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AR Code § 14-263-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 263 - Board Of Governors For County Hospitals|§ 14-263-105. Powers and duties

 (a) Within ten (10) days after the appointment of the members of a board created by this chapter, the board shall assemble and elect from its membership a chairman and shall organize for the purpose of performing its duties.  (b) Each board, being charged with the duty of managing, controlling, and supervising the operation of the county hospital, is vested by the terms of this chapter with discretion as to what policies and methods of operation shall be in the best interest of the hospital.  (c) Each board is empowered with the authority to make regulations, employ personnel, and prescribe any and all requirements and other matters pertaining to the operation of the hospital by the board.  (d) Each board shall employ, in addition to other personnel, some competent person to act as administrative officer. The board may require such bond as it shall deem necessary of its manager or other personnel for the performance of their duties, which personnel shall be paid salaries as determined by the board.  (e) The right of the administrative officer or board to make quarterly reports and settlements to the county treasurer is expressly conferred by this chapter.  (f)  (1) Each board shall submit monthly reports beginning on the twentieth day of the month following the previous month of operation of the hospital and on the twentieth day of each month thereafter, to the county judge and quorum court.  (2) The reports shall include an accounting of receipts and disbursements and such other reports, data, and information as may be required by the county judge or quorum court, or the reports shall be prepared and submitted in accordance with generally accepted hospital accounting procedures.    (g) Each board is empowered to accept promissory notes from patients for sums due the hospital and to discount the notes to banks, in a commercially reasonable manner, with recourse; but recourse shall be limited to hospital funds and shall not constitute a general claim against the county.
AR Code § 14-263-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 263 - Board Of Governors For County Hospitals|§ 14-263-106. Contracting or leasing of hospital facilities

 (a)  (1) Should the board of governors determine that it would be in the best interests of the citizens of the county that the hospital be operated or leased to an individual, a firm, or a corporation, the board of governors may contract or lease the equipment and hospital facilities to the individual, firm, or corporation for a period of time and for consideration and conditions the board of governors may deem wise, subject to approval of the contract or lease by the county judge and the quorum court of the county in which the hospital is located.  (2) With the recommendation of the board of governors, the county may be the lessor of the hospital rather than the board.  (3) Once a lease has been entered into by the county rather than the board of governors, there shall be no requirement for a future recommendation by the board of governors for a subsequent lease by the board of governors before entering into the lease, and the county may enter into contracts concerning the hospital without the recommendation of the board of governors.    (b) If the county rather than the board of governors leases the hospital facilities in accordance with subsection (a) of this section, the duties of managing, controlling, and supervising the operation of the county hospital, as described in § 14-263-105, shall be imposed upon the lessee, which shall eliminate the requirement that a board of governors submit monthly reports or be in place for the duration of the term of the lease and any extensions thereof, unless the quorum court and county judge determine the board should continue in its existence or should be reinstated.  (c) Once the board of governors has made its initial determination that it is in the best interests of the citizens of the county to lease the hospital, the county, if it is the lessor, will thereafter be responsible for all matters pertaining to the lease, the facilities, and the lessee, including without limitation:  (1) Renewal or extension of the lease; or  (2) Any conflicts that may arise pertaining to the lease or the lessee.    (d)  (1) This section applies to all hospital leases adopted before July 31, 2007, adopted or entered under the authority of this section.  (2) All such leases adopted or entered into before July 31, 2007, shall be considered for all purposes as if adopted or entered into under this section.  (3) A lease adopted before July 31, 2007, shall not be held to be invalid by reason of § 14-263-103 and this section.
AR Code § 14-264-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-101. Construction, applicability, and effect

 (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as repealing any special act previously passed providing for a board of commissioners to administer or operate municipal hospitals, and this chapter shall apply solely to cities of the first class owning or operating hospitals, including hospitals in the process of construction.  (b) The provisions of this chapter shall be cumulative and shall not be deemed to repeal or supersede any other plan of operation of any municipal hospital as authorized by law since it is the intention of this chapter to provide an additional method of operation of any municipal hospital subject to the terms of this chapter.
AR Code § 14-264-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-102. Creation

