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NE Code § 23-3530 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3530 - Hospital districts; petition; contents; signatures required; valuation required.

23-3530.  Hospital districts; petition; contents; signatures required; valuation required.Whenever the formation of a local hospital district is desired, a petition stating (1) the name of the proposed district, (2) the location of the hospital to be maintained by such proposed district, and (3) the territory to be included within it, which territory should be contiguous, may be presented to the county board of the county in which the land or a greater portion of the land in the proposed district is situated. Such petitions shall be signed by at least ten percent of the resident freeholders whose names appear on the current tax schedules in the office of the county assessor and who appear to reside within the suggested boundaries of the proposed district. The minimum taxable valuation of all taxable property within such proposed district shall be eight million six hundred thousand dollars. Parts of a voting precinct may be included in the proposed district.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 2, p. 375;   Laws 1963, c. 115, § 1, p. 458;   Laws 1965, c. 103, § 1, p. 426;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 108;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.21;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 115.  Annotations  County board in which the land or greater portion of land in proposed district is appropriate tribunal to determine if lands have been properly included. Syfie v. Tri-County Hospital Dist., 186 Neb. 478, 184 N.W.2d 398 (1971). Harm from fractionating territories of counties under this section insufficient to constitute violation of Article I, section 25, or Article VIII, section 1, Constitution of Nebraska. Shadbolt v. County of Cherry, 185 Neb. 208, 174 N.W.2d 733 (1970).
NE Code § 23-3531 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3531 - Hospital districts; petition; hearing; notice; modification of boundaries.

23-3531.  Hospital districts; petition; hearing; notice; modification of boundaries.Upon receipt of such petition, the county board shall examine it to determine whether it complies with the requirements of section 23-3530. Upon finding that such petition complies with such requirements, the county board shall set a hearing thereon and cause notice thereof to be published at least three successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation throughout the area to be included in such proposed district. Such notice shall contain a statement of the information contained in such petition and of the date, time, and place at which such hearing shall be held and that at such hearing proposals may be submitted for the exclusion of land from, or the inclusion of additional land in such proposed district or for modification of the boundaries of the areas into which such district shall be divided for the purpose of election of members of the board of directors.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 3, p. 375;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.22.  Annotations Notice is complete upon distribution of last issue of paper although three full weeks have not elapsed since first publication. Syfie v. Tri-County Hospital Dist., 186 Neb. 478, 184 N.W.2d 398 (1971).
NE Code § 23-3532 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3532 - Hospital districts; hearing; changes in boundary; submission to electors.

23-3532.  Hospital districts; hearing; changes in boundary; submission to electors.After completion of the hearing required by section 23-3531, the county board shall order such changes in the boundaries of such proposed district or of the areas into which such proposed district is to be divided as it deems proper, but no such change shall reduce the total taxable valuation of all taxable property within such proposed district below eight million six hundred thousand dollars. The county board shall also order that the question of the formation of such district, as set forth in the petition and any changes therein ordered by the board, shall be submitted to the electors of such proposed district at a special election to be held for that purpose and shall set a date when such election shall be held at the usual voting place within each precinct. The county board shall certify such question to the county clerk or election commissioner who shall give notice of such election in the manner provided by law for the conduct of special elections.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 4, p. 376;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 109;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.23;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 116.  Annotations County board in which the land or greater portion of land in proposed district is the appropriate tribunal to determine if lands have been properly included. It cannot establish district until it shall be conducive to the public health and welfare. Syfie v. Tri-County Hospital Dist., 186 Neb. 478, 184 N.W.2d 398 (1971).
NE Code § 23-3533 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3533 - Hospital district; election; canvass of votes; resolution; district, body corporate; presumption.

