Chapter 4 — Chapter 4

A. Subject to the requirements of Section 4-48A-3 NMSA 1978, the board of trustees of a special hospital district shall consist of the greater of five members or a number of members equal to the number of counties which agree to form a special hospital district. In the case of a …

Each member of the board of trustees shall be a qualified elector, and each member of the board of trustees elected from a subdistrict or a single-member district shall be a resident of the subdistrict or the single-member district of the special hospital district. The office of …

A. The board of trustees shall elect from its membership a chairman and secretary- treasurer. B. Each member of the board of trustees shall receive no compensation for the performance of his duties, but shall be paid per diem and mileage for attendance at meetings of the board as…

The board of trustees may: A. acquire, construct, operate or maintain one or more hospital facilities in the special hospital district for the purposes for which the special hospital district was created; B. receive and expend all funds accruing to the special hospital district p…

Chapter 4, Article 48B NMSA 1978 may be cited as the "Hospital Funding Act". History: 1978 Comp., § 4-48B-1, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 83, § 1; 1982, ch. 11, § 1.

members; appointment; terms; powers; bonds. A. The county commissioners of a county or counties maintaining or operating a county hospital are authorized to appoint a hospital governing board to be composed of either five, seven or nine members. The hospital governing board so ap…

The county commissioners and the hospital governing board shall have full power and authority to accept federal funds for the erection or enlargement of county hospitals and the maintenance and operation thereof, and to contract as a condition to the acceptance of such funds for …

A. The county commissioners are authorized to impose a mill levy and collect annual assessments against the net taxable value of the property in a county to pay the cost of operating and maintaining county hospitals or to pay to contracting hospitals in accordance with a health c…

from tax levy. Any county hospital operated and maintained pursuant to a lease as authorized by the Hospital Funding Act which has mill levies levied and collected for its maintenance and operation pursuant to that act may expend those funds for the operation and maintenance of t…

A. Charges for care, treatment and services for any person sent by order of a district court to any county hospital or municipally owned hospital serving as a county hospital which is located outside the county of commitment shall be paid: (1) by the patient, if he is able to pay…

A. In the event the county commissioners of a county, other than a class A county, desire to provide the mill levy authorized in Paragraph (2) of Subsection A of Section 4- 48B-12 NMSA 1978, the county commissioners shall submit to the qualified electors of the county the questio…

All elections authorizing a mill levy assessment for hospital use which were held prior to the effective date of the Hospital Funding Act are declared valid for the use and purposes of that act, and such mill levy may be imposed and collected during the period of the authorizatio…

establish retirement plans and programs for employees of county hospitals. The hospital governing board of a county hospital and regents of a state educational institution operating a county hospital under a contract approved by the state board of finance may establish retirement…

revenues. A. The counties agreeing jointly under Section 8 [9] [4-48B-9 NMSA 1978] of the Hospital Funding Act and the county or counties entering into an agreement with a municipality under Section 9 of the Hospital Funding Act may issue, separately, revenue bonds pursuant to th…

It is unlawful to divert, use or expend any money received from the issuance of bonds for any purpose other than the purpose for which the bonds were issued. History: 1978 Comp., § 4-48B-19, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 83, § 19.

The purpose of the Hospital Funding Act is: A. to encourage and enable counties and other political subdivisions to provide appropriate and adequate hospital facilities for the sick of the counties; B. to provide flexibility in financing construction, operation and maintenance of…

Hospital revenue bonds: A. shall bear interest payable annually or semiannually and may or may not be evidenced by coupons; provided the first interest payment date may be for interest accruing for any period not exceeding one year; B. may be subject to a prior redemption at the …

At a regular or special meeting called for the purpose of issuing revenue bonds as authorized pursuant to the Hospital Funding Act, the county commissioners may adopt an ordinance that: A. declares the necessity for issuing revenue bonds; B. authorizes the issuance of revenue bon…

Revenue bonds issued by a county under the authority of the Hospital Funding Act shall not be the general obligation of the county within the meaning of Article 9, Sections 10 and 13 of the constitution of New Mexico. The bonds shall be payable solely out of all or a portion of t…

A. The principal of and interest on any revenue bonds issued under the authority of the Hospital Funding Act shall be secured by a pledge of the revenues out of which such bonds shall be payable and may be secured by a mortgage covering all or any part of the county hospital or j…

The revenue bonds issued under authority of the Hospital Funding Act and the income from the bonds, all mortgages or other security instruments executed as security for the bonds, all agreement [agreements] made pursuant to the provisions of that act and the revenues derived ther…

The Hospital Funding Act shall not be construed as requiring an election by the voters of a county prior to the issuance of revenue bonds under that act by a county. History: 1978 Comp., § 4-48B-25, enacted by Laws 1981, ch. 83, § 25.

