Title 22 — Title 22

The corporate authorities of any town or city and the county commission of any county may each establish, within the town or city or within the county, hospitals, temporary or permanent, for the reception of the sick or infirm or of persons suspected of having infectious or conta…

(a) As used in this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) EMPLOYEE. An individual who is a part-time or full-time employee of the long term care facility. (2) LONG TERM CARE FACILITY. The term includes a skilled nursing facility, intermediate care facility…

For the purposes of this division, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITAL CORPORATION. A hospital association heretofore or hereafter organized under and pursuant to the provisions of Act No. 211, General Acts of Al…

The county commission of any county in which a special tax for public hospital purposes has heretofore been or shall hereafter be authorized at an election held in the county pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution shall have the power to designate a hospi…

When a hospital corporation has been designated as the agency of the county to acquire, construct, equip, operate and maintain public hospital facilities in the county, and without restriction to a particular area or portion of the county in which such corporation is to act as su…

All elections which have heretofore been held in any county pursuant to the provisions of any amendment to the constitution for the purpose of authorizing a special county tax for public hospital purposes which said elections resulted in a majority of the votes cast being in favo…

Every election heretofore held in any county in this state, which has a population of less than 50,000, according to the last federal decennial census, on the question of the levy of a special tax for public hospital purposes under the Constitution of Alabama, including any amend…

Every election heretofore held in any county in this state submitting to the qualified electors of such county the question of the levy of a special tax for public hospital purposes pursuant to the provisions of Amendment 72 to the Constitution of Alabama at which a majority of t…

Any hospital corporation may anticipate the proceeds from any special county tax required to be paid to it in accordance with the provisions of this division, by issuing securities for any one or more of the purposes for which the tax shall have been voted, and may pledge for the…

Securities issued under this division may contain such other terms, provisions, conditions, limitations and agreements, not inconsistent with the provisions of this division, as the directors of the hospital corporation issuing the same shall deem advisable, including, but not li…

Securities of the hospital corporation may be executed and delivered by it at any time, and from time to time, shall be in such form and denomination and of such tenor and maturities, shall contain such provisions not inconsistent with this division and shall bear such rate or ra…

All securities issued under this division may be sold, either at private or public sale, in such manner, and from time to time, as may be determined by the directors of the hospital corporation issuing the same to be most advantageous. The hospital corporation may pay all expense…

(a) Any physician, nurse, or employee thereof or agent of the same and any employee or agent of a hospital, mental health facility, clinic, or nursing home knowingly treating a person suffering from a gunshot wound, or receiving a request for treatment, shall report the injury to…

Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof and by the document which is the source of authority, a fiduciary may, with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust funds in securities of a hospital corporation for payment of the principal of,…

Securities reciting that they are issued pursuant to the terms of this division shall, in any action or proceeding involving their validity, be conclusively deemed to be fully authorized by this division and to have been issued, sold, executed and delivered in conformity with thi…

The directors of any hospital corporation may, in their discretion, before the issuance of any securities, determine the authority of the hospital corporation to issue such securities, and the legality of all proceedings had or taken in connection therewith and the validity of th…

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) AUTHORITY. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) BOARD. The board of directors of the aut…

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to empower each incorporated city and town in the state to authorize the incorporation of one or more public corporations as political subdivisions of the state for the purpose of providing public hospital faci…

Whenever any number of natural persons, not less than three, shall file with the governing body an application in writing for permission to incorporate a public corporation under the provisions of this article, if it shall be made to appear to the governing body that each of the …

(a) The certificate of incorporation of the authority shall state: (1) The name and address of each of the incorporators, and a statement that each of them is a duly qualified elector of, and property owner in, the municipality; (2) The name of the authority, which shall be “The …

The certificate of incorporation, having attached thereto: (1) A certified copy of the resolution provided for in Section 22-21-133; and (2) A certificate by the Secretary of State of the state that the name proposed for the authority is not identical with that of any other corpo…

