Kansas Statutes

Chapter 14: Cities Of The Second Class

PART I.--GOVERNMENT BY MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND GENERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO CITIES OF THE SECOND CLASS

Article 6: Hospitals

Statutes:

• 14-601:
• 14-601a:
• 14-601b:
• 14-601c: Participation in cost of establishing hospital; bond election.
• 14-602: Hospital site and building; tax levy, use of proceeds; petition and election.
• 14-603:
• 14-604: Board of trustees; membership; term; election.
• 14-605: Same; organization, oath and compensation; powers and duties of board; employees, appointment and benefits; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; board meetings; examination of hospital; reports to governing body.
• 14-606: Same; vacancies.
• 14-607: Same; eminent domain.
• 14-608: Same; plans.
• 14-609: Same; use of hospital; fees; regulations.
• 14-610: Same; rules and regulations.
• 14-611: Same; donations.
• 14-612: Same; physicians; rights of patients.
• 14-613: Same; training school for nurses.
• 14-614: Same; fees; account of receipts.
• 14-615:
• 14-616:
• 14-617:
• 14-618: Government of hospital.
• 14-619 to 14-621:
• 14-622 to 14-625:
• 14-626 to 14-632:
• 14-633: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000; limitation; election.
• 14-634: Same; lease of hospital.
• 14-635: Same; federal aid.
• 14-636 to 14-640:
• 14-640a to 14-640c:
• 14-640d: Hospital maintenance and improvements; tax levy, use of proceeds.
• 14-641: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment of hospital and training school for nurses in certain cities of 12,000 or over; limitation; election; war memorial; federal and state aid.
• 14-642:
• 14-643:
• 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 dependents; lease of buildings, furnishings and equipment by certain cities, election.
• 14-645: Same; eminent domain.
• 14-646: Same; plans and specifications; bids.
• 14-647: Same; use of hospital; fees; rules and regulations.
• 14-648: Same; control of staff, employees, patients and grounds.
• 14-649: Same; donations to hospital.
• 14-650: Same; training school for nurses.
• 14-651: Same; fixing of patients' fees; account of receipts.
• 14-652: Same; bylaws, rules and regulations.
• 14-652a: Same; existing statutes not affected by act.
• 14-653:
• 14-654: Same; invalidity of part.
• 14-654a: Same; additional bonds for site, building and equipment; election.
• 14-655: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities in certain counties between 14,000 and 18,000; limitation; election.
• 14-656: Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
• 14-657:
• 14-658: Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election; qualifications.
• 14-659: Same; management.
• 14-660: Same; leases; approval by trustees.
• 14-661: Same; contracts; federal aid.
• 14-661a:
• 14-662: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in cities in certain counties between 20,000 and 25,000; limitation; election.
• 14-663: Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
• 14-663a: Same; additional bonds; limitation; election.
• 14-663b: Same; how bonds issued; limitations inapplicable.
• 14-664:
• 14-665: Same; board of trustees; appointment; terms; election.
• 14-666: Same; management.
• 14-667: Same; leases; approval by trustees.
• 14-668: Same; contracts; federal aid.
• 14-669: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000; limitation; election; petition.
• 14-670: Same; lease or rental by city governing body.
• 14-671: Same; federal aid.
• 14-672: Same; donations.
• 14-673: Same; bond limitations not to apply.
• 14-674: Bonds for construction and equipment of addition or annex to city hospital, when; limitations; election; petition.
• 14-675: Same; application of general bond law.
• 14-676: Same; donations.
• 14-677: Same; federal aid.
• 14-677a: Construction or construction and equipment of hospital or addition; additional bonds for certain hospital purposes; notice; protest petition; election.
• 14-678: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping in cities in certain counties not over 50,000; limitation; election.
• 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.
• 14-680: Same; federal aid and donations or gifts.
• 14-681:
• 14-682: Same; eminent domain.
• 14-683: Same; plans and specifications; contracts.
• 14-684: Same; training school for nurses.
• 14-685: Hospitals in certain cities under 3,000.
• 14-686: Same; bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment; limitation; election.
• 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 of hospital.
• 14-688: Same; federal aid and donations or gifts.
• 14-689:
• 14-690: Same; eminent domain.
• 14-691: Same; plans and specifications; contracts.
• 14-692: Same; training school for nurses.
• 14-693: Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities.
• 14-694: Same; designation of boundaries; publication of ordinance; election upon petition; attachment of territory; cost of election.
• 14-695: Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities; board of trustees; terms; pension and deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and dependents; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff.
• 14-696: Same; budget; tax levy; revenues.
• 14-697: Same; agreements for nurses' training.
• 14-698: Same; bonds for sites, buildings, equipment and improvements; election; costs.
• 14-699: Same; election of trustees; nominations; vacancies; expenses.
• 14-6,100: Certain cities between 4,500 and 6,000; acceptance of gifts; election; site, erection and equipment of hospital.
• 14-6,101: Same; bonds; limitation; election.
• 14-6,102: Same; bond limitations inapplicable.
• 14-6,103: Same; management and control of hospital; board of trustees, when; appointment; election; terms; powers.
• 14-6,104: Same; acceptance of gifts.
• 14-6,105: Same; federal aid.
• 14-6,106:
• 14-6,107: Same; application of classification under 14-6,100.
• 14-6,108: Cities located in counties which have issued maximum amount of bonds authorized by 19-1869.
• 14-6,109: Same; city authorized to issue bonds to supplement county funds, when; notice; protest petition; election.
• 14-6,110: Certain cities authorized to enter into contracts with hospital districts to pay certain operational costs of hospital; limitation on amount; tax levy, use of proceeds.
• 14-6,111: Boards of trustees of certain hospitals authorized to borrow money under federal public health service act for making certain contractual payments.
• 14-6,112: Same; loans exempt from certain statutory provisions.
• 14-6,113: Hospital improvements, equipment and additions in certain cities under 3,000; elections; bonds.
• 14-6,114: Anthony, Kansas, hospital district; payment of expenses.

• 14-601:

        History:   L. 1911, ch. 113, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-601; L. 1927, ch. 138, § 1; L. 1933, ch. 138, § 1; Repealed, L. 1969, ch. 109, § 1; July 1.

• 14-601a:

        History:   L. 1933, ch. 47, § 1 (Special Session); Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 126, § 1; June 30.

• 14-601b:

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 138, § 1; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 117, § 1; July 1.

• 14-601c: Participation in cost of establishing hospital; bond election. Whenever, in any city of the second class which does not have adequate hospital facilities for the residents of such, a nonprofit corporation, a charitable or religious organization proposes to construct and equip a suitable hospital in said city at a cost of not less than $200,000 in accordance with plans and specifications acceptable to the governing body of such city, and obligates itself to operate and maintain such hospital in a manner acceptable to the governing body of such city, the city is authorized and empowered to participate in the cost of constructing and equipping said hospital in an amount not to exceed $100,000. Such amount may be paid from the proceeds of bonds issued and sold for that purpose: Provided, That before any bonds are issued for such purpose, the governing body of the city shall submit the question of the city participating in the cost of constructing and equipping a hospital and the amount thereof to the qualified electors of the city at a regular city election or a special election called for that purpose as provided by law, and the majority of those voting on the proposition shall have declared by their votes to be in favor of the city participating in the construction and equipping of such hospital. All bonds issued under the provisions of this section shall be issued, registered, sold and retired in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 164, § 1; March 8.

