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.
14-6,110
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.