No notice, consent or approval by any governmental body, commission or public officer shall be required as a prerequisite to the sale or issuance of any revenue bonds or the making of a mortgage under the authority of the Hospital Funding Act, except as provided in that act. Hist…

The legislature declares that hospitals are necessary public buildings with respect to which counties may borrow money for construction, purchase, renovation, remodeling, equipping or re-equipping and acquisition of necessary land. History: 1978 Comp., § 4-48B-27, enacted by Laws…

loan council; authority; security; restrictions and limitations and other details. A. A county or counties agreeing jointly under Section 4-48B-9 NMSA 1978 and a county or counties entering into an agreement with a municipality under Section 4-48B- 9 NMSA 1978 may enter into a le…

The county commissioners may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of refunding any of the revenue bonds issued under the Hospital Funding Act. The board shall adopt an ordinance or resolution stating the facts making the issuance of the refunding bonds necessary or advisable, th…

As used in the Hospital Funding Act: A. "another political subdivision" means a political subdivision of New Mexico, including a municipality and a special hospital district organized under the Special Hospital District Act [Chapter 4, Article 48A NMSA 1978], but not including a …

Each contracting hospital shall prepare an annual accounting and report to the county or counties, or county or counties and another political subdivision with which the contracting hospital contracts, accounting for the expenditure of mill levy funds for the past year, an annual…

All counties shall have the following powers: A. to purchase, own, maintain and operate hospitals; B. to purchase the land necessary to construct hospitals; C. to control and regulate county hospitals; D. to construct county hospitals; E. to issue general obligation bonds and rev…

holding; election without petition. Whenever a petition signed by not fewer than two hundred qualified electors of any county in this state shall be presented to the county commissioners of the particular county asking that a vote be taken on the question or proposition of constr…

A. All counties shall have the power to authorize the leasing or operating of county hospitals to persons, firms, organizations, corporations or a state educational institution named in Article 12, Section 11 of the constitution of New Mexico upon such terms and conditions as the…

and county agencies. Counties, by their county commissioners, are authorized to make agreements with state or county agencies or other agencies for the care of sick and indigent persons. Such care shall be provided to all non-citizens, regardless of immigration status, if they me…

municipal participation; indebtedness authorized. A. If two or more counties shall, through their respective county commissioners, deem it advisable to construct, purchase, renovate, remodel, equip, re-equip, maintain or operate a hospital and to acquire the land necessary theref…

Bonds may be issued under the provisions of Sections 4-49-1 through 4-49-21 NMSA 1978 for the purpose of remodeling and making additions to necessary public buildings and for water, sewer or sanitary landfill systems and airports under the same conditions as provided for issuance…

All such elections as herein provided for shall be held at the usual place of voting in such county, and shall be conducted by the officers or persons provided by law for the holding of ordinary or general elections in any such county, such election to be in all respects governed…

The vote at all such elections shall be by ballot, on tickets or ballots having written or printed words, "For courthouse bonds," or "Against," [or] any other work of improvement for which bonds are to be voted, as the case may be. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 6; C.L. 1897, § 35…

All qualified electors under the laws of this state who are property taxpayers shall be entitled to vote at all elections provided by this article. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 7; C.L. 1897, § 355; Code 1915, § 1162; C.S. 1929, § 33- 3907; 1941 Comp., § 15-4608; 1953 Comp., § 15…

When any two counties are separated by a stream of water, and it is desired to bridge such stream, such counties may join in the construction of the same, and the county commissioners of the aforesaid counties shall determine the proportionate share of bonds to be issued by each,…

construction.] If the majority of the legal votes cast at any such election herein provided for shall be in favor of the proposition voted for the issuing of bonds, then the county commissioners of such county, if the proposition be for the building of a courthouse or jail or bri…

The said county commissioners of any county are hereby fully authorized and empowered to enter into any and all contracts necessary to carry into effect the provisions of this article. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 10; C.L. 1897, § 358; Code 1915, § 1165; C.S. 1929, § 33-3910; 19…

The county commissioners of any county issuing such bonds shall make a registration thereof in a book to be kept for that purpose, showing the date, amount, number [and] maturity of such bonds, and if issued for the building of a courthouse or a jail or a bridge, what bridge or o…

It shall be the duty of the board of county commissioners to ascertain from the assessment books of the county the amount of assessed taxable property in each county having issued bonds, and what percentage thereof is required to be levied to pay said amount, and when so ascertai…

All taxes for interest on and for the redemption of such bonds shall be paid only in cash, and shall be kept by the county treasurer as a special fund, to be used for the payment of interest on and for the redemption of such bonds only. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 13; C.L. 1897…

It shall be the duty of the county treasurer to keep the interest and sinking fund account of the county separate and distinct, and when there are sufficient funds in his hands to the credit of the redemption fund to pay in full the principal and interest of any such bonds issued…

health.] The county hospital or hospitals constructed pursuant to the provisions of this act [4- 49-2, 4-49-3, 4-49-8 NMSA 1978] shall be situated in the county in such manner as to make hospital service reasonably accessible to all persons in the county, as determined by the cou…

penalty.] No bonds issued under this article, nor the proceeds thereof, shall be used for any other purpose than that for which they were issued. Any officer who shall apply the same to any other purpose shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined …

If for any cause the board of county commissioners or county clerk, or other authority of any county who is by law charged with the levying of taxes or placing the same upon the tax books, shall fail or neglect to make such levy or place the same in the tax books at the time here…

hospital; bonds.] If two or more counties shall, through their respective boards of county commissioners, deem it advisable to construct one hospital or isolation ward for the benefit jointly of such counties, the said counties jointly shall have the powers and authorities in thi…

The bonds authorized in Chapter 4, Article 49 NMSA 1978 to be issued shall be in such form and shall be payable at such place or places as the board of county commissioners may direct, with interest payable semiannually at the same place or places where the principal is made paya…

That before any bonds shall be issued under this article, the same shall be ordered by a vote of the qualified electors of such county, in the same manner hereinafter provided. History: Laws 1891, ch. 83, § 3; C.L. 1897, § 351; Code 1915, § 1158; C.S. 1929, § 33- 3903; 1941 Comp.…