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                         SENATE BILL 6005

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senator Haugen

Read first time 02/22/95.  Referred to Committee on Government Operations.

Concerning a county hospital board of trustees.

    AN ACT Relating to county hospitals; and amending RCW 36.62.110.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 36.62.110 and 1984 c 26 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

    Whenever any county, or any county and city jointly, or two or more counties jointly, establish a hospital for the care and treatment of the indigent, sick, injured, or infirm, under the provisions of this chapter, and such hospital is completed and ready for operation, the county legislative authority of the county in which the institution is located shall ((appoint)) nominate thirteen persons, and the county executive shall appoint these persons as trustees for the institution.  Further, the county executive shall nominate and appoint four persons as trustees for the institution, and the governor shall nominate two persons, and the county executive shall appoint these persons as trustees for the institution.  The nineteen appointed trustees are each subject to confirmation by the county legislative authority.  The ((thirteen)) nineteen trustees, together with the additional trustees required by RCW 36.62.130, if any, shall constitute a board of trustees for such hospital.

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