§8-23-1. Statement of purpose. It is the purpose of this article to permit local governmental units to make the most efficient use of their power and authority by enabling them to cooperate with each other on a basis of mutual advantage and to consolidate functions and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner […]
For the purposes of this article: (1) The term "public agency" shall mean any municipality, county or other political subdivision of this state, or any county board of education of this state; and
§8-23-3. Intergovernmental agreements generally. Any power or powers, privilege or privileges, authority or undertaking, exercised or capable of exercise, or which may be engaged in, and any public works which may be undertaken, by a public agency acting alone may be exercised, enjoyed, engaged in or undertaken jointly with any other public agency which could […]
Any county or municipal hospital or hospital created by special act of the Legislature may enter into a joint or cooperative undertaking pursuant to this article and may further enter into joint or cooperative undertakings with private agencies or corporations in accordance with this section. The expenditure of public funds, allocation of personnel and provision […]
Before an agreement made pursuant to the provisions of section three of this article may become effective, a copy of the same must be filed with the recorder of any municipality party thereto and with the clerk of the county court of any county party thereto, and, as to any other public agency party thereto, […]
In the event that an agreement entered into pursuant to the provisions of section three of this article shall deal in whole or in part with the providing of services or facilities with respect to which an officer or agency of this state has Constitutional or statutory powers of control, the agreement shall, as a […]
Any public agency entering into an agreement pursuant to the provisions of section three of this article is hereby empowered and authorized to appropriate funds to, and to sell, lease, transfer or otherwise supply real or personal property to, and to furnish personnel and services to, the administrative joint board or other legal or administrative […]
Any one or more public agencies are hereby empowered and authorized to contract with any one or more other public agencies for the performance of any governmental service, activity or undertaking which each public agency entering into the contract is authorized by law to perform, provided that such contract shall be authorized by the governing […]
(a) If an intergovernmental agreement, entered into in accordance with the provisions of section three of this article, and if a contract for the performance of a service, activity or undertaking entered into in accordance with the provisions of section seven of this article does not create a financial obligation for a public agency except […]
§8-23-9. Construction. The provisions of this article are in addition to and not in derogation of any power and authority vested in any public agency under any Constitutional, statutory or charter provisions which may now or hereafter be in effect, and under no circumstances whatever shall the provisions of this article be construed as in […]
