Iowa Code 145A.6 – Petition of protest
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Terms Used In Iowa Code 145A.6
- Area hospital: means a hospital established and operated by a merged area. See Iowa Code 145A.2
- 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
The plans formulated for the area hospital shall be deemed approved unless, within sixty days after the third and final publication of the order, a petition protesting the proposed plan containing the signatures of at least five percent of the registered voters of any political subdivision within the proposed merged area is filed with the respective officials of the protesting petitioners.