• 14-602: Hospital site and building; tax levy, use of proceeds; petition and election. The governing body of any city of the second class may levy a tax on each dollar of assessed valuation of all property in the city, for the purpose of acquiring a site and building a hospital in the city and paying a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774 and amendments thereto. Before such tax is levied, a petition fixing the amount of the levy, the cost of the site, and the cost of the building, signed by not less than 40% of the electors of such city, as shown by the official vote cast at the last preceding general election in the city, shall be presented to such governing body, asking that such a tax be levied for such purpose. Upon receipt and approval of the petition by the governing body thereof, the governing body shall pass a resolution approving such petition, declaring such hospital to be a public benefit and ordering that the levy of the tax be made.

        The resolution shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official newspaper published in the city. If a petition signed by at least 40% of the electors of the city and protesting the acquisition of the site, the building of the hospital and the levying of the tax is presented to the governing body within 60 days from the date of the passage of the resolution, the governing body shall submit the proposition to make such levy, stating the amount of such levy, to a vote of the qualified electors of the city at an election called for that purpose. The election shall be held at a date not more than 90 days from the date of the filing of the protest petition. If a majority of the qualified voters of the city voting at such election vote in favor of the levying of the tax, the governing body shall at once proceed to make the levy.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-602; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 24; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 70; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 46; July 1.

• 14-603:

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 2; L. 1921, ch. 134, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-603; L. 1961, ch. 103, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 3; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 14-604: Board of trustees; membership; term; election. A hospital having been established, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen from the citizens of the city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The said trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent city election, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as other officers are elected, none of whom shall be physicians. In any city in which a regular city election as provided by law may be held only once every two years, then there shall be elected one trustee for a two-year term of office and one trustee for a four-year term of office or until their successors shall have been respectively elected and qualified, and the person receiving the greater number of votes shall be deemed elected to the four-year term of office. Any trustee now holding office whose term will expire in an even-numbered year shall hold over and continue in office until a successor shall be duly elected and qualified as provided herein.

        Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions to the contrary, from and after the effective date of this act the governing body by resolution may increase the number of trustees to serve on the board to five (5) or seven (7) members. In the event the governing body does not increase by resolution the number of members to serve on the board of trustees, said board of trustees shall consist of three (3) members. Whenever the number of members of an existing board of trustees is increased by resolution of the governing body, said governing body shall provide by resolution for the initial appointment or election of the new members. The governing body shall also provide by resolution for the expiration of the terms of the members initially appointed or elected to new positions on the board of trustees.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-604; L. 1949, ch. 167, § 1; L. 1978, ch. 63, § 3; July 1.

• 14-605: Same; organization, oath and compensation; powers and duties of board; employees, appointment and benefits; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff; board meetings; examination of hospital; reports to governing body. The trustees shall, within 10 days after their appointment or election, qualify by taking the oath of civil officers, and organize a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their number as chairperson, one as secretary and one as treasurer; but no bond shall be required of any of them except the treasurer, who, before entering upon the treasurer's duties, shall give an official bond, to be approved by the governing body, in a sum approximating: If a personal bond, twice the amount of the funds that may be confided in such treasurer's care at any one time; or if a corporate surety bond issued by a surety company authorized to do business in this state, the highest amount of the funds that may be confided to such treasurer's care at any one time; signed by sureties approved by the governing body, and filed in the office of the city clerk.

        The treasurer shall receive and pay out all the moneys under the control of the board as ordered by it, but shall receive no compensation from such board. No trustee shall receive any compensation for such trustee's services performed, but a trustee may receive reimbursement for any cash expenditures actually made for personal expenses incurred as such trustee, and an itemized statement of all such expenses and money paid out shall be made under oath by each of such trustees and filed with the secretary, and allowed only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the board.

        The board of hospital trustees shall make and adopt such bylaws, rules and regulations for their own guidance and for the government of the hospital as may be deemed expedient for the economical and proper conduct thereof not inconsistent with this act and the ordinances of the city. They shall have the exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the hospital fund and the purchase of site or sites, the purchase or construction of any hospital building or buildings, and of the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. All money received for such hospital shall be deposited in the treasury of the board of trustees and paid out only by claims and warrants or warrant checks as provided by K.S.A. 10-801 to 10-806 inclusive, 12-105a and 12-105b, and amendments thereto. The board is authorized to invest in any mutual insurance company organized by an association of health care providers to which the hospital belongs, enter into contracts with such company, pay any assessments pursuant to such contracts and arrange for the issuance of a letter of credit by any bank chartered by this state or which is a member bank of the federal reserve system. The board of hospital trustees shall have power to appoint a suitable administrator and necessary assistants, and fix their compensation, and shall have power to remove such appointees, and to do all and everything necessary to properly conduct such hospital. The board of hospital trustees is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof under a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment, and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the respective employee. The board may also expend funds deemed necessary in the recruitment or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff.

        Such board of hospital trustees shall hold meetings at least once each month and shall keep a complete record of all its proceedings. One of such trustees shall visit and examine the hospital at least twice each month, and the board shall, during the first week in January of each year, file with the governing body of the city, a report of the proceedings with reference to such hospital and a statement of all receipts and expenditures during the year, and shall at such time, certify the amount necessary to maintain, equip and improve the hospital for the ensuing year.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 4; R.S. 1923, § 14-605; L. 1943, ch. 119, § 1; L. 1968, ch. 375, § 13; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 3; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 3; L. 1988, ch. 147, § 11; L. 1991, ch. 66, § 3; July 1.

• 14-606: Same; vacancies. Vacancies in the board of trustees, occasioned by removals, resignations or otherwise, shall be reported to the governing body, and be filled in like manner as original appointments, appointees to hold office until the next following city election, when such vacancies shall be filled by election in the usual manner.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 5; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-606.

• 14-607: Same; eminent domain. If the board of hospital trustees and the owner of any property desired by them for hospital purposes cannot agree as to the price to be paid therefor, they shall report the facts to the governing body, and condemnation proceedings shall be instituted by the governing body, and prosecuted in the name of the city by the city attorney under the provisions of the law in similar cases.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 6; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-607.

• 14-608: Same; plans. No hospital buildings shall be erected or constructed until the plans and specifications have been made therefor and adopted by the board of hospital trustees, and bids advertised for according to law for other public buildings.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 7; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-608.

