Title: Holmes County Hospital Corporation, Holmes County

Summary: Authorizes trustees of Holmes County Hospital Corporation to own, lease, establish, acquire or construct, erect, equip, maintain, & operate both within & beyond the boundaries of Holmes County, health care facilities & services; provides trustees may exercise specified powers; authorizes trustees to contract with certain persons or entities; provides ad valorem taxes & non-ad valorem special assessments be expended only within boundaries of Holmes County; prohibits trustees from expending such funds outside boundaries of Holmes County.

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An act relating to Holmes County Hospital Corporation, Holmes County; amending ch. 30843, Laws of Florida (1955), as amended; authorizing the Board of Trustees of the Holmes County Hospital Corporation to own, lease, establish, acquire or construct, erect, equip, maintain, and operate both within and beyond the boundaries of Holmes County, health care facilities and services; authorizing the trustees to contract with certain persons or entities to carry out the provisions of this act; providing that the trustees may exercise specified powers; providing legislative intent; providing that ad valorem taxes and non-ad valorem special assessments be expended only withi nthe boundaries of the Holmes County; prohibiting trustees from expending such funds outside the boundaries of Holmes County; providing for severability; providing an effective date. Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida: Section 1. Subsections (l), (m), (n), and (o) are added to section of chapter 30843, Laws of Florida (1955), as amended by chapter 2005-352, Laws of Florida, to read: Section 3. The said Holmes county hospital corporations HB 1341 2021 shall: (l) Notwithstanding an ylanguage contained elsewhere in this act to the contrary, the trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to own, lease, establish, acquire or construct, erect, equip, maintain, and operate, both within and beyond the boundaries of Holmes County, in add ition to hospitals, all manner of other health care facilities and all manner of other health care services that promote the public health and the health care needs of those members of the public served by the said corporation, subject to the provisions of sections 408.031 408.0455, Florida Statutes. (m) The trustees are authorized and empowered to contract with individuals, partnerships, corporations, municipalities, the county, the state, and any subdivision or agency thereof in the United States of Ame rica, to carry out the purposes of this act, including participation in the joint provision with other hospitals and health care providers of all manner of inpatient and outpatient facilities and health care services that provide benefits to those members of the public served by the hospital or hospitals of the Holmes county hospital corporation both within and beyond the boundaries of the said corporation and to the extent such participation is consistent with all restrictions contained in the Florida Cons titution, the general laws of the state, or the provisions of sections 408.031 408.0455, Florida Statutes. HB 1341 2021 (n) The trustees shall have and exercise all powers necessary, incidental, or convenient to effect any or all of the purposes for which the Holmes County hospital corporation or the board of trustees are organized under the provisions of this act. (o) It is the express intent of the Legislature that any ad valorem tax or non-ad valorem special assessment revenues levied by Holmes County be used sol ely toward health care facilities or health care services within Holmes County. Accordingly, the trustees are expressly prohibited from using any ad valorem or non-ad valorem special assessment revenues levied by Holmes County on property located within Ho lmes County for any purpose outside the boundaries of Holmes County. Section 2. If any section, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or other part of this act shall be declared unconstitutional, or if this act should be declared inapplicable in any cas e, such declaration shall not affect the remainder of this act or the applicability thereof in any other case. Section 3. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law.