Iowa Code 145A.3 – Official planning — maximum levy
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 145A.3
- Area hospital: means a hospital established and operated by a merged area. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- Board: means the board of trustees of an area hospital. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Merged area: means a public corporation formed by the residents of two or more contiguous or noncontiguous political subdivisions which have merged resources to establish and operate an area hospital. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- Officials: means the respective governing bodies of political subdivisions. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- Political subdivision: means any county, township, school district or city. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- property: includes personal and real property. See Iowa Code 4.1
The officials of a political subdivision may plan the formation of a public corporation as a merged area to establish and operate an area hospital. In planning for an area hospital, a county board of supervisors may exclude from the merged area any township of the county which the board of supervisors determines would not sufficiently benefit by the merger and the portion of the county not so excluded shall constitute one public corporation for the purposes of this chapter. Plans for an area hospital shall include the maximum amount to be levied for debt service and operation and maintenance of the area hospital in the portion of the merged area within each political subdivision taking part in the merger. However, the maximum tax rates for the various political subdivisions may vary as the officials determine, based upon the need for hospital service of the residents of each political subdivision, the proximity of the residents to the proposed location of the hospital, the property values within the subdivision, and the expected service benefits to the residents of each subdivision by the proposed area hospital.