 (a) Any city of the first class, or any city of the second class in counties with a population of not less than seventeen thousand (17,000) nor more than thirty-eight thousand five hundred (38,500), according to the last federal census, which own or operate a municipal hospital, including a municipal hospital in the process of construction, may create a commission, by appropriate action of its city council, for the purpose of operating and managing the hospital.  (b) Any city, as defined in this section, desiring to avail itself of the benefits of this chapter, may enact an ordinance, by a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the city council, creating a hospital commission to be composed of not less than three (3) nor more than seven (7) citizens who are qualified electors of the municipality or of the county in which the municipality is located.  (c) The city may repeal the ordinance creating the commission by an affirmative vote of three-fourths (¾) of the elected and qualified members of the city council.
AR Code § 14-264-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-103. Commissioners — Appointment — Removal

 (a) The commissioners shall be appointed by the mayor and confirmed by a majority vote of the elected and qualified members of the city council and shall hold office for a term of five (5) years; however, those commissioners first appointed and confirmed after the passage of this chapter shall serve for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5) years each, to be designated by the mayor and city council. Thereafter, upon the expiration of their respective terms, commissioners appointed by the mayor and approved by a majority vote of the city council shall each be appointed for a term of five (5) years.  (b) In the event of a vacancy occurring on the commission, it shall be filled by appointment by the mayor, subject to the approval of a majority vote of the duly elected and qualified members of the city council.  (c) Each commissioner shall file the oath required of public officials by law in the State of Arkansas.  (d) Upon the appointment of the commissioners as provided in this section, the mayor and city council shall execute such instruments and enact such measures as may be necessary to vest complete charge of the municipally owned or operated hospital in the commissioners.  (e) The city council may require bond of the commissioners, in its discretion, for the faithful performance of their duties.  (f) Any commissioner appointed by the provisions of this chapter may be removed for cause upon a two-thirds (2/3) vote of the elected and qualified members of the city council.
AR Code § 14-264-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-104. Commissioners — Powers and duties — Liability

 (a) The commissioners appointed pursuant to this chapter shall have full and complete authority to manage, operate, maintain, and keep in a good state of repair the municipal hospital. They shall have full and complete charge of the building, with the power to handle it as the commissioners shall see fit and deem to be in the best interests of the city.  (b) The commissioners shall have the right to employ or remove managers and all other employees of whatsoever nature, kind, or character and to fix, regulate, and pay their salaries, wages, or other compensation since it is the intention of this chapter to vest in the commissioners the authority to operate, manage, maintain, and control the municipal hospital and to have full and complete charge of it, including the same discretionary powers afforded to the boards of trustees of benevolent or nonprofit corporations in this state; however, the commissioners shall not have the authority or power to sell, mortgage, or encumber the municipal hospital unless otherwise authorized by the statutes of Arkansas.  (c) The commissioners, however, by and with the consent of the city council, shall have the authority and power to lease the hospital to a nonprofit or benevolent organization upon such terms that no profit or dividend shall ever be paid to any person, firm, or corporation; however, nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to prevent the use, either by the commission or any lessee, of profits arising from the operation of the hospital for the repair, improvement, or additions to the hospitals or the equipment thereof, or for charitable purposes in connection with the operations of the hospital.  (d) The commissioners shall have the exclusive right and power to make purchases of all supplies, apparatus, and other property and things requisite and necessary for the management and operation of the hospital; the management and operation of the hospital shall include the construction thereof and repairs and additions thereto.  (e) The commissioners shall be afforded the same protection from personal liability for their acts as commissioners as is afforded to school directors in connection with their duties in behalf of the school districts which they represent.
AR Code § 14-264-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-105. Commissioners — Rules and regulations — Reports

