amount of bonds voted. History: L. 1945, ch. 142, § 4; March 6. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Polici…

14-673. Same; bond limitations not to apply. No other law of this state limiting bonded indebtedness shall apply to any bonds issued under the provisions of this act. History: L. 1945, ch. 142, § 5; March 6. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 A…

14-674. Bonds for construction and equipment of addition or annex to city hospital, when; limitations; election; petition. The governing body of any city of the second class may construct, build, erect, furnish and equip an addition or annex to any hospital being operated and mai…

14-675. Same; application of general bond law. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article 1, chapter 10, of the Kansas Statutes Annotated, and amendments thereto, except as in this act otherwise provided. History:…

14-676. Same; donations. The governing bodies of any such cities are hereby authorized to accept any grants, donations or gifts which shall be in addition to the amount of the proposed bond issue. History: L. 1945, ch. 139, § 3; February 24. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATI…

14-677. Same; federal aid. The governing bodies of such cities are hereby authorized and empowered to contract for the construction and equipment of said hospital buildings in such manner as to comply with and secure the benefits of any federal aid. History: L. 1945, ch. 139, § 4…

14-677a. Construction or construction and equipment of hospital or addition; additional bonds for certain hospital purposes; notice; protest petition; election. Any city of the second class which has voted to issue bonds for the purpose of constructing or constructing and equippi…

14-678. Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping in cities in certain counties of not more than 50,000 population; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class located in a county having a population of not more than 50,000 with a total assesse…

14-679. Hospitals in certain cities; management by governing body or trustees; pension and deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and dependents; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; lease or rental of hospital. Upon th…

14-680. Same; federal aid and donations or gifts. The governing body of a city of the second class is hereby authorized and empowered to accept and secure any benefits of federal aid or state moneys in the construction, improvement, or maintenance of such hospital and make contra…

14-681. History: L. 1947, ch. 163, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 8; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF STATUTES Archived Session Documents Archived Scho…

14-682. Same; eminent domain. If the governing body of a city of the second class and the owner of any property desired by said city for hospital purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, the city shall have the authority to institute condemnation proceedings and…

14-683. Same; plans and specifications; contracts. No hospital buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and approved by the governing body of the city and bids advertised therefor and contracts let to the lowest responsi…

14-684. Same; training school for nurses. A training school for nurses may be established and maintained in connection with such hospital and as a part of same. History: L. 1947, ch. 163, § 7; April 14. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archiv…

14-685. Hospitals in certain cities of less than 3,000 population. This act shall apply to any city of the second class which has a population of less than three thousand and which is located in a county having a population of not less than eight thousand nor more than ten thousa…

14-686. Same; bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment; limitation; election. The governing body of any such city is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding two hundred fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a si…

14-687. Governing body vested with control of hospitals; management by governing body or trustees; pension and deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and dependents; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; lease or rental …