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2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-145 - Bonds - Recital and Notice of Issuance; Limitation on Actions to Contest.

Section 22-21-145
Bonds - Recital and notice of issuance; limitation on actions to contest.
Any resolution authorizing any bonds under this article shall contain a recital that they are issued pursuant to the provisions of this article, which recital shall be conclusive evidence that said bonds have been duly authorized pursuant to the provisions of this article, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law now in force or hereafter enacted or amended. Upon the adoption by the board of any resolution providing for the issuance of bonds, the authority may, in its discretion, cause to be published once a week, for two consecutive weeks, in a newspaper then published in the municipality or, if there is no newspaper then published in the municipality, then, in a newspaper published or circulated in the county, a notice in substantially the following form, with any appropriate changes, to the extent applicable and with the blanks being properly filled in:
"_____, a public corporation and a political subdivision of the State of Alabama, has authorized the issuance of $ _____ principal amount of bonds of the said authority to be dated _____ for purposes authorized in Article 5 of Chapter 21 of Title 22 of the Code of Alabama of 1975 and has entered into a lease with the (city or town) _____ of _____ respecting the project described therein and pledged said lease and the rentals payable thereunder as security for said bonds. Any action or proceeding questioning the validity of the said bonds, or the pledge and the indenture to secure the same or the said lease, must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of this notice.
[here insert name of authority]
______________________
By _______________
Its President"
Any action or proceedings in any court to set aside or question the validity of the proceedings for the issuance of the bonds referred to in said notice or to contest the validity of any such bonds, or the validity of any lease agreement pledged therefor, or the validity of any pledge made therefor or the validity of the indenture must be commenced within 20 days after the first publication of such notice. After the expiration of the said period, no right of action or defense questioning or attacking the validity of the said proceedings, or of the said bonds, or any such lease agreement, or any pledge herein authorized or the indenture shall be asserted, nor shall the validity of the said proceedings, bonds, lease agreement (if any), pledge or indenture be open to question in any court on any ground whatsoever except in an action commenced within said period.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §23; Acts 1978, No. 409, p. 394, §8; Acts 1979, No. 79-438, p. 704, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-146 - Bonds - Legal Investment - Banks, Insurers and Fiduciaries.

Section 22-21-146
Bonds - Legal investment - Banks, insurers and fiduciaries.
Bonds issued under the provisions of this article are hereby made legal investments for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of the state. Unless otherwise directed by the court having jurisdiction thereof or the document that is the source of authority, a trustee, executor, administrator, guardian or one acting in any other fiduciary capacity may, in addition to any other investment powers conferred by law and with the exercise of reasonable business prudence, invest trust funds in the bonds of the authority.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-147 - Bonds - Legal Investment - Municipal Funds.

Section 22-21-147
Bonds - Legal investment - Municipal funds.
The governing body is authorized, in its discretion, to invest in bonds of the authority any idle or surplus money held in the treasury of the municipality which is not otherwise earmarked or pledged.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-148 - Bonds - Negotiable Instruments.

Section 22-21-148
Bonds - Negotiable instruments.
All bonds issued by the authority, while not registered, shall be construed to be negotiable instruments even though they are payable from a limited source. All coupons applicable to any bonds issued by the authority, while the applicable bonds are not registered as to both principal and interest, shall likewise be construed to be negotiable instruments although payable from a limited source.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-149 - Bonds - Use of Proceeds.

