Iowa § 347.9 - 347.9 Trustees — appointment — terms of office.

§ 347.9. 347.9 Trustees — appointment — terms of office.

1. When it has been determined by the voters of a county to establish a county public hospital, the board shall appoint five or seven trustees chosen from among the resident citizens of the county with reference to their fitness for office. The appointed trustees shall hold office until the following general election, at which time their successors shall be elected, three for a term of four years and the remainder for a term of two years, and they shall determine by lot their respective terms, and thereafter their successors shall be elected for regular terms of four years each. 2. Upon approval of a majority of the current board of trustees, the board may reduce an existing seven-member board to a five-member board. The board shall establish how to reduce the number of trustees on the board and shall provide for a staggered election cycle for election to the five-member board, which election shall be for a term of four years. However, the manner of reducing the number of trustees shall ensure that the current trustees on the seven-member board may continue to hold office through the end of their respective terms. [S13, §409-c; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §5355; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §347.9] 86 Acts, ch 1200, §3; 99 Acts, ch 36, §3; 2001 Acts, ch 65, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 110, §6; 2018 Acts, ch 1033, §2; 2019 Acts, ch 148, §1, 2; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §183; 2025 Acts, ch 123, §25, 26 Referred to in §331.321 2025 strike of subsection 3 applies retroactively to persons elected to a county hospital board of trustees on or after January 1, 2024; 2025 Acts, ch 123, §26 Subsection 3 stricken Fri Dec 12 20:03:34 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 347.9 (29, 3)