• 14-609: Same; use of hospital; fees; 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 who is not a pauper shall pay to the board of hospital trustees, or such officer as it shall designate for such city hospital, a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine or attendants, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said board, such hospital always being subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as said board shall adopt in order to render the use of such hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number. And said board may exclude from the use of such hospital any and all inhabitants and persons who shall willfully violate such rules and regulations; and said board may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such city upon such terms and conditions as said board may from time to time by its rules and regulations prescribe.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 8; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-609.

• 14-610: Same; rules and regulations. When such hospital is established, the physicians, nurses, attendants, the persons sick therein, and all persons approaching or coming within said hospital, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said board may prescribe.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 9; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-610.

• 14-611: Same; donations. 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, shall have the right to vest title of the money or real estate so donated in said city, to be controlled when accepted by the board of hospital trustees according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 10; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-611.

• 14-612: Same; physicians; rights of patients. In the management of such hospital no discrimination shall be made against practitioners of any school of medicine or healing recognized by the laws of Kansas, and all such legal practitioners shall have equal privileges in treating patients in said hospital. The patient shall have the absolute right to employ, at his or her own expense, his or her own physician, and when acting for any patient in such hospital the physician employed by such patient shall have exclusive charge of the care and treatment of such patient, and nurses therein shall, as to such patient, be subject to the directions of such physician, subject always to such general rules and regulations as shall be established by the board of trustees under the provisions of this act.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 11; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-612.

• 14-613: Same; training school for nurses. The board of trustees of such city hospital may establish and maintain in connection therewith, and as a part of said city hospital, a training school for nurses.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 12; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-613.

• 14-614: Same; fees; account of receipts. The board of hospital trustees shall have power to determine whether or not patients presented at said city hospital for treatment are subjects of charity, and shall fix such prices for compensation for patients, other than those who may be able to assist themselves, as the said board deems proper, the receipts therefor to be paid to the treasurer of said board and credited by the treasurer to the hospital funds.

        History:   L. 1917, ch. 104, § 13; April 3; R.S. 1923, § 14-614.

• 14-615:

        History:   R.S. 1923, § 14-615; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.

• 14-616:

        History:   L. 1923, ch. 96, § 1; R.S. 1923, § 14-616; Repealed, L. 1933, ch. 309, § 27; April 3.

• 14-617:

        History:   L. 1923, ch. 96, § 2; R.S. 1923, § 14-617; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 16; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 14-618: Government of hospital. The government of any such hospital shall be as provided in chapter 104 of the Session Laws of the state of Kansas of 1917.

        History:   L. 1923, ch. 96, § 3; March 23; R.S. 1923, § 14-618.

• 14-619 to 14-621:

        History:   L. 1937, ch. 90, §§ 1 to 3; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 117, § 1; July 1.

• 14-622 to 14-625:

        History:   L. 1938, ch. 19, §§ 1 to 4; Repealed, L. 1947, ch. 127, § 1; April 11.

• 14-626 to 14-632:

        History:   L. 1939, ch. 136, §§ 1 to 7; Repealed, L. 1949, ch. 168, § 1; June 30.

• 14-633: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of not less than five thousand nor more than eight thousand and located in a county having a population of not less than eleven thousand nor more than fourteen thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular city primary or city election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting said question, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall declare by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. 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.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 157, § 1; Feb. 19.

• 14-634: Same; lease of hospital. 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 or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of said city may deem to the best interests of said city; and upon the expiration of the lease so made, the governing body of said city at the time of the expiration of such lease shall have the power to make and execute a new lease to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as said governing body may deem to the best interests of said city.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 157, § 2; Feb. 19.

• 14-635: 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. 1941, ch. 157, § 3; Feb. 19.

• 14-636 to 14-640:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 154, §§ 1 to 5; Repealed, L. 1955, ch. 121, § 1; June 30.

• 14-640a to 14-640c:

        History:   L. 1943, ch. 120, §§ 1 to 3; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 117, § 1; July 1.

• 14-640d: Hospital maintenance and improvements; tax levy, use of proceeds. Whenever any city of the second class shall have heretofore established a hospital in such city and issued bonds pursuant to the provisions of K.S.A. 14-636 and 14-637, the governing body of such city may levy annually a tax for the purpose of equipping, maintaining and improving such hospital on all taxable tangible property within the limits of said city and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1963, ch. 115, § 1; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 4; L. 1975, ch. 494, § 25; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 71; July 1.

• 14-641: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipment of hospital and training school for nurses in certain cities of 12,000 or over; limitation; election; war memorial; federal and state aid. The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of not less than twelve thousand and having an assessed valuation exceeding nine million dollars is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding three hundred fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital and training school for nurses. Before any of such bonds shall be issued, the question of issuing same shall be submitted to the vote of the people at the next city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such an election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds.

        Such proposal to vote bonds may be submitted to the electors of such city as a proposal to make such hospital a war memorial municipal hospital to the inhabitants of such city who have served in the armed forces of the United States, and may be named on the ballots as such, and the cost thereof may include funds for the purpose of acquiring, erecting and the placing of plaques or tablets setting out the names of those citizens who gave their lives in the service of their country. All bonds authorized by this act shall be issued, sold, delivered and retired under the provisions of article one of chapter 10 of the Kansas Statutes Annotated and amendments thereto, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act. Such city is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and use the benefits of any federal or state aid, or both, in the construction of such hospital and training school, or the acquiring of a site, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 1; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 1; Feb. 23.

• 14-642:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 2; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 2; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 5; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 14-643:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 3; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 137, § 13; Feb. 23.

• 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 dependents; lease of buildings, furnishings and equipment by certain cities, election. The governing body of such city shall be vested with the power, authority and control of the hospital and nurses training school. The governing body shall have exclusive control of the expenditure of all moneys collected to the credit of the hospital and training school fund or the fund of either of them and the purchase of site or sites, the purchase or construction of any hospital or training school building or buildings, and the supervision, care and custody of the grounds, rooms or buildings purchased, constructed, leased or set apart for that purpose. The governing body may also expend such funds as deemed necessary in recruitment or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff. The governing body shall have power to appoint a suitable administrator and necessary assistants and fix their compensation and shall have power to remove such appointees and to do all things necessary to properly conduct the hospital and training school. The board of hospital trustees is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the respective employee. The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of more than 12,500 located in a county having a population of not less than 30,000 nor more than 37,000, notwithstanding the provisions of this section, may lease to any person, persons, corporation or other legally organized society or association any hospital buildings, furnishings and equipment upon such terms and conditions as it may by ordinance declare. Before such ordinance may be enacted by the governing body, the decision to lease shall first be approved by a majority of the qualified electors residing within the city limits who shall vote at any general or special election where such proposition to lease appears on the ballot. Preceding such proposition on the ballot shall be a summary of the material terms and conditions of the proposed lease.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 4; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 4; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 4; L. 1991, ch. 66, § 4; July 1.

• 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 completion condemnation proceedings in the name of the city by the city attorney under the provisions of the law in similar cases.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 5; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 4; Feb. 23.