Section 22-21-149
Bonds - Use of proceeds.
(a) The proceeds derived from the sale of any bonds sold by the authority, other than refunding bonds, shall be used only to pay the cost of acquiring, constructing, improving, enlarging and equipping one or more projects, as may be provided in the proceedings in which the bonds are authorized to be issued. Such cost shall be deemed to include the following:
(1) The cost of any land forming a part of such project or projects;
(2) The cost of the labor, materials and supplies used in any such construction, improvement or enlargement, including architect's and engineer's fees and the cost of preparing contract documents and advertising for bids;
(3) The purchase price of, and the cost of, installing equipment for such project or projects;
(4) The cost of landscaping the lands forming a part of such project or projects and of constructing and installing roads, sidewalks, curbs, gutters, utilities and parking places in connection therewith;
(5) Legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with the authorization, sale and issuance of the bonds issued in connection with such project or projects; the cost of any feasibility studies deemed necessary or advisable in connection with the issuance and sale of such bonds; the amount of any debt service reserve that the board deems necessary or advisable to be funded out of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds; and
(6) Interest on the bonds for a reasonable period prior to the commencement of the construction and equipment of such project or projects, or of any improvements or additions being financed (in whole or in part) out of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds, and during the period that is estimated will be required for such construction and equipment and for a period of not more than two years after the completion of such construction and equipment.
(b) If any proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds remain undisbursed after completion of the work and payment of all costs and expenses in connection with the project or projects with respect to which the bonds are issued, such balance shall be applied toward the retirement of the bonds. The proceeds derived from the sale of any refunding bonds shall be used only for the purposes for which the refunding bonds were authorized to be issued.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §15; Acts 1978, No. 409, p. 394, §9.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-151 - Obligations Not Debt of State or Municipality.

Section 22-21-151
Obligations not debt of state or municipality.
All obligations incurred by the authority and all bonds issued by it shall be solely and exclusively an obligation of the authority and shall not create an obligation or debt of the State of Alabama or of the municipality.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-152 - Investment of Funds.

Section 22-21-152
Investment of funds.
(a) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from the sale of the bonds which the board may determine is not presently needed for any of the purposes for which the bonds are authorized to be issued, and any other moneys of the authority which the board may determine will not be presently needed by the authority may, on order of the board, be invested in:
(1) Any securities that are direct general obligations of the United States of America or the principal of and interest on which are unconditionally and irrevocably guaranteed by the United States of America;
(2) Any debt securities that are direct obligations of any agency of the United States of America;
(3) Interest-bearing bank time deposits and interest-bearing bank certificates of deposit; and
(4) Interest-bearing time deposits and interest-bearing certificates of deposit of any federally-chartered savings and loan association.
(b) Any securities, time deposits or certificates of deposit in which any such investment is made may, at any time and from time to time on order of the board, be sold or otherwise converted into cash. The income derived from any such investments shall be disbursed on order of the board for any purpose for which the authority may lawfully expend funds.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §17; Acts 1978, No. 409, p. 394, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-153 - Taxation Exemption.

Section 22-21-153
Taxation exemption.
The properties of the authority, and the income therefrom, all lease agreements made by the authority, all bonds issued by the authority, and the coupons applicable thereto and the income therefrom, and all indentures executed with respect thereto shall be forever exempt from any, and all, taxation in the State of Alabama.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §18.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-154 - Dissolution.

Section 22-21-154
Dissolution.
At any time when the authority does not have any bonds outstanding, the board may adopt a resolution, which shall be duly entered upon its minutes, declaring that the authority shall be dissolved. Upon the filing for record of a certified copy of said resolution in the office of the judge of probate of the county, the authority shall, thereupon, stand dissolved, and in the event that it owned any assets or property at the time of its dissolution, the title to all its assets and property shall thereupon vest in the municipality. In the event the authority shall at any time have outstanding bonds issued under this article payable out of the revenues of different projects, then as and when the principal of and interest on all bonds payable from the revenues derived from any project shall have been paid in full, title to the project, with respect to which the bonds so paid in full have been paid, shall thereupon vest in the municipality, but such vesting of title in the municipality shall not affect the title of the authority to any other project the revenues from which are pledged to the payment of any other bonds then outstanding. The formation of one or more public corporations under the provisions of this article shall not prevent the subsequent formation under this article of other public corporations pursuant to permission granted by the same municipality.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §25.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-155 - Article Cumulative.

Section 22-21-155
Article cumulative.
This article shall not be construed as a restriction or limitation upon any power, right or remedy which any municipality or any corporation now in existence or hereafter formed may have in the absence of this article, and shall be construed as cumulative and independent thereof.
(Acts 1961, No. 109, p. 134, §26.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 5 - Municipal Hospital Building Authorities. › Section 22-21-156 - Lease of Hospitals, Buildings or Facilities to Public or Nonprofit Corporations.