23-3533.  Hospital district; election; canvass of votes; resolution; district, body corporate; presumption.The votes cast for and against the formation of such district shall be counted and canvassed in the manner provided by law and the results shall be certified to the county board. If the county board finds that a majority of the votes cast in the area of the proposed district favor the formation of such proposed district, it shall so declare by resolution entered on its records and forward a copy of such resolution to the county board of each county containing land embraced within such proposed district, and the district shall thereupon be fully organized. The district shall be a body corporate and politic and may sue and be sued in its own name. Every such hospital district shall, in all cases, be conclusively presumed to have been legally organized six months after such resolution has been adopted by the county board unless an action attacking the validity of such organization is brought within such time.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 5, p. 376;   Laws 1961, c. 88, § 3, p. 309;   Laws 1963, c. 115, § 2, p. 458;   Laws 1965, c. 103, § 2, p. 426;   Laws 1967, c. 122, § 1, p. 396;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.24.  Cross References  For canvass and return of votes, see Chapter 32, article 10.
NE Code § 23-3534 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3534 - Board of directors; members; election; terms; vacancies.

23-3534.  Board of directors; members; election; terms; vacancies.The elective officers of a local hospital district shall be a board of directors consisting of five members. The members of the first board shall be appointed by the county board and shall be so appointed that two members shall serve terms ending on the first Tuesday in June following the first statewide primary election following the initial appointment, and three shall serve terms ending on the first Tuesday in June following the second statewide primary election following the initial appointment.Members shall be elected as provided in section 32-550. All registered voters of this state who reside within the hospital district on or before the day of the election shall be entitled to vote in such hospital district election.Any vacancy upon such board occurring other than by the expiration of a term shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the board of directors. Any person appointed to fill such vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the unexpired term. If there are vacancies in the offices of a majority of the members of the board, there shall be a special election conducted by the Secretary of State to fill such vacancies.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 6, p. 376;   Laws 1963, c. 115, § 3, p. 458;   Laws 1972, LB 661, § 15;   Laws 1972, LB 1168, § 2;   Laws 1973, LB 552, § 5;   Laws 1989, LB 640, § 1;   R.S.Supp.,1990, § 23-343.25;   Laws 1994, LB 76, § 547.
NE Code § 23-3535 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3535 - Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; officers; selection; expenses.

23-3535.  Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; officers; selection; expenses.The board of directors shall meet on or before the second Monday after the completion of organization of the district and shall organize by the election of a chairperson, a vice-chairperson, and a secretary-treasurer. The members of such board shall serve without compensation, except that each shall be allowed his or her actual and necessary traveling and incidental expenses incurred in the performance of his or her official duties with reimbursement for mileage to be made at the rate provided in section 81-1176.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 7, p. 377;   Laws 1981, LB 204, § 23;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.26;   Laws 1996, LB 1011, § 17.
NE Code § 23-3536 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3536 - Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; quorum; rules and regulations.

23-3536.  Hospital district; board of directors; meetings; quorum; rules and regulations.The board of directors shall provide for the time and place of holding its regular meetings and the manner of calling the same and the manner for the calling of special meetings, and shall establish rules for its proceedings and may adopt such rules and regulations not inconsistent with law as may be necessary for the exercise of the powers conferred and the performance of the duties imposed upon the board. All of the sessions of such board, whether regular or special, shall be open to the public, and a majority of the members of such board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 8, p. 377;   Laws 1972, LB 1168, § 3;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.27.
NE Code § 23-3538 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3538 - Secretary-treasurer; bond.

23-3538.  Secretary-treasurer; bond.The secretary-treasurer of such district shall give a corporate surety bond, in such penal sum, not less than five thousand dollars, as the board of directors shall determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of all duties imposed upon him and the faithful and accurate accounting for all money belonging to such district coming into his possession.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 10, p. 378;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.29.
NE Code § 23-3539 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3539 - Hospital district; additional land; annexation; procedure.

23-3539.  Hospital district; additional land; annexation; procedure.A petition seeking the annexation of additional land to such district, signed by the legal voters in the area proposed for annexation equal in number to ten percent of the number of votes cast in the area for Governor at the last general election, may be filed with the board of directors. The board shall submit the question of annexation of such area to the legal voters of the district and of the area proposed for annexation, which question shall be submitted at the next annual hospital district election. If a majority of those voting on the question in the district and a majority of those voting on the question in the area proposed for annexation vote in favor of annexation, the board of directors shall declare such area annexed and certify the altered boundaries of the district to the county board of the county in which the annexed area is located and of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 11, p. 378;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.30.
NE Code § 23-3540 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3540 - Hospital district; withdrawal of land from district; procedure.

