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GA Code § 31-7-81 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-81. Confirmation and Validation of Revenue Certificates

  Certificates of an authority shall be confirmed and validated in accordance with the procedure of Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36; and, when validated, the judgment of validation shall be final and conclusive with respect to such certificates and against the authority issuing the same.   In the event that the payments to be made by any city or county, under contract entered into between the authority and the subdivision, are pledged to the security or payment of revenue certificates sought to be validated, the hospital authority, as an integral part of the validation proceedings, shall have a right of action against the contracting subdivision or subdivisions for a declaratory adjudication of the validity and binding effect of the contract, the actual controversy therein being whether or not the contract is in all respects valid and binding upon the subdivision or subdivisions. The subdivision or subdivisions shall be made a party or parties to the action, and it shall be incumbent on the subdivisions to defend against an adjudication of the validity of such contract or be forever bound. Notice of the proceedings shall be included in the notice of validation hearing required to be issued and published by the clerk of the superior court in which such validation proceeding is pending. Any citizen resident in any subdivision which is a party to the contract may intervene in the validation proceedings at or before the time set for the validation hearing by order of the superior court and assert any ground or objection to the validity and binding effect of the contract on his own behalf and on behalf of the subdivision and all citizens, residents, and property owners thereof. An adjudication as to the validity of the contract, unexcepted to within the time provided for exceptions in Article 3 of Chapter 82 of Title 36, shall be conclusive and binding upon the subdivision or subdivisions and the resident citizens and property owners thereof.    (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 12; Ga. L. 1955, p. 618, § 3; Code 1933, § 88-1810, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Venue for proceedings to confirm and validate revenue bonds issued by hospital authority, § 36-82-83.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS   Right of private citizen intervention does not create class action.    - Statutory right, created in O.C.G.A. § 31-7-81(b), of private citizens to intervene in actions to validate and confirm hospital revenue anticipation certificates does not create a statutory class action. Cheely v. State, 165 Ga. App. 755, 302 S.E.2d 435 (1983).
GA Code § 31-7-82 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-82. Enforcement of Rights of Revenue Certificate Holders; Procedure in Event of Default

 Obligations of an authority evidenced by certificates and trust indentures and mortgages executed in connection therewith may contain such provisions not inconsistent with law as shall be determined by the authority. The authority may in such instruments provide for pledging of all or any part of its gross or net fees, tolls, charges, revenues, and incomes and for mortgaging of all or any part of its real or personal property and may covenant against pledging any or all of its income, revenues, tolls, charges, or fees; and the authority may further provide for the disposition of proceeds realized from the sale of any mutilated certificates and necessary provisions as to payment and redemption of such certificates. Undertakings of an authority may likewise prescribe the procedure by which certificate holders may enforce rights against the authority and provide for such rights upon breach of any covenant, condition, or obligation of the authority. Trust indentures, mortgages, or deeds to secure debt executed by an authority may provide that, in the event of default by the authority in the payment of principal and interest on certificates or obligations or breach of any covenant, a trustee or trustees appointed under the terms of the indenture, mortgage, or deed to secure debt, which shall be a bank or trust company authorized to exercise trust powers, may take possession of and use, operate, and manage any project mortgaged as security for the repayment of any indebtedness of the authority and provide the terms and conditions upon which the trustee or trustees or holders of certificates may enforce any right relating to such certificates. Such trust indentures, mortgages, and deeds to secure debt may contain such provisions, not inconsistent with law, as may be deemed necessary or desirable by the authority.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 9; Code 1933, § 88-1811, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-86 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-86. Manner of Operating Property Conveyed or Leased to Authority

 Any property conveyed or leased to an authority by cities or counties shall be operated by the authority to which the same is conveyed, together with other facilities of the authority, in accordance with this article and the resolution of the governing body or bodies or participating units.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 10; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 103, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 618, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-1814, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-87 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-87. Hypothecation or Mortgaging of Purchased Hospital Facilities

 Should an authority acquire by purchase existing hospital facilities of political subdivisions and pay the reasonable value therefor, nothing in this article shall be construed to prevent the hypothecation or mortgaging of such facilities as security for the repayment of any indebtedness which may be legally incurred by such authority.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 10; Ga. L. 1953, Jan.-Feb. Sess., p. 103, § 1; Ga. L. 1955, p. 618, § 2; Code 1933, § 88-1815, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-88 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-88. Payment of General Obligations

 Obligations of an authority other than certificates shall be payable from general funds of an authority and shall at no time be a charge against any special fund allocated to the payment of certificates except upon payment of current annual maturities and reserves required to be created under Code Section 31-7-77. The maturity of any such obligations shall not extend for more than 40 years.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 11; Code 1933, § 88-1816, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1974, p. 424, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-89 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-89. Procedure for Dissolution; Disposition of Property

