Terms Used In Iowa Code 145A.8

  • 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
  • Political subdivision: means any county, township, school district or city. See Iowa Code 145A.2
 A protest petition filed in one political subdivision shall have no effect upon the other political subdivisions of the proposed merged area; and in the portion of the proposed area where no protest petition is filed within sixty days after the last published notice, the residents of that portion of the area shall be deemed to have approved the proposed plan, and shall not take part in any special election.