23-3540.  Hospital district; withdrawal of land from district; procedure.A petition seeking the withdrawal of land from such district signed by the legal voters in the area proposed for withdrawal equal in number to ten percent of the number of votes cast for Governor at the last general election may be filed with the board of directors. If the board finds that the portion of the district that would remain after such proposed withdrawal would have a minimum taxable valuation of eight million six hundred thousand dollars, it shall submit the question of withdrawal of such area to the legal voters of the district at the next annual hospital district election. If a majority of those voting on the question in the area sought to be withdrawn and a similar majority in the remaining portion of the district vote in favor of such withdrawal, the board of directors shall declare such area withdrawn and certify the altered boundaries of the district to the county board of the county in which the withdrawn area is located and of the county in which the greater portion of the district is located.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 12, p. 378;   Laws 1972, LB 1048, § 1;   Laws 1979, LB 187, § 110;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.31;   Laws 1992, LB 719A, § 117.
NE Code § 23-3541 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3541 - Hospital district; annexation or withdrawal; resubmission.

23-3541.  Hospital district; annexation or withdrawal; resubmission.If the question of annexation or withdrawal is defeated at the polls, it may again be submitted after the expiration of one year.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 13, p. 379;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.32.
NE Code § 23-3542 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3542 - Hospital district; area excluded from district; outstanding obligations; chargeable.

23-3542.  Hospital district; area excluded from district; outstanding obligations; chargeable.Any area excluded from a district shall be subject to assessment and be otherwise chargeable for the payment and discharge of all of the obligations outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition for the exclusion of the area as fully as though the area had not been excluded. All provisions which could be used to compel the payment by an excluded area of its portion of the outstanding obligations had the exclusion not occurred may be used to compel the payment on the part of the area of the portion of the outstanding obligations of the district for which it is liable.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 14, p. 379;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.33.
NE Code § 23-3543 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3543 - Hospital district; area withdrawn; not subject to assessments after withdrawal.

23-3543.  Hospital district; area withdrawn; not subject to assessments after withdrawal.An area withdrawn from a district shall not be subject to assessment or otherwise chargeable for any obligation of any nature or kind incurred after the withdrawal of the area from the district.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 15, p. 379;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.34.
NE Code § 23-3544 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3544 - Hospital district; dissolution; petition; signatures required; submission to electors.

23-3544.  Hospital district; dissolution; petition; signatures required; submission to electors.Upon the filing of a petition with the board of directors signed by ten percent of the qualified electors in the district, the board of directors shall submit the question of dissolution of the district to the district electors at the next annual district election. If a majority of the voters favor dissolution, the board shall by resolution dissolve the district.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 16, p. 379;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.35.
NE Code § 23-3545 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3545 - Hospital district; dissolution; resolution; winding up of affairs.

23-3545.  Hospital district; dissolution; resolution; winding up of affairs.The board of directors shall file a certified copy of the resolution of dissolution with the county board of each of the counties in which any part of the district is situated, and thereupon the district shall be dissolved for all purposes, except for winding up its affairs. The board of directors shall be, ex officio, the governing body of any dissolved district, and it may perform all acts necessary to wind up the affairs of the district.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 17, p. 379;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.36.
NE Code § 23-3546 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3546 - Hospital district; dissolution; convert property to cash; disposition.

23-3546.  Hospital district; dissolution; convert property to cash; disposition.When a district is dissolved its board of directors shall convert all property of the district to cash and discharge all indebtedness of the district. All funds remaining after discharge of the district's indebtedness shall be deposited in the county treasuries of the counties in which the district is located in proportion to the population of the district located in each county, and credited to the general fund.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 18, p. 380;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.37.
NE Code § 23-3547 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3547 - Hospital district; general powers; hospital, defined.