Section 22-21-156
Lease of hospitals, buildings or facilities to public or nonprofit corporations.
Any public corporation heretofore or hereafter incorporated and existing under the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized and empowered to lease any hospital, building or facility constructed and equipped under the provisions of this chapter to any public corporation or any nonprofit corporation. Nothing in this section shall be construed to allow the abrogation of the terms of any contract or to jeopardize any security for the fulfillment of any obligation assumed under the provisions of this chapter.
(Acts 1977, No. 785, p. 1355.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-170 - Definitions.

Section 22-21-170
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) CORPORATION. A corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article.
(2) COUNTY. Any county in this state.
(3) MEMBER. The county that is a member of a corporation organized pursuant to the provisions of this article and each municipality that is at the time a member of such corporation.
(4) SECURITIES. Notes, bonds, certificates of indebtedness, warrants or other evidences of indebtedness.
(5) HOSPITAL. Such term includes the plural as well as the singular and means any one or more of buildings or facilities which serve to promote the public health, either by providing places or facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, cure or convalescence of sick, injured, mentally ill or disturbed persons, or for the prevention of sickness and disease, or for the care, treatment and rehabilitation of alcoholics or for research with respect to any of the foregoing, including, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, hospitals, clinics, sanitoria, nursing homes, offices for persons engaged in the diagnosis, treatment or cure of sick or injured persons or in preventive medicine and buildings to house or service equipment used for the diagnosis or treatment of sick or injured persons or in preventive medicine or the records of such diagnosis or treatment, or research with respect to any of the foregoing or dormitories or residences for hospital personnel and students and other employee-related facilities, together with:
a. All real and personal properties for the location or better utilization of any such buildings and facilities, such as parking structures and areas, garages, storage facilities and out-buildings; and
b. Machinery, equipment, furniture and fixtures useful or desirable in the operation of any of the aforesaid buildings and facilities.
(6) CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER. With respect to a county, the probate judge as ex officio principal judge of the county commission or the president or chairman of such commission and, with respect to a municipality, the mayor, president or chairman of the commission or other chief executive officer of such municipality.
(7) GOVERNING BODY. With respect to a county, the county commission and, with respect to a municipality, the council, commission or other governing body of such municipality.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-171 - Purpose and Construction of Article.

Section 22-21-171
Purpose and construction of article.
It is the intention of the Legislature by the passage of this article to authorize in each of the several counties of the state the organization of a public corporation or corporations for the purpose of acquiring, owning and operating public hospitals and other health-care and related facilities in the county in which such corporation shall be organized. It is the legislative intent to confer on corporations organized under this article all the powers requisite for the fulfillment of the purposes of their organization, including the power to do whatever financing may be necessary to accomplish such purposes. This article shall be liberally construed to give effect to its purpose. Corporations organized under this article shall be public, nonprofit corporations, and no part of the net earnings thereof shall inure to the benefit of any individual or private corporation.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-172 - Incorporation - Authority.

Section 22-21-172
Incorporation - Authority.
Any county and any one or more municipalities located, in whole or in part, in such county are hereby together empowered and authorized to cause to be organized and incorporated one or more public corporations for hospital purposes with all the power and authority provided in Section 22-21-179. Such power and authority shall be exercised by the governing body of the county and by the governing body or bodies of the municipality or municipalities proposing to exercise such power and authority. The determination of such governing body to exercise the power and authority granted in this section shall be evidenced by a resolution which:
(1) Shall declare the desirability of organizing and incorporating a public corporation for hospital purposes under this article;
(2) Shall approve the form of the certificate of incorporation proposed to be used in organizing the corporation;
(3) Shall find and determine that it is wise, expedient, necessary or advisable that the corporation be formed; and
(4) Shall authorize its chief executive officer to proceed with the organization and incorporation of such public corporation.
Whenever the governing bodies of the county and of the municipality or municipalities which are to be members of such public corporation shall have adopted such resolutions, the chief executive officer of each of them shall sign the certificate of incorporation and cause the same to be filed as provided in Section 22-21-173.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-173 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Contents; Acknowledgment; Filing.