• 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 public buildings.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 6; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 5; Feb. 23.

• 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 shall pay to the governing body of the city, or such officer as it shall designate for such city hospital, a reasonable compensation for occupancy, nursing, care, medicine or attendants, according to the rules and regulations prescribed by said governing body, such hospital always being subject to such reasonable rules and regulations as said governing body shall adopt in order to render the use of such hospital of the greatest benefit to the greatest number. Said governing body may waive the payment to such governing body of compensation from any person who by reason of misfortune is unable to pay therefor; and said governing body may exclude from the use of such hospital any and all inhabitants and persons who shall willfully violate such rules and regulations; and said governing body may extend the privileges and use of such hospital to persons residing outside of such city upon such terms and conditions as said governing body may from time to time by its rules and regulations prescribe.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 7; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 6; Feb. 23.

• 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 and the ground immediately surrounding the school, and all furniture and other articles used or brought there, shall be subject to such rules and regulations as said governing body may prescribe.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 8; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 7; Feb. 23.

• 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 money or real estate so donated in said city, to be controlled when accepted by the governing body of the city according to the terms of the deed, gift, devise or bequest of such property.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 9; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 8; Feb. 23.

• 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; Feb. 21.

• 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 said governing body deems proper, the receipts therefor to be paid to the treasurer of said city and credited by the treasurer to the hospital funds.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 11; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 9; Feb. 23.

• 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 supplemental thereto in the establishment, management, care and control of such hospital and training school for nurses.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 12; L. 1945, ch. 137, § 10; Feb. 23.

• 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 operate a hospital, but shall be in addition thereto, and as herein provided, an alternative and additional method whereby cities of the second class may acquire and operate a hospital, nor shall any part or provision hereof be held to alter, amend, limit, modify or repeal any presently existing statute providing for the maintenance, operation or government of any hospital already built or acquired under the provisions of any now existing statute.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 137, § 11; Feb. 23.

• 14-653:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 159, § 13; Repealed, L. 1945, ch. 137, § 13; Feb. 23.

• 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 to any section shall in any way affect the interpretation of this act, or any part thereof.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 137, § 12; Feb. 23.

• 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 equipping a hospital and for other purposes as specified in said sections, is hereby authorized to issue additional bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding three hundred thousand dollars ($300,000) for such purposes: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at the next city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such an election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds.

        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, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act. Such city is hereby authorized and empowered to receive and use the benefits of any federal or state aid, or both, in the construction of such hospital and training school, or the acquiring of a site, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 173, § 1; Feb. 15.

• 14-655: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities in certain counties between 14,000 and 18,000; limitation; election. The governing body of any city of the second class, located in a county having a population of not less than fourteen thousand nor more than eighteen thousand and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than twenty-five million dollars nor more than thirty-five million dollars and having within its boundaries two or more cities of the second class, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That the question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at any regular city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. Said election may be called by the governing body upon its own motion.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 159, § 1; March 8.

• 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 provided, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 2; March 15.

• 14-657:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 6; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 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 such city have declared by their votes in favor of the issuance of the same, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen from the citizens of said city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The said trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent city election, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as other officers are elected but at no time shall more than one member of the board be a physician.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 4; L. 1971, ch. 59, § 2; July 1.

• 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.

• 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 special rates for water, light and power, as they may by resolution declare: Provided, That no contract for the leasing, letting or renting of the same shall be made unless and until the terms and provisions thereof shall have been approved by the board of trustees.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 6; March 15.

• 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 aid, and to receive and use such benefits of such federal aid in the construction and equipment of such hospital, or the acquiring of a site therefor, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 163, § 7; March 15.

• 14-661a:

        History:   L. 1943, ch. 121, § 1; Repealed, L. 1957, ch. 135, § 1; June 29.

• 14-662: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in cities in certain counties between 20,000 and 25,000; 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 nor more than twenty-five thousand and having an assessed tangible valuation of not less than thirty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars nor more than forty-five million dollars, is hereby authorized and empowered to issue the bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding fifty thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That the question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at any regular city election or at an election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. Said election may be called by the governing body upon its own motion and shall be called by the governing body upon petition of at least forty percent of the qualified electors of such city.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 1; March 24.

• 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 provided, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 2; March 24.

• 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 acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital and such city has acquired a site for such hospital but the amount of bonds originally voted is insufficient to provide revenue for the construction and equipment of an adequate hospital for said city. The governing body of any such city is hereby authorized and empowered to issue additional bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding one hundred thousand dollars for the purpose of construction and equipping a city hospital: Provided, That the question of issuing such bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at any regular city election or at an election called for that purpose and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds. Said election may be called by the governing body upon its own motion and shall be called by the governing body upon petition of at least forty percent of the qualified electors of such city.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 161, § 1; April 9.

• 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 this act.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 161, § 2; April 9.

• 14-664:

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 3; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 7; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 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 declared by their votes in favor of the issuance of the same, the governing body shall proceed at once to appoint three trustees, chosen from the citizens of said city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The said trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when three trustees shall be elected and hold their offices, one for one year, one for two years and one for three years. At each subsequent city election, the trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustee in the same manner as other officers are elected but at no time shall more than one member of the board be a physician.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 4; L. 1971, ch. 59, § 3; July 1.

• 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.

• 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 special rates for water, light and power, as they may by resolution declare: Provided, That no contract for the leasing, letting or renting of the same shall be made unless and until the terms and provisions thereof shall have been approved by the board of trustees.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 6; March 24.

• 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 aid, and to receive and use such benefits of such federal aid in the construction and equipment of such hospital, or the acquiring of a site therefor, which aid may be in addition to the proposed bond issue.

        History:   L. 1941, ch. 164, § 7; March 24.

• 14-669: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping hospital in certain cities between 5,000 and 8,000; 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 thousand and located in a county having a population of not less than eleven thousand nor more than fourteen thousand is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding three hundred seventy-five thousand dollars for the purpose of acquiring a site, building and equipping a hospital: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular city primary or city election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting said question, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall declare by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds.

        The governing body of such city may submit the question of the issuance of such bonds at an election on their own motion and shall submit such question whenever a petition is filed with the city clerk requesting that the question of the issuance of such bonds be submitted at an election, signed by not less than twenty-five percent of the qualified electors of such city determined on the basis of the total vote cast for secretary of state at the last preceding general election in such city. 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.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 142, § 1; March 6.

