Chapter 80 — TOWNSHIPS AND TOWNSHIP OFFICERS

80-2503. Hospital districts in adjoining political subdivisions; procedure to establish; petition and election; inclusion of territory in existing districts, when. (a) Any two or more adjoining political subdivisions are hereby authorized to join in the establishment of a hospita…

80-2504. Same; hospital board; election; notice; term; annual meeting. Upon the establishment of a hospital district, the board of county commissioners shall cause a notice to be published, once each week for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper of general circulation in the hos…

80-2505. Same; transfer of hospital, property and funds to district. Upon the selection and organization of the first board, the governing body of any political subdivision joining in the establishment of the hospital district which owns and is operating a hospital at the time th…

80-2506. Hospital districts in adjoining political subdivisions; requirements for membership on board; increase in membership of board; procedure; petition; election; terms of new members; vacancies. (a) Every hospital shall be governed by a board composed of members who are qual…

80-2507. Same; selection of members of board of existing hospital. Members of the board of every existing hospital shall be selected in accordance with the following: (a) Every board which is being selected on the effective date of this act in the manner provided for in K.S.A. 80…

80-2508. Methods to select members of board; terms; qualifications; filing fees; ballots. (a) Subject to the limitations provided in this act, any of the four methods described in this section may be used in the selection of members of boards. The four methods are: (1) Elections …

80-2509. Same; hospital board; oath; organization; treasurer's bond; meetings; records and reports. (a) Members of the board, within 10 days after their selection, shall qualify by taking the oath or affirmation of civil officers as provided for in article 1 of chapter 54 of Kans…

80-2510. Same; hospital board; compensation; expenses. Members of the board may be allowed compensation by majority vote of the qualified electors voting at an annual meeting and, if allowed, such compensation shall be in an amount determined by the qualified electors voting at t…

80-2511. Powers and duties of hospital board; bylaws; rules and regulations; expenditures and investments; hospital administrator and employees, appointment, bond and benefit plans. (a) The board shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for the management and contr…

80-2512. Same; annual meeting of electors of district; notice. (a) An annual meeting of the qualified electors who reside within the taxing district of the hospital shall be held on the date and at the time and place determined at the first meeting of the qualified electors in ac…

80-2513. Same; bonds; election; use of proceeds; debt limitation. (a) The board of any hospital is hereby authorized to issue bonds of the taxing district of the hospital for the purpose of providing funds to be used for acquiring a site, constructing and equipping of a hospital …

80-2514. Same; construction projects; bids. No hospital building or addition shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor, adopted by the board, and bids advertised for according to law for county buildings. History: L. 1984, ch. 374,…

80-2515. Same; construction projects; architect; contracts; bids. The board shall have charge of the construction, erection, purchase and equipping of any hospital or addition to any hospital and shall employ an architect to prepare the plans and specifications, and to superinten…

80-2516. Same; levy for hospital; limit; increase in levy; election required; distribution of tax revenue. (a) The board may determine and fix an annual tax to be levied for the purpose of operating, equipping, maintaining and improving the hospital. Subject to the provisions of …

80-2517. Same; lease of hospital property; contracts for management of hospital; authority to sue. (a) The board may enter into written contracts for: (1) The lease of any hospital property to any person, corporation, society or association upon such terms and conditions as deeme…

80-2518. Hospital districts; hospital moneys; gifts and other donations; investment of moneys; financial records; transfer of moneys or property to not-for-profit corporation. (a) All hospital moneys, except moneys acquired through the issuance of revenue bonds, shall be paid to …

80-2519. Same; no-fund warrants; procedure; election; limitation. (a) During any budget year, the board of any hospital is hereby authorized to issue no-fund warrants for the purpose of raising money for financing any insufficiency in the operation and maintenance budget of the h…

80-2520. Same; sale of hospital property; procedures; financing for construction authorized, when. (a) Except as provided in subsection (c), the board of any hospital is hereby authorized to: (1) Sell personal property of the hospital in the value of less than $10,000, either in …

80-2521. Same; title to property. Title to any real or personal hospital property shall be vested in the board. History: L. 1984, ch. 374, § 21; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORDINATING COUNCIL General Policies 2026 Archived LCC Documents Archived LCC Meetings REVISOR OF …

80-2522. Same; attachment of territory to district; procedure; petition. Any one or more political subdivisions desiring to be attached to and become a part of any hospital district, or any remaining portion of any political subdivision which is a part of the hospital district de…

