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(122nd General Assembly)(Senate Bill Number 189)
AN ACT
To amend section 339.02 of the Revised Code to eliminate the
requirement that members of a board of county hospital trustees represent in
equal numbers the county's two main political parties.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Ohio:
SECTION 1 . That section 339.02 of the Revised Code be amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 339.02. (A) As used in this section, "area served by
the hospital" means the geographic area, whether or not included
within the county, from which a county hospital regularly draws
patients. (B) Unless a board of county hospital trustees for the
county is in existence in accordance with this section, such
board shall be created pursuant to this section after the board
of county commissioners first determines by resolution to
establish a county hospital. Copies of such resolution shall be
certified to the probate judge of the county senior in point of
service and to the judge, other than a probate judge, of the
court of common pleas of the county senior in point of service. (C) The board of county commissioners together with the
probate judge of the county senior in point of service and the
judge of the court of common pleas of the county senior in point
of service shall, within ten days after such certification,
appoint a board of county hospital trustees. The board of county
hospital trustees shall be composed of six electors of the area
served by the hospital unless the board of county commissioners
determines that the board of trustees can more effectively
function with eight or ten trustees in which case there may be
eight or ten trustees, as designated by the board of county
commissioners. (1) When the board of trustees is composed of six
electors, their terms of office shall be: one for one year, one
for two years, one for three years, one for four years, one for
five years, and one for six years from the first Monday of March
thereafter. (2) When the board is composed of eight electors, their
terms of office shall be: one for one year, one for two years,
two for three years, one for four years, one for five years, and
two for six years from the first Monday of March thereafter. (3) When the board is composed of ten electors, their
terms of office shall be: two for one year, one for two years,
two for three years, two for four years, one for five years, and
two for six years from the first Monday of March thereafter. Annually thereafter except as provided in division (D)(2)
of this section, on the first Monday of March, the board of
county commissioners together with the probate judge of the
county senior in point of service and the judge of the court of
common pleas of the county senior in point of service shall
appoint or reappoint for a term of six years a sufficient number
of electors of the area served by the hospital to replace those
trustees whose terms have expired. (D)(1) The board of county commissioners together with the
probate judge senior in point of service and the judge of the
court of common pleas senior in point of service in any county in
which a board of county hospital trustees has been appointed may
expand the number of trustees to eight or to ten. Such
additional trustees shall be electors of the area served by the
hospital and shall evenly represent the two political parties
casting the highest number of votes in such county for its
respective candidate for governor at the most
recent
gubernatorial election. When the number of trustees is increased
to eight, one shall be appointed for a three-year and one for a
six-year term from the first Monday of March thereafter. When
the number of trustees is increased from six to ten, the term for
additional members shall be: one for one year, one for three
years, one for four years, and one for six years from the first
Monday of March thereafter. When the number of trustees is
increased from eight to ten, the term for additional members
shall be: one for one year and one for four years from the first
Monday of March thereafter. Thereafter except as provided in
division (D)(2) of this section, upon the expiration of the term
of office of each trustee, his the trustee's successor shall be
appointed for a
term of six years. (2) The board of county commissioners together with the
probate judge senior in point of service and the judge of the
court of common pleas senior in point of service may reduce the
number of board of county hospital trustees to eight or to six.
The reduction shall occur on expiration of a trustee's term of
office, at which time no appointment shall be made. While the
board of county commissioners and the judges are in the process
of reducing the number of trustees, the board of county hospital
trustees may consist of nine or seven trustees for one year. (E) The In no case shall more than one-half of the members of a
board of county hospital trustees shall be
bipartisan, with an equal number of members from each of the two
independents or be members of any one
political parties casting the highest number of votes in such
county for its respective candidate for governor at the most recent
gubernatorial election party. Notwithstanding any
other
provision of this section, no more than two members of the board
shall be electors of the area served by the hospital that is
outside the county in which the hospital is located. The persons
so selected shall forthwith be notified, by mail, of their
appointment. The notice shall state a time, not more than ten
days later, when such board shall meet at the county seat of such
county to organize. On the date stated, the board shall meet and organize by
electing one of its number as chairman chairperson and such
other officers as
specified in the board's rules. Four members of a six-member
board constitute a quorum, five members constitute a quorum of an
eight-member board, and six members constitute a quorum of a
ten-member board. (F) The board of county commissioners, together with the
probate judge senior in point of service and the judge of the
court of common pleas senior in point of service, shall fill all
vacancies that occur in such board of county hospital trustees
which result from death, resignation, or removal from office by
appointment of electors from the area served by the hospital to
fill the unexpired terms. Any trustee appointed under this
section may be removed from office by the appointing authority
for cause impairing faithful, efficient, and intelligent
administration, or for conduct unbecoming to such office, after
an opportunity is given to be heard before the appointing
authority upon written charges initiated by the appointing
authority or board of trustees, but no removal shall be made for
political reasons. (G) Such board of county hospital trustees shall hold
meetings at least once a month, shall adopt necessary rules of
procedure, and shall keep a record of its proceedings and a
strict account of all its receipts, disbursements, and
expenditures; and upon completion of the construction and
equipping of a hospital such board shall file such account with
the board of county commissioners and make final settlement with
such board for the construction and equipping of the hospital. SECTION 2 . That existing section 339.02 of the Revised Code is hereby
repealed.
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