• 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 or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of said city may deem to the best interests of said city; and upon the expiration of the lease so made, the governing body of said city at the time of the expiration of such lease shall have the power to make and execute a new lease to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as said governing body may deem to the best interests of said city.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 142, § 2; March 6.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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 maintained by such city or enlarge, add to, reconstruct or rebuild said hospital or nurses' home used in connection with said hospital, whenever such governing body shall determine that the existing hospital facilities are inadequate and such addition or annex or other improvement is necessary and needed, and such governing body may issue bonds of such city in such amount, not exceeding the limit of bonded indebtedness of said city, as may be necessary for such purpose: Provided, No such bonds shall be issued pursuant to the provisions hereof until the issuance of such bonds and the amount thereof, has been authorized by a majority vote of the electors, voting at a general city election or at a special election called for that purpose. Said election may be called by the governing body of said city upon its own motion, and shall be called upon petition of twenty-five percent (25%) of the duly registered electors of said city.

        History:   L. 1945, ch. 139, § 1; L. 1947, ch. 160, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 104, § 1; March 8.

• 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:   L. 1945, ch. 139, § 2; Feb. 24.

• 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; Feb. 24.

• 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; Feb. 24.

• 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 equipping a hospital or an addition to its hospital and which is unable to proceed with such construction and equipping because of increased costs since the authorization of such bonds may issue additional bonds of the city in an amount not to exceed 50% of the original amount authorized. Before the issuance of any such bonds, the governing body of the city shall cause to be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in the official city paper a notice of its intention to issue such additional bonds. Unless there is filed in the office of the city clerk within 30 days after the first publication of the notice a petition protesting the issuance of such bonds in accordance with this section, the governing body may proceed to issue and sell such bonds.

        If within 30 days after the first publication of the notice, petitions signed by qualified electors equal in number to not less than 25% of the qualified electors of the city who voted for mayor at the last city election are filed with the city clerk, the governing body shall submit the question of issuing such additional bonds at the next regular election held within six months after the filing of such petitions, or at a special election called for that purpose if no regular election will be held within that time. If the majority of those voting on such proposition vote in favor of issuing the bonds, the governing body of the city shall proceed to issue and sell the bonds in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall be used together with the amount previously authorized for the purposes for which such original bonds were issued.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 172, § 1; L. 1961, ch. 105, § 1; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 47; July 1.

• 14-678: Bonds for acquiring site, building and equipping in cities in certain counties not over 50,000; 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 assessed taxable tangible valuation of not less than $60,000,000 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 site within or without the corporate limits of said city, building, equipping, improving or remodeling a hospital: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular city primary or city election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting said question, and no bonds shall be issued until the majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall declare by their votes in favor of the issuing of said bonds.

        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, and none of the restrictions or limitations respecting the amount of city indebtedness contained in any of the statutes of the state of Kansas shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of bonds authorized by this act.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 1; April 14.

• 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 the establishment and building of a hospital by a city of the second class, the governing body thereof is hereby vested with the authority to manage and control such hospital or such governing body may appoint three trustees from the citizens of such city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall thereupon constitute a board of trustees for the hospital. The trustees shall within 10 days after their appointment organize a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their number as chairman, one as secretary and one as treasurer. The board of hospital trustees is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the respective employee. The board of hospital trustees shall also have authority to expend funds deemed necessary in recruitment or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services and shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of such city.

        The governing body of the city shall have the power by resolution to rent, lease or let the hospital to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of the city may deem to be in the best interest of the city. Upon the expiration of the lease, the governing body of the city at the time of the expiration of such lease shall have the power to make and execute a new lease to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem to be in the best interest of the city.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 2; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 5; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 5; L. 1991, ch. 66, § 5; July 1.

• 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 contracts and agreements therefor, and further to accept any grants, donations or gifts from any source whatsoever.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 3; April 14.

• 14-681:

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 4; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 8; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 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 prosecute said suit in the name of the city by the city attorney under the provisions of the law in similar cases.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 5; April 14.

• 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 responsible bidder.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 163, § 6; April 14.

• 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.

• 14-685: Hospitals in certain cities under 3,000. 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 thousand and a total assessed tangible valuation of not less than twenty-two million dollars nor more than twenty-eight million dollars.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 1; April 9.

• 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 site within or without the corporate limits of said city, building, equipping, improving or remodeling a hospital: Provided, That before any such bonds shall be issued the question of issuing the same shall be submitted to a vote of the people at a regular city primary or city election or at a special election called for the purpose of submitting said question, and no bonds shall be issued until the majority of the qualified electors who shall vote on the question at such election shall declare by their votes in favor of the issuing of said bonds.

        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, and none of the restrictions or limitations respecting the amount of city indebtedness contained in any of the statutes of the state of Kansas shall apply to or in any way affect the issuance of bonds authorized by this act.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 2; April 9.

• 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 of hospital. Upon the establishment and building of a hospital by such cities, the governing bodies thereof are hereby vested with the authority to manage and control such hospital or such governing body may appoint three trustees from the citizens of such city with reference to their fitness for such office, who shall constitute a board of trustees for the hospital. The trustees shall within 10 days after their appointment organize a board of hospital trustees by the election of one of their number as chairman, one as secretary and one as treasurer. The board of hospital trustees is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the respective employee. The board of hospital trustees may also expend such funds as deemed necessary in recruitment or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff. The trustees shall receive no compensation for their services and shall serve at the pleasure of the governing body of such city.

        The governing body of the city shall have the power by resolution to rent, lease or let the hospital to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body of the city may deem to the best interest of the city. Upon the expiration of the lease, the governing body of the city at the time of the expiration of such lease shall have the power to make and execute a new lease to any person, persons, corporation or society upon such terms and conditions as the governing body may deem to the best interest of the city.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 6; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 6; L. 1991, ch. 66, § 6; July 1.

• 14-688: Same; federal aid and donations or gifts. The governing body of such cities are 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 contracts and agreements therefor, and further to accept any grants, donations or gifts from any source whatsoever.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 4; April 9.

• 14-689:

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 5; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 9; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 14-690: Same; eminent domain. If the governing body of any such 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 prosecute said suit in the name of the city by the city attorney under the provisions of the law in similar cases.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 6; April 9.

• 14-691: 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 responsible bidder.

        History:   L. 1947, ch. 162, § 7; April 9.

• 14-692: 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. 162, § 8; April 9.

• 14-693: Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities. Where any city of the second class having a population of less than three thousand (3,000) or any city of the second class located in a county having a population of more than ten thousand (10,000) and not more than thirteen thousand (13,000) and an assessed tangible valuation of more than twenty-four million dollars ($24,000,000) and less than thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) has provided for a hospital under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-602 to 14-614, both sections inclusive, and any amendments thereto, the territorial limits of said city may for hospital purposes be extended to include territory outside the regular city limits and which territory is not in any hospital district in the manner hereinafter provided and such added territory shall be considered within such city only for the purposes specified in said sections or any amendments thereto, and for the further purposes of this act.

        When any territory has been added to a city as provided by this act the provisions of this act shall be supplemented to the provisions of said sections or any amendments thereto. Hospital purposes shall include nurses' training and nurses' assistants training, if there be such.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 1; L. 1974, ch. 87, § 1; July 1.