23-3547.  Hospital district; general powers; hospital, defined.Each local hospital district shall have and exercise the following powers:(1) To have and use a corporate seal and alter it at pleasure;(2) To sue and be sued in all courts and places and in all actions and proceedings whatever;(3) To purchase, receive, have, take, hold, lease, use, and enjoy property of every kind and description within and outside the district and to control, dispose of, convey, and encumber the same and create a leasehold interest in such property for the benefit of the district;(4) To exercise the right of eminent domain for the purpose of acquiring real or personal property of every kind necessary to the exercise of any of the powers of the district, which power shall be exercised in the manner provided in sections 76-704 to 76-724;(5) To administer any trust declared or created for hospitals of the district and receive by gift, devise, or bequest and hold in trust or otherwise property situated in this state or elsewhere and, when not otherwise provided, dispose of the same for the benefit of such hospitals;(6) To employ legal counsel to advise the board of directors in all matters pertaining to the business of the district and to perform such functions in respect to the legal affairs of the district as the board may direct;(7) To employ such officers and employees, including architects and consultants, as the board of directors deems necessary to carry on properly the business of the district;(8) To prescribe the duties and powers of the manager, secretary, and other officers and employees of any such hospitals, to determine the number of and appoint all such officers and employees, and to fix their compensation. Such officers and employees shall hold their offices or positions at the pleasure of such boards;(9) To do any and all things which an individual might do which are necessary for and to the advantage of a hospital;(10) To establish, maintain, lease, or operate one or more hospitals within or outside the district, or both. For purposes of the Nebraska Local Hospital District Act, hospital has the meaning provided in subdivision (10) of section 23-3594;(11) To do any and all other acts and things necessary to carry out the Nebraska Local Hospital District Act; and(12) To acquire, maintain, and operate ambulances or an emergency medical service, including the provision of scheduled and unscheduled ambulance service, within and outside the district.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 19, p. 380;   Laws 1969, c. 158, § 1, p. 730;   Laws 1987, LB 134, § 7;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.38;   Laws 1994, LB 1118, § 18;   Laws 1997, LB 28, § 1;   Laws 1997, LB 138, § 34;  Laws 2001, LB 808, § 2.
NE Code § 23-3548 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3548 - Hospital district; board of directors; purchase of equipment.

23-3548.  Hospital district; board of directors; purchase of equipment.(1) The board of directors may purchase all necessary surgical instruments and hospital equipment and equipment for nurses' homes and all other property necessary for equipping a hospital and nurses' home.(2) The board of directors may purchase such real property, and erect or rent and equip such buildings or building, room or rooms as may be necessary for the hospital.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 20, p. 381;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.39.
NE Code § 23-3549 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3549 - Hospital district; board of directors; operation; fix rates.

23-3549.  Hospital district; board of directors; operation; fix rates.The board of directors shall be responsible for the operation of all hospitals owned or leased by the district, according to the best interests of the public health and shall make and enforce all rules, regulations, and bylaws necessary for the administration, government, protection, and maintenance of hospitals under their management and all property belonging thereto and may prescribe the terms upon which patients may be admitted thereto. Such hospitals shall not contract to care for indigent county patients at below the cost for care. In fixing the rates the board shall, insofar as possible, establish such rates as will permit the hospital to be operated upon a self-supporting basis. The board may establish different rates for residents of the district than for persons who do not reside within the district. Minimum standards of operation as prescribed in sections 23-3528 to 23-3552 shall be established and enforced by the board of directors.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 21, p. 382;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.40.
NE Code § 23-3550 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3550 - Hospital district; board; membership in organization; dues.

23-3550.  Hospital district; board; membership in organization; dues.The board of directors may maintain membership in any local, state or national group or association organized and operated for the promotion of the public health and welfare or the advancement of the efficiency of hospital administration, and in connection therewith pay dues and fees thereto.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 23, p. 382;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.42.
NE Code § 23-3551 (2021)
2021 Nebraska Revised Statutes|Chapter 23 - County Government and Officers|23-3551 - Hospital district; board of directors; officers; books and records; open to inspection.

23-3551.  Hospital district; board of directors; officers; books and records; open to inspection.The board of directors shall annually select such officers as may be necessary. The board shall cause to be kept accurate minutes of all meetings and accurate records and books of accounts, conforming to approved methods of bookkeeping, clearly reflecting the entire operation, management, and business of the district, which shall be kept at the principal place of business of the district. All books, papers, and vouchers shall be subject to public inspection at all reasonable hours.Source   Laws 1959, c. 83, § 24, p. 382;   R.S.1943, (1987), § 23-343.43.