 (a)  (1) The commissioners shall have the authority to adopt such rules and regulations as they may deem necessary and expedient for the proper operation and management of the hospital and shall have the authority to alter, change, or amend the rules and regulations at their discretion.  (2) The commissioners shall have the right to adopt and enforce standards for the operation and management of the hospital including the right to apply for and accept membership in accredited hospital societies and organizations and to comply with, and enforce compliance with, the rules and regulations thereof. However, nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to authorize the adoption of standards less than the minimum standards required by the laws of the State of Arkansas for the operation or management of hospitals coming under the provisions of this chapter.    (b)  (1) The commissioners shall submit reports, beginning three (3) months after they take their oath of office and thereafter at such periods as the city council may direct, reporting in full on the construction and operations, including an accounting of receipts and disbursements, to the mayor and city council. They shall furnish such other and further reports, data, and information as may be requested by the mayor or city council.  (2) The reports to the mayor and city council with respect to receipts and disbursements shall be certified by the commissioners as correct.  (3) The commissioners shall further submit an annual audit of the operations of the hospital to the mayor and city council. The fiscal year shall be determined by the mayor and city council.
AR Code § 14-264-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-106. Appropriation of city funds for hospital purposes

 (a) Upon each annual report's being made to the mayor and city council by the commissioners, the city council may lend or appropriate funds from the general revenue fund of the city, or from such other funds as the city may have available, to make up any deficits or to provide such funds as may be necessary to carry on the operations of the hospital.  (b) The city council, at any time other than when the annual report is filed, may lend or appropriate such funds as it deems necessary from the general revenue fund or from such other funds as the city may have available for the purpose of maintaining and operating the hospital.
AR Code § 14-264-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 264 - Commissions For Municipal Hospitals|§ 14-264-107. Hospital fund

 (a) The commissioners appointed pursuant to this chapter shall have the authority to utilize all revenues derived from the hospital in the operations of the hospital including repairs and additions thereto or the construction thereof.  (b) All funds derived from the use of the hospital shall be segregated into a hospital fund, which fund shall be used exclusively in the operations of the hospital by the commissioners.  (c) Moneys in the hospital fund shall not be mingled with other funds of the city and shall be handled exclusively by the commissioners.  (d) The commissioners shall receive no salary for their services, but they shall be reimbursed from the hospital fund for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
AR Code § 14-265-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-101. Definitions

 As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “County” means a county of this state, or, where a county is divided into two (2) districts, “county” means the entire county or either district of the county;  (2) “Governing body” means the council, board of directors, or city commission of any municipality;  (3) “Municipality” means a city of the first or second class or an incorporated town;  (4) “Equip” means to install or place on or in any building or structure equipment of any and every kind, whether or not affixed, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, building service equipment, fixtures, heating equipment, air conditioning equipment, machinery, furniture, furnishings, and personal property of every kind;  (5) “Sell” means to sell for such price, in such manner, and upon such terms as the municipality or county shall determine including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, private or public sale, and, if public, pursuant to such advertisement as the municipality or county shall determine. “Sell” also means to sell for cash or credit payable in a lump sum or in installments over such period as the municipality or county shall determine and, if on credit, with or without interest and at such rate or rates as the municipality or county shall determine;  (6) “Lease” means to lease for such rentals, for such period or periods, and upon such terms and conditions as the municipality or county shall determine including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the granting of purchase options for such prices and upon such terms and conditions as the municipality or county shall determine;  (7) “Facilities” means any real property, personal property, or mixed property of any and every kind that can be used or that will be used for or in the operation of the hospital, nursing home, rest home, or related facilities including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, rights-of-way, roads, streets, pipes, pipelines, reservoirs, utilities, materials, equipment, fixtures, machinery, furniture, furnishings, instrumentalities, commodities, supplies, and other real, personal, or mixed property of every kind;  (8) “Construct” means to acquire or build, in whole or in part, in such manner and by such method, including contracting therefor, and, if the latter, by negotiation or bidding upon terms and pursuant to advertising, as the municipality or county shall determine to be in the public interest and, under the circumstances existing at the time, to accomplish the purposes of and authorities set forth in this chapter.
AR Code § 14-265-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-102. Applicability and construction