• 14-694: Same; designation of boundaries; publication of ordinance; election upon petition; attachment of territory; cost of election. The governing body of any city specified in K.S.A. 14-693 shall by ordinance designate the boundaries of the area outside the city limits which it proposes to incorporate in the city for hospital purposes only but any such ordinance shall not take effect until at least 16 days after the last publication required herein. If a sufficient petition is filed requesting an election as hereinafter provided, incorporation of the area shall not take effect until such election is held and unless a majority of the qualified electors of the district vote in favor thereof.

        Such ordinance incorporating an area outside the city limits shall be published once each week for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the areas to be included. If within 15 days after the last publication of the ordinance, 10% of the qualified electors residing in the area petition the county commissioners of the county wherein the greater portion of the land is located to call a special election upon the question of including such area, the county commissioners shall call a special election in such area outside the city limits proposed to be incorporated. Notice of such election shall be given by the county clerk of the county in which the greater portion of the territory to be incorporated in the city is located. In calling the election, the county commissioners shall be governed by the provisions of the general election laws insofar as applicable.

        The governing body of any city of the second class located in a county having a population of more than 10,000 and not more than 13,000 and an assessed tangible valuation of more than $24,000,000 and less than $30,000,000 shall by ordinance designate the boundaries of the area outside the city limits which it proposes to incorporate in the city for hospital purposes only but any such ordinance shall not take effect until approved at an election as hereinafter provided. The county commissioners shall call a special election in such area outside the city limits proposed to be incorporated. Notice of such election shall be given by the county clerk of the county in which the greater portion of the territory to be incorporated in the city is located. In calling the election, the county commissioners shall be governed by the provisions of the general election laws insofar as they are applicable. The election shall be held in accordance with the provisions of this section.

        The board of county commissioners of the county in which the greater portion of the territory to be incorporated is located shall appoint the judges and clerks of the election and shall provide separate boards and separate ballots for any territory located in another county. Such county commissioners shall canvass the vote cast in such territory located in another county and shall keep a separate record of the results thereof. The proposition submitted shall be:

  "Shall the city of                                            
  

  (here insert name of city)

  be permitted to incorporate the following described area:

  _____________________ into its hospital district?"

  If a majority of the qualified electors of the district vote in favor thereof, such territory shall be attached to the city for hospital purposes in accordance with the provisions of this act. No township or part of a township located in a county other than the county in which the hospital is located shall be incorporated in the city for hospital purposes unless a majority of all those voting in such township or part of a township at such election shall have voted in favor of the incorporation. If a majority of those voting in such township or part of a township located in such other county vote against the proposition, such results shall not prevent the incorporation of the remaining territory if the majority of the votes cast therein favor the incorporation of such territory. The cost of such election shall be reimbursed to the counties by the governing body of the city proposing to create such hospital district.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 2; L. 1974, ch. 87, § 2; L. 1981, ch. 173, § 48; July 1.

• 14-695: Extension of territorial limits for hospital purposes in certain cities; board of trustees; terms; pension and deferred compensation plans for employees; contracts insuring employees and dependents; expenditures for recruitment or retention of professional staff. Within 30 days after the addition of the territory the board of commissioners of such city or the mayor, by and with the consent of the council, shall appoint two electors residing in the added territory to the board of trustees to serve until the next regular city election and until their successors are elected and qualified, and the board of hospital trustees shall thereafter consist of five trustees, but at all times at least two of the trustees shall be residents of the city in the added territory. At the next regular city election, two trustees from the added territory shall be elected, one for a term of one year and one for a term of two years, and a successor to the trustee whose office expires under K.S.A. 14-604 and amendments thereto who may reside anywhere in the hospital territory. Successors to the short-term trustees shall be elected for three-year terms. The board of hospital trustees is authorized to establish and fund pension and deferred compensation plans for hospital employees and to procure contracts insuring hospital employees, their dependents, or any class or classes thereof, under a policy or policies of life, disability income, health, accident, accidental death and dismemberment and hospital, surgical and medical expense insurance. The employee's contribution, if any, to the plan and to the premium for such insurance may be deducted by the employer from the employee's salary when authorized in writing by the respective employee. The board of hospital trustees shall also have authority to expend funds deemed necessary in recruitment or retention of professional staff including, but not limited to, the purchase of professional liability insurance for such staff.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 3; L. 1971, ch. 49, § 7; L. 1972, ch. 44, § 7; L. 1991, ch. 66, § 7; July 1.

• 14-696: Same; budget; tax levy; revenues. In addition to the certification of January under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-605, the board of hospital trustees shall, on or before the tenth day of July of each year, file with the governing body of the city a budget for the ensuing budget year, which shall be the ensuing calendar year, and shall accompany such budget with a condensed budget to be published as a part of the regular city budget. At the hearing on the regular city budget there shall be a hearing on the hospital budget, and all persons within the hospital territory may appear at the hearing and be heard. The budget may be modified and reduced but not increased before final adoption and the budget may be adopted by the hospital board immediately after the hearing or afterward. A copy of the adopted budget shall be certified by the chairman and secretary to the governing body of the city.

        The governing body of the city shall make a tax levy not exceeding one-half mill, according to the requirements of the budget, for hospital purposes, and such levy shall be extended by the county clerk over the entire hospital territory within the county and such levy shall not be included within the total aggregate tax levy limit of the city. Where the added territory extends into an adjacent county the city clerk shall certify the hospital levy to the county clerk of the adjacent county and he or she shall extend the levy on all the tangible taxable property of such territory in his or her county. Upon the receipt of the revenue provided by such levy from the county treasurer or treasurers the city treasurer shall turn the money over to the treasurer of the board of hospital trustees, taking his or her receipt therefor.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 4; April 5.

• 14-697: Same; agreements for nurses' training. In addition to the power to establish and maintain in connection with the hospital and as a part of it, a training school for nurses, the board of trustees may enter into agreements with schools or educational institutions for the training of nurses and nurses' assistants or may provide a training school for the preliminary training of nurses and nurses' assistants and contract with schools or educational institutions for the further training of nurses and nurses' assistants and such contracts may be on a continuing basis or for a definite term.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 5; April 5.

• 14-698: Same; bonds for sites, buildings, equipment and improvements; election; costs. Whenever in the judgment of the board of trustees it is necessary to erect and equip a hospital building, or to erect and equip an addition to an existing hospital building, or to make extensive alterations and improvements of existing hospital buildings, or to erect and equip a building for a nurses' training school, or to erect and equip a dormitory for nurses and nurses in training, and acquiring sites in any case where necessary and the landscaping thereof, or for several or all of such purposes, and current funds are insufficient, it shall prepare an explanatory statement and an estimate or estimates of the cost or costs and submit the same to the governing body of the city and request that the matter of issuing bonds of the city be submitted to an election of the electors of the hospital territory.

