347.9 - TRUSTEES -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS OF OFFICE.
347.9 TRUSTEES -- APPOINTMENT -- TERMS OF OFFICE. When it has been determined by the voters of a county to establish a county public hospital, the board shall appoint seven trustees chosen from among the resident citizens of the county with reference to their fitness for office, and not more than four of the trustees shall be residents of the city at which the hospital is located. The trustees shall hold office until the following general election, at which time their successors shall be elected, two for a term of two years, two for four years, and three for six years, and they shall determine by lot their respective terms, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for regular terms of six years each.
Section History: Early Form [S13, § 409-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 5355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 347.9]
Section History: Recent Form 86 Acts, ch 1200, § 3; 99 Acts, ch 36, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 65, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 110, §6 Referred to in § 331.321