Section 22-21-173
Incorporation - Certificate of incorporation - Contents; acknowledgment; filing.
The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under this article shall state:
(1) The name of the corporation, which shall be Hospital Authority of _____ (or space to be filled in with the names of the county and of the municipality or municipalities which are to be members thereof, or with the name of any hospital proposed to be acquired by the corporation or with such other descriptive name as in the judgment of the members of the corporation is appropriate);
(2) The names of the county and the municipality or municipalities which are to be members of the corporation;
(3) The dates of adoption by the governing bodies of the county and such municipality or municipalities of their respective resolutions authorizing the incorporation of the corporation;
(4) The location of the principal office of the corporation and its post office address;
(5) The period for the duration of the corporation; if the duration is to be perpetual, that fact shall be stated; and
(6) The objects for which the corporation is organized, including, if appropriate, the name of any existing hospital the ownership or operation of which is proposed to be acquired and assumed by the corporation.
The certificate of incorporation may also include any provision or provisions for the regulation and conduct of the affairs of the corporation which are not inconsistent with this article and the laws of the State of Alabama. The certificate of incorporation shall be acknowledged before an officer authorized by the laws of this state to take acknowledgments to deeds. The certificate of incorporation shall be filed in the office of the judge of probate of the county which is to be a member of the corporation, and said judge of probate shall forthwith file such certificate and record the same; and thereupon the corporation described in said certificate of incorporation shall constitute a public corporation under the name stated in the certificate of incorporation. As soon thereafter as convenient, the judge of probate shall transmit a copy of the certificate of incorporation to the Secretary of State.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-174 - Incorporation - Certificate of Incorporation - Amendment.

Section 22-21-174
Incorporation - Certificate of incorporation - Amendment.
The certificate of incorporation of any public corporation incorporated under this article may, at any time and from time to time, be amended in the following manner:
(1) The board of directors of the corporation shall adopt a resolution setting forth the proposed amendment, which may include any proposed change in the name of such corporation, the inclusion of another municipality or municipalities as members thereof (provided each of such other municipalities is located, in whole or in part, in the county which is a member of the corporation) and any matter which might originally have been included in the certificate of incorporation.
(2) If the governing body of the county and of each other member of the corporation and the governing body of each municipality, if any, which it is proposed shall be added as a member of the corporation shall by resolution consent to such proposed amendment, the chairman and the secretary of the corporation shall then file, in the office of the judge of probate in the county in which the certificate of incorporation of the corporation is filed, a certificate in the name and on behalf of the corporation, under its corporate seal, reciting the adoption of the said respective resolutions by the board of directors and by the governing bodies of the county and of such municipalities and setting forth the proposed amendment.
(3) The proposed amendment shall become effective upon the filing of such certificate in the said office.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-176 - Officers; Personnel.

Section 22-21-176
Officers; personnel.
The officers of the corporation shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer and such other officers as the board of directors shall deem necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the corporation was organized. The chairman and the vice-chairman of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors from its membership, but neither the secretary, the treasurer nor any of the other officers of the corporation need be a member of the board of directors. The offices of secretary and treasurer may, but need not be, held by the same person. The chairman and the vice-chairman of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors for a term of one year, and the secretary, the treasurer and the other officers of the corporation shall be elected by the board of directors for such terms as it deems advisable. The board of directors shall have also the authority to employ all personnel as it deems necessary and to fix the terms and conditions of their employment. The duties of the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary and treasurer shall be such as are customarily performed by such officers and as may be prescribed by the board of directors. The duties of any other officers of the corporation shall be such as are from time to time prescribed by the board.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §7.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-177 - Formation of Other Corporations.

Section 22-21-177
Formation of other corporations.
The formation of one corporation under the provisions of this article shall not prevent the subsequent formation under this article of another corporation by the same county and the same municipality or municipalities or another municipality or municipalities in such county.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §19.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-178 - Governmental Sovereignty or Immunity.

