Title 22 — Title 22

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 …

The formation of one corporation under the provisions of this article shall not prevent the subsequent formation under this article of another corporation by the same county and the same municipality or municipalities or another municipality or municipalities in such county. Hist…

No hospital authorized under this article shall have governmental sovereignty or immunity. History: (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §15; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §2.)

The corporation shall have all the powers and authority inhering in, or conferred upon, counties in the State of Alabama operating public hospitals, except as otherwise provided, as well as the following specific powers, together with all powers incidental thereto or necessary to…

The corporation shall not have the power of eminent domain. History: (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §14.)

The county in which the corporation is organized, any municipality located, in whole or in part, within such county, whether or not a member of such corporation, and any public corporation in such county and any other public agency, authority or body, whether or not incorporated,…

(a) All securities of the corporation shall be signed in the name and behalf of the corporation by its chairman and attested by its secretary, but a facsimile of the signature of one, but not both, of such officers may be printed thereon in lieu of the manual signature of such of…

(a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by the corporation under Section 22-21-182, other than borrowings made for refunding purposes, shall be used solely for: (1) The purpose or purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made, including architects…

(a) The corporation may, at any time and from time to time, issue refunding securities for the purpose of refunding any securities of the corporation theretofore issued under Section 22-21-182 and then outstanding, whether or not such securities shall have matured or are redeemab…

Securities issued under this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state. History: (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess. No. 183, p. 442, §12.)

All property, real, personal or mixed, that may be owned by the corporation and the corporation itself shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, including, without limitation, income, excise, privilege and license taxation. Further, the gross proceeds of sale…

The corporation shall, within a reasonable time following the close of each of its fiscal years, cause to be published in a daily newspaper published in the county that is a member of the corporation, if there is any such daily newspaper, a statement of financial condition contai…

Any corporation organized under the provisions of this article shall, insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned, be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article, which shall not be construed in pari materia with any other statute. History: (Acts 1975, 3…

Employees of Corporation, Etc. The provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 and all subsequent amendments thereto or any subsequent act which may replace the same shall apply to the members of the board of directors of the corporation, the administrator and the purchasing agent of su…

The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, as amended, requiring competitive bids for certain purchases and services shall apply to the corporation to the same extent as said provisions are applicable to the other local governmental agencies specifically mentioned the…

If at any time the corporation shall have outstanding no unpaid securities and if each member of the board of directors of the corporation shall execute and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized a certificate of …

The governing body of any county or municipality in this state may make an appropriation or appropriations out of their respective treasuries to aid in maintaining and taking care of sick and wounded persons who are unable to provide for themselves in any hospital maintained for …

For the purpose of this article, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITALS. General and specialized hospitals, including ancillary services; independent clinical laboratories; rehabilitation centers; ambulatory surgic…

The purpose of this article is to promote the public health, safety and welfare by providing for the development, establishment and enforcement of standards for the treatment and care of individuals in institutions within the purview of this article and the establishment, constru…

For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section: (1) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a …

It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article that the Hospital Service Program for Indigents provided for in this article shall be a program designed and administered so as to provide hospitalization for those residents of the State of Alabama who are ill or injured a…

The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered by the State Board of Health through the State Health Department. The board shall, subject to the provisions of this article, promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper adm…

An admissions committee is hereby created in each county in the state. The admissions committee in each county shall be appointed by majority vote of an appointing board in each county consisting of the judge of probate of the county, two members of the county commission, who sha…

The admissions committee in each county shall determine the indigency of any resident of the county making application for hospitalization as an indigent under the authority of this article and shall promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary in the adm…

Any person desiring to be hospitalized as an indigent under the provisions of this article must first be examined by an attending physician, who shall attest to the general need for hospitalization of such person, but final determination of the need for hospitalization of such pe…

In the event that there is no hospital located in a county and the county commission of such county certifies to the State Board of Health that it does desire to participate in the Hospital Service Program for Indigents, in the manner provided for in this article, the admissions …

In the event that no participating hospital in a participating county has adequate personnel, equipment or other medical facilities necessary for the proper care and treatment of a particular indigent residing in the county, the admissions committee in such county may approve the…

No physician shall be entitled to receive any public funds as a fee for attending or treating an indigent patient hospitalized under the provisions of this article, it being the intent and purpose of this article that all such professional medical services shall be furnished by s…

No person shall establish, conduct or maintain any hospital as defined in Section 22-21-20 without first obtaining the license provided in this article. Hospitals operated by the federal government and mental hospitals under the supervision of the board of trustees of the Alabama…

(a) All funds appropriated each year for the use of the State Board of Health in carrying out the provisions of this article, except as may otherwise be provided in this section, shall be apportioned among the various counties of the state as follows: (1) Twenty-five percent of t…

Any unexpended funds appropriated to the State Board of Health for allocation among the various counties under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Treasury at the end of any fiscal year. Such unexpended funds remaining to the credit of the State Board of …

Any unexpended funds allocated to any county under the provisions of this article shall not revert to the State Board of Health at the end of any fiscal year, but shall remain to the credit of the county to which they were allocated by the board. Such unexpended funds shall be us…