80-2523. Same; attachment of territory located in another district. If the petition under K.S.A. 80-2522 includes within the boundaries set out in the petition territory of another hospital district operating and maintaining a hospital, the petition shall also be accompanied by a…

80-2524. Same; disorganization of hospital, when. (a) Any hospital, or board thereof, which holds no property other than books, records and any remaining hospital moneys may disorganize in the manner provided in this section. (b) When all debts and obligations of such hospital an…

80-2525. Revenue bonds; procedure to issue; petition; election. The board may issue and sell revenue bonds for the purpose of acquiring an existing hospital building or buildings and improving, remodeling or repairing and equipping the same, or for the purpose of acquiring a site…

80-2526. Same; revenue bonds; pledge of certain revenues. At or prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under authority of this act, the board shall pledge either the gross or the net income and revenues of the hospital to the payment of principal and interest of such revenue bond…

80-2527. Same; revenue bonds; not an indebtedness of hospital; exempt from debt limit. Revenue bonds issued under authority of this act shall not be an indebtedness of the taxing district of the hospital or the hospital or of the board or the individual members of the board, and …

80-2528. Same; revenue bonds; negotiability; interest rate; terms. Revenue bonds issued under authority of this act shall have all of the qualities and incidents of negotiable instruments, may bear interest at a rate not exceeding the maximum rate for revenue bonds prescribed in …

80-2529. Same; revenue bonds; covenants and agreements. In order to secure the prompt payment of the principal and interest upon revenue bonds and the proper application of the revenue pledged thereto, the board is authorized to: (a) Covenant as to the use and disposition of the …

80-2530. Same; revenue bonds; deposit of proceeds. The proceeds derived from the sale of the revenue bonds herein authorized shall be deposited to the credit of the board in a bank, banks or other depositories designated by the board and kept in a separate fund and used solely fo…

80-2531. Same; revenue bonds; tax exemptions. The interest on the revenue bonds issued hereunder shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation in the state of Kansas. History: L. 1984, ch. 374, § 31; L. 2010, ch. 44, § 37; July 1. Previous | Next LEGISLATIVE COORD…

80-2532. Same; revenue bonds; investment of proceeds. Any officer or officers, board or boards, having charge of any sinking fund or any other fund of the state of Kansas, or any department, agency or institution thereof, or any county, municipality or other public corporation or…

80-2533. Same; eminent domain. If the board and the owner of any real property desired by the board for hospital purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, the board may institute condemnation proceedings in the manner prescribed by article 5 of chapter 26 of the …

80-2548. Hospital district No. 1, Marion county, Kansas, authorized to convey, without consideration, certain property. Notwithstanding any provisions of article 25 of chapter 80 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated to the contrary, the hospital board of hospital district no. 1, Mari…

80-2549. Attica hospital district no. 1; election on bonds validated. Any election held prior to the effective date of this act for the approval of the issuance of general obligation bonds of Attica hospital district no. 1 of Harper county, Kansas, in an amount not to exceed $1,3…

80-2550. Definitions. As used in this act: (a) "Board" means a board which is vested with the management and control of a health care facilities and services hospital district; (b) "health care facilities and services hospital district" means a hospital district, city hospital or…

80-2551. Health care facilities and services hospital districts; existence continued under act. (a) Any health care facilities and services hospital district existing on the effective date of this act is hereby continued in existence, and any existing board shall be deemed to be …

80-2552. Health care facilities and services hospital districts; subject to provisions of general law. Any health care facilities and services hospital district shall be deemed a hospital to the same extent as though the same were a hospital which is being operated and maintained…

80-2553. Provisions of act supplemental to general hospital laws. The provisions of K.S.A. 80-2550 through 80-2553, and amendments thereto, are supplemental to the general law relating to hospital districts, city hospitals or county hospitals in which a hospital is being operated…

80-2554. Health care facilities and services hospital district in Linn and Bourbon counties; contract to borrow money authorized; publication; protest petition; special election. The board of directors of health care facilities and services hospital district no. 1, Linn and Bourb…

80-2555. Norwich hospital district no. I of Kingman county declared a health care facilities and services hospital district. Notwithstanding any provision of K.S.A. 80-2550 and amendments thereto to the contrary, Norwich hospital district no. I of Kingman county, Kansas, is hereb…

80-2556. Formation of certain hospital districts in Linn County. (a) Whenever a petition, signed by not less than 10% of the qualified electors of the Mound City township and Paris township in Linn county, is filed with the board of county commissioners of Linn county requesting …