31-3608. OFFICERS OF BOARD. The county hospital board shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman, a secretary and a treasurer. The chairman and vice-chairman shall be members of the board. The secretary may be a member of the board or otherwise, as the board may determine. The treasurer may be a member of the board or otherwise, as the board may determine. The chairman or vice-chairman shall preside at all meetings, call special meetings and shall sign all minutes of the board when the same have been approved. The chairman or vice-chairman, or such other members of the board as the board may designate, shall be authorized by the board to approve disbursements of funds in the custody of the hospital board.
The secretary shall receive such pay as the board may direct, and shall keep the minutes of all meetings in a book provided for that purpose, and shall sign the same when said minutes have been approved.
The treasurer shall have custody of the moneys for which the hospital board is responsible, and shall disburse the same only upon authorization of the board. It shall be the duty of the treasurer to invest idle moneys. Such investment of idle moneys shall be limited to investments that carry an A rating or better by a commonly known rating service and that are authorized by the legislature for the state treasurer pursuant to sections 67-1210 and 67-1210A, Idaho Code. The treasurer shall receive such pay for services as the board may determine, and shall be required to file bond for the faithful performance of his duties as treasurer in an amount at least equal to the largest amount of money to come into his hands.
History:
[31-3608, added 1946 (1st E.S.), ch. 38, sec. 8, p. 75; am. 1982, ch. 340, sec. 5, p. 854; am. 2015, ch. 206, sec. 2, p. 634.]