 (a) This chapter is intended to supplement all constitutional provisions and other acts and, when applicable in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, may be used by any municipality or county as an alternative, notwithstanding any constitutional provisions or any other act authorizing a municipality or county or any commission or agency thereof to issue bonds for any of the purposes provided in this chapter.  (b) This chapter shall be liberally construed to accomplish its purposes and shall be the sole authority required for the accomplishment of its purposes. To that end, it shall not be necessary to comply with general provisions of other laws dealing with public facilities, their acquisition, construction, leasing, encumbering, or disposition.
AR Code § 14-265-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-103. Authority to acquire, own, manage, and sell health facilities

 Any municipality and any county is authorized to acquire, own, construct, reconstruct, extend, equip, improve, maintain, operate, sell, lease, contract concerning, or otherwise deal in or dispose of any land, buildings, improvements, or facilities of any and every nature whatever that can be used for hospitals, nursing homes, rest homes, or related facilities within or near the municipality or county.
AR Code § 14-265-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-104. Bonds — Authority to issue

 (a) Municipalities and counties are authorized to use any available revenues for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in § 14-265-103 and are authorized to issue revenue bonds and to use the proceeds thereof for the accomplishment of the purposes set forth in § 14-265-103 either alone or together with other available funds and revenues.  (b) The amount of bonds issued shall be sufficient to pay all costs and sums required and necessarily incidental to the accomplishment of the specified purposes and to the sale on the best possible basis and issuance of the bonds, including, without limitation, all costs and expenses of issuing the bonds, a reasonable reserve, and an amount covering interest to a date not in excess of six (6) months subsequent to the date of acquisition or the estimated date of completion, whichever is later.
AR Code § 14-265-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-106. Bonds — Issuance for refunding obligations

 (a) Revenue bonds may be issued under this chapter for the purpose of refunding any obligations issued under this chapter.  (b)  (1) When bonds are issued under this section for refunding purposes, the bonds may either be sold or delivered in exchange for the outstanding obligations.  (2) If sold, the proceeds may be either applied to the payment of the obligations refunded or deposited in escrow for the retirement thereof.    (c) All bonds issued under this section shall in all respects be authorized, issued, and secured in the manner provided for other bonds issued under this chapter and shall have all the attributes of those bonds.  (d) The ordinance or order under which refunding bonds are issued may provide that any of the refunding bonds shall have the same priority of lien on the revenues pledged for their payment as was enjoyed by the obligations refunded.
AR Code § 14-265-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 14 - Local Government|Subtitle 16 - Public Health And Welfare Generally|Chapter 265 - Health Care Facilities|§ 14-265-107. Bonds — Indebtedness as special obligation — Payment of principal and interest

 (a)  (1) The revenue bonds shall not be general obligations of the municipality or county, but they shall be special obligations. In no event shall the revenue bonds constitute an indebtedness of the municipality or county within the meaning of any constitutional or statutory limitation.  (2) It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it has been issued under the provisions of this chapter and that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the municipality or county within any constitutional or statutory limitation.    (b)  (1) The principal of, and interest on, the revenue bonds and paying agent's fees shall be payable in the first instance from gross revenues derived from the lands, buildings, and facilities acquired, constructed, reconstructed, extended, and improved, in whole or in part, with the proceeds of the bonds, and, for that purpose, the municipality or county may pledge all or any part of the gross revenues.  (2) In addition, the municipality or county is authorized to pledge to, and use for, the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds, and for paying agent's fees, surplus revenues derived from water, sewer, gas, and electric utilities owned by the municipality or county.  (3) As used in this subsection, “surplus revenues” means revenues remaining after adequate provision shall have been made for expenses of operation, maintenance, and depreciation and after all requirements of ordinances, orders, and indentures securing bonds theretofore or thereafter issued to finance the cost of acquiring, constructing, reconstructing, extending, and improving the utilities, have been fully met and complied with.    (c) The municipality or county is also authorized to use, for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds and for paying agent's fees, moneys in the general fund of the municipality or county.