Section 22-21-178
Governmental sovereignty or immunity.
No hospital authorized under this article shall have governmental sovereignty or immunity.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §15; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-180 - Eminent Domain.

Section 22-21-180
Eminent domain.
The corporation shall not have the power of eminent domain.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §14.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-181 - Transfer of Funds and Assets by Counties and Municipalities.

Section 22-21-181
Transfer of funds and assets by counties and municipalities.
The county in which the corporation is organized, any municipality located, in whole or in part, within such county, whether or not a member of such corporation, and any public corporation in such county and any other public agency, authority or body, whether or not incorporated, located or having its principal office in the county are hereby authorized to transfer and convey to the corporation, with or without consideration, any hospital and other properties, real or personal, and all funds and assets, tangible or intangible, relative to the ownership or operation of any hospital that may be owned by such county, municipality, public corporation or public agency, authority or body, as the case may be, or that may be jointly owned by any one or more thereof, and any funds owned or controlled by such county, municipality, public corporation or public agency, authority or body, as the case may be, or jointly by any one or more thereof, that may have been raised or allocated for any of the purposes for which the corporation shall have been organized; provided, that such transfer or conveyance shall be authorized by an ordinance or a resolution duly adopted by the governing body of such county, municipality, public corporation or public agency, authority or body, as the case may be. Further, in the event of the transfer of any hospital to the corporation, any taxes, tax proceeds and other revenues that are apportioned or allocated to or for the benefit of the prior owner or operator of such hospital or for patient care at such hospital shall thereafter be paid to the corporation.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §21.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-183 - Disposition of Proceeds From Borrowing.

Section 22-21-183
Disposition of proceeds from borrowing.
(a) The principal proceeds derived from any borrowing made by the corporation under Section 22-21-182, other than borrowings made for refunding purposes, shall be used solely for:
(1) The purpose or purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made, including architects' and engineers' fees;
(2) Legal, fiscal and recording fees and expenses incurred in connection with such borrowing;
(3) The interest to accrue on any securities issued in evidence of such borrowing during a period of not exceeding 36 months after the date of such borrowing;
(4) The reimbursement to itself, or to its general fund or any one or more of its other funds, to the county in which the corporation is organized, to any municipality located, in whole or in part, in such county and to any public agency, authority or body in such county, of any funds advanced to or for the benefit of the corporation or any hospital owned by it and in anticipation of the issuance of securities by the corporation, including the amount of any interest paid or incurred on any borrowings made for the purpose of obtaining funds to advance to or for the benefit of the corporation or such hospital; and
(5) The creation of such reserves for the payment of debt service on any such securities and for the maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement and enlargement of any of its hospitals and other properties as the board of directors shall deem advisable.
(b) Any portion of the principal proceeds derived from any such borrowing not needed for any of the purposes for which such borrowing was authorized to be made shall be applied and used:
(1) For retirement of the securities issued in evidence of such borrowing;
(2) For payment of the interest thereon;
(3) For payment into one or more special funds created for payment of principal or interest, or both, or for the creation of reserves for the payment of debt service or for maintenance, repair, replacement, improvement or enlargement; or
(4) For any combination thereof, all as shall be specified in the mortgage or trust indenture under which such securities are issued or in the resolution of the board of directors authorizing any such borrowing.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-185 - Fiduciary Investment.

Section 22-21-185
Fiduciary investment.
Securities issued under this article are hereby made legal investments for executors, administrators, trustees and other fiduciaries and for savings banks and insurance companies organized under the laws of this state.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess. No. 183, p. 442, §12.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-186 - Corporation Tax Exempt.

Section 22-21-186
Corporation tax exempt.
All property, real, personal or mixed, that may be owned by the corporation and the corporation itself shall be exempt from all state, county and municipal taxation, including, without limitation, income, excise, privilege and license taxation. Further, the gross proceeds of sales of tangible personal property to or by the corporation and the storage, use or other consumption by the corporation of tangible personal property, as well as the gross proceeds from the lease or rental of tangible personal property by or to the corporation, shall be exempt from all such state, county and municipal taxation and from the measure of any such taxation imposed on others.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §13.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-187 - Publication of Financial Statement.