(a) The authority shall have a board of directors composed of the number of directors provided in the certificate of incorporation, as most recently amended. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The directors shall be resid…

The officers of the authority shall consist of a president, a vice-president, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the authority was organized. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need …

The authority shall have the following powers and capacities, among others specified in this article, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to the discharge thereof: (1) To have succession by its corporate name until dissolved as provided in Section 22-21-154; …

The authority shall have the same power of eminent domain as is vested by law in the municipality, which power shall be exercised in the same manner and under the same conditions as are provided by law for the exercise of the power of eminent domain by the municipality. History: …

The municipality is hereby authorized to convey to the authority, with or without the payment of monetary consideration therefor, any property that may, immediately preceding such conveyance, be owned by the municipality, whether or not such property is necessary for the conduct …

(a) Authorization of lease. The authority and the municipality are hereby respectively authorized to enter into one or more lease agreements with each other whereunder one or more projects or any part thereof shall be leased by the authority to the municipality. No such lease agr…

The authority is empowered, at any time and from time to time, to sell and issue its revenue bonds for the purpose of providing funds to acquire, construct, improve, enlarge, complete and equip one or more projects and for payment of obligations incurred for any such purpose. The…

The authority may at any time and from time to time sell and issue its refunding revenue bonds for the purpose of refunding the principal of, and interest on, any matured or unmatured bonds of the authority at the time outstanding and for the payment of any expenses incurred in c…

The bonds of the authority shall be signed by either its president or its vice-president, as shall be provided in the resolution under which the bonds shall be issued, and the seal of the authority shall be affixed to the bonds and attested by its secretary; provided, that a facs…

The principal of, and the interest on, the bonds shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which the bonds shall be made payable, may be secured by a pledge of the lease agreement (if any) covering the project from which revenues so pledged shall be derived and by a ple…

Any resolution authorizing any bonds under this article shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, which recital shall be conclusive evidence that said bonds have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this article, notwit…

Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or the document that is the source of authority,…

The governing body is authorized, in its discretion, to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in the treasury of the municipality which is not otherwise earmarked or pledged. History: (Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §22.)

All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both princ…

(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds sold by the authority, other than refunding bonds, shall be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping one or more projects, as may be provided in the proceedings in which the bonds …

(a) In event of default on bonds. If there should be any default in the payment of the principal of, or interest on, any bonds issued under this article, then the holder of any of the bonds, and of any of the interest coupons applicable thereto, and the trustee under any indentur…

All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds issued by it shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama or of the municipality. History: (Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §20.)

(a) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds which the board may determine is not presently needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued, and any other moneys of the authority which the board may determine will not…

The properties of the authority, and the income therefrom, all lease agreements made by the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures executed with respect thereto shall be forever exempt from any…

At any time when the authority does not have any bonds outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of …

This article shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right or remedy which any municipality or any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence of this article, and shall be construed as cumulative and independent thereof.…

Any public corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and existing under the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to lease any hospital, building or facility constructed and equipped under the provisions of this chapter to any public corporation or …

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article. (2) COUNTY. Any county in this state. (3) …

It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize in each of the several counties of the state the organization of a public corporation or corporations for the purpose of acquiring, owning and operating public hospitals and other health-care and r…

Any county and any one or more municipalities located, in whole or in part, in such county are hereby together empowered and authorized to cause to be organized and incorporated one or more public corporations for hospital purposes with all the power and authority provided in Sec…

The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under this article shall state: (1) The name of the corporation, which shall be Hospital Authority of _____ (or space to be filled in with the names of the county and of the municipality or municipalities whi…

The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under this article may, at any time and from time to time, be amended in the following manner: (1) The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment, whic…

(a) The corporation shall have a board of directors in which all powers of the corporation shall be vested. The board of directors shall consist of (1) Two persons elected by the county commission of the county; (2) Two persons elected by the governing body of the largest of the …

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board of directors shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the corporation was organized. The chairman and the vice-chairman of …