        The governing body of the city shall thereupon provide for a bond election as provided by K.S.A. 10-120. If bonds are to be voted for more than one purpose as herein specified one proposition describing the different purposes and stating one amount may be submitted, or separate propositions for different purposes with the proper amount may be submitted. The cost of the bond election shall be borne out of the proceeds of the sale of the bonds if the election carries and the bonds are issued; otherwise it shall be paid by the board of hospital trustees, upon claim being filed by the city. If a majority of the votes cast on a proposition are in favor of the proposition the bonds may be issued. The bonds shall be issued as are other city bonds and shall be general obligation bonds of such city, but such bonds shall not be subject to any bond limitation nor limit the issuance of other bonds of such city or other taxing unit in which any hospital territory is situated.

        The governing body of the city shall annually make such levy for bond principal and interest as is necessary to retire the bonds as they mature and the interest as it accrues, such tax levy or levies to extend over the entire hospital territory, and shall be certified and extended and the money collected and turned to the city treasurer the same as the current levy for hospital purposes, but the bond and interest money shall be kept by the city treasurer in a separate fund designated "hospital bond and interest fund" and shall only be used to pay the hospital bonds and interest.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 6; April 5.

• 14-699: Same; election of trustees; nominations; vacancies; expenses. At all elections under this act all electors within the hospital territory, both within and without the regular city limits, shall be entitled to vote for all hospital trustee candidates and on all hospital bond propositions. Registration for voting shall not be required of persons in the added territory for the purposes of this act unless required by other statutes. Before any election affecting the hospital the board of trustees shall determine where polling places shall be provided for the convenience of the electors of the added territory and the chairman and secretary shall certify the determination to the governing body of the city and the governing body shall provide the polling places as certified. The members of the election boards at such polling places shall be electors of the added territory, such members to be appointed by the governing body of the city without regard to political affiliation.

        Candidates for trustee shall not run as members of political parties. Where the regular city population does not require the city to have a primary, an elector desiring to become a candidate for hospital trustee shall file a declaration of candidacy with the city clerk within the time other nomination papers or declarations must be filed. The declaration shall be in substantially the following form:

        "I hereby declare my candidacy for the office of hospital trustee, position No. ____, of the city of ______________, Kansas, at the regular city election on the ____ day of __________, 19__. My address is ______________."

  Signed: ______________

  Such declaration shall be filed in person by the candidate and the city clerk may require proof of identity. Where more than one trustee is to be elected, whether for a regular term or to fill a vacancy, the city clerk shall assign position numbers, such as Hospital Trustee, Position No. ____, equal to the number of trustees to be elected, and candidates shall in the declaration indicate the trustee position for which they are running, and where one or more trustees must be elected from the added territory only electors from the added territory shall be eligible to file for the position numbers assigned to the trustee positions to be filled for the added territory.

        Where a vacancy is to be filled and the office is temporarily held by a trustee from the added territory such vacancy shall be filled from added territory. The city clerk shall explain to electors desiring to file declarations whether a position is for election at large or for added territory. Where the regular city population requires a primary, a candidate shall file a declaration of candidacy similar in form to the form required where there is no primary except that it shall state that the candidate is a candidate for nomination at the regular city primary. At the primary the candidates receiving the greatest and the next greatest number of votes for a trustee office shall be declared nominated: Provided, That where there are not more than two candidates for nomination for a trustee office there shall be no primary for such office and the persons who filed declarations of candidacy for nomination at the primary shall be declared nominated as candidates at the regular election.

        Where a primary precedes an election and more than one trustee is to be elected, position numbers shall be assigned as at the election to follow. If the election is one at which a term of less than three years is being filled the declaration shall state the term for which the candidate is a candidate or by reference to the position designating the short term. No filing fee shall be required. The hospital fund shall bear the expense of the election boards for polling places for added territory, and the other expenses shall be paid the same as in cases of other city elections. In all other respects the election laws applying to the city and not in conflict herewith shall apply.

        History:   L. 1949, ch. 166, § 7; April 5.

• 14-6,100: Certain cities between 4,500 and 6,000; acceptance of gifts; election; site, erection and equipment of hospital. Where in any city of the second class having a population of not less than four thousand five hundred (4,500) and not more than six thousand (6,000), located in a county having five (5) cities of the second class, money has been raised by public subscription or otherwise for the construction of a hospital to serve such city and the surrounding community or where such money so raised for such purpose has been partly or wholly spent for acquiring a site and the partial or complete construction and equipment of a hospital, such city may accept a gift of such money or the money not yet expended for site and hospital and the site and hospital in course of construction or constructed and equipped from the person or persons or corporation having charge or owning such money or site and partly constructed or constructed and equipped hospital.

        Before the city accepts such gift the proposition shall be submitted at a regular city election or at an election called for the purpose, and if a majority of the votes cast on the proposition shall be in favor thereof the governing body shall proceed to accept the gift, and shall have power to continue with the construction and equipping of the hospital, or in case the gift is of money only shall have power to acquire a site for and erect and equip a hospital within the amount of money available except as provided in K.S.A. 14-6,101.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 1; April 13.

• 14-6,101: Same; bonds; limitation; election. Any city which has accepted a gift for hospital purposes as provided in K.S.A. 14-6,100 may issue bonds to supplement the money received by such gift to acquire a site for and construct and equip such hospital or to add to or enlarge and equip any such hospital in course of construction when received or to add to or enlarge any such hospital already constructed and equip the same when received, in an amount not exceeding two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000): Provided, That the question of issuing bonds shall be submitted to the vote of the people at the next regular city primary or regular election or at any election called for that purpose, and no bonds shall be issued until a majority of the qualified electors voting on the proposition shall have declared by their votes in favor of issuing said bonds: Provided further, A proposition for the issuance of bonds hereunder may be voted on at the same election where the acceptance of the gift is voted on.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 2; April 13.

• 14-6,102: Same; bond 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 provided and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 3; April 13.

• 14-6,103: Same; management and control of hospital; board of trustees, when; appointment; election; terms; powers. The governing body of any such city is hereby vested with the authority to manage and control such hospital and it may lease, let or rent to any person, persons, corporation, or other legally organized society, the buildings herein provided for upon such terms and conditions, including special rates for water, light and power, as it may by resolution declare, or it may appoint six (6) trustees chosen from the citizens of said city with reference to their fitness for such office, who together with the mayor, as ex officio member, shall constitute a board of trustees for said hospital. The board of trustees shall hold their offices until the next following city election, when six (6) trustees shall be elected, and hold their offices, two (2) for one (1) year, two (2) for two (2) years, and two (2) for three (3) years. At each subsequent city election, the office of each trustee whose term is about to expire shall be filled by the nomination and election of hospital trustees in the same manner as other officers are elected, none of whom shall be a physician: Provided, That if a board of trustees is appointed or elected, no contract for the leasing, letting or rental of said hospital or buildings shall be made unless and until the terms and provisions thereof shall have been approved by the board of trustees: Provided further, That if a board of trustees is appointed, or elected, the government of such hospital shall be as provided for in K.S.A. 14-605 to 14-614, inclusive, or any amendments thereto.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 4; L. 1955, ch. 120, § 1; April 12.

