Section 22-21-170 Definitions. 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) MEMBER. The county that is a member of a […]
Section 22-21-171 Purpose and construction of article. 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 related facilities […]
Section 22-21-172 Incorporation – Authority. 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 Section 22-21-179. Such power […]
Section 22-21-173 Incorporation – Certificate of incorporation – Contents; acknowledgment; filing. 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 […]
Section 22-21-174 Incorporation – Certificate of incorporation – Amendment. 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, which may […]
Section 22-21-175 Board of directors. (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 […]
Section 22-21-176 Officers; personnel. 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 corporation shall be elected by the […]
Section 22-21-177 Formation of other corporations. 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. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. […]
Section 22-21-178 Governmental sovereignty or immunity. No hospital authorized under this article shall have governmental sovereignty or immunity. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §15; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §2.)
Section 22-21-179 Powers of corporation. 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 discharge thereof in corporate form: (1) […]
Section 22-21-180 Eminent domain. The corporation shall not have the power of eminent domain. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §14.)
Section 22-21-181 Transfer of funds and assets by counties and municipalities. 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 […]
Section 22-21-182 Borrowing by corporation generally; debts not obligations of state, counties or municipalities; tax exemptions. (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 […]
Section 22-21-183 Disposition of proceeds from borrowing. (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’ and engineers’ fees; (2) Legal, […]
Section 22-21-184 Refunding securities. (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 redeemable at the option of the corporation at […]
Section 22-21-185 Fiduciary investment. 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. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess. No. 183, p. 442, §12.)
Section 22-21-186 Corporation tax exempt. 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 sales of tangible personal property to or by the […]
Section 22-21-187 Publication of financial statement. 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 containing a […]
Section 22-21-188 Provisions exclusive. 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. (Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §20.)
Section 22-21-189 Applicability of provisions of state law as to ethics of public officials, etc.; purchase, etc., of goods or services from 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 […]