Section 22-21-187
Publication of financial statement.
The corporation shall, within a reasonable time following the close of each of its fiscal years, cause to be published in a daily newspaper published in the county that is a member of the corporation, if there is any such daily newspaper, a statement of financial condition containing a brief listing or summary of its assets and liabilities, including the principal amount of its outstanding bonds and other securities, at the close of such fiscal year and a statement containing a brief listing or summary of the expenditures made by it during such fiscal year.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §18; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §5.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-188 - Provisions Exclusive.

Section 22-21-188
Provisions exclusive.
Any corporation organized under the provisions of this article shall, insofar as the subject matter of this article is concerned, be governed exclusively by the provisions of this article, which shall not be construed in pari materia with any other statute.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §20.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-189 - Applicability of Provisions of State Law as to Ethics of Public Officials, etc.; Purchase, etc., of Goods or Services From Employees of Corporation, Etc.

Section 22-21-189
Applicability of provisions of state law as to ethics of public officials, etc.; purchase, etc., of goods or services from employees of corporation, etc.
The provisions of Chapter 25 of Title 36 and all subsequent amendments thereto or any subsequent act which may replace the same shall apply to the members of the board of directors of the corporation, the administrator and the purchasing agent of such hospital.
The corporation shall not purchase any goods or services from an employee of the corporation or the spouse of any such employee, nor may the corporation enter into any contract with any such employee or spouse for the purchase of any goods or services therefrom.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §16; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-190 - Applicability of State Competitive Bid Law, Etc.

Section 22-21-190
Applicability of state competitive bid law, etc.
The provisions of Article 2 of Chapter 16 of Title 41, as amended, requiring competitive bids for certain purchases and services shall apply to the corporation to the same extent as said provisions are applicable to the other local governmental agencies specifically mentioned therein.
The provisions of Article 3 of Chapter 16 of Title 41 relating to insurance on public building contracts or public construction contracts shall apply to the corporation.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §17; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 105, p. 2793, §4.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 6 - County and Municipal Hospital Authorities. › Section 22-21-191 - Dissolution of Corporation.

Section 22-21-191
Dissolution of corporation.
If at any time the corporation shall have outstanding no unpaid securities and if each member of the board of directors of the corporation shall execute and file for record in the office of the judge of probate of the county in which the corporation is organized a certificate of dissolution reciting the fact that the corporation has outstanding no unpaid securities, stating that it is in the best interests of the public for the corporation to be dissolved and declaring the corporation to be dissolved, the corporation shall thereupon stand dissolved, and title to all funds and properties owned by it at the time of such dissolution shall vest, jointly, in the county and the largest of the member municipalities, according to the federal decennial census next preceding the date of the filing of the certificate of incorporation of the corporation for record, whereupon possession of such funds and properties shall forthwith be delivered to the county and such largest member municipality.
(Acts 1975, 3rd Ex. Sess., No. 183, p. 442, §22.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents. › Section 22-21-210 - Definitions.

Section 22-21-210
Definitions.
For the purposes of this article, unless otherwise indicated, the following terms shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section:
(1) HOSPITAL. Any state, county, municipal or other public or private hospital licensed under the laws of this state, except a hospital, whether public or private, which is operated primarily for the care and treatment of tuberculosis, mental disorders or any other such chronic disease or illness.
(2) INDIGENT. Any person who has resided continuously in this state for not less than one year and who is acutely ill or injured and can be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who is unable to pay the cost of such hospitalization from his own resources or from the resources of those upon whom he is legally dependent.
(3) PHYSICIAN. Any person who has been duly licensed to practice medicine in the State of Alabama.
(4) PARTICIPATING HOSPITAL. Any hospital, as defined by this section, which has been accepted for participation in the hospital service program for indigents.
(5) PARTICIPATING COUNTY. Any county in which the county commission of the county certifies in writing to the State Board of Health not later than January 1 of each year, that the county does desire to participate in the hospital service program for indigents during the current fiscal year.
(Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §2.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents. › Section 22-21-211 - Purpose of Article.

