§ 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 […]

§ 7-57-106. Supplemental Nature of Chapter

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 exercised without regard to requirements, restrictions or […]

§ 7-57-107. Liberal Construction

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.