§ 7-57-305. Acquisition and Transfer of Real Property Interests
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 authorized by resolution of the governing body of the municipality without submission […]
§ 7-57-306. Zoning and Building Laws
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.
§ 7-57-307. Tax Exemption — Exceptions — Tax Equivalents
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 county and […]
§ 7-57-202. Change of Name
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 the laws of this state to […]
§ 7-57-203. Board of Trustees
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 municipality, or if two (2) or […]
§ 7-57-101. Short Title
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Metropolitan Hospital Authority Act.”
§ 7-57-102. Purpose and Policy
It is hereby determined and declared that the present and projected rapid growth of the demand for health care, the need for health care facilities in the metropolitan regions of the state, the realization that the optimum in health care is preventive by nature, and the great demand for capital and operating funds, all require […]
§ 7-57-103. Chapter Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: “Authority” or “hospital authority” means a public body and a body corporate and public organized in accordance with this chapter for the purposes, with the powers, and subject to the restrictions set forth in this chapter; “Board” means the board of trustees of an authority; […]
§ 7-57-104. Duty of the Authority and Trustees of the Authority
The authority and its trustees shall be under a statutory duty to comply or to cause compliance strictly with all provisions of this chapter and the laws of the state, and, in addition, with each and every term, provision and covenant in any contract of the authority on its part to be kept or performed.
§ 7-57-105. Dissolution — Disposition of Property
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 the obligations of the authority have been fully paid, or provided for, and that such municipalities […]