 By joint action of the board of trustees of an authority and the governing bodies of participating units, authorities created under and pursuant to the terms of this article may be dissolved, provided that no such dissolution shall in any way impair the rights of third persons or the contracts of the authority with such third persons. Disposition to be made of the property of the authority upon dissolution shall be covered in any resolution adopted by the participating units and the board of trustees of the authority. At no time, however, shall any authority upon dissolution convey any of its property, except as may be otherwise authorized by law, to any private person, association, or corporation.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 13; Code 1933, § 88-1817, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Open meetings and records provisions apply to hospital authorities.   - Provisions for open meetings and records apply to hospital authorities. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U80-6.   Upstream of surplus to "participating unit."    - It is implicit in the language of O.C.G.A. § 31-7-89, and in the basic nature of the joint creation of an authority formed by two "participating units," that the authority may not upstream surplus to one participating unit without the concurrence of the other. 1987 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U87-19.
GA Code § 31-7-89.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-89.1. "Control" Defined; Sale or Lease by Hospital Authority Subject to Requirements of Article 15 of This Chapter

  As used in this Code section, the term "control" means ownership of 50 percent or more of the assets of the entity in question or the ability to influence significantly the operations or decisions of the entity in question.   The sale or lease of assets of a hospital owned or operated by a hospital authority to an individual, business corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, joint venture, nonprofit corporation, hospital authority, or any other for profit or not for profit entity shall be subject to the notice, hearing, certification, enforcement, and other requirements of Article 15 of this chapter which are applicable to dispositions of nonprofit hospitals to acquiring entities if the disposition of assets constitutes a sale or lease of 50 percent or more of the assets of a hospital having a permit under this chapter or constitutes a sale or lease which, when combined with one or more transfers between the same or related parties occurring within a period of five years, constitutes a sale or lease of 50 percent or more of the assets of a hospital having a permit under this chapter; provided, however, that the provisions of this Code section shall not apply to the restructuring of a hospital owned by a hospital authority involving a lease of assets to any not for profit or for profit entity which has a principal place of business located in the same county where the main campus of the hospital in question is located and which is not owned, in whole or in part, or controlled by any other for profit or not for profit entity whose principal place of business is located outside such county.   Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this Code section, the sale or lease of assets of a hospital owned or operated by a hospital authority to another hospital authority whose area of operation is a county contiguous to the county in which is located the hospital whose sale or lease is proposed shall not be subject to the requirements of Article 15 of this chapter.   Notwithstanding any other provision of this article to the contrary, a hospital authority which is located in a county having a population of 50,000 or fewer, according to the United States decennial census of 1990 or any future such census, may locate a project outside that hospital authority's area of operation if such location is in a county which is contiguous to the county of such hospital authority's area of operation.     (Code 1981, §31-7-89.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1091, § 2; Ga. L. 1999, p. 850, § 3.1.)   Code Commission notes.   - Pursuant to Code Section 28-9-5, in 1997, "this chapter" was substituted for "Chapter 7 of Title 31" in subsection (b).   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Turpen v. Rabun County Bd. of Comm'rs, 245 Ga. App. 190, 537 S.E.2d 435 (2000).
GA Code § 31-7-90 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-90. Annual Report; Budget

 The board of trustees of each authority created under this article shall file with the governing body or bodies of political subdivisions or participating units, on forms prescribed by the department, an annual report of the activities of the authority and shall annually consider and adopt as a part of such report a budget, which budget shall be filed with the annual report. The board of trustees may hold a public hearing on the budget, and representatives of any governing body within the area of operation of the authority or any other person having an interest in such budget shall have the right to be heard with respect to any matter covered by the report of the board of trustees or by the budget.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 14; Code 1933, § 88-1818, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-90.1 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-90.1. Community Benefit Report; Report Disclosing Member Ownership in Entities Transacting Business With Authority

  Each hospital authority created by and under this article shall annually prepare a community benefit report disclosing the cost of indigent and charity care provided by such authority for the preceding year not later than 90 days after the close of the fiscal or calendar year. Such report provided for in this Code section shall include a statement of the cost and type of indigent and charity care provided by the authority, including the number of indigent persons served, categorization of those persons by county of residence, as well as the cost of indigent and charity care provided in dollars. Such community benefit report shall be filed with the clerk of superior court of the county in which the authority's hospital is located, as well as with the governing body or bodies of such authority's participating units.   Each hospital authority created by and under this article shall also annually prepare a report indicating any entity in which a member or member's family has a direct or indirect ownership of assets or stock constituting between 10 percent and 25 percent which transacted business with the authority during the previous year. Such report shall be filed with the clerk of superior court of the county in which the authority's hospital is located, as well as with the governing body or bodies of such authority's participating units.     (Code 1981, §31-7-90.1, enacted by Ga. L. 1997, p. 1404, § 4.)   Law reviews.   - For article, "Putting the Community Back into the 'Community Benefit' Standard," see 44 Ga. L. Rev. 375 (2010).
GA Code § 31-7-91 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-91. Required Annual Audit

