Title 7, Consolidated Governments and Local Governmental Functions and Entities

Whenever the governing body or bodies of the creating municipality or municipalities and the participating municipality or municipalities shall each, by resolution, determine that the purposes for which the authority was created have been substantially accomplished, that all of t…

The powers conferred by this chapter shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law, and are not in substitution for such powers, and the limitations imposed by this chapter shall not affect such powers. The powers granted in this chapter may be ex…

This chapter shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this chapter, and insofar as this chapter may be inconsistent with any other law, this chapter shall be controlling.

(a) The governing body of the creating municipality may establish a metropolitan hospital authority in the manner provided for in this part. (b) The governing body of the creating municipality shall adopt, and its executive officer shall approve, a resolution calling a public hea…

An authority created and existing pursuant to this chapter may, at any time, by resolution adopted by a majority of its board of trustees, change its name. A copy of such resolution, duly verified by the chair and secretary of the board of trustees before an officer authorized by…

(a) The governing body of an authority shall be a board of trustees to consist of no fewer than five (5) nor more than fifteen (15) members. All powers granted to an authority in this chapter shall be exercised by its board of trustees. The governing body of the creating municipa…

No trustee or employee of an authority shall, during such person's tenure as such trustee or employee, acquire any interest, direct or indirect, in any hospital facility or in any property included or planned to be included in any hospital facility; nor shall such person have any…

(1) An authority shall constitute a public body and a body corporate and politic, exercising public powers, and having all the powers necessary or convenient to carry out and effectuate the purposes and provisions of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the powers to:(1) …

An authority may exercise any or all of the powers conferred upon it in this chapter, either generally or with respect to any specific hospital project or projects, through or by an agent or agents that it may designate, including any corporation or corporations that are or shall…

In addition to all of the other powers conferred upon it in this chapter, an authority may do all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly given in this part. No authority shall have or exercise any governmental powers or authority other than those specif…

(1) With the approval of the governing bodies of the creating and participating municipalities, the authority has the following additional powers, to:(1) Issue its bonds and notes in the manner provided in the Local Government Public Obligations Act of 1986, compiled in title 9, …

Any creating or participating municipality may acquire any interest in land within the boundaries of the creating or participating municipality by gift, purchase, lease or condemnation, and may transfer such interest to an authority by sale, lease or gift. Such transfer may be au…

All hospital projects and facilities of an authority shall be subject to the planning, zoning, sanitary, safety and building laws, ordinances, resolutions and regulations applicable to the locality in which the hospital project or any of its facilities are situated.

The authority shall be exempt from the payment of any taxes or fees to the state or any subdivisions of the state, or to any officer or employee of the state or any subdivision of the state, except as provided in this section. The property of an authority shall be exempt from all…

(1) Any creating municipality and any participating municipality has all necessary powers in order to further the purposes of this chapter, including, but not limited to, the following, any or all of which powers may be exercised by ordinance or resolution of its governing body:(…

Any property, real or personal, conveyed or leased to an authority by a creating or participating municipality shall be operated by the authority to which the property is conveyed, together with other facilities of the authority, in accordance with and under this chapter and the …

(a) In addition to the powers conferred upon authorities by other provisions of this chapter, authorities are also empowered to:(1) Borrow money or accept grants from the federal or state governments for or in aid of the construction of any hospital project that such authority is…

The board of trustees of each authority created under this chapter shall file an annual report with the governing body or bodies of the creating and participating municipalities of the authority for the fiscal year. The board shall also prepare and submit to the creating and part…

Any hospital authority created by and under this chapter shall conduct an annual audit of the financial affairs, books and records of such authority, the audit to be at the end of each fiscal year. Each hospital authority shall obtain either a certified public accountant or a fir…

All final audits as provided for in § 7-57-402 shall be reproduced in sufficient numbers and copies, and shall be submitted to and filed with the governing bodies of each creating and participating municipality of the authority not later than ninety (90) days after the close of t…

In the event any hospital authority shall fail or refuse to provide for an annual audit and have such audit prepared and filed as set forth in §§ 7-57-402 and 7-57-403, or should such audit fail to certify whether or not the hospital authority has operated within its approved ann…

(a) The public purpose and policy set forth in § 7-57-102(a) is also declared to be applicable to any hospital authority created by private act of the general assembly, sometimes referred to in this part as a “private act metropolitan hospital authority”, the principal hospital f…

(a) In addition to the powers granted to it by any private act of the general assembly, a private act metropolitan hospital authority has as supplemental and additional powers, all those powers of a hospital authority granted in:(1) Section 7-57-301; provided, that no provision o…

(a) Any private act of the general assembly to the contrary notwithstanding, a private act metropolitan hospital authority shall not be required to bid the purchase or procurement of any goods or services that:(1) Are not required to be bid by a county under the County Purchasing…

In addition to all of the powers conferred upon it by this part or any other law, a private act metropolitan hospital authority may do any and all things necessary and convenient to carry out the powers expressly granted by this part or any other law. This part shall be construed…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Private Act Hospital Authority Act of 1996.”

For the purpose of this part, “private act hospital authority” is any hospital owned or operated by one (1) or more local governments or any hospital, hospital authority or hospital district created or authorized by a private act of the general assembly.

A private act hospital authority, as defined in this part, in addition to the rights and powers granted to such authority by any private act of the general assembly or its charter of incorporation, has as supplemental and additional rights and powers, all powers granted to privat…

With respect to the sale of hospital property, this part shall not be construed or implemented in any manner that abolishes or diminishes the public's opportunity to require a public referendum as authorized by a municipal charter.