Section 22-21-211
Purpose of article.
It is the legislative intent and purpose of this article that the Hospital Service Program for Indigents provided for in this article shall be a program designed and administered so as to provide hospitalization for those residents of the State of Alabama who are ill or injured and who can be helped markedly by treatment in a hospital, but who are clearly unable to meet the cost of such hospitalization from their own resources or from the resources of those upon whom they are legally dependent. It is not intended that the program shall be burdened by attempting to provide purely domiciliary care for persons with permanently disabling diseases or illnesses or with chronic diseases or illnesses, such as tuberculosis or mental disorders, which are already provided for under any special program of the State of Alabama or of the United States. It is also not intended that this article shall be compulsory on any county except during such time as the county agrees, in the manner prescribed in this article, to participate in the program.
(Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §1.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents. › Section 22-21-212 - Administration of Program; Rules and Regulations.

Section 22-21-212
Administration of program; rules and regulations.
The Hospital Service Program for the Indigent shall be administered by the State Board of Health through the State Health Department. The board shall, subject to the provisions of this article, promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as may be necessary for the proper administration of this article, and any such rule or regulation promulgated and adopted by the board shall be binding on any county participating in the Hospital Service Program for the Indigent and shall be complied with by all local agencies or persons responsible for the enforcement of any part of this article. The rules and regulations of the board shall include, among other things:
(1) Requirements concerning any reports to be made to the board by any county participating in the program or by any participating hospital in any such county, including both medical and financial reports;
(2) Criteria for acceptance of participating hospitals;
(3) Method of determining need for hospitalization of applicants for indigent hospital service;
(4) Method of determining reimbursable costs for indigent hospital service in each participating hospital, but such costs shall not include any payment for professional medical services and shall, in no event, exceed the nonprofit basic per diem costs of hospitalization in such hospital; and
(5) Methods and standards of determining indigency, as the term is defined by Section 22-21-210.
(Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §3.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents. › Section 22-21-214 - County Admissions Committees - Creation; Appointment, Terms, Qualifications and Compensation of Members; Meetings.

Section 22-21-214
County admissions committees - Creation; appointment, terms, qualifications and compensation of members; meetings.
An admissions committee is hereby created in each county in the state. The admissions committee in each county shall be appointed by majority vote of an appointing board in each county consisting of the judge of probate of the county, two members of the county commission, who shall be selected from among themselves, and one member of the governing body of each of the two largest incorporated municipalities in the county, who shall be selected by the governing bodies of such municipalities from among themselves. In the event there is only one incorporated municipality in the county, two members of the appointing board shall be selected by the governing body of such municipality from among themselves. Of the members of the admissions committee first appointed in each county under the provisions of this section, one shall be appointed for a term of one year, one shall be appointed for a term of two years and one shall be appointed for a term of three years. Successors to the members of each admissions committee first appointed under the provisions of this section shall serve for a term of three years each. Members of the admissions committee in each county shall be residents and qualified electors of the county, but no member of such committee shall hold any public office of trust or profit or be actively engaged in the practice of medicine. The admissions committee shall meet at least once each month and may hold such other meetings as the committee deems necessary. Members of the committee shall receive no compensation for the performance of any duties imposed upon them under the provisions of this article.
(Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §10.)
2023 Code of Alabama › Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control. › Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally. › Chapter 21 - Hospitals and Other Health Care Facilities Generally. › Article 7 - Hospital Service Program for Indigents. › Section 22-21-215 - County Admissions Committees - Powers and Duties; Liability.

Section 22-21-215
County admissions committees - Powers and duties; liability.
The admissions committee in each county shall determine the indigency of any resident of the county making application for hospitalization as an indigent under the authority of this article and shall promulgate and adopt such rules and regulations as it deems necessary in the admission of indigent patients, but the admission of indigent patients and the promulgation and adoption of such rules and regulations shall not be inconsistent either with the provisions of this article or with the rules and regulations promulgated and adopted by the State Board of Health under this article. No member of the admissions committee shall be personally liable, either civilly or criminally, for any action taken by the committee.
(Acts 1957, No. 394, p. 539, §11.)