• 14-6,104: Same; acceptance of gifts. Except for the original gift the governing body of any such city is hereby authorized to accept any grants, donations or gifts without election and such grants, donations or gifts may be used in addition to the original gift and the amount of a proposed bond issue or for such purpose as the donor may prescribe.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 5; April 13.

• 14-6,105: Same; federal aid. The governing body of any such city is hereby authorized and empowered to contract for a site, the construction and equipment of said hospital building, in such manner as to comply with and secure the benefits of any federal aid.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 6; April 13.

• 14-6,106:

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 7; L. 1970, ch. 81, § 10; Repealed, L. 1975, ch. 494, § 39; July 1.

• 14-6,107: Same; application of classification under 14-6,100. Any such city once operating under this act whose population shall fall below or exceed the population limits herein provided or where the number of second class cities in such county shall fall below or exceed five (5) shall continue to operate under this act.

        History:   L. 1953, ch. 113, § 8; April 13.

• 14-6,108: Cities located in counties which have issued maximum amount of bonds authorized by 19-1869. The provisions of this act shall apply to any city of the second class which is located in a county which has issued bonds under, and in the maximum amount authorized by the provisions of K.S.A. 19-1869 for the purpose of constructing an enlargement and addition to the county hospital located in such city and for the purpose of equipping and furnishing the same.

        History:   L. 1961, ch. 111, § 1; June 30.

• 14-6,109: Same; city authorized to issue bonds to supplement county funds, when; notice; protest petition; election. Whenever the board of trustees of a county hospital, such as described in K.S.A. 14-6,108, shall adopt and file with the city clerk of any such city a resolution stating that the amount of money derived from the sale of the bonds described in K.S.A. 14-6,108 is insufficient to properly and adequately construct such enlargement and addition to the county hospital and to properly and adequately equip and furnish the same, the governing body of such city is hereby authorized to issue the bonds of such city in an amount not exceeding seventy-five thousand dollars ($75,000), the proceeds thereof to be used to supplement the funds derived by the issuance of bonds by the county for the construction of such enlargement and addition to the county hospital and for the equipping and furnishing the same: Provided, That before the issuance of any such bonds, the governing body of the city shall cause to be published for two (2) consecutive weeks in the official city paper a notice of its intention to issue such bonds and unless there is filed in the office of the city clerk within thirty (30) days after the first publication of said notice a petition signed by not less than ten percent (10%) of the qualified electors of said city, determined on the basis of the total vote for the office of mayor at the last preceding general city election, protesting the issuance of such bonds, the governing body may proceed to issue and sell such bonds. If within said thirty (30) days a sufficient protest petition is filed with the city clerk, the governing body shall submit the question of issuing such bonds at a regular city election or a special election called for such purpose.

        If a majority of those voting on such proposition shall vote in the affirmative, the governing body of the city shall proceed to issue and sell said bonds in accordance with the provisions of the general bond law, and none of the debt limitations provided by law shall apply to bonds issued under this act. The proceeds from the sale of such bonds shall be paid by the city to the board of trustees of such county hospital and shall be used, together with the amount previously provided by the county, for the construction of such enlargement and addition to the county hospital and for the equipping and furnishing the same.

        History:   L. 1961, ch. 111, § 2; June 30.

• 14-6,110: Certain cities authorized to enter into contracts with hospital districts to pay certain operational costs of hospital; limitation on amount; tax levy, use of proceeds. The governing body of any city of the second class in which there is located or shall hereafter be located a hospital established by a hospital district, and which city is located in a county having a population of not less than fourteen thousand (14,000) and not more than sixteen thousand (16,000), and having a total assessed taxable tangible valuation of not less than thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000) and not more than forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000), is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the governing body of such hospital district wherein such city shall agree to pay the costs of the operation of said hospital which are in excess of the amounts received for patient care and maintenance. Such city by any such contract or agreement shall limit its maximum liability for any one calendar year to ten thousand dollars ($10,000). Any governing body of any city entering into such a contract or agreement is hereby authorized to make an annual tax levy for the purpose of providing revenue to pay such agreed costs of operation of said hospital and to pay a portion of the principal and interest on bonds issued by such city under the authority of K.S.A. 12-1774, and amendments thereto. Such tax levy shall be in addition to all other tax levies authorized or limited by law, and shall not be subject to any tax levy limit or aggregate tax levy limit prescribed by K.S.A. 79-1952, and acts amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto.

        History:   L. 1961, ch. 109, § 1; L. 1979, ch. 52, § 72; July 1.

• 14-6,111: Boards of trustees of certain hospitals authorized to borrow money under federal public health service act for making certain contractual payments. The board of trustees of a hospital of any city of the second class having a population of more than eight thousand (8,000) and not more than nine thousand (9,000) not located in a county designated as an urban area which has heretofore entered into one or more contracts for the construction, reconstruction, repair, remodeling, equipping, or enlarging of a hospital may borrow funds under the provisions of the public health service act, title VI, part B, 42 U.S.C. § 291j et seq., and all acts of the United States congress amendatory thereof or supplemental thereto and any other acts of the United States congress, for the purpose of making when due any payment or payments required under such contract or contracts, in the event that funds for such purpose are not available when required because moneys required for payment to such board of trustees of a federal grant obtained by it for the purpose of making all or a part of such payments were not appropriated by the United States congress and available to such board of trustees when required.

        History:   L. 1971, ch. 61, § 1; April 9.

• 14-6,112: Same; loans exempt from certain statutory provisions. Loans obtained by any such board of trustees under the provisions of K.S.A. 14-6,111 shall be exempt from the provisions of K.S.A. 10-1101 et seq., and amendments thereto, K.S.A. 79-2925, 79-2926, 79-2927, 79-2929, 79-2930, 79-2933, 79-2934, 79-2935, 79-2936 and 79-2937.

        History:   L. 1971, ch. 61, § 2; April 9.

• 14-6,113: Hospital improvements, equipment and additions in certain cities under 3,000; elections; bonds. (a) The governing body of any city of the second class having a population of less than three thousand (3,000) is hereby authorized and empowered to issue general obligation bonds of said city in an amount not exceeding the sum of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) for the purpose of making improvements, adding equipment or building and equipping an addition to a hospital located therein.

        (b)   Before any such general obligation bonds shall be issued, the governing body of such city shall submit the question of issuing such general obligation bonds to a vote of the qualified voters of the city at a regular city election or at an election called for that purpose. No bonds shall be issued pursuant to this section until the issuance thereof has been approved by a majority vote of the qualified electors voting thereon.

        History:   L. 1975, ch. 113, § 1; July 1.

• 14-6,114: Anthony, Kansas, hospital district; payment of expenses. The city of Anthony, Kansas, may expend money from its general fund for the purpose of operating and maintaining a hospital district of which the city is a part.

        History:   L. 1984, ch. 80, § 1; May 17.