 Each hospital authority created by and under this article shall ensure that an annual audit of the financial affairs, books, and records of such authority is conducted at the end of each fiscal year for the preceding year. Each hospital authority shall obtain either a certified public accountant or a firm of certified public accountants to conduct such audit. The auditor so appointed shall perform the audit in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and shall submit a complete and final report and audit to the authority not later than 90 days after the close of the fiscal year. All audits provided for in this Code section shall be certified to and shall include, but in no way be limited to, a full and complete audit containing a balance sheet, profit and loss statement, and statement of receipts and disbursements.   (Code 1933, § 88-1821, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-92 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-92. Filing of Audits

 All final audits provided for in Code Section 31-7-91 shall be reproduced in sufficient number and copies of the audit shall be filed with the clerk of the superior court in the county where any hospital is operated by a hospital authority and in the office of the clerk of the superior court of any county that is a participating unit of the authority. In the event any hospital is operated by a municipal hospital authority, the audit required by this Code section to be filed with the office of the clerk of the superior court shall be filed in the office of city clerk, clerk of council, clerk of the board of aldermen, or clerk of the governing body of the municipality, in lieu of being filed with the clerk of the superior court.   (Code 1933, § 88-1822, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1; Ga. L. 1986, p. 489, § 1; Ga. L. 1991, p. 94, § 31.)   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Open meetings and records provisions apply to hospital authorities.   - Provisions for open meetings and records apply to hospital authorities. 1980 Op. Att'y Gen. No. U80-6.
GA Code § 31-7-93 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-93. Failure to Provide for Audit

 In the event any hospital authority shall fail or refuse to provide for an annual audit and have such audit prepared and filed as set forth in Code Sections 31-7-91 and 31-7-92, any taxpayer of any participating unit of such authority or the governing authority of such unit may petition the superior court of the county wherein the authority operates a hospital to require the authority to have such audit prepared and filed as provided by the above Code sections. The judge of such court shall set a time for the hearing on such petition and after notice to the authority shall hear and determine the petition. If it is determined that the authority has failed to comply with the requirements for the preparation and filing of the audit, the judge shall pass such orders as are necessary to effectuate compliance with such requirements. In the event the authority fails to have an audit prepared and filed as required by court order, the members of the authority shall be subject to contempt proceedings by the court as provided by law.   (Code 1933, § 88-1823, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)
GA Code § 31-7-94 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-94. Grants to Hospital Authorities and Rural Hospital Organizations

 The state is authorized to make grants, as funds are available, to hospital authorities and rural hospital organizations for public health purposes, provided that any funds so granted shall be distributed to and among the various public hospital authorities and rural hospital organizations in the state in proportion to the number of hospital beds operated by each such hospital authority or rural hospital organization at the end of the calendar year preceding the grant. Funds shall be distributed to public hospitals and rural hospital organizations operated by consolidated governments in the same manner as to authority hospitals prescribed in this Code section and rural hospital organizations. Grants made by the state pursuant to this Code section shall be administered by the Department of Community Health in accordance with Code Section 31-7-94.1 and such rules, regulations, and procedures as it shall deem necessary for effective administration of such grants.   (Code 1933, § 88-1824, enacted by Ga. L. 1975, p. 777, § 1; Ga. L. 1985, p. 149, § 31; Ga. L. 2002, p. 1132, § 2; Ga. L. 2017, p. 411, § 1/SB 14.)    The 2017 amendment,  effective May 8, 2017, throughout this Code section, inserted "and rural hospital organizations"; inserted "or rural hospital organization" near the end of the first sentence; and inserted "Code Section 31-7-94.1 and" in the middle of the third sentence.
GA Code § 31-7-96 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 4 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities|§ 31-7-96. Construction of Article

 This article, being necessary for the welfare of the citizens of the state, shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes hereof; and insofar as this article may be inconsistent with any other law, whether by charter of any political subdivision of the state or otherwise, this article shall be controlling.   (Ga. L. 1941, p. 241, § 16; Code 1933, § 88-1819, enacted by Ga. L. 1964, p. 499, § 1.)   Cross references.   - Revenue bonds generally, § 36-82-60 et seq.   JUDICIAL DECISIONS    Cited in Tift County Hosp. Auth. v. MRS of Tifton, Ga., Inc., 255 Ga. 164, 335 S.E.2d 546 (1985); Kendall v. Griffin-Spalding County Hosp. Auth., 242 Ga. App. 821, 531 S.E.2d 396 (2000).   OPINIONS OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL   Authority may authorize contract for private back-up ambulance service.   - Hospital authority may enter into contract with private ambulance service, on trip by trip basis, to provide for a back-up ambulance service for authority. 1970 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 70-200.
GA Code § 31-7-110 (2021)
2021 Georgia Code|Title 31 - Health|Chapter 7 - Regulation and Construction of Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities|Article 5 - Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities|§ 31-7-110. Short Title

 This article shall be known and may be cited as the "Residential Care Facilities for the Elderly Authorities Act."   (Ga. L. 1980, p. 1466, § 1.)